Kira, the Teacher Slayer Part 1

Jordan walked down the hall with his two friends, Tyler and Charlie.
"You ready for Mr. Anderson's test?" Tyler asked.
"Is anyone ever ready for Mr. Anderson's tests?" Jordan responded.
"I think he puts stuff on there purposely that no body knows just so we'll fail," Charlie said.
"No kidding," Jordan said. He looked over to his shoulder where Kira, his fairy, sat. He was the only one who could see her right then. She looked at her nails completely ignoring them. Suddenly Jordan got an idea. "Yeah, I wish this test would be easy," he said in a loud voice. She didn't even look at him.
"Trust me, dude, we all do," Tyler said.
He tried again, this time touching her knee. She looked up startled. "I said, 'I wish this test would be easy.'" he said.
She heard him this time but instead of jumping up to do his will she glared at him for a few seconds before casually waving her hand around before looking at her nails again.

My Brother, Cupid Part 11

A few minutes later when I heard the eerie ringing of the doorbell, I jumped up and went downstairs. A lady was picking up the twins I had seen earlier. The boys slipped on their shoes and walked downstairs.
Dewey yelled after them saying, "Good-bye boys, don't forget to practice."
I heard the ladies voice say, "Say good-bye boys."
They didn't of course and Dewey shut the door. I made my way down the rest of the steps. "So adults trust you, don't they?" I said casually as possible.
"Depends on the adult. Most adults trust me as a professional. Others trust me as far as they can throw me. And the ones in denial trust me completely," he said. "Why?"
"I just called my mom and told her that I was staying here. She wants you to call her back to see if you're trustworthy."
"How sweet. You thought about your mom. Mary would love you. Of course she loves kids anyway, but still," he said walking over to the phone. Mary is Mother Day's name.
I nodded. He picked up the phone and I said, "340-5891."
He dialed the numbers and waited for a few seconds. Then I hear him say, "Hello. This is Dewey. I'm the man who is taking responsibility for your son for the few days. I assure you, he's in good hands.
"Yes, I know Chase. Us two are very close. We practically see each other every day.
"Yes, of course, I'll make sure Todd makes it to school.
"Yes.
"Yes.
"Yes.
"Okay, thank you. Hopefully I'll meet you soon. Okay, bye."
He hangs up the phone and smiles at me. "It is done," he says. "Are you going to call Chase?"
"He doesn't need to know where I am," I said.
"Gotch'ya. Well, your free to stay here until Chase sues me for kidnapping you," he says jokingly.
"Thanks," I said.

Full Story

The Piano Man

My favorite song right now is the piano man by Billy Joel. I really like the lyrics especially the part that says "Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness but it's better then being alone."
Here's the lyrics:

Piano Man

Billy Joel

It's nine o' clock on a Saturday
The regular crowd shuffles in.
There's an old man sitting next to me
Making love to his tonic and gin.

He says, "Son can you play me a memory.
I'm not really sure how it goes.
But it's sad and it's sweet
And I knew it complete
When I wore a younger man's clothes."

Chorus: Sing us a song you're the piano man.
Sing us a song tonight.
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody.
And you've got us feeling alright.

Now, Jon at the bar is a friend of mine
He gets me my drinks for free.
And he's quick with a joke
Or he'll light up your smoke
But there's some place that he'd rather be.

He says "Bill, I believe this is killing me."
As a smile ran away from his face.
"But I'm sure that I could be a movie star
If I could get out of this place."

Now, Paul is a real-estate novelist
Who never had time for a wife
And he's talking with Davy
Who's still in the Navy
And probably will be for life

And the waitress is practicing politics
As the business men slowly get stoned
Yes, they're sharing a drink they call lonliness
But it's better then drinking alone

Chorus

It's a pretty good crowd for a Saturday
And the manager gives me smile
'Cause he knows that it's me they've been coming to see
To forget about life for a while

And the piano sounds like a carnival
And the microphone smells like a beer
They sit at the bar and put bread in my jar
And say, "Man what are you doing here."

Chorus

The Original Five

I have a large family on my dad's side. There's about forty grandchildren. That's okay, we love it. I love my family, but I definitely preferred spending time with them when I was younger. We used to have so much fun. And whenever we got together we would always beg our parents to let us have sleepovers with each other. Since our family was so large we would form smaller groups of similar aged, same gender cousins that we would always play with. The group I was in consisted of Jessica, our leader in a sense, everyone would always want to be around her, she was definitely my favorite cousin; Nicole, the more creative one, with the ideas that were normally turned down; Kendra, the oldest; Haley, the youngest; and me.
Jessica, Nicole, and I are all the same age. Nicole and I were born in '93 and Jessica was born in '94 but only a couple of months after Nicole and I. We would always play with each other, the first few years of my life. Eventually Kendra, who's a year older then us, started to play with us too. And Haley, who lived the closest to Jessica (at the time) joined our group too, despite the fact that she was actually four years younger then us.
The five of us had a ton of fun together. This is a memoir. I'll try to keep it in order and tell everything I know about each memory, but since I have a selective memory, this might be difficult.
My oldest memory is of Nicole's Teddy Bear party. I don't remember how old she was turning, I believe it was four or five. I don't actually remember a lot about this. I do, though, remember how we played a mean game of musical chairs and pinned something to a bear.
My next memories are mostly of sleepovers. This is where most of the fun was, anyway. We mostly always went to Jessica's house. That, for some reason, was our favorite gathering place. Jessica's little brother, Nate, always wanted to play with us. Sometimes we would let him, sometimes we wouldn't. One time we played with him, we made him the bad guy, who was holding us captive, as we tried to escape.
These kind of games weren't rare. There was a park near Jessica's house. We occasionally went over there to play. One of the games we played was the "Sisters of Potassium." At the time we had no clue what potassium was. We just thought it was a cool name. I believe as the sister of potassium our goal was to find water as we made our journey through the land (we were thirsty and none of the drinking fountains were on.)
A lot of my memories also come from family reunions. Like the time we played Truth or Dare/Spin the Bottle (trust me, it was a clean game) in Goblin Valley. Or the time that we went down to Aspen Grove and played in the golf course (Jessica has a good story about this, I won't tell it because it's hers). There was even the time that we stayed in a hotel (don't remember where) and got way too hyper and Nicole's sister threatened to use karate against us unless we stayed quiet and went to sleep.
One of my closest memories is going to Disneyland with this group. We went on a lot of different rides. From making fun of Haley for her height (personal thanks for Haley for being such a good sport) to riding "Atlantis" this trip was a exciting one. Even when bad things happened we still walked away with good memories and a good time.
Eventually as time moved on, so did we. Our group got larger, it started to include cousins that were male and cousins not only four years younger then us, but up to nine years younger then us. The group got too big. I refer to when only five of us were together as the "Original Five."
This doesn't mean we still don't love each other. This doesn't mean we're no longer enjoy being with each other. This story, these memories, they don't have a sad ending. We're still cousins, we still see each other. We're just not as close.

Fairy Tale Endings

Clover, Alice, and May made their way up to the mall. The girls chattered all the way up.
"'Kay," Alice said as they stopped, "So what's the plan?"
"I have to buy myself a new pair of work shoes. So I'll be in the shoe store. It shouldn't take to long. I mean they're just work shoes," Clover said.
"Uh-huh, and I have to buy um . . . a new pillow. I can't sleep with the one I have now. It's too hard, and I'm a light sleeper," May said.
"Got it. And I have a hair appointment. What if we meet at the food court at let's say two," Alice said.
The other girls nodded in agreement and split.
Clover slowly made her way to the shoe store, she walked in and walked to the size children's 10. To her surprise their was no shoes.
"Uh, exuse me," she said to a store clerk. "Where are the Kids 10?"
"Your a size kids 10?" the clerk asked.
"Yeah, I looked where they normally are-"
"And they weren't there. Yeah, I know. Cinderella just came in and bought them all," the clerk said indifferent.
"What!?! Even the work shoes. What does she need those for?"
The clerk glared at her.
"I mean since she's a princess and all, she doesn't even need to work. What does she need work shoes for?" Clover said, clearly upset.
"We'll have a new shipment next Tuesday. Come then," the clerk said leaving.