To The End || Michael Langdon [AHS]

13| First Glance.

"I'm serious, Rebecca. That actually happened." The boy, who Michael now knows as Xavier, said.

This caused another round of laughter to erupt throughout the crowd of friends. As Michael stared at the group, he could clearly see the admiration in everyone's eyes.

"Shut up, Rebecca. That's not even funny. It's just stupid-embarrassing, and really sad." A new voice interrupted.

A girl that resembled the boy pushed her way to the group, the teen's short locks blew in sync with the leaves. Her bright eyes focused on the colorful cube that she was trying to solve. 

By the looks she was getting, it was clear to Michael that a lot of people were not a fan of the girl, and by the response they were all getting from her, the same could be said for them.

"People nowadays think anything is funny. It's making us as a society not focus on what's really funny, and that is kicking puppies." She drawled, before walking out into the street without looking both ways. A series of gasps fell from the group of eight graders as a car came close to hitting the girl, who she didn't even flinch as she continued to play with the Rubik's Cube.

"She's kidding, by the way. About the puppy kicking." Xavier told his friends, who stared at the girl with wide eyes.

All of a sudden, Michael wasn't interested in the groups of kids his age anymore. The blonde wanted to know more about the  cute brunette with the golden eyes.

Unaware that she was being followed, Mae entered her house without locking the door, and dragged herself to her room. 
It was days like this she hated going home after school, which is saying a lot.

When at school, Mae receives pitiful looks from her fellow classmates and teachers. All claiming that they are available for her and her family in their time of need, which is a load of steaming shit in her eyes.

It's been six months since her mother walked out on them. Another six months, and it will be a year. Mae thought that after two months, the stares would lessen but the Hart's were still the talk of the town.

As if being at school wasn't hard enough, Mae dreaded going home due to her grandmother.

After her mother left and Parker went into a downward spiral, Lana moved in to help with the twins which ultimately fucked Mae over at the end. When under the same roof, Lana gained some sort of power over her grandchildren. She was able to give them chores and discipline them, without asking Parker for permission. This meant that if Mae did anything that Lana didn't approve of, she would be punished.

She was currently in the middle of another punishment.

Before school, Mae was sentenced to one day in her room by her grandmother with no electronics. Earlier today, Xavier complained about not being able to find his Walkie-Talkie's before pointing the fingers at his sister.

They had been a gift from Lana, who told Xavier how the Walkie's belonged to Parker when he was a boy. The second he received the ancient communication device, Mae ridiculed him for having one. To her, it didn't make any sense. Xavier had a cellphone. The 'toy' only worked when there is certain distance between the two talkies, so if you're were 15 miles away from one another, it was practically useless. But her brother was ecstatic to have them. He claimed that he was now able to have conversations without them being recorded.

Although she denied everything accusation hurled her way, and there was no proof that Mae had taken them, at the end of the day it was her word against Xavier's.