Just an odd Teenager
Long ago, when the land was still young, there was a warrior, who fought for the greater good, but one day a terrible curse fell upon his home and--HA! Sorry, I just couldn't help myself. It has always been a habit of mine to write stories of fantasy and I tended to get carried away with it. But, sadly to say, I don't have the skills of fiction writing like I use to. My mind isn't as far off as it once was. I can, however, tell you what it was like growing up in the 2000's. Though it was set it a normal time, my friends and I were far from being regular There are no kids with mutant abilities, mystical creatures that come at your every call, or a hero that goes on a magical journey. This is a story about the young me and my predicaments, this is a story about an odd teenager!
Music plays: "All Star" by Smash Mouth
Somebody once told me the world is gonna roll me
I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed
She was looking kind of dumb with her finger and her thumb
In the shape of an "L" on her forehead
Well the years start coming and they don't stop coming
Fed to the rules and I hit the ground running
Didn't make sense not to live for fun
Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb
So much to do so much to see
So what's wrong with taking the back streets
You'll never know if you don't go
You'll never shine if you don't glow
Hey now you're an All Star, get your game on - go play
Hey now you're a Rock Star, get the show on - get paid
And all that glitters is gold
Only shooting stars break the mold
It's a cool place and they say it gets colder
You're bundled up now but wait 'til you get older
But the meteor men beg to differ
Judging by the hole in the satellite picture
The ice we skate is getting pretty thin
The waters getting warm so you might as well swim
My world's on fire how about yours
That's the way I like it and I never get bored
Somebody once asked could you spare some change for gas
I need to get myself away from this place
I said yep what a concept
I could use a little fuel myself
And we could all use a little change
Well the years start coming and they don't stop coming
Fed to the rules and I hit the ground running
Didn't make sense not to live for fun
Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb
So much to do so much to see
So what's wrong with taking the back streets
You'll never know if you don't go
You'll never shine if you don't glow
Let's see, what is a good year to begin with? Oh yes, the year 2006. Oh, was that was a very interesting year. So many political events, drama, and gossip, it truely was a year that never seemed to calm down. We'll start off in November, on the weekend to be precise. Hmm, let me try to remember what happened, detail to detail.
"CHENZIRAAAAA! GET THE HELL OUT OF BED!"
Oh yes....I remember now. *sighs*
"GET YOUR LAZYY ASS OUT OF BED!" My older sister, Xela (minus the wolf ears), pulled the covers off of me and pulled me out of bed. I fell hard to the ground with a big THUD!
"Awww damn it!" I rub my head. "Why the hell did you do that?!"
"Because you need to wake up!" That's my sister for ya. Despite her bitchiness, she was a very intelligent girl. I remeber around that time she was a senior in Highschool and was part of the Honors Society.
"It's a saturday! And we ain't got nothing to do, so..." I crawl back into bed and pull the covers over my head. "...get the hell out of my room!"
"Don't give me that!" She hisses at me.
"I wasn't planning on giving you anything!" I bark at her.
"Okay fine." She walks out of my room. I can here some water running.
"What the hell is she doing?" I whisper to myself.
"If you don't want to get out of bed willing..." She yells from outside of my room. "Then I'll have to make you get out!" she runs into my room, I know she is running because I can here her feet pat on the floor.
"What are you talking abou-AHHHHHH!" A splash of cold water hits my covers and quickly sinks in on me. "What the hell man!" I get from under the covers, I'm soaking wet. "You little heiffer!" I get in her face. "Why did you do that?!"
"Got cha out of bed, didn't it?!" She sneers at me, then walks out of the room.
"Oh, that b*tch!" I growl. Heh heh, Okay, I admit it. I was a little bit of a foul mouth back then.
The city that we lived in was Chicago a.k.a The Windy City. A few miles away from the downtown area, where a group of apartments, which me, my sister, and mother lived in. Surrounding the apartments where Condos, and houses, which my friends lived in( you will meet them later). If anything, I loved the city. It was always full of life and plus with me being so active, it was the perfect enviorment for me.
It was a sunny saturday morning, and I was feeling bright. "What the hell happened to the Froot Loops?!" Well...sort of bright. "I could have sworn we got a box yesterday." I stare into the empty box of cereal.
"It appears that it's all gone." Xela looks says to me while looking into the box over my shoulder.
"I can see that!" I throw the box down. "But what happened to it?!"
"Hmm, I don't know. Maybe...somebody...at it?!" She rolls her eyes.
"Don't get smart with me. I know that somebody at it, but the question is who?" I look at her with accusing eyes.
"Could it be...hmm...you?!" She glares back at me while zipping up her pants.
"Please! If it was me, I wouldn't be complaining!" I pick up the cereal box and throw it into the trash can.
"Whatever, I don't have time to argue with you. I got to go." She grabs her house keys off the key rack.
"Where are you going?" I pull out another box of Froot Loops.
"I got a job interview, something that a future bum like yourself, wouldn't know anything about." She pokes fun at me.
"Tsst!" I take out a bowl from the cabinet. "I know what a job interview is. It's where you go and suck up to the manager to get the job."
"......I'm leaving, I'll see you later." She heads toward the door.
"Yes I won the arguement and you lost. Failure!" I stick out my tongue at her.
"You didn't lose, I just chose not to win." She opens the door.
"That doesn't make any sense!" I scratch my head.
"An idiot says what?"
"What?"
"Ha! Lame!" She laughs as she walks out the door and closes it.
"Damn it! Why do I always fall for that?" I walk over to the fridge and grab some milk. "She thinks she can just outwit me?" I pour the milk into my cereal and begin to chow down. "Who the hell does she think she is?!" I stuff the spoon full of cereal into my mouth as I walk over to my couch. (Note to the viewers. I was always cranky in the morning, but I loosen up as the day goes on.:thumbsup
TAP TAP TAP! I hear a knock on the door. "Aww damn it! I was getting comfortable." I get up from the couch with the spoon still in my mouth. "Who is it?!" I yell as I open my door.
"Umm...is this a bad time?" Ami looks surprised.
"AMI?!" I cough out of the spoon that was in my mouth. Oh, Ami, I've had a crush on that girl for so long. Very beautiful as I just showed you, sincere, and she was from the United Kingdoms, England I think. Ami was the dream girl of most of the guys in my neighborhood. Determined, pretty, intelligent, not to mention that the girl was interested in videogames! HOW OFTEN DO YOU COME ACROSS A GIRL THAT LIKES VIDEOGAMES?!! *Coughs* Ah hum...anyway, though she was the right girl for me, I wasn't really good at speaking to her...or any girl at that matter.
"Um...are you alright?" She chuckles a little.
"Oh, me? I'm fine, just choked on something that deep-throated me..." My god, that didn't sound right. "No no, I mean I choked on my spoon..." Still doesn't sound right. "No no, I mean I sucked my spoon too hard! UGH!" I should have just given up from the start *sighs*
"Heh heh, it's okay. I get what you are saying." Ami smiled warmly at me.
"So...umm...what are you doing here so early?" I lend on the door's edge but soon slips.
"Uh....I was returning your game." She hands me a Playstation 2 game, Kingdom Hearts 2, as I recall it. Yes, back then we were playing games on disk! Not this virtual stuff that you youngins are playing today. And we used controllers, we didn't have those helmets that take you into a computer world. You see? We actually had to be good in hand and eye coordination.
"Oh yeah, thanks." I take the game. "How was it?"
"It was good. I didn't get very far because my little sisters kept interrupting me." She places her hand in her other and swing back and forth a little. God, that looks so cute.
"Yeah, well it gets better as you get futher in the game. Um...you can borrow it some more if ya want." I look the other way, I couldn't look any girl straight in the eyes, I always got nervous.
"Oh thanks!" She takes it back quickly. "Between me and you I really was reluctant to give it back." She chuckles.
"Yeah well it's a good thing you did return it, other wise I would have called the police, hahahahaha..aah." I sigh at the corny joke I just made. There is an awkward silence between us.
"Well...I better get going. I'm almost late for work." She stares at me with her emerald green eyes.
I begin to blush. "Oh, well...um okay, bye." I quickly close the door on her. "Oh man, I'm such a loser! Oh crap, I shut the door on her face!" I open the door again. She is still standing there with a look of bewilderment. "Hey, Ami?"
"Yeah?" She looks confused. God, that was a bad move.
"I was wondering, when you get off of work, maybe we like...could ya know like...umm...like get some like...ice cream?" I stutter.
"Sure!" She shouts a little. "That'll be lovely. I get off at 3:30PM." She trotts off.
"Wait, where do you work?" I call after her.
"At Barnes and Nobles." She turns the hallway of the apartment.
"Barnes and Nobles..the book store? But that's where...Rachelle and Zackery hang out....uuuhhh man." I shut the door and slide down on the floor. "Those two...well not Rachelle, but....Zackery...ohh god, kill me now."
Yes! First Chapter is done, well not really a chapter more like the first part of the story! I really feel this is a break from all the fantasy stories I use to write when I was younger. Don't worry, I still got a lot of memory, and trust me when I say this, THERE ARE A LOT MORE FRIENDS AND FOES THAT WILL BE COMIGN IN THE NEXT CHAPTER!!!! *Coughs* My voice isn't what it use to be. So all you youngins of the year 2052, tell me what ya think, okay?
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