'Free of troubles! Free of pain! Free from all feelings of oppression! This
can be achieved, only through P.A.B.E. New session starts soon. Join
today!'
"More P.A.B.E.? I'm so sick of that group!" A scrawny boy with thick
glasses exclaimed. More and more pop-up ads were for that damned group now
days. So many people signed up for it, and they all went to the asteroid
colony where it reigned supreme. They usually were never heard from again,
but news reports read that everyone there was so happy and carefree. That
only inspired others to join People Against Bad Emotions. 'Probably all off
smoking crack those freaks. Radicals, they are such big morons.' The boy
thought. Everyone wants to feel that way secretly though, even he thought
about joining P.A.B.E., but it wasn't too likely.
"Percy! Get down here! Your supper's ready!"
"Coming mom!" He'd have to finish reading up on P.A.B.E. later. Homework
can wait, an empty stomach is more important. Percy ran down the stairs of
the cozy little home he and his mother shared on Ganymede. It wasn't much,
but it was home.
"Here's your food. Eat it and put the dishes away. I have to work late again tonite." She lit up a cigarette and blew the smoke into his face. He coughed. "Why do you have to smoke?" "Look, if you're being so health conscious, and can't accept my habits, you can go on and live on your own. I don't need anyone telling me what to do! Now eat your damn food." She started smoking again.
"Why do you have to dress like that? It's sort of embarrassing for me. The kids at school." His mother was wearing an ultra mini in a tight top. She had fishnet stockings and wore knee high boots. "Percy, I told you before."
"Yeah, I know, for work, right?" "Look! I already told you if you can't live here with me then you can live on your own okay?!"
Why was she doing this? He was only 15, not 25! He wasn't even a legal adult yet and she was threatening to kick him out onto the streets. "Percy, if your father hadn't left us all those years ago with all those bills for us to pay, we wouldn't even have to be here! We'd."
God! She did this every day! She'd complain about him, then about life, then about his father! Why did she do this? Why couldn't she be normal? Why did she make evil comments about his father? From what he could remember about his father before he left them, was that he was kind, and loving, but he supposedly left for P.A.B.E. Maybe that was why his mom was so against that organization. "Your father." She's still talking? He learned to tune it out after nine years. It was still like torture to have to listen to it everyday though. Well, not every day, sometimes his mother sometimes didn't even come home for weeks at a time! But that's okay, he could take care of himself. 'I'll find my father someday, and then I'll set things right.' Percy thought.
"Okay, okay mom, I understand. I'm just going to eat okay?" He left to go back to his room. "Yeah! You go run! Just like your father!" Those word she said hurt, but he could deal.
"Screw you." He said, under his breath and he went to his bedroom, slamming the door behind him.
Finally, he was alone. He quickly got rid of the glob that was supposed to be his supper and went onto Instant Messaging. "Hey," he said aloud, "Radical Edward's on!" He typed 'Hello Ed!' There was a moment, but Edward responded, 'Hello Awesome Possum!' 'What's new Ed?'
'Edward is on a ship, Edward is now a Cowgirl!' 'Cowgirl? Where are you?'
'On a ship AP! In space! Zoom!' 'Wow, when I last talked to you, you were on Earth.'
'Yes, Edward moves quickly.' 'That's cool.'
'Of course silly! We are going to Ganymede tomorrow. We search for the bounty!' 'A bounty? Here? Well I guess I can believe that. Are you going to come see me?'
'We're going to do more than that AP! We're going to take you with us!' That thought struck him as fantastic! 'That's great Ed! When are you going to pick me up?'
'I don't know. Faye-Faye is going to be at the Rainbow pub tonite, you meet her there and say Edward sent you! Then we can meet!' 'Okay! I'll see you tomorrow Ed!'
'Fun fun! Byeee!' 'Bye!' Woah, what did he just do? He just said that he would meet a total stranger in a pub that he wasn't even allowed to be in. He was giving up his life and just becoming a cowboy. cool! It was so much better than his life now. He started to pack his bag. Toothbrush, toothpaste, computer, socks, undies.
"Here's your food. Eat it and put the dishes away. I have to work late again tonite." She lit up a cigarette and blew the smoke into his face. He coughed. "Why do you have to smoke?" "Look, if you're being so health conscious, and can't accept my habits, you can go on and live on your own. I don't need anyone telling me what to do! Now eat your damn food." She started smoking again.
"Why do you have to dress like that? It's sort of embarrassing for me. The kids at school." His mother was wearing an ultra mini in a tight top. She had fishnet stockings and wore knee high boots. "Percy, I told you before."
"Yeah, I know, for work, right?" "Look! I already told you if you can't live here with me then you can live on your own okay?!"
Why was she doing this? He was only 15, not 25! He wasn't even a legal adult yet and she was threatening to kick him out onto the streets. "Percy, if your father hadn't left us all those years ago with all those bills for us to pay, we wouldn't even have to be here! We'd."
God! She did this every day! She'd complain about him, then about life, then about his father! Why did she do this? Why couldn't she be normal? Why did she make evil comments about his father? From what he could remember about his father before he left them, was that he was kind, and loving, but he supposedly left for P.A.B.E. Maybe that was why his mom was so against that organization. "Your father." She's still talking? He learned to tune it out after nine years. It was still like torture to have to listen to it everyday though. Well, not every day, sometimes his mother sometimes didn't even come home for weeks at a time! But that's okay, he could take care of himself. 'I'll find my father someday, and then I'll set things right.' Percy thought.
"Okay, okay mom, I understand. I'm just going to eat okay?" He left to go back to his room. "Yeah! You go run! Just like your father!" Those word she said hurt, but he could deal.
"Screw you." He said, under his breath and he went to his bedroom, slamming the door behind him.
Finally, he was alone. He quickly got rid of the glob that was supposed to be his supper and went onto Instant Messaging. "Hey," he said aloud, "Radical Edward's on!" He typed 'Hello Ed!' There was a moment, but Edward responded, 'Hello Awesome Possum!' 'What's new Ed?'
'Edward is on a ship, Edward is now a Cowgirl!' 'Cowgirl? Where are you?'
'On a ship AP! In space! Zoom!' 'Wow, when I last talked to you, you were on Earth.'
'Yes, Edward moves quickly.' 'That's cool.'
'Of course silly! We are going to Ganymede tomorrow. We search for the bounty!' 'A bounty? Here? Well I guess I can believe that. Are you going to come see me?'
'We're going to do more than that AP! We're going to take you with us!' That thought struck him as fantastic! 'That's great Ed! When are you going to pick me up?'
'I don't know. Faye-Faye is going to be at the Rainbow pub tonite, you meet her there and say Edward sent you! Then we can meet!' 'Okay! I'll see you tomorrow Ed!'
'Fun fun! Byeee!' 'Bye!' Woah, what did he just do? He just said that he would meet a total stranger in a pub that he wasn't even allowed to be in. He was giving up his life and just becoming a cowboy. cool! It was so much better than his life now. He started to pack his bag. Toothbrush, toothpaste, computer, socks, undies.