Odd Living

Seventeen

Max notices George acting different, meaning not pissing himself over what had just happened. He whispers something in Chad's ear, I can sort of hear what he said. Next thing I know, Max is being thrown onto George. Mikaela runs over to me while Chad, Max, and George are wrestling like children.

"Do they..." She begins.

"Do this often? Nearly every day." I finished her sentence.

"I'm Mikaela. I don't know if George told you but,..."

"You were his old neighbor when he first moved to New York. You helped him adjust to the city life. I'm Mackenzie. Follow me." I cut her off again. We get off the couch and head to my room where it is quieter. "This is George's room and Max's." I point to the appropriate rooms. "Here is Ian's and this one is mine."

We get to my room and quickly go inside before Max starts screaming like the retard he is.

"When did you move into this asylum and why the fuck would you?" Mikaela asks.

"I came here about a month ago because my boyfriend at the time broke up with me and kicked me out. I didn't have anywhere else to go, so Max invited me here." I tell her.

"Oh. Sorry about that. I'm sure he was a total dickhead if he dumped you. But doesn't living with all these guys make you feel excluded or at least really awkward?"

"Surprisingly not at all. I feel safer with them here. I fit in well too." I say. "I am one of the big guys."

"May I ask what happened to your leg?" Mikaela asks.

"Well, Max told me to blow an air horn in George's ear, so I did. I ran outside and climbed a tree so George wouldn't get me. After a while, I climbed down and I fell about six feet off the ground and landed on it funny. Long story short, don't listen to Max unless it's serious." I say while drumming on my cast with my fingers.

"Holy shit. These guys are crazy. How have you not gone completely insane?" She asks.

"Magic. Has George kept in touch after he moved or did one day he, or you, decided to message the other?"

"He actually messaged me a few days ago saying to meet at our spot. I was surprised he even remembered me. But it was great to see him again. He got much hotter." 

I'm assuming their "spot" is the treehouse and a few days ago was when I told him I didn't like him like that. What a quick bounce back. 

"Would you like something to drink or eat while we are in here?" I ask her.

"Uhh... some water would be great." She says.

I sneak to the kitchen to see if we have any water. We don't.

"All we have is tap water. I'm fucking sorry. Do you still want it?"

"Yeah. Tap water is cool."

"Here you go." I hand her the water.

We ask questions back and forth for at least 30 minutes.

"Is there anything else you'd like to know before we go back out there?" I question.

"What's your number so we can stay in touch? You seem really cool, Mackenzie." 

I gave her my number and we went back and joined the guys. They seemed to be done wrestling. Chad, Max, and George were sitting as far away from each other as possible. Ian was sitting in between George and Max. There was still space on either side of Ian. I sat right in the middle of Ian and Max. Mikaela sat on the other side of George, the side not next to Ian.

"What the fuck are we going tonight?" I ask Max resting my head on his shoulder.

"We could film something or play some cancerous games." He suggests.

"We could go shopping for some props. I have a video idea." George says.

"We could stay here and make some dinner." Chad adds.

Ian doesn't say anything. All he does is nudge my arm.

"What is the video idea?" Max asks George.

"A Gentleman Off. I can call up HowToBasic if we need to." George says.

"Ooh. I like the idea. Explain." Max seems genuinely interested.

It took George 10 minutes to explain the whole idea. After he finished, he looked proud of the idea. I don't approve of it because I know someone is going to get hurt.

The six of us got into two different cars. George, Mikaela, Max, and Chad got into George's car and Ian and I got into Ian's car. Ian followed George because neither of us knew where we were going, probably Target. First we stopped at a house that Ian recognized.

"I didn't know we were picking up HowToBasic! This is great." Ian said. I couldn't really tell if Ian was using sarcasm or not.

A man gets in the car whom I'm assuming is "HowToBasic." Ian is walking around to the other side as he speaks. (We're just going to call HowToBasic "Chris") "Hello again. I'm Chris. I was the half naked one." He said.

"I'm Mackenzie, Max's sister. Pleased to see you clothed." I shake his hand.

Ian gets in the car. We continue to follow George. I was wrong about where we are going. We pulled into a thrift shop's parking lot and got out. We all followed Max and George because they seemed to know what they were doing.