Chapter 3

As she sat down beside me, I couldn't help but gawk at her.

She was so beautiful and the way the lights from the stadium which were lit from behind her, gave her face an angelic look. I knew for sure that my face might be permanently etched with a blush. I was stuck in my daydream when Tucker snapped me out by cheering on with the cheerleaders.

"Knock 'em down

Roll 'em around

Come on defense work, work! " he was practically wailing.

I couldn't help but stifle a laugh, when I looked at Sam, she was already laughing. I don't know why, but I guess Tucker's enthusiasm complied me to ask him a question, "Do you like football?" I was hesitant but I had to be social, or else my sister would kill me. And besides these two seemed like very nice people to me. The didn't start judging me and they acted nice with me.

"Love it!" was Tucker's overly enthusiastic answer. His eyes were still trained on the game. I looked at him for a while, observing the way his eyes stayed at one point on the field.

"Don't worry about him, he's like that" Sam said as she saw me looking at Tuck. She laughed and turned towards the game. "He's been like that since 9th grade, I think he lost his brain then." She started laughing again, and it was music to my ears. That was when Tucker turned towards us, his eyes narrowed, ''Hey! I resent that, at least I don't lull myself to sleep while watching those melodramatic operas." He looked at me, "She actually watches 'Phantom of the Opera', I mean who watches that lame play." Sam was still smirking at him.

"My sister watches it, and she compels me to watch it with her" I told Tucker and he started gaping. He must be in his senior year.

He looked away, I heard Sam snort, as Tucker muttered 'Damn freshman'. That was when Casper had a touchdown by Dash Baxter, who had hit me before. Everyone stood up and cheered for them.

"Hey would you like to go with us to the Nasty Burger" asked Sam. I looked at her, a little unsure but I agreed to it anyway. Tucker was still cheering.

"Knock 'em down

Roll 'em around

Come on defense work, work! " he started chanting again.

We left the stadiums towards the Nasty Burger in Tucker's jeep. He called it his 'Flying Tiger' while Sam muttered 'Gas Guzzler'. When we reached the Fast Food restaurant, we reached a booth, that Tucker and Sam said was their reserved booth. They seemed to know the ins and outs of the place, and everyone knew them. We sat down, I took the seat in front of them, while both sat together. They seemed to be comfortable with each other.

"So how long have you been girlfriend and boyfriend" I had to ask, since I couldn't think of anything else to say, but maybe that was a wrong question because both started gaping and Sam choked her soda. But then the funniest thing happen, they started laughing. I guess I could be wrong...

"Girlfriend and Boyfriend?!" Sam choked out and laughed along with Tucker, who was having trouble breathing because of how much he laughed. He then started leaning towards Sam and made taunting kissing faces and noises. But Sam pushed him off annoyingly and grinned widely, "He is not my boyfriend" now I was confused, "he's my brother." I looked weirdly at her until Tucker said, "Step, step brother."

And that was my time to gap. Sam further carried on, "My parents were friends with his parents, and when his parents died, mom and dad took him in. We have been inseparable since then." I released a sigh of relief mentally, but Tucker couldn't get over the 'boyfriend-girlfriend part'.

"So Danny, what do you want to do when you get out of this place?" Sam asked me as she leaned on her elbows. I was fiddling with my hands. I really wanted to become a writer but, I had no clear thoughts on which I should focus on. I had nothing to write about.

"I really want to be a writer, but I don't know what to write about. I don't have a clear focus on that part" I shared my thoughts with the two of them. Sam smiled warmly and said, "You could write about us." That was pretty good, I could write that I had met real nice people who let me in. I smiled at her.

"Yeah call it 'Slut and the Falcon" he gave me an idea, then pulled out his chest and looked around like he was the coolest guy on the planet, "Make us solve crimes." Sam slammed her head on the table and laughed and I started laughing as well. It was pretty cool.

This could be a start of a very good friendship.

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We had talked endless after that, both wanted to get in NYU, but their grades weren't that good, well Tucker's weren't, Sam was at least trying.

Tucker was a senior and this was his last year, Sam just started high school and was a freshman like me, but she had years of experience with herself to deal with highschool douche bags. I on the other hand was weak. I didn't tell them of my problem concerning the lab accident my parents had months ago. And so far I wasn't planning on telling them. I often enjoyed the bickering between the two of them, who fought hard and both were destined, not to lose an argument with the other.

They fought mainly on food, Sam was an ultra-recyclo vegetarian, while Tucker was a meataholic, he was a carnivore, not an omnivore, but a carnivore. They picked on each others food and called each other stuff life 'veggie girl' and 'wild boar'. I found myself smiling at this.

They dropped me off at my house and left saying that we'll meet tomorrow, while I looked forward to the other day.

When I entered my house, it was the first time I saw the fight.

My sister and her boyfriend had come home for dinner, and I could see that they were trying to be silent. I saw them in the living room, my sister was yelling and Johnny was yelling back. I would've stayed out of their business, as that was what my sister would have wanted.

But what Johnny did to her next had put me on the edge, he slapped my sister. I came out of my hiding place with my eyes shinning a sickly green, I could see my sister's shocked face and I could see the regret in Johnny's eyes, but I didn't care, I was gonna make this guy pay. I lunged at him, but before I could, my sister came out of her daze and stopped me. She was blocking him out for me. But I struggled.

"Don't worry D, he didn't mean it. This hasn't happen before, he won't do it again, he won't do it again" she tried soothing me with her words, I guess it helped a bit, she turned her stone gaze at Johnny and finished her sentence, "I'll make sure of it." Johnny turned around.

My sister ushered me to my room saying that she could handle it herself.

I was in my room as I looked out the window, Johnny was there by his bike and my sister was standing with her arms crossed. They were both talking but I couldn't hear anything. But my gaze softened as he hugged my sister. They parted with a kiss, and my sister came in as Johnny left.

I took out a page and a pen as I wrote,

Dear Friend,

I haven't really written anything for a while now, because I'm trying not to be a loser, and I guess I found a few people who will help me, Because...they let me in...

Okie Dokie, another chapter. Well this is pathetically short, but eh.

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