The War Against The World

chapter four

it was hours later, and he's classes were incredibly boring like usual.

he tried paying attention the best he could but it was difficult, especially when all he could think about was it being over.

he almost fell asleep twice for Gods sake.

he wanted to get the day over with. he was excited for lunch but at the same time he was nervous. Adam had been nothing but nice to him from the beginning, but he still felt anxious.

soon enough the annoyingly loud bell went off signifying it was finally lunch. "thank fuck." Otis said under his breath. he didn't think he could stand one more minute of his teacher blabbering on about whatever the hell she was talking about.

everyone was packing up there stuff and leaving out the door. Otis had already packed his things and he made sure to leave as fast as he could, he was out the door long before anyone else even had the chance to stand up. he was more then ready to get out of there.

walking down the hallway back to his locker, Otis had a lot on his mind, he wasn't sure he was prepared for what was about to happen.

when he was a couple feet away from his locker he seen a figure standing next to it. Adam was waiting for him, and so Otis slowly made his way over.

he was looking down at his phone, and he wasn't paying attention to when Otis came up to him. "hello." Adam, probably not expecting to hear his voice, jumped back a little.

"oh, hi!" Adam said after realizing it was Otis. "you scared the shit out of me." he added with a laugh and bringing his arm up to his chest.

Otis let out a chuckled at Adam's reaction "well maybe you should've been paying attention, and not staring at your phone so intensely." he joked back. "you make a good point." Adam replied with a bright smile.

"well should we go get lunch then?" Adam asked. Otis smiled at him and nodded. so then they were off down the hallway to the lunchroom.

"class was so boring today. someone answered one of the math equations wrong, and the teacher went on a long rampage about how we should know it and all that." Adam explained his day with a smile. "he almost made the kid cry!" Adam exclaimed.

Otis just smiled back and replied with "my teacher didn't go on any rampage, but she went on and on about all kinds of random stuff."
"i felt like i was going to fall asleep any moment." he continued

Adam laughed at that then got his tray, he looked over to Otis who was standing awkwardly next to him. "aren't you going to get food?" he questioned with a confused expression.

"i had a big breakfast so i'm not really hungry." Otis mumbled out. he then looked over at the display of fruit, he grabbed an apple and said "i'll have this though." Otis said trying not to seem suspicious.

Adam just smiled at him not thinking anything of it and replied with a simple "alright." as he finished grabbing his food.

"do you wanna sit where we were yesterday?" he asked next. "sure, sounds good to me." Otis responded with a smile

then they were off yet again down the hall, out the doors, and towards the tree. the walk there was short but it was still filled with jokes and laughter, like most of there conversations.

as soon as they got there, they took a seat and continued there conversation about literally nothing while they ate there food. that's how all there conversations went, they always ran smoothly, there was never an awkward moment of silence. it was like they have been friends for years despite only knowing each other for like a day and a half.

Otis really liked Adam, he hoped they'd stay friends.

time flew by and sadly enough lunch was over, and before they knew it they were heading back to class, to continue there overly boring day of school.

by the end of it Otis felt 100 years older. he was more then ready to go home, so as soon as he was allowed to leave, he was out of there faster then the speed of light.

he was walking out the front doors, and starting his journey back home.

it was still a bit chilly but was a lot warmer then it was this morning, and just like this morning Otis was rummaging through his backpack for a certain stick of poison. once he got what he was looking for, he put his cigarette between his lips and lighted it.

he walked slowly back home with a small smile on his face. this was the first time in a while he felt a little bit at peace.

he looked at the little bits of melted snow around, he looked at the grass that was all soggy and gross, he looked at the bright blue sky and the bright sun. although admittedly it wasn't the most pretty time of year, Otis still could appreciate how beautiful the world was.

Otis hated the world and he hated all that's it's done, but he wasn't blind. no matter what the world has done to him, he could always admit it never lost its visual appeal.

soon enough his cigarette came to an end and so did his walk.

Otis popped a piece of mint gum in his mouth, so he's smoke breath wouldn't give him away to his mother.

when he walked through the door he heard the tv on, so assuming that's where his mom was that's where he went. when he turned the corner he saw his mom watching her show while eating some popcorn.

he almost giggled at that. his mom was obsessed with this show about doctors, it had the most ridiculous plot line but nonetheless she loved it.

"hay mom, i'm home!" he exclaimed. she looked over at him and paused her show. "hi honey! how was your day?" she asked with a bright smile.

Otis walked over to her and sat next to her on the couch. "it was fine, nothing too exciting but it was ok." he replied with a light sigh.

"well that's good to hear." his mom gave him a side hug when he sat down next to her, as she answered back with the same continued happiness.

his mom ordered pizza not too long after that, and Otis spent the rest of the evening watching his mom's ridiculous show with her as she explained all the drama to him.

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