The War Against The World

chapter two

when Otis felt someone shaking him, he slowly fluttered opened his eyes, it was his mom. "time to get up my bumblebee." his mother softly spoke out

"it's your first day of school, you don't want to be late do you?"

he groaned out of announce but nonetheless got up. he said good morning to he's mother and looked over at the clock, it read 6:00am, he had to be at school at 7:30 so he had plenty of time.

he slowly got up and walked down the hallway to his bedroom, he went over to his closet and searched through it trying to find the best clothing option for his first day back to school.

once he found something that he didn't completely hate, he walked over to his bathroom and got ready and changed, he would normally have a shower in the morning but he had one the night before so he chose to skip it today.

once he was all done with brushing his hair and teeth and all the rest a normal person does in the morning, he walked over to his full length mirror and looked himself up and down. he chose a simple grayish blue shirt with some black cargo pants to go along with it, it wasn't the most impressive getup by far but he didn't look bad by any means. it wasn't like he was trying to impress anyone anyway. he grabbed his book bag, his phone and headphones, and pack of cigarettes.

he walked downstairs to the kitchen where his mother stood. "mom i'm ready." his mother looked over with a cheerful expression, "your just in time hun, come get a plate, i made eggs and bacon!" she said as happily as possible. Otis immediately tensed up, "i'm not really that hungry this morning, i'm sorry mom." he said with a guilty expression.

"how are you not hungry, you hardly ate dinner last night?" she asked questionably " you've hardly eaten anything all week."

he smiled nervously, "i guess i just lost my appetite sense i've gotten back. when are we leaving?" his mother gave him a sad smile " we will leave once i get this put up." she replied.
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he felt guilty for lying to his mom but he just couldn't stomach the thought of eating.

soon enough they left and they finally arrived at his high school. "goodbye mom, love you!" he said leaving the vehicle "bye bumblebee" she said lovingly.

he slowly walked through the doors and headed off to his first class. soon hours had passed and gone, and he's finally done to all his morning classes and now it's lunchtime, he was dreading this exact moment all day long.

he rushed through the halls and through the cafeteria as fast as he could, he damn near ran through the lunch line and crabbed an apple and hurriedly left. he didn't want to talk to anyone.

he walked right out the doors and set his journey to his favorite spot, it was the big oak tree in the small field next to his school. the field was technically still on school property so he was able to sit out there for his lunch, there was even a couple picnic tables set up.

he never sat at them though, he always chose the tree. it was much more peaceful, and more importantly it was right out of view of any of the cameras, he could pull out one of his smokes and light it up no problem.

once he sat down he let out a big sigh, he grabbed his backpack that at next to him and rummaged through it for his cigarette pack and lighter, once he found them he immediately lit one up and took a drag.

he was waiting all day for this moment. as soon as the toxic smoke filled his lungs he felt relieved, it's been a stressful day for him.