One Story a Day

Story 1: Lucky Seven

03/17/18

This is the first prompt. Link to where I found it.  https://www.pinterest.com/pin/594475219536275623/

Okay so before we start I watched Love, Simon today and it was an awesome movie so this story will be a boyxboy and "This is going to get romantic as F"

St. Patrick's Day. People spend the rest of the day trying to find a green shirt with a four-leafed plant so they can guarantee to be pinch-free. And yet, here I am trying to find a shirt that looks somewhat pleasing to the eye.

My dad wants to go laser tagging for some "family bonding time." My mom, however, wants to stay home and watch soapy TV shows. I'd rather stay at home with her but since I'm the son of the most prestigious man in town, I'll be going with my dad.

"There will be at least ten teenage girls at Lazer Tag," Dad says. He still thinks I'm interested into girls but boy is he wrong.

"And I'm sure there will be ten teenage girls that are there with their boyfriends," I remark back. I usually try giving hints but he brushes them off every single time.

Dad looks at me in confusion and then realizes that I don't care about any girls tonight. Yet, he smiles and walks away to grab his coat and slips it on.

"Aw come on buddy, you can at least try to steal the girl."

"Let's just go."

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We arrive at the neon-lit building and enter it. The undistributed air from the freezing outdoors and the warmed inside makes me shiver with uneasiness.

There are in fact at least ten girls, but none of them seem to have a boyfriend. With a little disappointment, hoping I can grasp a look at their boyfriends, I ignore them and carry on to the nearest register to sign up for a couple rounds of Laser Tag.

Dad seems to be excited to beat a couple of kids and make them cry whereas I'm hear with noodle legs not knowing how this night will go. I can either fall and shoot my self or shoot an obstacle rather than an opponent.

The man controlling the register seems to be 17 years old, which surprises me. He's pretty cute for a guy working at a Lazer Tag. His chocolate brown skin and hazel eyes burn into my soul making me melt inside.

"Hey Jacob."

I turn around to see who called my name only to see a couple holding hands.

"Hey Victor, and Nicki." I drag out Nicki's name because she doesn't like me and I don't like her, but we both enjoy Victor's presence so we keep our hatred to ourselves.

"Whatcha doing here?" Asks Victor. He smiles and turns to look at Nicki.

Hetero couples make me sick, especially when a guy dates a girl with no moral rights whatsoever.

"About to play some laser tag with my dad. Are you here with only Nicki?"

I ask this question in hopes to see him. My big time crush from school. Victor is usually hanging with him whenever Nicki isn't around, but to my dismay Victor shakes his head yes.