Homer Before war.
The minutes were ticking by, slowly inching to the bell. It was a hot humid day, and like the days before I grew tired of sitting there. I am not exactly known for just sitting idly by, letting these people that call themselves teachers educate me. No ones going to get away with that! So when my executioner (as I normally thought of them) had her back turned I quickly opened the door and out I went. I grinned victoriously as I shimmied down the drainpipe. Yet another success to go onto my records. Well not to brag or anything, but I would be the first to admit that I have achieved much in my short yet wise 16 years of age. Many of track records hadn't even bin noticed by the police! When I was younger I even started a thing called "Greek roulette" (I am Greek you see. Don't you forget that.) Where I got a bunch of my mates to ram their heads at the school windows. Whoever broke them had to pay to fix them. I also spent the majority of my time at the police station. I am well known name and resident there. Yeah I've done a lot of crazy crap. Funny thing is I also get done for the things I haven't done, even the things that were beneath me. Guess I feel kind of proud that they would think of me. Shows how popular I am. Though I'm not sure why I'm not with the sheilas. I mean I'm a good lookin guy right? Kay well I have been known to stir them up a bit. Gave them all crap. Called them names, sabotaged their make up and hair or whatever. After I would cop all the hysterical girls snarling and screeching at me. I kind of enjoyed that. Getting all those sheilas attention and whatnot. Though I wouldn't tell this to no one, especially not Ellie, but I just don't know how to deal with girls, and deep down would kind of liked to get more positive attention from them. Ellie was different. She was my best mate. Grew up together we did. We have been through a lot, and my god did I mean a lot. We used to run around her paddocks in the nick, playing tag, only to be caught be her surprised (and rather amused) mother, That was when we were younger (you didn't think that was recent do you? Haha, not her paddocks but we had tried skinny dipping recently) Now we had moved onto bigger things, lighting fire to the roads when cars drove past and what not. Actually come to think of it I think that was just me.
As I hit the ground and tried my bid for freedom I was caught, I can't remember by who. "Well mr Yanos, up to your old tricks again?" I felt flattered that I had actually beyond what I thought, so retorted with my brilliant reply "Aw shucks you flatter me." I meant it too. I suppose he thought I was trying to give him cheek though. A sudden obvious laugh came from behind him. Fi was surveying the situation with an amused expression. I felt a sudden twinge of something but didn't quite know what so ignored it. Fi, beautiful blond rich girl Fi, a townie who is also a close friend of Ellie's. My one and only crush from when I was a year 8. I always thought she was a bit of a snob though. So withdrawing back into my badass persona (I had a reputation after all) I just had to make a flippant remark. "Hey Fi, what would your solicitor parents think of you sleeping with an older man to bump up your grades? Surely you must know affairs are sins?" Her amusement quickly faded into one of shock and hurt. I waited for the usual crap that I normally would have gotten back. Instead she turned and walked away trying to hide the hurt. Under normal circumstances I wouldn't have cared, or maybe relished in my witty triumph, but now I just felt like a complete jerk.