Darkness Surrounding

"That's her," I said quietly, pointing to the girl with the black hair.

"Oh, she's pretty..."

"I know," I said proudly.

"You didn't let me finish. She's pretty fucking tall."

"That's only because we're fucking midgets," I said, turning to Johnny.

"Shut up! I'm average."

"Yeah, for a chick," I smirked, turning back to the dark haired girl waiting at her locker. "C'mon, you gotta meet her."

"Okie doke."

I walked up behind the girl and smacked her ass.

"OW!"

"'Sup sugarpants, how's it going?" I laughed.

"Well despite my best friend being half an hour late and my ass being completely sore now, just dandy!"

"Sorry about that, I got detention."

"On the first day?"

"New record!"

"Oh geeze, what did you do? And who the hell are you?" she asked looking at Johnny.

"I sung Gnarkill, and this is Johnny, a new buddy."

"You got us ANOTHER friend? Wow, we're really reeling them in, ain't we?"

"You can say that again."

"I take it you guys don't get very many friends?"

"Oh no, we do, we just usually eat them," Val shrugged. "I'm Valary, by the way."

"Nice to meet you," Johnny smiled.

"Well I'd just LOVE to stand around all day, folks, but I have a little kid to attend to at home."

"You have a kid?" Johnny asked incredulously.

"My wee brother."

"Oh, ok."

We walked out to the parking lot and saw that we were the last kids in the school. My truck sat at the far end of the lot, all by itself. We hopped in and I started it up before speeding out of the lot and onto Maine.

"So where do you live, Johnny boy?"

"Ok don't make fun of me, but I live on Nimrod Dr."

"Nimrod?!" Valary started laughing real hard.

"I said don't make fun of me," Johnny pouted, but had difficulty keeping a smile off his face.

"Oh. My. God. That's freaking awesome! But where the hell is that at?"

"Just pull onto Beach," he laughed.

We talked all the way up until I pulled in front of his house, and then about two minutes after that. Finally, he got out and Val scooted over to the passenger seat he had vacated.

"See you tomorrow, ickle Johnnykins," she laughed.

"Ha ha ha," he smiled before turning to walk into his house. I pulled away from the curb and started on the way back to my house.

"Well he was cool," Val said.

"Mhm. He's pretty funny. And he makes friend number six!"

"Five."

"Huh? No, it'd be six."

"Five. I don't think we're gonna get on good terms with that Cameron dude."

"Jimmy said he'd lighten up."

"Well I had fifth period with him."

"Oh? How'd that go?"

"He glared at me the entire time and, I'm not sure, but I think he threw a spitball at me."

"Oh..."

"Yeah."

"Well then five. Maybe if the guys meet Johnny and realize how cool he is they'll ditch Cam and replace him with Johnny! Wouldn't that be, like, the perfect group of guys?"

"Yeah, like that's going to happen."

[XD]

I just shrugged and pulled up in front of my house. We got out and walked into the house, noting the passed out form of my mother on the couch as we made our way to my bedroom. The door was shut like it was supposed to be, but Charlie was pacing in front of the door, whining.

"Charlie, boy, what's wrong?"

He just whined and paced even faster. Val reached for his collar and tried pulling him away from the door, but he refused to move.

"Charlie," Val grunted, tugging on him. "Move your damn butt."

"Charlie! Move!" I commanded. Normally that worked, but it didn't this time.

"God!" Val let go of his collar in frustration. "For a three legged dog, he's really stable!"

"I have no idea what his problem is," I shook my head.

"Let's get something to eat, maybe when we're done, he'll be done."

I shook my head and we headed into the kitchen to search for food.

"Jackpot!" Val said after a minute's search. She pulled a certain yellow box out of the freezer.

"Yay! Tostitos Pizza Rolls!!" I jumped up and down in excitement. Valary ran over to the cupboards and pulled out two plates, before opening the box and dumping its contents out all over them.

"Mom!" I screamed towards the living room. "Are you hungry?!!"

No answer. I turned to Val and shrugged, so she put the plates in the microwave and pushed some buttons until it started up.

"I don't get how she can live her life like that," Val said, shaking her head.

"Me either, but whatever."

After the little bell sounded we took our plates out and started eating.

"Hey, where's your brother?"

"I have no idea. He might be playing with some new friend he made earlier."

"Oh that's good. I knew he would make friends right away."

I nodded and told Val about Mike as we continued eating. When we were done we put our plates in the sink and walked back to my room. Charlie was still in front of the door but he wasn't pacing and whining anymore, he was just sitting there, staring.

"Charlie, what the hell is your problem?"

He stood there for a second, and then the sound of a window being broken sounded from behind my door. He jumped up onto his hind legs and started barking and scratching at the door.

"What the fuck was that?!" I shouted.

"I think someone's breaking into your house!" Val shouted back. I scrambled for my keys and shoved the right one into the key hole, before opening my door. Val and I burst in, Charlie right behind us, but we pulled up short at what we saw.

There was my little brother, lying on my bed. He was lying on his back; a knife sticking out of his chest, his eyes still squeezed shut in horror. His teddy bear, the one I gave him when he was just one year old, was clutched in his right hand, and the window to my bedroom was broken. We could hear the footsteps of whoever did this running down the path next to the house and the wooden fence. Charlie charged in and ran up onto the bed. He sniffed at Bobby and then spun around in a circle before lying next to him, resting his head on Bobby's leg, and giving a sad little whine.

This is Charlie

False List:

- Johnny doesn't live on Nimrod Dr.