School Sucks
The bell rang, and Jonathon was late again. Why didn't they wake me up? He asked himself. Day in and day out Jonathon was always late. Adam and Matt of course had left without him. It wasn't like Jonathon wanted to be late, but teachers always thought of it that way. He ran down the hall to his homeroom. The hall was dirty just like everything in the school, lockers had graffiti on them, and trash was on the floor. Jonathon ran into his homeroom, and saw his teacher staring at him.
"Mr. Smith, glad you could finally join us." His teacher said.
"Yeah. . ." Jonathon said, quietly.
"You know what I've told you before. If you're late one more time I'll - -"
"Send me to my counselor."
"Yes, but for now you have this."
The teacher got a slip from his desk, and wrote something on it. He gave it to Jonathon swiftly. On the slip were the words "After School Detention." Jonathon sighed, he didn't like detention it was waste of time. But it didn't really matter. Nothing they did changed Jonathon. They were inferior to him and no matter what they did it was useless. He would stay the way he was. He walked down and sat on his desk. He didn't pay attention as the morning announcements were made, there was something about the cafeteria food being cut, and a dance or something, but he didn't care. Jonathon looked into space, only wanting the day to end.
But something caught his eye. He shifted his vision to see that a girl across the room was staring at him. He had seen the girl before, she was in one of his classes, but he had forgotten her name. She sat across the room staring at him. She was a pale person, blue eyes, short black hair, Jonathon didn't know what to think. Why was she staring at him?
The bell rang and everyone got up to go to first period. Jonathon could still sense that girl's eye still watching him, he didn't like it. He walked down the hall to his locker. He opened it got his book and closed it.
"Hey, Spikey."
Jonathon turned, it was Frankie. Frankie had been tormenting him since the first day of school, calling him names, beating him up, stealing his money, all the classical bully stuff. Frankie was a big guy, fat and strong. He was African-American and very intimidating. Frankie was even on the football team, a star player. Jonathon knew that football was the only thing that was going to get Frankie into college that is if Frankie even went. Jonathon sighed. He couldn't do anything about it. Most likely get killed if he didn't do what Frankie asked.
"What is it this time?" Jonathon asked.
"Money." Frankie said, holding his hand out.
"Don't have any today."
"You're lying."
"I don't have any, Frankie." He said aggressively.
"Well, you better have some later."
Frankie punched him in the stomach. Jonathon fell to the floor, holding himself, and Frankie walked away laughing.
So Jonathon was late to even first period. All they did was take notes there, it was English class. Jonathon sat at his desk, taking the notes. And then he noticed that girl was staring at him again. He sighed and ignored her. Then second period came along. It was history and they were learning about the rise of Rome. Jonathon hated history. It was the past, who cared about the past? What mattered was the future. But he couldn't do anything about that. Then finally Nutrition, a break from classes. He went and bought a small bag of chips and went to sit with his brothers, for no one else would sit with him, not like he wanted them too. He sighed and looked dazed.
"Something the matter, Jonathon?" Adam asked.
"Yeah you look beat." Matt said.
"You gotta tell Frankie to stop beating me, Matt. He's on your team!" Jonathon yelled.
"No can do, bro. Frankie is like our star player. One more slip up and he's off. He's off we don't go to the play offs." Matt said.
"So I have to bear through the pain, brother?"
"Sorry, Johnny."
"Might I suggest telling a counselor or the principle?" Adam said.
"They wouldn't believe me. Even if they did they wouldn't do anything about it. They never do. Stupid feeble humans. . ."
"Hey Johnny heads up." Matt said. "You got a girl looking' at you."
"I know. . . Why is she doing that?"
"She likes you, man." Matt said.
"Yes that is what girls usually do, when they are attracted to someone." Adam added.
"Great. . . Someone likes me." He said sarcastically.
Jonathon didn't want someone to like him, he didn't want any human to like him.
"Who is she anyway?" Jonathon asked.
"I think that's Carrie." Matt said.
"Indeed, Carrie."
"Great. . ."
There was a silence, as they ate their snacks.
"Jonathon, you enjoy computers, correct?" Adam asked.
"Yeah, so?"
"I think you'll be pleased to know that there is a hacker going around. Actually two hackers." Adam continued. "One is better than the other, but still. One is only hacking schools, but the other is going on to big businesses, it is even in the newspaper."
"Oh yeah! I heard about that. One is Trinity and the other is Neo." Matt said.
"Neo?" Jonathon asked surprised, that was Thomas's screen name.
"Yeah, Neo took out a whole school." Matt said.
"And Trinity got a bank! And other businesses!" Adam said.
"What kind of names are Neo and Trinity?" Matt asked.
"Trinity is the union of three people. And Neo - -" Adam started.
"Neo is a prefix for new, and an anagram of one." Jonathon interrupted. "That is pretty impressive."
"So what do you think? Neo, boy or girl? Trinity, guy or gal?" Matt asked.
"Neo is a guy." Jonathon said.
"I believe Trinity is a male as well." Adam said.
"No way! Trinity gotta be a girl! You know Trinittttty." Matt said.
Jonathon looked away from his female obsessed brother. He saw that Carrie was smiling and blushing at them, he didn't know why.
The bell rang, and Jonathon threw away his trash.
"Where are you going, Jonathon?" Adam asked.
"Ditching." He replied.
"Again?"
But Jonathon was already out the door.
Jonathon already knew where he was going. It wouldn't even take that long to get there. Just go down to the river, and follow it to the bridge. Jonathon liked going to the bridge, it was nice there being alone. Sometimes Tommy was even there.
Jonathon did this a lot. Because of course he hated school.
He walked a little longer, getting out his laptop from his backpack, and wrapping it around his neck with the strap. He could see the bridge now, and also Tommy was sitting there. Jonathon smiled, for a human Tommy wasn't that disgusting, nor naive. He started walking more slowly, and quietly, making sure Tommy wouldn't notice him. He got close enough and he did it.
"Mr. Anderson, funny meeting you here." Jonathon said, creepily.
"Oh god! Jonathon! You know I hate that!" Tom yelled.
Jonathon only laughed, and sat down next to him.
"That's why I do it, Tommy."
Thomas was an interesting human. Tall and pale, with brown eyes, and black hair. Like Jonathon he spent most of his time on the computer, though he was a better hacker than he. Whenever Thomas would do some big hack or go somewhere cool, he would where this long cloak that he got from Hot Topic. And today Thomas wore that long, black cloak.
"So, gonna do a hack?" Jonathon asked.
"You know it. So I see you ditched again."
"Yup, and what's your excuse, Mr. Anderson?"
"Quite doing that."
"As you wish, Mr. Anderson."
"Man, that gives me shivers. Anyway the school closed today."
"Because of you I presume."
"Oh yeah, ha. I messed up the system so bad! It'll take them weeks!"
"That's my Mr. Anderson."
"Shut up!"
The two laughed for a while, pushing one another. Then they stopped, and got out their laptops. They started typing and talking, as the river went by. "Thomas A. Anderson." Jonathon said. " What's the 'A' stand for?"
"Do you really wanna know?"
"Tell me."
"Ok it's. . . Shit!"
Thomas got up, running down the river. Jonathon quickly ran after him.
"What is it!?" Jonathon yelled.
"Look!"
They stopped, and Thomas started pointing up at the sidewalk on the other side of the river. There you could see these two people in black running down the street, with a man in a suite running after them with a gun. The police were going to cut them off at the stoplight. But the man in the suite started firing his gun, and the two people ran into a building.
"Agents." Jonathon said below his breath.
"What?" Thomas asked.
"Nothing."
"Aw, man look at that!"
The police started to surround the building, and the man in a suite ran in after the two people.
"This is gonna be on the news!" Thomas yelled.
Jonathon watched. But turned his head to see an Agent standing on the bridge, staring at him. They were watching him. Jonathon didn't like it, it was frightening. And he couldn't allow Thomas to see one.
"Tommy I gotta go." He said.
"You sure?"
"Yeah, I'll see you online!"
Then Jonathon got his backpack, and ran back to school. He kept looking back, making sure the Agent wasn't following him. He sighed as he entered school again.
The bell rang, and it was time for lunch. Then it would be Biology, then finally Gym. Jonathon wished he would still be out there with Tommy, but now it seemed the Agents were watching them. Great, he thought. He sighed.
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Next Chapter: The Weekend
The bell rang, and Jonathon was late again. Why didn't they wake me up? He asked himself. Day in and day out Jonathon was always late. Adam and Matt of course had left without him. It wasn't like Jonathon wanted to be late, but teachers always thought of it that way. He ran down the hall to his homeroom. The hall was dirty just like everything in the school, lockers had graffiti on them, and trash was on the floor. Jonathon ran into his homeroom, and saw his teacher staring at him.
"Mr. Smith, glad you could finally join us." His teacher said.
"Yeah. . ." Jonathon said, quietly.
"You know what I've told you before. If you're late one more time I'll - -"
"Send me to my counselor."
"Yes, but for now you have this."
The teacher got a slip from his desk, and wrote something on it. He gave it to Jonathon swiftly. On the slip were the words "After School Detention." Jonathon sighed, he didn't like detention it was waste of time. But it didn't really matter. Nothing they did changed Jonathon. They were inferior to him and no matter what they did it was useless. He would stay the way he was. He walked down and sat on his desk. He didn't pay attention as the morning announcements were made, there was something about the cafeteria food being cut, and a dance or something, but he didn't care. Jonathon looked into space, only wanting the day to end.
But something caught his eye. He shifted his vision to see that a girl across the room was staring at him. He had seen the girl before, she was in one of his classes, but he had forgotten her name. She sat across the room staring at him. She was a pale person, blue eyes, short black hair, Jonathon didn't know what to think. Why was she staring at him?
The bell rang and everyone got up to go to first period. Jonathon could still sense that girl's eye still watching him, he didn't like it. He walked down the hall to his locker. He opened it got his book and closed it.
"Hey, Spikey."
Jonathon turned, it was Frankie. Frankie had been tormenting him since the first day of school, calling him names, beating him up, stealing his money, all the classical bully stuff. Frankie was a big guy, fat and strong. He was African-American and very intimidating. Frankie was even on the football team, a star player. Jonathon knew that football was the only thing that was going to get Frankie into college that is if Frankie even went. Jonathon sighed. He couldn't do anything about it. Most likely get killed if he didn't do what Frankie asked.
"What is it this time?" Jonathon asked.
"Money." Frankie said, holding his hand out.
"Don't have any today."
"You're lying."
"I don't have any, Frankie." He said aggressively.
"Well, you better have some later."
Frankie punched him in the stomach. Jonathon fell to the floor, holding himself, and Frankie walked away laughing.
So Jonathon was late to even first period. All they did was take notes there, it was English class. Jonathon sat at his desk, taking the notes. And then he noticed that girl was staring at him again. He sighed and ignored her. Then second period came along. It was history and they were learning about the rise of Rome. Jonathon hated history. It was the past, who cared about the past? What mattered was the future. But he couldn't do anything about that. Then finally Nutrition, a break from classes. He went and bought a small bag of chips and went to sit with his brothers, for no one else would sit with him, not like he wanted them too. He sighed and looked dazed.
"Something the matter, Jonathon?" Adam asked.
"Yeah you look beat." Matt said.
"You gotta tell Frankie to stop beating me, Matt. He's on your team!" Jonathon yelled.
"No can do, bro. Frankie is like our star player. One more slip up and he's off. He's off we don't go to the play offs." Matt said.
"So I have to bear through the pain, brother?"
"Sorry, Johnny."
"Might I suggest telling a counselor or the principle?" Adam said.
"They wouldn't believe me. Even if they did they wouldn't do anything about it. They never do. Stupid feeble humans. . ."
"Hey Johnny heads up." Matt said. "You got a girl looking' at you."
"I know. . . Why is she doing that?"
"She likes you, man." Matt said.
"Yes that is what girls usually do, when they are attracted to someone." Adam added.
"Great. . . Someone likes me." He said sarcastically.
Jonathon didn't want someone to like him, he didn't want any human to like him.
"Who is she anyway?" Jonathon asked.
"I think that's Carrie." Matt said.
"Indeed, Carrie."
"Great. . ."
There was a silence, as they ate their snacks.
"Jonathon, you enjoy computers, correct?" Adam asked.
"Yeah, so?"
"I think you'll be pleased to know that there is a hacker going around. Actually two hackers." Adam continued. "One is better than the other, but still. One is only hacking schools, but the other is going on to big businesses, it is even in the newspaper."
"Oh yeah! I heard about that. One is Trinity and the other is Neo." Matt said.
"Neo?" Jonathon asked surprised, that was Thomas's screen name.
"Yeah, Neo took out a whole school." Matt said.
"And Trinity got a bank! And other businesses!" Adam said.
"What kind of names are Neo and Trinity?" Matt asked.
"Trinity is the union of three people. And Neo - -" Adam started.
"Neo is a prefix for new, and an anagram of one." Jonathon interrupted. "That is pretty impressive."
"So what do you think? Neo, boy or girl? Trinity, guy or gal?" Matt asked.
"Neo is a guy." Jonathon said.
"I believe Trinity is a male as well." Adam said.
"No way! Trinity gotta be a girl! You know Trinittttty." Matt said.
Jonathon looked away from his female obsessed brother. He saw that Carrie was smiling and blushing at them, he didn't know why.
The bell rang, and Jonathon threw away his trash.
"Where are you going, Jonathon?" Adam asked.
"Ditching." He replied.
"Again?"
But Jonathon was already out the door.
Jonathon already knew where he was going. It wouldn't even take that long to get there. Just go down to the river, and follow it to the bridge. Jonathon liked going to the bridge, it was nice there being alone. Sometimes Tommy was even there.
Jonathon did this a lot. Because of course he hated school.
He walked a little longer, getting out his laptop from his backpack, and wrapping it around his neck with the strap. He could see the bridge now, and also Tommy was sitting there. Jonathon smiled, for a human Tommy wasn't that disgusting, nor naive. He started walking more slowly, and quietly, making sure Tommy wouldn't notice him. He got close enough and he did it.
"Mr. Anderson, funny meeting you here." Jonathon said, creepily.
"Oh god! Jonathon! You know I hate that!" Tom yelled.
Jonathon only laughed, and sat down next to him.
"That's why I do it, Tommy."
Thomas was an interesting human. Tall and pale, with brown eyes, and black hair. Like Jonathon he spent most of his time on the computer, though he was a better hacker than he. Whenever Thomas would do some big hack or go somewhere cool, he would where this long cloak that he got from Hot Topic. And today Thomas wore that long, black cloak.
"So, gonna do a hack?" Jonathon asked.
"You know it. So I see you ditched again."
"Yup, and what's your excuse, Mr. Anderson?"
"Quite doing that."
"As you wish, Mr. Anderson."
"Man, that gives me shivers. Anyway the school closed today."
"Because of you I presume."
"Oh yeah, ha. I messed up the system so bad! It'll take them weeks!"
"That's my Mr. Anderson."
"Shut up!"
The two laughed for a while, pushing one another. Then they stopped, and got out their laptops. They started typing and talking, as the river went by. "Thomas A. Anderson." Jonathon said. " What's the 'A' stand for?"
"Do you really wanna know?"
"Tell me."
"Ok it's. . . Shit!"
Thomas got up, running down the river. Jonathon quickly ran after him.
"What is it!?" Jonathon yelled.
"Look!"
They stopped, and Thomas started pointing up at the sidewalk on the other side of the river. There you could see these two people in black running down the street, with a man in a suite running after them with a gun. The police were going to cut them off at the stoplight. But the man in the suite started firing his gun, and the two people ran into a building.
"Agents." Jonathon said below his breath.
"What?" Thomas asked.
"Nothing."
"Aw, man look at that!"
The police started to surround the building, and the man in a suite ran in after the two people.
"This is gonna be on the news!" Thomas yelled.
Jonathon watched. But turned his head to see an Agent standing on the bridge, staring at him. They were watching him. Jonathon didn't like it, it was frightening. And he couldn't allow Thomas to see one.
"Tommy I gotta go." He said.
"You sure?"
"Yeah, I'll see you online!"
Then Jonathon got his backpack, and ran back to school. He kept looking back, making sure the Agent wasn't following him. He sighed as he entered school again.
The bell rang, and it was time for lunch. Then it would be Biology, then finally Gym. Jonathon wished he would still be out there with Tommy, but now it seemed the Agents were watching them. Great, he thought. He sighed.
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Next Chapter: The Weekend