Changes

CHAPTER 24

Yaay more flashbacks!! Lets just not waste any time. Same thing as before ~~~ if its changing flashbacks. I'll have ------ if it's going to a normal present day thing.

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I sat in my class, watching the hands on the clock slowly tick closer to when I can leave. I sigh and look forward. The teacher, who somehow is always able to Finnish the lesson early everyday, puts his chalk down. He has notes scribbled all over the board. Should I write those down? Nah, I'll remember it.

"Alright class. You may have the rest of the hour to talk amongst yourselves." He said as he made his way to his desk. I saw the majority of the class go and go to their friends. It's sad. I've been here for almost an entire school year and I haven't made friends that are like Double D and Ed. God, I miss them...

As I was thinking about the group, a girl walked up to me and sat down in the vacant seat in front of me. She sat backwards in the chair so she could talk to me. "What up?" I looked at her, confused. "Uh, not much?" She had black hair with blue bangs. She wore a ratty band shirt and jeans with sneakers. She must have had 100 bracelets on her wrists. She laughed. "I'm Skye. Your new, and I didn't see you talking to anyone so here I am, I guess." She shrugged and leaned back against the desk.

"So, hey, um, I've seen you around the past few days and you don't really talk to anyone much or hang out with anyone...? Why?" She tilted her head in curiosity. Why the hell was she talking to me? And how does she know me? "Uhh... I-I just moved here. From, um, Peach Creek, Illinois." Skye nodded. "Dude, that's practically across the country." Eddy nodded. "Yeah... I know..." Eddy shrunk down in his seat and lowered his head. "Oh, man, dude I'm sorry. I didn't mean-" Eddy held up his hand. "No. It's fine, I should probably get used to that fact anyway." Skye shrugged and Eddy sat normally again.

They sat in awkward silence for a little bit until Skye cleared her throat. "Um, so class is gonna be over soon. You should hang out with me and my friend Talen." Eddy looked up, quizzically. "Not that I'm one to talk, but what kind of name is Talen?" He asked. She shrugged. "His real name is Terran. He wants it to sound cool, I guess. But what is your name?" The bell rang before he could answer and everyone filed out of the classroom. Eddy stood and held out his hand. "Eddy." Skye shook it awkwardly and walked out of class. "See ya later Eddy."

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I walked down the hall looking for Skye when someone accidentally bumped into me. He had shaggy brown hair, a band shirt, jeans, and sneakers. Just like Skye. "Sorry man, didn't see you there." The boy slapped me on the back lightly and continued to walk. Since I had to go the same way, I followed him. We both got to the lunchroom and the boy seemed to be looking around. I walked further and scouted the area.

I saw Skye sitting at a table and smiled. I raised my hand so she was able to see me and called out to her. And, so did the boy who bumped into me in the halls. Skye saw both of us and stood up. She walked over to me and dragged me to the boy. "Hey Talen. This is Eddy, the guy I wanted to sit with us. Eddy, this is Talen." We looked at each other and chuckled. "We meet again." Talen said. Skye looked confused. "Meet again?" Talen nodded. "We bumped into each other in the halls." I told her. She nodded, confused. She shrugged it off and walked to a table, with Talen and I right behind her.

After sitting down and eating, Talen began talking. "So, Skye, got any plans tonight?" He smiled cheekily and Skye glared at him. "As a matter of fact, I do... Perv..." She continued to eat. "Oh come on, Skye! What could you really have to do?" Skye's jaw dropped and she hit him upside the head. "I have kickboxing lessons you dick!" She glared at him.

I looked at her. "You do kickboxing?" Skye shrugged. "Well, yes and no. I do a lot of shit. Like a lot of fighting skills combined together. My dads a cop and he feels that I need to know how to protect myself and since I'm the only girl, I can't rely on other people I need to have something to fall back on, blah blah blah." She shrugged it off like it was nothing, but I could tell she just wanted to drop the topic in general.

"So can Eddy and I come see you?" She shrugged. "If you really want to."

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I glanced at Skye on the couch beside me. She was curled up in a very large blanket, watching the movie that was on TV. I grabbed a handful of popcorn and popped it into my mouth. I kicked my feet up on the coffee table and drank some soda.

Skye grabbed a handful of popcorn as well and chewed it slowly, as if not to disturb anyone. She took the two liter bottle of soda that her and Eddy were sharing and took a swig. She glanced at Eddy, holding out the popcorn and lightly shaking it. He grabbed some more and ate it.

"This movie is lame." Eddy commented as he rubbed his face. Skye rolled her eyes and gently pushed him. "Whatever. You just don't like it cause it's a chick flick" she looked at the screen once more. "Duh. Chick flick." Eddy pointed at the screen. "Not a chick." He pointed at himself. Skye smirked. "Are you sure? It's debatable sometimes." She punched him in the arm and his jaw dropped. "Low blow." He said as he stuck his tongue out at her.

Eddy thought back to when he first met her. Say wht you want about her, but damn, can she throw a punch... And... Erm.. Kick... Whatever.

He stood and began to walk to the kitchen. "Where are you going?" He heard Skye ask. "I'm gonna go get some more soda." He pointed at their almost empty two liter if soda. He walked into the kit hen and grabbed a replacement bottle, a bottle of orange Crush. He walked back into the living room and grabbed the almost empty bottle of Dr. Pepper. He drank the last few drinks and gave Skye the Crush.

"Yay! I love Crush!" He nodded. "I know." She looked at him. "How do you know?" He shrugged. "What are best friends for?" She nodded. "True, true." He threw the bottle away an sat down next to her. They continued to watch 'Leap Year'

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I whimpered as I pressed myself further into my bed. I had a pillow pressed against my ears and was humming to myself, trying to dim out the screaming voices. I was just about ready to claw my eyes out...

I stood and the pillows and blankets that I had wrapped around me tumbled to the floor. I threw on my jack skellington pajama pants and a shirt. I grabbed a sweatshirt an put it on as I slipped on socks and shoes. I climbed out my window, not wanting to bother trying to sneak out the front door. I wish I still had the door in my room...

I stumbled out of our fenced hard by climbing the fence and hopping over. I sniffled and began to walk down the street. I was ping to go to the park an just sleep there for the rest of the night. There was no way I was going back there. Not tonight, anyway.

I was just about to the park when I heard someone call my name. It was Talen. "Where are you going? It's, like, three in the morning." I shrugged. "What are you doing up? It's like three in the morning?" I asked him, accusing him of the same thing. He laughed. "Tushe. And for the record, I don't sleep very often. It's like insomnia. I don't sleep unless its the perfect environment. And my house is the exact opposite of that." He tried to explain. I still didn't understand, but I didn't speak up.

Talen walked over to me and sighed. "Man, you look like someone ran over your dog." He laughed at his own lame observation and clapped me in the back. "But hey, I'm not gonna push it. Lets go to my house. You can spend the night if you want." He started to walk away and I hesitated. I barely knew Talen... But... I can't go back home, and I don't want to sleep in the park...

I followed him and we began to walk toward his house. I stuffed my hands in my pockets and we began to talk. Little did I know, in a few short months, I would realize that he and Skye would be the closest thing to replacing Double D and Ed I would ever come across.

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Hey! Sorry I took so long, I had to start school and I just had killer writers block... I'm gonna reread all of my stuff and see what I have to work off of... Idk how long it might take...

Thanks for being patient with me, guys :)

And if you didn't realize, here are a couple things that I hinted at but didn't imply much.
1.) Skye's mother passed and she's living with her brothers and her father.
2.) Karen and Roger were fighting, so he wanted to just leave.

... Yeah... Kinda dark... Sorry...

Mmkay. Bai :3