<Gage Grant POV>
"Come on! We have to get home." Pattong said, grabbing my hand smiling.
"Hold on." I said grabbing my bag.
Gregory came up next to me, "Gage, you gonna come over later? Mickey's going to be out so we can play on the console." Gregory said excitedly.
"Yeah, that sounds good!" I said feeling Patton squeeze my hand tighter.
"What about me?" Patton asked looking at me.
"Aren't you going hunting today? Maybe you'll get another beaver like last week." I said, remembering the memory of cooked beaver.
Patton nodded, "I'll catch one for you." He said smiling and looking at the ground.
"So I'll come by later?" I said, turning back to Gregroy.
Gregory looked at Patton for a second then back at me, "Yeah, see you later!" He said running off smiling.
"Now we can go." I said looking at Patton who was staring at Gregory then back at me and smiled.
"Great." He said.
We walked home holding hands and when I got home mom looked at our hands, but I got uncomfortable. So I pulled our hands away.
"Patton you ready?" My dad asked as we sat in our room.
"Yes." Patton said getting off my bed and looking at me, "I'll get you a beaver, I promise." He said determinedly.
"Ok." I said taking out my homework. Maybe in an hour I would go see Gregory, so that gives me a bit of time.
"I'll be back, I promise." He said hugging me while I was sitting at our desk.
"K, have fun." I said starting my homework.
Patton and my dad left and like I said, after an hour, I left for Gregory's house. Just like last time I climbed up a tree and knocked on his window waiting for him to open it up.
"Hey." He said, happy to see me.
"So what do we have today?" I asked, laying on his bed.
"Well we can play a bit of Mario Kart and then maybe some Slime Rancher?" He suggested hopefully.
I smiled, "Yeah."
"Cool, come on." He said grabbing my hand and pulling me off the bed.
While Gregory pulled me down the hall to the stairs I saw Gregory's younger brother's bedroom, Jameson.
He was on the bed quietly sleeping, Gregory then went to my side, "You coming?" He asked, crossing his arms behind his back.
"Is he doing ok?" I asked Gregory, ignoring his question. I pitied Jameson, he was abused and neglected.
Gregory and I were just 11, what could we do. Even if we did do something, all that would happen is someone taking Jameson away.
Though Gregory didn't say anything about Jameson, I knew he cared for him. Well, I think so at least.
"I don't know." He said, gently grabbing my arm again and pulling me away from Jameson's room.
We played for a bit but Jameson came down at some point and quietly went into the kitchen, "I'm gonna get a snack." I said standing up.
"Get me Cheez-Its." Gregory said as I walked into the kitchen.
Jameson was on the counter and trying to get something on the refrigerator. He looked at me and looked scared.
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Deranged (Completed)
Mystery / ThrillerI just wanted to go home, but at the time I guess it was right. He was standing on the track of an oncoming train, was it really that wrong to save him? Gage Grant saved a boy named Patton from killing himself, but what Patton does to thank Gage is...
