(Brendon)

I was having a great night out with mother and Father. We had dinner and then went to the movies. But I couldn't stop thinking about Ryan Ross. What was he doing? Was he okay? Were his parents helping him? Why did he try to kill hineslf.

I omitted that part of the story from my parents. My mother wouldn't have praised me helping him if she knew he'd tried to take his own life. That was against the bible. I'd simply told them that I found a dying boy. I'd never lied to them before. And I didn't feel as bad about it as I thought I would. I'd ask for forgiveness at church this weekend.

We stayed out until ten at night. When the movie was over we headed back to the house. It felt weird going out as a family without Pete. But dad said he was studying with a friend. I knew that was a lie. Pete's friends didn't study. He was probably with Joseph getting high. Or even with Alecia having premarital sex.

"Goodnight, Brendon." My mother kissed my cheek before I headed upstairs to my room.

I noticed Pete's door was ajar. He must be home. I open it fully and he was laying on his bed with his eyes closed and his headphones in his ears. The music was loud enough to be heard from the door. He was going to damage his ears if he wasn't careful. I walked in the room and looked around. Of course all his dirty clothes were thrown around the room. His hamper was empty in the corner. And he had two large pizza boxes open on the floor. With pizza still in them. Why would he buy two? I walked over to close the box. Extra cheese of course. I looked in the other box. Pineapple and chicken? Pete would never put fruit on pizza.

I walked over to the bed and snatched the headphones off his head. He jumped into a sitting position, startled. When he realized it was me, he punched me in the arm.

"What the fuck, Brendon?! I almost had a heart attack."

"I know you had a girl over."

"What?"

"Don't look all confused. I know you had a girl over. I see the pizzas."

"Why are you even in my room, loser?"

"Don't change the subject. You know we aren't allowed visitors unless mom and dad approves them."

"I didn't have a girl over idiot."

"You don't order pineapple pizza."

"It was Joe."

"Joe was here?"

"Yes, idiot. What took you guys so long?"

"We went to see that new movie. The Fall Out In Our Boy."

"You guys suck. You know I wanted to see that movie."

"You were too busy with Joe." I got up and walked out the room. "Goodnight, Pete."
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(Pete)

Pete: Prnts jst gt hm

I sent the text to Patrick. He'd asked me to text him when they got home so he'd know how long I was in the house alone. Or something like that. He only left about Ten minutes ago. We hadn't realized how late it was. He'd promised Andy he would be back for dinner, so he rushed off to try and make it back before he fell asleep.

Patrick: Great. Is Everything Well? What was your brother's accomplishment?

Pete: Bng annyng. Idk. He wlkd n n thght I hd a grl ovr.

Patrick: Why?

Pete: Pizzas

Patrick: Did you tell him that he was wrong?

Pete: He wsnt

Patrick: Oh, haha.

Pete: Thy wnt 2 dnnr n mvie. A mvie thy knw I wntd 2 c :/

Patrick: That was inconsiderate. Are you busy tomorrow? We could go see it.

Pete: thd b gr8

Patrick: Great.

Pete: Ws Andy mad

Patrick: He was sleeping when I came in. I'll make it up to him.

Pete: kool

Patrick: What Movie was it?

Pete: Fall Out in Our Boy

Patrick: Can't wait.

I smiled as wide as my mouth would allow. I couldn't wait either. I was going to see the movie with one of the coolest adults I'd ever met. Andy was probably going to go too. Maybe I should invite Joe or something. I don't know. I'd think about it in the morning. I closed my eyes and went to sleep.