Chapter 1
"Oh mehn, it's morning,” I said, yawning. The sun's rays passed through my window and touched my face warmly.”It's morning! I am going to be late again” I said, standing up from my soft bed. My room isn't amazing like I am, but it's still OK. The blue wallpaper gives it a cool vibe, with a beach painting on the wall. I don't have a TV like some of my friends do, but well, at least, I have a radio. Even though I never turned it on, my Grandpa gave it to me as a gift from him some years ago. I walked to the bathroom on my cruddy but cozy rug.
My house isn't perfect, but I still like it since it's my home. That one special thing about having a home is when you're away for some time, and you're coming back home, there is this joy that comes to you. I walked downstairs to our general bathroom. It was vacant, so I freely entered with no one pressuring me to hurry up, so I took a long, amazing bath. I dressed up and stared at myself in the mirror. “Wow, I must say I am spectacular". I'm Kris, the coolest guy in my school. I'm a brown-skinned boy, tall and handsome. I have big sparkling white eyes, a sharply pointed nose, and pink lips. I shouldn't forget to mention my sharp jawline and big, cute ears. I'm a mixed-colored guy, my dad is white, and my mom is white. I have curly black hair, which I normally cut because long hair isn't my style. I love sports and am excellent at them. My specialty is swimming and I'm good at it.
"Kris, your food is going to get cold,” Mom shouted from the dining table. I rushed out because I can't eat cold food, and I couldn't risk that this morning since I am kind of broke. I'm not picky when it comes to food, but I prefer spicy food, especially spicy hot noodles. I ate my food hurriedly.
“Thanks for the food mom, I am off to school now,” I said, standing up. “Kris, no, no, don't do this today, what about Tom?” she asked, looking at me like I was about to commit a crime, going against her weird rules. I looked at Tom, he looked at me and smiled annoyingly. “I won today,” he said with his face. Tom is my little brother. I'm eight years older than him, and he is just ten. A huge gap, right? “I can't babysit him every day and besides, he is annoying.” I complained to Mom, but she just ignored me.” Tom, go with Kris,” she said.
In the end, Mom wins. As usual, I have never won against her, she is just too good. Tom smiled at me, exposing his broken tooth, which made him look so ugly.
“You are too ugly, gosh,” I said, but he ignored me and just stuffs himself with chocolate. He will grow fat if he continues eating this way, but he doesn't care. “Being fat is not a disease” that's what he says as usual. “Oh, it's finally opened, tomorrow is going to be a clubbing night,” I said aloud, seeing an open sign on a popular clubhouse. It was closed down because of some gangsters that caused a scene and even shot a man, but he didn't die, though he can't walk now. That's all in the past anyway, and it isn't my business.
We got to school at last and went our separate ways, and luckily, I wasn't late, about a minute before the school gate got closed. I was walking to my classroom "Kris". I heard Peter calling me from behind before I could turn, he jumped on my back. “Hey dude, get off,” I said, and he jumped down, smiling awkwardly. He is also tall, but I'm taller. He is a white-skinned guy with a funny appearance. He has long brown hair, a pointed nose, normal eyes, and a full pink lip. He's never serious and always tells a lot of fascinating stories, and I sometimes wonder where he gets them from. Does he practice them, or do they just pop up in his head just like that?
“Kris, I heard James asked Eve out yesterday,” he said, looking surprised at himself. “What! The dwarf? You're going to be kidding me, Eve is way above his standards”. I said surprised. Evelyn is her name, but we call her Eve for short. She is our friend, a pretty girl with white skin, average height with nice curves. She has a small round head, cat-like eyes, a small nose, with pink lips. Above all, her father is wealthy and powerful. He used to be a business manager but now he is a politician, a powerful senator at that. “So who is James? Eve isn't my crush, though she is pretty.
We both entered the classroom, “Eve, did you accept the troll's offer? Did you guys go out for real?” Peter asks, smiling sheepishly. “Did the princess kiss the troll? Who made the first move? “ I asked, enjoying teasing her. “ Stop, stop it, guys, he didn't ask me out?” Eve said, annoyed. “Lies, you're hiding it. I saw it with my own eyes”, Peter said, widening his eyes. “He only helped me to pick up the book I dropped”, Eve protested. They kept arguing. I looked around, Daisy wasn't in school yet, “is she going to come late, or. Is she skipping school? Her friends were talking happily. They weren't even worried that she was absent.
Classes started, and she didn't come, “Gosh I hope nothing is wrong with her ''. The Math teacher went on about finding the unknown X, and as usual, I wondered if Algebraic equations were the only topic in Mathematics. Since school resumed it's always X, if not X, is Y. His voice became lower and lower as I stared blankly into space.
I opened my eyes, class was over. “Geez no one even woke me up,” I said quietly. “Kris, it's swimming time,” Peter said. I nodded and stood up. This is what excites me about coming to school, my favorite class. We walked to the changing room and got changed into our swimming suits. Peter is also a swimmer like me, but he takes swimming classes because he fears he is going to get drowned one day if he doesn't learn.
We stood in our position, the girls were watching us and cheering my name. I turned to them for a second and their voices increased. I faced the pool, preparing my mind" ITS ADRIAN!!!!”