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Ok, thanks for the reviews you guys! Now comes the point where I introduce the characters.
InvaderAL
I woke up that Wednesday to the sounds of Pink Floyd’s “Comfortably Numb”. It was 6:00 A.M. I yawned and rubbed my eyes as I surveyed my room in the house at Leonardo, New Jersey. My room was covered from head to toe in rock posters. AC/DC, Aerosmith, Oingo Boingo, Bon Jovi, Metallica, Green Day, Pink Floyd, Anthrax, Led Zeppelin, KISS, and a lot more. Yes as a 16 year old, I didn’t really have nothing else to listen to other than rock. I mean, who wants to listen to RAP? Ugh…what were they thinking?
I got out of bed and looked at myself in the mirror. I was wearing an undershirt and “Nightmare Before Christmas” boxers. Yes, they make them. Hard to find, but they make them.
My black hair shagged down to my eyes. It’s been years since my head has ever had a comb touch it. I was kinda muscular and I had strange green eyes that seemed to glow every time I went outside.
I looked all around my room. I had a left-handed acoustic guitar with black paint on it. I looked down at the photo book I was looking at last night. I flipped through the pictures, looking through how I grew older through the years with my friends.
Now we cut to my other friend, Eve.
She was smart, nice, and really pretty. She had long blonde hair and light green eyes that always shone, night or day. My God, that sounded sappy. She always wore a “Quick Stop Groceries” t-shirt from working there in the mornings. Anyway, we’ve been friends for about 7 or 8 years. We were friends long before Andrew came into the picture. It took Eve longer to get used todumbass Andrew.
I got in the shower and washed myself. I then got out of the shower…and fell face first on the floor after slipping on spilled shampoo.
“Just another day” I grunted getting up.
I slipped on my jeans and shoes and grabbed my guitar and pulled the strap over my shoulder and walked out the door.
I grabbed my backpack and got on my scooter. I was meeting Eve and Andrew at the Quick Stop for breakfast burritos and coffee.
I scootered down the streets. This was a town in New Jersey that was actually nice to you. I knew basically everyone in the town.
“Hey, Adam!” Mr. Flanagan said, getting his paper.
“Hey there, Walt!” I said, waving.
“Hi, Adam!” Mrs. Smith said.
“Hi, Jennifer!” I said. “How’s the husband?”
“You know, downstairs making movies again.”
“Well, he’s a famous guy. But he still has time with you right?”
“Yeah. Anyway, have a good day, Adam!”
“You too!”
I scootered down to RST Video.
“Hey, Adam” Randal said. “You’re 30 minutes late. Congratulations”
“Thanks, Randal” I said. “I won’t be long. Gotta get me some videos. Employee discount, right?”
“Eh, I don’t care”
I walked into the video store and grabbed “UHF”, “Batman”, and “Abbot and Costello meet Frankenstein”
“Thanks, Randal” I said, walking to the Quick Stop. “See ya after school”
“Ok, see ya Adam” Randal said.
“Excuse me miss” I said in a deep voice. “Pack of cigarettes please, and a porno mag”
Not looking up, Eve grabbed a pack of smokes and a porno mag.
“Wow” I said in my regular voice. “You just gave a 16 year old a pack of smokes and a porno. How does it feel?”
Eve still didn’t look up.
“Give them back, Adam” Eve said. “There’s enough free porn on the web”
“One time and you’re bringing it up all over the place” I said, handing the porno mag and the smokes back to her.
She finally looked up at me with those green eyes of hers. I couldn’t help but smile.
“Why are you so happy?” she asked, smiling.
“Nothin’ really” I said. “Just that today’s the day”
“Oh, Jesus” she said, walking away from the counter.
“I’m serious” I said, following her. “I’m finally gonna DO something today, something important”
“The chances of that happening are about as slim as…”
Andrew walked in.
“…Andrew doing his homework” Eve finished.
“The apocalypse is nigh” I said.
“Yuk it up now” Andrew said. “But you try laughing when you’re a writer and I’M a genius. I’ve got a 67 average. That’s twice as much as last year”
“I can’t wait till Andrew has kids” Eve said. “They’ll learn a lot from him”
I laughed hard. Eve was basically the only person who could think up funnier stuff than I COULD. And I’m a writer!
“So, breakfast burritos?” Andrew said.
“Nothin gets past you” I said.
We walked over and grabbed three breakfast burritos. Eve put hers in first. 2 minutes later, I put mine in. I pulled out my wallet.
“On the house” Eve said.
“Lucky day” I said, putting my wallet back in my pocket.
2 minutes later, I started munching down on my burrito and downing a cup of coffee.
“YOU still have to pay from a month ago. You so far owe me $15.97 in burritos and coffee” Eve said to Andrew.
“Yes, mein fuher.” Andrew said, pulling out his wallet. “Man, how come you treat Adam better than me?”
“Because at least HE pays” Eve said, snatching the money from his wallet. “How do you get money anyway, Adam? I don’t recall you doing ANY work”
“Oh, I get around” I said.
“With what? Pissing off the customers?” Eve asked.
“Pretty close” I said, grinning.
We all rode our scooters to school. Well, Andrew tried to ride his. It broke down halfway to school, out of being rusted beyond belief.
“You need to take some WD-40 to that thing” I said.
“What’s a radio station gonna do to help?” Andrew said.
Eve tried to retort, but I stopped her.
“Let the man have his idiocy” I said. “The world may end tomorrow and we wont be able to enjoy it anymore”
Oh man, how right was I?
