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SOF/L Chapter 7

About 45 minutes later, Jim pulled up to the house I was staying at. I then got out the passenger seat, and then started to get the bike out the passenger seat.

"Thanks for the ride." I said once the bike was out.

"Anytime." Jim said back. Before I walked into the house, he called my name again. "Hey pac-man kid."

"Yeah?"

"You're probably busy or not interested, but I need somebody to be a floater at the park." Jim said. "You know, do some odd jobs, clean up some vomit, what do you think?"

"Yeah." I said. "I mean if it's too much trouble." Jim then started twirling his fingers in a circular motion.

"Ulrich!"

"Yes."

"There you go." Jim said sitting back down. "9:00 am tomorrow." He then drove off. I then walked back into the house. Inside, I saw my mom cutting up half a watermelon.

"Hey," She said. "Who was that you were with?"

"A friend"

"A friend who drives?"

"Mom."

"What's his name?"

"Jim."

"And how do you know him?"

"Mom, he's just a friend."

"Ok." She said. "Well you should bring him by, so we can meet him."

"Fine." I said about to walk into the house.

"Whoa, I'm not done." She said. "Don't stay out all night and disappear all day, do you understand me?"

"I could say the same thing to you."

"What?" she asked. "I want you to make an appearance at Chiyo's."

"Ok."

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I walked into the backyard of Chiyo's house about 15 minutes later. I then heard Stephanie calling for Yumi.

"Yumi! We're all sitting over her!" She said. "Come on. Grab a cup, we're playing quarters." I then turned and saw Yumi getting something to eat.

"Maybe in a minute." Yumi said. She then looked at me and smiled. She then walked into the house.

I then looked at the table where all the adults were sitting at. Chiyo then got up and started walking towards me.

"Hey, Ulrich." She said

"Hi." I said back.

"You should hang out with Hiroki." She said. "He's hiding under one of these tables." She said. "Hiroki!"

"What!" He screamed back."

"There you go!" Chiyo said.

"Hey, honey." My mom said. "Do you want me to make you a plate?"

"No, I can do it?" I said.

"Be sure to get you some clams, they were all my doing this year." Chiyo said.

"Bring your food over here and eat with me, okay."

"Okay." I then walked away to get my food. When I got to the food table, I heard the sound of someone making laser noises.

"Hey, Hiroki. How's the battle going?"

"Awesome, Luke and Leia are hooking up."

"You know they're brother and sister, right?"

"Yeah."

"Cool." Once my plate was half full, I was about to grab a clam.

"I would avoid the clams if I were you." Yumi said. "One on the many casualties of my father's absence."

"Oh." I said putting one on my plate. "Just so your mom will see my plate"

"Well, it's you funeral." I then looked back at the adults and a man with long blonde hair handing them each a little pack of green stuff. They then all started cheering.

"Well.." Yumi said. "Looks like Charlie just made another sale."

My mom then turned around and blew me a kiss. "We'll be right back." Getting angry, I threw my food in the trash.

"Hey, Hiroki?" Yumi asked. "You wanna go chase ghost crabs?"

"Hell yeah." Said Hiroki getting out from under the table."

"Ulrich." Yumi said. "Any interest?"

"Yeah, sure."

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By now, it was already starting to get dark. Right now, me and Yumi were walking across the beach.

"When I was younger, my dad used to bring me down here to do this all the time." Yumi said. "He'd fill my head with all these useless facts about ghost crabs." She said. "Did you know they're omnivorous? Basically they eat both animals and vegetables." She said. "My mom would say, leave it up to your dad to know everything about an animal that goes both way." She said. "Do you want to just keep talking or are you gonna say something eventually?"

"…My mom doesn't smoke pot."

"Yeah." She said. "That's the power of this place." She said. "It's like spring break for adults."

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Right now, Yumi and I were sitting down watching the fireworks go off.

"I think that's what kills my mom." She said. "not that my dad left, but that he's got someone and she doesn't." She said. "Is your dad seeing anyone?"

"Yeah, but she's a lot younger."

"Classic."

"They're just getting situated in San Diego, you know, new place, so he says it's not a great time right now." I said. "But I'm gonna go visit him soon, once he gets settled in. It's supposed to be awesome out there."

"California, that's cool."

"Yeah."

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After the fireworks were over, Hiroki, Yumi, and I were walking back up to the houses.

"So where is it you go?"

"Go where?"

"On your sexy pink cruiser."

"Nowhere."

"Oh. I see."

"It's just."

"That's ok…let it be yours." Yumi said walking into the house. "Good night."

"Good night." I then started towards my house. In the backyard were the adults laughing around a camp fire. "Figures." I was about to walk inside when I heard moaning. I looked around the corner and saw Alvin and Joan making out. A few seconds later, they stopped.

"Oh. I see." Joan said. "Just not this summer."

"I'm sorry." He said walking towards me. Right before he saw me, I hid behind a nearby trash can.

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(Normal POV)

A few seconds later, Adell looked and saw Alvin walking towards her. He then handed her a bag of marshmallows.

"You were gone that long and only brought the marshmallows?"

"Joan has the rest." Adell then saw Joan walking towards her with a mad look on her face.

"Here you go." Joan said giving her the chocolate and gram crackers.

Adell then looked up and saw Ulrich storm into the house.

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