(I plan this to be at least 20-30 chapters long -a current self reminder- also my goal is to get to about 1000 words per chapter!)
Previously
"Fiiine." I say in defeat to my new friend. "YES-" I cut him off "but you have to be quiet. " he nods.
I lead him towards my house. I look up at the overhang of leaves a mix of red, orange, yellow, and the last of today's sunlight. "So...why are you wanting to go to my house?" I asks curiously, Jerome still scared me a bit he seemed a bit...unpredictable. "I don't know... it gets a bit lonely out here." He answers a bit sadly at the end, I guess I do feel bad for him "What about your parents? Where are they?" I look at Jerome has a grim look "they were killed by Bacca Hunters...". I put a hand on his shoulder "sorry dood... I didn't mean to...".
He went from sad to happy "its ok cause I have you now!" I smiled at his enthusiasm. My house was near "LEZZA GO!!!" I yell running towards it, Jerome sped past me on all fours. He stopped by the side of my house and waited for me. I lead him around the wall to a window where my room is "Wait here, I'll open that window and you can crawl through. " I said my plan, he saluted like a soldier "yes sir!" He shouted in a bold voice, it sounded kinda c- WHAT AM I THINKING I literally just met him and he isn't even human!
I mentally scolded myself as I walked through the front door "Mom! I'm home!" I yelled...no response, I guess she isn't home. Once I was in my room I dropped my backpack on the floor and pried open the window. I peek out "It's clear!" I whisper yelled to the furry Bacca. He gives a toothy grin and with ease crawls in. "Wooaah, what's that?" He points to my computer "a computer" "how bout that and that and that and that?" He pointed at a bunch of stuff "hooman stuff." I laughed.
Jerome smells a dirty shirt from the floor and cringes "that is nasteh" he says throwing it at me. I laugh and toss it back on the floor "here look at this" I say handing him a minecraft head personalized to be my minecraft skin. He looks at it then looks at me "this looks like you." He smirks and puts it on "look I'm Mitch!" He says cracking up at his own joke.
We both go silent when we hear the front door open. "Mitch? You here, I was out getting groceries. " I hear my mom call through the house. I quickly shove Jerome in my closet and whisper "don't say or do anything." . I leave my room "yeah I'm here mom." I go in the kitchen where I expected her to be. She had a few brown paper bags that we're full of groceries, sure looked like she was having a struggle. I take half of them out of her arms and set them on the counter "thank you Mitchy." My mother says going around me to place the rest down. I turn towards her seeing Jerome at the top of the stairs waving at me. "I didn't know you'd be home later then usual." I say trying to distract her for a little.
"Yeah, I've been busy with work and shopping" She replies bending down to put something in a lower cupboard. I try to motion Jerome back into my room but her shakes his head and sits down cross legged. I face palm and silently groan, "something wrong Mitch?" My mom asks me "uuh, no I just have a small headache, that's all" I lied. When my mom wasn't looking I scowled at Jerome he mouths 'Miitchyy' I motion back to my room again. Who knew Baccas could be so annoying!
My mom continued to put groceries away "Oh, I just remembered I have some homework!" I lied again ad an excuse to leave "ok, see you at dinner. " Oh and a thing I didn't mention, my father had left me and my mother when I was two. I ran up the stairs and attempted to drag Jerome in my room "Dood your gonna get us caught!" I whisper yelled "Why didn't you stay in the closet?!" Jerome shrugs and crawls into my room silently. I shut the door "I started feeling lonely again" he says for his case, "I wasn't even gonna for more then five minutes. " I mutter, Jerome really must hate being alone. Jerome shrugged again and smirked "Mitchy, why are you maaaad?".
"I'm not mad, it's just, if you get caught my mom will flip out and do who-knows-what!" I said looking into Jerome dark brown eyes, if you didn't look close enough you'd probably think they were black. I became mesmerized by them and put my hand on his arm "just please don't do that again. ".
"Okaay" Jerome exaggerates dramatically for humor, I laugh a bit before getting an idea. I pulled out my phone and went on youtube then searched 'scary ghost car' knowing this would either end well or bad. I handed my phone to Jerome who seemed to be hypnotized by the car on the hill. "I've seen one of those things be- AHHHHHHH" Jerome screamed as a scary lady popped up screeching. Jerome chucked my phone at the floor making a loud thud before curling into a ball hiding from it.
"Hey Mitch you okay?" I hear my mom say "yeah! I'm just playing a scary game online with Sky! Turns out I only had a little work!" I shout to her. I put an arm over Jerome "Dood, you screamed like a girl." I laugh. Jerome shrugged my arm off glaring at my phone -which now had cracks on the corners- if I were to guess he was probably ticked at me.
