April Roberts

Chapter 2

I grab my football and go outside. Then I run over to Hunter's house and knock on the door. His older sister answers it. "Hey Allison." I say. "Is Hunter here?" Allison looks at me and then calls over her shoulder, "Hunter someone's here to see you."

I hear Hunter running down the stairs. "Hey April. What do you need?" He asks. "You want to play some football? I hear tryouts are soon." He shakes his head. "I would love to but right now I have some chores I have to finish up."

"Ok. Later." I run back over to my house. I put my football back into my room and then put on shorts and a tank top. I tell mom where I'm going then I go outside and stretch. I might as well go run since I pretty much have nothing to do. Well I could work on my dribbling but I want to go run right now.

I put my earbuds in my phone and turn on my music. Then I start running. I listen to Pentatonix. I love their music. It's just so good!

An hour later I walk up the driveway to be greeted by my German Shepherd Max. I got Max when I was two years old. We're inseparable. Max has always been there for me so I do my best to be there for him. It's just how it works. "Hey Max. You want to go for a run?" I ask rubbing the top of his head. He loved that. He started wagging his tail so I took it as a yes. I open the garage and grab his leash and then I attach it to his collar.

Yeah I know I just had an hour run but I don't care because Max wants to go for a run only after I've been running so this happens everyday. I turn my music on again and we set off.

When we get back Max is panting really hard. I could say the same about myself. We go inside and to my room. I decide to watch a movie so I take a quick shower and get into some comfy clothes. A long-sleeved dark blue shirt with black leggings and fuzzy socks.

I go down to the basement to watch a movie. Asher comes down also so we look through the movies. We finally decide on watching Divergent.

Asher runs upstairs to use the restroom and get us popcorn. I sit on the couch and Max jumps up. Mom doesn't like Max on the couch but sometimes he can. Then I realize that I forgot the remote by the TV. Max is on top of me so I can't get up and I don't want Asher to get the remote either because he hogs it and watches the commercials if there's ever one.

I stick my hand out but I know it's useless. Max is too big for me to move. He's grown since he was a puppy. He has no trace of fat on him. It's all muscle. "I wish I had the remote right now." I say to myself with my hand still stretched out. I'm being silly, nothing's going to happen. Then the unthinkable happens. The remote fly's through the air and into my hand. What just happened?

I hear Asher coming down the stairs and I decide to keep it to myself for now. He hands me a bowl of popcorn and then he sits down and I resume the movie.