Riverbin

Chapter 9

Miles pov)

"How did you do on your quiz?" Cal asked taking a bite of his granola bar "13/16, this is the second time this week I'm unhappy with my score of a quiz" "13/16,I got 10/16 you only got three questions wrong I got seven!" He exclaimed, after a moment he started to calm down "what was your other quiz...?" He asked still pissy about the scores "um,French" I say, I know lying is bad but little lies are not as bad "I got 57/95" he give me a blank eyed stare taking another bite of his granola bar "what are you guys talking about?" June asked sitting down beside us "mega-mind over here thinkings that 13/16 and 57/95 are bad scores" cal mumbled still pissy, Junes eyes opened wide in shock staring into the depths of my soul "do you know where half the school is?" I changed the subject looking around at the school yard "it's flu season" June shrugged as cal offered her a granola bar "Kenny and dawn both got it" she added, taking the bar and putting it in her bag. Last Friday I did about twenty quizzes after Mary left, i looked through my book and my photos and did a shit ton of research and I am more lost and confused than when I started "normally Riverbins flu season is Less- stormy" I say hoping to get my mind off what I'm thinking about "oh yeah Kathy introduced me to her boyfriend, he looks like slender mans ugly ass cousin" cal announced out of nowhere "I mean, Kathy has always had weird taste in men but this guy is by far the weirdest" he added leaning on the wall pushing hair out of his face "why are you two sitting so far apart?" June asked looking back and forth between me and cal "normally you two are right beside one another" she responded to our confusion "how is this relative to what we were talking about?" I replied, sitting up straighter than before "just wanted to point that out" she confirmed scratching her neck, sometimes I think my friends forget cal and I aren't always together and I'm still convinced they have a bet about us because they are assholes and that is 100% something they would do "break is over, come back inside!" Ms.storm called us back inside "how about freakin no?" Cal muttered rolling his eyes "cal" I look Back at him still standing there "for fucks sake, IM COMING!" "that's what she said!" The look of disbelief on cals face is priceless "oh shut up" he nudged me, smirking a bit "MILES,CALLEN AND JUNIPER HURRY UP!" Ms.storm shouted from the door
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Normally when i get home i am greeted by the sound of the tv blaring and by Rons presence, but today  no Ron,mom or Lindsay I'm alone. I look over to moms room the photo of me Lindsay and her is on the floor. i hate that photo my front two teeth were missing my hair was all weird and messy, i don't even recognize that boy anymore it's like looking at a stock photo. Mom has so many photos of me and Lindsay when we were little, after she started to work more and married Ron she just stopped its like she became a totally different person over the span of a year. Wow i have mommy and daddy issues i always say i need to get June and cal therapy but maybe i should get it with them so i don't turn into a sad lonely waste of space like Ron or use work as a coping mechanism for my trauma like mom "this is bullshit!" My neighbour Lillian trix yells at one of her many lovers "no Darcy, no you don't get to say that about me " do you ever wish you could turn your neighbours down like volume on a tv, if you said no live next to Lillian trix for your whole life that can will change your mind because the only words that describe her are ones you should never say about a woman. "slut!" 'Darcy' shouted one of the words that describes Lillian slamming the door behind her making another photo fall off the wall, we stopped using glass for pictures after the time cal came over and a picture frame fell on his head and cut his arm and the top of my left wrist/hand  he now has a  scar on his right arm close to his shoulder, every time i look at it i feel guilty and a bit embarrassed i remember not leaving his side after mom bandaged us up.