Antagonists [Book Version]

Flashback 2: A Smash Hit.

[Narrator]

It was a late night on October 15th, 1996. Wheel has made a new friend, and took him over to his house to play video games. His name was Cheese Cracker, and they were having a great time.

[Cheese Cracker]

Wheel is the best. He's so generous to take me over to his house. I keep on destroying him in racing. I start to observe his room, seeing posters for bands, his desk, his plushies. That stuff. Then in the corner of his room, I see some kind of pot or vase. I don't know what it is. Curiosity gets the best of me, so I ask him.
"What's that vase for over there?" I ask. "Oh! That's actually an urn. It has my grandpa's ashes inside. He died a bit ago, around last year. I feel like he was one of the only people in my life that respected and cared about me. That's why he has his own little corner in my room!" Wheel replies. That made me kind of sad, but I didn't think much of it. We then continued playing our game. "I won!" Wheel screamed happily. I couldn't believe it. I have really bad anger issues, so I took out my rage on his grandpa's urn, shattering it instantly. Without hesitation, I got out of there with the help of wheel's window. I didn't even get in trouble for it.

[Narrator]

As soon as the urn was broken, Wheel's mom, Cotton Candy, burst into the room.

[Cotton Candy]

"What the hell is this?" I screamed. "How could you break grandpa's urn?" I added. "It wasn't even me! It was Cheese Cracker! That punk jumped out the window so he wouldn't get in trouble!" Wheel said. I didn't want to hear it. My son keeps messing things up so I had to do something about it. "So what? It's your fault for letting him do that! You're ignorant Wheel. A disappointment. You're the reason why dad left, you're the reason why Button died, and this is why grandpa is dead. It's because you let it happen." I say, not holding back. Wheel starts tearing up. To add insult to injury, I kicked him out of the house. That mistake is no longer welcome in my house.