Awaken the Dragon

Chapter 1

Some might say I live a sad and lonely life, I would agree with them. Every day I wake up to my oh so loving family before heading to my job at the convenience store downtown. I'd have to admit I love that job even though it will get me nowhere in life. Unfortunately, today was my day off so I have to find something to do with the day. I come out to the kitchen to get something to eat for breakfast. As I enter, I find my older sister Emily making coffee, "Goodmorning Emily." I say to her to be polite but I get the usual response from my family, silence. You might think maybe there is something wrong with my sister or I upset her. Nope, this is the norm when it comes to my family. They never talk to me unless they are telling me to clean something. You may ask why are you with them if they are such assholes to you? Well, for some reason I can live here rent free as long as I help clean the place up. I've gotten used to their silence because that is all I have ever known from them. Even in my childhood and teen years they were like this. I try not to think about it too much and try to live my life the best I can.

Anyways, on my days off I either stay home and play video games in my room or go skateboarding. I look outside through the dining room windows while I eat my cereal and decide the weather looks nice so I plan to go skating today.

Once I am done with breakfast, I head back to my room to get ready for the day. To make my seclusion even worse, my bathroom and bedroom are at the back of the house a little out of the way from the rest of the rooms. The outcasting is so bad that my three siblings would rather share a bathroom than one of them share mine with me. I'm also not allowed to use theirs for any reason. I learned that the hard way when I was younger and I got a stern talking to from my dad.

On days that I am not working my mind tends to work overtime as you could probably tell. As I am brushing my teeth I look in the mirror and see a tear running down the side of my face. My blue eyes sparkle as tears well up inside them and I set my toothbrush down to put my head in my hands. I take a long deep breath to compose myself. This works after several attempts and then I go about my day by running my fingers through my brown hair to attempt to tame it.

I sigh as I leave my bathroom in hopes I would not find someone on my way out the door. I just need to leave the house before I have a complete emotional breakdown.