Keystone Outcasts

[CrystalSmith]

Joshua nods, "Girls, stick to drawing them girls, Ey. You know what, I have a new aim, find Robbie a girl. Your at least having a first kiss.." He says.

 

[buildingaspaceship]

"What, before I die?" He questions, while shading in the picture, his eyes only on the drawing. "A first kiss. Doesn't sound half bad, Josh. One of your finest ideas. But lets not forget that no one will kiss a dying, sick, little boy."

 

[CrystalSmith]

Joshua shakes his head, "No, not die. I'm going to get a girl to kiss you before you get Better." He says before looking at him, "Don't think like that, sure there is. We just have to find you the right one!" He exclaims.

 

[buildingaspaceship]

"Look at me Joshua." He puts down his pencil, "I think even Mandy would have a problem with kissing me." He pulls off his beanie and scratches his bald head. "Look at me, I've said it before, and I'll say it again, I ain't gonna live that long. Nothing is gonna change the fact that I am fucked. I just wanna have a little fun before I check out, but I know it's gonna happen."

 

[CrystalSmith]

Joshua looks at him, "Robbie, you won't die. And hey, I know there's chance you will die, but your strong. I don't care what you think of that but you are. I know it gets tiring, Robbie. But you have to keep fighting, not just say fuck it I'ma die anyway. You have to battle through this because if you continue to try, you will make it." He snaps, hating to see his friend like this. He sighs, "Sorry, I just. No one wants to lose you Robbie. There's shit in life that's worth fighting for, y'know. And I don't think for one second that there ain't a girl out there for you. You just have to keep looking." He says lightly.

 

[buildingaspaceship]

"I can't fight it anymore, Joshua..." He sighs then puts his head in his hands. "Just... Joshua you don't know what you're talking about, okay?" He snaps, narrowing his eyes and going back to his drawing.

 

[CrystalSmith]

Joshua looks at him and stands, "You know damn well you can fight it, whether you want to or not, that's your choice, all I'm saying, is you have things to fight for. Whether you see them or not." He mutters quietly, "I'm going to bed." He says shortly before heading upstairs and sighing. He goes to his room and grabs a blanket and falls asleep, his mind focused on Robbie.

 

[buildingaspaceship]

"And I'm going to die," he mumbles. Robbie throws his sketchbook across the room, causing it to land open on a page, when Joshua leaves. He narrows his eyes, then stands up, he kicked some of the beer cans across the room and grabbed his bag from the floor, before grabbing a bottle of beer and walking out of the house.


(Picture is of the page is lands open on, I think it's pretty self explanatory)


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[CrystalSmith]

Joshua had fallen asleep upstairs, annoyed and frustrated with his friend. Chloe was asleep too, having no idea that Robbie had left.


(TimeSkip?)

 

[buildingaspaceship]

Melanie opened her eyes slowly, bright light was shining through the window. Saturday, and she presumed afternoon by the looks of things. She pulls her phone out of her pocket and sees that it was indeed two pm, and sighs. She rubs her eyes.


Lee had been awake an hour or so, sitting there in his warm bed messing with his phone and playing games and testing people. He had no idea that Robbie had walked out, nor did Melanie.

 

[CrystalSmith]

Joshua had been awake awhile but he only just stands up. His head was pounding but he walks down the stairs and looks around for Robbie. When not finding his friend he walks upstairs and opens Robbie's room, "Robbie?" He shouts, looking around at the empty room, "Lee!" He yells, not sure if he is even awake. Chloe groans and wakes up after hearing Joshua shout, "Ouch." She mutters, her head hurting.

 

[buildingaspaceship]

Lee rubbed his eyes, yawning, "what?" He calls, though it wasn't as loud as Joshua. He couldn't feel his head quite so well, and he felt like he'd throw up at every opportunity. "In here..." He calls.


Melanie puts a hand to her ear and scrunches up her nose, "ouch" she agrees with Chloe.

 

[CrystalSmith]

Joshua enters Lee's room, "Robbie's gone!" He exclaims, his loudness hurting his head. He looks around and takes a deep breath, "I didn't even realise until I went to check on him." He says.


Chloe looks around, "I feel sick." she mumbles burying her head into the blankets and sighing.

 

[buildingaspaceship]

Lee shakes his head and sits up properly, then pushes himself to his feet. He hadn't drank as much as the others, so wasn't feeling it as much, but it was still sort of there. "He's probably like... At home or something, maybe." He shrugs his shoulders, though he wasn't convinced. "I don't know. We could go look for him, but I think we're all dead from yesterday." His eyes were half shut.


Melanie looks at Chloe. "Amen, just don't throw up in here. Throw up in Lee's room, then it's his problem."

 

[CrystalSmith]

Joshua nods, "This hangover is bad." He mutters rubbing his forehead. He sighs, "I just hope he's okay." He mumbles. Chloe nods at Melanie, "Ah okay, well I'll make sure to then." She says with a a small smile.

 

[buildingaspaceship]

Lee nods his head and reaches for a packet of painkillers that he always kept in his room. He throws the packet at Josh to take some, then walks out of the room to Melanie's. He knocks on the door, "everyone alive? Decent?" He walks in anyway. "We have a small emergency."

 

[CrystalSmith]

Joshua catches the painkillers and takes two before following Lee. Chloe looks up at the door, "I'm just slowly rotting away with a headache and feeling sick.." She says back to Lee sitting up with a small groan, "what's the emergency?" She says.

 

[buildingaspaceship]

"Well, Robbie isn't here. Joshua seems pretty worried about it, don't you kid?" He was a little worried himself, but he was trying not to let it show. "What was the last thing you both said to each other, or talked about?" He asks.


Melanie pulls painkillers out of her own jumper pocket and takes two before throwing them to Chloe. She looks up at Joshua, waiting.

 

[CrystalSmith]

Chloe takes the painkillers, taking two and then turning to Joshua. Joshua sighs, "We were on about girls. I told him that he would get a girl. He said that it wouldn't happen before he died, something along the lines of, who'd want a sick and dying kid like him or something. After he snapped at me, I went to bed." He says with a small shrug, a worried expression.

 

[buildingaspaceship]

Melanie looks up at Lee. "Nursey Worsey?" And he shrugs his shoulders, "maybe, I mean girls, plus sickness, probably what he'd see in that situation, but we can't be certain he's seeing anything at all. He could have just been angry and left to go home. We should check there first, when everyone is feeling alive and up for it." He says.

 

[CrystalSmith]

Joshua looks between the two, "well I'm fine now. Hangovers are just about bearable." He mutters quietly. He glances at Chloe, "How are you?" He asks smiling weakly.


Chloe looks at everyone, "I'll be fine when the painkillers kick in." She says lightly. She smiles lightly, "I'm sure Robbie is fine too." She says, though not completely sure of this herself.

 

[buildingaspaceship]

Melanie grins widely, "oh I'm grande me." She moves to stand up and wraps her cardigan around herself tightly. "So we can go find Robbie now, right?"


Lee shrugs his shoulders, "if everyone's up for finding Robbie. We should stop for breakfast somewhere and decide on a plan."

 

[CrystalSmith]

Chloe nods, "Okay, yeah. Food sounds good." she answers with grin, "And a plan, plans are good." she adds whilst standing up and smiling, taking a deep breath. Joshua nods, "Sounds good to me." He says.

 

[buildingaspaceship]

(Time skip to the restaurant alright?)

 

[CrystalSmith]

(Yeah that's fine. )