The Wanderers

Chapter 2

Once we arrived at the cabin, I checked my phone and saw I had a text from Josie. It said to let her know as soon as I arrived so she could escape her annoying little brother. Her parents owned the cabin down the road from ours and were also spending the weekend at theirs.

I texted Josie and told her we had just arrived. She replied saying that she'd meet me in five minutes after she ditched her brother. By the time I carried my stuff up to my room, unpacked, and came back downstairs, Josie was at the door with her little brother in tow.

Josie and I were complete opposites when it came to fashion. The first thing I noticed was she had switched out her blue streaks for purple and was wearing her favorite red plaid pants, with a black studded belt, and a rock t-shirt with the sleeves cut off over a black tank top. Josie loved the punk rock, glam look and pulled it off very well. Two years ago she had dyed her hair platinum blond after her idle, Gwen Stefani.

"Oh thank god!" Josie shrieked, running to me and giving me a hug causing her bangle bracelets to jingle in her excitement. "I'm so glad you're here."

"Hi Jake," I said, waving to Josie's six year old brother who stood nervously by the door. As usual, his dirty blonde hair was a ratted mess and long overdue for a haircut. His shorts and t-shirt were covered in filth, proving he already spent half the morning playing in the dirt.

"Oh yeah, my mom made me bring him." Irritated, Josie called to Jake. "Don't just stand there."

Jake ran over to me and hugged my leg. I patted him on the head feeling something sticky, but was too afraid to ask. I told him my brothers were in the living room and he could go play video games with them. His pale green eyes lit up with excitement as he took off. I waited to make sure he found them. Josie could have cared less and took off towards the kitchen leaving tiny bits of dried mud in her wake from her dirty Converse shoes.

"Hey Jakey boy, what's up?" Dean said as he slapped him a high five. I knew Dean and Xander wouldn't care. Jake was a good kid so they didn't mind him hanging around - probably because they had the same maturity level.

When I knew Jake was okay, I proceeded to the kitchen where Josie had helped herself to an apple after throwing her favorite L.A.M.B purse on the counter. "So what's on the agenda for tonight?" Josie asked, sinking her teeth into the apple.

"I don't know if I'll be able to get away. We're supposed to be spending 'family time' together," I said, air quoting the words.

"Fudge that. This is our last weekend together before we head off to school. Can't you get out of it?"

"Josie, it's not like we won't see each other again. We are going to the same school."

"Yeah, but it's a big school and we'll be taking different classes," she voiced concern.

"I'll see what I can do, but no promises. My mom was really excited about all of us being here together this weekend."

"Yeah, well, that might change. I overheard my dad say they were working on some big deal this weekend that would require most of your dad's attention."