&& he smells like cigarettes and mistakes.

"he knows bad days. bad days take him completely by surprise. they make him not trust the good days because it's likely something is lurking twenty-four hours away." fox. 22. fuck off.

[foxtbh]

&& txts ⇨ fox.

GAB: a hair cut

GAB: one hair

GAB: or multiple hairs cut

FOX: liiiike thirty prolly

FOX: its just the left side of my hair

[foxtbh]

&& txts ⇨ val.

VALERIA: uh yeah sure why not

VALERIA: when do you need it?

FOX: like now

FOX: the left side of my head is burnt...

[foxtbh]

&& txts ⇨ open.

STAS: not long enough thats for sure

STAS: i got business to do

FOX: lmao what r u doin???

FOX: r u tryn meth w/o me?

[foxtbh]

&& txts ⇨ antonio.

ANTONIO: of course, how u think my hair is this good ?

ANTONIO: come round, i got clippers.

FOX: lmao wow didn't expect this

FOX: but I am so glad

FOX: you better not laugh dude

[foxtbh]

&& txts ⇨ dboi.

pat: nah man none

pat: I do have some shrooms left actually

pat: eighth for 20

FOX: throw in a gram of mid for 10 and deal

[foxtbh]

&& txts ⇨ dboi.

pat: not much

pat: j chillin

pat: got some mid if u want cheap n a lot

FOX: any loud?

FOX: mids fine but Im lookin 2 get stoned

FOX: what bout shrooms?

[foxtbh]

&& txts ⇨ dboi.

FOX: yo wyd?

FOX: looking to hang

FOX: buy w/e

[finnmertenss]

[foxtbh]

&& txts ⇨ open.

OMAR: uh ? check you ur texting pal

OMAR: i can use a knife n scissors for other reasons tho

FOX: u suck man

FOX: I got burnt

FOX: I just need it to be even

[foxtbh]

&& txts ⇨ open.

WES: no....go to supercuts or something?

FOX: I can't.....

FOX: it's bad

FOX: it's real bad

[foxtbh]

&& txts ⇨ open.

STAS: sounds like a u problem not in town buddy

FOX: lmao how long u been outta town??

[foxtbh]

&& txts ⇨ open.

ADORE: nope but I can attempt

ADORE: cooking and hair cutting cant be THAT different

FOX: uhhhhhhhh nm

[foxtbh]

&& txts ⇨ open.

VALERIA: i mean kind of

VALERIA: but it's highly unlikely this was purposely set to me so

FOX: so you won't or you will???

FOX: yes or no answers pls

[foxtbh]

franklytrish.

“he’s a grown-ASS man, fox.” trish burst out, her hands flying through the air. her tears streamed down her cheeks and she wiped furiously at them, continuing her rant. “we tried to help. we tried and we tried. mom  GAVE  U P. I admit it, she did. she gave up.” she was still breathing hard, huffing and puffing after the extent of her words.

“she gave up and you didn’t.” trish smiled, her hands smoothing up her arms once more, a calming gesture surely. “you didn’t give up because you always have hope, fox. come home.”

the word ‘no’ was on his tongue. he wanted to scream it, to announce to the world he wasn’t returning until the begged for his forgiveness. he   W A S N ’ T   over it. but instead, he nodded. his mouth opened, ready for more lies to pour out: “I have to meet mikayla by the ferris wheel. I’ve been meaning to apologize. for everything. I’ll meet you at the gates at eight. okay? eight.”

and while at the time, he had every intention of actually doing that -- meeting trish there to talk or go home or whatever took place. he was going to do that. 

but as seven rolled by, he had smoked just a little TOO much -- TOO much so that he had forgotten all about trish. and his promise to her. he left with his friends just before eight to get something to eat. something was eating at the back of his mind but fox ignored that too.

[foxtbh]

&& txts ⇨ open.

FOX: do you know how to cut hair?

FOX: long story

FOX: need a haircut stat.

[foxtbh]

antcnios.

‘ not in a million years – lil sis dragged me and then fucked off somewhere with the shit we bought together. ‘

“yikes -- bummer, dude. can smoke with us, if you want? don’t have more than what we brought though.”

[foxtbh]

mikaylaisnotok.

she wanted to say ‘no’, but deep down she still has a soft spot for Fox. after all the pain he put her through, she still has a sympathy for him. everyone was quiet, even her friend, who clearly didn’t know what was going on. it felt like the audience around wanted to hear an answer. she sighs, not in irritation but in defeat, “ ok, “ she mumbles, “ just meet me at the Ferris Wheel in thirty minutes and bring your friends.” she said as she walks away from him.  “ And hey!” she called after him, “ it’s…sorta nice to see you again. not completely nice because you’re still an asshat” she smiled.

thirty minutes later, at the ferries wheel, the line was surprisingly long. like fox got it -- it WAS a classic. but it was nowhere near as fun as the rampage or the round-a-bout. why was the line always long? he didn’t get  THAT.

he and his friends were leaning on the brightly colored fencing that separated the line of people, laughing about some joke or another. all the while, fox was looking for mikayla, eyes searching through the crowd for her figure.