A Boys Life

Chapter 4:

I walk out of the coffee shop with Ceres hand in my hand. We stare at each other and turn away to do what we do everyday. I walk down Ollec street to my usual job and smile because it's the one stable thing in my life. I walk in and take a deep breath. I look around at all the book around me and smile. I head to the cashiers desk and run my fingers across the spines of the books.
"Good Morning Ezra, how are you today?" Mr. Thomas says.
"The same as yesterday"
He smiles and walks to the back room. I quickly walk around the counter and pin my name tag on my old ratty shirt.
A shortish girl walks in the store and behind her is a medium sized blonde. The shortish girl has light brown hair and curls that are so thick she could make a rope with it. The blonde girl as wavy hair and lively green eyes. I can't see the shortish girls eyes because they're covered by some simple modern black glasses, she's wearing a long black shirt with a bright green cello on it and some torn up jeans. The other girl is wearing a thick sweater with a cat on it and some light blue jeans. They walk over to the counter
"Hey do you have anything on stunts?" The blonde one asks.
"Oooh or maybe something on the orchestra?" The brunette asks.
"We don't have anything on stunts but orchestra thin-".
"Hey your that kid that sleeps in the gutter aren't you?" The blonde asks.
The brunette steps on her foot and she flinches.
"You can't go around asking people that".
"Well I am the one that sleeps on the gutter, and the orchestra stuff is over there in the corner labeled Music and Things, you can't miss it".
"Oh well that would make sense, I'm Tay and I'm really sorry about Luna she says what's on her mind".
"I don't know why it's rude to ask that, it's not like I was going to tell".
The banter for a few minutes and walk off to the music section. I pretend to mess with the cash register but instead I'm really looking at Tay. The way her curls just run down her shoulder and, I close my eyes. I'm on the beach and I see Tay she's in a white dress skipping through the sand we eventually are up close and she says," I want this one".
I say,"what?"
"I really want this one".
"What are you talking about?"
"This book is really cool".
I immediately leave the dream and open my eyes to see her eyes meet mine.
"Hey are you ok?" She asks. I blink.
"Maybe he's stoned, should we leave?" The blonde girl asks.
"Oh no I'm so sorry I just had an awful headache".
I look at the book she's purchasing and grab it. She hands over $7.00
and says," thank you we're gonna go now, bye see you at school tomorow.
I wave as she walks out and go back to sitting at the desk waiting for my shift to be over.

I walk out the front door and feel the crisp cool night hit my skin. I pull my hood up over my head and start walking to the park. As I walk I feel a cold splash hit my back and see a dark black car go by. Elys head pops out the window and he has a giant soda in his hand,"hey gutter boy, I have a whole soda with ur name on it". His friends laugh and the car comes to a stop and they start getting out. I could probably take at least one but 5 is too much to handle. I turn around and start with a sprint, I can hear their footsteps behind me. I run down the sidewalk and see a dark alley, I turn around to see if they're following me and they are of course. I slide into the dark alley and attempt to gather my surroundings. I can't see anything so it's not exactly easy. I start to panic and lean against a cold brick wall. I see Ely and his friends slowly walk into the alley. I hold my breath and hope they won't see me. They search until one finally sees me.
"Hey Ely I found the shrimp".
I try and run but one of them pushes me against the wall even harder. Ely walks up to me and says,"why were you talking to our girls with your filthy gutter mouth"
I mumble," I'm so-" Ely takes his right fist and hits me right in the eye. Then he pulls out a shank and stabs me in the forearm. I try and grab for my arm but they still have me pinned. I feel the blood running down my wrist and want to gag at the thought. One of them spits in my face and then I feel a warm tingling right when my mark usually is and I see that they are walking away. They let go and one of them runs. Ely stands there and says,"your a freak of nature Ezra I hope you know that". The mark starts growing brighter and brighter and all of a sudden I feel as if I could just fly away. Then i feel my eyes start to burn. They feel as if someone is holding a flame to my eyes, soon I start screaming and I fall to the cold hard ground. I can hear Ely and his friends part laughing part confused. Then it stops. I look up and the alley is no longer dark i can see the whole thing every crack and crevice. I then look at Ely and he yelps.
"Ezra what the hell is wrong with you, you freak of nature". His friends start running and he follows and soon it's quiet. I grab my phone and put the camera on, I then put it in selfie mode and I see that my eyes are glowing and there's a small beam of light coming from them, my mark is also dimly lit like a cool orange. I blink and nothing happen. I get up and look around, everything is bright and easy to see. Tune it hits me, a wave of nausea and headaches. I hunch over and grab my stomach nothing happens. I look back at my phone and now the light is all gone. I take a step backward and pinch myself to make sure I'm not dreaming. I then start to walk back to my "home" knowing my life will never be the same.