"Gotta love these half days," says Ian
"Good thing public education is broke," says Mandy, and Ian holds up his hand to her for a high five, but she misses, then tries again a few times without missing. Then he looks at me and fist-bumps me.
"Yeah, waste of time. And anyway, the only thing those people are equipped to teach is how to live with crippling disappointment," says Lip
"Hey, wanna catch a movie later?" asks Mandy, not sure if it's to me and Ian or just Ian.
"Uh--" Ian starts
"Brandy can sneak us in," says Mandy
"Can't. Gotta be at work by 3," says Ian
"Nice jacket Kash brought you, by the way," says Lip
"Thanks," says Ian
"Yeah... Tell Kash I'll take it in the ass if it gets me free stuff," says Mandy, making Lip laugh.
"Girl, you do realize he's like 40," I say with a laugh so it's less awkward.
"Oh, eh it's just a joke anyways," she says, I shrug it off because let's admit, a lot of people joke about that stuff.
"Hey!" a guy stops us, "Hey, yeah, I'm talking to you."
"Yeah?" asks Lip
"You got a phone?" asks the guy
"What, your truck break down?" asks Lip
"No, genius, I like standing in a shitty neighborhood with my dick in my hands." says the guy, Mandy gets close to me on my left, colliding our arms as she's obviously holding back a laugh.
"Look, I'm already 2 hours late on this load. I try to take one shortcut, this is what I get. My goddamn kid drained my phone playing 'Doodle Jump'. My goddamn wife took my charger. Listen, I'll give you 5 bucks if you let me use your phone. Just-- just 1 call." says the guy, Ian puts an arm around me as the guy talks.
"Oh, we-- we don't have a phone. Our dad says not till we're 18," says Lip, then points behind him. "Um, but you know what, there's a bar, I think, about 10 blocks that way. What's it called? Uh... O'Flahearty's." I mouth 'O'Flahearetys?" to Mandy, as she giggles.
"Tell them your family's from County Cork," says Lip, turning to the guy again.
"10 blocks?!" asks the guy
"Maybe 5. Straight shot," says Ian
The guy takes out 5 bucks, "This is yours if you keep an eye on the truck."
"5 bucks?" asks Lip
"Oh, cool. Thanks, mister." says Ian, then the guy walks away, "Hey, hey. Make sure no one gets near it."
"Will do," says Lip. When the guy's gone, he takes his glove out with his teeth, kinda gross but I get why he'd use his teeth-- anyways, he calls Kev for help in order to I guess rob the truck.
"You guys are criminals in disguise," I say
"Welcome to the South Side," says Ian, as we walk towards the back of the truck.
"Love it here," I say, half sarcastic and half genuine.
I now get that they were sarcastic about being excited about the 5 bucks, they were just trying to drive the guy away so that they could rob the truck, hehehe.
***
Later that day, Ian and I go to the Kash N Grab, and I'm surprised to see a guy actually paid before he left.
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