My back was slightly hunched from playing for 5 hours straight. My curly brown hair was a froggy mess. And my mom was annoying the holy hell outta me… that the life of a 18 year old female gamer…. I guess.

"Vanessa! Clean the dishes now or im going to unplug that stupid video game of yours!!" My mom yelled at me from across the hall.

"Ugghh I'll clean them in a few minutes mom!" I yelled back.

"¡Vanessa VanHanegin si usted alguna vez me contesta otra vez juro a Dios!"

"No wait!!"

She marched in the room, grabbed the outlet that connected all the plugs together and pulled it out so fast, blue sparks flew out in a frenzy. It might have only happen in a few seconds, but time made sure I was able to see the entire thing happen in slow motion.

And just like that, my T.V screen faded away from Assassins Creed 2 and left me to face my own shocked expression and the fading hum of my 360 was the only one to break the noise.

"Dishes. Now." She left the room and left the door open knowing I had no choice but to do my task.

Ugh! Sometimes I feel like throwing a damn banana in her face! Is it only my mother that can be so god damn irritating?! Maybe it was me… I signed and stood up turning the lights off as I left the room to finish the dishes.

~*~ 2 hours later ~*~

"Van… you should listen to your mother more often." My dad sign as I replayed the entire screen to him. From the fact that I was playing for five hours straight to the how she unplugged my 360.

"But she could mess up my 360 like that! And I would have to pay for it again out of my own wallet!"

"Listen, if your mother does end up breaking your Xbox, I'll pay for it ok?" He looked at me for a few seconds before turning his attention back to the road. The car was silent all the way to his house. When we finally pulled in his drive way he kissed my forehead.

"I still have some work to do, ok? I'll be back in a few hours." He handed me some money for pizza and the keys to his house. "Call me if anything happens. And-"

"And only one friend in the house, I know papi. I love you."

I grab my bags and headed into the house. A few minutes after he pulled away, I sat on the sofa, my mind wandering into the beautiful realm of nothingness. The nice silence was broken when the door bell rang. I lazily sat up and made my way to the door. My bored expression was broke when I saw who it was.

"Eden!"

"Hey Van!" I hugged my old friend and grab her hand to lead her into the living room.

After a long talk about how everything was, life, school, my mom, we settle into some of the nice silence I was in before.

"Hey, Van."

"Yeah?" I replied with my eyes closed.

"Play that game, what was it? Assassins something."

"Creed… I don't know. What if it doesn't work?"

"She just unplug it, it'll work fine! I wanna hear those guys sexy voices again."

We both laughed and after a second thinking it over I agreed. Well, Eden threaten me with the nearest thing she could put her hands on…. My dad's cat Nibble. She's a bitch…

When the soothing sound of the 360 on, Eden scramble her way next to me on the couch. I clicked the screen to play the game but the T.V screen glitched and made a loud disturbing noise.

"Van, what the hell is that?"

"I don't know…"

The next thing I remember was a blinding white flash that burned my eyes and hearing Eden yelp and the feel of a pull and push.