In Another Life

Chapter 13: Mia

I sit crisscross applesauce on the counter with my bowl of cereal. Bruce's-- Pardon me, I mean CC's (I'm just going to call him Cecelia from here on in when he pisses me off) band round our kitchen table player poker and drinking, it's eleven o'clock in the morning. CC and Vicy are still asleep after what we all heard last night, they should be sleeping for like a month.

Christ on the Cross! They were loud! Our neighbours called the house and told us to shut our dogs up. The was the first thing Bret said this morning was that it was as close to free porn they were ever going to get.

Yes I'm happy that they're finally together, I mean that's the only guy Vicy has ever wanted. But couldn't they have turned on the stereo or something?

I had rugby this morning, morning practices are always fun. Minus waking up at six am to go to said practice. The pitch is muddy and even for it being the summer it's cold. I like when we do tackling drills in the morning because we slide around in the mud. Showering after morning practices is the best feeling ever, unless you find injuries that you weren't aware of.

The wrist I had broken when I was seventeen has gotten broken a couple of more times and I even needed a surgery on it. Now I have to wear a brace on it when I play rugby.

I look up from my cereal to see the boys still playing poker. The drummer looks up at me and winks. What? He gives me a look like 'watch this' as he lays his cards.

"Read them and weep, boys." Rikki says proud and I smile as the boys groan.

"Bullshit." Bret scowls.

"No fucking way." Bobby grumbles.

Rikki looks up at me and screws up his face, then he smiles.

"You play cards, Minnie?" He wonders.

"Yeah." I admit and they deal me in.

"Fuck off." Bret drops his cards as I win. "You never said that you were any good."

"You never asked." I tell him and they other two laugh.

"Where did you learn to play cards like that?" Bobby wonders and I shrug.

"I played in the back of the math class with some jockstraps." I admit and they laugh.

Just then Vicy and CC come down stairs and all conversation is dropped, we all agreed on making them as uncomfortable as humanly possible. We watch them as they enter the kitchen. They both go to grab cereal when Vicy does a double take upon seeing me.

"Thought you had rugby today, Mouse." She says as she pours cereal.

"It's been over since nine, it's nearly noon." I say and she looks at the clock. "You two slept a lot."

I barley get the words out before we all start laughing. CC and Vicy watch us with confusion but we keep laughing.

"What's so funny?" CC wonders.

"We got free porn last night!" Bret cackles and they turn bright red.

"All of you..." Vicy trails off and we all die of laughter.

"What can I say, I love short girls." CC says once we all calm down. I shoot him a look.

"You're 5'7 and wear pink scarfs--" I point to what he's wearing. "You are a short girl, CC."

We all laugh at that.