Thirteen Ways Dancing in the Rain Can Kill You

Now I'm not one to make excuses but I swear someone was running over the fence posts just to get under my skin, and once you try to make me mad it usually takes a while for me to get not mad. I know someone was knocking down these fences because right where the all had been falling was somewhere with no trees and since the livestock hates the rain almost as much as I do it's pretty obvious that the animals wouldn't do it. As I turned to walk away after I finished nailing the post back into the earth three dirtbikes and one Rhino passed me, seemed to reaize that I was there, and doubled back. At once I knew who was behind the wheel of the Rhino. "Hey Tanner." I said to Coty's buddy as he stepped out of the over-sized golf cart.
___"Where's your brother?" he asked in his amazing drawl. I looked around and saw the back of the Rhino had two occupants Cooper and Rocky.
___"Last time I saw him he was in the house, but he's probably with Caty." I said her name with a fair amount of venom. Tanner, was only one year older than me and stood at least a foot taller, he had recently shaved his hair off military style which I loved. His brown eyes were so warm that it was easy to get sucked into them.
___"Do you need a ride?" he asked me pushing Clay out of the front seat, "Go ride with Rusty." he said indicating to the blue bike with a non-helmated boy on the seat. I knew that only Tanner and Cooper went by their own names, even worse was the fact that I didn't know any of their real names but I was pretty sure Rocky's name was David and that Rusty and Rocky were twins.
___"Yeah," I responded because all of Coty's friends knew that if they were ever mean to me they would probably get beaten up. Although some of them, like Tanner and Rusty, actually liked me because they liked me, "why does he have to date that THING?"
___"He sees something about her other than the fact that she's a tramp. Or maybe he likes her BECAUSE she's a tramp."
___"Watch it." I snapped jokingly, he was probably right but I would never admit it.
___"I only speak the truth Kira."
___"You know what? Your a jerk." I smiled and jumped into the passenger seat. Tanner sat his cowboy hat on my head, covering my soaken wet head and eyes.
As we pulled onto the gravelly road I closed my eyes and tried to avoid the rain. "Do you mind telling me something?" I heard in my ear suddenly and out of reflex my hand flung up and hit the whisper on the face. "oof"
___"Sorry." I spoke turning around to see Cooper holding his nose, which was bleeding, "Whats up?"
___"You know Chloe?" he asked, I was a year younger than all of Coty's friends but I had skipped second grade landing me with my brother. "She's a tenth grader but she's HOT."
___"I'm familiar with Chloe, the tenth grade tramp. I'm also familiar with you the ninth grade cowboy who follows Tanner like a lost puppy." I had a tendency to be brutally honest with my guys.
___"Yeah, but there has to be some chance right?" he asked pleadingly, but to be honest Cooper was very indescript, his face was very average along with the rest of his body. The best thing about Coop was his sweet heart.
___"Not in a million years." I said doing what was best for my friend.
___"Okay." he said unhappily.
___"But you do know that Sammi has a HUGE thing for you." I responded smiling, I had to give him something.
___"Really?"
___"Yeah, and if you stay over tonight she'll be here in case you want to get your groove on." Sammi was an eighth grader like and one of the nicest at that. Even some tenth graders wanted her. "I'll even put in a good word for you."
___"Thanks Key, your the best." Cooper said and I laughed.
___"Always have been."
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Two days later I was again alone in my house because for the whole summer it had been about forty-two people's second home. Pouplar was the least you could say to describe my brother and me. After mom had died all of us took it differently, i skipped a grade to be with Coty the second youngest, Dad started being the "cool" father that everyone saw as a second father, Coty went through heck for a few years then started charishing everyone, Matt moved in with his real dad and never called again, and my oldest brother John joined the Navy. Our family was really pulling back together nicley in the eight years since.
As I sat stroking my beautiful german shepard and watching the rain hit the roof that slanted enough to climb down, making it easy to sneak out. Ninth grade was suppost to be fun, and since I knew almost all of the high schoolers I would be okay but a knot in my stomace twisted and turned.
A sudden rap on my door set Xina off, meaning it could only be one person, Caty. "What?" I spoke in the same angry tone I always used to speak to Coty's girlfriend.
___"Listen up brat." she said as the door swung open and Xina leaped forward, only to be stopped by the baby gate that kept my perfect puppy from attacking that ignorant brat. "Your brother wants me to talk to you."
___"And." I waved my hand indicating that she could continue, quickly.
___"He thinks it's redicualce that you've been ignoring him whenever I'm around."
___"In case you don't remember you did say that you would beat the crap out of me if I ever bugged 'your man' while you were around, and to be honest the only reason I haven't let Xina attack you yet is because I want to watch when Coty fianally figures out that your crazy and evil."
___"You know what-" she started before I cut her off.
___"Get the heck outta my house." I said walking twords the gate and reached for the handle, "or I'll make you leave." I spoke. And watched her run at full speed down the stairs and out the door.
___"I'm telling Coty." she shouted as her hot pink convertable revved the engine and she tore out of the driveway, the dogs barking and chasing her car to the gate. Once again I grabbed my notebook and added to the list:

All the Ways You can Get Killed Dancing In the Rain
1) Falling into the flooded stream
2) Getting hit by the Queen Bee's pink convertable

Why does she even need a convertable since nine months out of the year it rains? i wrote on the next page before placing the notepad in my drawer. The phone was now ringing downstairs and I leaped off of my couch ans ran down the stairs to answer the incessant ringing.