"Bzzzzzzzzzzz," Jason's phone buzzed under his pillow. He slowly opened his green eyes, dark circles still under them. He rubbed his eyes, attempting to wipe the tiredness out of him. He reached for the vibrating rectangular object under his pillow and turned it off. He sat up and looked around the room that he was currently in, which happened to be his three best friends' living room. He rubbed his eyes again, trying to get a clearer picture of his surroundings. Jason turned on his phone to check the time. His phone read 6:32 am.
"What, how am I up this early?" He questioned his abnormal sleeping schedule. Yesterday, he woke up at 9:30. The day after that, he slept in until 12:00. Jason just shrugged it off, since it was summer and he honestly didn't care. He got up to go to the kitchen to grab some juice from the fridge. Jason stood up and walked to the fridge in almost complete darkness, since the sun was barely out. He walked to the fridge and opened it, revealing the polar bear that usually inhabits it. Ice Bear opened one eye and looked straight at Jason, curious and slightly irritated that he was woken up from his peaceful slumber, also wanting to know why his friend was awake at the time of the morning.
"Oops, sorry Ice. Forgot you sleep in here. I'll let you sleep," Jason grabbed the handle and started to close the door, until the door suddenly stopped. He looked down to see Ice Bear's paw sticking out from the white door of the fridge.
"Ice Bear is awake now," He said, pushing the door so he could peek his head out of his cold wonderland.
"Oh," Jason backed away from the fridge to let Ice Bear get out. After Ice Bear emerged from the cold place, he turned and went to the counter, beginning to prepare breakfast for himself and his brothers. "Sorry for waking you," Jason said, feeling bad that he woke Ice Bear up. Ice Bear didn't have any reaction as he continued cooking, cracking a few eggs into a pan. Jason sighed and turned around, sluggishly walking towards Grizz's and Panda's rooms. He stopped before going into their rooms, remembering that they most likely weren't awake. Jason sighed and turned around and walked back to the couch, not before hearing a slight cracking sound under his feet. Jason cringed as he heard the crinkling glass from under his feet, hesitantly looking down at the ground where the source of the noise was. He lifted his foot to see his phone, on the floor, with a giant crack going down the center of the screen.
'Come on, really?' Jason thought to himself, mentally slapping himself repeatedly. He picked up his phone, careful not to cut himself on any glass. He grumbled and put the phone in his pocket. Jason then sat onto the couch, wrapping the blanket he used around his body like a shield from the outside world. 'Why am I so clumsy and forgetful?' He mentally asked himself. He sighed softly as he sat there, in his warm and cozy little shell he made for himself.
Meanwhile, Ice Bear was cleaning the kitchen floor when he noticed a red-blanket covered Jason sitting on the couch. Curious, he stopped what he was doing and walked over to the brown couch where Jason was sitting. The closer he got, the more sadness Ice Bear sensed. Once he got right in front of the blob of red blankets on the couch, he poked it gently, informing Jason of his presence. Jason flinched slightly and poked his head out of the blankets.
"Oh, hey Ice Bear. What's up?" Jason said, sadness and guilt lingering in his voice. Ice Bear just stared with a curious look. "Oh, uh, I kinda cracked my phone screen. I feel really bummed now," Jason said, pulling his damaged phone out of his pocket. Ice Bear took the phone from Jason and eyed it carefully, thinking about how he could fix it. He then turned around and walked towards a closet, which contained Ice Bear's tools. Jason watched curiously as Ice Bear walked into the kitchen, soon after hearing various noises.
"Ice Bear? What're you doing?" Jason asked. He stood up and walked to the kitchen to see him working on his phone. After about 5 minutes, Ice Bear handed Jason his phone, which was surprisingly normal, with no crack. Jason was surprised to say the least.
"Ice, how'd you do this? It's like its brand new!" Jason said, excited that he didn't have to pay for a screen repair.
"Ice Bear fixes Panda's phone," He stated in his plain voice. Jason gave him a beaming smile.
"Thanks Ice Bear, you're the best!" Jason hugged the quiet polar bear in front of him. This caused Ice Bear's cheeks to turn to a light shade of pink. He wasn't used to this much affection. He just smiled slightly and hugged Jason back. They parted and Jason had a sort of devilish smirk.
"I just got the best idea ever. It involves whipped cream, a phone, my hand, and Panda and Grizz's faces," Jason's smile grew wider with every word that escaped his mouth. Ice Bear seemed lost at what Jason was explaining.
"You don't know what I mean, do you?" Jason asked the bear in front of him. Ice Bear silently shook his head. Jason sighed and took out his phone, typing "Smack Cam" into YouTube. He showed Ice Bear the video he pulled up on his phone, which made Ice Bear smile deviously. Jason smiled back, getting his phone's camera ready. Ice Bear went to the fridge and grabbed some whipped cream. He ran back to Jason who was already thinking of a plan.
"Alright, here's what we're gonna do. I'm gonna go smack Grizz with the whipped cream and record it, you're gonna smack Panda because I'd think it'll be funny." Jason laughed. Ice Bear nodded and proceeded into Panda's room. Jason pressed record and walked slowly into Grizz's room, careful not to make any noise. He towered over Grizz, anticipating the funny reaction.
"SMACK CAM!" Jason yelled, slapping Grizz in the face with a handful of whipped cream.
"WHA- WHAT THE?" Grizz screamed, startled. He fell off his bed, landing face first into the floor. He looked up at Jason, noticing the camera that was on him.
"Jason, I'm gonna kill you," Grizz said, jumping up, whipped cream smothered all over his face. Jason started laughing hysterically, running out of Grizz's room, with Grizz on his tail. As he passed Panda's room, he heard a high pitched scream. 'Probably Panda' Jason thought. He ran to the kitchen and turned around, seeing Grizz right behind him, followed by Ice Bear and Panda. Grizz tackled Jason, which made Jason to squeal. Grizz smiled.
"I'm getting payback," Grizz said playfully. He wiped the whipped cream off his face and smeared it all over Jason's.
"Grizz! Oh my god!" Jason laughed some more. Grizz started to laugh.
"Hey, why'd you do this?" Panda asked Ice Bear and Jason.
"Cause it would be funny," Jason said trying to get over his laugh attack, "And, it made a good video," Jason waved his phone a little bit.
"You recorded?" Panda started freaking out. He began to hyperventilate and sweating.
"Calm down it was mostly Grizz. Besides, he had the better reaction." Jason went onto YouTube on his phone.
"You're gonna post it online?" Grizz asked.
"Yep," Jason smiled," Doing a smack cam on a bear is bound to get views, I'm sure of it!"
"Ice Bear is glad he could help," Ice Bear said in his monotone voice.
"Wait, if you just recorded Grizz, why did you tell him to do it to me?" Panda pointed to Ice Bear.
"We were gonna wake Grizz up anyways. Might as well wake you up too," Jason laughed as he pressed the publish button, making the video live to the public.
"Anyway, I'm gonna go wash off my face," He playfully glared at a certain grizzly bear. Grizz smiled and stuck his tongue out at him. Jason was about to leave when he stopped in his tracks. He spun around and looked at Ice Bear.
"Wait, Ice Bear, you have a little something there," Jason pointed to a his cheek. Ice Bear felt his cheek, confused. "Here, I got it," Jason wiped some of the whipped cream off his face and smeared it on Ice Bear's. Ice Bear had no sudden reaction, but Grizz and Panda started laughing uncontrollably. Jason just smiled a wide grin at Ice Bear and turned around, proceeding to the bathroom.
"GOT 'EM!" Jason yelled before entering the bathroom and closing the door. Grizz and Panda stopped laughing after getting off the floor and grabbed a towel from a drawer. They each wiped off their faces one by one.
"Man, living with Jason is awesome! It's so much fun," Grizz said.
"Yeah, besides getting smacked in the face with whipped cream." Panda added.
"Ice Bear enjoys Jason's company," The polar bear stated plainly. They all nodded in agreement before Panda brought something up.
"Hey, what're we doing today?" He asked curiously.
"Uh, I don't know. Maybe basketball?" Grizz asked the other two.
"Sure I guess. Oh, we can do 4 on 4 now! We have Jason!" Panda said excitedly.
"Yeah! Maybe we could win!" Grizz said, fantasizing about winning a basketball game. Ice Bear nodded in agreement, silent as usual. Just as they were talking, they heard the bathroom door open, and Jason emerged with a cleaner face.
"So what're we talking about?" Jason asked curiously, wanting to know what was going on.
"We were going to play basketball, wanna come?" Grizz asked.
"Sure, sounds like fun. I could use some practice." Jason said.
"Awesome, sounds like a plan!" Grizz said excitedly,"Let's go!" The four of them got ready and began to walk towards the park.
~Hey, thanks for reading Chapter One of my new story! I wanted to write something less depressing/ less bullying and just write about Jason's adventures with the bears. Hope you enjoyed! :)