It was the middle of november, snowing outside. Tettaglia high school students entered the school. First period was about to start, Chris and Greg entered math class and took their seats.
Chris: Turning his head to Greg "Did you do last night's homework?"
Greg: Looking at Chris, whispering "Ya i did". He quickly passes it to chris before the teacher notices "Why didn't you do it?"
Chris think about last night and the reason he didn't have his homework.
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He was in his bedroom and just finished his homework, when a knock on the window startled him. He looked through his window to see Malvo kneeling on the fire escape gesturing him to open the window. Scared faced; he opens the window.
Chris: Left brow raised "Man what you doin here?"
Malvo: Enters the room "I need your help, I'm tryna make maself a better person and go to college and get a degree"
Chris: Frowns "Don't sound like you"
Malvo: Suspicious "What, you think I'm stupid and cant get a degree, well Mr. education it so happens that I already got a degree"
Chris: "Ya for murder"
Malvo: "It's still a degree. Well now I'm tryna get one for education, so I need something to prove I'm smart". He looks at Chris's homework "Hey man this is exactly what I need, I'mma borrow this"
Chris: Knew borrow meant gone forever and should file a police report "Man that's my homework I need it for tomorow"
Malvo: "I'll bring it back" He assured Chris and went back to the fire escape, Chris knew that paper was gone.
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Greg: Whipered "Why didn't you just do it again?"
Chris: "I did, Malvo came back and said the school asked for a copy"
Teacher: "Well class take out your text books and open to page 68"
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Class ended. Greg followed Chris to his locker, Chris was putting his books away.
Greg: Grunts "Ugh I can't wait for the weekends"
Chris: Grabbing a text book for his next class "What do you have planned?"
Greg: "Sleep mostly but I was also hopin we can do something, unless you have plans?"
Chris: "Ya anything to get out of the house"
Greg: Laughs "Sounds like someone has chores to do"
Chris: Frowns "More like slave labor, I'm experiencing first hand black on black crime" They both laugh.
Greg: "So what do you wanna do?"
Chris: "Wanna catch a movie?"
Greg: "I was hopin for something more fun"
Chris: Thinks "We can head to the arcade"
Greg: "Ya def, what time?"
Chris: "Let me find out if I can get out of queen Rochelle's duties and you know my mom, submit questions and she barks her answers"
Greg: Smiles thinking about Rochelle and her barking at Chris "K"
The bell rings for second period, they both head towards their classes.
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It was Lunch period, Chris was getting food for himself when the gingered haired bully comes upto him.
Caruso: Looking straight at Chris "Hey Kimosabi"
Chris: Looks at him a little frightened "What Caruso?"
Caruso: "Where's my lunch money?"
Chris looks at him wanting to say 'you invested it in Mcdonalds, 15 layered fat ass(calling Caruso that)' but kept his mouth shut and handed him money. Luckily he still had enough for lunch. He goes to the table him and Greg usually sit at and sits next to Greg. Greg already got his food and was eating lasagnia. He had an apple and milk on his tray. Chris was eating a balognia sandwich with an apple and milk also on his tray. Chris took a bite of his sandwich and moaned in satisfaction, he was starving.
Greg: Looks at him "Are you really that hungry?"
Chris looks at him with crazy eyes and chews super fast with his mouth closed. Greg chuckles at the way chris looks.
Chris: "Lunch period is my favorite time of the day" Still munching on his sandwich.
Greg: "Tell me about it, lasagnia is so amazing. I feel like when the lunch lady serves us this, it's like she's smuggling crack to us" Greg drinks his milk.
Chris: "Well we are paying 2 dollars for portions"
Greg spits out milk laughing, Chris smile's. Greg has milk all around his mouth.
Chris: "Clean yourself up man" Points at Greg's mouth at where all the milk is. "You goin ruin their business" Referring to the crack joke.
Greg: Cleaning his mouth "I like that one, that was good"
Chris: Drinking his milk now gulping twice then asks "So you have enough money for this saturday?"
Greg: Looks at him with right brow raised "Shouldn't I be asking you that, doesn't king julius sniff out all the money in the house and barks like a k9 when he finds a hidden stash on you, ARF ARF GROWL running in circles. I can see it happening. He calls your mom and she comes in the room and he explains to her 'Rochelle, Chris got 5 dollars in his left shoe' without even lookin"
Chris: Laughs "Yup that's my dad"
Greg: Shakes his head "Rough life man, and then your mom with the twitchy left eye and the pan in her hand, eggs ain't all she's frying today"
Chris: Laughs "You make it sound like a comedy but it's not, it's bad at home. Your the only part of my life that's not sad"
Greg: Shocked by what he had just heard thinking 'Im the only thing making him smile?' Now talkin out loud "What do you mean?"
Chris: Wipes his hand from the bread crumbs "Look at us right now laughing, smiling, no hate, no anger, no fighting. We really are best friends"
Greg: Smirks "I think your moms turning you into a woman, didn't you say lunch 'period' was you favorite time of day?" Chris laughs out so loud and so does Greg. "See and you were just sad and emotional now your laughin, just promise me when the breasts kick in I get to be the first to cup a field" Chris can't stop laughing, Greg takes out a pen. "Want me to sign for it?" Grins.
Chris kept thinkin of what Greg said it was just too funny but he stopped finding it funny as soon as lunch period ended. Chris and Greg pick up their trays and toss em in the trash.
Chris: "So you wanna drop me off to the bus stop after school?"
Greg: "Ya sure as long as we dont bump into Caruso"
Chris: Sticks his right hand out as if wanting to shake hands "Did you know he was a wrestler?"
Greg: Looked at chris as if saying 'no way' "He joined the wrestling team?"
Chris: Smiles at what's he about to say "Ya he's a heavy weight champion"
Greg laughs then so does Chris they both head to their lockers and then class rooms.
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School is over and students are leaving the building, Chris and Greg hide behind a bunch of students to avoid being spotted by Caruso. They put on the hoodies of their jackets to cover their face from the snow and from being seen. Caruso is standing by the corner of the block they just have to get passed him and make it to the bus stop. The group in front of them splits up saying good bye to each other. Two student were still walking towards the bus stop, so Greg and Chris hide behind em. The two students stop and talk to each in the middle of the block, Chris and Greg stand behind them and act normal.
Chris: "You sure this is gonna work?" Feeling cold.
Greg: "You wanna run for it?" They both look towards the corner of the block and Caruso is still there while the bus stop was a block ahead.
Chris: Looks at Greg "No I can wait"
All of a sudden the two students go back toward the school leaving Chris and Greg standing outside alone.
The cold snow breezing heavy, they shiver. Caruso starts to leave seeing the snow getting heavier. Chris and Greg look at each other, smile and then head towards the bus stop.
They wait for the bus, talking to pass the time. They stand near the poll watching people pass by and play their favorite waiting game 'Figure them out'. It's a game where they watch whoever they see around they guess what their life is like, what they do, where they're headed etc.. An asian woman around the age of 18-20 wearing a red overcoat with brown pants and black boots, wearing her red purse around her left shoulder. The woman was gorgeous with small lips, they couldn't see her hair cuz she was wearing a red snow hat but a strand of it was sticking out from the hat, she had brown hair. She was having a smoke, her cigarette lighted and puffing out smoke. Chris and Greg looking at her 'wow' faced.
Greg: Still 'wow' faced "There's a nice one huh?"
Chris: "Give her 10 dollars and she'll be ur girlfriend"(implying she was a hooker).
Greg: Smiles and lets out a light laugh "She does kinda look it"
Chris: Breathing warm air into his hand "Ya I think she's here for the season, the first of the christmas brand hookers" He laughs
Greg: Looks at him breathing warm breaths into his hand laughing "She's just missing some gear with green"
Chris: "Nah man most of it is in her purse"
Greg: Getting the joke, responds "Would you pay for her or would you try and swag your way in?"
Chris: "Have you seen our luck with chicks? Money seems the only way to get us around anything, when I grow up I gotta get a job being something that makes alot of money. A doctor or lawyer.
Greg: "You should be a comedian cuz your funny" Chris smiles. "Lookin"
Greg laughs. Chris grabs his shoulder and shakes him hard playfully. Greg grabs Chris hands and tries to get em off but he feels ticklish from how close Chris hands were towards his neck making him retract his head towards his neck like a turtle would in it's shell. A few more people come waiting at the bus station.
Greg hits Chris on the chest pointing at a white blond haired street punk with two of his friends holding skateboards. The kid has black shirt, blue jeans and his hair spiked while acts out trying to act cool.
Greg: "Who puts gel on in the winter? All he has to do is stick his head in the snow for that"
Chris: Amazed "Actually that'd look kinda hot, having ice spikes especially for a skateboarder. Be the new look"
Greg: Scoffs "You can't get it though, your hair is shaven. You'd look like your putting salt to melt your small hair follicles" He laughs to himself.
Chris: Smirks "You put snow in your hair and you'll look like Einstein" He laughs howling, Greg smiles and punches him "It'd explain why science is your best subject, come on talk like him. This experiment vill change de world" Greg smiles.
The bus is three block away and on it's way droppin off passenegers and picking up new ones.
Chris: Looking at the bus "Well there it is, thanks for waiting with me"
Greg: In Einstein's voice "Your velcome". They both chuckle "But I'll wait till it comes right in front of us. Gotta make sure you get on this bus safe on my watch, after you board on your not my responsability. You gotta fend for yourself for the next fourty minutes. Make that lunch sandwich count my friend"
Chris: "That bolignia is enough till I get home"
Greg: "What's the plan when you get home?"
Chris thinks about when he gets home: Tanya Stangling drew while drew keeps thwacking her on the head with his nunchuck. She chokes him, he whacks her, she mutters 'ow' and choke's him again. Rochelle takin out stuff to use to hit Drew and Tanya, placing it on the table. She takes out a rolling pin, a frying pan, breaking off the freezer door, picks up the chair and places it on the table. She breaks off one of the table's legs and place it on the table. She looks at her weapon category and thinks which one is best. Julius yelling at Drew for hitting Tanya, pointing at the bump on her head from the nunchuck.
Julius: "That's twenty dollars of a hospital bill, and you" He points at Drew. "Do you know how much a new neck cost?" Drew looks at him confused. "Seventy-five dollars and thirty-four cents. Better take care of that neck cuz we're not buying you a new one unless you can pay for it yourself"
Chris: Stops thinking about it "Avoid all dangers"
The bus comes, the passengers board on one by one.
Greg: "Well see ya Chris good luck" They pound fists.
Chris boards on, slides his metrocard in and sits by the window. He looks at Greg and Greg looks back. Greg smiles and won't leave until after the bus takes off. Chris notices he's been staring at Greg ever since he sat in his seat and Greg did also. Greg pounds a fist at the window, Chris does the same. The bus takes off Chris sees Greg getting further and further away. He had a great day today no doubt about that. He's smiles looking out the window and thinks about the 'breast' comment Greg made. He laughs to himself then looks out the window.
Greg walks towards home, thinking about the 'Einstein' joke Chris made, he laughs to himself. Thinks to himself, that him and Chris shouldn''t ever seperate. Even when he transferred from the advanced high school, he came back and they are in the same school now. They were both out of place in society and they had a back and forth thing going on, why lose it? What could be better out there other than a girlfriend to love someday?