Too far gone

Lies

--Gregory's POV--

      What just... happened...?
      I don't even know... a boy from school tripped over my sand castle, then he apologized, then Jimmy came, then the boy's friends came, Jimmy hit the boy, mom came, then the boy's mom came... then Jimmy left... What?? I replayed those last few minutes, over and over, trying to process what had set Jimmy off.
"I am so sorry about this, really I am. I don't know what got into him, he's not usually violent like this!" my mother's voice pulled me back into reality. The boy's mother was speechless. She was more worried about her injured son than my brother, the attacker. I looked at my mom, she was still apologizing to the boys mother, trying to help her make sure he's okay.
I still don't get it. Why'd Jimmy hit that boy? What'd he do? He knocked over my sand castle, sure. But he did that on accident, he said so himself!

      When my mother wasn't looking, I grabbed my toys and ran to the car. I was a little worried about Jimmy. I hope he wasn't too upset still. I don't want to be hit... "H-Hey, Jimmy!" He looked up at me, still angry. He was taking deep breathes, probably to help himself calm down. Some doctors recommended that. They said of he can do that to calm down, we shouldn't have any problems with his anger. I really hope they were right...

      "Hey..." he looked back at the ground. I wasn't sure what to say. Do I thank him? But for what? He hit someone, that's not a good thing. I decided to just ask him. "Why'd you hit him?" I had no idea why he would, it didn't make sense to me. He looked at me again. He almost looked hurt this time "He was being mean to you, Gregory.. I couldn't just let him do that and get away with it."
"He wasn't being mean.."
"He ruined you sand castle and called you a dork!"
"He didn't mean to ruin my castle. He said it was an accident."
"He was lying, Gregory."
      Lying? I stared at him in shock and he looked back at the ground. That boy would never lie to me! Would he..? I don't know... he was pretty mean. And my brother definitely wouldn't lie to me... Mom came over before I could reply. She told us to get in the car, and we did, without hesitation.

      No one talked the entire way home. Jimmy stared at the floor and I looked our the window, occasionally glancing at him. I couldn't tell how he felt. He looked sad but he also looked angry. Sad, angry, hurt, confused, it was so weird to see him like this. I wish I could help him feel better...

      Hey!! I can let him in on my secret! Yeah that will cheer him up!! I'll show him right when we get home! He'll love this! I grinned and waited for the car to stop.

---le magic timeskip---

      When we got home, things didn't go as planned. For starters, my seat belt got stuck and it took my 5 whole minutes just to get out of the car! And then I had to carry in all the toys. By myself!! Once I finally got all the toys inside and put away, I ran up to Jimmy's room only to find it empty. Weird... I heard them, mom and Jimmy, in the room down the hall. That was mom's room. She must be talking to Jimmy about what happened. Now that I think about it, she did say she would do that.

      "Now I have to wait longer..." I complained to myself as I walked to the attic. "Cardboard friend! I'm back, Cardboard friend!" I ran over to the box where I'd left him. "Ewwww...." there was a huge bug on the box! I grabbed another box and squished the bug before gagging at the smell. "Stinky bug... phew..!"
'Gwegowy, you're back!'
Yeah, I am! "Wait... you can talk?"
'Of course I can, siwwy!'
"Woah, cool!! I didn't know you could do that!!"
'I can do alot of things, Gwegowy!'
"Really? Can you dance??"
'Uh... if I had a body, yes. I tink I could...'
"Ohhh... good point, Box friend. Can I call you that, Box friend?"
'Sure, Gwegory!'
"Okay! That's shorter than the other name. Hm, so... a body, huh? Yeah, you are just a head right now, heh..."

---le second magic timeskip---

     I spent about... 30 minutes..? Yeah, 30 minutes working on box friend's body. It was pretty simple, really. Just boxes taped to boxes. And some random glue when I ran out of tape. I glued his head to the body and stepped back to look at my creation.
"Better, Box friend?"
'Yes! Thanks Gwegowy! Now we can play together! We'll have so much fun!!'
     Suddenly, a bright light appeared. I covered my eyes and stepped back again. It was coming from box friend. It dimmed after a few seconds and I stood amazed at what I saw.

".... Box Friend..?"