[CLOSED] how high can you fly with broken wings?

[richard marcus johnson]

Richard shrugged. "Not everyone wants to deal with a seventeen year old that hears voices.." He watched Sedrick smirk at the question. "Why would I do that?" The dark haired boy scoffed and Richard smiled. "At least he's talking to you," He breathed.

[tisha noelle gillespie]

"Not everyone wants to deal with a pint sized angel, either." She said, patting his chest. She smiled over at Sedrick, then shrugged her shoulders. "Cause you like me. And your brother's probably tired of having me on his back like some sort of monkey. And I wanna talk to you so I can be your friend. I gotta get to know you guys, right?" She reached over, pulling one of the innertubes over to her. She draped herself over it, paddling over to the other boy.

"Do you like brownies? We got a bunch in the kitchen we can have after we swim." She said, looking back at Richard. She watched him for a moment, a slight blush rising to her cheeks.

[richard marcus johnson]

Richard smirked. He watched her get off as Sedrick rose an eyebrow. "I like you?" He taunted with an amused smile. Richard knew Ricky would always be a safe zone. He made an amazing friend because he found no sexual attraction towards anybody, never had to worry about lust or passion.

Richard caught her looking and smiled. He wanted Sedrick to get to know her, though. So he had someone to turn to.
Rich pulled himself from the pool with ease, water rolling down his bare torso. "Imma dry off and go talk to your dad about that job offer." His eyes said it was reason for him to leave Sedrick alone with her though.

[tisha noelle gillespie]

"Of course you do. I'm your buddy-pal-amigo-friend." She teased, smiling up at him. She couldn't help but watch as he got out of the pool though.

"He's in the dining room probably. But you'd better sit on the patio for a few minutes. He hates when we track water in the house." She said, wondering for a moment why she said 'we' instead of 'I'. Her parents never went swimming, and the neighbor never went swimming and then went into the house. It was always just her.

She looked back up at Sedrick, trying to get her mind off of Richard. She shouldn't be thinking of him like that. "You have any hobbies or anything? Any awesome friends like me?" She teased, laying her head on the innertube.

[sedrick fidelis johnson]

Richard waved to say he had heard, calling the little puppy over as he sprawled out on the patio, shaking his hair out.

Sedrick smirked. "Whatever floats your boat." He shrugged at her comment, treading water now that he was deeper. "I do cover albums for music... My guitar is upstairs..." Not quite comfortable with 'my room'. "Friends.. Not good ones, just like, people from school..l

[tisha noelle gillespie]

Noelle watched the puppy get up as his name was called, waddling over to where Richard sat. It climbed up into his lap, turning over onto it's back. She smiled, looking back up at Sedrick. "Yeah. I don't have any friends either. No one seems to like me. You can be homeschooled with me. My dad hired this man, and he's like, super awesome. I mean, I guess he's gonna hire him again. I've been gone awhile." She shrugged, kicking her feet in the water. "Do you like to read? We have an entire library. All kinds of stuff. You wanna sleep in the living room tonight? We can all stay up and watch movies all night."

[sedrick fidelis johnson]

"Maybe," He mumbled. He smiled faintly. "Yeah...I read.. And movies sound good..."
'But what about finding your razors?'

'Yeah, how about the drugs? Richie didn't take them all.'

'He doesn't know. Don't you want to feel better?'

'Shut up,' He pleaded.

[tisha noelle gillespie]

"You and your brother are like day and night. Your hair is all dark, and his is all light. You're all quiet and he's loud and bubbly. That's kinda cool." She had known people who had a few differences who were siblings, but never siblings that were literally like two completely different people. "Do you two fight over stuff, too? My cousins always fight. But they're like.. six and seven." She smiled over at him, looking up as her dad came out.

"Dice had her puppies. One's white, one's grey, and all the rest are speckled." He said, leaning against the railing.

"Aw! The puppies!" She exclaimed. "Wanna go see the puppies?!"

[sedrick fidelis johnson]

Sedrick shrugged. "Guess twins don't gotta be the same." The next question pulled a smirk on his lips. "Yeah, sometimes... We get along pretty well though." He shifted his weight, watched Richard stand and eyed the guy. Her excitement got to him though, and he hlrested a hand on her back, leading her out of the pool. He pulled the hair tie from his hair, grabbing a towel and scrubbing at it until it stopped dripping.

[tisha noelle gillespie]

Noelle grabbed another of the towels, bending over to run it over her hair. She stood back up, shaking it into place before she started drying off, trying to get her bathing suit as dry as possible. She wrapped it around her chest, holding it in place as she walked across the lawn, Salt bouncing through it to bark at them. She looked back at Sedrick, slowing down so he could catch up.

"You guys had fun?" Her dad asked.

"Yep! You know they're twins?" She asked, starting up the steps.

"Well, yeah. Silly goose. You didn't?" He teased, and she wrinkled her nose.

"No. I mean, they look like they're complete strangers." She danced around the dog, trying not to get it wet. "Oh, come on, Salt." She groaned.

[sedrick fidelis johnson]

"Maybe you should pay more attention," Sedrick scoffed, wrinkling his nose. He watched Richard climb the stairs, heading to change. He was unaware that he was staying away from them just so Sedrick would open up more.
Following Noelle and her father, he eyed the puppies curiously, smiled.
'Oh look, they're moma is still alive.'

[tisha noelle gillespie]

Noelle followed her dad, holding her towel tight around her. She leaned down to pet Dice, kissing the top of her head. "That's a good girl. You made all these pretty babies." She said, patting her head. She looked the puppies over with a smile, then looked up at Sedrick. "I think the one on the far left is the cutest. It's all chubby and stuff." She said, then watched Dice walk back over to her babies, laying down beside them. Scrappy walked over, inspecting the babies, then laid down beside Dice.

"Dad, can we watch movies tonight?" She asked.

"I guess. You wanna go to the store and get some?"

"Wanna go to the store?" She asked, looking up at Sedrick.

[sedrick fidelis johnson]

Sedrick smiled, crouching, and let Dice sniff his hand so he wasn't a threat. He stroked one of the tiny puppies, it looking so innocent with it's eyes and ears shut tight. One of the little boys seemed to be the runt, crying softly. Eyes fell on it and instantly Ricky knew it was his favorite.

He glanced up, focus pulled away at the question, and stood. "Yeah... Sure."

[tisha noelle gillespie]

She smiled as he knelt down, petting one of the little puppies. They looked like mice to Noelle, so small compared to their parents. When he stood up and said he would go to the store, she bounced out of the room, running down the hall to her's. She nearly slipped and fell rounding the corner, and started to fish through her closet.

"She's crazy. We don't have to leave this minute. You can sit with the puppies." Her dad said, patting his shoulder gently before he left out of the room. "Trisha Noelle! You come mop up the water you tracked through my house!"

"Yes'sir!" She called, bouncing out of her room still in her bikini, one leg in her shorts. She pulled the other one on, and started to button them, walking to the closet for a spare towel.

[sedrick fidelis johnson]

Sedrick glanced up at him, biting his lip. But all the parasite would let him see was his father with a grim look, a bullet hole in his head and a knife through his heart. He of course, wasn' sure why he'd seen it.
Ricky's jaw trembled and he lowered his gaze, hair hiding his face. Gentle tears dripped down his nose as he stroked Dice's head, watching the little puppies in silence.