Black & White

P9- Sunday Shopping

Depr Derp ERMAHGER JOHNNY DERP
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Zane's POV
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"You like listening to loud music?" Travis asked, as I plugged my phone into the auxiliary jack. "Yup," I said, turning the volume up. He smiled, and sat back in the passenger seat. "Hey.. are you off this weekend?" He asked, right before I turned on the music. "Yeah, why?" I asked, pulling out of the driveway.  "Maybe... Bah, n-never mind." he sputtered. "Okay," I said, shrugging and pressing play. My music started playing one of my "feel good" songs as I called them. The sing pretty much dissed human kind, and that was what I listened to when I was on one of my loner days. Which is a lot, but I hit the skip button. I think it was playing One Republic. "But with you, I can feel again.." Travis quietly mumbled along. The car ride was pretty silent, but then Travis spoke up. "Aren't you.. Aren't you turning 27 next week?" He asked. "Yeah, why?" I asked. "I mean.. Don't you want to celebrate it..?" "Meh.. It's usually not paid attention to much.. I've learned not to really care about it.. Just another year closer to death. Fun!" I sighed sarcastically. Travis laughed. "You're so enthusiastic, I wish I were that enthusiastic about anything!" He said, making me snicker. We were driving to the mall, for the Hot Topic, and the Apple store. Oh look! It's me!" I said, nodding to the trash can in someone's yard. "And there's me," Travis said, indicating a dumpster we passed. I laughed, not realizing my mask had fallen down as we pulled into a parking spot. "Huh. They must be redoing the parking lot," I said. I didn't notice that Travis was in front of me, innocently counting my freckles. He raised his hand to my cheek, and poked me. "...Watchu doin you weirdo..?" I muttered, pulling up my mask. He laughed and pulled me along the sidewalk to the entrance of the mall. They decorated the entrance kind of Halloween-ish, but mostly Autumn-ish. I coughed a little, pressing my mask to my face. There's always a bunch of old smokers in the front of the mall.. I'm not against it, the smoke just messes with my asthma. (JOIN THE ASTHMA CLUB!)  I hate not being able to breathe properly.. but don't we all? I sigh quietly, speeding up so we can get into the doors. "I remember when Garroth, Vylad, Mom, Dad and I came to the mall sometimes. Honestly, if dad was with us, it was for a critical reason, or a business occasion. He always hated the mall. Bah, forget about it." I muttered as we walked through the entrance. "No, no.. it's fine, really. ...I used to go to the mall with my mom a lot.. before she left." Travis said, tucking his hands in his pockets. "Left..?" I asked. "That's a story I'd rather not get into much, so never mind." He sighed. I shrugged it off, noticing the Starbucks kiosk. We walked to the surprisingly short line, looking at the menu. "Can I have a Pumpkin Spice Latte?" I asked plainly, stepping aside so Travis could order. "Sure, hon. May I take your order as well, honey?" She gestured towards Travis. "I'd like a tall hot chocolate.." he stated. I didn't like the way she was eyeing Travis, so I was glad when we got our drinks and left. We shopped at Hot Topic, then looked in the Earth Bound store.

"Well, Travis...? What do you think?" I said, playfully tying a skirt around him. "I feel fabulous," he said, laughing. He took it off, folding it carefully and laying it back on the shelf.  We left the store, doing some window shopping. They seemed to be redoing a lot of things around the mall area and such, the bathrooms were being worked on, and a new store was being put in. We were heading towards the exit, we'd been shopping for about four hours (somehow..) when suddenly I ran into this girl. Literally. We collided, falling down harshly. I sat up, rubbing my arm which had been broken -I had gotten my cast removed Friday night(a week passed since last chapter)- I always land on my left arm.. I don't know why. Travis tried to stop laughing, but he helped the girl up, then reached for my hand to pull me up. And you know what I did? I grabbed his forearm, the yanked him down, making him loose his balance, falling straight on me.. and I swear to Irene, if my mask would've been down, he would've accidentally kissed me... People had began to look at us awkwardly, but the girl who ran into me was giggling so much it looked like her head was gonna pop off. She helped us both up, still giggling. "S-Sorry f-for running into y-you.." she said, straightening up. I rubbed my neck awkwardly, nervously laughing. "I-Its fine.." she giggled awkwardly and ran off, catching up with these two girls and a guy. I was about to turn around and keep walking with Travis when suddenly the girls shoved her onto the ground, scoffing at her. "What the hell..?" Travis muttered.

"Go away, you little twit.." his voice rang through my ears. "But Gene! Wait up! I just wanted t--" that was when he turned around, slugging me in the stomach, shoving me into the ground. I couldn't breathe, he knocked the wind out of me. I struggled to get air, my senses slowly coming back. "Z-Zane! A-Are you okay..?" This girl-woman..thing shrieked, running up to me, helping me sit up. "Weak.." Gene muttered, turning to walk away with his gang.

"H-Hey! A-Are you okay..?" I ran up to the girl who was struggling to catch her breath, coughing. Travis cracked his knuckles, and went to confront the group that hurt this girl. I helped her sit up, letting her catch her breath. "Th-They d-didn't mean it.." She managed, beginning to tear up. "D-Did they..?" I didn't know what to say. "If you ever hurt someone else.. I will find you. And I will end you." I growled, death-glaring the group. They looked scared, turned, and ran off. "Th-Thanks.." the girl coughed out. She looked like she was young.. at least twenty. Travis helped her up, looking at me.

I didn't say anything, just sat there coughing my lungs out. I didn't know what I'd done wrong.. "L-Lets get you to the nurse." The girl.. woman.. thing said, slowly helping me up. I weakly groaned, my stomach was probably already bruised. Pretty red in the least. Aphmau put my arm around her neck, helping me walk quicker, the blow really knocked my breath out. I was still coughing, holding my stomach, coughing made it hurt worse. I was getting a bit light headed, but fought to keep going. We stumbled into the nurse's office, and Aphmau sat me down on one of the beds. I leaned against the wall, coughing some more. Aphmau walked over to the nurses desk and waited for her to get off the phone. "Can I put you on hold for a moment Mrs. Valkrum?" The nurse sat the phone down, putting the parent on hold. I could've sworn I heard someone scream from the phone.. Meh, probably just my imagination. They both walked over to me, but Aphmau stepped back, giving the nurse some room. "Aphmau, sweety, can you grab the inhaler from the cabinet? It's got a sticky note that has "Z. Ro'Meave on it," she asked, rubbing my shoulder roughly. I tried not to cough, but for some reason.. I just couldn't.

"Why did you even hang out with those jerks?" Travis asked. "I thought.. I thought they liked me.." she muttered. "Are you sure you're okay?" I questioned. what surprised me, was when she nodded, then hugged me. "Th..Thank you.." she muttered, stepping back. "Heh... no need to thank me.." I said. "Just.. go home and rest."

"Just.. go home and rest, Zane. You've been through a lot in a very short period of time. I'll call your mom to come get you, okay?" The nurse said, lightly patting my shoulder. I pulled my shirt back on in a swift motion.. she'd seen much more than I wanted anyone to know about.. "o-okay.." I muttered,  breathing a short cough.

...the scars...

WAHHHH MAH LIL NUGGIE