Zeke dropped his skateboard on the floor as he walked into his room. He had moved back into his house after his parents had decided it was a dumb idea to move into the garage, specially since that was the place where both their cars were supposed to be sheltered. Of course Zeke did not approve at all, he felt like his 'freedom' of being on his own in a way has been taken away from him and… why would his parents deny him it?. They were never home or didn't even care what their children were up to, too busy with their jobs, social events and cocktail parties. Not like Zeke cared, he liked it better that way, he could do anything he wanted without anyone telling him off or forbidding it for him and thank god that Luther's parents were friends with them, wich meant they were never around either.
He often though that the reason why Ginger was so mean to him was because she held, deep down, a resentment because of the fact that in Zeke's childhood their parents were always there to make him happy and see him growing up but after Ginger learned to speak they started drifting apart. She had to learn do things by herself with help from no one and in a way, he felt bad for her and understood were all the hatred and jelousy came from.
It should be the other way around, usually it's older brothers who get jelous of the younger ones but he knew his parents always wanted a little boy int he first place and he could still remember the times his mom cried when she found out Ginger was going to be born, he had heard her between sobs one day from his pot on the stairs as their parents were speaking in the livingroom that 'a slip was coming on the way' but he never really got it. A slip?. What kind of slip?.
"We said we would wait!" his mother had said and that's all he could hear.
"I wanna know where's my hockey stick!" Ginger demanded, yelling from Zeke's doorstep.
"What?" Zeke asked as he was taken out of his thoughs, confused.
"Have you been listening to what i said?. I want my hockey stick and i know you have it!. Now tell me where is it!" Ginger demanded louder and extended her hand out, waiting for Zeke to give her the hockey stick.
"Oh yeah… It's right there" He said lazily and pointed to a spot across the room, as he turned back to his computer.
"What the hell did you do with it?" Ginger asked after a gasp as she lifted the broken hockey stick.
"Oh there was this cockroach in the hallway and neither me or Luth dared to use our feet so we found your hockey stick" Zeke said and turned back around, logging onto his chat account.
"What the…? Urg!. You will regret this!. I swear!" Ginger shouted and left stomping her feet and slamming her bedroom door shut. Zeke only winced slightly but was never taken by surprise, he was used to it by now.
Captan Waffles says: Whatup broo! long time no speak? :P
Zeke says: lol yeah 2 hours is a long time =/
Captan Waffles says: I know tell me bout it….. roy crasshed my dvr
Zeke says: What? really? Why?
Captan Waffles says: he got mad cos i played videogame sin his room without him knowing, whateve
Zeke says: yeah well remember that coc… croach cocroch cock… shit, that bug that we tried to kill the other day? Well it was ginger's hockey stick and now she's pissed off saying she's gonna get revenged
Captan Waffles says: lol really? And i think you write it kocrouch
Zeke says: Yeah and no, thats not how you spell it i think
Captan Waffles says: it is i just looked it up
Zeke says: no, in that case it's COCKROACH you didn't look it up lol
Captan Waffles says: hey whatever….. at least i dont spell my name with a K backward
Zeke says: that was like 3 years ago! And you said it was cute so shut up…. And its spelled CAPTAIN not CAPTAN
Captain Waffles: I know that…. psh and i used to find it cute not naymore now you're mean
Zeke says: haha you just changed it!
Zeke says: ok right, im gonna go and i know you didn't mean that, i know you find me cute so i'll see you later sexy
Before Luther could reply Zeke had logged off smirking, he loved to tease Luther but he had a limit. He felt bad sometimes and it wasn't cool, he was his best friend. He didn't want to end up like last time when they had an argument like this one where it had gone too far and Zeke ended there chat with a "YOU JACKBARF!" and left. They spent 3 days without speaking to each other and it was a painful eternity for both since they were pretty much in each other's pocket 24/7 .
He didn't want that to happen again, it felt horrible not being in contact with Luther, specially knowing he was very emotional and had confessed he cried himself to sleep knowing he had lost his best friend and knowing that tore Zeke apart.
After that, he swore himself that he would never let anything come between him and his best friend, not even one little stupid argument or abig fight. He would try to prevent them and avoid them at all cost. Not like he had to because in the end, that's why their friendship was such a tight, strong bond. They were like each other's halfs.