Chapter 29

I threw the pillow that I used to cover my ears in an attempt to block out the loud music last night, landing it somewhere close to the wall next to the window. Two consistent days without proper sleep awards you with a bugging headache that just won't go away no matter how many painkillers you gulp down. None of us three, are the biggest fan of coffee but a cup or two will have to do. Anything to get rid of the headache. I kicked the blankets off me, not bothering to make the bed I grabbed a towel on my way to the bathroom. I stood still under the faucet with my head against the wall, I had turned the water to cold which wasn't that pleasing considering it's way too early in the morning, but I was hoping the freezing water would do me some good, and it did to some extent. It did not get rid of the headache but it did reduce the tension in my head and I could move a bit better without feeling like I had a really tight elastic band around my head.

Thanos: "Luckily we don't have any swelling from last night, the brushing that formed can be covered up Wright Alex?" Thanos was moving our hand around our face examining for any extreme damage that could raise curiosity. It's not like in the past where I was considered none existent, now I was part of ' the squad ' which meant eyes will be on me and people from ' the squad ' don't come to school with bruises like some rouge.

" Why are you asking me?" I thought they were the pros at this. I never bothered to cover my bruises up because nobody gave a damn and most seemed to love the sight of me all bruised up probably a fetish or something. I figured if I tried to cover them up they will only earn me more and after all, I had no one to impress.

Dragoshi " Because between the three of us, you are the only one who seems more familiar with makeup" where on earth did he come up with that conclusion. I have never touched make in my entire life up to this moment. Most of you would have especially when you were little, laying in hiding waiting for your mothers to leave their purses unattended so that you can grab their lipstick and attempt to apply it as perfectly as you could, only to get it on half of your faces. With my brothers around, I knew from a young age that this was hell not a safe heaven especially if you're parents would stop them from beating you to a pulp if they found you doing shit like that.

" I don't think I can, I have never done it before." We were fully dressed and currently standing in front of my sister's dressing table staring at the carelessly placed twenty or so make-up brushes. I doubt you need that much for one face or maybe she is hiding a second one which won't be a surprise everyone in this family is two-faced and am no different except for the fact that I was more of a three-faced.

Thanos, " come on Alex we are gonna be late, am not asking you to do a whole drag queen make up. Just grab whatever you think will be helpful in covering this up." just whatever, easy for him to say I did know a thing or two about concealer from the internet in ads that came before an episode started and you couldn't skip them so you have to suffer through them. Now, if I could pick one concealer from the ten different concealers I would be done in no time. After giving it some thought I decided to go with the one that had a large quantity and looked newer.

Dragoshi, " There we go and you said you hadn't done this before." Contrary to Dragoshi's praise, I had done a crappy job. I tried to blend it out evenly but only seemed to make it worse. Thanos was only satisfied that I managed to cover the bruises nothing more.

Thanos, " It's not as if we are going to walk the runway, and sure nobody will notice and if they do they won't have the guts to say anything, so stop with the frowning and get moving. I made my way through the lifeless pile of bodies or what they seem to be. The music was still playing but not as loudly as it was last night. I made us another cup of coffee after the first one didn't do much. I carefully moved over more bodies in the living room until I came across the one that looked like my brother Max.

We turned our head away in disgust. Starting your day with a picture of your brother lying on passed out on the floor with his member spread out for the world to see, his mouth locked around a nipple belonging to the girl that's was also passed out topless next to him. As I reached down to search for the car keys in his pants that were pulled down to his feet I couldn't avoid or prepare myself for an even worse view. I had already seen it, it was too late to close my eyes I could still picture the image. Max had his whole fist shoved up inside of her and they both didn't seem the slightest bit bothered.

The moment I felt the keys, I was out of the house. I didn't make it to the car before I was emptying my gut of the morning coffee. I sat on the driveway trying to get a hold of my breathing. I crawled the rest of the way to the car, and using the door handle, pulled myself to my feet and into the car.

" Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! " I slammed my fists several times less from frustration and more in the attempt of erasing the images that were now imprinted in my memory.

Dragoshi, " Dude if you need to take a minute or so, you can step back and I can drive." Why is he so calm? am I the only one who this isn't settling well with them.

Dragoshi, " We know it's a shocker seeing your brother like that. I mean she is so tiny and yet he had almost half of his hand up her...

" SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT THE FUCK UP!" I know what I saw and I can't unsee it, so why does he feel the need to remind me when am trying to erase the images from my mind.

Thanos, " I will drive. Take a back seat and try to clear your mind, you are just in shock once it's over it will be replaced with disgust which is much easier to contain, and with time you won't even give a fuck about it." He was right by the time we got back to school I could only react with disgust at the memory and bile would rise up from time to time that left a bitter taste in my mouth and my mood, hence choosing to take the back seat and not say much. We rushed to the locker room once we got off, we wanted to trust that Yan will keep his half of the deal, but we just had to make sure there is nothing wrong with that.

It was not there. He said he would return to where he found it, but there is nothing behind the door where it was supposed to be.

" No! No! No! this can't be it. He must be playing a sick joke " Dragoshi was starting to freak out and was making us walk back and forth. I could

feel his mood change from frustration to anger then to frustration again.

Thanos, " Hey, hey come down, freaking out is gonna give us an answer. Maybe something came up and we still got time before school actually starts so he might still make it. So, let us go splash some water on our face then know what's next." Dragoshi didn't argue and did as told he had no options either way.

Dragoshi, " Sweet baby Jesus!" He cursed as he limped around rubbing his knee. It is always kinder funny how the one who was dominant at the time felt more pain than the other two. I couldn't stop my laughter and Dragoshi didn't find it funny. " What are you chuckling about, this trashcan almost took your leg off."

" Oh, now it's 'my' leg what happened to 'our' l..."

" TRASHCAN!" it was said in perfect unison from the tone down to the expression. We got down on our knees to examine it. with a sigh we sank deeper on our knees, it was the same trashcan but in a different positioning.

"But why here?" he couldn't have saved himself the trouble and left it by the door.

Dragoshi, " He probably just wanted to give us a scare that sadist." If that's what he was going for he did an incredible job with Dragoshi. Thanos reached forward and lifted the lid, it was as clean on the inside as it was on the outside. He kept his word, he cleaned it well enough that we all didn't feel the need to redo it. Attached to the list at the far corner was a small piece of paper. Thanos rolled his eyes as he reached for it. I knew that expression was for the fact that he knew what was written on it was something cheesy and it was.

' MORNING MY DERANGED OVER LORD DID YOU LIKE MY LITTLE GIFT? BET YOU DID,

AND FOR THE GOOD WORK, YOU HAVE

TO TREAT ME TO A MEAL

- YOUR DARING - '

Dragoshi, " Treat you to a meal my ass, but I will definitely treat you with a trip to the ER when I see you again." guess Dragoshi still isn't over it, Yan will have his hands full the next time we meet if we ever do. Guess we better go to class and wait to see how the day unfolds.