Trickery → irwin

Chapter 10

The weekend passed slowly and painfully. There really wasn't much for me to do besides eat, sleep, and mope. Sunday I slept in passed noon only waking up to take a piss and knock back out. It wouldn't get much better it actually got worse.

On Monday I grumpily got ready throwing on a shirt and sweatpants that were laying in a pile on the floor, I really wasn't in the mood for squeezing my legs into a pair of skinny jeans. I hadn't spoken a word to my mother the whole weekend only giving her simple head gestures whenever she asked me if I was hungry or informed me that she was going out to run errands, ect. So that morning when she wished me a good morning I only nodded and when she went to kiss me goodbye I pulled away.

I knew I was hurting my mom by the way her smile would flip so quickly when I ignored her or when I could've sworn I saw tears building up only to have her blink them away. But really what did she expect? That she would tell me that the person I finally had feelings for wasn't good for me and I would move on? That she would have the audacity to bring up my father and I would continue to kiss her on the cheek and tell her I love her?

These thoughts had nipped at the back of my brain for the pass 48 hours. So when I turned on my car only to hear it sputter and shut off I really didn't think life could get much worse. With the hood popped up I checked various car parts but they were all fine. Confused I scratched the back of my head. Again I tried to start the car but with no luck. My eyes flicked toward the blinking gas indicator showing that the tank was empty. That's weird considering I filled up the tank a couple of days ago and haven't been anywhere since.

I walked around the side of the car to check the fuel tank nearly losing my mind when I saw what looked like chocolate sliding out.

"For fucks sake." I cursed.

At that point I had very well thought I had gone crazy because how else would chocolate end up in the gas tank? But when I swiped a bit on my finger and sniffed the sweet substance I knew I wasn't crazy and that some idiot had jacked up my car.

Pissed and running late for school I locked up my car only having the option to walk to school since there wasn't a bus that came by my neighborhood and I didn't have my phone to call someone else to pick me up.

I arrived at school 15 minutes late getting an earful from my teacher before I was sent to my seat at the back of the classroom. Michael kept trying to grab my attention by throwing paper balls and saying "psst" every few seconds but I wasn't having it. I was officially done with life because chocolate in my car really? People must have nothing better to do than sabotage my life if they're willing to go to such lengths.

"What happened bro, usually if you're late to school you don't show up." Michael pestered while we walked to our next class.

"I'm sorry I was too busy trying to get the chocolate out of my car."

At first I had thought Luke, Michael, and Calum had done it but the more I thought the more I realized they weren't that smart. If they wanted to prank me they would've wrapped my car with plastic wrap like they did last year.

Michael stopped dead in his tracks, "Chocolate? Did you save some for me.?" He attempted to joke.

"Sure if you don't mind sucking it from a gas hole." I shot back leaving Michael and heading to my next class.

I seemed to have a grey storm cloud looming over my head all day. Nobody dared to bother me even my teachers who simply gave me a zero, no questions asked, when I didn't turn in homework. I stopped at my locker before lunch mentally praying that the worst was over.

I popped off the lock easily and got to work moving my unnecessary supplies out of my bag and into locker. Everything was going fine until I reached to grab my English textbook and it didn't budge. I tugged it roughly bringing down all my other books along with it tumbling to the ground landing loudly which attracted more than a little but of attention.