Chapter 1:The Awakening

With the feeling of that cool morning breeze, flowing across my skin I knew that I left the window open again as I do so often after spending most of the nights on the roof just lost in my thoughts looking up wondering if we are alone in this vast universe.

God couldn't have made this universe, and just have us in it did he run out of ideas on how to make them look come on put some stuff together something to see and to hear also to move you know those lil stuff they don't even have to have bodies I guess even make some race of stick people instantly a smile cracked on my face.

Imma stop my nonsense before god slaps me back to child's birth and that would really suck back then it was lame "sigh" then it hit me all this time I was thinking all this nonsense I was in the dark all this time like isn't it morning where's the sun? oh, yea silly me eyes are still closed such a cluts.

I could suddenly hear my mom coming up the stairs and as history dictates I've overslept again lol I'm talking as if I'm a thousand years old and like clockwork

" Anthony William Michelson" I swear if I have to keep coming up here to wake you up every morning I'm going to start walking with a bucket of water I am not your alarm clock you know."

" But your so good at it mom and so pretty when I get a job imma start paying you back, but for now I love you will just have to do,"

I could just tell she was smiling on the other side of the door blushing even, I always seem to know the right things to say to get mom smiling and I often use that to get my way and to avoid an ass whooping when dads not around. "get up out of bed and go take a shower breakfast is getting cold and close that window I swear somethings gonna crawl up that window and snatch you right out your bed then your gonna wish you had listened to me now get going mister shower now,"

"okay fine" as I stuck my tongue out and twisted in the bed. "why do we have to go to school? It's so lame and boring" 

"So how do you expect to get that job you're so bragging about that your gonna get and start paying me back for my alarm services?"

"my expensive alarm services, enough talking I see what you're doing and it isn't gonna work today mister"

Damn it she saw through my master plan if

I Just could have held  the conversation a lil  longer, as I almost got lost in my thoughts again I got up made my bed closed the window. But now I'm wondering how did she know that it was open in the first place and my door was closed. I swear my mom is superwoman and this boring housewife act is her cover poor dad I wonder if she nooooope not even gonna go there. I noticed the time displaying on my Laptop and I was already late for school, I went off to the bathroom. As I opened the door I was greeted by a firm grip around my neck, by now I'm getting use to my older brother timothy doing this, flexing his muscles as I always call it and the funny thing is he didn't have them to flex a few years ago then after his 16th birthday he started to act all cool and mysterious and stuff. "runt you always make mom have to come up here to wake you up is that alarm clock too complicated for you to use? Poor soul"

"Dude, go away your just jealous she doesn't come to wake you up in the mornings" as I stick my tongue out again as I close the bathroom door I could hear him say mom's lil pup. After I finished showering I came out the victor against the cold water my arch-rival I don't know why it still even tries it he should just submit and give up, Me and my silly imagination that's why they say I take forever in the shower, downstairs I go where breakfast was waiting it was a little cold but cold or hot they are going down the ally as I say very often as I'm almost finished I could hear the bus, up the road and on cue, my mom is there with my bag with that look on her face as to say I am not your servant lil boy I smiled and ran out of the house "you gonna be a rich mom when I get my big job looooveeee you byyyyyye mom"

Dad was always out before I woke.

He has to be putting in overtime on a project for a client their firm has landed something big. Grown-up stuff I could care less as long as he's home on weekends so I can beat him on football I'm good, as the bus pulled up to my gate I could see Sam one of my close friends if not the closest he always takes the rap when we get in trouble and I use my cunning charms to get us off the hook partners in crime as you may call it.

As I got on the bus and was walking to my seat, I suddenly felt myself leaning forward into a fall "boof" as I hit the cold bus floor I turn to look what happened I saw Jeremy my arch-enemy aka school bully with a smirk on his face. That's his lil way of reminding me he's the so-called boss by trying to trip me, my reaction was sharp, I got up quick as I could spot Sam coming this way I knew what was about to happen fist folded ready to send Jeremy back to elementary school with one punch, plus Sam was kind of bigger than Jeremy so it would be a sin I gently touched Sam on the shoulder.

"Sam he's not worth it man, Besides everyone knows virgin's blood will be hard to wash off"

Everybody on the bus broke out laughing as Jeremy like to brag on the girls, he had been with. I knew Jeremy was about to do something cause I could feel sam starting to push back as I was pushing him to our seats,

  "yawl take your seats now, you had your fun I'm not responsible for who falls while I'm driving we all knew he didn't mean it he was cool and always waited on us at his assigned route it's not his fault we a running a bit behind time," said the bus driver from upfront. Then there was silence, we went to our seats and as we sat down I heard a voice so smooth it would make Celine Dion jealous from behind me saying.

"one day you guys should show Jeremy who's boss" I turn around and it was Amanda she was there smiling her cute dimples revealed themselves for me to gaze upon, her long ginger curly hair cascading over her face her deep ocean blue eyes staring at me and her fine freckles could be seen on her cheeks she was a beauty indeed. our eyes locked on each other none of us wanted to look away god knows how long we were staring at each other. I was dragged out of my thoughts by Sam " Earth to Anthony, didn't you hear the Bus driver saying we should sit down? Plus y'all two just going to look at each other not saying a word until y'all find some awkward excuses to turn away or walk-off" he said with a smirk.

"And Anthony, your dad has family from Jamaica you should do better bro"

He said while looking for something in his bag, I playfully shoved his head in the bag "there got  what you are looking for now shut up"

I could see the last turn off before reaching the school in the distance I sat there thinking here we go again, I took a deep exhale

"Only two more years bro." Said sam as the bus entered the school gates coming to a park, we got off and I look up and saw that silly buck its Elkhorn high school's mascot I always crack a smile saying Rudolph's our mascot.