The Secret Life of Me

Chapter 10

 The car ride to Liz's was silent, the kind of silence that can cause a person to go crazy. I wanted to turn on the music or something, but the frustration in Chanler's eyes made me advise against it.  We pulled in to her driveway, being greeted by her dad, Lucas, who was smoking on the patio. He out out the butt of his cigarette and walked over to the car, opening the door and helping me out by grabbing my crutches first.

"Parker, we are glad you are feeling better. Liz has been worried about you since you last mission, we all have." He  went around to the trunk and grabbed the duffel bag I packed, with some things I packed for a few days. I didn't want to go back home for a while, I wanted to stay away as long as I could.

"Thank you for letting us stay a few days, again." I gave Lucas a half smile and then lowered my head, so he couldn't see I was faking it. He went around to talk to Chanler, about who knows what, I decided to hobble my way to the door, Liz met me half way.

"OMG Parker, are you OK? Chanler told me EVERYTHING!" she tried to pull me into a hug, causing me to stumble in her arms, dropping my crutches. Her grip around me tightened to were I was gasping for air.

"Liz- some people- need- to breath-"

"Oh, sorry-" She let go and helped me retrieve my crutches from the ground, giving me back my support. "Do you need help up the stairs? Or can you get there by your self" I looked behind  my shoulder at Chandler and Lucas, who were still talking. I noticed my brother looked like he was ready to break down into tears. 

"Hello," Liz drew out the word as she waved her hand in front of my face,"Earth to Parker, you never answered my question."  I quickly snapped back and looked at the log flight of stairs.

"Should I go up those stairs by my self, no. Will I do it anyway, Yes." We both giggled a little and went trough the door, my mind still concerned with my brother's conversation.

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Making it up the stairs was a struggle, but I finally got into Liz's room ad collapsed on the futon I always sleep on. Yawning, I Looked at my phone, noticing it was only 4:21 pm. Liz grabbed the remote off her nightstand and threw herself on her queen size bed.

"So are you excited to go back to school?" she was flipping through Netflix, trying to find our favorite show "F.R.I.E.N.D.S" 

"Yea sure, I'm  already Three weeks behind in school and it just started. I am totally ready to deal with idiots who think they have a hard life." I said with a sarcastic chuckle. Liz, clicked play on the show. 

"Well, what about seeing the cute boy?" She giggled.  I rolled my eyes at her and threw a pillow, hitting her in the head. "Seriously though Parker, Axel hasn't stopped asking if you where okay."

I rose an eyebrow at her, "What did you say to everyone exactly, I mean our story has to match up." She looked at my leg and then her phone.

"Well, I just said you got in a bad car wreck when you where going to see your aunt out of town."

"Oh..."

We both became so sucked in to the world of sitcoms, that we had lost track of time. It was almost 10:30pm when we realized how late it was. My dad has messaged me 47 times and called 16. I sighed, alarming Liz, "What's up Parker?"

"Dad." I couldn't lie to her, She would find out too easily. I guess by my tone, she knew I didn't want to talk about it.

"Well, lets go get some food"

I rose an eyebrow at her "At almost 11 at night, when we have school tomorrow?"

"Yea, who needs sleep anyway? Come on, there is a Tacobell down the road."

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We got in her 2007 Chevy Silverado and started to blast the radio.  AC/DC's  "Thunderstruck" came on . We rolled down the windows and sped down the vacant road.  At least it was vacant till a suspicious black sports car began to follow us.