Juvenile: Breaking Point
Chapter 1: Curtain Opens
Chase felt like throwing up as the second movie came to an end. The intermission then began. Chase stepped outside to get some air.
"Hey, chase!" a familiar voice calls. It belonged to Lori. Chase sat on the steps leading into the theater and covered his face with his trembling hands. Lori could see that he was nervous.
"Hey…Lori" Lori wasn't sure if he was crying or not, just that he was shaking just about uncontrollably.
"Chase, calm down…it's going to be alright. I'm sure people will love it." Chase kept his head down and nodded but he was still nervous. Spencer walked out of the movie theater.
"Chase, are you ok man?" Chase was visibly shaking. Spencer took a seat next to him.
"Come on man, talk to me." Chase didn't reply, he couldn't…his mouth was dry, nothing came out of his mouth but peeps.
"Are you proud of our film?" Chase nodded.
"Did you work hard on it?" Chase nodded
"Do you doubt our film?" Chase didn't respond for a moment and then shook his head. Ran his hands, still wobbling through his hair. Lori put her hand on chase's right hand and stopped held it from shaking. Chase's hands tightened around Lori's as Spencer took his left hand. The three just sat for a few minutes.
-Olivier
So I think it was late 2004…yeah my senior year. Back when the getting was good, back when everything and everyone was just about under my control. Man, I ran that school. I Ran everything, man. Every girl loved me, every guy wanted to be me, and every junkie was paying me. I'm telling you, 2007 is going to be my year man, I know it. Anyway, I guess the story begins on a lame mark. And when I say lame I mean, Jak, I can't believe that little bitch and I were friends, that I even offered him help. I saw him some time into the school year. He was sitting alone outside crying. He was skipping a class, like me…so I just went up to him and asked what's going wrong. He turned away from me and tried to hide his tears.
"Wrong? Nothing man, mind your own business." He said, trying as hard as he could to sound tough. I felt bad for him.
I actually knew of him. He didn't seem like a drug addict and from what I heard about him around the school he was a pretty cool guy, but apparently there was trouble at home. A divorce going on, the recent death of a friend of his and he was running low on money. Funny how crap gets around about somebody, so much that when you don't even know them you know their whole life.
"Look if you need money or you're in a jam or something come see me, I'm always around."
"You mean you could help?" He gasped.
"Ha! So there is a problem!" I said. Jak groaned. I put down my backpack and reached into the pocket. My hand came out with money…about 200 dollars and raised it above his head. Jak's eyes widened.
"What in the- how did you get so much money like that."
"It can be yours…if you can pay me back."
"Yeah, yeah anything."
"Anything?" Jak's face became a little worried.
"But sex…" He said quietly. I started laughing the hardest I'd laughed in a while before then. I'll admit while Jak and I was a friend we had some pretty good laughs. That one-year that we were cool was great.
"No, I don't want sex from you." I chuckled.
"I want you to sell…you can make the 200 easily, we split everything else and you get the money you need, easy right."
"Not drugs either!" He yelled.
"Oh." I snatched the money out of his hands and started to walk away.
"Then I guess neither of us have any need for each other." That's when what I call the 10-secound rule came up. Basically it's just the knowledge that it takes about 10 seconds for a person to call you again when they realize they need you more than you need them. 1…2…3…4…5…6…7…8…9-
"Wait, wait, wait!" Jak called. I smirked and turned back to him.
"Yes?"
"Ok I'll do it…"
"Then before I give you the money and the stuff we need to go over a few rules...actually just one." Jak nodded his head.
"Don't try to screw me over or your ass is grass." I shoved the money into his chest as well as the drugs I wanted him to sell. I gave him a hard enough shove to push him to the ground but not to hurt him, just to show him what I got. You have to be tough in this kind of business or people will step all over you…don't look at me like that's not true. Besides I wanted that stuff sold and I felt like doing stuff that night with my friends. Had to screw around with Angela…she used to be with that guy over there, Ratchet…see him? Ya well, he figured out that she and I had been doing some stuff behind his back and he freaked. The guy hasn't had very good luck since heh, heh. As you can see right now he's going out with that Goth chick, Kitten or something, she's sitting right next to him. Anyway as I was walking around Jak found me again and then he asked me who he should sell it to. I guess I jumped the gun…didn't even tell the kid who he should try to sell too. There was this one kid spaz…Where is he…there! He used to be one of the biggest junkies in the school but I intimidated him, all the other young junkies were scared of me and some of my other guys too. That was another reason I chose Jak, he was young and he would probably scare the guys less than I did. It took a little while but I turned him into a hard-core dealer. He and I ran that school together up until the beginning of the 2005 year where some one of my guys just split off of me and started taking all the junkies in the school to go to him instead of me Jak and some of my other friends for it. I'm still trying to bust that punk. The second I find him I'm gunna rip his lungs out for double-crossing me! Hey, where are you going? Oh ok, get me some popcorn too I'm hungry…yeah; yeah I'll pay you back. and hurry up it's starting.
-Juvenile (the film)
The flashes white as if there were maybe a thunderstorm. We hear a voice over of chase. "Let's go back." the sound of drums playing in reverse starts from the front of the theater and then starts to move to the seats in the back.
"To the best days of our lives, to those days of school spirit, to the relationships, to the girls, to the sports, to the glory days of- " the film cuts to Ratchet walking down the path to the school his head is turned away from the camera as it follows him step by step.
"It sucks," is the first word out of ratchet's mouth. The music stops cuts off in the sound of a record scratching, then the drums start playing normally.
"Ratchet" appears on the bottom left part of the screen in white letters in the bottom left corner as the talking continues. "You loose people, people you think are your friends completely betray you, and lessons are learned in hard harsh ways, people change…" The drums stop completely as the screen fades to black. The screen displays.
"Chase Reynolds and Spencer Gray Present…" as a Roxas voice over plays.
"It's ok, not that great but not bad. I'm doing fairly well…ya, this year's going pretty good!" The words fade away and are replaced with.
"A story of 2 perspective's…a story about life as a kid."
-Narrative
Chase was rocking in his chair trying to stay still but starting to shake again from anxiety. Lori who was sitting next to him reached out her hand and held his again.
"So far it's great…don't worry so much ok?"
A month earlier.
It was late; chase was taking the juvenile footage and finally putting the final touches on he on his partners project. It was just about perfect, crammed full of interviews, footage of course and even a dedication to Jak and Max. "HAHA!" Chase shouted triumphantly. Every part of his body was tingling. He was finally done! Finally! Suddenly his raised arms fell on the desk and he fell asleep.
Next Morning
"Good morning" Spencer yawned awakening his partner who was still asleep on the table. Spencer could see that chase had obviously spent a long night getting the project together. Chase was one of those people who could be awakened easily although he can also somehow manage to fall asleep during a party. Chase raised his head out of his arms to take a look at his partner then shoved his head back into his arms. Spencer started about his morning business.
"I finished last night." Chase murmured through his arms.
"You're kidding!" Spencer gasped spilling a bit of the milk he was about to pour into a cereal bowl. He ran to the computer and turned it on.
"Come on let's watch it!"
An hour and a half later
"Ha ha! Man, we did it!" Spencer shouted.
"You think so?" Chase asked.
"Well, sure."
"Well maybe I could change some of the voiceovers or-"
"Dude…it's ok it's good."
"You sure we should keep the shooting in it?"
"Yeah, it's the big finish!"
"Um…alright it's good…"
-Chase
I'm still shaking…Lori's trying to calm down but it isn't working at all. Maybe I should go back outside. No, she keeps holding me down, she won't let me leave…oh god I have to leave!
"Let go, Lori."
"This is your movie." She said. "You need to stay. Just take a deep breath it's honestly looking great so far."
She's right…take a deep breath…people seem to like it.
-Olivier
Oh your back…so anyway I…what? Me…I was at a party when I got into this stuff. I was a pretty big looser back then but these guys I was hanging out with thought I was cool…they saw some potential in me or something…at least that's what I thought. Really they just wanted to screw around with me, you know…(sigh). Hehe, so I was sitting on the couch at this party as a freshmen with 17, 18 and 19 year olds surrounding me. That was the first time I had ever heard a girl say I looked "cute". I didn't know how to react back then so I just put my head down and said "thank you". There was also this guy there…his name was…err…Squall…Something. This guy was so cool…I wanted to be just like him you know but I was a shy guy…didn't know how I even got invited to that party besides the fact that I was hanging out with people older than me. I didn't think they liked me that much but…anyway Squall saw that some me sitting there not knowing what to do so he came up to me and literally dragged me away from the party. I was scared…like…I didn't know what to do if I should scream for help or something or just go with it. Finally he stopped in front of the driveway and asked.
"What's your name, kid?"
"…Olivier" Then Squall started laughing. I got angry…and stupid. You see, I guess you could say I'd been having a bit of trouble at school with people calling me a loser…making fun of me and stuff…I felt like I had no friends although I had plenty where I needed them…I mean I got into that party right? Still I was angry and I just gathered every bit of strength I had and pushed him. My push didn't even faze him; he didn't even get close to loosing his balance.
"HAHA! Your brave kid!" I thought I was about to get beat up.
"You're exactly the kind of guy I need, except you need to be a little less stupid." My heart was pounding.
"I'm sorry." I spat, quickly and quietly. Then he just started walking and said to come with him…so I did…out of fear…and we had a talk…and here I am six years later.
-Juvenile
"I was so mad at them…" Sora said. "But as time went on and I wasn't hanging out with them I realized how much I needed them." The movie cuts to Sora, Riku, Kairi and Angela hanging out in the quad. As Sora's talking continues. "I have no idea what I'd do without my friends." the screen zooms to the left, away from Sora and his friends and the film cuts to a room to make it look as if the camera were going through the same place. The camera continues to spin until it reaches Jazz sitting outside the school for an interview.
"Well for me the party was…well now it's just a blur to me…I was thinking something was going to go wrong from the beginning. But I was just there and then gone so quick that I didn't really get to experience it as a party. I don't think I will go to anything more than a small get-together any more…people are to stupid to handle a party. Everything that's happened this year was basically triggered off that party…Ratchet and Sasha broke up…the guy even got into a car crash…went to the hospital…thought he had Sasha back but he didn't…so I talked to her and I started liking her…A lot. Then Ratchet and I…sorta fell out and I'm starting to regret it." Cut to spaz
"I didn't go to the party but I heard about it…it's one of those ones people don't stop talking about…for good reasons and bad reasons. I was in rehab still. Scary place…it's like…I can't even describe the feelings you get, the things you go through…I'm just glad it's over…don't have to much more to say…wouldn't tell you if I did." Cut to Ratchet
"I woke up that morning…and it was like…I knew what I did…but I didn't want to know. Then I just instantly started making up excuses to myself like I was drunk, I wasn't my fault but I made up my mind to take responsibility for it when angela told me she had gotten pregnant. Honestly…I wanted to run. I wanted to forget about it…I wanted to just leave Angela and let her do it alone…and it seemed so much easier too because she had cheated on me about a year ago… but I couldn't. I love her too much…as a friend of course and I wouldn't be able to live with that kind of guilt. So I got a lot of jobs and I was tired all the time." The camera stays on Ratchet but we hear chase say. "And the crash…?"
"Heh…Well, I was on the way to work but I was tired as hell. I thought I would be okay but…you know I just fell asleep…it only took a moment for me to wake up I think but it was still to late, and I swerved out into the ditch. A few minutes later I came to my senses and got out of the car…I had broken a rib so my chest was hurting like…can't even describe that kind of pain. Even worse it pieced my lung so I couldn't breath…I…thought I was going to die."
-Chase
I have to go outside…I'm too nervous.
I hope you liked this first chapter…it's my first piece of work in a little while but trust me there is a lot of stuff that I'm getting ready to publish including new series and new chapters.
Remember to check out the other juvenile summer stories
Juvenile: Triangle By Lombaxworship
Juvenile: Critical condition by Pyrocajun
And stay tuned for one more summer story!
Also read One Last Comeback, Annihilation Zone, Ratchet and Clank: Culture Shock' and the adventures with the Lombax series. (All really great stories)