Sorry for the little absence but Here's Chapter 3!

Chapter 3.

"What in the world did she meant by that? sure mom can be clueless at times but give or take 10 minutes she will pick things up real instantly without giving it more thoughts into it. Oh man, I hope she's not thinking what I think she's thinking; could it be that she knows about my secret identity? or the other fact that I'm... No, I will not think like that; it's not like I was giving every ounce of subliminal messages throughout the house. Which means I will have to start to be more diligent especially putting on more tape to shut the box tightly and stuff it into the far depths of my closet." Richie thought as he blew warm air into his glove covered hands to give them more warmth as possible. The streets were empty save for a few kids here and there to play in as he saw a group of them who looked to be the ages of 6 to approximately 10 years old making snowmen and having snowball fights with one another laughing and screaming in the process which made the blonde teen smile and his heart beat in anticipation wishing to be one of them as memories flew through his mind going back to the more simpler days of his youth where nothing bad had happened and all hope was there to make the world better.

"Hey Virg, do you remember when we saw our first snow? and how much fun it was for the both of us to play in? I remember it like it was yesterday. It had taken place the following day after our very first sleepover; your mom had woken us up to see it for ourselves and explained to us of all the great things we could do in it. She even taught us how to make snow-Angels and how to have a snowball fight with the both of you along with me and your dad having a battle. Oh how I wish to go back to that day like it was my final day on Earth..."

Richie closed his eyes in merriment and smiled in the process. He was so caught up of going back down Memory-Lane that he didn't hear the loud beep echoing in the distance. Opening his orbs in an instant, he saw that the bus was letting on the last passenger along with the automatic doors closing behind them.

"WAIT! STOP! YOU FORGOT ME!" He shouted as he started to run avoiding the pain in his legs as well; but the more he tried to flag down the gigantic vehicle, looked like it wasn't going to stop anytime soon or in his opinion, the driver himself didn't feel like stopping instead, only wanting to do his job and be done with it where he wouldn't miss his soap opera the minute he would get back home. Richie knew that it was a waste of time as he slowed down his pace to bite the bullet knowing that he was going to be late as he just sighed and watched it make a left turn.

He growled kicking a discarded pebble off of the sidewalk gripping his backpack strap and stomped lightly muttering about the stupid public transportation systems and how there was to be a law to sue their asses. Richie just didn't think it was fair that his life was somewhat in shambles at the moment. If he had his Gear costume, he wouldv'e been at the front entrance within at least 20 to 30 seconds calculating the time and the distance that he saw fit.

If he had a time machine, he would simply go back to 38 minutes prior instead of stopping to have breakfast; sure a well balanced meal was very important but he would've done fine with just grabbing something on the go but that would mean making his mom upset and he never liked making her unhappy seeing that she was only wanting to spend some time with him to make up all the times that she rarely had although they got along fairly well. Now, he was REALLY running late and he wouldn't want to face the wrath of his Physics teacher Miss Drew. Well, at least his father was out of town and wouldn't face his wrath when he would step into his house later.

As he was silently fuming, he could hear faint whirling coming from behind. Stopping mid-step, and paying clear undivided attention, he slowly turned towards the source of the sound only to have a smirk revealing to be none other than Static who crossed his arms dreads blowing in the wind as they were having a staring contest in silence.

"I see that somebody has been having an unfortunate event. Would you like a cab?" He asked as he winked leaving the pale boy to chuckle.

"You never cease to amaze me. What are you doing here anyway? aren't you suppose to be in school right now?"

Static shrugged as he rocked back and forth on his metallic disk.

"Well, I couldn't help but notice you as you were trying to flag down the bus, boy I'm telling you those drivers need to be fired because they are nothing but a bunch of illiterate assholes just because they are working hard for a salary, doesn't mean that they leave other citizens behind because they got better things to do with their time like getting coffee and donuts." Static shook his head while Richie nodded his own.

"Listen Virgil, as much as I love to hear you ranting off, there's no way we get them to see otherwise; besides what are the odds? people will most likely review and would want to get better respect and better service as well."

"Point taken. Now come on, what do you say you take a ride on the Static express? We probably 1st period already." Stepping on top and feeling the wind whistle through their hair, they headed off to Dakota Union High School.

"We only have 15 minutes left. We will be dead meat if Miss Drew doesn't see us right away."

"Thank God I have all my notes or I wouldn't know what to do. I would be withering away... I would be chewed out and left for dead... I would be-"

"Virg, shut up."