My cousin, Chris Chapter Six

•A couple months later.First day of school.•

I opened my eyes and stretched.I looked at the alarm clock. “7a.m. Okay, time to get up.Senior year!” I thought.I sat up and shook Ryan’s shoulder violently. “Get up! Ot’s the first day of senior year! Get started on breakfast and I’ll go wake the guys up.” I said, running out into the hall.I grabbed the megaphone and turned it on.I silently walked into Eli’s and his friends’ room.They insisted on sharing one. “Aw…So peaceful.” I thought and looked at their faces for a while. Eli and Val shared a bunk bed, the twins did, too and Micheal had his own bed. “Alright, that’s enough peace.” I said quietly and raised the megaphone to my mouth. “GET UP AND OFF YOUR LAZY ASSES!” I yelled. They jerked awake and Vince hit his head on the second bunk. Eli and Val fell out of their beds and Eli landed on top of Val. “Get the fuck off of me, man!” Val said. I turned and started walking back to our room. I changed into black ripped jeans, my dark purple converses, a grey flowy tank top and my leather jacket. I put some eyeliner and mascara on and put my hair into a side pony tail. I jogged downstairs to the kitchen, breathing in the smell of pancakes and eggs. I grabbed a plate and took two pancakes and some scrambled eggs from the table. “Don’t forget, I’m riding with the guys today.” He nodded and turned the stove off before sitting in front of me. “Yeah. Hey, can I borrow your car? Mine has a flat tire.” He asked me. I got up and took my keys from its hook. I threw it at him and he caught it without looking. I sat down and continued to eat. “Don’t get it dirty.I just washed it yesterday and I don’t want to wash it again. That creepy guy Don next door stared at me the whole time.” I said, shuddering at the thought of repeating it again. He chuckled. “Well can you blame him?” He said, looking at my body up and down. I rolled my eyes and threw a bit of eggs in his face.He stuck his tongue out at me and I did the same to him.I finished and put my plate in the sink. I turned to the sound of footsteps on the stairs. “I see you’ve managed to dress yourselves appropriately for once. More than I expected.” Eli smiled at me and said, “Thanks…I think.” I sat up on the cpunter and started texting Cynthia. “Well, I have baseball practice until lunch so…. I will see you at lunch.” He said, kissing my cheek. I smiled and nodded. He walked upstairs and I sneaked a glance at the table, where the five were now sitting. Eli was wearing a black shirt with a red tie, dark jeans, and dark blue combat boots. His dark skin looking lighter than usual because of all the black. Val went for something a shade lighter. Grey. He had a plaid shirt with a grey vest over it, black shorts, red black and grey skateboard shoes, and a dark almost black grey fedora.Micheal wore a green V-neck, faded blue jeans, and black converses. Vince had on an ooh-la-la fitting camo shirt, ripped jeans, and blue, yellow, and white skateboard shoes. Carlos wore an elbow sleeve length white and dark green shirt that fit him very well, blue jeans, and sandals. I continued texting Cynthia while I waited for them to finish. Eli stood and put his plate in the sink. Cynthia said bye so I started playing Temple Run. Eli put his hands on either side of me. “You’re riding on my bike.” He said. “I’d rather ride in Micheal’s bike, but okay.” I replied, sounding board. “Fuck you, Eli!” Micheal said. Just then, Hunter appeared from the basement. He only wore pajama bottoms but hey, who’s complaining? Apparently, Carlos. “Put a shirt on, man!” He said. The two have gotten close very close since the rest of us pulled a prank on both of them. “I’m fucking sexy and YOU know it.” He said, grabbing a plate and sitting down. “Ha! Yeah, right.” Carlos countered, sarcasm dripping from his words. “I’ll be right back.” I said and ran up the stairs to Rory’s room. He was half on half off of his bed, still fast asleep. I crept up to his bed and hit him with his pillow. Hard. “What the fu- Oh, it’s you.” He said, groggily. “Yeah, yeah. Listen, I need you.” I told him and his eyebrows raised. “Do I really look that good in the morning?” He said, a smirk making its way to his face. I hit his chest playfully. “Shut up. Your brother’s down there shirtless and Eli and his friends are eating breakfast.Now I suggest that you fucking bitch slap him into wearing a shirt before I bitch slap you.” I said, poking his chest. He groaned and rolled out of bed.He put on a shirt (Thank God), and walked downstairs. I trailed behind him and walked back up onto the counter. “Hey dip shit, Go put a shirt on. I’m starting to doubt that you have less than 30 shirts.” Rory said to his brother. He shoved a shirt into Hunters chest.Hunter groaned and put it on. “Gotta cut the show short, Gayle.” He told me. I scoffed and raised an eyebrow. “What show?” I asked him. Everyone but Hunter burst out laughing. Val, Micheal, and the twins were done eating so we finally left for school. We grabbed our bags and headed toward the bikes.We got there about 5 minutes of riding.

We parked near the end of the parking lot. I was getting off of Eli’s bike when he stopped me. He put an arm around me and said nothing. I finally noticed that they were staring at the woodsy part of the school. There were two dark figures coming out. I knew exactly who they were. “Grover, Alexandrya! Over here!” I called my two best friends over. They ran over to me and smiled. “Hey! How’s my favorite little Asian today?” Grover asked, lifting me up and twirling me around. I saw Eli give him a death glare. I gave him a look that straightened him right up. I turned back to Grover and grinned. “I’m fine, Grove.” I said and turned to Alexandrya. “Dryad! I haven’t seen you all summer. I missed you.” I told Alexandrya, hugging her. (For those of you who don’t know what a dryad is, it’s a mythological Greek female creature that cares for the plants, animal, etc. I’ll explain why I call her that later.) They seemed to notice Eli and the others just now. “Uhh. Who’s tall, hot, sexy, gorgous, and oohlala over there?” Alex asked me, licking her lips and biting her bottom one. “I see you still speak your thoughts…” I said and I saw Grover roll his eyes. “Tell me about it. I have to live with her. Do you have any fucking idea how much I had to listen to her talking about Philip Stevens?” He asked me. Alex hit his shoulder and I laughed. “Anyways, this is my cousin and his friends.” Alex’s face lit up when I said friends. “Which are OFF LIMITS to you, Alex. ALL OF THEM. I cannot stress that any more.” She crossed her arms across her chest and pouted like a little kid. Grover and I laughed before he gave her a noogie. “No! Grover! Let me go, you fucking dick!” She shrieked. He let her go and we started to walk to the school. Even though they always fight, they love each other. Being the older one by a year, Grover had to give up his childhoold fun when they were thirteen because their parents died of a car crash. He managed to teach Alex everything he knew about nature. Which, was the only thing they had since they had no family members left. Alex learned quickly and somehow knew more about it than Grover. They took shelter in a small abandoned three room house in the forest near our school.A bathroom, kitchen, and bedroom. I halped them fix it along with some other friends. After a while, they got jobs as gardeners. They worked their way up to only working for rich people.They each get paid $1000 every month.They love their jobs.