"It looks awesome, man." Darcy shook his head. "Well, what I can see from here. Blind as a bat and all." he grinned. "I'll have to come over and see sometime."
"Oh, for sure! We could totally go down to the shop my brothers work at, oh man! My other brother-"
"Ey! Dixie, shake a leg! We gotta go, Flora's cooking some of that chicka-rone, or however you say it, crap and I actually want to get some before Jackass eats it all!" Griff called, waving over at his brother.
Dixon pursed his lips at Griff before turning back to Darcy, raising a hand for a fist bump.
"Seriously though, I'll work on some notes, we'll play catch during lunch or something tomorrow." He said.
Darcy smiled and bumped his fist against Dixon's. "That sounds great, we'll have to plan going sometime tomorrow then. Later, Dixon." he nodded, reaching for his own bag, deciding he'd just walk home on his own.
"Seeya, Darcy." Dixon grinned before trotting off towards his brother's bike, gracelessly flopping onto the back, swinging a long gangly leg over the seat before settling in right behind Griffith.
"Who was that?" Griffith asked as he produced a helmet for Dixon.
"Oh, just a friend, you know?" Dixon shrugged before putting on the helmet and wrapping himself around Griff.
Darcy smiled happily. It felt a bit childish or silly but he didn't really have any friends here and Dixon seemed pretty cool. It was pretty uplifting to know he had someone who was willing to help him out and spend time with him, obviously.
He hefted up his bag after packing away the mitt and baseball before going to head for the exit to head home, in a considerably better mood than before. He decided he'd really practice with tossing and catching before he showed his sister.
Darcy sighed as he followed other classmates for the cafeteria for lunch time, stopping only to toss his bag into his locker and grab his lunch from it as well before finishing his way there and going to the usual table to meet Dixon.
Yes, they had the 'usual' spots now everywhere in school. Their lockers, under the tree in the front courtyard, by the football field in the back, their table, so on.
But Darcy was more troubled today than ever. He had been all day trying to figure out what could possibly be wrong with Harper, what could have happened and what he could do to make her feel better.
She had come home crying a few days ago and refused to tell him why. He had spotted a hickie on her neck and while there had been a fear that something BAD happened, he trusted her to tell him if THAT happened.
So maybe she had a secret boyfriend or girlfriend or something but that didn't seem like something she'd do... was it? Maybe they broke up or something and that's why she had been crying.
Or maybe it was just stress getting to her. He really needed to find a part time job so she could get a break. He felt so guilty whenever she'd come home looking like death and practically falling asleep during dinner.
But for now he needed to find something he could do NOW. His sister was his world to him and she just looked so... sad. He pushed his lunch aside, folding his arms on the table and resting his chin on them with a large frown, brows furrowed and glasses slipping down his nose.
Unlike Darcy, who was troubled by his sibling's current state of being, Dixon was more annoyed than anything. For the last few days, not only had Griffith refused to give Dixon a ride to and from school, he'd also refused to do anything around the house, which was the least he could do since with his sporadic injuries, he wasn't going out to do work or anything. He'd hardly left his room, and when he did, it was only to use the rest room or to grab another one of Lawson's beers (which Lawson wasn't too pleased about). Dixon wasn't sure what his brother's malfunction was, but as he wasn't going to openly talk about it, Dixon felt like he'd earned the right to be, well, annoyed.
Which was something he hoped to shrug off after having lunch with his best good friend, Darcy.
He had gone through the lunch line, picking up his food, before heading over to his and Darcy's table. UPon approaching, he noticed that Darcy himself wasn't looking likehe was in the best of moods either.
"Oh no...not you too." Dixon groaned as he set his tray down on the table.
Darcy looked up when he heard Dixon and blinked, shaking his head. "Huh, what about me?" he asked, confusedly and sat up right. "Sorry, I was thinking. Harper's been pretty down."
"Doom and gloom?" Darcy raised his eyebrow, unpacking the fruit slices and sandwich he had packed himself this morning. Which was unusual because Harper usually packed him a lunch, not that he minded at all, it was just another reason to be concerned. All she did was go to work and go straight to her little room. "She's just been.. I dunno. Sad." he frowned, brows furrowing. "She came home crying a few days ago."
"Huh...Griff too, except, it's Griff so as soon as Lawson pointed it out, he went straight to yelling and...ugh, it's a whole thing." Dixon feigned an annoyed shiver before going to unwrap his spork. He immediately began pushing around his mashed potatoes, mixing them with his vegetables.
"Huh. Well I hope that clears up soon." Darcy frowned, looking over as he bit down into an apple slice. "I think Harper's situation is a secret boyfriend or something. She's got this huge bruise on her neck. And NOT the usual kind."
"Well, I mean, Griff's got the usual kind...but...I mean...this is kind of weird, I did notice some scratch marks on his back...maybe he's got a girlfriend he hasn't told me about yet though...maybe." Dixon said, his brows furrowing thoughtfully as he raised a spoonful of his mushy concoction to his mouth.
Darcy finished his apple slice, grabbing for his bottle of water. "Okay, so... wait." he turned to look at Dixon properly. "What day did your brother come home crying and stuff?"
"Uhhhh, I think it was Saturday morning? Like, hecka early even." Dixon nodded, lowering his spoon temporarily to look at Darcy. He could tell what Darcy was thinking, and honestly...he was thinking it too. "You don't think...?"
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