Cole's .
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"Cole, get up or you'll be late for college" was what my dad shouted at me every morning through my door to wake me up. And everyday he would wait outside of my door until he heard movement and first thing on a Monday that was hard.
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"COLE!"
"Alright, Dad I'm up, I'm up"
"Downstairs in 20 minutes". After he said that I heard him walk downstairs, that's when I pushed myself out of bed and opened my closet to choose what to wear or the day. When that was done I went into the bathroom to get a quick shower, brush my teeth and then I'd get dressed, do my hair and put the little bit of make up on that I do wear (Mascara and Eyeliner). My style was pretty consistent, I wear jeans, checkered shirts undone with a plain top underneath, beanie hats, scarfs, fingerless gloves, boots, leather jackets and combat style jackets. Yeah it's not everyone's cup of tea but I like it and I feel comfortable in them. I have my long blonde hair down and side parted, the only time I have my hair up is when I'm doing art or out running. When I'm done I go back into my bedroom and grab my bag but today it wasn't in my room. I grabbed my phone, headphones and went down stairs saying
"Dad have you seen my Bag?"
"You were working in the basement last night, try there".
So I did, I went down to the basement that Dad let me turn into a art studio. I got some of my friends to help me decorate the walls, and they are covered in graffiti and in the corner was my desk. On my desk through all the paper I saw my pencil case and sketchbook and on the floor next to it was my bag. I gathered up my things and went to rejoin my dad in the kitchen.
As I got upstairs I passed the front door and saw someone was standing there so I opened it and Stephen came in.
"Dad Stephens here"
"Morning Kid" was what he said as he closed the door behind him.
"Morning Stephen". We got into the kitchen and I placed my bag on the counter as Dad handed me a plate of pancakes.
"Found your bag then"
"I left it down there when I came up for bed. Oh and remind me that I seriously need to tidy up down there". I finished my pancakes and my Dad handed me ten pounds for lunch and then the door bell went off
"That must be The guys. I'll meet you at the university after college"
"Have a good day and don't forget your guitar". I picked my bag up and just as I got to the front door I picked up my guitar and personalized case. That's my morning routine Day in and Day out. We live in a small house but it's perfect for us. It's just me and my dad, that's the way we like it.
I opened the front door and Becca was stood there with two to go cups in her hand. She handed me one and said
"Strong Coffee, milk and one sugar"
"Becca you are a life saver". I took the cup and joined the others as we walked to college.
We all go to the Royal college of art and all Major in music so we are in the same class and today we have 3 hours of music and then I've got Maths and English with Jason and Amy. We got to college and went to our lockers so we could get a few books we needed for the day and then we went to sit in the canteen for a bit. That's when the bitchiest people in the school came in. They think that they are better than us because the are rich but in all fairness they are just a bunch of bitchy, lame ass celebrity wannabes that dress like sluts. There are 5 people in this group; Cordelia is the leader because she has the most money, Regina, Sabrina, Lexi and Stacey are just her mindless followers. To make things worse Stacey and I used to be best friends but then when we started upper school she changed and now she's just like the others. As they walked past us they gave me the dirtiest look ever and then Cordelia said "You know what, Cole I can see why Stacey ditched you. I mean look at you, you're just a weird, nerdy, person that hangs about with a bunch of losers"
"Don't you have anything better to do Cordelia. The day hasn't even started yet and I don't fancy regurgitating my breakfast because I looked at your face. I mean how much how much make do you need to wear and did you put it on using a paint roller". She didn't say anything else she just scoffed and walked off but as Stacey passed me I could see a hint of a smile on her face. That's when the bell went and we went to Music class. I like everyone in my class and thankfully there aren't many people in it so I'm comfortable singing around them and today we are preforming solos that we had to write over the holiday. Because my teacher knows that I have stage fright she always lets me go first to get it over and done with so I got my guitar out and began playing Problems
Hey baby even though I hate ya!
I wanna love ya
I want you!
And even though I can't forgive you
I really want ta
I want you!
Tell me, tell me baby
Why can't you leave me?
Cause even though I shouldn't want it
I gotta have it
I want you!
Head in the clouds
Got no weight on my shoulders
I should be wiser
And realize that I've got
One less problem without you!
I got!
One less problem without you!
I got one less, one less problem
I know you're never gonna wake up
I gotta give up
But it's you!
I know I shouldn't ever call back
Or let you come back
But I do
Every time you touch me
And say you love me
I get a little bit breathless
I shouldn't want it
But I do
Head in the clouds
Got no weight on my shoulders
I should be wiser
And realize that I've got
One less problem without you!
I got!
One less problem without you!
I got!
One less problem without you!
I got one less, one less problem
One less problem without you!
I got!
One less problem without you!
I got!
One less problem without you!
I got one less, one less problem
Smart money bettin'
I'll be better off without you
In no time
I'll be forgettin' all about you
You saying that you know
But I really really doubt you
Understand my life is easy
When I ain't around you
Iggy Iggy
To biggie to be here stressin'
I'm thinkin' I love the thought of you
More than I love your presence
And the best thing now
Is probably for you to exit
I let you go
Let you back
I finally learned my lesson!
No half-stepping
Either you want it or you just playin'
I'm listening to you knowin'
I can't believe what you're sayin'
There's a million you's baby boo
So don't be dumb
I got 99 problems
But you won't be one
Like what!
Head in the clouds
Got no weight on my shoulders
I should be wiser
And realize that I've got
One less problem without you!
I got
One less problem without you!
I got!
One less problem without you!
I got one less, one less problem
One less problem without you!
I got
One less problem without you!
I got!
One less problem without you!
I got one less, one less problem
Soon class ended but as I was leaving my teacher asked to speak to me
"Cole I know that you don't like performing in front of big crowds but as you know the Prom is in a few my and if you get over your stage fright you are welcome to perform there. You will get paid for it of course, just think about it". And I did through out the rest if the day. They day soon ended and I walked over to the university and to my Dads office. I got there and him, Stephen a someone else was there.
"Hey Dad"
"Hey Cole, this is Connor Temple my student. Connor this is my daughter Cole".
"Hey"
"Hey". I then went to the corner and began sketching some random stuff as I listened to Connor.
"Actually that's my dissertation, yeah. See I argued that all life on Earth derived from organisms carried here by alien spacecraft. It's pretty sexy stuff." I heard something being thrown in the bin then Connor saying
"It's a work in progress, really". Dad then said
"Tell me what this is" I looked up to see what he was on about.
"A fish?"
"Obviously. It's a sarcopterygisn. There's no trace of them in the fossil record for 70 million years, and then suddenly one of the just pops up in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Totally inexplicable in the modern evolutionary terms. See, Darwin provides most of the answers. It's the pieces that don't fit that interest me"
"See, that's why I was wondering whether you'd seen this". He then pulled a newspaper out of his satchel. I got up and stood next to Dad as he read the paper and Connor continued speaking
"Some sort of Giant, undiscovered predator" the title read 'MONSTER HOAX' dad just passed the paper to me
"Oh, no, no, no,no ,no. This... this is the real thing"
"Connor, you should get out to a bar, meet a nice girl. Life will seem a lot less confusing"
"I've already got a girlfriend. Sort of. That's not really the point. There's an eyewitness, claimed to have seen it"
"People claim to have seem the Loch Ness Monster. It doesn't mean to say it's there"
"Not now, obviously, because it died out years ago. The government, they took the body away and they covered the whole thing up"
"This is just a hoax. Forget it"
"Your wife wouldn't have ignored it". That made all of us stop what we were doing and look at Connor. Dad made eye contact with me and there was a moment of silence, which dad soon broke
"My wife was a serious scientists. She wasn't some gullible monster hunter"
"Sorry"
"It's okay".
"I just thought you might want to check it out, that's not as though the Forest of Dean is far away, though"
"The Forest of Dean?". Dad looked at Stephen and he said
"If we leave now we could be there by 4". So we packed up and drove down to the forest.