Then high school happens

Sleepy

Howard's POV

     Stella, Violet, Seto and I walked through the aisles of our local Dollar Tree. Ya know, the sketchy one by the laundry mat? Yeah that one. Stella had already bought, like, three chocolate bars. Violet got some ghetto masquerade mask. I was still decoding whether I would spend my money on fake birds, or ghetto fake flowers...

     "Howard, I'm gonna go look at the snacks they have. We've been here for almost an hour and I'm hungry." Seto said to me. I nodded, not looking away from the countless fake flowers. He put his arm around me and kissed my forehead. "I'll be right back."

     I smiled then Marci and Z came into the store. Marci did some weird fist bump hand shake with Seto, and Z just tipped her head up. Marci was wearing her usual T-shirt, denim shorts and knee high converse, with an Attack on Titan baseball hat. Z was just wearing a sweatshirt, denim shorts, and a Fullmetal Alchemist hat.

I waved to them and they walked over to me. I smiled at Marci. "So I was thinkin... What if we go to the park and see if any ducks are selling drugs?" I laughed. One time Marci was so sick she was delusional. She said that if I found her in the park trying to buy drugs off of duck to call help. Now it's just become an inside joke.

Her face turned red and she scowled at me, shoving my arm. "Shut up! I was delusional!"

I laughed and rolled my eyes. "Alright now can you help me with something?" I asked. They both nodded their heads. "I can't decide wether or not I like the purple flowers to go with this fake parrot." They both broke out into laughter. "Shut up! It's a life crisis!"

"Yeah sure," Z said. "C'mon Marci let's go get some ghetto candy!" She grabbed Marci's arm and ran off. I don't know what we're gonna do with those two... I ship them like FedEx.

Time skip

     After about another hour, I have bought, three fake birds, a bouquet of sparkly fake flowers plus a vase, and a crappy, fab, bright green feather boa. We were all walking out of the store with our gray bags looking completely to fab for anyone.

     Marci and Z were holding hands, Stella and Violet were laughing over some anime, and Seto was trying to get me to do some weird crap with him. I wasn't even paying attention to what it was.

I glanced over to Marci was holding the hat Z was wearing and Z was jumping for it. "Hey! Give it back! Pwease? Marci! Stop raising it so high! Damn it why are you so tall!?" Z yelled, her face bright red. Marci just laughed and held it up higher.

     "Howaaaaaaard! Pleeeeeeease?" Seto said, his hands on my shoulders. He was falling which was dragging me with him because of his tight grip. "I reeeeally want to have a movie night with you this weekend! We never hang out anymore!" He whined.

     "We hang out like everyday!" I laughed. He just continued to whine.

"But we only do ghetto things like go to sketchy stores and stalk ducks!"

"What movie would you wanna watch?"

"I dunno... Just a movie night with popcorn... And cookies..." He said.

I smiled. "Ok, what time on saturday night?"

He shot up and smiled. "9:00! Then I can sleep over!"

Marci's POV

Z was on my back. We have been wandering the town for hours. She wasn't feeling good so she fell asleep on my back.

     "I'm gonna head home guys... I think Z isn't feeling very well... Text you guys later!" I said and started to walk off. They all waved goodbye to me then continued heading deeper into town.

     As I pushed through the frigid wind the sky got darker and darker. Night engulfing they day. The more I walked, the farther away home seemed to be. A coyote howled in the distance, making the area more erie.

     Finally, I was walking up the steps to our front door. I unlocked it and pushed it open. Alright, just need to climb the stairs and put Z to bed. Once I was upstairs I opened our bedroom door. Slowly and quietly, I set Z down on our bed and then grabbed my hat off of her head. Opening my drawer, I grabbed a tank top and pj pants to change into.

     "Mm, Marci...? Where are we...?" Z asked. She must have woken up because of the creaky drawer.

     "Don't worry. We're at home. You fell asleep on my back. Just go back to sleep, it's late." I said, climbing in next to her.

     "Well I'm still wearing skinny jeans so I'm gonna change real quick." She said getting up. I nodded my head and closed my eyes, letting sleep take over. "Night Marci, I love you..." Was the last thing I heard before going completely unconscious.