Chapter 12: Getting By with A little Help from My Friend
Andrew finds himself lost fro a while.
"Don't panic Andrew. If you can find your way around LA, you can definitely find your way around Chicago." Andrew thought to himself.
Elliot and Sarah come out of the deli.
"Andrew couldn't have gotten too far he doesn't know his way around here." Elliot told her.
"We'll find him." Sarah reassured him.
Andrew walks around for an hour and a half and finds a bus that goes to the block where Lakeside High School is. He can walk home from there.
"It's about freaking time." Andrew sighed as he saw the bus.
Andrew gets on the bus and pays the fee. He takes a sit on the bus. As he's looking out the window he sees his Dad's car beside the bus. Andrew sinks down in his seat so his Dad and Sarah can't see him. The bus arrives at the bottom of the block of Lakeside High School. Andrew walks to the block he lives on.
At the DiMiranda household everyone is home.
"I can't believe you dropped that interception." Brian said to Danny.
"Shut up!" Danny snapped at him.
"You could have scored a touchdown." Brian then said.
"Anytime you fall off your skateboard do I make fun of you?" Danny then asked.
"I rarely fall off my skateboard." Brian then smirked.
"I'm just not in the mood to hear your sarcastic remarks about me dropping an interception." Danny replied.
"You mean the one you dropped today?" Brian then asked.
"Brian, I will slam you through that wall if you don't leave my room this instant." Danny then warned him.
"At least you didn't drop your fork at dinner." Brian commented before he left Danny's
room.
Brian closes the door behind him.
"He's such a klutz." Brian laughed to himself as he went to his room.
He goes into his room and lies on his bed.
"Where the hell were you?" Andrew asked him.
Brian falls out of his bed.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Brian then asked grabbing his chest.
"What's wrong with you?" Andrew then asked.
"You scared me half to death that's what wrong." Brian then explained.
"Sorry." Andrew then said.
"How did you get into my room?" Brian then asked.
"Your window." Andrew then replied.
Brian looks at his window closes it and locks it.
"Go home." Brian told Andrew.
"Why?" Andrew then asked.
"That's where you live." Brian then answered.
"Can't I hang out here for a while?" Andrew then asked.
"How long?" Brian then asked.
"Not that long. Like thirty minutes to an hour." Andrew then answered.
"I think I can tolerate you for that long." Brian then told him.
Three hours later.
"You said you were only going to be here for at the most an hour." Brian sighed as he's getting aggravated.
"How long have I been here for?" Andrew then asked.
"Three long hours of you complaining." Brian then replied.
"If I bore you can just tell me." Andrew then said.
"I'm grounded I have nothing better to do." Brian then replied.
"You're a good friend Brian." Andrew then told him.
"You think of me as a friend?" Brian then asked.
"Yeah." Andrew then replied.
"Even though I'm always mean to you and say sarcastic things to you?" Brian then asked.
"You're mean to everyone and say sarcastic things to everyone." Andrew then laughed.
"Not everyone." Brian then answered.
"That's a lie." Andrew then told him.
"Why don't you want my Aunt Sarah going out with your Dad?" Brian asked.
"Because, your Aunt Sarah isn't my Mom." Andrew then replied.
"But, your Dad is happy." Brian then told him.
"If your parents were divorced would you like one of them dating other people?" Andrew then asked.
"It would take a while for me to get use to it." Brian then told him.
"I wish my parents had the same relationship as your parents." Andrew then said.
"My parents agree at least twice a week." Brian then told him.
"They're still talking to each other. My parents didn't talk to one another a year before they were divorced." Andrew then explained.
"That sucks." Brian then said.
"It really sucked at dinner. It was so quiet it was eerie." Andrew then explained.
"I wish my family would have a quiet dinner every now and then." Brian then told him.
"The only time my parents talked was when I got my report card. They would agrue over the smallest thing." Andrew then told him.
"Same thing with my parents." Brian then replied.
"Would one of them walk out of the house?" Andrew then asked.
"Not that I know of." Brian answered.
"That always happened with my parents. My Mom would be the one that always walked out." Andrew then told him.
"You tell anyone else how you feel?" Brian then asked.
"Only you." Andrew then replied.
"You should talk to your Dad." Brian then told him.
"He wouldn't listen." Andrew then scoffed.
Brian hears a knock on his door. Vinny walks in.
"Brian, aren't you grounded?" Vinny asked.
"Vinny, I needed to talk to someone and Brian is the only real friend I have here." Andrew explained.
"Andrew, if you go home right now I'll let Brian off the hook." Vinny said.
"I'll see you on Monday." Andrew said as to Brian as he left through Brian's window.
"Later." Brian said as Andrew left.
"I thought you hated Andrew?" Vinny then asked.
"I do but, that doesn't mean I can't listen to him when he has a problem." Brian then said.
"Why would he talk to you about his problems?" Vinny then asked.
"He trusts me and he doesn't think his Dad will listen to him." Brian then explained.
"Again why would he talk to you?" Vinny asked again.
"Dad, right now all Andrew needs is a friend and I'll tolerate him until he finds a friend." Brian then replied.
"He did find a friend. You're his friend." Vinny then told him.
"Dad, I have enough friends." Brian then said.
"You can never have enough friends." Vinny then explained.
"You sound like Mom." Brian sighed.
"What's your point?" Vinny then asked.
"I get it Dad. Andrew needed a friend and he chose me to be his friend." Brian then said.
Vinny laughs to himself and leaves the room.