Crimson and Clover

Chapter 2

Greyson's POV.

"You're not coming with me, Rudy." I said to my younger step brother as I slammed the fridge door.

"Cmon, Grey, I know what your friends do anyways! I'm 13, plus Jay and Droop say I'm one of the guys!" He said, "please!" He begged.

I groaned, he was pretty mature for a 13 year old but still he's my little brother, why can't he find his own friends. "Why don't you find a girlfriend or something? Or where's that friend of yours? Isn't his name Andrew or Shane or something?"

"It's Drew, stupid. Also he moved like a month ago. Are you sure you don't sm-" I slammed my hand over his mouth.

"Shut up, Dads in the living room." I whispered. "Fine I'll let you come, but don't you embarrass me." I warned him.

He cocked a grin, "I'll try my best sis"

On the walk to Chubbys, I looked at my little brother serious. "Dude, don't let us influence you okay?"

He nodded. "Whatever, Grey. I love how stupid you think I am" he chuckled.

I rolled my eyes. "Smart ass"

Michaels POV.

"Are you sure you're sober?" I asked my cousin Gadiel as he laughed at completely nothing.

"Dude I'm chill, my eyes always look like this" he grinned.

"Dudeeee, how'd you chip your tooth again?" Jay said, receiving a slap to the arm by Sherri, and a dirty look from Yadira, and me.

Droop completely ignored it and changed the subject. "Can you girls please go get us some more pop?" He asked.

"Yeah please?" Jay whined. They both rolled their eyes.

Once they were gone, jay looked at me. "So are you excited to see Grey?"

"Man what does that girl even look like now?" I asked, trying to even remember her appearance from 6th grade. "Does she still have her braces?" I smirked.

"No dude, she's actually kinda hot, you'll like her" he shrugged. I frowned.

"I don't think she would like me." I shrugged

"Don't be a spaz" he looked behind me, over to the jukebox, the girls were playing a song. As the song turned on, Greyson Watts, whom I haven't seen in years walked into the diner.

"Now I don't hardly know her, but I think I could love her" the song played, but my focus was on her.

She was still short, her blonde wavy hair bounced as she walked towards us.

"Crimson and Clover.
Ah, as she comes walking over.
Now I've been waiting to show her,
Crimson and Clover, over and over."

She looked right at me and smiled, she didn't have her braces anymore. I smiled back at her but I was stuck in a trance.

"Michael!" I got a slap to the back of my head by Yadira. I stood up nervously and smiled.

"How do you do?" I said, awkwardly holding out my hand for her to shake.

Greyson's POV.

I walked up to the group, the first one I saw was Michael Stiffler.

He looked so much different. He wasn't as scrawny and skinny as he was, his hair was longer and darker, he was a lot taller.

I was so nervous, like usual. "How do you do?" he said, holding out his hand. I smiled and shook his hand.

"Great, you?"

"Wonderful" he grinned.

Rudy tugged on my arm, I looked at him, he was only 13 and already taller then me. "Yeah?" I whispered.

Rudy pushed himself in front of me. "I'm Rudy, don't think you'd remember me."

"Nah, I think I do, Man. You're older aren't you" Mikey said, winking at me.

The fact that we all chatted like everything was still the same as it was a few years ago warmed my heart.

"Come on you guys let's go back to my place" Droopy said.

Yadira's POV.

After an hour of talking and goofing around and Rudy trying to flirt with me and Sherri and horribly failing, we all decided to go to Droopys.

We all piled into a beat up Cadillac which Droopy bought himself from a dude in the Dairy Queen parking lot, I thought it was pretty shady but it's gotten us where we needed to go so far.

I sat in the middle next to Droopy, Mikey sat next to me.

I'm the back jay sat with Sherri in his lap and Rudy sat in the middle next to Grey. The ride back was full of jamming out to Led Zeppelin.

Once we finally got home we all scattered to the attic, "I'll get there first" droopy said to be slightly pushing me out of the way, I ran past him.

"Not if I do!" He grabbed my waist and pulled me back, running past me, jumping through the door.

"I won!" He laughed.

"You could've fallen and died, stupids" Sherri said, throwing herself back onto the torn up plaid couch.

"We couldn't have died!" I said defensively.

"If you broke your neck you could've." Jay said, of course taking Sherri's side. We all just laughed and ended the conversation.

I sat next to Droopys as he got high. I sorta frowned, he stays high nowadays, almost in a worrying way. His life sucks, his dads an alcoholic, so is his mom. They're never home. His older brother used to beat him up before he got arrested, that's what happened to his tooth. He basically lives on his own, I guess he just numbs the pain.

He sat back with his eyes closed, passing the joint off to the next guy. "I wish you'd try that" he laughed.

"Someone has to be responsible" I said sarcastically.

"Greys got that down pact" he laughed.

Me and Sherri gave in and tried it. My eyes felt dry and heavy, I actually felt like I was floating in a way. Everything seemed so vivid, but I was starving. I felt fucking great.

"Are you sure this is your first time?" Droop laughed.

I nodded with a giggle.

Greys POV.

Damn they're getting high again, which I'm definitely not surprised about. I was just worried about Rudy, he honestly has seen this before but I don't like it.

"Here little man" Mikey laughed and handed him the joint. Rudy looked at me with a hopeful smile on his face that he'd let me try it.

I snatched the joint from him. "Absolutely not" I handed it back to Mikey.

"Since when are you my mom!?" Rudy yelled at me. "Last time I checked mom was dead!"

I was taken back by his response, but it pissed me off. "You don't have to remind anyone! You're not smoking dope, especially around me!" I yelled back.

"Why not!" He yelled "I'm 13 I can do what I want" he said snatching the joint from Mikey.

"Hey hey hey, dude stop that" Mikey said sternly to Rudy. "You needa listen to her." He said.

He threw the joint down in the ashtray and pouted up on the other side of the room, turned facing the wall. Everything was quiet and awkward. "I'm sorry about that" I said.

"Nah I get it, you gotta watch out for your kid siblings, make sure they do right." Mikey said.

"Thanks for understanding" I smiled.