Dearly Departed
He had left because he'd wanted to. Kid's table shit. In the past that he would like to forget, John's parents would shove him and his cousins to the Kid's table when the family had gathered for a shared meal. Swept them clean out of the way – made room for the older, more experienced individuals who deserved a place at the responsible table. The table where liquor flowed free and the laughter never ceased. The cousins had hated John and he had hated them. The Kid's table, the table for the small insignificants, had never been a happy table; nothing like the one that had neighbored it. It had been silent, always silent; only the crisp sound of cutlery on china and the voices of the grown-ups. Nothing save food had passed through those baby teeth. John had found that silence unbearable. It made him uncomfortable, as all silence had and would forevermore.
When he'd left, it was because he had wanted to. At first to prove his worth to the team, he wasn't no kid you could shit around with. He wouldn't wait in the car like a good little boy – that was Bobby's job. Then there had been that head-splitting pain. He'd nearly drowned in agony. Nearly drowned and died - a snow angel on the ground.
How about it then? Are you coming? Or something of the sorts. That train wasn't leaving without him; he remembered what that man had said. A God among insects. That's what he was, what he wanted to be. Gods weren't swept away to the side; they didn't have to deal with any Kid's tables. No, they didn't have to deal with shit. Gods? They were the ones who made the shit for mortals to deal with. He wouldn't be no sidekick, no third wheel again.
See yah later, alligator. In a while, crocodile. Bye bye Iceboy.
I won't miss you.
Author's Note: Hullo! This is more of a prologue really, but I hope you enjoyed reading it. Out of curiosity, how many of you understood the "snow angel on the ground" image? I played it off of when John's on his back, in the snow - writhering in pain, etc. etc. Not too criptic, I hope. Review?
/ Ellery