Buyin` A Oneway Ticket Out of Your Mind

//=thoughts

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Hot Streak slowly opened his eyes and sat up. //Same old routine.// He managed to take a shower without falling asleep (which was a real win for him since he wasn't a morning person) and got dressed into a pair of black pants and a white, short sleeved button down shirt, noticing that the red dye in his hair was fading back to blonde. The phone began to ring as he slipped his pack over his shoulder. He picked it up, dreading who might be calling him.

"Hello?"

His eyes lowered as he realized who it was. "Yeah....Okay...."

He scribbled something down on a piece of paper, slipped it into his pocket and walked out the door.

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"Francis? Francis? Is he absent again?"

Virgil Hawkins stared at Hot Streak's empty seat then out the window. To his surprise, Hot Streak was leaning against the gate. At lunch, he walked over to him.

"You're here on campus, but not in school. What's going on inside that head of yours?" Virgil asked.

Hot Streak smiled sadly. "I've been drafted into the military. So....I'm gonna be leaving for a while...so I guess this is so long....right?"

"Yeah...I-I guess so..." Virgil muttered.

Hot Streak chuckled. "Knowin` you, I thought you'd be jumpin` up and down shoutin` 'hurrah'. By the way, give dis to the character ed teach."

Hot Streak shoved the note into Virgil's hand then walked away.

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A year later.......

A young boy entered the city of Dakota. He wasn't new here.....though everyone sure thought so. He had short, spiky, blonde hair and was dressed completely in black. Black corduroy pants, a black hooded sweatshirt and black sneakers. An old gun was hidden in his pocket. Although that gun only worked at a 25% pace, the young man had a good arm, but had barely ever fired it. He thought about what he'd written on that note.

People who sin say this: they did it to survive. People who sin also say this: they can't stop. But what they don't know is that, if they just turn around, there's a light there. A light that will never go away.

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Well, there's chapter two. I'm running out of good sayings!!!! ^_^ I'm still working. So please be patient. I know it's kind of short. I'm better at short chapters, with long fanfictions. Please e-mail me if you have any tips or anything!