Chapter 8 - Pasts expressed
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The next morning, everyone woke-up bright and early. Squid got his jump suit on and brushed his hair quickly and then put the brush away into his duffle bag. Flirt laughed at the way he brushed his hair. He looked at her and smiled.
"What?" He asked her.
"You brushed ur hair funny. You got to do it like this." She said and walked over to his duffle bag and searched for the brush, but instead, she found a rubber octopus. She pulled it out slowly and stood up and held it in front of his face smiling.
"Does somebody have a cuddle toy?" She teased.
"It was the last thing my dad bought for me when before he left me and my mom." He said embarrassed of his family.
"Oh. Squid I'm so sorry." She said and put the Octopus back into his duffle bag. She totally forgot about the brush and went back to her duffle bag beside her cot and slipped into a black tank and headed out of the tent as well as the other boys and Shorty. They all headed to the Mess hall to eat their breakfast. After breakfast, they all headed out to there digging sites. Mr. Sir showed them where to dig, and they started digging like they did every morning.
"Man this sucks. We need some clouds out here." Squid said with anger as he jammed the shovel into his hole and dug up another pile of dirt. He looked up at the sun and squinted, then looked back down into his hole.
"Yeah. Just hang in there man. We'll get them some day." Armpit replied.
"Yeah right. Man, it hasn't rained here since,, forever." X-ray jumped in and said.
"Yeah well it's bound to rain some day." Armpit said again.
"Sure sure." Squid whispered and began digging. He looked over at Flirt to see her taking a swig of her water out of her canteen. She put the lid back on and then began digging her hole. She didn't look like she had any problem digging it, so he just shrugged it off and began digging his hole.
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Later that day, everyone was in the Wreck Room. Some playing pool, and some just relaxing on the chairs and couches that were available. X-ray and the boys were playing pool except for Squid and Zero. Zero was outside on the steps with Shorty talking about their past together and sharing each other's interests.
"So, do you miss your mother?" Shorty asked Zero.
"Yes very much. What bothers me the most is that I don't know what happened to her." He replied.
"Oh. Well I have no clue where my dad is in this world so you aint the only one that's alone. My mom was the only one that cared about me. My dad would just get drunk every night. He would come home and start to molest me. Because really he didn't know what he was doing cause he was always drunk at the time. My mother would always try to stop him but he would push her or hit her or throw her against out wooden stairs. One time he tried to molest me, I kicked him in the balls and ran out of the house and I didn't come back until 2 days later. I just kept running. Then oventually I knew I had to come home. So I made my way home and got there in the middle of the night so they didn't hear me. I snuck into the house and walked slowly and quietly up to my room and when I got there, my bed was gone, and my dresser. I was wondering what happened. So I slept on my couch in the living room and when I woke up in the morning, my dad told me that my mom died of a heart attack. I was devastated. I felt like I couldn't catch my breath. That I couldn't breath and it was the end of my life. For Good. I never set foot in my mothers room after that. I was too scared to actually see it again after her death." She explained. Zero looked at her with sadness in his eyes. He seen a tear roll down her left cheek. He wiped it away with her fingers and wrapped her up in his arms. She leaned against his chest.
"I'm here." Zero told her and kissed her on the top of the head.
"Thnx." She answered back and relaxed all rapped in his arms. Whenever Zero was around her, she felt safe. She felt like nothing could happen to her. Even though he wasn't a big tuff guys like Squid or Zigzag, she still felt safe. But the guys had told her what he had done once Zigzag tried to beat up Caveman. So she thought that maybe he was a tuff guys. Especially since he nearly choked Zigzag to death.
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Back in d-tent, Squid was on his cot and Flirt was sitting between his legs leaning on chest reading a magazine. Squid was just looking at the pictures in it. Not bothering to read any of the make up articles and crap.
"OMG that dress does not go with those shoes." She said. Squid laughed. The lady in the picture was wearing a Purple dress with pink high heals with yellow flowers on them.
"Your such a girly girl." He laughed.
"Am not. I can be sporty if you want. I can be punk." She said and quickly got off of his cot and rushed over to Shorty's duffle bag and got all of these spike neck chokers and spike bracelets and other bracelets. She put them on her neck and wrist and smiled.
"Can I see your hat?" She asked him. He threw her his hat. She put it on side ways on her head and put up her fist to make her look tuff.
"Niiiiiiiiiiiice." He said nodding his head smiling. That's when Shorty walked into the room and her mouth dropped.
"No you didn't." She said to Flirt. "Ur going punk aren't you?" She asked her. She also had her spike bracelets on and other bracelets and neck chokers on.
"Well.. Squid likes me better like this. Damb man how much of all this crap do you have?" She asked her noticing that She had tons on and so did Shorty.
"You can have all that stash that your wearing. I'll have the stash I'm wearing." She laughed and told her.
"Alrighty." She said and walked back to Squid's cot and sat next to him.
"So can I know more about your past?" He asked her.
"What's there to know?" She asked back. "I already told you all of it at dinner." She said.
"I know but your past is sort of like mine. My dad left me and my mother when I was 2 and then my mother started drinking when I turned 6 and she always beat me and stuff." He explained.
"Oh Squid. I'm sorry about your past." She said to him.
"Yeah. Our's are kinda similar." He told her.
"Yes they are." She said.
"Well let's go to the Wreck Room." She said and dragged him off of his cot.
"Hey wait." He said before they walked out oft eh tent.
"What?" she asked.
"Can I please have my hat back?" He asked. She noticed his hair looked a mess.
"Yes." She said and gave it to him. He put it on back wards and they walked to the Wreck Room holding hands.
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The next morning, everyone woke-up bright and early. Squid got his jump suit on and brushed his hair quickly and then put the brush away into his duffle bag. Flirt laughed at the way he brushed his hair. He looked at her and smiled.
"What?" He asked her.
"You brushed ur hair funny. You got to do it like this." She said and walked over to his duffle bag and searched for the brush, but instead, she found a rubber octopus. She pulled it out slowly and stood up and held it in front of his face smiling.
"Does somebody have a cuddle toy?" She teased.
"It was the last thing my dad bought for me when before he left me and my mom." He said embarrassed of his family.
"Oh. Squid I'm so sorry." She said and put the Octopus back into his duffle bag. She totally forgot about the brush and went back to her duffle bag beside her cot and slipped into a black tank and headed out of the tent as well as the other boys and Shorty. They all headed to the Mess hall to eat their breakfast. After breakfast, they all headed out to there digging sites. Mr. Sir showed them where to dig, and they started digging like they did every morning.
"Man this sucks. We need some clouds out here." Squid said with anger as he jammed the shovel into his hole and dug up another pile of dirt. He looked up at the sun and squinted, then looked back down into his hole.
"Yeah. Just hang in there man. We'll get them some day." Armpit replied.
"Yeah right. Man, it hasn't rained here since,, forever." X-ray jumped in and said.
"Yeah well it's bound to rain some day." Armpit said again.
"Sure sure." Squid whispered and began digging. He looked over at Flirt to see her taking a swig of her water out of her canteen. She put the lid back on and then began digging her hole. She didn't look like she had any problem digging it, so he just shrugged it off and began digging his hole.
*~*
Later that day, everyone was in the Wreck Room. Some playing pool, and some just relaxing on the chairs and couches that were available. X-ray and the boys were playing pool except for Squid and Zero. Zero was outside on the steps with Shorty talking about their past together and sharing each other's interests.
"So, do you miss your mother?" Shorty asked Zero.
"Yes very much. What bothers me the most is that I don't know what happened to her." He replied.
"Oh. Well I have no clue where my dad is in this world so you aint the only one that's alone. My mom was the only one that cared about me. My dad would just get drunk every night. He would come home and start to molest me. Because really he didn't know what he was doing cause he was always drunk at the time. My mother would always try to stop him but he would push her or hit her or throw her against out wooden stairs. One time he tried to molest me, I kicked him in the balls and ran out of the house and I didn't come back until 2 days later. I just kept running. Then oventually I knew I had to come home. So I made my way home and got there in the middle of the night so they didn't hear me. I snuck into the house and walked slowly and quietly up to my room and when I got there, my bed was gone, and my dresser. I was wondering what happened. So I slept on my couch in the living room and when I woke up in the morning, my dad told me that my mom died of a heart attack. I was devastated. I felt like I couldn't catch my breath. That I couldn't breath and it was the end of my life. For Good. I never set foot in my mothers room after that. I was too scared to actually see it again after her death." She explained. Zero looked at her with sadness in his eyes. He seen a tear roll down her left cheek. He wiped it away with her fingers and wrapped her up in his arms. She leaned against his chest.
"I'm here." Zero told her and kissed her on the top of the head.
"Thnx." She answered back and relaxed all rapped in his arms. Whenever Zero was around her, she felt safe. She felt like nothing could happen to her. Even though he wasn't a big tuff guys like Squid or Zigzag, she still felt safe. But the guys had told her what he had done once Zigzag tried to beat up Caveman. So she thought that maybe he was a tuff guys. Especially since he nearly choked Zigzag to death.
*~*
Back in d-tent, Squid was on his cot and Flirt was sitting between his legs leaning on chest reading a magazine. Squid was just looking at the pictures in it. Not bothering to read any of the make up articles and crap.
"OMG that dress does not go with those shoes." She said. Squid laughed. The lady in the picture was wearing a Purple dress with pink high heals with yellow flowers on them.
"Your such a girly girl." He laughed.
"Am not. I can be sporty if you want. I can be punk." She said and quickly got off of his cot and rushed over to Shorty's duffle bag and got all of these spike neck chokers and spike bracelets and other bracelets. She put them on her neck and wrist and smiled.
"Can I see your hat?" She asked him. He threw her his hat. She put it on side ways on her head and put up her fist to make her look tuff.
"Niiiiiiiiiiiice." He said nodding his head smiling. That's when Shorty walked into the room and her mouth dropped.
"No you didn't." She said to Flirt. "Ur going punk aren't you?" She asked her. She also had her spike bracelets on and other bracelets and neck chokers on.
"Well.. Squid likes me better like this. Damb man how much of all this crap do you have?" She asked her noticing that She had tons on and so did Shorty.
"You can have all that stash that your wearing. I'll have the stash I'm wearing." She laughed and told her.
"Alrighty." She said and walked back to Squid's cot and sat next to him.
"So can I know more about your past?" He asked her.
"What's there to know?" She asked back. "I already told you all of it at dinner." She said.
"I know but your past is sort of like mine. My dad left me and my mother when I was 2 and then my mother started drinking when I turned 6 and she always beat me and stuff." He explained.
"Oh Squid. I'm sorry about your past." She said to him.
"Yeah. Our's are kinda similar." He told her.
"Yes they are." She said.
"Well let's go to the Wreck Room." She said and dragged him off of his cot.
"Hey wait." He said before they walked out oft eh tent.
"What?" she asked.
"Can I please have my hat back?" He asked. She noticed his hair looked a mess.
"Yes." She said and gave it to him. He put it on back wards and they walked to the Wreck Room holding hands.
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