“You should be nicer to me. Or I won’t buy you cool things when I’m famous.” He shook his head. “Nah, we’re good. Unless you suddenly became a master lyricist.”
+ and left the kitchen to go get his bag from next to the couch.
“I’m not lying though. I really don’t have much left.” Noah dropped his bag on the table when he returned, and started pulling out the books he needed.
Noah knew he’d pushed her too far when her tone changed. He didn’t usually push her buttons. But this was one of those times he was going to see how far he could go to get his way. As usual, it backfired.
“Fine,” he sighed. “I’ll go get my homework.” He slid out of his chair +
— will." The older woman sighs.
She hates fighting with the teen because she's always afraid she's being too harsh.
"I'll make you a deal. Let me see how much more homework you have."
@CaptLivBenson + probably come looking for him. Most likely thinking he’d stolen the phone. Part of Noah hoped he would. Maybe he’d see Noah shoved in a van and try to help. But then they’d know Noah made a call. And he believed they would hurt him if they knew.
@CaptLivBenson Noah tried not to trip over his feet as he was dragged outside and toward the van. He shook his head quickly. “You threw out my phone, remember? I couldn’t call anyone.”
He risked a look over his shoulder, back toward the rest stop. The guy he’d borrowed the phone from would +
“Mom. Come on. Seriously?” He sighed, slumping in his chair. “It’s just a couple things. I swear I can get them done tomorrow before class. It’s not a big deal.”
Noah really didn’t want to do homework now. He would be hopeless to try focusing on anything else now that he was +
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"If you can't do that, than I guess I'll have to ask someone else." She states hating to be the bad guy and take this away from Noah. However, his education, takes precedence over helping her.
@ImpairedSpirit He laughed, nodding in agreement with her. She really did bail him out a lot. And probably was to thank for keeping him from getting himself grounded countless times. “You don’t think we’d get sick of each other? If it was just us?”
@CaptLivBenson + dispenser before coming out of the stall.
“I was just going to the bathroom.” He mumbled as he tried to get past Johnny without touching him. But the older man grabbed his arm and hauled him out of the restrooms.
@CaptLivBenson + door.
“Get out here kid! What the hell are you doing in there?” Johnny stood on the other side. His fist pounding at the door, making it shake. “I will rip this thing off! Let’s go!”
Noah looked around quickly. He had to hide the phone. He shoved it into the toilet paper +
@ImpairedSpirit “Yeah, like my mom.” He nodded. “And Amanda. She’s pretty badass too.” He smiled thinking about his mom and her team taking down bad guys. “Oh, and you too. You’re kick ass girl Liv.”