Incredibly skinny (kinda unhealthy lookin')
About average height (lots taller than me, anywho)
Black hair (really messy, but cool lookin')
Bags under his eyes/around his eyes like some elaborate make-up (...no comment...)
A tendency to wear dark clothing (mwahahaha)
So.
Those are things that describe Nny's physical appearance.
Yep. The sure are.
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When I woke up, I still felt like crap.
That could be crap with a 'k' as well.
I FELT LIKE KRAP.
{A night of sleep/no/will not ease/release/what you have been/for/going through lately/my precious little one.}
I groaned and tossed my pillow at Littlefoot before getting out of bed.
I dreamed of Johnny last night.
He and I were eating taquitos in Limbo.
How nice.
No really, it was nice. The Limbo angels and demons had thrown us a party.
...Yes, we played limbo.
But you know, I'm digressing again.
Today would be a normal day. School, work, trying to get to sleep (and succeeding?) probably a conversation with Nny, etc.
Boring except for the last part.
So when I stepped out onto the balcony thingy of my apartment, imagine my surprise when I see one of my best buds at eye level to me.
Hanging from a rope ladder.
Which hung from a heli.
Oh, she had a megaphone, too.
"HELLO YOU!"
My ears died a lot that day.
"MERCEDES!" I shouted back. "THERE IS NO LANDING PLATFORM ON THE ROOF, YOU KNOW THAT, RIGHT?"
"YEP! I JUST WANTED TO SEE YOU UP BRIGHT AND EARLY BEFORE WE FOUND A PLACE TO TOUCH DOWN!"
"SADEE, YOU'RE A BITCH!"
The heli began pulling away. "BYE, LAURA! SEE YOU IN A FLASH!"
My ears really died a lot that day.
So much for normalcy.
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"So..." I began, finally recovered from my ear-death. "What brings you to my most humble abode, Sadee-goose?"
Mercedes K., otherwise known as my prodigy, twirled the straw in her glass. "Well," she started. "I just asked Thorton if I could come visit for my birthday, and he ends up sending me in that sweet-ass helicopter over thar."
I chuckled. "So your mom chose good, huh?"
"Better than Ed, if that's what you're getting at."
I nodded. "You know you could've giving me even a tiny hint of a warning," I said pointedly.
Sadee's smile grew wide and wicked. "I knowz. But where's the fun in that? MAN, you shoulda seen the look on your face. 'twas a look most epic."
"Uh-huh," I murmured, not really listening. "How old are you turning again, Goose?"
"I iz be turnin' 17. Hell, you should know that."
"I've been thinking of other things lately..."
"What, like that Johnny guy you told me about?"
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In house a house numbered 777, a man named Johnny sneezed.
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I nodded. "I actually met him yesterday."
Mercedes leaned in closer. "Well."
I gave her a look. "'Well' what?"
"Well: was he nice, and...was he cute?"
I shrugged. "Yeah, he was nice. He gave me a ride home after I fell over at the book-store. Turns out, he lives pretty close, up in the 700s."
"Dude, that's like 200 houses away."
"Not all that much here."
"I bet..." said Mercedes, evil grin encompassing 2/3s of her face. "I bet it's about 2 minutes away in a helicopter."
I shrugged. "I guess, but...Oh." It took me a little, but I got what she meant. "No way, Sadee. No. Way. In Hell."
She pouted (in the dammit way, not in the ritch bitch way). "Well you're no fun."
I gave her a light glare. "Why are you here now, anyways? Your birthday is in three weeks."
"I wanted to get here early."
"Brat."
She responded by sticking her tongue out at me.
Ooohoho, that was a war cry if I ever heard one.
Pillows flew that day, my friends. Pillows flew.
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His phone wrang, much to his surprise, at about 9 o'clock at night.
He placed his Brain-freezy on the table and picked up the phone. "Hello?"
"Hiya, Johnny."
"Laura?"
"Yep. What's up?"
He shrugged out of habit. "Nothing, really."
"Are you doing anything right now?"
Where was she getting at? "No, why?"
"Do you want to hang out at the park?"
*What?*
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"Johnny?"
He cleared his throat. "Eh...sure. I'll meet up with you in a few minutes."
"Okay," she replied. "Oh, and a friend of mine is tagging along, okay? She's never been here before."
He snorted. "Did you tell her there's not much to see?"
"Okay, for us boon-docks people, even a crappy place like this has untold wonders."
"Alright, alright. I just hope she's already set up for disappointment..."
"Yeah, I know. I'll see you in a few, okay?"
"Alright."
"Ciao."
And with that, they hung up.
[Are you going on a date, Nny?]
"Shut up, Meat. I don't care for your shit much now. Don't ruin my good mood."
And with that, Johnny left the house to meet up with Laura.