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Sammy knew he wasn’t exactly the nicest person around. Okay, yeah, he could be a massive dickhead at times but as much as he hated to admit it, he was scared shitless.
For the past week and a half or so, there had been this random kid breaking into his house, stealing his stuff, harassing his family and kept talking to his girlfriend. Well, ex-girlfriend now. He knew where the conversation was going to head after she brought him over to the breakup tree. So now, here he was, wallowing at the bench in front of the breakup tree, where anyone and everyone could see.
“Uh, you okay?”
Sammy looked up to see a tall boy with dyed black hair and black skinny jeans. He recognized the boy as one of the new kids and Sam’s ‘cousin’. He didn’t believe their story for a second, whose parents just up and leave with their siblings and leave their kid and nephews behind? And with that weird witch lady of all people?
Sammy crossed his arms on the bench and laid his head down. “’m fine.” He mumbled.
The other boy sighed before sitting down next to him. “No, you’re not.”
“Yeah, well, my girlfriend just dumped me, and your supposed ‘cousin’ has been making my life a fuckin’ mess since you lot got here.” Sammy huffed. “So, yeah nah, I’m not fine.”
“Sam’s actually not that bad when you get to know him.”
Sammy glared up at the taller boy. “He went to my house and stole my skateboard.”
The other boy slowly nodded. “… Yeah, okay, bad move on Sam’s part. He’s just been going through some shit at the moment, so he’s been acting out.”
“Well can he stop ‘acting out’ around my life?” Sammy questioned. “Every time he’s been near my mum, she gets sick. I think he’s stressing her out or something.”
Sammy looked up, taking in his surroundings while thinking about how batshit his life had become. “I can’t believe I’m talking about my issues with some goth kid I don’t even know.” He chuckled sadly. “What the fuck has my life become?”
“Honestly, I’ve been asking myself the same question. Ever since I got here with…” The goth thought about it for a moment. “…my cousins, it’s like life has just been one pit fall after another.”
“What’d ya mean?” Sammy asked.
“Well, if you told me two weeks ago that I’d be friends with those three, I would’ve called you insane.”
Sammy raised an eyebrow. “I thought you said those guys were your cousins?”
“…Shit.”
“If it makes you feel better, I don’t think anyone actually believed you guys were related.”
The taller boy stammered for a second. “T-there’s just been shit going on with all of our families-“
Sammy held his hand up half-heartedly. “Dude, don’t worry about it. ‘s none of my business.”
The goth boy gave a small smile. “Thanks.” He pulled out his phone to check the time. “I should probably go find Oscar.” He said standing up. He paused for a moment. “Ya know, Sammy? You’re actually not so bad.” He continued as he adjusted the strap of his bag on his shoulder. “I’ll see what I can do about Sam.”
Sammy sighed. “Hopefully, he’ll be more willing to get out of my life now that Mia dumped me. Thanks…” Though-out the time these new kids had been around, Sammy had never actually caught onto anyone’s name except Sam’s.
“Felix.” The taller boy responded.
Sammy nodded. “Felix. Got it. I’ll see you around?” He asked. Even though this kid was friends with Sam, he actually wasn’t that bad for company.
Felix nodded as he began to walk off. “Yeah, see you.”
-/-/-/-/-
After the final bell rang out, Jake, Sam and Andy met up in the school yard.
“We should probably head back to Phoebe’s.” Jake said. “I’m honestly a bit drained. What’d ya think, Andy?”
“Yeah, sounds good. I did as much research as I could about wormholes in the library today, so I’ll just try and apply that as much as I can.” Andy replied before focusing his attention on Sam. “Sam?”
Sam’s gaze wandered around the school yard, searching for the final member of their group. “Hey, have you guys seen Felix?”
Jake shook his head. “Uh, not since class let out.”
Andy shrugged. “Maybe he caught up with Oscar or something.”
Sam frowned. “You guys go ahead. I’ll find Felix and catch up.” He said, heading back into the building.
-/-/-/-/-
Sam walked through the corridor searching for Felix. He had gone to the boys room and called Felix’s name and got no reply, he’d gone to their ‘new’ assigned lockers and to the locker which was Felix’s in their universe. Nothing. He couldn’t find Felix anywhere.
Sam walked out of the school again and saw Felix causally talking to Sammy, of all people. “Felix!” He said loudly, grabbing both boys’ attention.
Sam glared at the boy who had taken over his life while talking to Felix. “Jake and Andy have already headed back to Phoebe’s. You ready to go?”
Felix nodded. “Yeah, let’s go.” He quickly gave a small wave to Sammy. “See ya.”
“Yeah, see ya, Felix.”
-/-/-/-/-
Once the two were a fair way away from the school, Sam spoke up. “So… Sammy, huh?” He asked. “What’d you talking to him for?”
“Hmm? Oh, well, I talked to him earlier and he’s actually not so bad once you get to know him.”
Sam’s eyes widened as he stopped. “Not so bad? Not so bad?!? Felix, the guy’s basically stolen my identity!”
Felix continued walking. “Actually, Sam, he hasn’t. He’s just a kid living his life, just turns out that his life is also yours.”
Sam caught up with the taller boy. “So, you see my problem.”
Felix sighed. “Of course, I do, I just also see his side of the story.”
“Which is; he’s a dickhead.”
Felix rolled his eyes. “Which is; he’s a kid whose had his stuff stolen, his mum get ill several times, his girlfriend dump him, and his family members harassed. And it all seems to circle back to one person. He’s scared, Sam.”
Sam crossed his arms. “And what? I’m not?”
“I’m not saying that. I’m just saying that we’ve come in and disrupted several people’s lives. I feel kinda bad.”
Sam sighed. “We’ll figure it out and fix this mess, dude. Somehow…”
Felix gripped the top of his bag, feeling the outline of his book of shadows. “Yeah, I hope so.”