The Magician’s Order

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP

I rolled over onto my side to press the snooze button on my phone alarm below my bed. There was no way in hell I was ready to get up and go to school yet especially after staying up til 2 last night working on my stupid Algebra homework.

BEEP BEEP BEEP

I heard the door to my room swing open. “Can you shut off that damn alarm? Andy is trying to sleep and you’re too lazy to shut it off.”

“I’m getting it right now. Just be a little patient,” I said as I finally grabbed my phone and shut off the piercing noise coming from my phone. I really should change it to something quiet and relaxing. If only I hadn’t had that thought a thousand times already.

I sat up and grabbed for my glasses on the shelf. I’m basically blind without them. Contact lenses kind of irritate my eyes so I just wear the ‘spectacles’ as my mom calls them. People at school usually call me the pre-draft to Harry Potter. Really hilarious guys. Walking to the bathroom, I considered what I’d do tonight. It was Friday after all. TGIF right? Let’s see, I could go to a football game and see all the people that make my life absolute crap every time I step through the school doors. No thanks. I heard that AJ’s having a party down at his house; however, half the time they’re doing dumb shit like coke and every time there’s been a party at his house, the cops have been called on him. I’ll pass. As for hanging with friends. Well, my only friend left for Maryland about a month ago to play lacrosse of all things. Thanks for not texting me since then asshole. Looks like another night at the house.

As I looked into the mirror, I rolled my eyes because my face was covered in whiteheads. Great. Now I gotta play Dr. Pimple Popper. I also noticed all my muscles bulging out making me look like a weightlifter. I tell myself that’s what I look like everyday. I’ll find confidence in any way I can even if it’s from my own imagination.

I then proceeded to do the rest of my daily morning routine: showering, finding a decent change of clothes, having some cereal, and packing my bag. As I was heading out Andy raced downstairs with plenty of energy and mom chased his 8-year old self throughout the house trying to dress him up for the day. She gave me a mean side-eye that said ‘you will pay for this’ right before saying she loved me.

Chemistry, Algebra (of course), Health, and Life Skills are on today’s template. That seemed like a pretty good schedule and I recounted my belongings as I walked to school. Got my computer, notebooks, binders, calculator for math. That reminds me. Do I have my Algebra homework? I groaned up towards the sky and then read that my watch read 8:20 and I knew there was no way I had time to go back and secure that ever so precious document. I’m just gonna add lunch detention to that list for today.