"Are you going to the party tonight?" asked Kenny. I look at him while inhaling my cigarette before blowing the smoke away from him. Kenny is what most would consider attractive. Flowing blonde hair, nice lean muscular frame on his 6'1 height. He makes me feel so short sometimes although I'm 5'11.
"I'm thinking about it," I replied with a shrug.
"Aw, come on," begged Kenny. "You know you want to go." He is right, I do want to go. I'm not sure if I want to deal with having to get up early tomorrow morning for school after a night of partying.
"Who bright idea was it to have this party during the week?" I asked.
"Wendy surprisingly," replied Kenny. "I think she has lost her mind since her and Stan broke up." Wendy was always predictable until her and Stan broke up. No one really knows why their relationship ended. I even picked at Kenny about getting the scoop with him being one of Stan's best friends he couldn't even find out the reason why.
"Really now," I say amused. "I just might go." I can hear footsteps walking over to the area under the tree that Kenny and I are standing by. I look around it and see that it is only Clyde standing in his jock like glory. "What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be in class or something?"
"I can skip classes too you know," stated Clyde taking the cigarette from me. Clyde is already cool and popular. He has his fluffy auburn brown hair, big doe like brown eyes and he is pretty ripped. He is a bit shorter than Kenny at 6 feet even. Sometimes I have to stop myself from checking him out. He doesn't need to do much more to be popular but lately he seems to want to try and keep up with me. "What are you guys talking about?"
"Wendy is having a party at Stark Pond," explained Kenny. "Sounds pretty awesome so far. Bebe and Token are supplying the drinks."
"Awesome," said Clyde. "I recall Token mentioning something about earlier in the week. We are going right?"
"Craig is faking like he doesn't want to go," said Kenny pushing me in my arm.
"Whatever," I muttered rolling my eyes.
"I will make sure he is there," smiled Clyde. "I'm glad the nice weather is finally here, I'm getting tired of the snow."
"I'm never tired of the snow," smiled Kenny. We stand there chatting until it is time to go. I follow Clyde over to his car. It's a PT Cruiser which is a piece of shit car but at least he has a car. It does at least have an amazing sound system.
"You want to hang out until the party?" he asked.
"Naw, I have to get home. Mom said she needs to have a chat with Ruby and I. I swear I hope we are not going on another budget cut, I don't think I can survive it this time."
"I hope that is not the case," said Clyde unlocking his door. We both climb into the car. I send Token and Tweek a message so they aren't looking for us. Clyde does a lot of talking as we head towards my house. I usually don't mind it since he had a battle with depression after he lost his mom. He wasn't bipolar by any means but his behavior was really rash and out of control at times. I prefer this much happier Clyde but I will never tell him that. We pull up to the house as I see Ruby coming down the street. "I will pick you up okay."
"Sure, I'll text you." I close the door and stop to wait for Ruby.
"What the fuck is this?" she asks soon as she is close enough. Ruby has grown her hair out to her waist which I think is pointless because it rarely looks combed. It fits her tom boyish look she is rocking today. I watch Clyde pull off down the street. "I hope they aren't restricting our spending again because I'm so sick of eating eggs and rice." I chuckle.
"Yeah I hope it's not that," I agree. I pull out my key unlocking the door allowing us both inside. We could hear yelling but stopped once we got into the small hallway. I see mom poke her head out from the living room to the right of the entrance.
"I'm so glad you are here and on time," she smiles. I can see her eyes are red like she has been crying.
"Mom is everything alright?" asked Ruby dropping her backpack.
"Um let's go ahead and have a talk," she replies nervously. "Come into the living room." I drop my very light backpack in the hall and following Ruby. I can see dad sitting in his arm chair drinking a beer. He looks pissed. What the hell is his problem? I sit next to Ruby as we look at our parents. I can feel the tension in the room, it's so thick I feel like I can barely breathe. "Thanks for coming straight home. This is really hard for me to talk about." Dad huffs doesn't go unnoticed. "Honey can you please help me?"
"You lost the right to call me honey," growled my dad.
"You're scaring me," stated Ruby. "What's going on?"
"We are getting a divorce," said mom.
"What?" I cry. I was not expecting this. Sure, they fight here and there but to get a divorce seems a little extreme. I'm looking back and forth between mom and dad. Mom is looking at the floor while dad looks like he doesn't give a shit.
"Why?" asked Ruby confused as I am.
"Reasons that you should not worry about," said mom forcing a smile on her face. "We love you both but this is for the best."
"Like are we keeping the house? I mean I don't understand," I stammer.
"We're going to sale this peace of shit," stated dad. "I can't wait to get the fuck away from here." Mom flashes him this face of angry before it looks worrisome again.
"Please don't take your anger out on the kids," begged mom sternly.
"Fuck you," he growled. Wow.
"We will talk about this later" said mom calmly.
"There isn't shit to talk about" snapped dad. He takes a swig of his beer. Mom turns her attention back to Ruby and I.
"Everything is going to be okay," she smiled ignoring dad. "I promise." Mom proceeded to talk but I had stopped listening. This is crazy. I finally just walk out half way through mom's pep talk. "Craig!" I walk right out the house pissed off. I never thought I would give a shit about my family but I guess I am human. I'm human and this kind of hurts. My family is breaking up. I wipe the tears away as Ruby walks up to me.
"You okay?" she asked.
"It's whatever," I replied avoiding eye contact.
"I'm your littler sister. You don't have to lie to me."
"I mean we're going to be moving," I said with it hitting me. "God I can't leave my friends."
"Is that all you are really worried about?"
"Yeah, you know Token, Clyde and Tweek are my bros. I just can't…."
"Maybe it won't be so bad," explained Ruby. "I mean maybe mom or dad will get a better job. Oh shit who are you going to choose to live with?" See, this is not some shit I want to think about. "I'm thinking mom. Dad has too much of a temper, he is kind of scary at times."
"Are you not even freaked about this?" I asked.
"No," she shrugged. "I mean we have been struggling forever and if I was mom I would have been tired of this shit."
"So your blaming dad for this?" I asked.
"No!" she exclaimed. "I'm just saying having to struggle as a grown adult with a family has to suck. We have never been on a family vacation because we can't afford it. They have to struggle to keep the two cars running because they can't afford to get it fixed properly. I'm tired of us never having money. Maybe they will do better once they are apart."
"We don't know if that is why they are divorcing though," I sighed. "Fuck it. I have to get out here."
"Where are you going?" I start to run down the street.
"Where I always go," I yelled as I continue to run down the street. I continued until I get to Tweek's doorstep. I ring the doorbell wiping my sweaty forehead. Tweek opens the door and smiles when he sees me.
"Hey, what are doing here?"