Sky's the Limit

Chapter 3 (John)

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP The alarm jolts me awake. I slap my alarm as fast as I can to not disturb my sleeping parents. I groan as I slowly get up and head towards the bathroom to freshen up. I shuffle my hair up in the mirror, throw on some shorts and a t-shirt and head to the kitchen for breakfast. I grab myself some cereal. I slowly chew it still sleepy. "Hey Yoshi," He's begging for my food.

"Alright buddy," I say. "Ok. Sit. Shake. Good boy!!" he obeys. I give him one milky flake. He eats it gratefully. I love how thankful dogs are, they're so precious.. I get my school stuff ready and I'm ready to go. I say goodbye to my parents and head out. Oh how I love you hills. I put my earbuds in as I walk to school. Time flies when you listen to music. I meet my friends by a trash can.

"Hey Hurc," I say

"Hey John," he replies

He tells me a funny story about a water bottle and a racoon, we sit there laughing. After the minutes go by, more friends show up. The bell rings and they say bye and head to their classes. I go to the turtle pond. I guess this is my new routine. I sit down, watching them swim around. Just then I hear "Good morning John,"

I am caught by surprise, "Oh, morning Alex!" I say turning around.
"Do you have a free first?" he asks

"Yup, I spend the free time watching these little turtles," I say.

"You like turtles?" He asks me tilting his head a bit. Ahh why does he gotta be so cute!!

"I love them! I have four baby ones back home," I reply. "Do you have free first too?" I ask a little too cheerfully. you need to calm down John.

He giggles at my question, "Yeah, I do" he says.

"Want to watch turtles with me?"

He smiles "I already am, aren't I?"

I blush. Is he flirting with me? "Um yeah!" I reply nervously.

He smiles bigger, "Well, would you like to sit with me" he asks.

"Mmhm," I scoot up close to him. We sit in comfortable silence, I stare out at the distant view of the city. Shit. I forgot to feed my turtles.

"So, John, tell me something about yourself." Alex says.

I ponder for a moment. "I'm an artist, I lived here in San Francisco since I was three, and I know everyone at this school. Well except for you." John you're being cheesey again.

"Hah that's cool, you seem like a really cool guy John" he says.

I blush again at his compliment.

"So what do you like? Tell me about yourself," I say.

"Well, what do you want to know?" He asks gazing into my eyes.

"Where are you from?" I breathe. His eyes..

His hands started fidgeting he looks down. He seems almost sad. "I grew up in the Caribbean, my mother and I moved here when I was twelve"

"That's cool, I heard it's beautiful there."

"It really is,"

"What do you like to do in your free time?"

"I like to write, draw and watch Netflix"

"I like drawing too! What's your favorite Netflix show?"

"Right now I'm binge watching 'The Office'"

"That's a good show."

"Yeah I like it, it's really funny and pretty good background noise"

"Cool. Can I ask you a question?"