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I don't own the lost boys.
Hello everybody. It's nice to be back. yes I know that I haven't updated anything in a couple of weeks but I just wasn't in the best mind space at the time, but…. I decided to post a new story but this time about the lost boys.
I really hope all of you have seen this movie or at least head of how amazing it is . this movie had been my favourite movie since I was 11. Fun fact Alex winter was my first crush Haha. So anyway I've wanted to do an story on this for so long but didn't know when I'd have the time. but in those last few weeks I started watching it again, a lot and I'm also doing an English project on it along with an art one. do I though why not.
Now like I angler story with Leah and Demetri. this one is always heavily inspired by another story on fanfiction that had been abandon. Or so I think it is?. It hasn't been updated since 2016 and I even sent the author an Email but never heard back.
Which was ashamed because it was sone of my favourite stories of all time, but anyway like the Angler story I've tried to change as many things as I can so that I wouldn't be copying their story.
Now Chasing ghost was the story that has inspired this one. and it is by Jessica. Eileen. Please if you have not read that story go do it I promise you that it is great .
I will try and update another chapter of something in the next few day, I apologies for the wait on the others ones. Especially Angler.
Please leave comments and listen to the songs I choose.
Happy reading. .
also please note that I do have dyslexia. I'm not ashamed of it because it is something I cannot control but I am self-conscious about it. so a lot of my words are miss pelt and many, many of the sentience's are a little back to front. I can't tell you the amount of time I've gone to reread something that I have wrote but couldn't even understand what I was trying to say.
Green eyes meets yellow. Chapter 1. Live it up by mental as anything.
Antonia Bloom was standing over her kitchen oven finishing sprinkling Parmesan cheese all over a bowl of spaghetti. She placed it down on her small kitchen table that took up most of the room in her small kitchen and turned off her stove.
'now how do I do this?'. She thought picking up the two bowls. 'crap I need to open the door'. she put them back down on the table and raced to her front door. there she grabbed her keys and put them in the pocket of the coat. 'okay we're good'. Antonia told herself. She re picked them up and headed out the door.
Antonia was a short girl was porcelain skin. She only stood at 5 ft 3 and had very, very long thick cinnamon hair. That draped right down her back to her waist and fell in to beautiful light and dark curls .
Antonia had peach coloured lips that were as soft as silk, and green eyes the colour of emeralds. They were so green that they almost looked like they glowed. On top of the she had a very light sprinkle of freckles across her nose and cheeks.
She made her way down the hallway staircase and knocked on the door of the apartment directly below hers. 'hurry up hurry up hurry up these bowls are burning my fingers off'.
The door opened. "what took you so long?". A ruff voice said.
"your welcome Edger".
She passed the bowl of spaghetti over to the 13 year old moody boy, who was currently glaring at her. 'or I think that's how his face is'. "yours is the one with the extra cheese and Allen's is the one with the extra garlic bread".
Now and again Antonia would bring the two boys food and make sure they had been feed. When she had first found her way to Santa Carla with nothing but two small bags and some money she'd taken from her passed out aunt. The first thing she had done was find a place to stay, which she was able to do almost right away. She had spent a night sleeping on the beach, under the jetty, tying not to freeze to death. And the next morning went out a found a job.
She struck gold when she got one working on the bored walk, drawing pictures of the party goers. Antonia had always been good at drawing. Sketching was her favourite thing to do. she's spend hours a day doing it when she wanting to get away from the house. Antonia would go to the park and sit under a tree and sketch for as long as she could.
Anything to get her out of that house.
She'd sketch away until her hands would cramp up and fingers would go stiff. The cinnamon haired beauty would drew from imagination mainly. If she could think it should could draw it.
So during in the day Antonia would sit on a stall and get paid for doing something she'd been in love with doing since childhood. They paid her for anything, cartoon portraits, funny drawings, serious ones, ones that made them look like they were in the 1920's.
It was the first time she'd ever felt like she had an home.
She did have to spend a couple more night on the beach before actually having enough to get a place to stay though.
And when she did she found the cheapest little home she could, because she just couldn't spend on more night out on the send. The reason Antonia went for the cheapest place was because it was the first one that was shown to her. Antonia didn't care if was old and fill with bugs. Because within a few days she was able to make it in to a nice little living area….. or at least an livable one. the bugs and the smell didn't bother her as much as it would other people. She was used to living in an not so great environment.
And that was when she meet the two boys living just under her.
She had been coming back from a day working on the bored walk when she had bumped in to somebody come out of the building.
Flash back.
'oh god I need lotion and a cold bath. How did I get this sunburned?. This is just inhuman'. She shut her eyes tightly walking up to her tiny apartment. There had been a BBQ on the beach that morning so she set up her little stall close enough to there that people would be able to see her. which payed off because Antonia had been able to make quite a bit of bucks that day.
It had been going great.
People had been lining up, she actually ended up not having lunch because she didn't want any of them to get bored and leave while she was eating her pizza.
She still had to pay rent.
Antonia hadn't realized how long she had been sitting in the sun for before it was too late. Every time she moved it felt like her light skin was on fire. not to mention the way she was sitting for hours on end that didn't help her back or her posture.
She had been so engrossed in to cold bath fantasies that she hadn't realized the two boys making their down the hall.
Before noticed them she had already walked right in to one of them so hard that she had almost fallen over herself, and need the wall to catch her.
"watch it would ya". grumpy voice spoke.
Antonia felt her face go red in embarrassment. 'good one, you gave yourself one job. Try not to interact with anybody and not to bother anyone. And now you've done both without even trying'. "ohh.. I'm umm…. Sorry about that". she looked down.
"who are you?". he frown never having seen her before in the building.
"Antonia".
"you visiting someone or something?. We haven't seen you here before?".
The first thing Antonia noticed about the first day was that he spoke in an very ruff low voice. So low 'that it almost didn't seem to fit him. he had brown hair and dark brown eyes. He was a bit taller they her but seemed quite a bit younger. He wear an bandana around his forehead and a dark green jacket, with an red t-shirt underneath'. She turned her gaze to the second boy who stood a little before the first one.
'The second boy was a few inches taller than the other one but not by much. his hair was even darker then the first boys but this boys eyes were a slightly lighter shade of brown. He did not have on a bandana but a cap and a pair of sun glasses that rested a top of his head. he to were a jacket that was the same colour as the first boys. But were an white top underneath that had an picture of superman on it'.
She didn't think they looked too much alike though, she took an steep back to really get an good look at the both of them. 'Boy 1 had a slightly wider face then the other one. while boy 2 had a more narrow face, with all so slightly high cheek bones. Boy 1 seemed to be a little bigger then boy to all together. Not that he was fat or anything he just seemed bigger…. I wouldn't go with muscly, no. I'd go with….. stocky. He just had a bit of a build then the other darker headed boy. now boy 2 had a slimmer body but not by much'.
"well?". He said a bit louder, trying to get her attention.
"no I live here". she said quickly.
"where?".
'nosy isn't he'. "upstairs".
"since when?".
It was at this point she started to get annoyed. "since I moved in". Antonia said through her teeth. "look I'm sorry I bumped in to you, I didn't mean it kay". Antonia was normally a very calm very shy person but one of the things that made her tick was getting asked a lot of questions. She liked to be a privet as she could.
"hey I ain't the one going around bumping in to people..".
"Edger..". Boy 2 said. "jussstt… okay". he turned to Antonia. "sorry about him. don't take it personally though… he dislikes everyone".
The cinnamon haired girl snorted. 'well at least he doesn't seem that bad'.
"I'm Allen…. This is Edger… my brother". Allen said was a kind smile.
"hi…. Antonia".
"ya mentioned it". Edger grumbled.
"don't mind him. how long have you live in the building for?. I just…. Don't remember seeing you around".
"ohh you wouldn't have. It's only been a few weeks. Not long at all". She had an tight smile.
"where you move here from?".
"cos you don't look like…".
"I'm from around here yeah.. I know". she cut Edger off and shrugged. "how could you tell". Antonia said jokingly.
"the lack of coloured hair, piercings and no tattoo's mainly". Allen pointed to her hair and waved his finger around.
She scoffed.
"you haven't answered me yet". Edger said.
"why haven't we seen you around the broad walk?".
Antonia shrugged. "I'm guessing you've seen all the missing people posters right. Like all the skinny bottled blond bitches in school I'm going to avoid that shit like the plague. Becoming one of those poor souls on one of them posters would be my nightmare….. well…. That and spiders…. And all thing none sanitary or clean". 'yeah they don't need to know that my real nightmare would be getting away from the nightmare I was already in, only to get killed off the second I get my chance of freedom. No thank you'.
"you get it don't you….". Allen seemed to go in to a little bit of shock then composed himself and turned to his brother. "Edger…. I think she gets it'. he not so quietly whispered.
"get what?". Antonia asked suspiciously with a small smirk.
"Allen..". the other brother said through his teeth. " not now".
"but Edger..".
"no… it's too soon. We don't even knew if we can trust her".
"wellll…. Okay I gotta go… it was umm…. Nice meeting the both of you…. see you guys around". She began to walk down the hall.
"wait!". She turned to see that it was Edger who had stopped her, and not Allen. Which surprised her a little bit. He looked at his brother and said something that she couldn't quite fully make out, only bits and pieces. "doesn't mean I want her to di…take it slow…..remember last time. we don't need another S….. for Santa Carla". He turned away from Allen "here". he walked toward her and handed her a card. "we run an comic shop a few blocks away. You really want to know what's going on around here you talk to us". he handed it to her then left her standing there they two brother walked away.
"what just happened?". Antonia asked herself staring down at the card in her hand.
Present day.
After staying in her apartment for a few more night she decided to have a look at this comic book shop the boys ran. So on an long day after sitting on an wooden stall for hours she decided to shop in on them. and that was when Antonia realized what they meant by when they said they ran the place.
'all their mum and dad did was be high all day and hang out in the store that they were went to be running, and not their barley teenage sons. So ever since then I've been doing my best to help them out. I couldn't help but find it hard to believe that these poor boys run a entire shop, go to school, and look after themselves….. and their parents occasionally, when the boys think they may die that is. How do they find the time to be kids?. When do they find the time to eat and hang out with their friends. I actually gave their mum and dad a piece of my mind once. Allen and Edger were in the back of their comic book shop so I decided that it was now or never'.
'and after a 20 minute rant on how their being neglectful and need to get their act together and be parents to those two boy. the two boys that were Basically raising themselves and from the looks of it doing a real good job. I made the point in saying that they have too much on their plate and they deserve to have a childhood were don't not have to worry about crap that shouldn't have anything to do with them'.
'it wasn't Edger and Allen's' job to run and operate a comic book shop at 14. Their only job at that age was to get in to trouble and climb trees. Right now they should be running around the bored walk on an sugar high, trying to see which one of them could throw up the most. They don't need to be cooking and cleaning, they're not Cinderella… actually no they wouldn't be Cinderella, no that doesn't make any sense, they'd be the two little mice helping her and saving her when she can't do it herself'.
'but the different between Cinderella and those two useless pea brains is that she was being held captive to work for 3 unappreciative sea hags. While those two aren't getting held captive, they could easily get up and help our their children. They ain't shackled to those chairs their sitting on. they could get up off of their asses and do something for those boy for once. Allen and Edger shouldn't have to cook and clean and turn their aunt and her friends on their sides so that they wouldn't choke to death on the kitchen floor at 7:30 in the morning on an Tuesday'.
'but before I got any further in to my rant Allen came out of nowhere and told me not to bother. He was so casual with it to. like the way they were getting treated didn't affect the two of them at all. I didn't know whether or not Edger and Allen just didn't see it…. or didn't care'.
'so before I worked myself up anymore then I already had I took Allen's advice and left it to walk around the store. it was an impressive shop, much bigger than I thought it would be. Colourful too. Very bright, very loud, there were quite a few people in there already and even more were coming in. most of them were nerdy looking preteen boys and their girlfriends, wanting to know what super man and wonder women did that day. buying the comic books that they could afford with what's left of their pocket money…. And what was left of whatever the school bullies hadn't taken from them that day'.
'I didn't say too long of a time because I didn't to get home and make dinner. Usually my night time routine was to make dinner, eat it, clean up after myself by washing all off the dishes I used. Make sure that were put away exactly were they had previously been, on the shelf or in the cupboard. Get in to a hot steamy shower and use my coconut and lime shampoo and conditioner that made my long cinnamon hair smell. then either hop in to bed or sit on my sofa and bed for an hour or two so that it would be easier to sleep that night. My goal is to read to fall weeks within two weeks. I know that it doesn't seem that hard of a thing… and believe me it isn't. but I only really get time to read when I've finished work because I normally sleep in, in the mornings. I mean shit who doesn't… or at least doesn't want to. yeah I'm a clean freak that ends certain things done at certain times or else I'll have a tiny melt down, but I still human. So once I do get up whenever that would be, I guess it would depend on whatever time I decided to put of my book down the night before. I'd make myself a nice breakfast, chill out for a while, then began to get ready for my day'.
'it doesn't sound like much of a life…. But it's then I had before'.
'but as I was about to leave back to my little apartment… it hit me. Had Edger and Allen eaten anything?. Will they eat anything tonight?. would they have time to?. and if they did… what would it be?'. No… I knew what it would be…. Crap…. they'd more than likely end up buying themselves some sort of crap from a stand somewhere on this bored walk. I ended up wondering just how long it had been since the two of them had really had an proper home cooked meal'.
'well I wasn't gonna let that happen tonight'.
'I called back to them that I'd be back in an little while and left the comic shop. And within an hour I was back with a freshly prepared cook lasagna. I made the souse and all. I didn't have the time to make any garlic bread with it though. I got worried that if I was gone for too long that one of them would go out a grab dinner for the both of them. I did think about telling them that I was going to be making them dinner but didn't want them to turn me down. They both seemed… especially Edger. Seemed like the type to not want to take charity from anybody… and he'd make sure that they knew it too'.
'so when I came back down with two plants of hot out of the oven lasagna, to say that they were surprised would be an understatement. To tell you the truth I wasn't 100 percent sure if the pair had ever seen an home cooked meal before. Allen was more happy and grateful then Edger…. Or at the very least… more willing to show it. I didn't blame Edger for not being too happy with me for cooking them dinner though. How could I ?. he would have been too use to doing things on his own that he would of found it hard to trust a person who he'd just met'.
'but I was able to were him down over time and now 4 out of the 7 days a week a practically raise them….. well…okay maybe not raise. But I do try my best at looking after them… I guess old rabbits die hard. Like I said 4 out of the 5 days a week I'll make them dinner because if I don't I just know that I'll either buy junk food or not eat at all. I've been in their apartment once or twice but I got the sense that they didn't really like having another person in their place so I don't stop by their to often. I pretty much just meet them at the comic shop. I also make then lunch for time to time but only when the store is busy because I know that they wouldn't have the time to actually get anything, and their always out the door in the mornings before I could offer them breakfast. So I just left that. but I don't just cook. Occasionally I help out around the comic book store, by moping the floors and even stacking the new comic book in the shelves'.
'They have told me numerous times before that I don't have to do any of that stuff and once Edger had actually taken a bunch of book off of me when I was staking them. but by that time I was too used to that classic Edger frog glare to feel bad about it so I just took them back off of him and continued on my mission to neatly organize them in to their rightful places. After some time… he gave up on me and let me do what I wanted when it came to helping out. Allen bless his heart offended to give me money for what I'd been doing, but I told him not to bother. By that point I was making quite a bit from my sketching job and I didn't want him to waste his money on somebody who just wanted to help. Edger agreed with me….. but in an way that wasn't as pleasant as the way I put it'.
'So ever since then it had become a routine that I settled in to quite nicely. It had been the first time in an long time that I began to remember what having a none crap life was like…. And I was enjoying every part of it'.
"thanks Antonia!". Allen called out from somewhere behind Edger. He suddenly came up behind his brother. "you know… if you'd like… you could always umm…. You could always.. have… ya know…. dinner in here with us". he gave her a shy smile. "you know… just in case your only in yours".
"thanks Allen but I'm fine up there". The emeralds eyes girl said. "I've got an book to finished before tomorrow so I better get on that". she shrugged.
"has anyone ever told you how weird you are?". Edger frowned.
"oh yeah". She nodded.
"okay well fine then. I hope you enjoy the rest of your book".
"thanks Allen, I hope you both enjoy your dinners". She began to walk off when Allen called her back.
"hey!".
She looked back at him.
"there's gonna be an sale tonight at the store. We figured it was a good time to have one because tonight on the bored walk there's gonna be a band playing on the beach. It isn't like a… well known band or anything so you probably wouldn't have heard of them. their kinda a big deal around there though. I think you'd like them.. WOW".
Edger punch him in the shoulder and gave him a look that Antonia could quite put her finger on. "Allen she wouldn't want to do that". Edger gazed up at her. "you know that, that isn't her thing. Besides… it be past her bedtime anyway'. He smirked at her.
She raised an eye brow at the younger boy. by this time Antonia was use to all of the older frog brother jabs at her and her rules she'd set for herself. He did it so often that she really didn't care anymore knowing that he treated everybody this way, so it wasn't personal. But even that couldn't stop all of his quips from getting to her.
"well maybe on his lovely night I may just make the exception".
"oh maybe you will".
"oh maybe I will". She smirked back at him.
"well if you do go to the beach come by the shop afterwards and we can grab like…. Ice cream or something".
"yeah Allen I think that would be nice". She gave them a short wave and headed by upstairs.
In her apartment.
She stood over her sink washing up and pots and utensils thinking about what the younger boy said to her.
Then thinking about what his brother said to her.
'it be past her bedtime anyway'.
Antonia shook her head and smiled. "it's past my bedtime". She repeated out loud to herself. She dried the rest of the dished and left them on the dish rack and walked in to her bathroom. Antonia looked in the mirror.
She looked at all her features and turned around and looked at the book she had been reading. 'is this really how you'd want to spend your night?. Maybe it wouldn't be the worst thing in the world if you took one night off from your reading….. or just finished the book when you get back. you only have what?... 3 chapters left anyway. besides….. your only young once'.
Antonia gazed in to the mirror one last time.
What's the worst that could happen?. You have a good time and become a happy animal?'.
She smiled at her known stupid thought and for the last time looked herself.
"you know what…. Do it".