Marrik had been lying around the house, watching tv and gaming mostly. His eyes flicked towards the clock for the umpteenth time, checking the time once again. Crap, he was late again. He saved his game, and shit down the console, before rushing out the house, followed by his springer spaniel Koko, who was jumping around at his heels in excitement.
He was supposed to meet his younger brother and his friends outside the school. His brother and friends were two years younger than him, but that didn't bother him, he still thought they were pretty cool, all things considered. He locked the door behind him, adjusting the small black bag slung around his shoulder. His foster parents were gone for the week, so that meant he and Alex could do whatever they wanted, within reason, of course.
Five minutes later, he arrived at the school, Koko right beside him, panting. "Hey." He muttered, waving an arm lazily towards the twins that were waiting there. "Still waiting for Alex?" He guessed, glancing towards the school doors.
Meanwhile, Alex, who they were all now waiting for, was stuck in a locker. Some idiot had stuffed him in there, again. He banged once more on the hard blue steel, there had to be someway out. That's when he remembered, there were usually a release button on the inside of these lockers! He fumbled around in the dark, searching for the small button. Finally, he found it, and the locker door swung open, sending him toppling out onto the floor. He sat up, shaking his head, messing up his hair further. He didn't care, though. He was out of the locker, and that was what mattered!
"Finally!" He shouted, maybe too loud. He hurriedly slammed the locker door closed, and grabbed his stuff up off the floor outside, before rushing to meet his friends outside the school gates. "Sorry I'm late!" He called, skidding to a halt as he reached the three others, reaching down to pet Koko softly, a smile etched onto his face. "So, what do you guys want to do today?"