Andrew shuffled in front of the front door. He looked at Allison when she bound down the steps. He grit his teeth upon seeing her necklace. "You like? Aunt Kate gave it to me as an early birthday gift." She smiled at him. He faked a smile. "Yeah. Family heirloom." He replied.
"Let's get this over with, shall we, birthday boy?" She smirked. He rolled his eyes. "If only a birthday was a holiday." He said. She laughed, pushing her bag back onto her shoulder. "We'll celebrate like we normally do." He told her.
"Eat ice cream and watch shitty reality tv shows?" She grinned to which he nodded. "I'll even let you pick the show." He grinned back, elbowing her side, "Come on birthday girl, let's get to school."
"Where is Allison?" Chris asked. Andrew frowned at his father. "What do you mean where is she? She isn't here?" Andrew asked. "She didn't even tell Drew. She tells him everything." Victoria, his mom, sighed.
Andrew walked out of the school with his parents and listened to his father leave Allison voicemails while his mom talked to Kate. "Excuse me, you're not Allison's parents, are you? I'm Scotts mom, and I hate to say it but he's not answering his phone either." The woman who walked up to them said.
Andrew eyed her, standing behind Chris and off to the side a little. "You're his mother?" Andrew noticed that the woman also heard the disgust in Chris' voice. The woman looked slightly angry, "Funny how you say that like it's an accusation."
"Well, I wouldn't claim it as a source of pride, since he basically kidnapped my daughter today." Chris said as he glared a hole through the woman. Andrew rolled his eyes. "How do we know skipping school wasn't your daughters idea?" The woman asked.
"My daughter-" He paused and sighed upon seeing Allison exit her car, "Is right there." He said. Andrew was the first of the group to move, jogging past all of them to reach Allison firstly. He lightly punched her shoulder, "Allie, what the hell?"
Andrew shared a look with Allison when Scotts mom started in on him. "Allison- In the car." Chris pointed to it before they heard a scream. Everyone started to yell and run away from the school. Andrew frowned.
Scott went towards the school. Allison looked after the teen. "Go with dad." Andrew told Allison. She made a face at him, looking like she was about to object when he turned and walked away. He looked around, seeing if there was anyone needing help.
He couldn't see his dad, but he bet he was grabbing the gun he always kept in the car. Andrew heard the car first, looking in time to see Scott move Allison out of the way. He breathed a sigh of relief. There was another car screech, and Andrew turned his head to look.
The sheriff had just been hit. He grit his teeth, beating himself up for it. He could have stopped it, he knew he could've had he been listening, focusing. He ran to the sheriffs side. "Sir. Are you hurt?" He asked, taking the man's arm to help him up. "I'm ok." The Sheriff said and let Andrew help him to his feet.
Andrew gave a small nod of his head. He smelt blood coming from the sheriff and figured he must've cut up the palms of his hands when he fell. The Sheriff took a gun from his ankle hostler. The next second there were shots fired. Andrew bet it was his dad, because he knew it wasn't the sheriff.
Andrew followed the sheriff to his dad. Scott eyed the gun in Chris' hand but kept his focus on the mountain lion on the asphalt in front of them. It wasn't dead. At least not yet. Chris and Scott shared a look as Andrew moved to his sisters side and pulled her into a tight hug.
"How 'bout we skip tradition tonight." Andrew said as they walked in the house. "No.. No, I'm good." Allison tried to reassure him. She knew it wasn't working. "Ok than. Meet in the living room in ten minutes?" He said to her, watching their parents head upstairs. She gave him a nod in response.
They went a lot of reality shows, ranging from the real housewives to teen mom to the kardashians. Anything they could make fun of, and they did. A lot. "Oh come on. That guy is a total dick. Why does she want to get back with him?" Allison groaned at the tv, popping a piece of popcorn into her mouth.
Andrew laughed and shrugged his shoulders. "He isn't even cute." She added. He cocked an eyebrow but said nothing. She was distracted. They watched a few more episodes of the show before finally deciding to go to bed. They still had school the next day.
"Hey Andy?" She had finished turning off the tv and the lights and followed him into the kitchen where he was dealing with all the snacks they had ate. "Yeah?" He replied. "Can I sleep in your room tonight?" She asked. He glanced back at her for a second before he nodded his head. "Yeah. Sure. Of course." He said.