.I Can't Breathe.

[Dil]

Getting off of the bus, Jessi was laughing. Not just everyday laughter, but more of a 'I can't breath' kinda laughter. Why? Well, Luke had just been called Pedro by the bus driver. Yeah, she couldn't help it; she hated Luke, he deserved more than that. "I...can't,....breathe...! It hurts, It hurts!" She held her sides, knowing that she had broken a few earlier, though it was no fault of her own. Luke scowled as he got off of the bus and watched Jessi. "Ya know, I'd so like to hit you in the Adam's apple and kill you right now..." Yeah, he was that mean. Pft, like Jessi cared. She looked up, and slowly stopped laughing as she walked up to him, keeping step with him, and smirked. "Yeah? I'd like to hit you in the chest and make you feel pain for weeks on end, but it seems you already had a breast transplant...too bad..." And then, Luke swung, and Jessi ducked as she walked backward. "Ohho, getting slow are we, Pedro? Ha, my baby cousin can hit harder.." She just kept on walking, watching Luke leave. Ah, how fun it was making fun of him. He brought it upon himself. Sitting down on the bench, she could still her the bus driver; 'Yo, Pedro, sit down!'. It was too funny for words.

[Nick]

School is always rough and boring for Nick. He sometimes just stares out the window and wait till the day ends. Though detention, now that's a different story. He couldn't believe it, he got detention again! It's not his fault. Well, maybe it is. But still, with the gas prices so high everywhere, who can afford anything? As soon as the clock turned to 3, Nick shot up from his seat and darted out the door. " Another weekend, any possibilities of doing something, Nick? Nope, not one.." Nick said to himself. He walked along the sidewalk with his backpack swung over his shoulders. Not many books inside. The teacher usually gives only Nick extra homework, but today. " She probably missed me headin' out the door," Nick chuckled. He seen a school bus slowly exalt to a stop. He watched it as people came out. The bus looked familiar, well duh. All buses looked familiar. But the number on the bus was the same one he always sees over in this direction. And the yellow was faded from the hard driving of the bus driver. A smirk slowly appeared on his face as he saw Jessi, his long time buddy. Nick has always been busy with moving so he never got to see her. Boy, did he miss her. He walked over to Jessi and layed a hand on her shoulder. " Hey Jess," Nick said softly.

[Dil]

Hearing someone, Jessi looked up, and saw Nick. Ah, her buddy. He was back? Cha, heck yes. Standing, she hugged him, smiling, wondering why he had come back. Sounded like she was complaining, right? Ha, like she could complain about friends. "I missed you, buddy! C'mon...BIIIIIIIIG HUG!" And then, the hug got tighter. Yes, Jessi had been playing football, coaching her father's football team and playing with her brothers. Sighing, after a while, she let him go and looked at him. "What cha doin' here? I know you didn't come here to see me, that's for sure" Snorting lightly after that comment, she sat back down, looking up at her friend. She knew he would know she was kidding, but then again...nah, people would know when you were serious or sarcastic.

And right then, she began to wonder where Mick was. He was her bestest best pal, in yet, some people thought they were like...together, together...even Mick's little brother, which sort of scared her. I mean, if a sibling thought that, what did other people think...?

[Nick]

Nick groaned from the tight hug from Jessi. Yeah, she missed me. Nick could see changes in Jessi. Her hair had gotten longer, she had gotten taller and stronger. He knew he had came at the right moment but wondered how long will he stay this time. Hopefully forever. " I missed you too, Jess," Nick said between gasps for air. Nick smiled and looked at Jessi, dropping his backpack to the ground. " I came back because....well, yeah I wanted to see you and some others. I think I'm gonna be here for a while. I started school here not so long ago," Nick said moving a strand of his curly hair out of his eye view. " Hopefully I will be able to stay longer this time," Nick said remembering the past. Oh how bad it was for him. Leaving everything behind. And he didn't even get to say good-bye to her. He felt guilty that their friendship was almost to at an end. Nick came back to earth and looked at Jessi. " So, uh, what have you been doin' lately?"

[Dil]

"Nothin' much....I have to put up with jocks all day, but hey....have to get money somehow " Sighing, Jess shook herh ead, putting her head in her hands, hating every last one of the hypocrites on the football team. What did they have to say to her? 'You throw like a girl'. Hey, if they tried hard enough, they could too. Shaking her head, she looked back up to Nick, smirking lightly. "You need to come to this little...get together thing that all my little 'friends' are coming to. Kin, Mick, Ry Ry may be goin'. Hope he does, if he doesn't I'll kill him...." Ry Ry was Ryan. The boy was her friend, though he was rather shy. Jess never understood shyness. Why be shy when there was so much in the world to be bold about, I ask ya? Kin was also a friend. He, though, was twenty-one. And, he was on meds, but she didn't judge him for that. He was her pal, no matter what, same with Nick, Mick, and Ry Ry.

[Nick]

" That's good," Nick said, nodding his head. He needed to earn some money somehow also, just where at is the question. And for Nick? Well, he had been having it rough for a while now. With all this moving situations going on, it's pretty hard for him. Plus, his family has been tearing apart. Fights are always occurring and divorces are at hand. It all sucks. " I do, eh? Sure, I can come to it. Nothing else to do anyways before I....um, nevermind. So, where will it be at?" Nick asked, avoiding talking about his situation with going back to Mexico. He had to spend so little time with everyone before he really leaves. When? Only God knows. But if only God could tell Nick in advance when he was suppose to head back to Mexico, it would be easier to say good-bye this time. Nick cleared his throat and sighed, " You know I have to go back to Mexico, don't you?"