"Walter get your tiny ass down here!"

Ah, goodmorning to you too mom.

I slipped on some slippers and trudged down the stairs. My mom was in the kitchen, chopping veggies in her "I turn grills on" apron.

"Hi mom"

"Get out" she said, not even looking up at me. I dawdled, confused, and she continued.

"Get out. Get out of the house for about two days. Your not grounded anymore here's fifty bucks just shoo! Shoo!" She threw a handful of bills in my direction and waved her hands in a "shoo" gesture.

I cocked my head confused, and she groaned.

"Remember that guy we saw at the supermarket?"

I nodded.

"He's coming over and we're going to um... play cards"

Ohhh, that's why she's kicking me out. Her code for sex is "playing cards", so she must mean she's got a hot hookup tonight and she wants the house to herself. Okay mom, I can take a hint.

I nodded understandably and picked up all the cash before running upstairs to grab my phone, and left.

I didn't really know where I was going to go, so I just drew from the barrel.

I arranged a circle of random objects. The penny was one of the boys' house, the rock was the park, the twig was the library, and the cigarette was somewhere I'll get in trouble.

I set my phone down on a big leaf and spun it.

It spun, and spun, and spun until...

It landed...

Between the cigarette and the penny. The universe is telling me to go get in trouble with my friends!

I opened a group chat between myself, Nic, Mike, Loki, and Horris.

~ enter group chat~

You added Whoriss, Nikki Neko, Michelangelo, and Okie Dokie Loki to this conversation

Whoriss: What

Michelangelo: Haha he named you Whoriss 😂

Whoriss: CHANGE MY NAME WALT

Me: No

Nikki Neko: What's a Neko?

Okie Dokie Loki: I am not amused -_-

Michelangelo: Of course you aren't with that BlackBerry! You can't even send proper emojis! 😂📱

Whoriss: 📲

Nikki Neko: I just googled Neko...

Nikki Neko: Walt are you trying to get me to watch hentai with you?

Me: No

Michelangelo: Dude seriously what do you need

Me: I'm coming over to one of your houses in like three minutes

Whoriss: what

Michelangelo: wAiT

Nikki Neko: I accidentally started watching some Neko hentai so that might not be a good idea

Okie Dokie Loki: who's house?

Me: whoever sends the best dick pic

Michelangelo has left the chat

Nikki Neko: welp here we go

Nikki Neko: -dick pic-

Okie Dokie Loki: -naked shemale pic-

Whoriss: No

Me: WHAT THE F*** EW NIC

Nikki Neko: wut

Okie Dokie Loki: you told him to send a dick pic

Me: I WAS KIDDING

Whoriss: You know Nic is stupid!

Okie Dokie Loki: Yeah you can't just expect him to know stuff!

Nikki Neko has left the chat

Me:  I'm conning Whoriss

Whoriss: oh no

You have left the chat

~ exit group chat ~

I stood up from the bench I had seen at the bus stop and headed over to Horris' place. It wasn't far, and I could get there on foot in like three minutes.

As I walked I thought back to the group chat. I laughed to myself quietly; those guys are hilarious. Of course Nic was always off topic. And of course Mike would leave when things got weird, then so did Nic. Horris and Loki probably only stayed because they were amused.

I freaking love these guys. They make like every regular situation so funny and over the top. I swear we could start our own traveling comedy group. The group would always be together because, well, we're all amiable people.

Sure, we've had fights, but they've never gotten out of control. There have been a couple of fist fights, and in every case the two guys were laughing and teasing each other within two days. The worst fight we ever had was, ironically, because of a girl.

Mike and Loki both fell for the same girl, and she played them hard. She didn't go to our school, and they'd met her at a party, so she dated both of them for like three months. Three months, believe it or not, is a long time for a dude! They'd both grown to really love her, but then she got caught (I forget how).

Instead of turning on her, they turned on each other. The blowup was crazy, they fought until they couldn't fight anymore, and when it was over they didn't speak to each other directly for like three days.

On the third day, Horiss had had enough of all the negative chats, awkward seat rearranging, and silent glares. So he invited all of us over, and told Nic to get on his bike. Nic of course went along with it, being the agreeable person he is.

Nic rode his bike up and down the street in front of Horiss' house, and the minute Loki and Mike looked up, he ran down the steps and threw a stick in the spokes of Nic's bike while he was at full speed.

Man, that fall was epic. His bike was one of those weird ones with the thick array of spokes, so shoving a stick in it was like slamming on the breaks. The front tire stopped but the back tire kept going. Nic flipped off the bike, was airborne for like four seconds, then landed on his face and skidded across the concrete.

When the ambulance came to collect the remains (we totally thought he was dead) Mike and Loki were the only two that were in the ambulance ride. We don't know what happened in that truck, but when we all met up at the hospital everything was as it should be.

Minus Nic's broken nose, second degree pavement burns, Mild concussion, and bruises and scratches.

I looked up and noticed I was at Horiss' place. Huh, that story must've been longer than I thought.