2. Reunite

I walked into my homeroom class, kinda tired of making a huge speech. Did they seriously think that the Skull Crushers fight random kid groups? Random people? We fight evil gangs, gangs that try to hurt random people. We fight murderers. We don't even kill any of them, we just knock them out, my rule I set, and after all we do for the kids of Strauch, they hate us? They hate us! I sigh and take a seat at my desk, happy that it reminds me of my old friends. While everyone was pouring in the classroom, a tall, lean dude with black hair and mexican race stood next to me at my desk. I looked up at him, and saw he was dared to do this by the fright that he hid in his eyes. 

"What did they dare you to do?" I ask, pointing to a group. In the group the one girl had pink hair, and pale, freckly skin. The other girl had brown hair that she tried up in a bun, her skin was olive, with a pimple right by her mouth. The last boy had blonde hair, he looked like a football player, but he had a glimmer of kindness in his eyes. The Spanish boy snapped me back to it. 

,"How did you know?" He shook, and I sighed. 

"I could tell that because first all your friends are looking at us, and second I can see the fear hidden in your eyes behind your bold front. Anyway, what did they want you to do?" He pushed his hair back behind his ear. 

"They dared me to ask you your name, because we had a friend, a really good friend, that  disappeared around 7 years ago with no mention, don't worry, we do this to every new kid, looking for him. ." He sighed, looking like he really wanted to see that friend again. "We are really worried about him," he continued, "I hope he's okay. I'm Elliot Randall, and you are?" My heart paused. Elliot? He still went to this school from 3rd grade? My heart pounded now as I formed a smile. 

"Elliot? I said in a whimpering voice that only Elliot,  Darga, CC, and Grandal would know. My eyes teared up. 

"Noah?" We both stood up, giving each other a huge hug. When we broke apart, Elliot was crying. "Oh my god Noah. I missed you. We missed you so much." 

"Oh my god Elliot," my eyes widened. "I missed you guys so much too. "Were you outside when I said all that stuff?" I 

"Yeah, is it true? All of that? As soon as you were gone for a week without a mention, we called your mom, but she never picked up, and when I called your dad, he picked up, told us to fuck off, and hung up. Then we looked all over town for you. You were nowhere. Now you are here, and I am just so happy." His face was now streaked with tears of joy. 

I continued "Yeah. It's all true. My dad tried to strangle me to death, after giving me another black eye, my mom was the one who got severely injured in the mass murders, and then I was cooking spaghetti, on my birthday, when my mom grabbed a knife and slit her throat. I tried looking for all of you guys, you, Darga, CC, and Grandal . You were nowhere to be found. Well, you were probably at Dargas house having a playdate, like we always did, but I didn't know where Darga's house was. Until I found the Skull Crushers.  And they are my home and family now." He nodded as he pulled me into another hug. 

"We should go see Darga, Cc and Grandal." Elliot cheered. I nodded. We walked over towards them and their faces looked petrified. 

"Elliot, why are you crying? Did that son of a bitch hurt you?" The pink haired one threatened. That's Darga, she was always defensive. 

"Hold on Darga, I don't see any marks on him. He didn't hurt him. See, look on the bright side." The brown hair girl said and smiled. CC. She was always so optimistic. 

The boy chimed in, finally, "Well, he hasn't hurt us yet, so let's not assume anything." Grandal. He always took both sides. 

"Guys, no!" Elliot said, super happily. "These are happy tears. NOAH here would never hurt any good person." Each of their mouths dropped open and their eyes got wide. 

"Darga ,CC and Garland." My eyes watered. They all started to cry. 

"Noah!" CC cried into my shoulder as I wrapped my arms around her in a hug. She smiled through the tears. I pushed away. 

"Darga," I cried and she ran up to me and planted her lips on mine and kissed me. I kissed her back, missing her one of the most. 

I pulled away into a bro hug for Grandal. 

"Football huh?" I asked. 

"Skull Crushers, huh?" He asked back. We both laughed and we pushed back.