Take two

Chapter 1

He walked through the door and threw his bag at the wall. He had had a long day of school with detention after detention. He looked at the living room and saw no one. Typical he thought. In that moment he light a cigarette and went to town smoking and watching whatever crap was playing on tv that day.

It was 7pm and he was evaluating on what to eat for dinner. He scanned through his freezer filled with process crap when he decided on a macaroni and cheese. Slowly it began to heat up; his mouth drooling with the thought of a meal as the aroma began to fill the air...

DING! The microwave went off and he hastily began to eat his meal leaving no time to chew his food and it was gone within the minute.

He went back to the couch and pulled out his pocket knife and began to carve the fabric pulling out pieces and throwing them at the walls . He chuckled as the foam pieces bounced. It seemed as a simple concept but it was a lot for this young boy.

I guess I should introduce him. This is Simon a 14 year old boy, his father works at the local supermarket as a store attendant and he has a serious gambling addiction spending most of his time at the casino and tends to beat Simon when he is out of line. Taking his losses out on his innocent son. Simon's mother is no better working at the local hairdressers and has a serious drinking problem and is always home drunk and supporting her excuse for a husbands every action.

As he was beginning to close his eyes there was a sudden knocking of the door each bang more urgent than the last, Simon opened the door and was greeted by three men in sunglasses and wearing the government insignia on their shirts.

Simon was confused and asked what all this was about. After all he was just relaxing at his home. This is when the government invited him to an elite facility where he will have a second chance at life. Simon looks puzzled and then asks why.