W.A.R is my name

CHAPTER ONE

Deep in the mountains yet close to civilisation, Will woke up to the sound of an irritating beep coming from his bed side alarm. His grandparents were still asleep. He flicked on the light for his bed side lamp and waited for his eyes to adjust to the sudden light next to him. He rubbed his eyes and stretched his back. He looked at the alarm clock and saw that it was 4:30 in the morning. School starts at 8:00 he thought, giving him 3 hours and 30 minutes to get ready. He got out of bed and walked over to the long mirror on the wall opposite the bottom of his bed. He looked at his reflection. He was tall and well built. He had grey stormy eyes and jet black hair. The one thing that would always set him apart from others was his birthmark. It was a 5 cm long mark right in the center of his chest. It looked like a pair of wings. His mother had always said that he was special but he never felt it. He walked into the hallway. At the right end of the hallway was his grandparents room,across from his bedroom was the guest room and at the opposite end of the hallway on the right was the bathroom. Will dragged his heavy feat to the bathroom and took a shower. By the time he got out of the shower it was 5:00 am. His grandpa was out of bed and in the back yard porch setting up his chess board for them to play. His grandma was in the kitchen making breakfast. He quickly got dressed into grey sneakers,black slim fit jeans and a navy blue golf shirt. He went down to the kitchen and got some toasted,buttered bread and some orange juice and went outside to the back porch to eat and play chess with his grandpa.They played until 6:00. Will finaly decided to go to school. He got into his brown old Land Rover and started driving to school. It was a slightly rainy morning and the road wasn't very clear. Fortunately for him he knew the place like the back of his hand. It realy wasn't difficult for him to drive in this weather. On both sides of his rover was a long stretch of trees followed by a range of mountains. Will continued driving and decided to play some music. He pressed the play button on the radio and listened to dead mans album. He came to a fork in the road and remembered that his best friend Mike had asked for a lift to school. He took a left at the fork and drove up a steep road. Mikey's house was located on the side of a mountain. Mike was a head taller than Will and he didn't like to shave, giving the impression that he was older than he really was. When he shaved he looked like a normal 17 year old. When he didn't he looked like he was 24. Plus the fact that he loved weight lifting didn't make him look any younger.
Will pulled up by the front gate and honked. Mikey came running out. He wore blue jeans, a black shirt and a black leather jacket as well as black sneakers.

"Sup Will?"he asked. "The sky and who knows what else...did you do Mr Wylder's maths homework?"
"Yeah. Like I said I would this time."
"Hey. I got us something." Mike pulled two chained army tags out of his back-pack and handed one over to me. It had my fisrt name and surname on the first tag. The second tag had my initials which spelled W.A.R, William Arthur Rogue.
"Thanks bro. I've always wanted a dog tag." I said smiling.
Mike just looked at me and slightly nodded at me whilst returning a smile.
I put the rover into drive out onto the road and down the steep descend. I got to the fork in the road again and took a right. We were just 13 minutes from school when Mikey decided that he wanted to buy something for lunch so we stopped at "V.Valkyries Wraps."
Valkyrie was the owner of the fast food store. He was a respected man here in Paradise Valley. He was well known for his delicious food and wraps. He was also known for being a "no nonsense" taker. Meaning you never wanted to get on his bad side. I once heard that he caught two thieves trying to steal the TV in his house and he broke 9 bones in each thief.
As much as he was known for his good food and...what ever you call breaking bones he was also what every woman in town wanted. Tall,broad,green eyes,mascular build and blonde hair. Did I mention that he could sing too.
"Wasup Val? How's Rhea?
"She's fine...I'm good too. How can I help you Will?"
"Mikey wants to buy something to chow down at lunch today."
"Boy's got an appetite like his smile. Big. Where is he?"
"In the rover debating wether to buy the wraps,burger or the V special. Personally I'd go for the V special."
"That's why you and me get along so well kid. We think alike." He said in a soft yet deep voice.
Mike finally walked into the very anciently themed restaurant. Everything in here looked ancient,except for Val and Rhea. Mike walked over to us by the ancient looking counter. The one thing that always caught his attention was the twin swords that hung behind the counter. They looked like the swords from the game "God of War."
They had a fiery glow on thier edge and were very jagged.
Mike looked at them for what seemed to be a minute and smiled. He always did this as if they told him some joke that I would never hear or understand. Val always just said,"I know kid. One day."
"Thanks V. Can I have the V special?"
"Sure thing. It'll take a minute.
Val looked at me as if he was debating in his head wether he should say what it was he wanted to say.
"Hey. What's wrong Val?" I asked.
"Will I'm sorry to ask you this on such short notice...could you take Rhea to school with you ?"
Like an idiot I just stood there frozen.
"Yeah. Sure. He would love too take your daughter to school." Mike said. It's not that I didn't want to. Rhea and I had our differences. Sure she was the most beautiful girl I'd ever seen but she always wanted to be right and to always have things done her way. At that very moment Rhea came in from the back door which was behind the counter with her back pack.
As if she could hear my inner voice.
"You know you can say no right?" She said looking at me.
"Yeah... Mikey said yes before I could answer." I replied with a little attitude. We stared at each other. She stepped out from behind the counter and walked towards me,stopping just a few steps in front of me. I took a step closer and so did she. We locked eyes and death stared each other. I blew some air into her eyes and she blinked.
"I win. Again."
"You always cheat Will." She said before finally giving me a hug.
As much as we didn't always see eye to eye,Rhea was like a sister to me. And I loved having her around even if it meant enduring her "always right" side of her.
She walked over to Mikey and gave him a hug too,except she held on for a long time,a really long time. She was also shorter than Mike. She has black hair like mine and green eyes and pink lips. She had an athletic build from playing netball. She wore faded blue skinny jeans and a short sleeve white shirt. She also wore black leather boots.
"I'll wait in the car. See you later Val." I said as I walked out of the restaurant.
A few seconds later Mikey and Rhea came out after me holding hands. They got into the rover with with her sitting in the back seat. She put Mikey's lunch down on the empty seat next to her. I started the engine and she must have remembered something because she asked me to stop. She jumped out.
"I'll be right back Michael." She said before walking back towards the restaurant.
"So Mikey...what is happening between you and Rhea?" I asked with a slight smile.
"Nothing."
"Really? Okay,so first you have this really long hug and the girls father is right there,you walked out of the restaurant with her holding hands and then just now she said I'd be right back Michael."
"No one calls you Michael,not even your mom. Plus I'm the one driving yet she still says I'll be right back Michael. So... what is going on between you and Rhea?"
"I don't know. Can we talk about this another time." He said it being more of a statement than a request.
"Fine." I said.
Rhea came back and the rest of the drive to school was a chatterless one. The sun was finally begining to seep through the clouds and light drizzle of rain.
We eventually got to Paradise High School at 06:50.
The school parking lot was begining to fill up with other students cars.
Mikey and Rhea got out the car after I had parked it. They disappeared into the crowd of other students. I stayed in the car waiting for the school bell to begin classes. I reclined my seat and closed my eyes. It wasn't even ten seconds before I heard someone tapping on my window I sat up and looked at my window. From outside a gun was pointed at me.