Unbreakable

There’s someone pounding on the front door, and it wakes me up. Ashley’s phone buzzes on the nightstand, and he hasn’t answered it yet. My phone starts to buzz too, so I answer it. “Hello?”


“Are you two alive in there?” Sammi asks.

“Is that you at the door?” I ask.

“We’re all here silly. No hurry up and let us in.”

“Okay, but you’re gonna have to give us a minute.” I grumble.

“Ooh did someone have a little fun last night?” She says suggestively.

“Oh come on! Haven’t you guys done it enough?” I hear Ronnie yell in the background.”

“Who are you talking to?” Ashley moans.

“Sammi,” I reply. “Ronnie,” I play with his hair, “I’m probably on speaker so everybody.”

His eyes snap open “Everybody?”

“Everybody.” I nod.

“Open the fucking door!” Jake exclaims.

“Everybody.” We sigh in unison.

“We’re not getting any younger out here.” Sammi sings.

“Give us a bit.” I tell them, and hang up.

“I feel kinda bad that I hurt you last night.” He gently strokes the insides of my wrists.

“It’s fine.” I assure him. “Besides, claw the crap out of your back every time.”

“Yeah, but it doesn’t hurt me, until I shower.” He shrugs. He presses lightly on my wrist, causing me to wince. “ “See?”

“I really enjoyed it at the time, and it’s not my first bruise.”

“And it won’t be your last.” He smirks, and nips my neck.

“Lace I’ve got a bone to pick with you!” Jake exclaims.

A malicious smile crosses my face. “I haven’t kicked his ass in weeks.” I kiss his nose, and jump out of bed. I run into our closet, and throw on some clothes, and put some bracelets on to cover up last nights escapade.

I throw my hair up into a bun as I run down the stairs singing “Time to kick some ass!” I rip the door open, and lean on the doorframe. “You called?”

“Laci how have you been?” Sammi smiles, and pulls me into a hug.

“I’ve been great. How are you?”

“Amazing! I’ve missed you though, we need to have a girlsnight soon.”

“Definitely.” I grin.

“Laci, it’s been awhile.” Jinxx says, and hugs me. “How are you?” He mumbles in my ear.

“Better than ever.” I smile.

“Glad to hear it.”

“Tummy.” Jake smiles, and picks me up.

“Jakey.” I laugh.

“I’ve been waiting for you to come home so I can beat you in person.”

“Dude you’re never going to win.” Andy says.

“Oh just watch me.” He walks into the house, and turns on the Xbox.

“Who the hell told you you could play on my Xbox?” Ashley asks.

“Your girlfriend.” He shrugs.

“Same rules?” I ask.

“Same rules.” He nods. “Let’s see how you do with the new game.”

“Oh you mean the one that came out yesterday?” I ask.

“That’s the one.” He grins.

“Found the cheat codes yet?” I smirk, and sit down next to him.

“No the game came out yesterday.” He scoffs.

“I should probably tell you that I come up with all of those codes.” I log into the Xbox, and wait for it to load.

“You do not.”

“I’m a computer person, of course I have.” I reply.

“I don’t believe you.” He stares at me with narrowed eyes.

“Believe it babe, you’re still going to get your ass kicked.”

“I thought I was babe?” Ashley whines.

“You are.” I smile.

The game loads, and I let Jake pick the map. “Get ready TUm.” He sings.

“It’s on like Donkey Kong.” I smirk. The game loads, and I am in a gray room holding an AK-47. Ew I don’t want this right now! I switch to my machine gun, and seek out Jake. The area that I’m in appears to be a city reduced to rubble.

“I see you.” Jake sings. I look up, and see him standing on the roof of a building. I turn around to run back inside, but he gets me. “Woo! Point one for the Jake man!”

“The Jake man?” I laugh.

“Yeah. You got a problem with it Gingy?”

I click a few buttons, and spawn behind him. “Nope.” I shoot him, and watch the thing click up to one.

“What? How did that happen?!?!” He exclaims.

“I told you, I make cheat codes.” I smirk.


“There’s no way you knew that that would happen.”
“That’s true, I was literally just guessing.” I tell him.

“How?” He shakes his head, and looks back at the screen. I look around to try and find his avatar. “So Lace, I’d like a meatlover’s pizza, and some hot wings.”

“And I’d like you to chew on some metal.” I shoot at him, and his screen goes red.”

“God damn it!”

“Is this normal?” Sammi asks.

“Oh yeah.” Jinxx nods. “I’m actually surprised that he hasn’t thrown a paddle yet.”

“You break my TV you buy it bud.” Ashley warns.

“You break my paddle you buy it.” I tell him.

“And pizza? Ooh Jake don’t do it man, you’ll be broke.” Ronnie laughs.

I wonder what would happen if I hit these ones together? Oh my god is that a rocket launcher? “Oh Jake?” I sing. “Where are you love?”

“Sweeney Todd Tum, really?” Jacky asks.

“Really.” I reply. There you are! I shoot Jake, and listen to him swear.

“You should just give up now man.” Andy sighs.

“You know, it’s kinda hot seeing you be all dominant and all.” Ashley smirks.

I roll my eyes, and there’s a chorus of groans. “Sometimes you just shouldn’t talk.” Derek tells him. Jake shoots me, and does a victory dance. I press those buttons, and spawn behind him again.

“You should really just order that pizza now, I’m hungry.” I say as I shoot him.

“How did you do that? I thought you didn’t remember the buttons?” Jake exclaims.

“I lied.” I shrug.We play for another hour, and I win, as per usual. Jake came a lot closer than he normally does.

“The sad fact that you will probably eat all of that.” Ronnie sighs.

“You calling me fat Radke?” I ask.

“Well you didn’t get that nickname for nothing.” HE smirks.

There’s a chorus of ooh’s. “You’re such an asshole!” I laugh.

“I know.” He grins.

“Now I don’t want to eat any pizza.” I sulk.

“Oh Tummy you’re beautiful.” Ronnie comes over to the couch, and wraps me in a hug. “No matter how much pizza you eat.” He adds.

“Aw thanks buttercup.” I smile. There’s a knock at the door. “Oh pizza!” I jump off of the couch, and run to the door. “Wallet.” I nod to Jake, and he glares at me while he walks over to the door.

"That Was intense." Sammi states.

“You haven’t seen anything.” Andy says with a shaking head.

“One time, I thought they were going to have a smack down on the bus.” Jacky remienisses.

Ronnie snaps his finger, and points at Jacky. “I remember that!” I sit down in the middle of the room, and open up the box. “I had my phone out and everything!”

“Naw man I couldn’t hit a girl.” Jake says.

I take a huge bite of buffalo chicken goodness. “Tum doesn’t really count as a girl.” Ronnie says.

“What are you saying Radke?” I threaten with a mouth full of pizza.

“It’s just that you could kick all of our asses, and you’re not really all that girly.” He explains.

“Oh I don’t think little Tummy could kick anyone’s ass.” Ryan says in a baby voice.

I shoot daggers at him with my eyes. “You obviously didn’t watch her beat up Kina.” Ashley inputs.

“Tum what can you bench now?” Ronnie asks.

“I don’t know, two hundred maybe.” I shrug.

“No way.” Jake gasps. Everyone is looking at me with bug eyes.

“Ronnie how much do you weigh?” I ask. “Oh wait, isn’t it rude to ask a lady how much she weighs?” I chide.

“Ha ha very funny Tum.” He says monotonically. “I weigh a little more than two hundred.”

I look him up and down very slowly, “Eh I could do it.” I set the box of victory pizza on the coffee table, and push it out of the way.

“Tum I could kill you.” Ronnie warns.

“Oh don’t you worry about me, I did this with my brothers all the time, Just make sure you don’t bend in any way.”

“I regret trusting you this much.” He walks over to me, and I lay down. “ How do you want me to stand?”

“Um… Back to me I guess.” He turns around.

“I’ll spot.” Jake stands up, and stands by my head.

“Ready?” I ask Ronnie.

There’s a chorus of let me get my phone’s. “Oh great.” Ronnie ,and I say in unison. “Tum, I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t a little bit scared.”

“Don’t worry I promise I won’t drop you.” I reassure him.

“And if she does, I’ll catch you.” Jake tells him.

“Okay cameras ready!” Sammi smiles.

I look up at Ronnie, and he nods. I place my right hand on the back of his legs, and the other on his lower back. “1, 2, 3.” On three, I pull him so he is hovering above my head. “You’re a lot heavier than Mark.” I grunt.

“Thanks Tum that makes me feel really good!” I bend my elbow, and bring him close to my face.

“I’ll always be here to be your little ray of sunshine.” I extend my arms.

“One!” Everyone says. I bend my elbows again, and push back up with shaky arms. “Two!”

“How are your abs doing?” I ask Ronnie.

“They hurt a bit.” He chokes.

I can feel his muscles shaking. “Let me get to five.” I groan while bringing him down again.

“We are never doing this again.”

“Three!”

“She could probably bench press a Buick.” CC says.

I press him again. “God this hurts.”

“Four!”

“You’re telling me.” Ronnie replies.

“You got this Tummy!” Jacky cheers.

“I thoroughly regret this decision.” I do one more press, let out a painful grunt, and set Ronnie back on his feet.

“Five!” I flop my arms by my head, and try to catch my breath.

“Remind me to never try to fight you.” Jake says.

“You’ve got to be more than two hundred.” I say breathlessly.

“Do you want me to weigh myself?” He asks. I nod.

“There’s a scale upstairs.” Ashley puts in.

“Then let’s go.” Ronnie says chipley.

“I’ll just stay right here.” I wave a dismissive hand in their general direction, and continue to die on the floor.

I hear footsteps, and then a weight on my stomach. “Tummy you’re so strong.” CC’s arms rest on my sides. “Hey guys, guys, I’m on Tummy’s tummy.” CC laughs.

“Well that’s original.” I chuckle, and play with his hair.

“Hey Tum?” Ronnie calls from the stairs. “I’m two fifty-four.”
My eyes snap open. “You’re kidding.”

“Nope.” He smiles as he struts down the stairs.

I look down at my wrists, “I am so sorry.”

“Tum you have a text.” Andy says, “Who’s Ruffalo?”

“I t’s my Uncle Derek.” I sit up, and hold out my hands.

He underhand lobs my phone to me, and it jumps out of my hands. “Why do you call him Ruffalo?”

Where’s a good place for lunch? “Ummm…” My house is good. I type. “I call him Ruffalo because he looks like Mark Ruffalo.” Are you sure? I don’t want to trouble you. “My brother Mark looks like Chris hemsworth without the hair, so he’s thor, Greg looks like a blonde Tom Hiddleston so he’s in there as Loki, and Stephen looks like stephen, and he’s in love with the BIebs, therefore he’s in there as Bieber.” I explain. Oh don’t worry about it I already have something ready, just go to the GPS, and hit home.

“What’s up?” Ashley nods at my phone.

“They’re coming over for lunch.” I tell him.

“Here, I’ll go pick them up.” The guys all give him thumbs ups, and smirks.

“You’re all hiding something.” I look around at them with narrowed eyes.

“Nope i have no idea what you’re talking about bye Rose.” Ashley grabs my keys off of the counter, and walks out the door.

Nevermind driving, Ashley is coming to get you. I look around the room, and see nothing but smirking faces. “Spill it.”

“Sorry Tum, but we can’t.” Jake shrugs.

An idea pops into my head. “Sammi, isn’t there a thing in Girl Code about telling your friend about something if that thing is about them?”

“You watch Girl Code?” She sounds surprised.

“Sure.” I lie.

She looks around the room with conflicted eyes. “Well-”

“Oh no you don’t!” Jinxx puts his hand over her mouth, and tackles her onto the couch.

“Okay then.” I pout. I look at their smirking faces, and it really bothers me that they’re hiding something. My eyes rest on CC, and I remember the time when we drank so much Monster that he told me all of his secrets. An evil grin spreads across my face. “Hey CC, want a Monster?”

“Yeah s-”

Andy’s Jake’s hand clamps over CC’s mouth. “I know what you’re doing, and it’s not going to work.”

“I will put CC on lockdown and he will not even hear the name Monster until this ordeal is over.” Jinxx tells me.

“Ordeal?” Now I really want to know what's uNow I’m really starting to wonder.

“Don’t worry Tum you’re going to love it.” Sammi assures me.

“I hate being out of the loop.” I sigh. “I will find out though.”

“Oh yes you will Tum,” Andy smirks, “Yes you will.”

Notes

God this thing took so long! I could only do like two lines an hour, but I finally got it!