Chapter 9- Room Mates

This had not been how he had expected his night to turn out. As Brian sat scrunched up on the back porch steps of the Sanders’ house, the icy air stabbed at the exposed skin on his face. So he tugged on the strings of his hood to shield as much of his face from the cold as possible.

A few minutes after closing the door behind ( Read more... )

Chapter 8- In the Neighbourhood

The light poured out from the backdoor exit of a school’s brightly illuminated gym and in through the windscreen of the parked Jeep. From within the light, a moving silhouette approached the family car, steadily growing in size until soon it was close enough to reveal Matt’s features. The slightly greying man in the ( Read more... )

Chapter 7- Home Sweet Home

Early November found Brian in pretty much the exact same routine he had been in for the past five weeks. That’s how long it had been since he had spoken to Jimmy, but lately he had really been regretting their fight.

In the beginning it was easier. For the first week his overpowering anger towards Jimmy for betraying him ( Read more... )

Chapter 6- Aftermath

Brian stormed all the way to the crowded cafeteria without having to talk to anyone else. As soon as he swung the heavy door open, Jimmy appeared from behind the vending machines, looking cautious.

“Did you get your present?”

Brian stared in disbelief. Shock rose up and took hold of his turbulent thought process.

“You knew?” Even ( Read more... )

Chapter 5- Black and Blue

Matt never understood why everyone hated Mondays so much. Without Mondays there was no week. And without the week there was no school. Without school there were no other students, no basketball team, no free lunches from the eager girls in Home Ec. Without Mondays there’d be no reflection on how great the weekend was, and ( Read more... )

Chapter 4- Evacuation Protest

Now that they had gotten their free meal, Jimmy and Brian were at a loss for what to do for the rest of the night. The disappointment of having the best part of the day over with threatened to catch up with them. If they didn’t make a decision soon, they’d end up back at home watching the shopping network for yet ( Read more... )

Chapter 3 -Street Spirit

The next night flew in without much exertion. After practice the basketball team regrouped in the unexceptional red white and black themed pizzeria down the street from the gym. They were there to celebrate the start of the new season.

“El Capitan” was one of the first to arrive, and so he picked out one of the bigger, more ( Read more... )

Chapter 2  Rattlesnake

Another school day was over with. Brian fucking hated going. He could feel all creativity drain out through his ass with every passing second he spent there, sat on that violating furniture. His concentration was never able to stick around as long as his body had to. One of these days he was gonna have to get himself tested ( Read more... )

Chapter 1 Mattalyst

“ ’A savage journey to the heart of the American Dream’? Dude, where do you even get this stuff. You’re not doing your rep any favours.” A thick, toned arm flung the offending book back into Zacky’s locker, its full bodied owner dismissively backing away from the metal row and heading towards the nearest food source. Matt’s ( Read more... )

I don't know about it being a remedy, but when I get to the stage of sickness where you just need to be asleep so you're not awake anymore I put on Atreyu's greatest hits and play it all the way through.
By about the third song I'm unconscious and then I wake up around Ex's and Oh's all refreshed.

For months I had no idea what songs were in the ( Read more... )