A Girl Named Drool And A Pack Of Kools.

-12

January 17,2020. 12 year old Angel.

I had been ducking the calls, the texts, I fucking hated New Orleans, I just wanted to be with kass, I just wanted the world to slow down and this urge for those pills to go away.

I knew if he really wanted to come find me he would, he knew where I was, I was at home.

It was late at night, I was sitting on the couch, my feet propped up on the coffee table being interrupted by the front door opening, Ruby standing there with Scott who's arms were crossed.

"Fuckkk, what?" I said softly, putting a cup of sprite to my mouth, the cough syrup smell was barely masked, but it was there.

I could feel Scotts anger, and it made me sad but I couldn't, I couldn't talk to him, I couldn't tell him how I felt. He'd understand but he wouldn't.

"kid, you are not gonna get better if you keep on like this" Scott told me, walking around the couch and sitting down.

"I don't wanna, ain't nothing wrong with me.." I said softly, and Scott scoffed, "you think this shit is normal, especially for someone your age?" He asked pointing to the cup on the table.

Well, fuck you ain't had to call me out..

"Yeah I know, but.." I said softly getting cut off, "ain't no fucking but about it, no fucking if, ands or fucking buts Angel, your fucking slowly killing yourself with this shit" Scott spat out the words just as fast as I could process them.

"So don't fucking sit here and argue with me, I don't wanna sit here and watch the fucking kid I consider my own go through this" Scott told me, "I'm not yours though" I told him softly.

I could basically feel the words cut through the tension between us, and the words hurt, I could see his face genuinely change, his whole body basically slumped at the words.

"You see anybody else looking out for you?" He asked me and I shrugged, "no, and I'm sorry, I didn't.." I said softly, "yeah I know, now clean up and let's go" he told me, "go where?" I asked him.

"Home." He told me and I nodded, Scott got up off the couch walking out the house with Ruby behind him, I could hear him start up the car. I dropped the cup of lean down the sink, going and grabbing my stuff from upstairs and going out to the car.

I put my stuff in the backseat, putting on my seatbelt and closing the door behind me,

As Scott drove back to his house, I could hear Ari and him talk, i grabbed my headphones, clicking play on the playlist on my phone.

I laid my head on the window, slowly starting to fall asleep.

I saw Ari turn and look at me, which made me furrow my eyebrows, but eventually falling asleep with my head on the window.

After about 20 minutes we were back at Scott's house, I woke up to being carried by Ari inside and to Scotts bed, I curled up in his pillow.

I slept there for about, what felt like ten hours but what was really only two, I was woke up by the sound of Scott walking around his room.

I slowly blinked my eyes open, "Scott..?" I said groggily, "yea?" He said softly, turning and looking at me, "I'm sorry" I said softly, "it's fine kid, don't worry about it" he said softly, and I nodded as I sat up.

"What are you doing..?" I asked softly, "uhh, Me and Oddy are working on the new album, it's gonna be out next month" He told me, "can i sit in?" I asked and he nodded.

Me and Scott walked down to the studio, I sat on the couch he had in the back, my phone sitting in my lap, I put my headphones on, but it was turned down low so I could hear and watch the boys.

Scrim and Ruby slid on their headphones, I watched Scrim press play on the beat, I got distracted by a message on my phone.

It was Fat Nick,

Big GORDO:'you alright kiddo?' Seen

'yea, I'm cool' Sent

I turnt my phone off, it always took Nick hours to text me back, I turned my music up a little, after a few hours of sitting with the boys, Max texted me phone.

'hey ho, you wanna come smoke?'

I read the text, looking up at the boys, before texting her back.

'cant. with Scott, later tho' I texted her back,

I sighed, groaning, "what kiddo?" Scott asked, "I'm bored, I'm ready to go back to school" I told him and him and Ari both chuckled.

"Maybe you should stop getting suspended" Ari told me and I chuckled, "I'm still bored, can I go out?" I asked and Scott nodded and I swore I flew out that room just as fast as I flew off the couch.

I walked upstairs, putting on my socks and my slides, grabbing my keys, putting my phone in my back pocket walking out the house, walking through his neighborhood back to the 7th ward.

I walked to Max's house, knocking on her front door, she opened the door with a smile, "where you been??" She asked me, "with Scott" I said, walking inside and going upstairs to her room with her behind me.

Her brother was sitting down on her bed, I laid out on her bed, he was rolling up a blunt, I grabbed her remote.

"Play some of the music twin" He told me and I nodded, scrolling through Spotify, playing Opal Ring.

To which we all basically sighed, relaxing into the song, he light up the blunt, passing it around the room, getting a few puffs off it.

"How'd he even let you come by?" Max asked, "I didn't tell him where I was going, just asked if I could go out" I said shrugging.

"Oh shitt, that's smart" Max said and I chuckled, after a hour or so, Scott texted me.

Big headed Dad-wannabe:'be home soon'

I rolled my eyes turning my phone off, "I gotta go y'all" I told them and Max pouted, "finee" she said as she hugged me, I kissed her on her cheek, walking out of her house, back through the 7th, and to the front door,

Most the lights were off so I assumed Ari had went home, I unlocked the front door, walking inside, Scott was sitting on the couch of the living room.

"How was It with Max?" He asked me, and my stomach dropped.