Hello there everyone. Alex here. So, this is my first story-ish thing, so I would love love it if people could give me some feedback.

So, this is the first chapter of a 99 chapter story.

What? 99?!

Yep.

But it's not like long and complicated. It's just going to be 99 short stories... and each story is going to involve a balloon. A red balloon.


Eins Luftballoon

It was a cold, snowy day, as was usual in the small town of South Park, Colorado, and two elementary school boys were walking along main street. They walked in comfortable silence, the only sound coming from the slush and ice crunching under their snow boots.

"Do you have any money, Stan?" One of the boys, a redhead wearing a green ushanka, asked seemingly out of the blue.

Said raven-haired boy blinked and then fished around in his coat pockets and pulled out a couple crumpled bills.

"I have… three dollars. Why?"

"C'mon!" The readhead grabbed the other boy's gloved hand and started pulling him down the street.

"Wha- Kyle! Where are we going?" Stan asked, fixing his red and blue poof-ball hat on his head, for it had almost fallen off when his friend had yanked him forward.

Kyle said nothing, but simply smiled and continued forward.

The short, redheaded boy finally slowed as they came closer to a street vendor, a not-too-old but not-that-young woman was standing next to a cart that had dozens of colorful balloons tied to it.

"Hello, boys." The woman greeted with a friendly smile as they stopped in front of the stand. She looked at the two young boys, who still had their hands clasped together. "Aww, look at you two holding hands, are you special little buddies?"

Kyle flushed and quickly pulled his hand from Stan's while Stan exclaimed 'no!' a bit too loudly.

The woman just laughed. "So, what can I do for you today?"

"How much are they?" Kyle asked, his face still slightly pink.

"Just a dollar."

Kyle quickly turned to Stan. "Can I have a dollar?"

"This is what you wanted money for?" Stan glanced at the stand. "A stupid balloon?"

Kyle frowned, a bit hurt and in a quiet voice said, "Yes…"

Stan looked at his friend's face and sighed, feeling a bit bad for hurting his feelings.

"Fine." He pulled out a dollar and Kyle beamed. "Here." Stan handed the lady a dollar.

"What color would you like?" The lady asked Stan.

Stan turned to Kyle. "Red." The boy answered.

"Alrighty then. Here you go" She handed Kyle his balloon. "You boys have a good day now." She waved as they continued down the street.

"You too!" Kyle waved back before catching up with Stan. "Hey, Stan, can you tie this to my wrist? I don't want to accidentally let go or anything."

Stan rolled his eyes but said, "Sure."

"Thanks a lot for the balloon Stan." Kyle said genuinely as Stan tied the balloon string.

"No problem."


Ugh, the ending turned out really awkward. Oh well. I know it's not that great, but hopefully it's not completely awful.

The next chapter is going to be centered around Valentine's Day. Yay!

Review?(:

Oh! Since this is going to be a bunch of random stories... does anyone have any ideas that involve a red balloon or maybe a particular character or couple they want? If so, just leave it in a review.

Playlist: 99 Luftballoons - Nena.