You were around the age of five, just moving into Addison Apartments in Nockfell. You had no where better to go, living with your father who loved to drink like crazy, a mother who wanted you gone, and an older teenage brother who hated your guts. You didn’t understand much — so you hung out with this group of kids who were also living in the apartments.

The group was about seven people, but you normally only hung out with four of them since everyone else was always busy. There was Sal, a blue haired boy with a prosthetic mask. Larry, a brown haired metal guy. Ashley, a somewhat tomboy-ish girl, and then Todd — a ginger nerd. They were fun to hang out with! They normally just babysat you until you had to go home. They were all about sixteen or seventeen, so it was quite hard to connect with one another.

It was a cold, fall afternoon, you were at a local playground with Sal, Ashley, and Larry. They had just gotten back from school, having their bags with them still. You guys were just doing whatever you wanted. You were playing while they all did their own things. Larry was sitting on a slide, looking at his phone while Ashley and Sal tried to finish up their homework. It was complicated..