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Chapter 4

"MAX" I yelled as he walked through the cafeteria holding his tray.

"Hey Skyler, do you know you look like shit?" He asked coming to sit down across from me.

"You know I think I was told that last hour." I said shaking my head and laughing. Oh fuck that hurts.

"Who got you?" He asked looking worried and pissed off.

"Well lets see, Steve got me and then Nic decided to kick an injured guy while he was face down. Oh and then some of their goons decided that I needed to taste the walls on my way here." I said smiling at him.

"You should really go tell someone this is happening to you." He said looking upset.

"I think I would rather eat nails." I said taking a bit of my chicken sandwich.

"I will never understand you." He said shaking his head.

"Well you see I look at it as exercise. I do a lot of running and then I get to learn where it hurts the most when someone hits you. Lessons to learn my friend I have learned a lot of them and I bet they still have more to teach me." I said laughing.

"You know it pisses me off when you act like this." He said shaking his head and looking down at his tray.

"I'm sorry Max, I really am. I don't like it but I am not going to start telling on people. I would rather be sore for a couple days and do my best to avoid them." I said with a sigh.

"And when they kill you or put you in the hospital, what then?" He asked still sounding pissed.

"Well if I die then you need to avenge my death, if they put me in the hospital find some rich person to pay the bill for me because I need all the money I have to get the fuck out of here." I said.

"Your a dumbass." He said looking at me. I could tell he was pissed so I knew I needed to shut up.

"Yes, yes I am." I said winking at him.

"Promise me you will be careful the rest of the day and if they keep fucking with you, you will go to the nurse and get checked out." He said with a sigh.

"I promise." I said smiling at him. I love Max he is the sweetest and only friend I have. Even if he was gay I could not date him. He is cute in a Shia Lebeouf pre-transformers kind of way. The only difference is he has blond hair and wears glasses.

We ate in silence for the rest of the lunch period. When we were about to go Max hugged me. Okay I hate being touched by anyone. I think it is because I have never been touch in a right way like this and even when someone does that I freak. But I have learned to tolerate it when Max does this. My parents were never loving and Benny never was a hugging kind of person and besides Max they are the only people I deal with in my life. 

"See you in the morning." He said smiling at me.

"Have a good practice." I said laughing at him before I took off for my locker and headed to my fifth hour.

The rest of my day was easy breezy lemon squeezy. When I got to work I clocked in and counted my drawer before going up and relieving Jan. I worked nights with Hector. He stayed in the back talking to his many girlfriends while I did all the work. But I liked it that way. Around five I had my normal rush of last minute dinner shoppers before it died down to where it was only the people who come in for munches or what I like to call prego runs. This one guy had been to the store three time to get his pregnant wife some really gross shit. Once it was corn beef hash and ding dongs another time it was green beans, mushrooms and A-1 sause this last time it was something normal, he fixings for a banana split.