~ AUTHOR ~
Leo turned over on the bed. There was this annoying sound coming from the table next to his bedside. He flung his hands out of the bedsheets and onto the table. One decision in mind.
'I will freaking break that piece of shit'
The alarm clock continued to ring, vibrating and moving away from his hand, running for it's analogy life but Leo was determined to catch it. The clock made a decision too. Better to take it's own life than let this great evil get hold of it.
Leo extended his hand further enough to grab the clock It tripped over the edge of the table immediately and fell on the floor but it could not die as it had planned.
The lazy Leo had, at this point, become fed up with this. He threw the sheets up and slipped out of bed. Half asleep, he walked over to the clock dancing on the floor and picked it up, switching it off.
"Man, I hate alarms." He muttered to himself and turned, moving to lie back on the bed.
"What is the freaking time anyway that you are making so much noise," his ass pressed on the sheets. He turned the upside down clock to his face and took a glance at the clock, looking away Immediately.
"Tsk, it's just Six thirty in the morning." He dropped the clock back on the table.
"Making noise over something so sim…" His voice turned into a mumble as he straightened up on the soft foam.
"Its not like today is the first day of college." He closed his eyes.
'Wait'
He wrenched his body up.
"Its July 15th. SHIT!." He flew out bed and out of his clothes Immediately.
School starts by Seven thirty. If he went any later, he would suffer the curse of the first day.
Meanwhile, just next door, Elish lay curled up on the floor like he had found solace that would last forever. Completely blacked out from yesterday. He did not even flinch even when his alarm was blazing and announcing Seven o'clock.
Leo raced downstairs, practically jumping the stairs. His bag in hand, knockoff Gucci shorts and a big basketball jacket.
He had zipped it up so Mr. Parker would not see he had only a light tan top inside which hugged and revealed every detail of his ab region.
Mrs. Parker was already by the table, still trying to set it up for breakfast. Leo crashed in to the head chair the instant she turned to pick up something. She flinched looking directly at him.
"Are you mad?!"
she flung her Brit accent at him. He dodged. "Mum, am frea… am really late for school. It's the first day, I cannot believe am gonna be late."
Mrs. Parker was still looking at her son whose eyes flashed around the table to find what to lift and run outside with.
"What about breakfast?" she still asked even though she knew what was his plan.
"Maaa, I ain't got time for that."
He had spotted toast and was stuffing one into his mouth, the other into a nylon bag he had seen on the table.
Mrs. Parker was giving him the stink eye now. Leo tied up the nylon, threw it into his bag and turned his head; he met his Mum's eyes.
"Desperate measures, Ma."
He was beside her Immediately; bending over, he gave her a kiss on the cheek with bread in his mouth. Mrs. Parker sweetened Immediately he did that. Leo was leaving her now and making long strides towards the exit door.
"Are you not forgetting something?"
Leo screeched to halt. He twirled fast to face her. He made a hand gesture of 'what exactly?'
"Where is Elish?"
Mr. Parker walked into the room, the words came before him though. Leo had twisted to face his dad. He saw the seriousness in his eyes. His bright cheerful self turned into a gloomy bloke. It was happening all over again. He was prepared for school but he was going to have to wake and wait of his brother.
'Perfect'
~ LEO ~
I swear I was going to kill him when I see his bloody face. Like who freaking sleeps in the morning of school. The first day if school for that matter. Like who does that…
I was seething with anger now. I did not care whether Elish was practically twice my size, I would really give him a piece of my mind. I stormed up the stairs and down, heading for his room.
Immediately I was in front of his door, I burst it open without even knocking.
"Elish, come on Man it's eight o'clock for the love of God. Get your as…"
And the words died in my mouth. I was standing in the center of the room now, Elish was in front of his bathroom door, stark naked and with a look in his eyes that I had only seen once… at the mall.
I did not move back, my legs did. The switchblades in his eyes; I certainly intruded in something and he did not want it.
"Hey dude," Elish spoke. It was a chilling deep voice, frozen cold with aloof insouciance and beastliness. I could not reply him. I was somehow cowering in fear.
"Knock next time will you," he ended the previous statement there and I saw him go to the bed.
He looked at the clothes and then I saw the look disappear. Warmth crept back in to my bones as the Elish I knew was coming back to the light.
It took a minute before he looked at me with his misty eyes; confusion and sadness in them. I wondered why but reality brought things back to normal when he said.
"Leo?... How long have you been standing there?"
"Oh, just now." I tried to see if he would remember when I came in.
"Oh, I see." He said looking away for me. He did not remember. Elish stared sleepy-eyed around the clothes in front of him and at himself. Then I saw his eyes gaped. He looked at me.
"Dude, am naked and you are just staring at me." That's when I realized it too.
"Get out of here," he grabbed the pillow beside him and threw at me, I dodged laughing and running outside. I shut the door and leaned on it … He is different. I could not pin point what but it was like he became more human.
"What is keeping you boys?!" I heard Dad yell from downstairs.
"Elish is dressing up. We will be down in a moment." I replied him with a yell too.
Surprisingly, I was not anger again. Even when it was crystal clear we wound be suffering from the 'Curse of The First Day'.