The One Who Was Taught To Survive

Bobby wasn’t joking when she said she had the room for Jimmy and I, while he wasn’t extremely excited about losing his independence, he enjoyed having his own room. There were two stories in her house and a basement. The basement was finished with a fire place, an office area, and of course the laundry room. There was also a half bath which had a storage closet which housed extra stocks of toilet paper and cleaning products.

The lower level had the kitchen, dining room, and living room; which was filled with beautiful furniture. The dining room table was made of an old oak table which had hand carved engravings on the edges. The kitchen was something you’d think to only see in magazines or in movies, and honestly I was so excited that it was so big. I could make so many dishes and deserts in it, if Bobby would let me of course. There was also a full bath off the dining room complete with a shower stall.

Finally, the second story housed the four bedrooms and another full bath with both a tub and shower. The tub was huge, deep enough to cover my tits and knees at the same time. I was so excited when Jimmy and I had arrived, I don’t think it took but maybe twenty minutes for me to beg Bobby to let me have a bath which of course she found hilarious and told me to go ahead.

The morning after we’d moved in she followed through and we grabbed our stuff from our apartment above the laundry mat. It had been an easy week dealing with minimal bullying from the gang bang group and as promised, we did our homework at the bar after school every day.

I sat in the bar, music playing in the background from the juke box. I had my usual table across from the bar itself and was in the middle of writing my Latin lines for the night when I felt someone sit next to me. I jumped slightly having been concentrated and looked up to see an amused look coming from the most perfect hazel eyes. “Scare you?” Matt flashed his dimples at me.

I chuckled slightly, “Yes you did, ass hole.” I joked with him and set my pencil down.

He grinned, “Hey I’m not an asshole, asshole would be over there and he would have been loud and obnoxious.” He nodded at Brian and Jimmy.

I laughed and shook my head, “You’re so nice to them.”

He smirked, “I try. But hey, I was gonna ask you—“

He was interrupted by Zacky flopping down on the other side of the table, “Hey River.”

I returned the greeting and smiled looking into his green eyes, “Hey.”

“You wanna hang out tomorrow?” Zacky asked me as he leaned across the table a little.

I felt Matt stiffen next to me, “Uhhh, I would love to but I can’t. I gotta come help Bobby with the bar tomorrow afternoon and I don’t know when I’ll be done.” I saw a hint of disappointment come across his face, “But maybe we can hang out if I get off early enough?”

Zacky shrugged, “Yeah okay.” He got up and walked away going over to the other guys.

I sighed hoping I didn’t hurt his feelings, “Sorry Matt, you wanted to ask me something?”

“Yeah, what are you doing tonight?” He asked fidgeting slightly.

I shrugged, “Nothing really, was probably going to get ahold of Kay or Dee, why what are you doing tonight?”

Matt smiled slightly, “Well I was going to see if I could take you out to dinner and maybe for a walk along the beach? We haven’t really talked since the night that you kinda flashed back.”

I nodded, “That sounds like fun Matt. Just let me check with Bobby if she’s alright with that.”

“Why? I mean she’s not your mom,” Matt chuckled.

I gave him a hard look, “She may not be my mom but I’m living with her, so out of respect I need to make sure it’s okay.”

“Yeah, okay, that makes sense,” Matt blushed realizing how dickish he sounded.

“Let me go check,” I smiled and kissed his cheek as he let me out of the table and I went over to the bar.

“River, you know the rules, no sitting at the bar,” Bobby said as she served a regular customer.

“I’m not sitting, I just had a question,” I fidgeted with my fingers.

“Oh okay, shoot baby,” Bobby called me by the nickname she’d picked up. Usually I’d cringe when anyone else called me baby, including my own mother. But hearing Bobby say it, was oddly comforting. Probably because I knew she cared about my well being.

“Matt asked me to go to dinner and walk on the beach tonight, can I go?” I asked nervously.

She smiled at me, “Can you be home by midnight?”

I chewed my cheek a little, “Yeah that should be doable.”

“Then of course, go have fun. Make sure you tell Jimmy about the midnight curfew, he blew it off last night and if he blows it off tonight it’ll be 10 o’clock from now on,” Bobby smiled as she wiped the bar.

I smiled and jumped up to where I was halfway on the bar and kissed her cheek, “Thanks Bobby.” I went over to Jimmy and pulled him aside.


“What do you want?” Jimmy whined playfully, wanting to get back to his pool game.

“I’m gonna go out tonight and Bobby asked me to remind you about the midnight curfew because she said if you blow it off tonight that our curfew will be 10 o’clock from now on even on weekends,” I improvised the last part hoping it’d hit home.

“But I’m 18,” Jimmy complained.

I gave him the puppy dog eyes, “Please Jimmy?”

He sighed and hugged me tight, “You’re lucky I like you.”

I chuckled and hugged him back, “I love you too Jimmy. I’ll see you later on okay?”

“Alright,” Jimmy chuckled and went back to the pool game.

I walked over to Matt, “So what time’s dinner?”

Notes

Hey guys, sorry for the delay.