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Well, my sisters never thought it would happen but the proof's there. I am actually tanned, something that wasn't even achievable by the Georgia sun. The tan lines were kinda noticeable but only on my torso where straps have been on my shoulders since I wore jeans too often to get a tan there. My sisters had always said I was too sun repellant to get tan but it's a small lack of sunscreen that is responsible now. Oh well, at least there's no sunburn, I usually tried to keep my time outside to a minimum.
Drying off in the small bathroom, I put on underwear followed by jeans and an old Atlanta Hawks Joe Johnson jersey. Jonny was a big basketball fan so I had gotten us a jersey each for his birthday. The kid was a Josh Smith fan and I got a Johnson one. Right now, in the middle of nowhere, wearing this jersey was comforting and reminded me of my little brother.
Tying my worn sneakers, I went to the kitchen and grabbed a chocolate bar. I doubted my capability of eating people so once every week and a half or so, Ruby and I would head over to the old gas station to get some food. At first, I had been grateful they were willing to trust me and Ruby to follow the rules. Then, while walking back, Ruby had pointed out the glare from Goggle's binoculars and I deducted that he was made to watch us.
Speak of the devil, I could hear a walkie talkie crackling close by with Goggle's voice announcing the arrival of new people to Papa Jupiter. Hmm, usually if new people came nothing would happen until dark in a few hours so maybe I could get Pluto to take me looting.
Looting, it's what I did sometimes when I got bored. Usually it was me and Pluto going to the old crater site, at times Ruby joined us or I would go with Goggle. There were new cars always coming so I wasn't deprived of finding new stuff. My findings mainly included toys I usually gave Venus and Mercury, some CDs, more clothes, bits of food, and first aid kits that could come in handy. Once in a while I would find the occasional pack of batteries for a flashlight or bullets and a gun, Pluto always took that to give to Jupiter.
Exiting through the back door, I shielded my eyes and looked around for Pluto. He was coming out of Big Brain's house and I called his name.
"Hey Pluto!" He turned his big head towards me and smiled waving while the other hand held the handle of an axe.
The axe didn't scare me, out of all the males, Pluto was relatively harmless unless he was having a tantrum or something. I went over to him with a hopeful expression.
"Can we go to the craters, please? I promise we'll be back before they need you," I said in a rush hoping he'll agree.
Last time I saw Ruby she had been going with Jupiter to the house where they stored their meat and Big Mama was busy with watching one of her shows.
Thankfully Pluto nodded his agreement and we started off to the site. The first time it had seemed far away but I was used to the route now so time passed faster. While walking I left Pluto to his own devices and started some mental calculations based on the number of certain instances. Two times, I've been here around two months or so. Any hope I had of rescue was gone by the end of the first month.
There wasn't a possible way to know where we were. Matt hadn't told either of our parents the route we were taking and just said we were driving. Of course, they knew our destination but how we might've gotten there was anyone's guess.
My hands tightened into fists, I would've been back home by now. Surrounded by loud voices and family until graduation, we were only supposed to be gone for spring break. It had probably passed by now, yet another thing missed in my life. I had been accepted to University of Atlanta alongside Matt, heh, we had talked about possibly moving into an apartment together but that was gone.
If we had gone ahead to that stupid convention, I would've let loose. Gone somewhere with other weird people like me, made friends for only a weekend maybe. Then gone back home, graduated, and try to get a degree in engineering since I was pretty good at math. Maybe I would've given Matt a chance, maybe not.
I was furious but unwilling to snap at a clueless Pluto next to, my entire life had crumbled to pieces just because of this one trip. But I knew myself I would try to salvage, messing with the pieces like Goggle fumbled with his binoculars, like Lizard checking over that spike strip of his, or, hell, even Pluto when he would try to make a coherent sentence. They were all fighters, this entire place never had a chance at a normal life. I had mine and then it got broken up.