The Story of Zane Downs

Chapter 3

Toto - Africa
Cuz I'm a sucker for this song.
Literally. I could be washing my hands and just burst it out.
I could be getting stabbed to death and burst it out.
Mainly cuz my generation wants to die but that's a different chapter. And story.
P.S. The date did a thing!

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SPRING   April 21, 2018
Saturday

    Our doorbell went off. That's how I was woken up on a cloudy day. Sitting up on the couch I looked out the window trying to catch a glimpse of who it was. It was his dad. He was patiently waiting for someone to answer the door. Sighing I went to get it seeing as it looked my parents weren't home.

    "Hey Mr. Downs, what can I do for you?" I ask after opening it up. Him taking a step back so I could step out.
    "Well I was going through some things and I found this, I assumed you'd like to have it, it has some pictures of you and Zane when you guys were traveling I assumed you'd want it since my son has no use for it." he said handing me some little box that had some writing on it, "Have a good day hun." He stated before stepping back before turning and walking off the porch.

     I looked down at the box in my hands before waving at the car before it drove off, leading me to turn and walk inside where I sat the box on a table beside the couch and walked away.

   SUMMER July 31, 2017
Monday

Walking into class I spotted Zane talking to Stell, her immediately spotting me and waving me over.
    "I felt my ears burning I thought I should probably get here quicker." I say in a joking tone.
    "Well I hope you know it was all bad things." Stell replied back in the same tone.
   "Oh we were talking about her I thought we were talking about you." He said with the most dumbstruck look on his face after pointing towards Stell.

    We all laughed before trading whatever food we bought, Zane handing me a chocolate milk and me handing him a Mountain Dew Kickstarter. Whilst Stell handed me a homemade banana nut bread muffin and me giving her my chocolate chip one. Her mom has her on a diet and most the time we trade food me for the healthier options due to my liking of them, and me handing her the not so healthy ones. Don't be a snitch. Her moms scary....

    "Hey do you have the answer to number five? I couldn't find it last night when I was going over the ones I skipped." Stell asks already heading for my bag on the table.
   "You know where it is." I say looking towards Zane before giving him a questioning look.
   "What?" Zane asked.
    "I'm just trying to figure out why you weren't already in my bag getting an answer. Or giving me another class assignment seeing if I could assist in it." I say still questioning and looking him over for an illness. Or if it was even my Zane in front of me and Stell.
    "Okay first of all I'm not that helpless. Second of all I did my work two nights ago, and I don't have any other work from my other classes that I've had yet." He states the first part in an 'I'm hurt' tone, then the second in an 'haha' voice.

Smug asshole.
"Okay fair enough, so you need no help with nothing?" I ask.
"Well I don't as of right now." He says.
"Well you know where to find me." I say.
"Well duh, your coming back to my house after class. Parents wanna see you." He says moving around to sit as he sees the teacher come in the room. Me following his movement towards my seat.
    "I just saw them like Thursday, why do they want to see me again?" I ask him pulling out stuff that we need for the day, while also taking my paper back from Stell.
    "Well they like seeing you, I don't see what's so wrong with my parents actually liking you compared to your parents not liking me." He said grabbing his pen and starting to write some notes that are on the board down.
    "Well it's not my fault as my parents seem to think you're taking their princess away." I say our voices starting to get quieter as the professor starts talking about the notes.
   "Well you've got like 20 other siblings they can fawn over."
    "No they've only had four together  and only two live with us. When you have kids you'll probably understand." I state to him.
    "Well at least you got siblings. Hell like 99.9% sure they did it once and that one time caused me." He says in the most serious voice.
    "Okay first of all ew. Second of all ew once again don't ever talk about any parent that I know sex life. And third of all I'm sure that isn't the case. There's probably an actual reason."
    "Oh no I know the real reason has to do with some health issues, they don't want to keep it going." He said.
    "Do you have it?" I ask.
     "Nope, 100% clean of the disease." He states
     "Well that's good, is that what the doctor appointment was for?" I ask him remembering that's why we couldn't hang out over the weekend.
    "Nope that was just a normal check up and I had to get some shots updated, the testing for that was done ages ago, I'm as healthy as a koala." He says with a big child-like grin on his face.
    "First of all koala's carry many diseases, one being due to them eating their own poop. Second that's... pretty good I guess." I say.
    "You guess! You mean you want me disease infested!" He states somewhat louder than he should've causing me to duck down so the teacher couldn't see me by him due to Zane interrupting his class.
   "Okay that's not what I meant, I just find it odd to do random doctor appointments." I say,
   "It's a mom thing she worries about me. You know how she is you've met her."
    "Well my mom doesn't do that."
    "Your mother has no regards to your health. She waited a night and most a morning to take you to the hospital when you thought your appendix blew." He says.
     "Well then I'm lucky it wasn't my appendix and just a UTI huh?" I say kinda chuckling,
     "You would've been dead." He states looking me dead in the eye before laughing and turning back to the notes.
    "Yea probably." I state back turning to the front of the class to listen.

SUMMER  JULY 31, 2017
Monday    Zane's House

  
    "So why'd your parents wanna see me again?" I ask walking in through the garage door, taking my shoes off, and sitting at the breakfast bar in the kitchen.
    "I don't know, they just wanted me to invite you over. I'm going to go change, want me to bring you something?" Zane ask walking toward the stairs in the den.
    "Yes please! Bring me some sweats if you got them. And I want a T-shirt also!" I yelled I yelled up at him pulling my phone charger and box out of my bag before plugging it in.
    Hearing some move upstairs I heard a small little thump in the den, "Here's your clothes!" Zane said before I heard his bedroom door closes again.
   "Thanks." I reply back before walking over and getting the clothes and walking into the bathroom and changing into some of clothes from his high school years.
   After I was done changing I started walking around the kitchen looking for food. After searching the cabinets and the snack closet I instantly went to the fridge and starting searching around.
   "Is there a reason your elbow deep in the fridge?" I hear behind me, turning around I saw Zane's uncle, Andrew, who in reality isn't much of an uncle since they're about the same age.
    "Because it's free real estate." I reply back to him after turning back.
    "Zane! Your friend is eating us out of house and home!" Andrew yelled up at him, you could hear a muffled laugh before a door opening and footsteps coming down the hall and then the stairs before heading towards us.
    "You don't even live here And (I'd like to clarify this is his nickname. Also Mean Girls reference eh?)." Zane laughed before doing that dude low-five-hug thing that they do.
    "But I could if I wanted to." He states before taking my seat at the bar Zane beside him.
     "What do y'all want to eat, I'll order something if I can't find something to make?" I ask them looking at them before going back to the fridge
    "There's a pizza in the freezer." Andrew states unplugging my phone and holding it up to take photos.
    "I hate pizza remember? There seems to be some cheese curds in here though, and I could heat up some of the potato soup." I reply back looking and seeing them both nod before focusing back on my phone.

     Shaking my head but smiling I start preheating the oven before pulling a pan out for the curds; then the crockpot that help the potato soup and setting it on the stove, turning it on high. I jump up on the island waiting for everything to get done while talking to the boys and looking out the windows around the open room.

    Hearing the oven beep signifying that the curds were done I get them out letting them cool some while getting bowls and spoons for everyone.

      "Hey it's done, eat it before I do." I state filling my bowl and throwing some cheese curds on a small saucer. Before walking back to my seat at the bar and start eating. Watching as Zane and Andrew throw the cheese curds towards each other's mouths some missing some hitting.

    "I am not cleaning this mess up." I state placing the plates, silverwares, and bowls in the sink before heading for the basement to watch the flat screen.
    "Wouldn't dream of you cleaning Princess!" I hear Andrew yell after me before they both start laughing.

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