Part One Of The Gender Chronicles
Will he end with a love story or a tragic event?
A boy who finally makes a friend at his school ends up suddenly having to move five hours away. He visits this new friend and eventually finds out a secret that he ne...
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LakeView Port
I'm Oliver, I'm 16 and so done with life already and I haven't even started my life yet. I go to Spider HIgh School. I know like Spider high what the heck man who names a highschool Spider. I live in a small town in the middle of nowhere. Where the population is only 106. Yeah, I know not that much. Even though there are 106 residents in Lakeview Port I have zero friends and by zero friends I mean I'm alone. During school I get bullied by the school bully Reese and just about everyone at the school the only person who doesn't hate my guts is my English teacher Mrs. Fran. I think the only reason Mrs. Fran doesn't hate me is because of my stories I write for her class. She always tells me, " You need to get these published you could be a famous writer and never know it." I know right like maybe I don't want the whole world knowing what I write; maybe it is good but just no I don't want to. I connect with my stories because the only friends I have are within the stories I write.
My mom is always on my back about my social life she is always telling me I need to get some friends and go out and do bad things. What mother tells their son to do bad things? That just proves I have no friends. My dad is always at work sometimes I consider myself not having a father because he's never home, but I'm okay with it because that just means less nagging at me for being a loner. When my dad is home all my mom does is yell at him which makes them argue which makes them end up yelling at me cause I'm always in my room because I'm always drawing and writing stories.
Today's the day! The last two weeks of school; I find the last two weeks are the best! So let' see here I have to go to the front office first because I'm a front office aid which means while they sit on their lazy asses I get to do all the work just I don't get paid. I have to fill out my papers for 11th grade for all my classes and extracurriculars. Woohoo only two more years in this hell hole. Okay so I want English II, Geometry, Geography, and Chemistry for my regular classes and for my extracurriculars I'll take Art, Chorus, and Theater. I guess those are good choices I mean I'm not a very athletic boy. I hate sports I think the only sport I would ever think of doing is Track and that's only because I did Track in elementary school. As I was signing and filling out the rest of my form I saw this woman and I'm guessing her son walk in the front office. I set my stuff down and shake her hand and flash them a smile. The boy had a grim look on his face so I knew he was a new kid. New school, grim face. I walk behind the desk and sit down and usher them to sit down. They finally take a seat and I ask them a couple of questions to get them not so scared looking. "Scarlett Young is my name and this is Skylar Young my son he's a new student. Are you a student here?", she finally had spoke.
" I'm Oliver Little, I am a front office aid so sure enough I am a student I'll just need you to sign these few papers and I'll show your son around and show him where his classes and everything are." She smiled at me brightly as if she was thrilled that I was so kind. Like why would I be rude. I treat people nicely and kindly because I don't want anyone else feeling as worthless as I do. Scarlett signs the papers gives Skylar a hug and a kiss on the cheek and some reassuring words then off she when to unpack the load of stuff in her U-Haul. Skylar just stands there shy as shit. I give him a small smile and tell him, " It's gonna be alright it's not as bad as you think it is but I ain't gonna lie it's probably worse. I'll be here every step of the way. What house did you just move into?" He responds with, " Um I think the address is 102 Mallory Way and Thank You." I smile a big smile and he gives me a weird look. " You're my new neighbor that's great!" He blushes and giggles. I tell him I have no friends etc. He smiles and makes it clear to me that he will now be my best friend because he didn't have friends at his old school. I show him around and show him his classes and I notice he is an aid with me which is perfect. We get back to the front office and I finish my forms and put them in the basket they're supposed to be in so I sit back down next to Skylar and pull out my notebook that I write my stories in and looks at Skylar and see he's reading it."WAIT!", I tell him, "You have to read it from the beginning." I let him read it all and that's the first time I've ever let anyone read my stories in that notebook. He giggles and points out an error and I blush in embarrassment. I fix the error and the bell to go home rings because I was just there because it was a makeup exam day and I had to be there even though I had no exams and it was a short school day anyways. So we start to walk home because our houses aren't that far from the school.
We reach my house and I smile," Want a drink? We have lemonade." He smiles back and nods and walks in after me and I throw my school bag in my room and takes Skylar's bag and set it in my room next to the door. We get to the kitchen and my mom had heard us talking and had us ready made sandwiches and glasses of lemonade. "Thanks mom; OH this is Skylar Young our new neighbor." She greets him with a smile," I know I was talking to his mother earlier and it's so sad to think that you won't be able to hang out with Skylar." My eyes widen in disbelief of what I was hearing. "WHAT?! Why not he's my only friend!" I'm starting to get mad hearing this conversation turn for the worse. She tells me that we are moving because my father got fire and got a new job five hours away from our old little creepy town that I grew up in. I wasn't even mad at this point I was overly furiated! He knew we were getting new neighbors and I did too. He probably knew they had a kid my age but NOOOO gotta ruin Oliver's life forever. I actually connect with a living person not a story character and then they decide to move me away from my new friend. This is stupid I think to myself as I'm trying to find ways around us moving but every way I thought of ended in us moving no matter what. Tears start falling down my face and Skylar hugs me tightly; I've never been hugged so tightly. I hug him back and kinda nuzzle into the hug and cry into the neck of his shirt. " I'll visit you every weekend I promise." Skylar blushes and nods at me " Okay, perfect," he tells me in a wide smile.
Skylar gets home and his mom sees him and just stands there in amazement. "What is your issue mom why are you staring at me like that?" His mom tells him she's never seen a smile that bright on his face before. " I'm going to bed I have a lot planned for tomorrow with Oliver night mom I love you." She sighs," Night sweetie I love you too." He lays on his bed and smiles to himself. "I have a friend," he thinks to himself and falls to sleep. I run to my room and slam the door screaming like the little girl everyone thinks I am. I plop on my bed and grab my sketch pad and start sketching. I'm sitting here sketching and crying then get mad at myself because as I'm sketching I'm ruining the paper by crying so I lay back and breathe trying to calm myself and in attempt of doing so I fell asleep.
