A Slice of LifeThump!Thump! There was a loud noise at the door, "Okay, wait, I'm coming." Tim shouted. Tim was in his early twenties, had a blue lawnmower, always dressed shabbily and addicted to heroin. Tim walked to the door and opened it, "Yes." he said sarcastically. The man at the door asked if Gwen was home, "Are you Gwen's new boyfriend?" Tim asked him. “Yes, my name is Tony,” he replied. “Nice to meet you,” Tim said. "No, Gwen isn't here right now. I think she's still trying to get a job at that bar on 6th Street," Tim replied. “Oh, well, tell her I stopped by and just to call me, okay?” Tony said. “A problem,” Tim said. “Oh, and what is it?” Tony replied. "Didn't Gwen tell you?" Tim said "we don't have a phone, or a TV or any other appliances, we're thugs. Why do you think we live in this shed?" “Well, I guess I'll be back later,” Tony said with a strange look on his face. "Tim! Wake up!" Gwen shouted. "Huh?" Tim replied. “Wake up!” he shouted back. “Oh, okay,” Tim yelled back. "That boy, Tony, came by looking for you, he thought we had a phone." Tim said chuckling. “You didn't tell him we don't have a phone or anything, did you?!” Gwen shouted. "Um, well more or less yes, why?" Tim asked. " Why?" he screamed and stormed off. Gwen was the kind of girl who didn't care what people thought of her, but she didn't like it when people found out she was poor. She had blonde hair and was very thin. He wore sequined pants and these funny looking shirts most of the time unless he went out. "Gwen?, Mike and Shirley are home. Look, I'm sorry I told Tony." Tim said. "Send Shirley in." Gwen shouted back. "Shirley, Gwen wants you." Tim said, “I'll be right there,” he yelled back. Shirley was an Irish girl whose parents had both died, and she was sent to America to live with her aunt. He ran away and met Mike. Shirley had red hair and was also a strange dresser, she worked in a library archiving books. The pay was terrible but she would have accepted anything to keep them alive. "I'm outside Gwen, come out and let's talk." Shirley screamed in the shed. “What's wrong with her?” Mike asked. “Tim told his new boyfriend we were poor,” Shirley replied.