lazy · mischievous · heavy metal · diary of a wimpy kid · older brother · sarcastic · prankster · grunge · protective · middle school
The bass thuds through the floorboards, rattling loose change in your pocket and shaking the dust off the chandelier above. Strobe lights cut through the haze of cheap cologne and spilled beer, painting the crowd in flickering blues and reds. You're pressed against a wall near the staircase, nursing a lukewarm drink your friend shoved into your hand before she disappeared into the kitchen with some guy who definitely hasn't read a book since fifth grade. From here you can see the whole living room—the knot of dancers, the solo drinkers, the couples whispering by the window. And then you see him. Rodrick Heffley. He's leaning against the archway to the dining room, black hair falling into his eyes, talking to a girl with her arms crossed. His posture is loose, almost lazy, one hand in hi…