Chapter 11): Aunt Ginger (2)

Chapter 11): Aunt Ginger (2)

(Aged Carl just for some more believable things, everyone else is the same though)

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Carl woke to the extreme cold, he shivered as he sat up, obviously their gas was off, but he didn't know that before so he when he went to bed last night he had went to sleep without a shirt on. He was really regretting that now as he shivered, moving quickly he grabbed his hoodie which was on the floor near by, Ian and Lip were still asleep as he took to waking earlier.

Shivering he got out of bed while grabbing some socks, he decided to take a rest day today since it was so cold, usually he would ignore this since he ran outside everyday but he was being lazy today. Walking downstairs he decided to make everyone breakfast since they were still asleep, cursing when he remembered their was no gas he couldn't make anything hot for them to eat.

Since he couldn't make everyone a hot breakfast he just made himself a bowl of cereal, taking a book from his backpack he sat down reading that while waiting for everyone else to come down. He had already seen that the gas bill was past due and they planned to have it off today if not paid, he could only shake his head at that, he gave Fiona over a hundred this past week, she should have a lot of it to pay it.

As he finished his food Fiona came down the stairs wrapping herself up in a sweater, "It is freezing," she moved to turn the stove on but it didn't work, "Come on!"

"Gas bill needs to be paid." He commented not looking away from his book, it was from his favorite series in his past life though it was meant for people the age he was now. So with his younger mind he was reading it again while being able to enjoy it to the fullest not having adult expectations.

"Shit!" Fiona cursed as everyone else started to make their way down the stairs each were wearing clothes to fight off the chill of the house.

The rest of the morning was a blur as Steve ended up over, Fiona got flowers from Tony and Kevin ended up eating breakfast at their house after coming over to find Veronica. Carl watched it all happen in silence, they didn't have enough money for the gas bill so they would have to wait until later to pay it, hopefully Fiona would make up the rest to actually get it paid and he wouldn't need to take a cold shower.

"How was your morning?" Sophia asked him as they both stood in the hallway waiting for class to start.

"Horrible, the gas is out at the house so I didn't get to shower this morning before school." He said frowning.

"Oh, so you are what that smell was. I was wondering what that dead smell was." Sophia joked smirking at him.

Carl rolled his eyes while shoving her playfully, he then pulled her into his side as she giggled, it was already official that she was his best friend now which she took in stride as she agreed with him. The bell rang for class and Carl didn't take his arm from around her neck as he walked her into the classroom, he sent a glare to Little Hank who was already at his seat as he did so.

Sophia hit his stomach as she pointed to their seats, he rolled his eyes but still sat down, Little Hank would get his, Carl would make sure of that no one got to beat him up and get away with it. Especially when he was jumped by more then one person, that was the cowards way to fight anyway, it was clear he couldn't fight him on his own.

For the rest of the day Carl was once again bored, he contemplated skipping grades, but when they were at lunch Sophia and him sat alone at the end of a table together. That is when he knew he couldn't as he would be leaving her alone if he did, so he would have to suffer through these classes.

Plus he wouldn't have to deal with more challenging things if he didn't skip grades, right now his life was relaxed and he loved that.

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"Hey Gallagher!" Carl heard shouted at him as he walked him from tutoring Sophia again.

Turning he saw Mickey and his brothers walking over to him, "Can I help you?" He asked politely not wanting to be beaten by three older and tougher boys, he knew they didn't care about age.

"Yeah, we're looking for your brother Ian. Have you seen him?" He asked as the other two looked at him meanicingly.

Carl shook his head, "Sorry, after school I tutor so I haven't seen any of my family yet. I am on my way home now though."

Mickey watched him a moment before nodding, "Alright. Well when you see him tell him that we are looking for him."

Carl nodded before walking off, he really didn't want to antagonize them at all, it wouldn't be beneficial to his health, though they all knew that he wouldn't be telling Ian that at all. Or he would actually but all it would cause is for Ian to avoid them even more, which was smart of him by the way they were looking.

When Carl arrived home it was to the curious sight of a man dressed in a dress with lipstick sitting in a chair in his house, the man was supporting a boner too as he snoozed away. 'Is that Mr. Perry the old bus driver?' Carl thought as he set his backpack to the side.

Going into the kitchen he found most of the family there, "So what is it this time?" He asked in way of greeting.

Lip laughed, "Dad here is apparently frauding the government seeing as Aunt Ginger is dead. So we are looking for someone to show the lady who is coming by tomorrow or Frank loses those checks."

Carl rolled his eyes but thought of something, he didn't hold it in either as he asked out loud, "Wait," everyone looked at him hearing the seriousness in his voice, "What happens when Aunt Ginger is found out to be dead or 'really' dies? Who gets this house?"

The room went silent as they all processed that, he could see it in all of their faces as they realized that the house was in her name, so when she was pronounced dead then the house was up for grabs, "Shit!" Frank said running a hand through his hair.

"Lip?" Fiona asked as she did most the time seeing as he looked crap like this up randomly.

Lip thought it over, "Well, if there is a Will then it will go to whoever she left it to. Seeing as she was a drug addict and died unexpectedly though and is a Gallagher, then I don't think she has one.

It wouldn't be that hard to get one written out though and left to Fiona, seeing as she is the only one of age, and Frank would sell it for drug money."

"Hey, I will have you know--" Frank started but was cut off as Lip kept going.

"I have a friend who is a notary public, I will get him to get it official and I will drop it off tomorrow morning. Better to get it out of the way sooner rather then later." Lip said with a smirk on his face.

Carl didn't comment on this, his family already did enough illegal things that he didn't even bat an eye, it was coming more natural for him to skirt the line of legal and illegal things. He was sure by the time he hit thirteen that he would be doing some illegal things himself without even a second thought, which was coming easier for him to accept.

"So, do you have a plan for the Aunt Ginger situation or are we letting Frank go to prison?" Carl asked as he took a seat at the table getting laughs from everyone but Frank who glared some.

Fiona smiled as Lip ruffled his hair, Debby was also glaring a little at him, "Well actually Veronica?" She asked getting said woman's attention, "Do you think anyone would miss anyone at the old folks home?"

A sly smile crossed V's face as she shook her head, "Some of them go missing all the time as they wander off not to be found until a day or two later. I am sure we can find one."

With that Fiona, Veronica, Debby and Frank all let to out and search for an old and forgetful woman while the rest hung out at the house, Carl sighed as the place was still cold. They were still a hundred short for the gas bill, he already gave what he wanted, he didn't want to give anymore, especially not from his hidden stash inside his bed.

Going upstairs he took out the fifty gallon garbage bags from his stuff, he then took those all the way downstairs to the basement without wasting another minute he began to clean up. He wanted to spend the next month getting the place liveable, it might be colder thanks to no heat but it would give him his own space if he did this, he would also be putting multiple locks on the place, inside and out.

He didn't need Frank getting drunk and trying to sleep in his new room, lord knows he has been doing it enough now.

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Fiona and them later came back with a woman who clearly had dementia, she didn't know where she was half the time and would always change whatever she was talking about soon after. He could only shake his head at that, at least they had found the perfect woman, she wouldn't be able to tell anyone that they had kidnapped her for the night.

God he hated that word, adult-napped or old person-napped was more like it, this woman looked nothing like a kid.

"Carl get in here for some pictures." Fiona said as Ian and Lip sat around the woman.

He moved to do that but really hoped that they changed Lip wasn't here when the social worker was, because seeing his cuts and bruises...well that would just ruin this all. Which is what he told Lip too who nodded agreeing, he planned to be with Karen at that time anyway.

The rest of the night was spent with him watching Debbie grow attached to the elderly woman, who he didn't even know the name of, but it was better that way. Plausible deniability and all that junk.

The next morning found him relaxing at home for the day, he didn't do much but lazy around, he also really thought about getting a cell phone, not being able to talk to people was killing him. He would have to dip into his stash in order to get it, this was just something that he would have to do.

As the day wore on they were able to trick the lady thanks to the old woman having dementia, he laughed as Fiona took off with the check though to pay the bill for the gas.

Blushing Carl smiled shyly while cursing in his head, "Hi Mandy." He said walking into his room later that night seeing her sitting on the bed at Ian's feet. It seemed they were back on speaking terms or at least they were now.

"Hey cutie pie." She said with a wink causing him to blush harder making Ian and Lip break out laughing. He rolled his eyes before throwing the cover over his head to sleep.