SONG ;;
Welcome to Hell by Sum 41
PAIRING ;;
Maurice x Percival
UNIVERSE ;; (Book, 1963 Movie, 1990 Movie, AU)
AU
Just a kid that hung around them. That's what Percival was. Maurice remembered when Percival was really little... actually, he remembered destorying lego buildings that Percival had made, but, whatever. Same difference.
Maurice was fifteen, Percival was... ten or something. Eleven, maybe. Maurice wasn't sure. He was fifteen, Roger was fifteen, Sam and Eric were fourteen, Jack and Ralph were sixteen... well, ages didn't really matter. Except the weird fact that a ten-or-eleven year old hung around them. Yeah, that kind of mattered. But, whatever.
Maurice had a tendency to thought-ramble.
(Thought-ramble (verb) - the process of thinking too much and not realizing that your friends have left you behind)
Maurice caught up to the group and, panting, nearly tripped over Roger's 'accidentally' outstretched foot. "Oops," Roger muttered, shaking his dark hair further over his eyes. Maurice shrugged. Whatever. Roger tried to injure everybody.
He also liked throwing rocks at Percival - hey, where was Percival, anyway? Generally the kid was tagging along behind them... it was a lot harder to get caught thought-rambling when Percival was with them, the kid just kept talking and talking and talking...
Shit, they had left him again. Maurice ran to catch up once again and tripped over a rock. Roger rolled his eyes.
"Where's your shadow?" Ralph asked. Maurice blinked, standing up and picking gravel out of his hands.
"Percival, you mean? I dunno," Maurice said.
"Maybe he died," Roger mused. Eric glanced at him and moved back to walk beside his twin.
"Maurice!"
"Not dead," Roger muttered. And, no, Percival was not dead. He was running to catch up, straight brown hair flopping around his ears. Maurice rolled his eyes.
"Hi," Percival said. Maurice nodded. Percival kept talking, and the others drifted away, each claiming they had something to do, someone to torment, some song to sing, and it was just the two of them.
"What do you think they have to do?" Percival asked, blinking. "Hey, look, there's that weird new kid! I heard his name was Simon, and..." Maurice pretty much tuned out Percival; he'd tried paying attention once and ended up with a headache and a lot of unnecessary information about penguins. Yeah. Don't ask.
They were crossing the street now. Maurice really had no idea where they were going, but he just went with it. Why not, right?
"Hey! A dollar!" Percival shrieked, bending over to pick it up. Maurice, who had gotten to the other side, watched him.
There was a truck coming.
The truck wasn't seeing Percival.
Oh.
No, this wasn't good.
Maurice sprinted out into the road and grabbed Percival, pulling him out of harm's way. The truck swerved and nearly ran into another car, flipping them off and getting back on track quickly. Percival's arms were wrapped around Maurice's waist, and he was crying softly. Maurice bit his lip. This was really a weird situation.
Okay, this probably doesn't surprise you, but I won't be updating for a while. At least until May 16th, because that's when school ends. :D Yay! Happiness! Joy! :D
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