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“Mom wants us ready by three, dad’ll go feral if we aren’t in the car by then” cherri leaned on the door frame of his and newsies room, picking at the end of his sweatshirt sleeve. “But i fucked up putting stuff away in the trunk i think so he shouldnt be focused on you if he does get pissed.”
Newsie snorted slightly, shoving random clothes in her draw string bag. It wasnt like she was actually going to change her clothes the whole weekend anyway, call it the depression if you would “if? Dont you mean when?”
“Mom said this year was going to be different” cherri sounded more like he was trying to convince himself but newsie didnt comment on that.
“Mom said that last year and he still threatened to leave you at the gas station in detour.” she was rummaging around in a box she had stashed under the twos bunk bed “he didnt go through our room, right? I cant find any batteries-”
“I put them in the jacket in the closet” cherri opened the closet door, pulling out a worn-out leather jacket “we shouldnt need any money right? He wouldnt really leave us. . .im taking ten bucks in case.”
Newsie caught the batteries that cherri tosed her, shoving them in her pants pocket. “I loaded some music on my mp3 player, show tunes and shit”
“Fucking lame, i set some stuff up last night so we have a whole lot of movies from netflix.” newsie stuck her tongue out at cherri, slinging her bag over her shoulders.
“If we’re leaving by three we’ll be there by five right?” she glanced up from the clock in the room.
“Yes, congrats you did basic math”
“Shut the fuck up cherry bomb im trying to figure something out- if we are there by five then no one but nancy and grandpa should be at the house so we shouldnt have to talk to anyone for long.” newsie thought out loud.
“That sounds fucking fantastic,” cherri said genuinely “parents are probably wondering why we’re taking so long.”
“We should run away.”
“We should get in the car.”
Newsie sighed and followed cherri out of the room.