AN: Thank-you to everyone that has been reviewing. I haven't had time to update 'cause I have a lot of projects in school. Why am I telling you this crap? Because this chapter may seem crappy itself and I'm blaming it on sleep deprivation and homework…D Oh yeah Dontmezwitme: I agree. I'll tone down Stanley's self consciousness. Glad you readers have liked this so far!
"My mom and I didn't always used to be poor," Hector practically whispered. "It was him…him who took it all from us."
Hector and Emma sat across from each other in the confined room. It was just a few minutes after school ended. As Emma looked outside the window dark, grey clouds drifted over, as if a magnet of power was pulling them towards the school. She turned back to Hector and listened tentatively.
"We lived in a beautiful house. My room was decorated with Dinosaurs. My mom's room was powder blue, like the perfect day. I was only three, but I remember it vividly. One day, she brought a man home," Hector's voice turned dark "He had black hair and pale skin. Almost like yours. They would giggle in the living room and would cuddle on the couch. He would stroke my moms' hair. At that time, her hair was long.
"I would watch a movie with them every Friday night. My mom always offered to pay. She always did. The man would never argue. He would just nod and smile. His ugly wicked smile," Hector grimaced. He paused for a second, trying to calm himself down. This is why he had o talk about this; so he could finally be free. He had never told this to Stanley. Yeah, they were the two musketeers, the best of friends, but Hector never thought about telling him this. And he would, but he wasn't sure if Stanley would react the way he wanted Stanley to react. So he told tell Emma. Hector thought that with her being a girl, she would be more sensitive to what he had to say and she would listen. Although he knew Stanley would do all those things, he wanted to be sure.
"Even though I was just a little kid, I still knew that there was something bad about that guy. He would always treat me like a dumb rock. Pronouncing words slowly to me and my mom wouldn't notice because she was blinded by love. I hate it when people treat me stupid," Hector's tense body and furrowed brows released and he relaxed again, "Anyways, for some reason, the man would always go into my mom's office when she wasn't at home or she was cooking dinner. Sometimes he would even go into my mom's room.
"When I was four and he was babysitting me, I saw him go into my mom's room. I peeked inside to see what he was doing. I saw him searching through my mom's personal belongings. I wanted to tell him to get lost, but then again, I was only four. I kept watching him snoop through her things. He looked everywhere; even places where no one would put anything.
"I decided to just leave and forget about everything he was doing. I tried to say to myself that he was just looking for a lost watch or something. But when I was about to leave, that's when I saw him going through my mom's special box.
"My mom told me never to look in that box. She said there were secrets in there that kept us safe," Hector paused and inhaled remembering to keep himself steady, "the box was mint with pictures of snowflakes drifting down. It had a lock on it, but my mom lost the key. He opened the box and his ugly smile spread across his face again."
"Do you mind me asking what was in the box?" Emma said.
"I found out that my mom and I were actually super rich. The box had a whole bunch of bank notes in it from my great grandma. Apparently, the man only dated my mom because he wanted to get hold of our money. I don't know how he found out about us but I hope he's in jail. After he took our money, we went broke and dropped below poverty line. If I had only stopped him…" Hector trailed off.
"But you don't live on the streets now. Your house is really big," Emma commented.
"Yeah, all thanks to Stanley. He's the one that saved me and my mom." Emma smiled warm heartedly. She always knew Stanley meant well.
"So that's why you didn't like it when your friends were snooping through my things. It reminded you of that time." Hector nodded his face still grey.
"Well, thank-you Hector. I'm glad you told me this and I'll keep it a secret," Emma stopped, "I'm guessing you told Stanley about this?"
"No. But I am going to tell him," Hector assured her.
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Stanley sat on his bed. His room was lit by one small lamp. Stanley's eyes were wide as he stared at Hector. Hector had told him everything that Stanley hadn't already known. Stanley understood and yet was still confused. He had known little of Hector's life before Camp Green Lake. The only thing he did understand was the reason why Hector didn't like him snooping through Emma's things.
"Listen, man. I am so sorry for offending you. Why didn't you tell me this before? I would've told X not to go ahead with the plan," Stanley said.
"Yeah, I know. But I saw how much you like Emma and I didn't want to ruin your whole spy mood," Hector said sarcastically. Stanley rolled his eyes.
"Speaking of X-ray, have you seen his glasses around the school yet?" Stanley questioned.
"Oh…I'm sure he's found it now," Hector smiled deviously. Stanley looked at hector, his brows furrowed and then shrugged.
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X-ray squinted at his homework. He had regretted doing the whole spy thing with Stanley. I mean, look where it got him now! He can barely see due to the loss of his glasses. The funny thing was, now that he thought about it, was that he hadn't even noticed that he lost his glasses that faithful night. He only noticed when they were just out of the school and he walked into a tree. Yup…nothing gets past X-ray.
X-ray groaned and decided to give up on his homework. He lay down on his bed when he heard an annoying screeching coming from downstairs.
"REX DEAR! YOU'VE GOT A PACKAGE FOR YOU DARLING!" his mother called in her scratchy voice. X-ray jumped off his bed and stumbled downstairs. He quickly took the package out of his mom's hands before she could say anything else.
When he had his privacy, he quickly read the information on the box. He had been anticipating one of the original copies of Ironman, from marvel. He looked at the package and saw that all that said on it was…REX. X-ray ripped open the package and was astonished at what he found. His glasses rolled into some bubble wrap and a note taped on to it that said 'you're welcome'. X-ray looked around him, seeing if someone was watching him. Then he unwrapped his glasses and put them on, sighing happily.
Well…there's the whole explanation about Zero. Sorry for the late update and please review!
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