I thought this during Calculus BC, as I looked at the kippo responsible for my current social status drop. His name was umm --- ah sorry about that, my pencil broke, I had to sharpen it. Anyway his name is Zorb, yeah that's his name. I was irked beyond reason, nobody made me, Benjie, a complete loser, that was my job. I thumped him on the shoulder, hard.
"Yes?" He asked turning around.
Oh, he responded, I must not have hit his shoulder correctly to numb him, I'd have to watch that show again. But I needed a quick and smooth response. "I'm mad at you." Yeah, that was real smooth, rolled right off the tongue.
"Why?"
Shoot, he keeps responding, where was the off button? Maybe if I tapped his shoulder on the front it would paralyze him like in the show. Oh right had to answer, "You ruined my social status." Yeah, I was doing great, never was a smoother sentence.
"Well sorry, is there anyway I can make it up to you?"
What? When did he stop answering, but he was willing to serve me. Bwahahah --- Pencil broke again, I really need to invest in a pen. Now where was I? Oh right, evil maniacal laughter, continued though… ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. That felt real good. Now for the finale, my answer. "Yes, you can."
"All right, we have an affirmative, but need a clarification."
"What?"
"Well, you said, "Yes, you can." And I take that as I can make it up to you, but you didn't say how."
"Buddy, lay off on the words." This kippo was real confusing, you know.
"How can I make it up to you." He said sarcastically, I bet he was rolling his eyes behind those big thick glasses of his, they were all steamed up, from what I don't know.
"Um..." Oh shoot that was suppose to be in my mind. I didn't know how to come back, need to think quick.
"Hey I know, why don't you come and hang out with me and my friends..." He said friends, as in plural, I almost laughed out loud. It was a great suggestion, and he had saved me from a blunder.
"Yeah sure."
"I didn't even finish."
"Ben stop distracting Zorb, and ruining class for him." The teacher said. She had been writing on the white board.
"Sorry ma'am." I said.
"Yeah, agreed." Zorb said.
"Mmm. Boys will be boys, am I right girls?" She said to a group of girls at the front who looked up, nodded and went back to texting. The teacher went back to marking up the board.
I felt my pocket vibrate. I opened my phone, a mystery number had sent a text. I looked at Zorb who smiled. Why that little kippo, how'd he get my number? I opened the text and read it to my surprise.
I had my friend hack the phone network, just in case you wanted to know how I got your phone number.
That explained my first and only question.
I'm glad your so eager to hang out with me and my friends, you won't be disappointed. Meet me in the parking lot, my car's the groovy 7o's van, can't miss it. Later.
The bell rang, I turned around and Zorb had vanished. One more period before I got to see Zorb by his hippy van, I best tell my mom that I was hanging out with friends. No wait, she would ask who, I'd just have to text her that I needed to make up a test. I did that as I walked to my last class period of the day and of the week! Yes!
The class seemed to enter a time-zone that never ended, which truth be told, most classes were like. Like science, man that class could bore me like nothing else, and the teacher hadn't appreciated the fact that I had come up with a theory of why time slowed down in class. So I decided to do what any reasonable student would do, when the teacher wasn't looking, I left.
I felt time return to normality.
There were only a few minutes of school left, so I just meandered to the parking lot, doing my best to avoid all of the Sluffers, they gave me weird looks, and didn't respect teachers. I kept walking, but had that twitch that someone was following me. I felt as though if I reached in my shirt, I'd pull out my best friend, the Magnum, turn around and shoot the follower, dive as more shots were fired and I tried to figure out why they were shooting at me, could it be the plans that I just stole? But remember that was what it felt like, that's not what happened. I leisurely turned around, nobody was there. Well, that was that. I whipped back around and stumbled over something. Of course I caught myself.
"Happens every time I try to introduce myself to someone. My name's Worm." It was a small person, no wait on that, a very very small person, maybe to the fourth power. He also happened to be the person I had tripped over.
"Um... hi," I said. I didn't know what to say, I was kind of embarrassed. I pushed myself off the ground and stood. "See ya later."
"What do you mean 'See ya later?'" He asked. The voice seemed distant, far away even though it wasn't.
"Just that." I said. I looked in the distance for a second and then remembered that the voice was beneath me. I stared at the very (to the 4th power) small boy.
"Are you trying to have a staring contest?" He said, looking amused.
"What?" I blinked, shoot I lost. "No, just making sure you understood what I said."
"Mmphm. I'm perfectly capable of hearing. Just to let ya know, no need to talk loud to me."
"Oh sorry," I made sure it was my regular tone. And we stared for a few more seconds, neither sure what to say, one of those awkward moments.
"Well, let's get going to the parking lot, to Zorb's car."
"Wait? How do you know where I'm going?"
He pulled out an iTouch (Lucky, kid) and tapped a few things. He mumbled a little bit and I noticed the minute modifications to his Touch. "There we go," he said, and showed the screen to me, and there was a handsome picture of myself staring back at me. "I know a lot about you, as can be seen." He put his Touch away. "So it doesn't seem to far fetched that I know where you're going at this time, now your stalling and will be late which Droniss isn't in the mood for so get your rear in gear and let's move." He started hauling for someone so little, I took a step and caught up to him.
There's just something peculiar about this group, if it hasn't already been obvious. I almost felt like I was an agent for the FBI. But I wasn't, I was just meeting probably the strangest people alive, before now and after (But not a close after, more like say 90 years after). So, I kind of felt lost as well. I had acted all nonchalant about this boy, Worm, who had this file about me, but it really peeved me that someone had that, it was almost as if he was a stalker, but I wouldn't let him know he had got to me, nor would I let the fact that Zorb had my cell number bother me either. I'd just play along, and go for the ride, at least I had some people to hang out. Which was nice and showed my pals around that I still had some street cred, even if it was nerds I was with. They really get to your nerves, if you know what I mean.
