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“False.” He laughs.
Lucas laughs at the joke but looks back at Jeremy, who’s in his truck. As he pulls away, I can see Franco looking at us, while Jeremy flips us the bird. Lucas looks like he isn’t sure what he just did. He’s known Jeremy longer than either Carter or myself, but he also knows how much of a prick he is. I guess there’s only so much douchebaggery a person can take. Even so, I’m sure Lucas has to be feeling some kind of way, basically ending a friendship. He’s all but choosing us over Jeremy. He’s trusting Carter and me as friends. Maybe it’s time I trusted them.
“Hey, you guys want to go through the drive-through and head back to my place.”
“Depends,” Carter replies as we start walking. “Did your brother get the new Overwatch game?”
Isaac does have the game, but so do I. Only, whenever Carter comes over to my house we stay in the den, and I always say the games are my brothers.
“Yeah, but I got it too.”
“Oh, you got your own system?”
“I’ve always had my own system.”
“Oh.” Carter shoots me an intrigued look.
“Let’s go.”
We get to our cars and head towards the closest In-N-Out Burger, going through the drive-through, before heading back to my place. Lucas has been over a couple times, and just like Carter, they both only ever stayed in the den or living room. It has nice couches, a big screen TV to watch movies and play video games, so it was never a big deal to not be in my room. Plus, my dad is hardly ever home, so we could just hang out.
Isaac has an after-school program, so I know it’ll still be a couple hours until Debbie picks him up. I turn a corner as Carter and Lucas head straight down a hallway to my living room. I suddenly feel nervous about what I’m about to do.
“So, you guys cool with eating in my room?”
“Seriously?” Carter says, raising an eyebrow. “The elusive bedroom. Luc, this is history in the making.”
Lucas laughs, and I let out a nervous chuckle.
“Yeah, sure,” Carter says, following me up the stairs, Lucas trailing behind.
“I got a TV in here. Not as big as the big screen, but still a good size for playing.”
“That’s cool,” Lucas says.
I get to the door, and my hand freezes on the handle. It feels like I’m about to ask a girl out for the first time, and in some ways, it does have the same emotional range. I have no idea what they’re going to say, or if they’ll laugh and start making fun of me. Or maybe they’ll think I’m a freak for all the posters and collectibles I have. Or that I’m weird for having the costumes and the mannequins.
“Um, are we going in or what?” Carter says.
“Y-yeah.” I open the door and walk inside.
“Whoa.” Carter breathes out. “Dude, this is your room?”
I put my food and drink on my desk, cringing a little as I look over at him. “Yeah.”
“Really?” Lucas questions.
“Really.”
“Oh, wow.” Carter looks at my statues of the Ninja Turtles, sculpted in the form of their original comic book design. “That’s awesome.”
“Obsessed much?” Lucas snickers, as he runs his finger over a line of Marvel graphic novels.
“Dude, you’re like, an uber-nerd or something,” Carted says, scanning the posters on my wall.
“Yeah,” I answer, but it almost sounds like a question.
Carter stands in front of the Iron Man suit, looking over it, then looks at the Star-Lord costume. “Did you make these?”
