two times two

chapter 1: planet lollypop

"In the beginning there was two. Two lovers joined together by war. One in the night, cold and heartless. And one from the light, warm and cheerful. Both fought for their planet and won something else. The last time the two planets encountered eachother it was terrifing. Fighting everywhere. It lasted for ten years nonstop. Many generations of family's dead. Your great grandpa, your grandpa, and your dad fought breathlessly in the war. Hoping to save the people." Momma looked at me and smiled hopelessly. "One day Jack you will protect our planet from the dark doings of planet midnight. You will be known for saving our planet and future generations." Momma hugged me and walked me over to outside.

I liked the outside it was always sunny and smelled of joy. Everyone seemed so happy on our planet except for one person. Me. I was trapped in my own planet. I'm a independent teenager who is responsible enough not to leave the planet. Although I knew i wanted to leave so it was probably best that Momma made me stay with her at all times. But little did my momma know, I had a plan to escape my home and explore the galaxy. But I'll tell you about that later. For now I'll tell you why this place is a living Devils land.

It use to be just fine here when I was young and stupid. No madder where I went with my family I was happy and cheerful. I live in a small town on planet lollypop. There was only 10 neighbors. My house is the smallest house in town. The little greenish blue one two houses down from the public school. It is two story's high. My room is third door to the left upstairs. It's a mess in there.

Next door lived my best friend, samantha, but I called her sam. Sam had the biggest house of our town. Three story's and a pool of snow in her backyard. In the winter we would go snorkeling in the pool to cool off from the intense heat outside. Here on planet lollypop season run different from every other planet in the universe and beyond. Summer is super cold while winter is hot.

Sam and I met back in preschool and grew up like a normal pair of friends. As we got older so did our emotions. I could tell from the start of 3rd grade that Sam felt something more than a friendship for me. But me on the other hand only saw her as a friend.

"Hey Jack meet me after school and I'll walk you home." Sam always said at lunch time. This is when I started to pick up on clues that she liked me.

I always replied the same thing. "Ok Sam I'll walk with you." After school we met up and walked home together. Same old routine. Get up, go to school, get asked to meet up, finish school, walk home with sam, eat dinner, go to bed, and repeat. I wish I had more. I need a change.