It was late. He shouldn't have been out, but figured that no one would notice. He would come back, anyway. He just needed the fresh air.
What was supposed to be a few minutes turned into a few hours, and before he knew it his bike was running on empty. Honestly, he wasn't sure how he made it back home; the engine was running on fumes by this point. He killed the engine - silently cursing just how loud it was - and balanced the wheels on the peg in front of the McCall residence.
Scott tried to be quiet; he really did. But the keys in the door jingled just a little too loudly and his footsteps seemed much heavier than he remembered them being when he left. The air had helped. It had gotten his mind off of ...everything. Now, he just needed sleep. He hung the keys where they had been when he left, and dropped his helmet in the exact spot he had that afternoon after school.
He turned to walk back down the hallway and into his room when a figure in the kitchen caught his eye. Shit. He changed direction and made his way guiltily towards who he figured was his disappointed mother. Instead, he was met with a much taller figure, with much shorter curly hair. Relief flooded over him, and his shoulders visibly fell. "Hey, man." He muttered, thankful he had encountered Isaac. "Why are you still up?"