Heading out of the classroom, Alan walked towards the front exit of the highschool, other students were already heading to different classrooms to attend their classes, the halls were quite filled though they were thinning out quickly as students found their destinations easily enough.
Arriving infront of the exit, Alan was met with the sight of Jeannie, Adrian and John already there waiting for him.
Raising his right arm and waving at them, he quickly walked and joined the group as the four of them headed outside the school.
"We can take my car." John said as he led the group towards his beat town toyota that was parked to the side of the parking lot.
"Lucky, I ain't even got a car." Alan said in turn and he walked with the group towards the car.
"It works, had to actually do a few fixes by myself but it's still runnin thankfully. My old man got it for me, almost think that he did it just so I'd be out of the house more often than not." John replied with a slow amused shake of his head as he put the key into the door and unlocked it.
Alan and Jeannie walked to the backside of the car and entered into the passenger seats.
Not wanting to damage the car any further, Alan at first tried pulling the door handle softly however it didn't open or budge at all.
"You gotta do it like this." Jeannie said with a light hearted giggle from the other side as she planted her feet and pulled with her entire body before the door finally opened with a loud rusted sound.
'Right…' Alan thought as he similarly planted his feet down and pulled with all his strength… and yet the door still didnt budge.
"You can't open it? Gosh, you really need to start lifting some weights or something Alan." Jeannie spoke teasingly as she opened the door from the inside for him.
"Right, Yeah definitely." Alan replied outloud.
'God darned three strength stat, weaker than a girl who doesn't even lift weights herself.' Alan thought inwardly to himself, almost getting amused at his own lack of strength as he got into the passenger back seat and closed the door behind him.
Adrian was already seated on the front passenger seat whilst John was on the driver side as he closed his own door and put the key into the ignition.
Twisting the key, the sound of the engine turning on rang out for a while, it took quite a bit before it actually fired up and the car started up.
'Yeah… this is my life, in a certain way, they're not that much different from me even though they do have parents. I guess having them doesn't guarantee a life like the Cullens. Everyone has their own problems.' Alan thought as a soft realisation went through him, usually he always kept to himself, never actually bothering to talk to anyone much, never bothering to look at other people or notice their lives and problems, too caught up in his own.
For a few years, he had basically been going on autopilot after what he could only call the tragedy of his life. But now that he was actually talking to others, listening to their stories and interacting with them…
'Yeah… Everyone has problems, I just didn't notice did I?' Alan thought to himself as he felt the car turn in reverse onto the driveway and then the loud clanging sound of it switching gears as it started driving forwards, down the driveway and away from the school grounds.
Looking out the window at the passing scenery for a moment, Alan had a rare moment of actually feeling like he was living in the moment rather than living in stress of the future or the pain of the past.
"Fork's is really kinda pretty isn't it?" Alan spoke outloud to the three of them as he gazed at the forest alongside the road.
"Eh, I guess? I havn't really thought of it like that before, been too caught up with life and other shit. But you're not wrong, it is quite pretty isn't it?" Jeannie replied almost instantly as she moved slightly closer to Alan on the backseat.
"Dont make out in the backseat, I ain't wanna see that shit." John said teasingly as he looked at the two of them through the interior rear view mirror.
"Don't worry, don't plan on it. Wouldn't want to make you vomit now would I? I'd likely vomit myself if that happened and then we'd also crash at the same time. Sounds like one hell of an embarrassing time if you ask me about it." Alan replied with a short laugh as he shook his head.
"Awh come on, I'm sure that he wouldn't vomit at all. I'd kill him for interrupting the moment." Jeannie said with a fake agitated tone, her lips clearly curled upwards in amusement at the back and forth between John and Alan.
"Yeah right, you're into that shit ain't ya Jean? Voyo or Voyu or whatever it's called." Adrian said with a laugh of his own as he lowered his door window and pulled out a cigarette, lighting it up on his lips and take a deep smoke before throwing the pack towards the backseat, Jeannie quickly catching it mid air.
'Nice reflexes.' Alan thought inwardly as his eyes gazed at the duo before turning his attention away towards the window once more.
"You want one?" Jeannie asked as she offered the pack towards him.
"Nah, I'm fine, maybe later." Alan replied with a shake of his head, already deep inside his thoughts.
'Let's hope that it is actually something interesting instead of just weed. Maybe I'm hoping for too much and thinking its supernatural bullshit just because of what's been happening recently but hey… a boy can hope.' Alan thought inwardly as the drive towards John's apartment continued.
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