November 10th, 2012
Maxxie
"Coming through!"
Maxxie smiled as he carried his younger brother on his back down the stairs, dodging the people in his house before putting him down when they got to the kitchen.
"You want lucky charms?"
Maxxie asked as he opened the kitchen cabinet to scan what cereal they had.
"Yes please"
Sloane interrupted as she came bounding down the stairs.
"I was asking Ezra, and that's too bad cause we don't have any, we don't have any milk either. You'll just have to settle with an apple"
"No thanks, I'll just eat stale cheerios"
Sloane spoke as she got up from the dining table and pushed Maxxie out of the way, grabbing the cheerios, shaking them into her mouth from the box as she went back to the table to sit with Ezra, Mel and Griff.
"Ez what you want? We've got.. oranges.. apples.. uh, toast, no jam or butter so it'd have to be plain toast. Or you can feed on the stale cheerios with Sloane"
Maxxie listed, feeling guilty that their family couldn't provide the young boy with food he needed.
"It's all good, I was gonna go out for breakfast before work, I'll get him something and then drop him at school"
Griff reassured as he and Ezra got up and grabbed their bags.
"Cool, see you later"
Maxxie waved goodbye to his two brothers as they made their way out the back door.
"Where's uncle Tony?"
Sloane asked as Maxxie grabbed himself a slice of bread and placed it in the toaster.
"Think he's drinking again, hasn't been home in 3 days and he's not like that unless he's drinking. That's why we're running out of food"
Mel spoke as she got up from the table, letting Maxxie sit down as she got the bread from the toaster and got the orange juice out the fridge. Passing the boy the toast without a plate and the carton of orange juice.
"I'm gonna go grocery shopping after work. You two got any extra cash?"
Mel asked as the two emptied their pockets, giving her all the money they had for lunch.
"I've got like a 20 upstairs I think if you need it, top draw next to my bed"
Maxxie offered as the two teenagers got up to get their stuff ready for school.
"Thanks, have a good day. Love you"
Mel ruffled the boys hair before pushing him towards the door.
"Love you"
Maxxie replied as him and Sloane made their way out the house.
"If Tony's drinking again what does that mean for us?"
Sloane asked as the two began walking to school, Maxxie pulling out a cigarette, hoping the smoke burning his lungs would warm him up.
"I don't know, we'll have to get jobs. We'll probably be woken up once or twice a week after he comes home from the bar with his friends and decides to bring the party here as well"
Maxxie replied before taking another large puff of his cigarette.
Chester
"So, guess what. I was listening to this musician last night, well.. technically Dariya was listening to it with her new friend. But I think you'd it..I think the guys name was like.. Chris Isaak or something"
Chester spoke enthusiastically as he told Maxxie about the new artist he'd discovered.
He enjoyed impressing Maxxie, introducing him to new things, finding things he'd like.
"Awesome. I'll look him up"
Maxxie smiled, though he seemed a little distant.
YOU ARE READING
GOLDEN
Teen Fiction"high school parties are dumb. it's all sweaty, crowded and full of horn-dogs. we're not going" - "going to that party was the best thing to happen in my life" 2 boys, never spoken before, never even noticed eachother before, suddenly cross paths...
