Disclaimer: My New Year's Resolution? Gain the rights to DPS.
The Cloudy Side of Life: Water
They had discovered the miracle that was Knox's tap water sometime between year one and year two after running around for hours in the Overstreet's backyard playing a game called 'Run-tackle-jump-tag'. It didn't really have any real rules but they thought it was a manly game and that was all that had mattered.
The brave ragamuffin team all shuffled into Knox's kitchen exhausted and covered in reddish brown dirt they had smudged onto their cheeks like war paint. Knox jumped up onto a counter and grabbed six cups out of the cupboard, not because he was too short to reach, but because he wanted to prove he could jump up onto the counter. Plus he wanted to feel taller, Gerard and Neil's growth spurts over the last year weren't doing anything for his ego.
"Water? Really? Classy refreshments Knoxious." Charlie snorted looking at the green plastic cup he had been handed filled with water.
"Shut up. My parents are on this health-trip, they said coke would burn a hole through my stomach if I drank too much." He shrugged "So it's water or organic raw beet juice. Make your choice."
Charlie made a face but drained his cup anyways and everyone else followed, the adorable sheep that they are. "Oh. My. God. Knox...you water, it tastes..." Neil trailed off looking down into his cup in awe while everyone else murmured in agreement.
"Like water?" Knox supplied helpfully mystified by the reactions everyone was having over plain water. Maybe they were mocking him? He should have just given them the damn beet juice.
"Man, you don't even know. This is the most amazing water I've ever had." Gerard played with his cup and tipped it back again trying to catch any remaining drops. Knox shook his head they had to be kidding or making fun of him. Or both.
"Alright! Laugh it up! It's just water so I'm sorry I don't have coke or orange juice or anything else you asses wanted. So you can all shut up and come off of it." He threw his red plastic cup on the floor so hard it bounced and stomped off.
"What's his problem?"
"Dunno."
"I wonder if we could bottle this and sell it." Cameron wondered eyeing the sink.
"Bottled water? That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard."
A.N. Bottled water,that'd never catch on. Also, just in case you don't know year 1 and 2 are like grade 7 and 8. I prefer to use years since that's how most boarding schools measure it.