Chapter 1:

Chapter 1:

"You're A Perverted Little Man"

The damn metro is late. Not that I'm surprised or anything. I've been taking the same bus for over a year and I've figured out that it has its own secret Rule Book. And it states that it is only supposed to be late when:

a.)Its over 80 F

b.)It's under 45 F and pouring rain or snow. Or

c.)Its either scenario and Kenny is within hearing distance

This wouldn't be a problem if Kenny was normal and could stand next to someone he knows and not go on and on about whatever random subject that has popped into that abnormally large brain or his. But, alas, poor Kenny is not normal. Actually, I'm not even sure he's from Earth. But, I digress.

So, currently, I am stuck in scenario c.) With a side of b.) (Hold the pickles) and I'm doing my best to drown out his ramblings. But unfortunately The Boy Wonder catches on and whacks me with his messenger bag.

"Ow! What?" I rubbed the back of my leg and turned to his scowling face.

"Were you ignoring me?" My mother always tells me not to lie.

"No" I ignore her to.

"Oh really? Then what was I talking about?" Why do people always do that? It's so obnoxious.

"Global Warming." She shoots.

"Um…Yea. So, anyway-"She scores! And…The crowd keeps talking. Bummer.

"OOOO!" He points down the street. "The bus is coming!" I rolled my eyes at him.

"Yes I can see that, thank you." I said sarcastically and boarded the bus.

I know you're wondering why I don't tell him to shove it. Am I right? Well, First off, I'm a nice person…For the most part. Secondly, Kenny is my best/only friend. We've been inseparable since 7th grade. When we discovered we both shared the same goal in life. Go to medical school and help as many people as we could. We're not, like, saints in training, or anything. We just enjoy medical science. And yes, we're both complete nerds. We don't wear Star Wars t-shirts, play wi endlessly, and have acne everywhere or anything like that. We're totally normal brown eyed brunettes. You just can't get any more blasé then that.

"What's your mom making for dinner?" Kenny had realized that I wasn't listening and given up.

"All she said was, 'Kenny's favorite,' whatever that is."

"Pork chops! Sweet!" I made a disgusted face. "What? You don't like her pork chops?"

"She always makes them to salty, bleh."

"Well, I love her cooking." I rolled my eyes.

"You only like it 'cuz you have the hots for her."

"Um, duh. She's hot."

"Gross dude." He touched my arm.

"Taylor, it's time to face the truth. You're mom is a MILF." I shrugged him off.

"Why are you so disgusting?" He pondered this

"I don't really know." I had to laugh. God love him, he's such a freak.

The bus lurched to a stop in front of a Chevron. Kenny stood up and pulled me to my feet.

"Come on Tay. You're hot mother awaits." When we stepped off the bus I snatched my had away from his.

"Let go of me you perv." I playfully pushed him and turned on my heel to stalk away. He got his footing and jogged up to me.

"Hey, you better be nice to me."

"Why should I be? You're a perverted little man and I want no part of your antics." I snubbed him and walked faster. He stayed behind.

"That may be. But if you're not nice to me you won't get your surprise." I stopped dead and turned to face his grin.

"Surprise? You have a surprise for me?" His grin grew wider. Bastard.

"Maybe." I stared at him.

"Well…What is it?" I asked earnestly.

"Why do people always ask that? If I gave it to you now it wouldn't be a surprise, would it?"

"Awww, but I hate waiting. You know I'm very impatient." He walked back to me and linked his arm with mine. 'Cant you just give it to me now?" He laughed.

"Sorry Tay. No can do. You'll just have to make an exception on the patience thing." I just frowned and kept walking.

We finally arrived at my mom's house. And thank god, because it was really starting to pour. Kenny practically ran up to the door. He's an anxious little perv. He opened the door into the front room and I was greeted with the familiar scent of apples and liquor. Typical. Kenny was grinning like an idiot.

"I love this house."

"Yea, well, that makes one of us." A familiar scathing voice rang out from the kitchen.

"Taylor? Kenny?" And enters the temptress, scantily clad in a black cocktail dress and 4 inch stilettos. "Darlings!" She opened her arms wide and sauntered over to us. Kenny was euphoric. I wanted to puke. She embraced us both at once. "Come! I've prepared a feast of epic proportions." She laughed theatrically and sashayed into the dining room, Kenny hot on her heels and complimenting his ass off. I shook my head and reluctantly followed.

She never used to be like this. There was a time when she was normal. When she was my mom and not some tease with no respect for herself. When my dad was here, she was a housewife who loved her husband and kids. We did all the normal family things. Went to the park and had birthday parties, and such. But that was before my dad got sick. Before the cancer took him away from me. From us. And when he went, so did my moms sanity and self respect. I was 10 when he died, and I was 11 when she brought home the first cling on. He was gone within the month. Eventually the relationships got shorter and shorter, until it was Hello and Goodbye, before the night was over. I couldn't take it so I left when I was 17 and moved in with Kenny and his parents. She didn't protest. With me gone she didn't have to sneak around as much. Not that she was that good at hiding it in the first place. Even after all this, she insisted I come over every Friday for "A Nice Family Dinner." What a joke. In my mind, my family died when I was 10.

This particular Friday, the table was set with 4 plates. I did the math and then turned to my former shell of a mother.

"Who else is coming?" She blushed like an idiotic school girl. Great.

"A friend of mine, he's very nice. I bet you'll like him Tay." I turned away from her to sit down.

"I highly doubt that." Enter Kenny The Heroic.

"This looks really good Lucy." He sat down next to me and patted my hand under the table. Bless his heart. He knows how hard these dinners are for me.

"Thank you Kenny. You're such a sweetheart" He glowed at this compliment and I almost lost my lunch. The doorbell rang.

"I'll get it!" She ran out of the room. I rested my head on Kenny's shoulder.

"I don't think I'm gonna make it through this one Kenny." He sat his chin on my head. "I mean, did you see what she was wearing?" He sighed dreamily.

"Yea." I sat up and glared at him. "What? Ok, Ok." He pulled me into a hug "I'm sorry. Bad timing"

My mother entered hanging on to her latest catch. He was tall dark and looked dumb as fuck, but, that's what she goes for.

"Taylor, Kenny. This is my friend Jarrod." He smiled and walked toward the table.

"It's nice to meet you two. Lucy has told me so much about you." He held out his hand but I refused to take it. Seeing this Kenny stood up and took it. My mother was oblivious.

"So! Lets eat!" They sat down across from us and my mother started passing around the plates of food. Jarrod wasted no time with the small talk.

"So, I hear the two of you are in Medical school?" Kenny nodded.

"Yes." My mother said smiling like an imbecile. "They're my two saints in training." They both laughed and I grimaced. Then I turned to Kenny.

"Can I have my surprise yet? Or you gonna wait till we graduate?" He smiled.

"No, I'll give it to you now." He reached into his pants pocket and pulled out a folded envelope. I took it and looked and him confused. "Just open in before you judge, ok?" So I did.

Inside was a travel plan and two business class plane tickets to New York. I just stared at him.

"Are you serious?" he laughed.

"As a heart attack." I pulled him into a bone crushing hug.

"Wow. New York. I love Manhattan." I pulled away from Kenny and looked to Jarrod. He wasn't even looking in my direction. He was staring and my mother. And she was staring right back.

"I've never been." She said with a devious smile. Which she returned.

"You should go. Its amazing." Her smile widened and just like that it's as if I didn't exist. She was back to flirting within seconds. What a selfish bitch. I looked at the table and shook my head.

"You know, I think I've lost my appetite. So I'll just be going." I stood up from the table. "I'll see you later, mother." I spit the last word at her with venom and then looked to her "date"

"Have a nice night." I then stalked out of the room.

I was in such a hurry to get out of that tainted house that I ran out into the downpour with out my coat. I sat on the curb and let the rain shower over me. Why did she have to be like that? It wasn't fair; I just wanted my mom back. The rain stopped and I looked up to see Kenny holding a pink umbrella over me. He held out his hand.

"Come on Tay, let's go home before we catch pneumonia." I took his hand and fell into his open arms.

"I stole your mom's umbrella."

"Good. Maybe she'll walk outside and melt." He laughed and we began walking down the street to catch the 122 back downtown.

Yay! First Chapter! It's a little short but I promise they will get longer. Plz R&R. Feedback is always welcome.

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