Very few people in Springfield knew what happened to the spiky haired demon. As Bart got older he just seemed to get more out of control, his parents not knowing what to do had him sent away to live with Homer's uncle, Kyle. There he spent 8 miserable year in Shelbyville. However, on his 18th Birthday he would return back home, the place where he was once the popular kid, now he is the forgotten Simpson.
I shouldn't go back home but I want to see my family again. Plus, I need a new… I don't even want to consider it but I might not have a choice. It wouldn't be bad to see my family again. Not particularly mum or dad, for it was them that had sent me to live with that old man, but to see my little sister Maggie. She was still an infant when I had left, she probably doesn't even know who I am. Too her I would be a stranger but I don't think she ever knew she was my favourite of the family.
Another person I am eager to see again is Lisa, although I know she isn't eager to see me again. It was because of her that I was shipped away into that hell hole but I need to get this sorted. What I did was overboard and completely ignorant. I had attempted to burn her room down, I was unsuccessful but ended up burning a few of her books including her diary. Something you never do to a girl is burn her diary, she was in tears… I didn't think it would affect her that much. She didn't even come to say goodbye when I left…
Other than family, there are other people I want to see again. My best friend Milhouse, I know my absence would have affected the nerdy, weak little boy a lot. I also want to see… this girl, the only girl I could say I ever loved. Jessica Lovejoy, we dated once, broke up and then got together a few months before I was forced to leave. I knew the little girl, I want to know the woman she is now.
There it was, my old home, it's the same way it has always been. I knock on it, awaiting an answer. All of a sudden my heart starts pumping really fast. Maybe this isn't the best idea, I mean I have been exiled from here, from my family. The door opens and I see a girl a few inches shorter than me, her hair no longer looking like a pineapple, instead straightened with red and blue highlights. It was Lisa.
"Bart?" She said looking at me, her facial expression was nearly blank. She had no idea what to think, I had no idea what to say but hello.
"How have you been brother?" She said launching her arms around me and giving me a kiss on the cheek. That wasn't what I expected at all. Lisa and I have always sort have been… against each other. Sure we worked together a few times and were on the same page at times, but general speaking, we hated each other.
"I have been… well I'm still alive," I said with a smile as she ushered me inside.
"Things haven't been the same without you, you won't believe what this family is like now," I didn't have to take Lisa's word for it, the living room was different. The biggest plasma screen TV I ever saw was attached to the wall, a massive stereo with a cd rack that had about 2000 cds, expensive drapes and a smell of something other than alcohol and baby droppings.
"How have you been sis?" I asked sitting down on an unfamiliar sofa, somewhat more comfortable than the old one. Was I the one that made us poor? That's not possible or is it?
"I have been good," She said with a smile. Yeah, I would imagine she's been good, after all it was my job to make her life miserable.
"Uhh about the whole… burning thing," I started but someone I was highly anticipating too see, walked into the room.
"Maggie? Maggie… is that you?" A dazed and confused 10 year old girl looked up at me.
"Yes, who are you?" She looked almost like Lisa when she was 8. Maggie did definitely look cuter than Lisa(although I never paid attention to how my 8 yr old sister looked, too busy trying to make her cry!) and her hair was straightened and dyed black.
"I am, Bart… Simpson," I said with a smile, her eyes widened and she stared directly into my eyes..
"Your… you're my brother? The one that Mum said was living with a relative." She said in a cute, childish voice, I'm so glad I got to see Maggie before she becomes a bratty teenager.
"Yeah, oh damn… I should have gotten something, I just don't have any cash." I say lamely as she moves closer to observe me.
"Happy Birthday," Maggie said, that took me and Lisa completely by surprise. I wanted to ask how she knew that, she definitely shared Lisa's brain. After a few minutes of knowing her I knew she was more like Lisa than me. I never did understand why Lisa was so smart, mum and dad were idiots. No one in my family was smart, except for her. I guess I envied her about that which fuelled our rivalry.
"Bart!" I had to see it to believe it, a skinny, covered with hair, clean shaven father. He was dressed in a suit. This was a lot different than the bald, fat and stupid-looking father I once had.
"Dad?" I said surprised. I know that I was trouble but I didn't think I was the reason Homer was a loser. Guess I was.
"What do you want?" A somewhat, colder greeting was given from my mum. What happened to 'my special little guy'? I guess I caused too much havoc to mum to still be her special little guy.
"I came to uhh say hi," I didn't want to say that my Uncle had also told me to find a new home. I was homeless, I wanted to come here to sort things out with my family but maybe that will be harder than I thought. I had done a lot of things I regret here. I have a feeling this town isn't going to be too welcoming to me.
"I'll see you guys around I guess," I say getting up and leaving my old home. Where do I go now? I guess I have some cash, I should visit that place dad used to always go to, uhh Moe's… I need a drink to get my head off of things.
The town seemed the same, a run down part of middle class America. Moe's Tavern, a dark place for the tortured soul, maybe I'll run into old friends or something here. I open the door and instantly the smell of alcohol and vomit flows into my lungs.
"Uhh can I have a whiskey?" I ask the bar tender who was busily cleaning beer mugs.
"Sorry, only got duff… Bart?" The man says but down the mug and looking directly at me. It was Moe, one of my dad's best friends. Suddenly the whole bar turns and looks at me, I didn't think I would be the cause of such a fuss. Everyone started whispering, maybe coming back here was a big mistake.
"Bart… it's me," A blue haired, slightly shorter than me, nerdy boy said.
"Milhouse… wow, you haven't changed… at all!" I say surprised, I never thought I would see Milhouse again.
"Uhh, I'll have a beer," I say to Moe. He pulls out a semi-dirty mug and fills it up with the yellow poison I need right now.
"So how's life been for you man?" I ask Milhouse.
"Well things have been different since you left for sure, I have been working a lot harder at school and stuff. I always said that I wasn't a nerd cause I was pretty stupid but I realised that… I am a nerd. How about you? What happened… no one knew what happened to you, you just… disappeared." Milhouse's voice had deepened just a little bit, he still sounded like a teenager.
"I went to live with my uncle, life hasn't been so good… but now I'm back here. It's like… now I'm home, I got a lot of things to fix up… I need to get on good terms with my family especially my mother again, I got to… find Jessica… and well I dunno… there is a lot of people I have upset in this town but hopefully they will forgive me." I say finishing off my beer.
"Oh uhh Jessica, you might want to have a few more drinks, I got something to tell you."
