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Chapter 2 Dynamical Chris

CHAPTER 2

DYNAMICAL CHRIS

     Theo smears jam on his slightly burnt toast, his eyes are heavy from a good night’s sleep, there’s banging and crashing from the kitchen as his mother slaves over dirty dishes, Theo finishes making his toast and walks past her to get to the living room, she seems quiet and miserable as usual.

     Theo’s mother clears her throat “anything interesting happening at school today Theo”

     “No nothing really” he replies

     “That’s not a bad thing I suppose” she clears her throat again, “your fathers got no work for the week so don’t expect any money for any trips” she says  

     “That’s alright I wasn’t gunner worry about them this year anyway”

     “It doesn’t mean you can slack off either Theo… have you got any ideas about what you want to do after school yet?”

     “Not really,  I sort of don’t mind music”

     Theo’s mother doesn’t look  impressed  “I don’t think so Theo, your off with the fairies again, you got to be one of those wonderful people that have this great natural talent, I don’t think it’s for you, but it does sound like a good past time”

     Theo shrugs her comment off “I suppose so”

     His sister wanders down the stairs to get  ready for school, she’s a year younger than Theo and doesn’t like school much either, her blonde hairs a mess and her skinniness makes her look anorexic and exhausted, she wanders past Theo to the kitchen

     “What are you looking at loser” she sneers

     Theo ignores the insult. She makes breakfast and talks to her mother about her boyfriends at school… There too pathetic for her and her  perfect girlfriends. After a while she comes out to the living room and sits on the opposite lounge to Theo.

     She starts sneering at Theo “What where you doing last night after Steve left Theo, it sounded like you were murdering a feral animal or something”

     Theo answers with an early morning bite “Shut up Lindsay you don’t know what you’re talking about…. Silly wench”

    “You’re still too pathetic THEO! Why don’t you just give up and give us all a break… asshole”  

     Theo shrugs it off, she’s gunner have to learn her lesson like everybody else, he can’t help but feel sorry for their future selves, stupid and embarrassing is all he can think.

     “Any of your stupid friends know a drummer” Theo asks Lindsay remembering his plan for world domination

      “NO!  Drummers are down there with the other bottom dwellers Theo, don’t you know anything about how society works, you talk to these sorts of people you end up down there with them”

    “Yeah ok” answers Theo “so… you don’t know any then”

     “OH….. HANG ON….. Actually one of my girlfriends Cherylee has just met a new boy, I’m sure she said he was into music and percussion or something, Chris I think his name is” Lindsay replies surprised by the coincidence.

     Theo smiles he has a good feeling about this “Chris hey, can you tell him where looking for a drummer?”

     “I suppose so Theo just don’t expect him to say yes, he has to prove his worth to our Cherylee”