This is more like an intro. It was going to be an actual chapter but I liked how i wrote it and it sounds like an intro. I'll definitly post Ch. 1 when I get some time. )
Ricochet
Intro.
"Nicholas, if you don't get your butt up right now, you're going to sleep in the garage tonight. And then you'll wish you went to school on time." Mrs. Jonas yanked the soft grey comforter off of her son's shivering body. The heat circulating within the house didn't make the 15 degree weather outside stay out.
"Mom, I'm sick." He quietly mumbled as he turned his head slightly to dig his face into his pillow.
"Don't try to pull that on me. Get up, now." Her voice showed instant authority and Nick groaned in annoyance as he lifted himself from his bed. He had been up half of the night doing homework due the next week. Nick was pretty much the brains in the family; always knowing how to fix the computer, helping his older brother Joe with homework, and sometimes even helping his parents handle taxes. Yeah, he was a pretty smart muffin.
Now at school, he wasn't a complete jerk that all the other guys hated, but more of them being jealous. Nick was the all-star Varsity baseball player in the Spring and did Cross Country and Track in the Fall and Winter. Also being the hottest guy on every girl's list, there wasn't any reason for people to be jealous of him. Even the seniors were wanting to be this kid's friend. And he was only a sophomore.
Attending the West Christian Academy, where the prestigous sons and daughters of God all went, wasn't so bad either. You can't forget about Nick also being a Christian choir boy, who's voice sounded like an angel's when he opened his mouth. Oh yeah, Nick was pretty much perfect in every girl's eyes. But everyone who's "perfect" always isn't. I mean, nobody's perfect. So what possibly could be wrong with this boy? Oh! This Nicholas kid was super smart. Not like, 'Hey, I got a few A's!'. But he was like, 'I've gotten straight A's ever since Pre-K and my GPA is 4.26' smart. But why would he hide it? That just makes him all the more perfect, right?! Wrong.