Ben
We were an hour away from home. We were sitting on the slatternly floor of an abandoned tree house. The floor was wet, and the odoriferous aroma of cigarettes wasn't making me feel any better. We as in Silas, ling-ling and Avalon. This treehouse wasn't like the shitty ones you'd see in the backyard of a kid in a movie. This tree house had looked like it had been lived in for many years.
There was enough room for a bed and a kitchen, they'd never need a bathroom because there's a lake upfront. This bothered me because where did the people who lived here go for water? Did they drink the dirty piss water? Because there wasn't a store twenty miles from here.
I remember when I was eleven, it was the first time my mother had yelled at me. I broke my glasses and she was explaining how "MONEY DOESN'T GROW ON TREES!" and I said "yes they do mother. Paper comes from trees, and money is made from paper, so money does grow on trees." I remember how frustrated she was. She gave me this glare that made me think she hated me or something like that. I cried and locked myself in the bathroom that day.
I told myself how I was going to make the master plan of running away. I took my mother's metro card and my backpack. Inside was a Gameboy. That was the only thing I took, no food, no money a fucking Gameboy. Eleven year old me thought I could survive on a device that let me find dabloons for spongebob.
It was stupid but it was how I found this place. I didn't last 10 minutes there, it was 5:00 and I remembered that my mom said she was going to make dinosaur chicken nuggets so I hoped on the 39 bus and went home. My mother never found out I left. My brother, Metias, he knew. He was laughing his ass off when my mother yelled at me.
"soooo. . . why are we here" Avalon asks.
"this is the tree house where we read playbo---"
Someone opened the bathroom door, the people who lived here installed as a front door.
"holy-motherfucking-shit! You guys hang out here all the time"
It was Metias and his friend Parker. First Carson and now Parker today was the day of dick bags.
"yes. But you guys are NOT telling anyone about this place" Silas says.
"so what if we do"
Silas gives Metias the look. The 'I-fucking-know-everything-and-if-you-cross-me-I'll-use-it-to-blackmail-you' Look. I've seen this look one too many times. "so who's she" Parker speaks up.
"Avalon Greene, and you are?"
"Parker Jakobs"
She smiles. After a few minutes of us both disclosing why we're here. My reason being I always come here. And Metias and Parker hearing that this place was just a myth and they wanted to see if it was real and that neither of them could not fall asleep. Parker asks ling-ling what's in the red shoe box next to him and ling-ling gives it to him to find out. He takes out the pack of Marlboro cigarettes and puts on the shoe box lid again.
"nice," he says and smirks. He passes it to Metias he doesn't say anything.
"pass me a cigarette." I say.
Metias looks surprised. I take out the lighter from my front pocket and light it and then I gave the lighter to Parker. Avalon looked uncomfortable. Silas takes out his phone.
SilASS: this is uncomfortable fam
um ??? ok ?? what do u want me to do about this wtf ??
silASS: i wanna go hoem
silASS: **home
DID u GiVE MY NUMBER 2 avalOn wtf man she annoying af
Avalon: whats good biotch
Lol bye im deleting this convo
Soon ling-ling felt left out so he got on his phone too. And made a fucking group chat.
Chingchong: this isn't funny why do you guys always leave me out of this shit.
SilASS: calm down
Yeah u dickbag
Chingchong: u shut up president snow
"why the fuck are you guys texting each other you guys are 3 inches apart." Metias says. Parkers phone buzzes.
(chingchong has invited 3476788898 to 'my woes')
3476788898: ayyyy lit
Chingchong: parker don't add METIAS
Parker: k
What the fukfl
Avalon: wow u don't know how to spell 'fuck'
(parker has invited PENIS FaCE to 'my woes')
SilASS: WHAT THE FUCK MAN U ADDED METIAS
Metias had a full on grin.
PENIS FaCE: yo yo yo who wants to go skinny dipping
No one LEAVE
Avalon: I'd like to go skinny dipping ;0
Parker: if shes going im going too
SiLASS: ew pervs that's my cousin
Chingchong: ur hot cousin
Silas, Parker, Avalon, and ling-ling stand up.
"you're you don't wanna come?" Ling-ling asks.
"yeah, I'm sure I'll be here. On my phone."
"it's because he has a small dick." Metias smirks.
I don't say anything. When they leave, I remember I have ling-lings car keys. if I don't get them to notice me they won't see, and parker and metias drove here right? So I don't need to worry about who drives who. I climb down the latter. My foot stomps on the wet leaves and I quietly walk to make sure I'm not on the same side of the lake as them.
Ling-lings car is parked on the road. I open the door with the keys and drive. I also call ling-ling, and if he doesn't answer well that's too bad.
"hey just to let you know I'm in your car driving home."
"Ha ha real funny Ben."
I honk.
"HOLY SHIT GUYS BEN FUCKING TOOK MY CA-" I end the car. Their loss now.
So much for u wanting to go home ha
SilASS: duck u
SilASS: ***FUCK
SilASS: i guess i gotta ride with uR brother
ur tight
SilASS: whatever just don't text and drive get home safely u piece of shit i hate u
I leave him on read. And I drive.
