And on this scene, we see April's deep concern for Rocky after the events that had happened at school between him and Lukas.
Chapter 11: Checking on Rocky
By the time 8:00 pm came around, it was already getting dark as Rocky stands by the roof of the house, looking at every parts of New York City and he knows that he's so far fom home that he just feels like he'll never be able to get used to the new life that he's living in now. He took a deep sigh and just slowly walks back to the inside of the house and as he makes his way down, he sees a very worried A.J. coming over to him and A.J. could tell when Rocky's sad about something and he slowly walks up to his owner, sitting down and letting out a little whimper of sympathy for him and nuzzled him a little bit.
Rocky sighed heavily and then just buried his face in A.J.'s back and said, "You always make me feel better, don't you?"
A.J. nuzzled him slowly and just wanted to be there for his owner and Rocky smiled a little bit and said, "Thanks, boy. I'll be okay."
Just then, Rocky and A.J. made his way back downstairs to his room when he heard some voices from downstairs and he was keeping a distance, but he saw his mom and April O'Neil talking and he could tell that she came to check on Rocky to see if he's okay, yet they're totally unaware that Rocky's here the whole time.
"...but I haven't seen him since I've gotten back from work." Rocky's mom replied.
"Okay. If you see him, could you please tell him I stopped by to check on him?" asked April.
"Of course. I will do that when I first see him." Rocky's mother answered.
"Thank you, Mrs. Zuckerburg. I'll see him tomorrow. Hopefully, he'll be okay." April answered.
"Yes. You know, Rocky's been having a hard time dealing with moving from Malibu to New York City and he's not content with just going to a new place to live. We've moved three times and sometimes it gets really hard on him. Basically, when you move into a new place where you don't know anyone, it does get overwhelming. If I know my Rocky, that's kinda where he's at now; just overwhelmed." Rocky's mother answered.
April was quite surprised by this and she had no idea that Rocky had been that way since he first came into the new school. But she could also understand the reason behind it because she felt the same exact way and she said, "I see. Me and Casey will do our best to make sure he's welcome in New York City."
"Thank you very much. I think you and this Casey fellow ought to visit here sometime." Rocky's mother stated.
"That would be great. Thanks for the invite." April said, satisfied.
"Y'all come back now, y'here?" asked Rocky's mother, as April walks on home.
Soon after, Rocky quietly went back towards his room and stuck around there for a while as he plugs in his mp3 player and listens to a little bit of mellow rock music as he gathers up his thoughts on his journal.
Hey, journal
My day pretty much sucked because this rich dude Lukas wanted to fight me, accusing me for stealing his 'social turf' and there's nothing to be stolen in the first place. I think he just took it way out of proportion. I'm not the kind of guy that just fights back at all. All you gots to do is walk away and turn the other cheek. I guess in New York standards, turning the other cheek is like being a yellow belly. Such bullsnot. Anyways...I found out the reason for that was because my dad for some reason brought the school dance to his pizzeria. That took me by surprise and I'm not sure how he managed to do it and suddenly...the kids at the school see me as a cool guy. I didn't ask for any of this at all. But...whatever happens, I just have to remain humble and just keep moving forward.
I just saw April talking to my mom just now and I had no idea that she would care about me...her and Casey too. It lets me know that loyalty is still around everywhere you go. A Southern California boy who was raised in the Deep South like me thrown in the concrete world of New York City for some reason. Maybe I might give NYC a chance...but so far, I think things will be good. Next time Lukas comes my way, I ain't gonna start nothin'. I'ma just walk forward and shake it off.
Anyways...gotta go, journal. Until I write back, Rocky Z.
Rocky puts down his journal for a while and comes over to Rocky and pets him for a while and all of a sudden, she sees April and Casey opening a sewer top on the road and he thought it was kinda weird for them to go down and he raised an eyebrow and asked, "Why are they going in that there sewer?"
Early curiosity. Rocky sees April and Casey go in the sewer together...but for what? Rocky will find out pretty soon.
