Monday, January 29, 2007

my friend rory chapters one and two
chapter one: three hours after midnight

it was about fifteen minutes after three o' clock in the morning on a late thursday night or friday morning depending on how you look at it. it was this morning that i was awake in room darkened except for the glow of the computer screen at the desk by my window. i should've been asleep that night because after all i did have school the next day. i was sitting on my bed contemplating whether or not to go to sleep or just stay up and wait for school to start. i flopped back on to my bed staring up at the celing not really doing anything i wasn't even sure why i was awake everyone else in my home was alreay fast asleep except for maybe my younger brother who was probably watching a movie in his room. my sighs filled the room as i continued to lay bored out of my mind twirling a stand of my dark red hair around my index finger. " i could get on the internet" i thought "yeah i haven't checked my myspace in awhile" i decided rolling out of bed and sitting down at my computer. i glanced at the time in the corner it was almost three thirty i silently logged on to the net and proceeded to go to my myspace page. before i had the chance to log on a instant message popped up infront of me. it was my friend rory from school "why is he up so late?" i wondered for a moment before reading his message:

Redking: hey

Poeticsoul: hey, what ru doing up so late?

Redking: nothing just thinking mostly. what about you?

Poeticsoul: the same

it was strange rory was never this calm during our net chats. rory was always joking around and saying stupid stuff. i blamed his sudden calmness on it being so late at night but there couldv'e been another reason for it. rory wasn't like anyone at our highschool he didn't dress or act like anyone else there. he was a true individual but it wasn't exactly a good thing. rory's uniqueness caused alot of people to dislike him and even bully him. it was never anything serious and rory could hold his own when it came to verbal fights. today at school was different though during third hour a group of guys ganged up on rory and beat him up in a closed off hallway. rory fought back and got pretty messed up but so did his attackers. rory stayed at school the rest of the day refusing to leave he claimed he was fine but you could tell he was upset:

Poeticsoul: are you ok?

Redking: just fine y?

Poeticsoul: no reason i was just thinking about what happened today

Redking: are you kidding that was nothing!!!

Poeticsoul: it just looked like it upset you that's all

Redking: y would i let those dick's bug me?

Redking: anyway new topic: are you going to school tomorrow?

Poeticsoul: i was planning on it y?

Redking: don't go to school tomorrow

"ok that's pretty weird" i thought to myself "why wouldn't he want me at school?"

Poeticsoul: y?

Redking: just don't alright. you or your brother don't come to school tomorrow!

Poeticsoul: i don't think that's a good enough reason to convince my mom

i waited for rory to anwser me but he didn't atleast not right away:

Poeticsoul: hello? rory? you there?

it was atleast two more minutes before rory answered me:

Redking: yeah i'm here

Poeticsoul: what were you doing?

Redking: nothing worth mentioning. now back to the school subject i don't want you to go cause i wanted you, me, and ellie to skip school tomorrow so we can see a movie or something

Poeticsoul: well i'll see what i can do but ellie already agreed to this?

Redking: yup i talked to her earlier

"rory must be upset about today and that's why he wants to skip" i thought "but theres no way my mom's gonna let me miss tomorrow... i'll just tell him that i'm gonna"

Poeticsoul: alright rory i'll skip tomorrow. r we gonna meet somewhere or something?

Redking: yeah i'll call you and tell you where we'll meet

Redking: i'm gonna go to sleep now

Poeticsoul: alright i'll see you tomorrow then goodnight

Redking: night


my conversation with rory left me with an uneasy feeling though i wasn't sure why. after our talk i no longer felt like surfing the net though for some reason i was compelled to visit rory's myspace page which i did. all seemed normal on his site so i read his latest blog entry which i was surprised to see was posted during the three minutes that rory stopped talking to me. i read the post which was short and strange. the post consisted of three words it read:

"goodnight and goodbye"

that was definitly weird and my first thought was that maybe rory was on drugs or something
or maybe he was just going through a depressed phase? either way it just wasn't normal rory. it was then that i remembered something that rory had said earlier in our conversation he had said that our friend ellie was skipping school tomorrow too. was she really gonna? she couldn't picture ellie going along with such a abstract plan. i glanced at the clock once again it was now a minute to four fifteen in the morning. "theres no way that ellie is up" i stated but this whole rory situation felt like a big deal maybe ellie thought so too? i looked up ellies email adress and wrote her a short email:

"hey elllie did you talk to rory lately he's acting really strange what do you think? write me back as soon as you read this!!!
p.s are you going to school tomorrow? rory told me not to.
-layla"

i sent the email and decided to log off but not before i checked to see if rory was really off the net. i don't know what i was expecting but he really was off the net. i sighed wondering if i had blown the whole situation out of porportion. i logged off my computer and made my way to my bed flopping down on it to atleast get three hours of sleep.


chapter two: seven o' clock on a friday morning

i was awakened in the morning by my younger brother who was already fully dressed poking my forehead until i woke up. "why are you still sleeping?" he asked "usually your up before i am!" he laughed and strode out of my room. i wanted to anwser my brother but to be honest i hadn't know why i didn't wake up. i picked up my alarm clock and realized that in the events of last night i had stupidly forgotten to set it. as i stood and streched i thoughtn about last night and how in the morning light it did seem as if i was overreacting my friends did say that i was something of a worrier. thinking about my friends led me to remember the email i had sent ellie last night. i logged onto my computer as i waited for it to load up i dressed quickly hoping that ellie had checked her email sometime during the morning and that she had the sense to write me back. as soon as the computer loaded i eagerly checked my mail and grinned as i saw a reply to the email i had sent:

"hey, yeah i talked to rory last night. i agree he was acting alittle weird but since when is he normal? i told rory that i wouldn't go to school today but my mom is making me so i'll see you there?-ellie'

i wasn't sure if i was relived that ellie agreed with me about rory's behavior or if it made me worry more. i stuck my hair into a ponytail checking the clock it was about seven twenty five "were gonna be late" i sighed grabbed my bag and headed downstairs. my brother and i climbed into my father's car "your going to be a few minutes late" he said as he put out the cigarette he had been smoking "it's fine nothing ever happens during first hour anyway's" i told him. as we drove i stared out the window at the seemingly perfect day it was warm and sunny and it looked like it was the perfect start to a good weekend.

"hey sis?" i heard my brother say. i turned to look at him "hmmm?" i mumbled back 'i got a text from rory that says not to go to school today, what's that about?"

"oh that's nothing, don't worry about it" i told him. he shrugged and went back to messing with his cell phone. we arrived at school at seven fourty six only a minute late. we waved goodbye to my dad and headed inside for a normal day of school. once we were inside the school my brother and i went seperate ways but we always meet up again for breakfast. i climbed the stairs that lead to my first hour as i climbed i passed a few classmates i greeted them and continued on my way. the upstairs hallway was the same as usual people were walking around and standing by the large window at the end of the hall. i entered my first hour class curious to see if rory had shown up or not. my curiosity was satisfied when i saw that rory was infact not at school today but ellie was. i sat at my normal table that i shared with rory and ellie. as i stared at rory's empty chair i felt bad, what if rory really had wanted us to skip with him? now he'd be all alone.

"did you get my email?" ellie asked i nodded "yeah" i said.
"were you surprised that he's not here today?" i asked her "kinda but not really i mean he basiclly told us he was skipping" she said "yeah i guess he'll be watching that movie alone" i laughed a bit to make myself feel better for some reason i had gotten very depressed in the last few minutes. "what do you mean movie?" ellie asked "you know the movie rory told us to skip school for" i stated "rory didn't tell me anything about a movie" ellie said "what?" i asked confused "then what did he tell you?"
"well he said that we could go shopping or whatever, he never really stated anything specific" ellie told me.

now i was confused why would rory tell us two different things? had he changed his mind betweem the time he talked to me and the time he talked to ellie? i shrugged it off as a boy who was indecisive no longer worrying about rory i figured he was at home sleeping or something mundane like that.
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