The Demons Next Door

Chapter 1

It was the first day of 8th grade. 

James remained in bed. He disliked the thought of going back to school. A loud noise came from his door, "Get up!". A man was standing in the doorway was James's dad. James immediately bounced up from his bed, "Ok, I'll be downstairs in a sec," he hastily replied. He threw on a yellow turtle neck and some jeans and then ran downstairs with a toothbrush in his mouth. His younger brother was already finishing up his cereal. James went to the fridge to grab some milk, but instead, his dad threw an apple at him and told him to get out.

The bus ride wasn't exciting, just a few hookers and dealers on the street, but nothing extraordinary. When the ride was over, everyone was in a hurry to get to their class. It was like a stampede of students going back and forth, looking for their room number. James looked down at his schedule, ROOM #366. He knew it was on the 3rd floor, so he quickly made his way up the stairs. After a while of going back and forth, James found his classroom and took a seat. "Hey, what's up!" said a peppy voice. He turned his head and saw his friend Denis waving at him. Denis had fluffy brown hair and one eye in the middle of his face. He wore a denim jacket with a plain white shirt under it. "Not much, how about you?" James answered with a small smile. "You know the usual, girls, homework, family," Denis laughed. "SHUT UP," said a loud monotone voice at the front of the classroom, "I'm you're ELA teacher, and I don't take disrespect. So if any of you worthless sinners want to give me a shit attitude, I'LL WILL MAKE SURE YOU WILL NEVER SAY ANYTHING AGAIN. Understood?" she said smiling. James looked at Denis, who mouthed, "this teaches nuts.".

The rest of the school day was not very exciting. One kid did have to go to the hospital because some school gang slit his neck open, but stuff like that happened all the time. After school, he chatted with his friend and got on the bus. "Hey, dad," mumbled James when he got home. He headed for the stairs when his dad called him back. "I have a special guest coming tonight, so I want you to go find one of you're friends and do something," his father yelled. "And stop mumbling," he added. James grabbed his phone and texted Denis, "Hey, I'm coming over. My dad is kicking me out, be there in a few.". "KK, I'll tell my sister you're coming," he responded almost immediately.