Keystone Outcasts

[CrystalSmith]

Chloe smiles, following her. She stepping inside the house and glances at Melanie. She brings a hand through her hair, fiddling with her snakebites carefully. She looks around, "Nice house." She says with a smile.


Joshua sighs and looks at him, "Robbie, c'mon, get up mate." He says quietly, he moves and sits on the bed, next to where Robbie lay. He looks around his room slowly before letting his eyes focus on Robbie again.

 

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"But not nice people, I'm afraid." She says, shrugging her shoulders before putting her school bag on the floor by the door. She runs up the stairs, expecting Chloe to follow her, and heads into her bedroom, leaving the door open for Chloe. Her parents weren't home, she couldn't hear any fighting. She walked over to her wardrobe and opened it, pulling out all of her jackets and throwing them on the bed. "Pick whichever one you like," she says, grinning, as she pulled on one she had made herself, a black one that was sort of fluffy, but had badges all over it. While Chloe picked one, she walked over to her bedside drawer and pulled out a small box, and she put it into her jacket pocket.


Robbie groans and moves his head back into its original position, his eyes shut. "No. There's no point, I might as well just lie here until I die." He mumbles, almost inaudible through the pillows.

 

[CrystalSmith]

Chloe laughs lightly following her upstairs, she looks at the jackets and picks a black leather one, suiting her dress best. She looks at Melanie and smiles, "Need anything else whilst we are at your house?" She asks with a smile.


Joshua stairs at Robbie and shakes his head, "You're not giving up, Robbie. You have so much more to live for than to just sit here and wait to die. You are stronger than this so stop acting weak." He says, poking his arm gently. He sighs quietly, looking around, "Come out with us Robbie, Lee's got you something. He says you'll like it." He says before checking his phone and smiling at the place Melanie picked.

 

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"Nope! We need to stop by the shop though. Energy drinks and the like." She says, smiling, before walking out of her room and back down the stairs. Her brother stood in the doorway of the kitchen and looked at her, his eyebrows raised, but she just flipped him off as she held the door open for Chloe. "Where are you going this time?" he asked her, his arms crossed across his chest. Melanie shrugs her shoulders, "Nowhere of interest to you."


Robbie sits up and scratches his head, looking at Joshua. "Nothing's gonna change the fact that I'm fucked, Joshua." He says, "Look at me, I won't even make it to 16." He looks down at his floor, before rubbing his eyes with his hands. He tried to make it look like he hadn't been crying.

 

[CrystalSmith]

Chloe follows Melanie down the stairs, glancing at her brother and then at Melanie. She stands beside Melanie and looks elsewhere. She looks at the floor and smiles slightly.


Joshua sighs, "No Robbie, don't think like that. You have to fight to live, not just give up. You aren't doing to badly are you?" He asks quietly, placing a hand on his friend's shoulder.

 

[buildingaspaceship]

"Lets go Chloe," she says and smiles, as she walks out of the house and down the street. There was a small shop on her street, and she walked in there and straight to the aisle that held the energy drinks.


"I'm going to die from this. I know I am. Whether I want it to be sooner, or later? That's all I can control. I don't want false hope, man. I don't want to see people crumble and cry just because I'm dying... That's why I want it sooner. I want it to be done sooner, like... Fuck man I don't know. I can't take it anymore." He takes a deep breath and looks at Josh.

 

[CrystalSmith]

Chloe nods and walks with her to the shop and smiles at her.


Josh stares at him, "Did the hospital say anything? Anything at all about you surviving?" He mutters looking away, it hurt to watch his friend go through so much, knowing he couldn't help, "And this is why you have to live your life now, do things whilst you can because you might not get the chance to do these things again. You savour every moment like it is your last." He says.

 

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Melanie buys ten energy drinks, shoving them into a black bag, and slinging the bag over her shoulder. She then turns and grins at Chloe, "let's go then, to the building site!" She grins, before heading that way. It was a little further of a walk than Melanie would have liked, but she could deal with it.


"Are you just going to keep giving me the live your life talk if I don't come?" Robbie says, narrowing his eyes, not saying anything about the hospital. The truth was that they had told him that he was doing okay, that he could beat this if he kept trying. He didn't know how to try anymore, though. "You are, aren't you?"

 

[CrystalSmith]

Chloe grins, walking with her and smiling.


Joshua shrugs, "Pretty much. Robbie, you can beat this, you just have to keep trying, Buddy. Don't give me all this crap about you getting tried of trying! You have to get you ass out of the blues and come out with us." He says.

 

[buildingaspaceship]

Melanie gets to the building site with Chloe quite soon, and sees Lee standing there waiting for her outside it. "Hey there good lookin'!" She yells, and runs over to him, jumping on him.


Lee catches her and laughs, "Alright, we got you two, now we're just waiting on Robbie and Joshua. Did you get the usual stuff?" He asks her, and Melanie nods. "Excellent, well, ladies first!"


Melanie pulls a large plastic barrier away from the building site, enough to create a hole for Chloe to get through, "Go on through," She says, smiling.


Robbie sighs, "Alright, fine. But only because I'm not willing to hear you give me a speech again." He says, shaking his head. He stands up from his bed and walks over to his wardrobe, grabbing a baggy grey jacket and pulling it on, he zips it up, then grabs his hat and pulls it over his head. "Where to?"

 

[CrystalSmith]

Chloe grins, watching the two before climbing through and waiting for the others to make their way through.


Joshua grins, "We're going to the abandoned building site place that Mel likes." He answers before leading the way out of his room and twisting looking over his back, making sure that Robbie was following.

 

[buildingaspaceship]

Melanie climbs through the hole, followed by Lee, and when they reach that side Melanie grins. "Home sweet home!" She walks over to the front door, or what should have been the front door. There were walls in place, yes, but the doorway was empty. She walks through the doorway and inside, looking up. The second floor had only been partially finished.


Robbie nods his head, grabbing his phone and leaving the room after Josh. He walks through the house, his mother looks at them as they enter the kitchen. "Where're you going?" She questions, stirring the bowl. Robbie shrugs his shoulders, "Just out, with Melanie and Lee." He explains, and looks at her cooking, "what's that?" She grins a little, "it's chocolate cake!" Robbie bites his lip before sticking a finger in the bowl and licking the mixture off his finger. "No it's not." He says, scrunching his nose up slightly. His mother shrugs her shoulders, "it has carrots in it, but it's the same thing, right?" She smiles and offers some to Josh. Robbie shakes his head, "No, no it's really not the same thing." He grins a little before grabbing Josh's arm and pulling him out of the door, shutting it behind them.

 

[CrystalSmith]

Chloe grins looking around, "This place is really cool." She says with a smile looking around. She touches a wall and smiles, bringing a hand through her hair.


Joshua laughs as he's pulled out of the front door, "That cake, not so nice?" He asks as they start to walk towards the building site, not too far away but far enough.

 

[buildingaspaceship]

"I know it is! Its been abandoned for around a year and a half now, I'll be so devastated if they ever decide to begin building again," Melanie pouts slightly, putting down her things on the floor, she sits down next to it, then empties the contents of the black bag onto the floor. Ten energy drinks, a few chocolate bars, and the wooden box from earlier.


Lee sits down on the floor next to her, crossing his legs, he puts his bag in front of him. "This is for Robbie, so I'm gonna keep it a surprise, for now." He says, then picks up one of the energy drinks and opens it, taking a sip.


Robbie shakes his head and spits on the floor, "Not nice at all, like she thinks because she adds carrots to every single thing that it's going to automatically make a difference." He laughs a little, then looks at Josh, "Do I have to come?"

 

[CrystalSmith]

Chloe smiles and sits down too, grabbing an energy drink and cracking it open, and drinking some of it. She smiles again, "Today went better than I expected. I thought I'd end up going home complaining of how lonely i am." She comments with a laugh.


Joshua grins, "Yes, if I turn up without you it wouldn't end up well for me." He comments, continuing to walk, "And it's going to be fun, i promise." He says.

 

[buildingaspaceship]

"No way! We saw you and I was like, that girl has potential to be a great outcast." Melanie grins and opens her own energy drink. She looks around, "they should be here soon, right?" She was getting bored, and she wanted to know what collection of things that Lee had in his bag.


Robbie sighs, "Fine. I'll pretend to have fun for a little while, just so you don't get murdered by Melanie or anything." He looks down at the floor, they had reached the building site now. He walked over to the plastic slab and held it open for Josh.

 

[CrystalSmith]

Chloe laughs lightly and takes a sip from her can and looks around, she smiles and glances at Lee's bag, she too curious to know what he put inside it for Robbie.


Joshua grins looking around, entering and looking at Chloe, Melanie and Lee, "Yo, I brought Robbie!" He says, sitting down and grabbing a can, he opens it and takes a big gulp. He looks at everyone and looks at grins.

 

[buildingaspaceship]

Robbie walks in behind him, offering a small wave and pulling his hood up over his beanie, he walks over to the group and sits down, grabbing a can of the energy drinks and opening it, he sips at it, avoiding eye contact. "Sup."


Melanie grins, "Lee got you things." She blurts out, "And I really really want to know what they are so Lee give them to him now." She pauses for a second, "Right now." She points at the bag and nods her head vigorously. "Please."


Lee laughs a little and grabs the bag, handing it to Robbie, who just takes it and puts it in front of him. "Seriously Robbie, go on, look inside it. I think you could probably use it."


Robbie sighs. "It's not bloody christmas guys, Lee you didn't have to buy anything."


Lee shrugs his shoulders, "but I did, and I am not taking them back, so open the bloody bag before Melanie wets herself of excitement."

 

[CrystalSmith]

Chloe laughs lightly and smiles looking at Robbie. She takes another sip of her energy drink and looks at everyone. Joshua smiles at Robbie, "C'mon Robbie, don't tell me you only came to shut me up, relax and have fun, Eh?" He says with a smile.

 

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"Alright alright." He laughs a little and grabs the bag, opening it and looking through it, the first thing he pulled out was a small picture in a little frame. He looks over at Lee and narrows his eyes, "I didn't peg you as a sentimental git, Lee." He laughs a little and looks at the picture again.


Melanie claps her hands together, "I want to see, pass pass!" She reaches out and snatches it from Robbie, looking at it. "Aw you guys you look so cute. Aw look see you even still have eyebrows." She grins a little and holds the picture up for comparison. "See he used to look like a normal ass when he had hair," she says to Chloe, a grin on her face.


Lee laughs, "Hey that's just something I thought you might wanna keep, you know because it has my handsome face in it too."


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[CrystalSmith]

Chloe smiles at them, looking at the photo, "Shut up Lee, Robbie looking pretty handsome too." She says with a small grin.


Joshua smiles and drinks some more of the energy drink looking at the two boys.

 

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Lee shakes his head, "He isn't. I look much more attractive, I always do, I'm the attractive one!" He complains, pouting a little.


Melanie glares at him, passing the picture back to Robbie who puts it back in the bag. "Lee, shut up, if any of us thought you were attractive then we would have told you a long time ago." She says, narrowing her eyes and then turning back to Robbie. "What's next!"


Robbie grins a little and looks further into the bag, he pulls out a packet of condoms and throws them at Lee's face. "Oh ha-ha." He says, narrowing his eyes.


Lee grins like a small child. "You may have luck with the ladies one day. Some girls like the whole bald thing."


Melanie nods her head, "Makes you look edgy."

 

[CrystalSmith]

Chloe laughs lightly watching them, she takes another sip and grins. Joshua laughs, "I'm sure you got Mandy if your luck is bad," he says amusedly, looking at the condoms, "Mind, Lee needs them more than anys of us." He says cuasing chloe to laugh lightly.

 

[buildingaspaceship]

Robbie makes a sound like he was going to be sick, "I would rather not fuck Mandy thank you very much. I'm not that desperate. You should keep those Lee, like Josh said, they're probably best for you." He laughs a little, then looks back in the bag.


Lee narrows his eyes, "I was just trying to hint. You need to lose your virginity man, see that life really is worth living. For girls alone." He winks, before Melanie hits him again.


"You're such a whore Lee." She tuts, rolling her eyes before laughing again.


Robbie pulls out two medium sized boxes from the bag and raises his eyebrows. "What're these?" He mumbles to himself, while Melanie and Lee argue about how he wasn't a whore. He pulls open the packaging and opens the boxes.

 

[CrystalSmith]

Chloe looks at Lee and Melanie arguing and chuckles slightly, "Guys, lets just accept that Lee's a whore and that he just won't admit it." She says looking at them and then focusing on Robbie.


Joshua grins a bit, "Exactly Robbie." He says watching him open the boxes next.