This is just a little two-shot I came up with when my class had to read Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde last year. I wrote it then, but immediately forgot about it. I was looking through some old notebooks when I found it, and decided to type it up and share it with the world.
Disclaimer: you guys know the drill. I'm not getting paid for this, I don't own anything but the idea, yada yada yada.
"Ugh, this is so boring!" Danny Fenton exclaimed, throwing a thin paperback across his bedroom.
His older sister Jazz poked her head into his room. "Trouble?"
Danny groaned and flopped back onto his bed. "I was supposed to read this book at some point last week. Lancer gave us an idea of how many pages we had to read every night. It was supposed to 'keep us from falling behind'." The boy inserted air quotes where he felt they were needed.
Jazz smirked. "Let me guess. You left it all for the last minute, and now you're upset because you have a test on it so you have to finish it by tomorrow. Right?"
Her brother stared at her for a moment, slack jawed. "How did you know all of that?"
She shrugged. "I'm going to be a psychologist, remember? And I'm your older sister. It's in the job description. Which book is it?"
Danny covered his face with his pillow. "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde."
Jazz's face lit up. "Oh, that's a classic!"
Danny groaned again. "I know. Doesn't Lancer ever assign anything that was written in this century?"
"But Danny," Jazz protested, "this book is a great story of the struggle between good and evil within a person! Dr. Jekyll enjoys the freedom he experiences as Mr. Hyde. When he's evil he can do whatever he wants and never has to face the consequences of his actions. All he has to do is mix a little potion and poof, it's like his other half never existed. Eventually, though, the evil side starts to get stronger than the good and he can't control it. He eventually kills himself because he gets stuck as Hyde and can no longer change back."
Danny sat up as Jazz finished, reaching for the book. "Fine, if it means that much to you, I'll read the stupid thing."
Jazz smiled. "Good for you. I'm sure you'll find it to be very enlightening." With that final word, she left.
Danny waited to make sure she was really gone, then tossed the book back across the room. "Sucker. At least now that I know what it's about I won't have to read it in order to pass that test tomorrow. Stupid book."
Well that's the first part of it. The next part takes place during the test and the day after that when he finds out his grade. (insert drum roll here) Please review and let me know what you think!