"Why didn't you call me if you missed the bus last night? I would've come and picked you up." Jared lectured running finger threw his hair to make perfect spikes.
Sometimes Meredith how she managed to be related to him. Jared was anything but simple and while Meredith spent a good deal of her team alone in her room drawing, Jared was always the life of the party. She had unruly brown hair and basic brown eyes, her brothers hair was the color of caramel set off by grayish blue eyes.
"Well Jared had I called you to pick me up, you would've kicked me out of the car and forced me to walk anyway. I was set to kill and you would've faced my wrath." Meredith pulled her hair up into it's usual ponytail waited impatiently for her brother to finish so she could get to school.
"Hey Fult you comin' to breakfast?" Portman tapped his Bash Brother on the shoulder as Fulton sat on one of the benches outside of the main building
"Nah I gotta wait for Merry, I ditched her last night." Number 44 responded
"Why are you so worried about what that chick thinks dude?"
"Cuz she's cool."
"She doesn't seem cool, she seems frigid."
"Frigid? Nice one dude, she's not though. You should go in if you hungry man, I'll see you in Science."
"Suit yourself." With that Dean walked away
Fifteen minutes later an old rusty Honda pulled up in front of the school and a average looking girl got out. She tossed her blue backpack over her shoulder, gave a wave to the driver and set off up the walkway to the front door.
"So I thought you didn't have a boyfriend." Fulton got up from the bench and walked over to the pavement
"I didn't he was my brother and for future reference I'm not speaking to you." She veered of the pathway and cut across the grass to get around him
"Meredith hold on I wanna explain." He ran up behind her to which she quickened her pace and slammed the door in his face. By the time he'd recovered from the shock she'd already vanished into her first period class, unfortunately he didn't know what she had first period.
At lunch as normal Merry wasn't anywhere to be seen in the cafeteria but to Fulton's surprise she wasn't out on the lawn either.
'When she gets made she goes all out.' He thought to himself as he scanned the campus for a sign of his angry friend. After half of the allotted lunch time he gave up and went in search of Charlie in stead.
Meredith climbed the wooden steps out side of her apartment and checked the mail box before going in. All bills, like always. She thumped up the three flights to her dwelling and shoved the door open with an aggravated growl.
"Hard day at the rat races?" Mrs. Rice came out of the kitchen still wearing her tag from Wal-Mart. She was the supervising manager, a job that most people scoffed at but it supported the family with little trouble, they didn't have much but they had enough. Just your run of the mill lower middle class family.
"Hi mom." Meredith sighed flopping into her into her favorite chair and putting up on the table.
Every first Friday of the school year, the Rice's rented movies and ordered pizza as sort of a family night so the kids could tell their mother how the first week of had been. Donna Rice insisted on it.
"So what's the matter sweetie?"
"Her boyfriend stood her up last night." Jared teased with a mouth full of pepperoni and sausage supreme
"Oh really?" Donna laughed lowering herself on the couch beside her son
"He's not my boyfriend. He's a real jerk anyway, I thought he was cool, but I was wrong. He's just like everyone else and no one else likes me so…" Merry let her voice trail off and ended with a shoulder shrug
"That's funny cuz I swear there's a pretty attractive guy sitting in your bedroom as we speak." Mrs. Rice alleged
"What?" Meredith got up from her seat and dashed to her room, where Fulton was sitting in her beanbag "What the hell are you doing here?"
"I, um wanted to apologize." Fulton shifted
"How did you find me?" She crossed her arms and narrowed her eyes
"Charlie, he called his mom at work and had her check the contact sheet."
"So you're stalking me?"
"No, I just figured you couldn't take off on me if I was in your house."
"Who the freak let you in?"
"You're mom, she said 'Are you the boy that's been so nice to my little girl?' When I told her I thought so, she let me in."
"Well I didn't want you here, so leave."
"Not till you listen to me. I didn't try to diss you last night really. Practice ran later then I thought it was going to, ask anybody. I think you're really cool Merry and I like being friends with you, but if you know, you don't like coming second to hockey, you know then we really can't be friends you know. But I'd like to be. I'm gonna get goin' you can think about it." As Fulton headed toward her door she broke into a smile.
"Fulton wait, do you wanna have some pizza?"
"Yeah, thanks."
Meredith Rice had her first friend.
Sometimes Meredith how she managed to be related to him. Jared was anything but simple and while Meredith spent a good deal of her team alone in her room drawing, Jared was always the life of the party. She had unruly brown hair and basic brown eyes, her brothers hair was the color of caramel set off by grayish blue eyes.
"Well Jared had I called you to pick me up, you would've kicked me out of the car and forced me to walk anyway. I was set to kill and you would've faced my wrath." Meredith pulled her hair up into it's usual ponytail waited impatiently for her brother to finish so she could get to school.
"Hey Fult you comin' to breakfast?" Portman tapped his Bash Brother on the shoulder as Fulton sat on one of the benches outside of the main building
"Nah I gotta wait for Merry, I ditched her last night." Number 44 responded
"Why are you so worried about what that chick thinks dude?"
"Cuz she's cool."
"She doesn't seem cool, she seems frigid."
"Frigid? Nice one dude, she's not though. You should go in if you hungry man, I'll see you in Science."
"Suit yourself." With that Dean walked away
Fifteen minutes later an old rusty Honda pulled up in front of the school and a average looking girl got out. She tossed her blue backpack over her shoulder, gave a wave to the driver and set off up the walkway to the front door.
"So I thought you didn't have a boyfriend." Fulton got up from the bench and walked over to the pavement
"I didn't he was my brother and for future reference I'm not speaking to you." She veered of the pathway and cut across the grass to get around him
"Meredith hold on I wanna explain." He ran up behind her to which she quickened her pace and slammed the door in his face. By the time he'd recovered from the shock she'd already vanished into her first period class, unfortunately he didn't know what she had first period.
At lunch as normal Merry wasn't anywhere to be seen in the cafeteria but to Fulton's surprise she wasn't out on the lawn either.
'When she gets made she goes all out.' He thought to himself as he scanned the campus for a sign of his angry friend. After half of the allotted lunch time he gave up and went in search of Charlie in stead.
Meredith climbed the wooden steps out side of her apartment and checked the mail box before going in. All bills, like always. She thumped up the three flights to her dwelling and shoved the door open with an aggravated growl.
"Hard day at the rat races?" Mrs. Rice came out of the kitchen still wearing her tag from Wal-Mart. She was the supervising manager, a job that most people scoffed at but it supported the family with little trouble, they didn't have much but they had enough. Just your run of the mill lower middle class family.
"Hi mom." Meredith sighed flopping into her into her favorite chair and putting up on the table.
Every first Friday of the school year, the Rice's rented movies and ordered pizza as sort of a family night so the kids could tell their mother how the first week of had been. Donna Rice insisted on it.
"So what's the matter sweetie?"
"Her boyfriend stood her up last night." Jared teased with a mouth full of pepperoni and sausage supreme
"Oh really?" Donna laughed lowering herself on the couch beside her son
"He's not my boyfriend. He's a real jerk anyway, I thought he was cool, but I was wrong. He's just like everyone else and no one else likes me so…" Merry let her voice trail off and ended with a shoulder shrug
"That's funny cuz I swear there's a pretty attractive guy sitting in your bedroom as we speak." Mrs. Rice alleged
"What?" Meredith got up from her seat and dashed to her room, where Fulton was sitting in her beanbag "What the hell are you doing here?"
"I, um wanted to apologize." Fulton shifted
"How did you find me?" She crossed her arms and narrowed her eyes
"Charlie, he called his mom at work and had her check the contact sheet."
"So you're stalking me?"
"No, I just figured you couldn't take off on me if I was in your house."
"Who the freak let you in?"
"You're mom, she said 'Are you the boy that's been so nice to my little girl?' When I told her I thought so, she let me in."
"Well I didn't want you here, so leave."
"Not till you listen to me. I didn't try to diss you last night really. Practice ran later then I thought it was going to, ask anybody. I think you're really cool Merry and I like being friends with you, but if you know, you don't like coming second to hockey, you know then we really can't be friends you know. But I'd like to be. I'm gonna get goin' you can think about it." As Fulton headed toward her door she broke into a smile.
"Fulton wait, do you wanna have some pizza?"
"Yeah, thanks."
Meredith Rice had her first friend.