CHAPTER 1: A Pleasant Surprise
7:00 AM. Twister's alarm clock goes off. To him it's the worst sound ever. He Knocks it off and goes back to sleep. Another 10 minutes He thinks to himself. But right after he just got comfortable in the right position, he hears an annoying ticking sound on the window. Tick tick tick tick. He gets up and looks out of the window.
Was I dreaming this? He thinks to himself while he gazes into the mist that has overtaken the neighbourhood.
"Hey Bro down here."
Twister looks down to his front yard and sees Otto waving at him. He had been throwing rocks at his window to attract his attention. Twister opens his window.
"Dude the waves are huge! Let's skip school today and hit the waves," Otto yells to him full of excitement.
Today is Friday. The last day before spring break.
"Dude I dunno 'bout this."
"C'mon Twist your parents aren't home and we probably won't do anything in school anyway because of the last day."
Every morning Twister has the house for himself before he goes to school. His parents leave the house early for their jobs and Lars currently lives in a crappy apartment without a job.
"Yeah okay," Twister answers still not thinking this through. "But only cuz you're my best friend".
"Thanks bro! so you're gonna let me in?,"
"Sure hang on."
Twister shuffles downstairs and opens the door for Otto.
"Come on in," Twister says while rubbing his eyes.
"Cute pyjamas," Otto mocks.
Twister realizes he's wearing his teddy bear pyjama's which he had since he was 11. Although it's too small, he still likes to wear it.
Well that's embarrassing Twister thinks to himself.
Otto wants to make jokes about it but he actually finds it cute.
"Wait in my bedroom I'm going to get changed," Twister kindly orders Otto.
"Sure."
Otto throws himself on Twister's bed. He likes to lay in his bed. It smells like Twister and he loves that. Before he knows it he's smelling Twister's pillow. It smells like his shampoo. Twister's apple shampoo. It brings up a lot of feelings with Otto. But he has no idea how to react to those feelings. Everything that reminds him of Twister made him feel warm inside. But Otto has never felt that kind of love before. So he's not making a big deal out of it.
"Dude are you cuddling with my pillow?"
Otto quickly jumps of the bed.
"N-no," Otto mumbles.
"Okay then… well I am ready. Wanna hit the waves?"
"Yeah but we have to make sure we surf as far away from the shag as we can so Raymundo won't see us."
"Kay Ottoman."
As they're heading up to a nice spot, it's suddenly starting to rain a bit. They both become wet.
"Arg I hate wet sticky shirts," Twister says and takes off his shirt. The rain pours down on his chest. Raindrops are falling off Twister's torso and all Otto can do is watch.
"Here's a nice spot," Otto decides.
"We're like the only one here," Twister says as he looks around him to spot any other life. But no. They're all alone.
"Yeah man check out those waves! Let's hit them!" Otto is so excited he takes off his shirt, takes his board and heads into the water.
"Wait up Ottoman!"