~ Mike's pov ~
I sat on the ground smoking while Tony was having fun skating with Ronnie and his friends.
"Mike, what's up with you?" I heard Max ask sitting next to me.
"Nothing, why?" I asked.
"Well, you're smoking a blunt." He said.
"Just stressed." I said.
"About what?" He asked. I sighed.
"Why do you care?" I asked.
"Hey, I'm a friend. I'm not like the other jackasses." He said. I sighed.
"Just a lot going on. And I don't want Tony getting to close to the rest of Ronnie's friends. I don't care if he's friends with Ronnie or you but the others I don't trust." I said.
"Oh come on, Ashby is not a bad kid. You know that." He said.
"That ginger has been all over Tony since he met him." I said.
"You know Alan won't do that." He said. I took hit off the blunt.
"Want a hit?" I asked. He took the blunt from me. I watched as Tony and Ronnie walked off somewhere. "Where is Ronnie taking him?" I asked.
"Don't worry. Ronnie just wants to talk to him alone." He said. I sighed.
"Well I dated Ronnie. So he might be jealous. What if he hurts Tony?" I asked.
"He's not going to." He said. I sighed.
"How can you be so sure?" I asked.
"Because we both know Ronnie." He said. I sighed.
~ Tony's pov ~
Ronnie wanted to talk to me privately so I followed him somewhere.
"Where are we going?" I asked.
"I just wanna show you something." He said. I nodded and continued following him. We got to a lake.
"This is nice." I said.
"Yeah I come here all the time when I need to think." He said sitting down and putting his board beside him. I sat down and put my board beside me.
"Why did you want to bring me here?" I asked.
"I don't know. But can I trust you?" He asked.
"Yeah. Of course." I said. He sighed.
"There's a reason why I am the way I am." He said.
"What do you mean?" I asked turning to face him sitting criss cross. He did the same.
"Well the reason why I lash out a lot." He said.
"Oh, yeah. Why is that?" I asked.
"Well my mom left when I was young. My dad took it out on me and my brother. I always hated myself for my mom leaving. My brother's off married. So now it's just me that my dad hurts. I try and hide it all behind a smile. When I'm home I lock myself in my room and I break down crying. That's why I'm always out of the house. My dad gets drunk and he gets abusive. Only to me though, not my step mom. He always blames me for my mom leaving. And sometimes I blame myself. I feel like I'm a mistake. I feel like they hate me. And I think the only reason those guys back there are my friends because they feel sorry for me. I mean Mike and I aren't exactly friends but he cares. Max is my best friend. I know he cares for me. But the others? I don't know. I've gotten hurt so many times. I have very few friends because of my life style. Yeah most of my friends are assholes, but it isn't really anything." He sighed and took a breath and continued. "I wish i would've known why my mom left. I don't speak to her, and that just cause of the stories I've heard of her. I just don't wanna turn out like my dad." He said.
