The Bitter Cold

Chapter 1: Just A Normal Day

BRRRIIING!! The alarm clock rung, it was time for me to wake up and leave dreamland. My eyes opened and I my upper body sprang above the bed. I looked for the alarm clock and turned it off. It was 7:30, and school was going to start in an hour. I always liked the mornings. My parents were always at work early, and my sister was in a lot of clubs in her school, so it was always just me in the house when I got up. It was always nice just being by myself, and just having your thoughts to keep you company. I went downstairs to find my breakfast on the table and my clothes on the counter to change into after my shower. I turned on the TV and watched the news while I waited for the shower to heat up. They were talking about how that day was going to be warm and nice and beautiful. After my shower I got changed into my school clothes (a video game t-shirt with shorts and a hoodie to go over top. I checked the clock and saw that it was 8:00. My ride would be here soon. I went to the sink and began to brush my teeth. Once they were done, I went into the cabinet to the left of me and grabbed out a brush. I went to the mirror and started to comb my hair. It looked pretty good if I do say so myself. I checked the clock again and saw that 5 minutes had past, that meant that I had just enough time to eat my breakfast. I sat down and looked at my plate. A cinnamon raisin bagel with cream cheese... YUM! I had just finished my bagel when I heard the honk outside my door. My ride was here. I went outside and saw the white and black car standing right next to the curb. I grabbed my backpack and put on my shoes. It was time to go to school. As I climbed inside I saw my two friends Josh and Cooper sitting inside. "Welcome to the taxi service" Josh's Dad chuckled, " Next stop... SCHOOL" we all laughed and began to talk.
"Hey guys do you wanna hang out in the grounds after school?" Josh questioned. "The Grounds" is what we called the playground outside our school.
"Sure" Cooper replied, "I'll get my foot ball from my locker, and we can have a game."
"I can get my soccer ball instead" retorted Josh
"No lets play both" Cooper finally stated. They both had agreed.
"DJ what do you wanna do?" Questioned Josh.
"I can't hang out. My parents are going on a cruise for the break, and my sister wants me to get all my studying done first so I can play later." My sister was always an academic first type of person, and I appreciated that. I also like that my parents were going on a cruise. This is the first time in a while they will be by themselves and relax. They were going on a cruise to the Caribbean and back. The whole trip was going to take a week. They would be back the last day of break, and me and my sister would be celebrating Easter with her friends.We arrived at school and entered into the little parking lot that we would wait in until we got inside to the school. I left Cooper and Josh and went to go say hi to some of my other friends. I walked through the crowd trying to get to the skater corner ( where all the punk rock kids hung out ) I bumped into a kid and he turned around. It was Sincere!!!
"Hey Beats Buddy" I chuckled
" Hey to you to" He bellowed
"Wanna go to skater corner with me?"
"Sure, but this crowd is big"
"How can we get through?"I said nervously, Sincere looked at me with an evil grin on his face. I knew exactly what he was going to do.
"8TH GRADERS!!!!" He screamed, "GET ME THROUGH THIS CROWD!!!" All the 8th graders turned around, and almost liked they were hypnotized, they began to make a path for us to skaters park. Sincere was a very popular person, and he was very tight with the 8th graders, so tight that they were basically his minions! We walked through the giant path to skaters park,and found the two girls we were looking for, Jess and Sierra. They were riding their penny boards around with a couple of other kids. They were the type of people you would love of friends, but would have HATED as enemies. People say that they are the baddest kids in the school, and I believe it. I was lucky enough to have them as friends though. Two kids stopped their penny boards in front of us and began to grit their teeth."Chad, Roy, you guys can move. We are here to see Jess and Sierra."
"We are not like the other kids, we don't listen to dorks like you" they began to clench their fists. Me and Sincere began to step back terrified of what they were going to do.
"STOOOP" screamed Sierra. The boys looked behind them and their jaws dropped, they were terrified. "You two boys can stop before you end up with two broken wrists and a knocked out tooth." She cautioned.
"Sorry Sierra we just didn't know they were close to you" both boys quivered
"You boys are fine... for now. Now LEAVE before I change my mind!" Both boys ran for their lives. " You good Batman?" She questioned me
"We are fine Superman" I chuckled. Superman and Batman is what we called each other because they were our favorite superheroes.
"Come with me and I'll take you to Jess" We began to walk through the mob of skater dudes and rebels. We finally arrived to Jess. She was sitting on a bench as a bunch of punk dudes were fanning her and bending at her will.
"We'll look what the black little cat dragged in" Jess chuckled "thing one and thing two" Jess and Sierra began to laugh, " Listen DJ I can't talk right now I am ordering my boys to do something very important, I will setup a talk during lunch if it is important."
"No, I just wanted to say hi"
"Well hi then" she winked at me, "now I suggest you go before the bell rings, I know you don't want to be late. Sister escort them back."
"What's the magic word?" They both chuckled and Sierra escorted us out of skater corner. "You guys should be careful next time, I won't always be there to save you from a bunch of dorks. " the bell rang and me and Sincere sprinted into the school. We hated being late. Sierra on the other hand, chuckled and went on her phone as she rode her penny board back to "Queen Jess". School had just started, and the longest day of my life was just beginning.....