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The next day was Sunday.
The only day I was free from work.
And the only day I get to do my laundry.
I whistle merrily to myself as I head to the laundromat. There, I do wash them and after putting my clothes in the dryer, I dig into my pockets for a quarter but come out empty.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrEkemZ5wC6
"Oh come on!" I groaned digging into my pockets again. "I could have sworn I brought enough money with me,"263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSSqmHJdhpT
"Need any help kid?"263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡprFAPKtzc1
I look up to see the same man I saw yesterday at the coffee shop holding a sack full of laundry and glaring at me as usual.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiydHvLiMmR
Seriously, who pissed in his cereal?263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbTWiRfn81B
"Good morning sir,"263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6bQ3DNPkEi
He cocks an eyebrow, digs into his pocket and walks away. 263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGyTIiQ7cLR
I don't know if I should call him back or keep staring at his back.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYRRliGxcVX
I keep staring.
After drying my clothes, I go home, drop my laundry basket in my room and go to see Lucas as promised. Getting to his house, I ring the door bell and look around while I wait.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKr3evLH5r
This house should really use a touch up outside and this is not the first time I am saying this.
"H...hello Y/N,"
There was Lucas staring at me shirtless with a huge smile on his face.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsIa11Malr4
"Dude are you crazy?"
He blinked at me confused.
"Its the middle of Autumn! What are you doing dressed up like that?"
"Oh," he blushed. "Well, my house is pretty warm plus my mom is not here so...free world I guess,"
He shrugged at that last part and I did nothing but sigh because this wasn't like him at all. At home he was a caged human being because of his mother but at school he was a free bird. Talking none stop about his favorite superheroes.
Now he was acting strange.
What's wrong with him?
"So do you want to come in? Like you said, its cold and I am shirtless,"
I walk in and he shuts the door behind him. He goes to the kitchen and comes out with the dreaded potato chips.
"Potato chips? Seriously?"
He stared at me like I had just fallen out of the sky. "What's wrong? Don't you like potato chips?"263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzYgdXBDQOq
"I do like them but doesn't your mom hate them? She is calorie obsessed after all."
He shrugged and handed me a bag. "Not any more,"
We eat in silence and my mind wanders off to the potato chip incident. Like I said, his mom hates potato chips. 263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjAwkfWMMYt
And pizza. 263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyqCeKBOKqc
And ice-cream.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmpEP8QGdua
And hamburgers.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ48grVsNpWF
And...263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrh5LfaedlH
Screw it! She hates snacks in general and forbids him from eating that stuff and us from bringing it into the house. So I played a little prank on her. She was in the kitchen trying out a disgusting salad recipe she found online and I thought it would be fun to crush a few potato chips inside the dressing. She didn't notice this until I told her and that was after she ate the whole meal. Of course I got kicked out and Julie gave me a stern lecture about respecting other peoples opinions. She wants to eat salads? She can eat salads.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4GZDg6W6OF
I felt like an idiot and apologized to to her a few days later but she still gives me the stink eyes whenever I come to visit. 263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA8xo5KYb7t
Now I am sitting here, eating potato chips with him like nothing is happening. I take a glance at him and see he's staring into space in worry.
"Is something wrong Lucas?"
"What? No! I mean...nothing is wrong trust me," he said.
I cock an eyebrow, "Are you sure? You are really quiet."
He groaned.
"Did your mother say something awful to you again?" I place my hand on his shoulder. "Come on, talk to me."
He nods and starts sobbing. Instinctively, I drop my half bag of chips and hug him.
"Its okay," I whisper holding him tight. "Its okay. Everything is going to be fine."
"How?" he wailed.
I hug him tighter and he sobs louder.
"Why? Why does she hate me? Why?"
I pat him on the back. "Its okay. Do you want to talk about it?"
He sniffs into my shirt and warps his arms around me, "Le...lets play videogames instead."
"Injustice or Batman Arkham Asylum?"
"Both,"
Well I had all the time today so we went to his room and played the whole games of Injustice and I helped him pass a level in Batman Arkham Asylum.
How did I know how to pass that level?
YouTube baby. YouTube.
Just don't tell him.
"You know, I heard Gothom Knights is out," I say.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEY2JJBuq1W
"Yeah," he pushed the buttons on the controller.
"Should I buy it for you?"
He shakes his head. "Mom says she's going to buy that for me when I get good grades but..."
I lean forward. "But..."
"But Trig is kicking my ass,"263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIBpsb3s41X
I laugh. "Why didn't you say so? I can help you study."263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqvvfkCq97t
He looked at me. "For real?"263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgS5doOpNw4
I nod. "We can study together after school. How's that?"263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMxSVe8vTU5
Before he could reply, the door burst open and his mother stepped. She gave us one look, glared and pointed to the door.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUELKdyskMf
"Get out," she sneered.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzRsBWVUtIv
I stand up and quickly leave the room. 263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡufxHCK4Ghs
"You broke two rules in my house," she seeing me out of the door, "You walked in with your shoes and you brought potato chips. I guess disobedience is a result of bad parenting,"263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJZx0CGjwbx
Okay that stung but I wasn't going to out done by the likes of her. So turning around, I gave her a glare of a thousand suns.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcwRDbvdtHf
"Why are you doing this to him?"263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOWynKZvwa7
She scoffed. "Doing what?"263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqLO6pnJQfg
"Why are you tormenting your son because you got a divorce? Its not his fault he left you,"263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9es21trTjJ
"Oh so you are saying its my fault he left?" she asked.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhySmLVHKoB
"No. I don't know the full story but what you are doing is awful. He's too young for this...stuff you are subjecting him to."263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡErVP8jZz2q
I was going to say bullshit but I wanted her to buy him that game so I keep my mouth shut.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPzW8qT8opc
"My life with my son is none of your business."263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeD1MrOxNRp
"Well I am making it my business because he is my friend and you can't turn him into a perfect human being. Do you want him to carry on this emotional truama until adulthood?"
"Let me tell you this once and for all you idiot, I am raising my son to be ten times better than the man who left me."
"But..."
"I will not let him repeat the same mistakes he made understand?" then she got in my face, "For the record, his future children would be grateful to have a father like him."
I shake my head, "You are smothering him and in not a good way,"
She leaned back and glared at me hard. "Leave. You and your fat friend are no longer welcomed here,"
She shuts the door and I stare at it before putting my hoodie up. Walking a few meters away from the house, I look back to see Lucas staring at me before closing his curtains and sigh.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx3f3D691TB
It looks like I'll be buying him that game as a Christmas gift then.
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