This chapter starts out pretty heartfelt, but in the ending of it, you'll LOL!


Chapter 8: A Comfort Hand

Two days until school's out for the holiday season and already the entire school is feeling every glance of the holiday spirit. Cody and Zeke were walking around the hallways, just talking and laughing.

"So, what happened?" asked Zeke.

"Mike tried to put the star on the Christmas tree and when he tried to, he fell down on the living room and landed on the floor and nearly broke his butt." Cody said.

Zeke laughed hysterically and said, "No way! Did that really happen?"

"Yeah, it did. We were only 12 and it became Mike's most embarassing story for Christmas."

"How'd he felt after that?"

"He was okay, but he was very embarassed because Alex had a video camera for this and he taped everything."

"He still got the camera?"

"Since he died, he kept his camera in his room-which is currently my room-and every Christmastime, I want to see it again until Mike sees me watching that embarassing moment and he would chase me around the house to tell me to drop it, so no one would see it."

"How many times have you seen it?"

"Like 700. Just yesterday, I wondered what if everyone saw it, so I uploaded it to WhoTube."

"Really? How many times did they view it?"

"I don't know. I have to check it to see."

"Does Mike know?"

"Nope."

"Knows what?"

They see Jojo walking by and Zeke said, "Cody posted a video of Mike falling down the floor and landed on his butt while trying to put a star on the Christmas tree some years ago."

"Was he okay?"

"Yeah, he was fine, but he was embarassed."

"Like how embarassed?"

"Uber-embarassed."

"Where did you post it?"

"Whotube." Cody snickered.

"I think everyone's gonna see it."

"Yeah, I know. I just wanted to see how many views it got. I would've check before I left for school, but as always, I'm a heavy sleeper, so I decided to check later at the library."

"Stoked about the Christmas party?"

Suddenly, they see Chad coming in and Cody responded, "Dude, I'm amped."

"Coolio."

"Hey, guys. I have to hit the restroom real quick." Jojo said.

"All right. See ya."

Jojo heads over to the men's room for a quick second. After a few seconds, he washed his hands and as soon as he left, he heard someone crying in there. He went over to one of the stalls and when he opened the door, he saw Dustin sitting there. Jojo went in and said, "DJ, you okay?"

Dustin looked up and he saw Jojo and quickly wiped his eyes and said, "Yeah."

"You sure?"

Dustin sighed heavily and said, "No."

"You can tell me about it in the hallway."

Both of them went out of the men's room and went to the hallway to talk. Dustin told him, "My dad and I had a little fight."

"What happened?"

"He thinks that mom's car accident was my fault and it's not true. He blamed me for causing my mom's death and I'm still not over it. Even though I try, it always hit me."

"Why would your dad blame you when you had nothing to do with it?"

"As I said, we never got along since the accident. Everything I do around him is never good enough. He thinks that if I didn't exist, he'd find a better son than me."

"That's harsh. I'm sorry that he said that to you."

"I just don't know what to do, Jojo. I love my dad, but sometimes I wish he would just understand that I can't change who I am just to make him feel happy."

"Ask yourself this question-do you like being who you are?"

"Yeah, I do."

"Well, regardless of what he says, don't let it get you down. All he has to do is love you."

"I know. It's just hard to get him to understand that I'm not who he thinks I should be."

"I know how you feel. It's sorta like that with my dad, him wanting me to be mayor of Whoville when I really want to do music, so I'd rather do that than be in the mayoral position. You have no idea how embarassing and frustrating it is when your dad doesn't relate to you."

"I know. It just sucks, you know?"

"Yeah. But it gets better. Just accept yourself for who youa re and don't forget-you have great friends who you'll be lucky to have and always have a shoulder to cry on."

Dustin looks at Jojo and sees that he's got a friend in him and for the first time in his life, he felt like he can really use one. His tears slowly went down his face and said,. "You're the only one who understands me."

"I feel the same way you do, Dustin."

"Thanks."

"Anytime."

"Hey, guys! You have got to see this WhoTube video! It is so awesome!" Marcus said, with excitement.

"What was that all about?" asked Dustin.

"I don't know, but whatever it is, it might cheer you up."

Both of them headed for the library and immediately, they saw Mike at 12 years old, putting the star on top of the Christmas tree and suddenly-

BOOM!

They all exclaimed in surprise as he saw Mike land on his butt and most of them were laughing hysterically. Jojo looked at Cody and asked, "Did you record this?"

"Nah, it was Alex." Cody answered.

"Man, that was a crazy fall."

"Yeah, but it was hilarious seeing it. Just uploaded it up last night and somehow, it got over 200 hits! How cool is that?"

Dustin's face lightened up after he saw that video and said, "It did cheer me up."

"Yeah, I'm glad it did."

"CODY!"

Suddenly, the students turned around and a seething Mike was entering after finding out that the video is posted on WhoTube.

"OOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHH!" al the students exclaimed.

"Man, are you gonna get it." Marcus said.

Cody chuckled nervously and backed away and took off on the other door and started running. Mike screamed in crazy anger as he chased Cody towards the quad and into the gymnasium.

"I'm gonna kill you!" Mike screamed.

"Mind if a get a close-up?" asked Cody.

"I'll give you a close-up...on your face!"

Misty came out of the crowd and told Jojo, "Let me know how it turns out. And tell Cody awesome video, by the way. It'll be added in my favorite videos list."

"Will do."

"You know, I never thought I would see an embarassing video of Mike on WhoTube until Cody showed it to me. Tis the season to land on your butt, Michael!"

Cody chased Mike all around the gymnasium and all the kids gathered to watch the whole thing go down and most of them were laughing like it was the highlight of entertainment for the holidays.


Was that cool or what? More where those come from!