Don't Disappear

Chapter 5 (BMC & DEH)

Jeremy-
Rich grabbed onto Jake's hand as Jake made some fake karate move while Michael pulled a softball bat and handed it to me while he kept a frying pan holding it over his head while I lead the way. 'Why do I need this' I looked at him with a 'Really," expression. He replied with a 'Just trust me,' expression, 'fine,' I thought. I swore I saw Jake and Rich smirk and looked at eachother blushing.

My dad opened the door to reveal a scared and nervous kid that looked a little familiar, and a nice looking woman. "Heidi! How are you?" My dad asked scratching the back of his head while holding his hand out to for a hand-shake. The other ladie grabbed it and pulled him in for a hug. They let go of eachother after a few minutes blushing. "Uhh, well then, umm," my dad said nervously. "Well, umm, hi what's your name kiddo," he asked to the kid, "Umm, E-E-Ev.." he started. "This is Evan," his mom finished for him putting his hand on his back pushing him forward. "Do you go to Westerburgh High?" asked Jake politely. "Y-y-yes," he replied sweat beating his forehead. Rich beamed up at him. Evan looked down at him and half smiled at him. When Heidi and Evan walked in my dad told them, "We just ordered pizza, it might take a bit but I hope that's fine," "It's fine," replied Heidi. They walked off to the kitchen.

Evan-
"Hi I'm Rich," said the shorter, hyper boy, "and that's my boyfriend Jake," he said pointing to a taller boy with dirty-blonde hair, "and that's Jeremy," he pointed to a pale boy with dark-brown hair. "and that's Micheal," he finished pointing to the last boy who wore a red jacket with a pac man and rainbow flag on his shoulder and for some reason all of my fear disappeared. He leaned in and whispered very quietly, "They're totally gay for eachother," I couldn't help but look at them and smile. Michael started giving Rich a death stare, while Jake stifled a laugh, and Jeremy stood there oblivious. Poor guy.

Jeremy-
"Umm, so Evan you wanna go and play video games in the basement, with us of course?" asked Michael ending the long moment of silence. "I umm," he looked up at his mother, she nodded as if giving him permission, "S-sure," he smiled with worried smile. Rich grabbed his hand with his other hand and pulled him and Jake towards the basement stairs. Michael and I trailed behind very awkwardly.

When we got there Rich let go of Evan and Jake. "So umm, don't you hang out with that bathbomb kid?" Jake asked. "Uh, you mean J-Jared, umm, y-yeah," he replied. Rich sat next to Evan smiling at him. He picked up his shaking hand and laid his head on his chest, making "Shh," noises to try and calm him. He seemed so lifeless the way Rich moved him. "So umm, Evan, you like slushies??" I asked staring at our melted slushies. "Uh, y-yeah, I like the blue ones," he replied a little calmer still on Rich's chest.

Michael-
Before we new it we were asking Heidi if Evan could come with us to the 7/11 on 'Lams' street. "Umm, sure, of course, you sure you want to Evan?" she asked. "Yes m'am," he stated as if he was more sure of it than anything in his whole life. So before I knew it we were all squished into my tiny PT Cruiser.

I drove the smallest car in the world, while Jeremy sat in the passenger seat, Jake sat behind me, Evan sat behind Jeremy, and Rich sat in the middle with Evan still on his chest playing with a fidget cube, I think. We arrived in the 7/11 a lot like how we walked into the basement, Rich pulling Jake and Evan, and Jeremy and I walked awkwardly into it.

"THERE'S A 7/11 RIGHT THERE," sang Rich loudly. "If I have to hear that song one more time," muttered the cashier under his breath. "Oh hey Evan!!" He said, his name tag read John, he looked like he was in his first year of college, "H-hi," he said fearfully once again. We ran over to the slushie counter. Evan got a blue slushie, Jake got a pink, yellow, and blue slushie (in that order), Rich got all of the flavors, Jeremy got a pink, purple, and blue slushie (in that order), and I got a rainbow slushie. I also grabbed a few Red Mountain Dews and a whole bunch of sour gummy worms.

Rich walked over to the counter like a little kid, chewing his straw, while Jake trailed behind his arm wrapped around his neck, Evan holding hands with Rich, and Jeremy and I wallk behind them awkwardly. Why are we so awkward?

John, the 7/11 scanned the items, he chuckled, "$17.76," he said smiling shaking his head. His phone started ringing, "Dolpins, are gay sharks," started playing over and over. "Sorry, I have to take this," he said before turning away to pick up the phone.

They all looked at me like, 'Really??', "What, I really like sour gummy worms," I said crossing my arms. Jeremy put his head on my shoulder sleepily, I blushed while Jake, Rich, and Evan all smirked at me, 'Wait, How does Evan know? Rich.' I thought.

"Hey 'Little Lion'!!"
"Ugh, why can't Laf get they're own baguettes,"
"Wait, where's Herc?"
"Not again, ugh, we've been over this,"
"Ok, see ya in a few minutes Alex,"
"I know I love you a lot too, goodbye,"
He hung up.

"Awwww," we all said when he said, 'Love you a lot,'.

"Who's the special someone?" asked Jake, curiously. "My boyfriend, Alexander, there's a million things he hasn't done," he replied, he muttered something under his breath, 'like me,'. Which made all of us laugh uncomfortably. "Wait, did I say that aloud, oh?" He said. "Let me guess you three are dating," he said pointing to Jake, Rich, and Evan. "And you two are dating?" He asked pointing to us. "N-no n-no way," said Jeremey as both of us blushed at each other. "Not yet," muttered Rich, I coughed. "N-no I like a d-different boy at o-our s-school," said Evan. "WHAT?!" We all said. "Crap," he muttered quietly. "Ok, kids we are locking up in 5 minutes unless you want to spend the night here," John told us. "Who's we?" Asked Jeremey. "Eliza and I," he replied. "What?" asked someone in the back. "Nothing Liza!" replied John. "Awww, look at the little kids," she said looking at us. "Yes and we have to go Hercules got into Peggy's old dresses and Lafayette needs more baguettes," he replied. "Ugh not agin!! And why can't Lafayette get they're own baguettes??" she asked. "That's what I asked Alexander but he said Lafayette is with Hercules, and both of them had a little to much alcohol," he replied. "Ugh stupid, fake IDs, stay out of trouble kids," she said before escorting us out and dragging John to a blue bug car. "Bye Evan," he shouted. "See ya!!" replied Evan.

We all hopped into my PT Cruiser and drove off. Jake fell asleep with Rich on his shoulder, while Evan fell asleep on his chest and Jeremy fell asleep on my lap. I tried avoiding the holes in the road, cursing our government for not using taxes for filling in the holes with more cement.

( 1278 words) ;)