"Hey Jason!"
I turned to see a girl with auburn hair jogging toward me.
"Hey Zoe, whats up?" I replied. Zoe stopped in front of me and I greeted her with a kiss on her lips. "Mmm," I hummed, "You taste like strawberries."
"Shut up you big goof!" she laughed while lightly slugging me in the shoulder, "It's just my new chapstick, but thats besides the point, there's something you need to come see. Follow me!" She motioned for me to follow her before jogging across the street in the direction she came from. I followed her for several blocks, until we started going into the junkier side of the city.
"Soooooo, what are ya trying show me?" I asked.
"You'll just have to wait and see!" Zoe responded, a mischievous grin on her face, "It's gonna be really cool! Trust me!"
"It better be." I said, while continuing to follow her.
Eventually, we arrived at an old building that look like it was about to fall apart. In front of the building, my friends Jared and Kevin were waiting for me. Jared was a stocky black kid, who's hatred for any show intended for children under the age of eight, was only rivaled by his love for Yu-Gi-Oh and Pokémon(ironically). Kevin was a tall Asian kid who was forever searching for a way to get the Season-Pass DLC for the latest Call of Duty game for free. They had their eccentricities, but that's what made them part of the group.
Jason.
"Hey Jason! Where the hell have you been! We've been waiting for like 30 minutes!" Kevin complained.
"Eeeeh, quit yer bitchin, Kevin. 30 minutes isn't even that long." Jared said, "You've been whining for the whole time, and I'm tired of it."
I laughed to myself. Jared and Kevin were top tier shit talkers, which was part of why I hung out with them. We had been friends since middle school, and they had stayed with me, even through the tough shit.
"Would you cucks quit squabbling and explain why I'm here!?" I called out. They both looked at me, and laughed a bit.
"Shut up Jason!" Jared responded, "That's why I fucked your mom!"
"Yeah!" Kevin called, "And I got your sister!" I responded with the most eloquent sentence I had ever spoken up to that point.
"Sit on a pinecone you fucks. You sound like salty 12 year olds on Xbox live." Zoe sat on the sidelines of the verbal firefight and laughed at each little exchange.
Jason!
"Ehh, you got us there." Kevin said, "Anyways, we wanna explore this old building, maybe make a hangout." To be honest, this wasn't the worst idea they've had. That honor goes to the time they wanted to skydive off of Jared's roof, using only trash bags as parachutes.
"Yeah, we could probably find a lot of stuff to do with the space." Zoe said.
"Oh, I'm sure the two of us could find something to do." I said, wiggling my eyebrows.
"Sh-shut the fuck up Jason!" she shouted, while pushing me away. God I loved messing with her like this.
"Ugh, could you two wait for another time to suck face?" Jared groaned.
Jason, wake up!
"Maaaaayyyyybbee, but where would be the fun in that?" I said. Jared just looked at me like I was stupid. "Alright, fine. Let's explore this shitty bui-"
I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket. I pulled it out and saw that it was my boss. Fuck. "Hold on guys, I gotta take this." I said before answering the call. "Hello?"
Wake up!
"You have to come in to work" was the response.
"Really? Isn't there anyone else who
ca-"
"No, come into work now, we have 3 people out and it's the lunch rush." my boss replied.
"......Alright" I said, before hanging up the phone. I turned back to my friends and girlfriend. "Sorry, but my boss needs me at work, and I'm already in trouble for calling some customers a bunch of cunts."
"Yeah, it's cool, we'll just do this another time." Kevin said, with Jared and Zoey nodding in agreement.
"Alright see ya." I said, before breaking into a run across the street. I heard my friends call from behind me.
"Jason, look out!"
I turned to see the grill of a massive truck a few feet away from my face.
"Fuck."
JASON!