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Chapter 3

Mike's pov.

We got to the park after walking about ten minutes from my house. This is the place were the band would usually hang out. We either hung out here or in my basement. We sat on one of the park benches underneath plenty of trees. Is was a usual hot sunny day in L.A.. We rarely have cold day here.
"Aye guys, I'm thirsty", Joe complained.
"There is a gas station across the street dumbass. Get up and get yourself something to drink," Brad responded.
"I don't have any money."
"Then stop complaining", I said.
"I'll stop complaining if you give me some money", he responded.
"No fucking way. Go get a fucking job instead of always begging us for money."
"Please Mikey. I'll pay you back", Joe begged even more.
"No you won't", Rob said.
"Stay out of it Rob. And yes I will pay you back."
"You say that everytime you borrow money. You never pay us back," I responded.
"I never have money. If you give me some money I'll shut up and stop asking for money."
"Fine, here's three dollars. Now shut the fuck up," I gave in, giving Joe some money. He took it like it was the key to the world. I'll probably won't get my money back but at least Joe will shut the hell up. The four of us kept chatting while Joe went to the gas station. We talked about the band and how much we hated sports mostly while Joe was gone, nothing interesting. Joe came back with two bottles of mountain dew and gave me one.
"Why did you get me one?", I asked.
"Because it was your money and they had mountain dew two for three dollars," he responded.
"What if I didn't want it."
"Well then that's to fucking bad."
"What if one of us wanted it," Pheonix asked.
"Then that would be to fucking bad because Joe didn't buy you one," I said.
"I thought you said you didn't want it," Brad said.
"No I wanted it."
The four of us started to fight for the mountain dew while Joe drank his. We really weren't that good with sharing. We always fought about things like this. After a while we decide to make a bet for the mountain dew. We decided to race to a red shed on the other side of the park.
We all agreed to the race. Joe started us off since he really wasn't in the bet and already had his mountain dew. When the race started, Brad triped leaving me, Rob, and Phoenix to race for the mountain dew. Brad got up quickly, but by the time he got up, the three of us were already gone. The three of us kept running. It was an even race with none of us getting far ahead. After a little bit, Rob decided to trip Phoenix, taking Phoenix out of the race. I was able to get a little ahead, since the attempt to trip Phoenix slowed Rob down. Both me and Rob made it to the shed, with me getting there first.
"Beat that fucker. I got here first", I bragged.
Rob just flicked me off as I celebrated. Joe, Brad, and Phoenix got here soon, all of them walking. Pheonix ran up to Rob and pushed him to the ground.
"So, who won," Joe asked.
"Me fuckers!", I responded. Joe handed me the mountian dew. I took a couple sips out of it while we started to take a walk around the park. We sat down at one of the benches after walking for a while. There was a kid sitting underneath a tree near us. He looked like he was sleeping. He still had his school bag next to him, indicating that he hasn't been home yet. He had his hood up, but you could still see his face. He was around my age. He was very pale and skinny. He had his eyes closed. He was the new mid at my school. I had a few classes with him. I think his was chester. Or, maybe Charles? I don't know.
The guy continued to talk while I was staring at the kid. What would he be doing here sleeping this late? Maybe he fell asleep and haven't woken up yet. I debated going over and talking to him.
"Hey, Mike. We are going to start heading home. It's getting late", Brad said. I nodded and told them I'll leave the park soon. I stood up and started to walk towards the new kid.