Chapter 1: Why Is My Daydreaming Getting Worse?
“Jack wake up your going to be late for school.” I heard my mother shout after she pounded on my door, which made my fall out of bed and hit the ground with a thud.
“I’m up.” I groaned sitting up and rubbing my face to try and dual the pain of falling out of my bed.
“Good you have fifteen minuets before you have to be heading off to school.” She stated and I looked up at my alarm clock and whispered shit under my breath as I stumbled over to my dresser and threw on my school uniform that consisted of dark blue slacks and a white button up t-shirt with the school logo on it and a blue tie. I didn’t bother brushing my hair as I grabbed a pair of socks and ran to the bathroom to brush my teeth.
I got lucky with keeping my bag full of my schoolbooks down in the kitchen as I ran down the hall and made a quick stop in the kitchen to grab my bag before heading to the door and throwing my shoes on.
“Bye mom.” I said before closing the door behind me and ran down the driveway.
I ran past my father who was getting into the car to go to work, “ Running a little later then usual son?” My dad chuckled at me.
“Very funny dad. I’ll see you later.” I shouted not looking back as I turned the corner and down the sidewalk I went occasionally stumbling as I made my way around younger kids who were walking with their parents to the bus stop.
Everyone who as met my parents has always told me that I look like a male version of my mother because of my blonde hair and green eyes. I’ve always just smiled at them and agreed with them. It was nice being different from everyone. I lot of people in my school had brunet hair like my father.
“Jack what took you so long to catch up?” One of my best friends Steven asked me. His long black hair was pulled back into a high pony tail like usual and he had his backpack slung over one shoulder as him and his brother waited for me at the end of our street.
“He probably over slept again.” Sebastian Steven’s twin brother and also my other best friend sighed as he adjusted his messenger bag on his shoulder. He also had black hair, but his was cut differently he had it in what most people called an emo hair cut over his right eye. His hair was also shorter then his brothers as well.
“Sorry about that I over slept because I was working on an artwork and forgot to turn on my alarm clock.” I apologized catching my breath before we started walking.
“You really should go to bed sooner and not stay up so late working on your art work.” Steven commented.
“I know I just can’t help it.” I laughed rubbing the back of my head.
“What were you working on?” Sebastian asked.
“He was probably working on characters that he wants to see in a video game that he’s going to make one day.” Steven commented.
I shook my head. “Actually last night I don’t know why, but my mind went back to when my dad would tell be able the adventures in the digital world that he had and I started drawing what the digital world looked like from what I could remember.” I answered and looked up at the sky. “Man, it would be nice to be able to go on an adventure like that. Just to get away from the town and see new places.” I rambled.
I didn’t mean to, but I ran into someone before Steven or Sebastian could warn me. I stumbled back, “I’m so sorry I wasn’t paying attention.” I apologized.
“That’s what you get for having your head always stuck in the clouds Jack.” Sebastian mentioned.
“Na, it’s alright, it’s my fault, I wasn’t really paying attention.” The boy said.
I looked at him and noticed that I hadn’t seen him around before. He had choppy black hair with red streaks through it. “No, no Sebastian is right, I always have my head in the clouds and I’m always day dreaming.” I laughed in embarrassment as I looked away from the kid.
“Sebastian, what’s wrong?” Steven asked his brother.
I looked over at Steven and Sebastian to see what was up and Sebastian was watching something, but then blinked a couple of times and shook his head, “It’s nothing I just thought I saw something was all.” He answered and lightly punched his brother’s shoulder, “I’m going to be late to gym if I don’t hurry, I’ll catch you two in lunch.” He waved and ran off towards the doors of the school so he could head to the locker room.
“I should probably head to class too.” Steven commented elbowing me lightly then walking towards the school.
“I’ll be right behind you.” I said and then turned back to talk to the kid that I ran into and ask him his name, but he was gone. “Where did he go?” I muttered to myself looking around.
“Jack if you don’t get a move on your going to be late.” Steven yelled.
“I’m coming.” I said and ran after him.
~*Last Period*~
‘That’s so strange, who was that kid that I ran into this morning?’ I thought to myself as I looked outside.
“Kanbara, are you listening?” I looked over at my lab partner.
“Hua?” I said to him sounding like an idiot because I was daydreaming yet again.
My lab partner was Yuki Himi. He was one of the smartest people in my class, but no one wanted to be around him because they all say that he is cold and distant. With his messy brunet hair and ice blue eyes I could see why people thought that he was cold. It was because of the color of his eyes and how he never really talked to anyone.
“You idiot we’re going to get in trouble if you don’t snap out of it. Why is your head always in the clouds.” He sighed and looked down at his paper again, “I swear since this new school year started your daydreaming has just gotten worse.” He commented.
I laughed a little and looked down at my paper, I felt bad about how much I was daydreaming, and he was right it had gotten worse, I didn’t know why either. “Sorry Yuki.” I said as I started working on my paper again. It didn’t take long for me to start getting side tracked and doodling on the side of my paper.
“Jack, stay focused.” Yuki said.
“Sorry.” I apologized again, “I don’t know what’s been up with me lately.” I answered truthfully.
“Well maybe if you didn’t stay up until ungodly hours at night you wouldn’t daydream as much during the day. The light from your room comes into my bedroom window you know.” He commented.
“Right, I forgot. You know you can always yell at me to turn off my light.” I commented.
We’ve been next-door neighbors ever since he moved in when I was four. That might be another reason why I didn’t view him like everyone else in the school did. Then again people were always talking and whispering around us when we would talk. Before I could say anything to them Yuki would glare at everyone in the class and they would go back to what they were doing. I looked away and I knew if I were an anime character I would probably have a sweat drop. ‘He’s a nice guy if you can get past the death glare.’ I thought to myself. I don’t think that a lot of people understood that.
The final bell rang and I looked over at the clock and then a strong gust of wind blew my and Yuki’s papers off the table. I sighed and bent down and started picking up my papers. I ended up brushing Yuki’s arm and he was freezing. I instantly felt the hairs on my arms stand up and I looked at him but he was fine. He didn’t have goose bumps at all.
“You alright?” He asked looking at me and then back down at the papers.
“I’m alright, but your freezing.” I commented rubbing my arm warming it up again.
“I don’t feel cold.” He commented handing me my stack of papers. “I’ll come over later and we can finish the lab up at your house.” He told me.
“What I don’t get a say in this?” I asked as he put his papers and book back in his bag.
“No, you were daydreaming all class so I think it’s only fair that I come over and we finish the lab.” He commented, “See you later.” He said and walked out of the room.
I groaned a bit as I grabbed my bag and stood up. Pretty much everyone was gone now and wandering the halls or trying to catch the bus before it left. I put my books back in my bag and looked out the window. There was only a light breeze that was going on outside. I had no idea where that large gust came from, but I shook it off and went to my locker to get the rest of my things before heading to soccer practice.
~*After Soccer Practice*~
“I’m glad that you can stay focused on the field more then you can on your studies.” Yuki commented as I was taking my gloves off.
“Well I’m a captain, so I have to stay focused.” I smiled at him.
Actually I wasn’t the only captain; Yuki and Steven were also captains along with myself. It was nice. I knew that Yuki and Steven didn’t really talk much because Yuki would usually give him the cold shoulder, but they at least got along as we were on the soccer field. I was the friend that was stuck in the middle.
Steven slapped me in the back as he walked up to Yuki, and me “ You let a couple slip by ya, on that last round Jack.” He smiled at me.
Steven was the main forward on our team and all the girls loved him. I swear he had his own secret fan club with the girls in the school. Yuki on the other hand, he was my sweeper. We had this ritual when we would go on the field before the start of each game we would high five each other pretty much saying that we had each other’s backs and nothing was going to get past us.
“It was rapid fire and it happens after being drilled all practice then having to do a goalkeeper core work out as the rest of you ran.” I commented.
“Yuki…” Steven greeted.
“Minimoto.” Was all Yuki said as he grabbed his duffel bag and slung it over his shoulder, “Jack you can give me back my extra clothes later. Just try to remember to bring your bag tomorrow.” He stated then walked off.
Steven started grumbling under his breath, “How can you be friends with that guy?” He asked me.
“We’ve known each other since we were little.” I answered putting the last couple of balls away into the ball bag.
“Do you need any help?” Steven asked.
“No I got it. I’ll meet you back in the locker room.” I stated.
“Alright then. I’ll see you soon. Try not to get lost in thought on the way back alright?” He laughed grabbing his water bottle and running back towards the school.
…To Be Continued…
