Issue Three

knocked on his door, Boy snuck up
behind me. He wrapped both his arms
around me and lifted me up so his
mouth was right next to my ear. I could
smell his body odor which was familiar
and foul and realized I couldn’t move.
“Hey buddy,” he said to me, not knowing
who I was, just knowing I was one of his
brother’s friends. “I just fucked the slut.
Her pussy was real good. How about I
fuck you next? You want that?”
In spite of the heat I shivered and kicked
with both my legs at him, missing him
completely but managing to get loose.
“No, you fucking asshole,” I said as I got
up and ran away from him to my bike.
Once safely on my bike I turned to him
and repeated myself for good measure,
“You fucking asshole.” It was only then
that I noticed Patsy had been standing
well behind us on the sidewalk.
Watching.
I had not factored running into Boy
today. Suddenly I wished that Jason had
agreed to be our lookout. But I wasn’t
going to chicken out. I joined the rest of
our small group as we made our way
around the back of the house. I saw
right away that Boy had been there. The
back door was broken as were the
windows, the broken glass mingling on
the ground with the grass and weeds,
shining brightly in spots as I shifted my
gaze. That’s when I noticed something
moving in the brush. I walked away from
the other boys towards it and it took a
little jump in my direction. While the
other boys made their way into the
house, I found a gray rabbit.
I bent over to touch the rabbit and
started talking to it like I’ve seen people
talk to babies. It must have been
someone’s pet at some point because it
didn’t try to get away. I had never been
this close to a rabbit, much less touch
one. I was just getting used to its very
soft pelt when I heard one of the boys
scream from inside the house. I was a
good twenty feet away from the back
door when they burst out of it. The first
was Jason, then David, whose look
seemed weirdly vacant, and who
managed to wave me towards him as he
turned to run. Then the other two.
At the same time, I had gotten up to
follow. Without realizing it, I had
gathered the rabbit in my arms and, not
knowing why they were all running, I
followed suit and started to run towards
my bike.
I had managed to make the corner when
I felt something tug at my jeans. My
body was lifted off the ground by the
force and I flew through the air and back
towards the house. I landed hard on the
ground. I tried to break the landing with
BOY