Chapter 6 - Conversation.

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by CashMuke16

by CashMuke16

Hellooooo boys and girls, I am indeed ALIVE AND WELL.
I sincerely apologize for keeping you all waiting for nearly eight months... I think I just needed some inspiration, organization, plus a much clearer head and I'm happy to say I got all those things so I hope this turns out good (fingers crossed!). Please please PLEASE leave your comments... I cannot even BEGIN to describe how much they mean to me ❤️ anyways, I've kept you all waiting long enough, so without further ado- ladies and gentlemen, the rejects.

(TEXT IN ITALICS IS A FLASHBACK AND TEXT IN BOLD IS WITHIN A GROUP MESSAGING CONVERSATION)

Luke

"Hey Fluke."

It was a chilly November late afternoon. I was seated...I can't recall exactly where, all I remember is it was somewhere in the back lot.

Why do I remember? Because that's where every beating happened.

Every punch, every blow, every kick to the gut, every bloody nose- every single one in that back lot, directly behind the school.

He and his.. Posse, or whatever you might like to call it... They'd take me right there every other day as I waited for either of my brothers to come pick me up.

Why didn't I run? Because if I did, they'd take Blake instead. And I wouldn't let them do that, not if I could help it.

I was tiny then, I was weak, I had no defenses aside from a couple of time-worn karate moves I'd learned at a class I took when I was in the second grade, but this? This was the seventh. And I'd always heard stories about how kids get meaner around middle school.. Never believed them 'til then.

Blake had no idea, of course, of what was going on. She wouldn't have any of it if she did.

"Ethan." I nodded, looking straight into his fiendish eyes, preparing for the worst.

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Today had been interesting, to say the least.
As soon as I got home, I rushed up the stairs into my room, and threw myself onto my bed yelling "Mum, I'm home." out into, for all I knew, might've been an empty house. Thankfully, she responded with an "I'm in the kitchen!", though it made me groan, as I got up and went back down the stairs to greet her.

Heed my words when I say that real men are good to their mothers.

I peck her cheek as she asks "How was school?", and I shrug in reply.

"Mm... What are you making?" I ask, smelling something that piques my interest.

"Spaghetti, but you can't have any 'til you give me a proper answer."

"I said school was..." And I shrug once more. She laughs, the chuckle so obviously laced with sarcasm.

"Okay, fine." She concedes, though obviously annoyed, handing me a plate.

"Thank you." I mumble.

"You know, I still don't understand why you do that to your hair." She remarks as I ladle some sauce over the pasta already sitting on my plate.

"Hm?" I raise an eyebrow in question, glancing at her, only to see her pointing at the quiff above my forehead. I smile.

"Believe me, mum, neither do I."

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HeyMack23: Chief, we've got an issue.
HeyMack23: Luke
HeyMack23: Luke I'm actually serious right now
Hemmo1996: what
MaGiCmike: code red code red code red code red
CalPal: what the actual fuck
MaGiCmike: CODE RED CODE RED CODE RED
Hemmo1996: michael calm the fuck down
HeyMack23: believe me, he's being calm
CalPal: hang on are you two TOGETHER?
MaGiCmike: CODE RED CODE RED
HeyMack23: yes, Einstein, we are. Have been for the past four years, actually.
CalPal: I'm sorry I don't remember sarcasm being part of my maccas order
HeyMack23: and I don't remember ever ordering a Kiwi with my smoothie
MaGiCmike: CODE RED CODE RED CODE RED CODE RED
CalPal: that didn't make sense
CalPal: like, not even REMOTELY.
HeyMack23: shut up would you?
HeyMack23: anyways, yes, we're together right now you asshole.
BlakelyCee: can everyone just stop swearing please
MaGiCmike: CODE RED CODE RED CODE RED CODE RED
CalPal: yeah everyone stop fucking swearing.
BlakelyCee: 😒
CalPal: sorry mom
Hemmo1996: EVERYONE JUST STOP FUCKING TYPING
BlakelyCee: LUKE
Hemmo1996: IM SORRY OKAY JUST EVERYONE PLEASE CALM THE FUCK DOWN
*MaGiCmike has changed the topic of the conversation to: CODE RED CODE RED CODE RED CODE RED CODE RED CODE RED CODE RED CODE RED COOOOOOOOOODEEE REEEEEEEED*
BlakelyCee: Michael, we don't even have codes.
Hemmo1996: 😡
CalPal: okay okay we're calm.
Hemmo1996: what actually happened to you guys? where are you?
HeyMack23: Patrick Bell's neighborhood.
Hemmo1996: what's happening
MaGiCmike: WE BROKE IN WE BROKE IN WE BROKE IIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNN
Hemmo1996: Hayley take his phone from him would you
*MaGiCmike has gone offline*
HeyMack23: okay, he's offline.
HeyMack23: basically, yeah. We broke in.
HeyMack23: and we really really need you right now.
Hemmo1996: why the hell did you break in
HeyMack23: you said you needed it over by Friday!
Hemmo1996: and that somehow meant breaking into his house because....?!?!?
HeyMack23: it's Wednesday.
HeyMack23: Tomorrow's Thursday.
Hemmo1996: which means MAGICALLY the day after that is Friday
HeyMack23: basically, it was the quickest way to get results
Hemmo1996: you need to confirm with me on this kind of stuff
Hemmo1996: shit.
Hemmo1996: what happened?
HeyMack23: we got caught.
Hemmo1996: typical.
HeyMack23: shit I gotta go. Just come here? Please?
Hemmo1996: it's fucking two in the morning I'm not driving when I'm this groggy
Hemmo1996: why do you need me anyways
HeyMack23: I really gotta go
HeyMack23: I think Michael swallowed a fly
HeyMack23: hopefully unintentionally.
HeyMack23: just get here. Please.
Hemmo1996: I'm not fucking driving, and I don't even know where Patrick bell lives
BlakelyCee: calum and I are ten minutes away from your house we're picking you up. I know where he lives.
Hemmo1996: Cruze, go back home now.
BlakelyCee: no.
Hemmo1996: if your father finds out you sneaked out at two in the morning he's going to flip
BlakelyCee: Blake says she doesn't fucking care, and for me to tell you this because she's fucking driving -Calum
BlakelyCee: Thats not really what Blake said and she told me to apologize for my language -Calum
Hemmo1996: ask her if she brought her inhaler at the very least.
BlakelyCee: she told me to say yes but she didn't -Calum
Hemmo1996: Cruze if anything happens to you I am going to kill myself
BlakelyCee: Calum here still wondering how and why you two aren't together -Calum

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SOOOO Bluke isn't actually a thing, in contrary to what I led you to believe.... ALSO Ethan and Luke have a history! Let me know what you all think about that :D
Also, I'd just like to thank prettypunkrockband for their comments!!! You really inspired me to update, actually, so thanks for that ☺️
As I said, I'd love your feedback, so let me know what you think of this chapter and what you think might happen next!!! Love you all!!!
-Frankie