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The air was crisp, crowd cheering, fathers yelling at their sons to run faster, a the sound of feet pattering against the dusty soil of the baseball field. Grim Junior, was rushing to third base, wind hitting his skull, his baseball jersey blowing in the wind flashing the slightest peak of his ribs from how fast he was going. From the bleachers he could hear his dear old dad yelling at him.
“C’MON MON! GET YA BUTT TO HOME!” His thick accent ringing through the field as Junior quickly picked up the pace- just to trip over his feet face first to the soil.
”OOOOOOOOOOHHH” the crowd howled as the young skeletons body went sliding straight across the field, the top of his head hitting the rim of the 3 base mat. With a start he lifted his head, a singular tooth falling out his mouth as he scrambled to pull himself on to base. And just like that it was 20:14 the Hellions had won again! And the game was finally over, a couple of Juniors teammates two imps, helping the reaper prince to his feet and leading him to the bench to get some water. “Ugh, my tooth!” Junior huffed “you’ll be fine dude, you can’t feel it can you?” Asked a gorgon boy “I can feel it, I’m only bones- I still have nerves I guess.” He shrugs.
“Well you’ll still be okay! You’re our strongest batter, you can’t just drop out because of some silly tooth!” A ghost boy encouraged “you’re right- it’s already wearing off, I don’t feel it anymore.” Junior says laughing it off. He gets up taking off his jersey and undershirt and putting back on his usual black hoodie, he didn’t need to change his pants he didn’t mind the dirt, he’d just go home and get in his jam jams anyways, he stuffed his clothing that he just took off into his duffle bag and sprayed some of that putrid axe body he loved to bomb his room with in the morning. “Well I’ll see you guys next weekend then.”
As he waltzed out from the locker room Grim swarmed him. “Ya did great, lil mon! You’ll be makin’ it to the finals at this rate.” Junior smirked at his dad’s enthusiasm “it’s just a high school game…nothing big.” He shrugged nonchalantly, Grim shook his head placing a firm hand on GJ’s shoulder “don’t down play ya self, ya did great and beat those mother lovin’ Snap Dragons into the goddamned dirt!” He laughed giving junior a small shake of the shoulders.
Usually divorce is hard on all ends, but it seemed Juniors life got better? Make no mistake he still mistakes sounds for his sister and felt a bit empty when he realized she was really gone- but he had the whole castle to himself! He got to joke around with the guards and his dad was more present than ever! He’d never in his life seen the old bonehead smile so much! Maybe it really was for the better that the separation happened? “Blast, gotta take dis, get in the car while I do, yeah?” Grim tossed the keys to the ol’ hearse.
Grim Jr caught the keys and quickly pressed the button to unlock, sitting comfortably in the front seat. He looked out at his father on the phone, he looked distressed- no angry.
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Grim was pacing back and forth, rubbing his temple with one hand “What did I tell ya woman! Quit callin’ me I don’t want nothin’ ta do with you or that- SHE IS NOT ME DAUGHTER! YOU CHEATED ON ME WITH THAT BEAST!” He growled into the line.
“Junior is mine under underworld law… hell all prematurely dead children are mine.” he sighed, tapping his foot impatiently. “Well I suppose…” he listened intently looking over to Junior who was by now listening to some tunes on his mp3 player. “Yeh yehh.. I get it already- and no I’m keeping everyting in dat safe, goodbye.” He didn’t give Mandy a chance to respond and hung up immediately, closing his flip phone with a harsh SNAP!
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He didn’t think Junior was ready to see Minnie again after all this time, he didn’t want to open any unhealed wounds… last time they talked it was a big fight ending in several damages to the main room he had to pay to repair..