TheWildBunch

"Business Trip"

It was a Saturday morning with nothing to do. Mason just laid on his bed reading an adventure story wondering whether anything exciting will happen to him. All of the sudden the phone besides Mason's bed rang, his best friend Tyson calls and says,"Hey Mason can you still come over and shoot some hoops with me, and some of my friends?" 

I replied, "Yeah, I was planning all night to be there, for I'm putting my shoes on now." as Mason jumped in out of bed and got ready.

"You better hurry, because we're waiting on you." Tyson said. "Okay see you in a minute."

"More like ten minutes, but I'll hurry." I replied, as I hung up the phone. 10 minutes later I asked, "Hey mom can I go play basketball with Tyson for a little while?"

Tyson lives right across the road and around the curb for us, however his mom replied " No, I would like you to go to the park with the school. Perhaps you could meet some new friends at Short Meadow High." 

"Oh Mason by the way your mom and I are going on a business trip for the next five to seven days. Uncle Mitch should be here in on Friday." Mark told me, as he came into the room.

"On what sort of "Business Trip" might I ask?" I replied to my dad, while sitting up from our couch.

"We are going to Monroe, Montana for a couple of weeks to discuss some things with Commissioner Craig. That's all." Mom answered my question.

"Can't I go to Tyson before I go to the park?" I begged.

"I'd rather you wouldn't, however it's dad decision." Mom said, as she got ready to leave.

"You have my permission to go though please try to be polite and meet some New Friends at the park." Dad replied.

"Yes. Thanks dad." I yelled from the door, as I ran to the door.

"Don't forget your sandwiches!" Mom answered, as she threw my lunch bag to me.

"Thanks." I replied. I got my bike from our shed and rode to Tyson's.

Once I got at Tyson's front driveway. I saw four other boys around my age finding out they go to same school as Tyson is now. So we decided to start a pickup game of basketball. The teams were going to be picked now, Mason and Joey were elected as team captains. Tyson, and Jake were on my team (Mack). VS . Ry, Joey, and Patrick team (Jazz). First team to 20 points wins.

It started slow with just a couple three pointers. 

6-3 for Mack.

The game quickly picked up. A lot of turnovers happened, and soon the tables turn for the worst. 

6-15 for Jazz.

We called a quick timeout and I said to my fellow teammates."Tyson, and Jake we have to start playing unless we want to lose." 

They agreed and we all started to play again, surprisingly we started performing quite well by scoring the next 10 out of 12 points. 

16-17 for Jazz.

Then each team made a two pointer the latest score is...

18-19 for Jazz

We have possession of the ball, Tyson passes it to Jake, and he passes it to me. Joey does his secret backwards defensive move on me, but I do a spin move, dribble the ball to the corner, fake the first attempt, shoot the second, and it goes in!

21-19 is the final score. 

We all shook hands after the great game we just played.

"Great game, Tyson." Ry said, as he shook hands with him.

"That was an incredible shot you did, Mason." Joey told me, while coming to me and shaking my hand.

"Nah. It was a great team effort." I replied.

"That sure was. Will we see you around, Mason?" Patrick asked me.

"Most likely. It was fun meeting you all." I said, as Mason hopped on my bike and rode off slowly.

"Same here!" Joey shouted.

I rode my bike to the park, and I got to around 3:30pm.

At the park I was bored, until three boys about my age went to a tree near where I was siting, and started talking. The topic seemed quite peculiar so Mason decided to listen in.

"Okay Jason, how are we going to do this?" We need another member in order to have the D in Wild." said a very tall blond haired boy with a broad shoulder stance, "But who"?

"I don't know what do you think, Kane"? Replied the supposed Jason, looking around he spotted Mason spying from afar. "Look it's that Mason kid who just transferred schools from Midwich".

"How about him? Who's he? Listen the less people who know about us the better." The dark hair stubby, shorter boy said.

"That's Mason. New kid from Midwich." Replied Jason, with a broad smile on his face.

"How do you know about him?" Layton asked suspiciously.

"Layton, It's ah okay. Let's just say I borrowed the list of new students for this week." Jason answered. "Actually I wouldn't exactly refer this to steeling. I only borrowed it forever." He smiled, while flashing other documents he swiped.

"Jeez, how many times do I have to tell you to stop pickpocketing!?!" Layton said as he gave it back to Jason so he zipped up his pockets for safety.

"Quit it guys. Let's go ask that kid, Mason if he wants to join our group." Kane stated.

"I wonder if they are talking about me, well there's only one way to figure out." Mason thought to himself, while approaching the group as he stated. "Are you talking about me?" I asked.

"Yes, Mason. I'm Layton, that's Kane and Jason." Layton said. "Well uh.... never mind the minor details, now do you want to join, or are a wimp?" He interrogated.

"How do you know my name? Wait, that's my name on the new students list. How did you guys get it? I thought the principal can only see it." I stated while pointing at Jason's pocket. "I'll sleep on it. You wouldn't want me to rush my decision now would you?" I continued on, as he was about ready to scatter from them.

"Yes, we would like you to." Jason said.

"Don't make me cause you may not like the answer." I stated once again.

"Is that a threat?" Kane asked.

"No no no..... Just a statement." I replied, while casually walked away.

Sunday's for the Matthew's are usually the same thing just either watching tv, or getting extra sleep which is always crucial for when the Monday morning rush hits. Like a loud bang of thunder, or a sheet of lighting Monday morning hit. After doing my morning routine in a blink I still missed the bus so I rode my bike and miraculously got to school with minutes to spare. "TheWildBunch" gang was already there. 

They came to me and Jason said. "Well Mason, have you made your decision?"

I replied, "Yes and I will be in The Wild Bunch gang today."

Kane said. "I knew you would."

Layton replied. "I wasn't too sure after the way you caked yesterday, but I'm glad you're with us.

"See y'all then I guess" I replied.

Than I went home and thought about it. There was one thing that puzzled me. What is their plot???