It wasn't typically the way we met and how it happened but nothing about Black is typically. Everything about him is him. Nobody else owns it or they're copying him; that's what he likes to shout at the top of his lungs whenever we're driving at night to the farmhouse that everyone is afraid of-expect for Black of course.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNIxmJLFRr
We met in the alley behind the bar that smells like throw-up and weed with just the slightest hint of a dead body. The bar was called Tabco, named after Yew's pet cat that was always darting around regular's legs and knocking over playing cards. I was there to drag my friend home. Black was there because my friend-Ethan the Drunk- had bragged to Jess about being able to take Black in a fight.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgi4ILWKjse
Jess told her boyfriend Tim and he went to get Dare (his real name is Louis) to go "show that punk a lesson about talking to his girl." 458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡohLc1EBpMG
Dare was out in the parking lot with Owen and Kurd (his real name is Donald) keying Mrs. Malkin's car. 458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtN8RqCxmFe
Owen hated Ethan because "that bastard think he smarter than ever'ody." 458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwAhTVPsNef
Kurd is just Kurd.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT78cxHpS4F
They came back into the school with crooked grins and their leather jackets rolled up looking for Ethan but if Black is a ghost, Ethan's the shadowy figure in the corner of your eye that you swear to God is peering right at you but as soon as you look, he's gone.
Lisa had heard Tim telling Dare while she was in Mrs. Malkin's class about how he was going to "cut that wannabe in the neck". She told Bradford, was leaving to go to the bathroom, to tell Ethan because that was her best friend's cousin. Bradford told Helen, who was in Ethan's class, to tell him and she delivered-after telling everyone else.
Nathan, one of my other best friends, says that Ethan threw himself out of the window and I should "go make sure he ain't drunk himself stupid yet." which I did because no one likes Mrs. Malkin.
When I got there, Ethan was already on this fourth beer and promising to buy everyone another round-which nobody believed anymore. Everyone waved and snickered when I came in because this has become the routine. Ethan swirled around in the stool and screamed, "Buddy!" the amber liquid swooshing out the glass and onto the dirty floors before he slammed it onto the counter. Yew laughed and asked with the same shake of his head: "his dad's tab?" which I nodded to before yanking Ethan out by his gray shirt that had grease stains and pulled him out of the bar.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsb3VnGxAOJ
I could sense some sort of dread coming up the street and sure enough, the junkyard car that everyone knew was Dare's was marching up the street. I don't know why I thought the alley would be a great idea but I went down it with a drunken Ethan whose was screaming for me to let him "show those hoods..." but slurred off into some sort of re-edition of some song. Maybe it was a whole new song.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡviRSl768LH
"Shut up!" I hissed and looked back. Sounds of junkyard doors slamming seemed to follow every step I made. I tried to hurried up but Ethan was fighting against me and trying to fight the hoods. He would be murdered. They carried switchblades everywhere and aren't afraid to use them. Ethan knows that considering he got mugged by one not too long before this fight happened.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXem0SOMcyx
I stopped for a second to catch my breath and try to formulate a plan. The oxygen I inhaled was tainted by cigarette smoke. I coughed and looked up to see Black. I knew it was him enough though I never saw him before. Guys like Black aren't the ones you just meet or know. They're the ones you hear whispers and rumors. They're the ones you're afraid to run into in an alley.
I sucked in my breath and Ethan spun around. He nearly tripped over but balanced himself. His eyes went wide and his mouth opened, searching for words. Black roared with laughter and crunched the cigarette under his boot. 458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaroYaFWAco
Honestly, it hurts to describe how bad Black had hurt Ethan so I'll just end it.
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