Finally gathering up enough common sense I moved away from the ATM and sorted through my wallet to see what I had in resources. I had five hundred in ...ash that I could use to buy some decent clothing to replace these awful sweat pants and shirt. I had other credit cards that I couldn?t use now since they were my ?visible? accounts. I am sure my father was watching those. I had a condom that was expired since I had always been too lazy to use it. My old driver?s license which did me no good in. At first I thought she was crazy. I couldn't just not go. But she was right in that I was not looking forward to it. I didn't want to sit through another meaningless ceremony. I didn't want to look my father in the face and tell him I had no idea what I was going to do after school. Mae could tell that I was struggling with her proposal but didn't back down. "Please," she said. "Please come with me." The spark in her eyes bore into me, and I melted."Ok," I said, almost in a whisper.Friday April. Tap Tap Tap What is that? I think to myself. It’s so faint, I’m not even sure if its anything other than house noises. Tap Tap “Elexis!” I hear my name and finally go to my window. I see Jake standing there with a few woodchips in his hand. Turning to see the time, it was a little after midnight. “What are you doing, are you crazy?” I whisper down at him, not wanting to wake my folks. “It’s my birthday,” he whispers, in a sheepish grin. ”You came over here, just to tell me something I. His plated armor clinked with each metallic step. His surcoat was torn along the left shoulder, a macabre bloodied red skull being crushed beneath the swing of a red warhammer. One meaty hand grasped the weapon that was his family’s coat of arms, the other holding his plumed helm. His bald pate shone in the sunlight, and his shag of a beard grew more gray every day. A lumpy scar creased the left side of his cheek, just below his coal colored eye, and disappeared into the wiry forest of his.