Apocalypse

Chapter 1: The story begins

It was a bright and early morning.

The sun shone down on Mark's face as he rose out of bed.

"Uggh, morning already?" he moaned.

"Wake up, sleepyhead, and go fix your hair", said Margaret, his obnoxious older sister. " You look like a yeti."

"Aw, shut up", said Mark. "and get out of my room."

Mark stumbled into the bathroom and checked the mirror. His sister was right. His hair looked awful.

As Mark went downstairs a few minutes later, the smell of bacon and eggs filled his nostrils. "None of it is for you, fatty." his sister said rudely. "It's for my boyfriend.

Mark groaned along with his belly. How could he forget Margaret's annoying boyfriend Jim? He always called Mark "shortstack" or "tiny". It drove him crazy.

"Well, what am I gonna eat?" Mark said hungrily. "I'm staaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrving."

"I don't know, have a banana, fatso! You've been putting on some weight since last month." his sister yelled.

"Fine! I'll have a banana! And I'm going to Joey's house!"

Mark grabbed the banana and stormed out of the house. A few seconds later he came back in and asked, "Where's Mom?"

"She went grocery shopping. She'll be back in an hour. Now go away. Jim is gonna be here in 5 minutes.

Mark opened the garage, grabbed his bike and started riding to Joey's house. Joey always carried a few sweets with him no matter where they went. He even hid some in his swim trunks when they were at the community pool, but that did not end well.

Mark was a few blocks away from Joey's house but he stopped at the park to throw away his banana peel. He was about to get going again when someone called his name.

"Hey, Mark! Over here!"

It was Joey.