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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.287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡosTmVjmp3Z
"Oh come on!" I groaned digging into my pockets again. "I could have sworn I brought enough money with me,"287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUEZcxcsetk
"Need any help kid?"287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1YUjNepNVW
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.287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM84TeGyWaD
Seriously, who pissed in his cereal?287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGrEoiONmhj
"Good morning sir,"287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFYRFBo87GM
He cocks an eyebrow, digs into his pocket and walks away. 287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMOGB15MOxX
I don't know if I should call him back or keep staring at his back.287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBYLgCDmG9k
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.287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjMrrRmPX9G
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.287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡihImssTV7S
"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?"287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEs17zOlnp7
"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. 287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ27fEMhEqlt
And pizza. 287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpemVisRAhR
And ice-cream.287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpY8snsK25W
And hamburgers.287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtYoU9TVUvK
And...287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC8lQHkJZIX
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.287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd9UifMNj2D
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. 287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxa8lB123oN
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.287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQaEpB4eoC9
"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,"287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrWaBKHoxRz
I laugh. "Why didn't you say so? I can help you study."287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9PiEfTQNlk
He looked at me. "For real?"287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpizccZdpXG
I nod. "We can study together after school. How's that?"287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ53xMqrR5Sa
Before he could reply, the door burst open and his mother stepped. She gave us one look, glared and pointed to the door.287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVOKWLxzeD7
"Get out," she sneered.287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAay4k1UrLY
I stand up and quickly leave the room. 287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEoBnX598xZ
"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,"287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9bZG3DcgF
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.287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFyEKKoUBJW
"Why are you doing this to him?"287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYhBEfHkzLH
She scoffed. "Doing what?"287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMaq0pO6ZWJ
"Why are you tormenting your son because you got a divorce? Its not his fault he left you,"287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEg9AB1flEi
"Oh so you are saying its my fault he left?" she asked.287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpfRldJmfkV
"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."287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZYAURQYpkx
I was going to say bullshit but I wanted her to buy him that game so I keep my mouth shut.287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7rLoqedBhB
"My life with my son is none of your business."287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ787wAHMMxM
"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.287Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsxYA2sPUZx
It looks like I'll be buying him that game as a Christmas gift then.
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