"Collected Drabbles"
by JVM-SP150
FORTUNE COOKIE (Kevin/Red)
I'm Chinese, so I have to obey fortune cookies.
And I'm a Star Wars fan, so of course I believe in destiny and prophecy.
I guess I'm no Jedi... not exactly the noblest kid around here. I'm a bit of a coward. When the other kids are running off fighting zombies or aliens or celebrities, I'm the kid in the background in the Stormtrooper helmet.
"Kevin godammit."
That's what they'd all say - Kevin Stoley is just a Star Wars nerd. Useless. Stupid. Expendable. Carries around a lightsaber. So after fourth grade, I detached myself from all things nerdy. I just listened to Japanese crap and watched anime - it was what was cool. I still didn't get many friends - Star Wars followed me my whole life.
I only ever had one friend - Rebecca Tucker, better known as Red. We'd been close ever since we were kids. Then at the beginning of fourth grade we drifted apart. You know, the girls started developing, and you know, she was a popular one. And me? I'm that dork in the back of the class. A Melvin.
"Kevin, why don't you have a cookie?" My mother, Tabitha, carelessly threw a little bagged fortune cookie to me, "You seem tense."
I opened it quickly and cracked open the cookie, putting the fortune down and quickly gobbling it up - I was hungry, dude! And then I sat, ignoring the forture. Couldn't be anything important, right? I heard the door open and Red walked in, "Es let me in. It's been a while, I figured we could catch up" she said quietly, sitting down at the table, "Ooh, did you eat a fortune cookie? What's it say?"
I lifted it up - 'Love is near.'
I blushed and smiled, "It says It's a good time to catch up with old friends." I smiled.