Demon Dayz
By: Shizuka Hisagi
"Wake up!!" yelled my best friend Domino. That wasnt his name of course but everyone knew him by that nickname and nothing else so it might as well have been his real name. I was the only one in school besides the teachers and his parents that knew his real name was Dominic. He earned his nickname in 1st grade when no one could remember his real name. Domino implied the 'Domino Effect' because if Domino got one girl to like him all of her friends liked him and their frieinds liked him, like the 'Domino Effect'. Every boy wanted to be like Domino though...he was rich and popular. Even his parents were what everyone else's parents wanted to be. Screw Stacy's mom every man and boy in his right mind wanted Domino's mom. She had pin straight blonde hair, sapphire eyes and some major curves. His dad was a bighshot though, Shayne Icene or Chief Justice in the Supreme Court. He has frizzy red hair, blue eyes and wasnt hot but he was rich in that sense. Domino was caught in between then with strawberry blonde hair and blue eyes that werent dark but not really light. Domino's mom Latasha and his dad Shayne seemed like opposites and they were but their personalities completed eachothers. Nice Latasha and emotionless Shayne fit dont they?
Whatever though... today I was in the nurse's office for getting hit in the head with a hockey stick in gym. Just my luck huh? "Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up!!" he pleaded now shaking me back and forth. I slowly opened my eyes knowing I wouldnt get anymore peace if I stayed 'asleep' or got up. "Finally!! Alex youve been knocked out for 2 hours!!" he complained. Yeah, thats me. Alex Ramirez his best friend, which is odd because im not popular in that sense. Im not rich, upper middle class maybe but not like him. Weve been friends since preschool and have never gotten into a fight that lasted longer than two days. Im quiet and shy so me and him equals weird...but no one ever says anything because thats just the way things are. "Were going to miss the spelling test so hurry!!" he added grabbing me by the wrist and yanking me out of the small bed. He signed me out of the nurse's office and got two passes as we ran full speed down the halls to our English class.
As we opened the creaking door Domino was relieved to see that the class hadnt started the test yet. Domino sat down quickly at his seat and took out an already sharpened pencil. He was an average student actually, his drive to be better in school though was unrivaled. He studied for an a hour a test a day. One week we had four tests on Friday so there was Domino everyday after school studying for four hours afterward. I took my seat in front of him and took out a teal colored pen that dispersed red ink. The teacher passed out the test and said the world out loud slowly and clearly. I was practically dying of boredom by the 20th word out of 25. Domino was writing neatly on his paper and focusing completely when I looked back at him. After all the words were said I passed my paper backward to Domino as he gave his paper to the person behind him. The teacher spelled out the words for us as slowly as he said them, I sighed. Today was obviously going to be a long day and I was now just feeling the bump on the side of my head from the hockey stick.
When I heard the bell signaling class was over I practically jumped out of my desk. I got a minus 1 one on my test and Domino got a hundred percent if that wasnt obivous. We zig-zagged our way through the halls to the lunch room where there was an excited buzz everywhere, today was Friday or the last day of school until spring break. I smiled at this, one week of nothing relaxation. Domino and I sat down at our usual seats in the middle of the lunchroom surrounded by other preps and even some jocks that had prep girlfriends or something along the line of that. We had only sat down for 2 minutes when Domino was already gossiping with other girls, I sighed once more and continued to eat my pizza and drink my orange juice. Lunch was short-lived though as the bell rang again.
Fifth hour was the only hour Domino wasnt in my class. I stopped at my locker and got to my class before the bell rang. I had hung around Domino so much I had become popular without really wanting to to. Everyone in this class was my friend...well said they were though im sure somewhere in their minds they were ready to backstab me whenever possible if I said the wrong thing or didnt act right. I got to hear the latest gossip and football statistics...everything I didnt care about. This was my elective class though of Spanish so it was my fault I picked it, shame on me not the stupid kids in the class. We were relearning animals though today so it wasnt to hard. The teacher asked me how to say 5 pink rabbits, such a manly question if you ask me but he was asking me so I continued with an answer, "Cinco conejos rosados." I replied and the teacher moved onto a harder quetion given to an unnatentive jock talking to some preppy blonde girl across from him.
Everything good comes to an end though when I trudged to my last class of Math, my worst subject. Domino was there to lighten the mood by its still boring and confusing.
"Mr.Ramirez what is X if 8 plus 6 equals 2 times X?" he asked. Everyone knew the answer was 7, except me of course.
"Yo no say." I replied in Spanish which means 'I dont know'. The teacher sighed and asked a nerd looking kid to answer which he got right of course. The slowest hour acted like it usually did everyday and drag on until I couldnt feel my brain. Also as usual Domino poked me in the head and told me it was time to go. I nodded, "Stupid math..." I said under my breath as Domino and I went to his locker then mine. We said nothing to one another today until we got onto the bus. "Me and my mom are going to Alaska today, were coming back on Thursday." I said out of nowhere. "I was wondering if you wanted to join us." I added quickly.
Domino smiled, "Yeah, i'll ask my mom when i get home and call you." he replied. That was the end of our bus conversation as I listened to music and looked out the window and Domino talked to the prep in the seat next to us.
When I walked into my house I was barraged by a list of things to get packed by my mom. "Did you ask Domino?" she asked me quickly as she rearranged some clothes in her suit case.
"Of course, he's calling me with an answer soon." I replied as I looked over the list. Underwear, Pj's, Long Pants, PSP, etc. The usual until I spotted something weird towards the end, "Sword? Mom why do I need a sword to go to Alaska?" I asked.
My mom smiled, "I hear there are some amazing tutors there. I figure why not try them out, dosent hurt to learn some self defense."
I rolled my eyes, I would obviously have a sword handy if I ever got jumped, but I didnt say anything more as the phone rang. I picked it up slowly as Domino screamed into the phone, "I can go!!" he yelled. I pulled the phone away from my ear.
"Okay then Domino, I hear you. We can pick you up..." I trailed off. My mom yelled 2 hours in the background. "...two hours." I completed. I told Domino the list of things...even the sword so I wouldnt be alone in practice. We both had swords thank goodness somewhere in our house for decoration but they were real so we decided to take them anyways. Domino said goodbye and hung up before I hung up and ran up the stairs to my room to get packed. Once everything was set and packed me and my mom set off to Domino's house. You couldnt miss it, his house was 15 stories of red brick with gold outlines. I wasnt exageratting when I said rich. Domino was already outside waiting with his bags which were large but there were only 3 of them which was about as much as I had. He waved to his mom goodbye who was on the front steps after he put his bags in the car. We were going to Alaska.