Elmburg

The Meeting

As Silverburg woke up that morning he felt different. Today was the first day of high school, he was nervous yet excited. He stared at himself in the mirror and noticed that a piece of his hair wouldn't flop the right way. Spending the next ten minutes attempting to pat it down with gel, he looked at the clock and realised he was going to miss the school bus. Running down the stairs, Silverburg ran as quickly as he could out the door before the bus drove off. As he got on the bus he heard his Mom shout 'I love you Silv have a great day' from behind him, but he pretended not to hear.

On the bus he found his friend Popsicle, and sat down beside him. They were the leaders of an online army, and were making plans for the upcoming Winter Olympics the army would be hosting. As the bus pulled onto the school grounds, Silverburg and Popsicle pressed their faces up against the window to get a good look at their new school. The students already at school started to point and laugh at them, but they didn't care. The bell rang and off to class they went.

The first class was biology, where they were dissecting frogs. Silverburg kept pretending to give the frog cpr to try and 'revive' it, whilst Popsicle picked up his frog and started to make him perform a little dance on the table. They were quickly told off by the teacher, and as a result sat there trying hard not to giggle. Unfortunately for Silverburg, he couldn't hold in his laughter. He suddenly burst out in a fit of chuckles and fell off his chair. He was reprimanded and given a lunchtime detention for his behaviour.

As lunchtime rolled around, Silverburg slugged off to the library to sit through his detention. They were allowed to go on the computers to do work, so Silverburg used this opportunity to run an event for his army. He was so enthralled in his leading, he didn't notice a small boy from a few years above come up behind him.

"Yo dude," the boy uttered, "you wanna try sitting on them and pressing ET." Silverburg quickly turned around to see who it was. The boy stood before him was no taller than he was whilst sitting down, but his voice had a calming edge to it and Silverburg couldn't help but stare into his grey eyes. "I'm Elmikey", the boy said, "but you can call me Elm." Elm pulled up a seat next to Silverburg and started to watch him lead his army. Silverburg was speechless, his hands began to get clammy so his fingers started to slip off the keys. Elm reached over to Silverburg's keyboard and said "here let me help", whilst pressing the E and 9 keys. Quickly Silverburg uttered, 'I'm Silv'. "Wow that's a cool name you got there" replied Elm, "I like guys with a strong name" winking as he said it. Silv didn't know what to say, he started to feel sweat roll down the back of his neck and his heart began to race. Elm suddenly got up and said "well welcome to school and I guess I'll see ya around" winking again. He walked off rather slowly, and slower than the average man due to his short legs. Silverburg turned around and watched, staring at Elm's butt as it wiggled away.

"I'd tap that." said Silverburg.

To be continued...