There's always going to be that kid that lives down the street. The annoying, young brat that finds it legit to invite himself over on a periodical basis. He occupies your gaming console for hours on end, consumes every wince of sugar based products, and treats you like he's paying for a hotel room and your the room service.
His name was Matthew. He was the slimy booger eating, loud mouthed, little fucker that lived five houses down from me. I had made the mistake of "hanging out" with him when he had first moved to my street and for the next four years would heavily regret doing so. My ridiculous reason for doing so? He had one of those spiffy basketball goals that you could lower down to a whopping seven feet. I was a small bugger. I wanted to dunk goddamnit...
But there is only so much one can take of a fellow like him...
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The phone rang. I typically don't like answering the phone. But, I picked it up anyways:
***
"Hey Ryan!"
*grunt*
".....hey."
"Can I come over?!"
*grunt*
".....sure."
***
I clicked the "off" button on the cordless phone. He was probably already beginning his poor excuse for a sprint to my house. There was a knife by the sink. I pondered grabbing and in a swift occurrence, slitting my throat and saving me the misery that was to come in only a mere couple of minutes.
"No no, Ryan. He's not worth it, man." I thought out loud.
All in all, it may actually have been worth it.
Matthew arrived. I proceeded to greet him, you know, a simple high-five or a hand shake perhaps. He looked at me:
***
"Can I play your Super Nintendo?"
"Umm ... sure, I guess."
***
Five hours later, after wandering around my house pacing as to what to do about the "thing" wearing out the buttons on my controllers upstairs, I finally decided and that I was through. I wanted to play some goddamn Mortal Kombat, and there was nothing that little fucker could do to stop me.
I traveled upstairs, opened the door, and covered my mouth as I let out a small yelp. He looked like a zombie, a foot from the screen with eyes as big as someone who had seen a ghost. It was quite possibly one of the most disturbing things I've seen to date.
I shut the door. I faded off for a minute or two, trying to regain my posture and confidence. That was my damn console, and I wanted to play it.
I opened the door once more. I still flinched at the site, but I stuck out my chest and said:
***
"Matthew, I want to play some Super Nintendo."
"............" No answer.
"MATTHEW! GET OFF MY GODDAMN SUPER NINTENDO!"
"............" Still no answer.
***
All that preparing and the fucker wouldn't even acknowledge my rather loud attempts of getting his attention. So, I did what any kid would do to someone occupying an electrical component.
I saw the outlet, I unplugged the gaming device.
***
"What the hell are you doing?! I was almost at the boss!"
"I told you to get off."
"Well I don't care. I was playing it first."
"I TOLD YOU to get off."
"Well, I'm not. You're the host and I'm the guest. I get to play as long as I want."
***
Fury building up, can't see, steam rising from body. We had bunk beds in the game room at the time. He had scooted back towards the railing, enough so that the evil plan in my head could be pulled off.
I grinned. This would surely allow me to play my game.
***
"Hey, Matt."
"What?"
***
I dashed over to him. He looked very stunned, too stunned to defend himself. I grabbed his forehead and WHAM; I slammed the back of his head on the rail of the bottom bunk. A little blood spat out, and he rolled to his side. He didn't move, this was not part of the plan.
I panicked. Had I killed him? No, I could see him breathing. But I was still in deep shit. I was young; I didn't know what to do if you knocked someone out. So, I thought about movies I had seen.
I don't remember which movie led me to do what I did next...
I sat down, grabbed my head, and slammed it rather hard into the railing of the bottom bunk. For some odd reason, this seemed like the best away to go about it. My parents and Matt's parents coming to my house and finding there's sons knocked out with blooding on the back of their heads seemed like something they could figure out.
I don't remember what happened next or how long Matt and I were laying there. I do remember waking up after Matt, only to find out the little fucker had ratted on me.
All in all, that knife would have been worth it.
His name was Matthew. He was the slimy booger eating, loud mouthed, little fucker that lived five houses down from me. I had made the mistake of "hanging out" with him when he had first moved to my street and for the next four years would heavily regret doing so. My ridiculous reason for doing so? He had one of those spiffy basketball goals that you could lower down to a whopping seven feet. I was a small bugger. I wanted to dunk goddamnit...
But there is only so much one can take of a fellow like him...
---
The phone rang. I typically don't like answering the phone. But, I picked it up anyways:
***
"Hey Ryan!"
*grunt*
".....hey."
"Can I come over?!"
*grunt*
".....sure."
***
I clicked the "off" button on the cordless phone. He was probably already beginning his poor excuse for a sprint to my house. There was a knife by the sink. I pondered grabbing and in a swift occurrence, slitting my throat and saving me the misery that was to come in only a mere couple of minutes.
"No no, Ryan. He's not worth it, man." I thought out loud.
All in all, it may actually have been worth it.
Matthew arrived. I proceeded to greet him, you know, a simple high-five or a hand shake perhaps. He looked at me:
***
"Can I play your Super Nintendo?"
"Umm ... sure, I guess."
***
Five hours later, after wandering around my house pacing as to what to do about the "thing" wearing out the buttons on my controllers upstairs, I finally decided and that I was through. I wanted to play some goddamn Mortal Kombat, and there was nothing that little fucker could do to stop me.
I traveled upstairs, opened the door, and covered my mouth as I let out a small yelp. He looked like a zombie, a foot from the screen with eyes as big as someone who had seen a ghost. It was quite possibly one of the most disturbing things I've seen to date.
I shut the door. I faded off for a minute or two, trying to regain my posture and confidence. That was my damn console, and I wanted to play it.
I opened the door once more. I still flinched at the site, but I stuck out my chest and said:
***
"Matthew, I want to play some Super Nintendo."
"............" No answer.
"MATTHEW! GET OFF MY GODDAMN SUPER NINTENDO!"
"............" Still no answer.
***
All that preparing and the fucker wouldn't even acknowledge my rather loud attempts of getting his attention. So, I did what any kid would do to someone occupying an electrical component.
I saw the outlet, I unplugged the gaming device.
***
"What the hell are you doing?! I was almost at the boss!"
"I told you to get off."
"Well I don't care. I was playing it first."
"I TOLD YOU to get off."
"Well, I'm not. You're the host and I'm the guest. I get to play as long as I want."
***
Fury building up, can't see, steam rising from body. We had bunk beds in the game room at the time. He had scooted back towards the railing, enough so that the evil plan in my head could be pulled off.
I grinned. This would surely allow me to play my game.
***
"Hey, Matt."
"What?"
***
I dashed over to him. He looked very stunned, too stunned to defend himself. I grabbed his forehead and WHAM; I slammed the back of his head on the rail of the bottom bunk. A little blood spat out, and he rolled to his side. He didn't move, this was not part of the plan.
I panicked. Had I killed him? No, I could see him breathing. But I was still in deep shit. I was young; I didn't know what to do if you knocked someone out. So, I thought about movies I had seen.
I don't remember which movie led me to do what I did next...
I sat down, grabbed my head, and slammed it rather hard into the railing of the bottom bunk. For some odd reason, this seemed like the best away to go about it. My parents and Matt's parents coming to my house and finding there's sons knocked out with blooding on the back of their heads seemed like something they could figure out.
I don't remember what happened next or how long Matt and I were laying there. I do remember waking up after Matt, only to find out the little fucker had ratted on me.
All in all, that knife would have been worth it.