I crawl out of my bed as I finish my 9 hours of sleep and let my feet hit the floor. I breathe in the smell of baked eggs, bacon, and toast. I look outside the window and see the neighborhood and parents going out to get the mail.
I sigh and say "That 3-hour gaming session last night really tuckered me out."
I stroll over to my closet and grab a pair of jeans and a T-shirt and slip into them as my daily attire. I remembered the gaming session I had last night. I stayed up till 12 playing Halo 3 big team battle on the Master Chief collection. I slipped into a pair of green running shoes and grab my phone off the charger and put it in my pocket. I looked at my wall of posters and photos. I see a photo with my entire company from the academy and sigh again.
"God I miss those physical training sessions," I said as I open the door to exit my room and yelled "MOM, THIS BOY GOTTA EAT, WHENS BREAKFAST READY!"
"MOM LEFT FOR A MOVIE SHOOT," MY dad yelled back "I'm HERE FOR THE DAY!"
I pulled my phone from my pocket and open it. There was a text from my mom.
'Hi sweety, I had to leave for a movie audition. I love you. I'll be back at 8:00 PM with your sister from her sleepover' the text read
"Well," I began "That's one less person to nag me."
"COME DOWN, FOOD IS READY" My dad yelled from the downstairs
I slipped my phone in my pocket again and I began to descend down the stairs. I turned into the kitchen and saw a plate of eggs with 2 strips of bacon and toast on it.
"That's your plate," he said "hurry up and eat. I have a conference call."
"Ok dad," I said as I began to sit and eat.
He looked at his phone and panicked as he ran to his office and began to dial up his brother's number.
"Hey bro," He started "We have this call now, hurry and get Jacob on the call"
I looked at him leave and turned to see my brother with his plate and I narrowed my eyes as did he.
"I won't bother you if you won't bother me." He said
"Deal" I replied
He grabbed his plate of eggs and brought it to his room as I ate mine at the table. I sat there for 15 minutes scrolling through Instagram and eating my breakfast. I finished and put it in the sink to wash it. I put the sponge in the soapy water and scrubbed my plate and dried it with a towel that was hanging from a hook. I finished putting away the dish and walked upstairs and into my room where I lay in my bed hoping for something to do.
"Sigh I can't play games right now because all my friends are asleep, can't go anywhere because I can't drive." I said, "If only there was something to do."
Flashback
"Actually I don't think it's going to be all that bad, maybe we can meet people who play the same consoles as us,"
Flashback end
"Nahhh," I said
I got up from my bed and texted in my family group chat.
'Is there anything that I can do?' I texted
'Sure, but don't be loud, I have a bid going on.' he texted back
'Sure' My mom texted 'But don't destroy the place'
'I won't' I replied
'OH and one more thing' My mom texted 'Take the tray to our neighbors. You know, the one we ate from Lynn Sr.'
'Sure thing' I replied
I walked out of my room with my shoes striking the floor of the stairs as I descended down them. I enter the dining room and find the tray that held the food we ate with the pizza the night we arrived and grabbed it. I got to the front door and opened it to reveal the neighborhood of potential friends.
"Here goes nothing"
Loud House
Lincoln walks out of his room with his him wearing an Ace Savvy costume. Suddenly Clyde jumps out in a fighting stance with playing cards in his hand.
"Ace Savvy and One-Eyed Jack are here to save the city," Lincoln announced
Lynn walks out of her room with her sports gear in her sports bag and says "You guys look like total dorks."
"Quiet Lynn, it's the weekend," Lincoln said
"Not to mention its summer too" Clyde added
"Yeah!" Lincoln said
"Whatever," she said
They started to run down the hallway as they punched and kicked the air. Lincoln punched the wall and yelled in pain as he felt the wall stand stiff.
"OUCH!" He held his hand.
Suddenly Lori opened the door to her room and yelled "LINCOLN! YOU NEED TO BE QUIET! IM AM LITERALLY ON A CALL WITH BOBBY" She closed the door as she said, "Keep going boo-boo-bear."
"You ok buddy?" Clyde said as he ran to Lincoln
"Yeah, I'm fine" Lincoln responded
Knock Knock
Emmet Mendez
I looked at the Loud's yard with intense eyes and I looked at the front door. I took one step into the yard as I slowly let my foot down. I raised my other foot and took another step. I suddenly heard the sprinklers start to sprinkling. I raise the tray in front of my face and expected the worse. The water pressure began to shake the sprinkler. I closed my eyes and I braised for impact. Suddenly…
Tcktcktcktcktcktcktcktcktcktcktck
I open my eyes and see the sprinklers going at normal speed and not the insane pressure from the night I came here to give them the letter. I take 3 more steps and see a dog run up and I was about to dash off but then it rolled over and began to bark. I looked at it and realized what it wanted. I bent down and began to scratch the dog's belly as it began to move its leg up and down. I stopped after 10 seconds and the dog rolled over and ran back into the backyard.
"So far so good," I said
I walked the rest of the way to the front porch and walked up the steps. I looked at the door and turned to the left and then the right.
"Coast is clear," I said to myself
I knocked on the door.
Knock Knock
I heard the sound of footsteps coming to the front door and I waited until the doorknob began to move. I stepped back to see the girl in the pink dress open the door.
"Oh, hello there" I began "I just stopped by to give back the tray your dad lent us."
"Oh, thank you," she said, "What did you think of it."
"Yeah, it was good," I replied as I looked at the little girl as she took up the tray "Say… You're… Lana, am I right."
"EXCUSE ME!" She yelled
"Woah sorry," I replied "I didn't want to provoke you"
"I AM LOLA LOUD, L-O-L-A!" She began to rant "DON'T YOU EVER GET ME MIXED UP WITH MY TWIN! I WILL DESTROY YOU!"
I crossed my arms "You done."
Her face immediately turned from angry to confused.
"Y-your not scared," She said
"Ahh," I said "From a scale from 1-10 I'd say about 0.5. I've dealt with worse."
"Why are you not afraid," She said, "You don't want to make me mad!"
"And what are you going to do," I said sarcastically "Send me to military school? Oh no please Lola, don't send me to military school."
I sarcastically shook in fear as she just stood there with a shocked face.
"I'm telling on you!" she pouted "DADDYYYYYYYY!"
"What is it, sweetheart." Lynn Sr. said as he walked up from the kitchen
"The next-door neighbor is being mean to meeeeeee!" Lola pouted further
I see Lynn Sr. come to the front door and look at me.
"Ok," He began "What's the problem."
"Well I would like to say that your daughter blew up at me when I accidentally called her Lana," I started "So when I told her that I wasn't sacred from her temper tantrum, she fell back on her second line of defense... Which is you."
Lynn Sr. looked at Lola "Is this true Lola?"
"Well huff you know how much I hate it when I and Lana get mixed up," Lola began "Huff I don't like being called a grease monkey."
"Look," I started "I just came here to drop off you dad's tray, that's it. I'm sorry that I called you Lana… If you promise to be good, I'll be sure to learn your name and never call you Lana again."
"O-," She stuttered "O-Ok… I'm sorry..."
"Thanks," I said "That's all I needed"
Kneeled down and extended my hand. She looked at it and looked back at me. She extended her hand as well and we locked hands. We shook for a good 3 seconds until I let go.
"Well, it looks like this resolved itself," Lynn Sr. said "Anyway, thanks for bringing back my tray. We'll see you later."
The door closed on me as I looked at the front yard and walked off.
"I swear that family belongs to a circus," I said to myself
I walked into my house again and walked back into my room. I looked all around my room and saw nothing to do. I looked at my Xbox and thought 'Well, maybe playing CE's campaign again won't hurt.'
7 hours later
"CHIEF NOW WOULD BE A GREAT TIME TO LEAVE"
I rotated the joystick to angle the warthog to have it rollover. I jumped out of the warthog and made a mad dash towards the last longsword fighter still in the hanger. I shot a grunt as I jumped over a barrel on fire.
"YESSSSS!" I exclaimed as I saw the cut scene take place
I look around my room and see that there was no one to see my accomplishment. I managed to overcome my self-accomplishment from beating CE's campaign for the 100th time and saved progress on my Xbox 1 then turned it off. I walk downstairs and walk into the kitchen. I open the fridge and pull out some pizza leftovers and put them in the microwave.
"Ahh" I began "Nothing like some pizza after playing Halo Combat Evolved."
KReeeeeeeee
I look to the front door and see my mom step in with my sister following close behind her.
"Oh hey mom," I said
"Hi sweety." my mom replied
She stepped into the kitchen and my sister ran up and tackled me in a hug.
"Hi Emmy," She said
"Hi Sarah," I replied
I hugged her in return and I let go after 5 seconds of the hug. I turned her around and patted her on the back.
I look at her and ask "How was your play date with your new friend."
"Oh Amanda was so good," My little sister replied, "We watched movies, played Minecraft, and had dinosaur chicken nuggets with mac and cheese."
"Oh how exciting," I said
"Yeah," She said zipping down her jacket "It was nice for Mrs. Hudson to pick me up after dance class."
"I bet it was," I said
"Did you make any friends today?" My little sister asked
"I…" I paused and didn't know what to say "...no."
"Well you need friends," My sister began then she gasped "WHAT IF WE SIGN YOU UP IN AN ACTIVITY!"
She squealed with joy as she already put her plan in motion in her mind.
"Nononononono," began "I don't think that would be a good idea, plus I don't think they have anything open."
I laughed nervously as I realized that it was up in my sister's favor.
"Actually there is a theater that they are opening-up for plays," My brother said as he took my pizza from the microwave and into his room
I frowned as I said sarcastically "Wow thanks for the support, Parker."
"Oh come on, it can't that bad." My mom said, "I mean, you did plays before."
"That was in 6th and 7th-grade mom," I began "I was retarded back then."
My mom pulled out her phone and began to tap on it as I waited for 3 minutes.
"Well, it's too late, I already sent an email to the director asking if she would like you for a part." She said
"B-bububu-" I stuterd "But why?"
"Because you need to get social, you need friends." She said "An this is going to get you out there because you've been a vampire playing videogames. Am I right or am I right."
I grumbled as I grabbed a salad from the fridge and a plastic fork then walked to my room.
4 days later, 3:00 pm
"EMMET, TIME TO GO!" MY mom called out
"I'm coming," I responded
I walked down the stairs in my jeans and a black t-shirt with SpongeBob wearing shades on it. I reluctantly walked to the bottom of the stairs and moved to the front door. I shrugged to the car and opened the passenger door and then closed it when I got in.
"You ready to act in Beauty and the Beast." My mom asked
"Nope," I responded "Why Beauty and the Beast? There was a 1917 musical, about WW1."
"I know you love the history plays but that one was full." My mom responded
My mom put the car in reverse and we pulled out of the driveway and went on the road.
"Can we at least listen to the SpongeBob soundtrack?" I asked politely
"Sure," My mom said
My mom pulled open I tunes and put it on the SpongeBob soundtrack. It was immediately started on the F.U.N song and I smiled as it raised my spirits before this disaster of a play.
32 minutes later, 3:32 pm
My mom pulled over and I hopped out of the car and closed the door behind me. I looked at her as she looked back at me.
"Hey, honey, I love you and I'll pick you up in 2 hours." My mom said
"I love you too." I responded, "I have my phone so you can text me when you get here."
My mom pulled out of the parking lot as I turned back around to face a theater for where I would be performing this trash play. I began to walk inside as I passed teens and females that I was still not used to seeing due to me not seeing one in 12 weeks by being at RMA for a semester. I heard the stopping of an engine but I didn't pay that much attention to it until I heard a voice.
"Hey, Luan, try and get Bell, you are perfect for the part." The female voice said
I look back and see them. Lori was in the driver's seat and Luan hopped out of the car. I looked at them as my eyes grew wider.
'Fuck it's them' I thought
Lori turned the car on and drove it away as Luan turned around.
"Emmet?" Luan questioned as she saw me