Keystone Outcasts

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Robbie looked down at the floor when Melanie mentioned about the bridge, but then smiled slightly and looked up. "Sorry guys. I'll try not to make you worry again." He laughs a little and glances at them.


Melanie begins to say something, until she sees someone on the street and widens her eyes. "Abort mission!" She hisses under her breath. Her ex. And Mandy. And her whole group of friends.

 

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Chloe looks up, "Guys, we shouldn't be hiding from a group of sluts. We shouldn't have to run away." She murmurs looking at the guy with the group and then at Melanie. Joshua looks at Chloe, "That's Mel's ex, he was horrible." He says lightly before turning to Melanie, "But Chloe is right Mel, you shouldn't have to run every time they are around. Chloe can sort Mandy and the other girls if they start, I'm sure, she's a cheerleader now too." He says with a shrug.

 

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"Yeah, but let's face it none of you guys are exactly capable to fend off bull strength over there." She pushes past Robbie and Joshua and behind the group, keeping her eyes on the floor. She wanted to make sure she wasn't exactly seen.


Robbie shrugged his shoulders. "He isn't going to beat up a cancer kid though, is he?" He narrows his eyes.

 

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Chloe shrugs, "I can handle the girls if they even look this way." She says before turning to Mel, "Not gonna lie Mel, he looks like a scarecrow, not that impressive." She chuckles.

 

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Chloe shrugs, "I can handle the girls if they even look this way." She says before turning to Mel, "Not gonna lie Mel, he looks like a scarecrow, not that impressive." She chuckles.

 

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"You wouldn't be saying that if you knew." She says quietly, not laughing, and keeping her eyes down on the floor. Robbie sighs and grabs Melanie's hand, keeping it in his grip tightly as they walked closer. The girls were already laughing and looking at them. The guy had his eyes narrowed, looking at Robbie and Joshua, and then when he spotted Melanie, an evil smirk came onto his face.

 

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Chloe looks over at the boy and raises an eyebrow, "Problem?" She asks sweetly, looking over at Mandy. Joshua places in arm on Melanie's shoulder and smiles weakly, "Just ignore him, let Chloe handle it." He says.


Chloe looks at the guy, clearly Melanie's Ex, "don't smirk like that, you look like a clown more than you look like a scarecrow, and it's not charming anyone." She says

 

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Melanie keeps hold of Robbies hand tightly and keeps her eyes on the ground, trying hard not to react to the boy looking at her.


Robbie glared at him, but let Chloe handle it, knowing he would probably regret saying something if he did.


The guy laughed slightly. "Your words are so insulting." He says sarcastically. "Almost as insulting as the four of you existing. What's your names again? Easy lay, sick boy, punching bag, and... Oh looks like I haven't met you." He was referring (in order) to Melanie, Robbie, and Joshua, and of course Chloe lastly.

 

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Chloe scrunches her nose, "No, you don't know me. And you won't know because I don't like guys like you. In fact, you're all so fake that even I can pull of your looks, I mean I got into the cheer squad, right? Meaning I could where a cheer outfit, and fit right in. And yet, I chose these over you lot, the 'easy lay', 'sick boy', 'punching bag' are so much better to spend time with." She says, her voice dripping with venom, "You're the type of guy that no girl should fall for because all you're after is a bit of fun and then you dump them. I've been there, done that, been hurt. So don't even try to wind Melanie up because you have to go through me. Sure she might have fell for the charm but we all have moments where we are naïve and stupid." She rants, before pausing and turning to Mandy, "I don't care who you think you are, but kindly go to hell!" She says.

 

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Robbie glances at Joshua and then grabs Chloe's hand as well and begins to pull her away. "And with that uh, let's go before we anger them more." Robbies eyes were slightly wide. Melanie was still looking down at the ground.


"Hey! Don't pull girls around you little shit." The guy says, narrowing his eyes again. Playing the good guy. Mandy laughs a little, a high pitched laugh, "I didn't do anything to you, so lay off bitch." She narrows her eyes and turns around, talking to her friends again.


Robbie looks back at the guy. "You'd know all about pulling girls around, wouldn't you Mark?" He says, his expression angry.

 

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Joshua stares at them all. Chloe pulls her arm away from Robbie's grasp, holding her hand with the other one before putting her arms to her sides and trying to hide the flinch. She stares at Mark, "Leave it, you know nothing." She says bluntly before glances at Mandy, "I've heard enough about you to hate you, I watched you bully a girl and hate on everyone that doesn't look like you." She says harshly.


She glances at Robbie before holding her hands up, "Look, let's just cut the shit and stop. I'm done. Is that all you guys talk about? How you treat girls. Half the shits fucking lies anyway! You use a girl and dump her or just force them into stuff they don't want. Every guy I've been around wants the same thing, I'm sick of it. Just stop, Mark or whatever your name is just stay away okay?! Leave Melanie alone, leave Robbie and Joshua alone and don't even bother Me!" She says, almost screaming.

 

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"I didn't do nothin' that she didn't beg for, you know that?" Mark says, scoffing. He shakes his head slowly. "You're lucky you're a girl, I can't hit you then."


Robbie false gasps, "It hasn't stopped you before, has it?" He lets go of Melanie's hand, who half widens her eyes and half has a heart attack, grabbing onto Joshua's arm instead.


"You wanna watch your mouth, kid." Mark narrowed his eyes and stepped closer to Robbie.


"You think so? How bout you watch yours and piss the fuck off, you ain't wanted here and you never have been. You're a pathetic waste of space that hits girls and fucks 'em cos there ain't nothin' better to do with your time." Robbie steps closer to Mark. Robbie was a little taller than Mark, and that was more evident now, but he was still a scrawny kid, who'd bruise like a peach. But that didn't stop him from running his mouth. "I swear to God Mark if I ever see you near Melanie again I will fucking blind you. In fact fuck that. Next time you so much as breathe near one of my friends, I'll kick your sorry ass into the middle of next week."

 

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Chloe stares at Robbie, she was no longer in the mood and moves to stand between the to boys, "Just stop, Robbie, leave it, there's not point, he's pathetic." She says her voice full of venom. She looks up at Mark, "You're messing with the wrong person Mark. You don't know me, you don't get to make people feel small, not around me, not anymore." She says, hating the fact they were close at this point.


Joshua wraps an arm around Melanie, trying his best to comfort her, "Are you okay?" He asks quietly.

 

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Robbie looks at Chloe and then at Mark. He doesn't say anything, because he didn't know exactly what to say. He felt like he'd left it pretty good by threatening him, a threat that he would follow up on. Instead, he looks Mark over once again, and tuts at him once, before turning and walking away from him, in the direction they had intended to walk.


Melanie looks at Joshua and nods her head, though she was still holding onto him nervously. When she saw that Robbie had began to walk away, she sighed in relief and walked quickly after him, pulling Joshua along with her and gesturing for Chloe to come along too.

 

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Chloe stares at Mark and Mandy before stepping away and and nodding at Melanie and follows, she sighs. She brings a hand through her hair, "Damn, Mel. You and him, c'mon you could have chose better." She says, before looking at the ground, her mood dropping by the second. She was thinking about everything now, everything that had happened and gulps.

 

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Melanie doesn't look at Chloe, instead she tightens her lips and doesn't say anything. She was still clinging on to Joshua, but when they'd walked far enough she let go of his arm and walked with her hands in her pockets.


Robbie kicked a stone as he walked, listening to Chloe. He scoffs when she says that Melanie could have chosen better, then turns and looks at her. He opens his mouth to say something to Chloe but Melanie shoots him a glare warning him to shut up.

 

[CrystalSmith]

Chloe sighs, "Sorry, that came out badly. I'm just is a bad mood, guys like him, they aren't worth nothing." She says before staring into the sky, walking faster she that she was ahead of the others.


Joshua remains at Melanie's side, glancing at everyone and then sighing again.

 

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"No, you're right, they're not." Melanie says slowly. "But not every guy is like him." She raises her eyebrows, and then sighs, before grabbing her phone out of her pocket. "Look lets just ignore the fact that this happened and get Chloe home, we aren't far now anyway."

 

[CrystalSmith]

Chloe nods slowly, "Not every guy, I know that. Robbie and Joshua and even Lee don't come under that." She says lightly before smiling weakly and looking away.


Joshua nods, "Yeah, let's just get you home." He answers.

 

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They continued to walk, and soon they were outside of Chloe's house. Melanie smiled at Chloe. "Thanks for coming to the den and thanks for you know... The thing with Mark. And y'know... Finding Robbie."


Robbie smiled at her. "Yeah, thanks for helping them find me."

 

[CrystalSmith]

Chloe nods, "Don't worry about it. I'll see you all tomorrow." She says, though this statement coming out more as a question. She brings a hand through her hair and waves before heading home. When inside she heads to the living room, smiles at her mother before heading to her room and collapsing onto the bed, sighing heavily.


Joshua looks at Melanie and Robbie and smiles slightly.

 

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"Yeah..." Melanie confirms before turning to Robbie and Joshua. "I want to go home, personally. So, I'll see you guys tomorrow. You don't need to walk me." She shakes her head and begins to walk away, her bag on her shoulder weighing her down.


Robbie looks at Joshua. "I'm presuming you still wanna come over, right?" He asks.

 

[CrystalSmith]

Joshua nods at Robbie, "Yeah, I don't want to go home just yet, he's going to be mad at me for not staying home." He answers quietly shrugging and then looking as Melanie walks off.

 

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Robbie nodded his head and gestured for him to walk with him. "You know, you really should think about just leaving..." He mumbled, "I know it's not... I don't know. It'll get worse if you stay."