The Suggestion of Two Different Things by Aaron

Chapter 1
The Basketball Game

By Aaron

I had the basketball sweat was dropping from my face, I saw my girlfriend Jennifer she’s really not even my girlfriend she just wants to be with me because I’m the captain of the basketball team .But I’m not the smartest person I got a C on my history test. Jennifer waved at me and held up a sign saying I LOVE YOU SWEET THANG. Honnnnnnnnnk the sound of the second quarter was over wow am I tired. We all gathered in the locker room and drank some water from our water bottles but I actually sprinkled some lemonade in there before my mom won’t notice.

It became a notice that there was only 1 minute left of the game so lets GO! We headed out of the locker rooms and ran in the screaming gymnasium with atone of cute girls dreaming over me-well its not it true really. Jennifer tramped up to me and said “Hi baby”. She said in a squeaking tone. “Now you go get them tiger”.
“Okay that was weird”. After she said that she gave me a big kiss on the cheek. I wiped it off after did it.

I saw my parents in the crowd but my dad looked like a deranged idiot and my mom well she really isn’t into the whole basketball thing, and really that’s the thing my mom is into the drama/ theatre stuff. And my dad is into me winning basketball. When I had the basketball again I raised my hands and shot it into basket IT MADE IT IN as I heard the crowd roar with excitement I did it I actually made our team the Hornets win the district champion ship that was the first time that Lakewood Middle School has won really anything. Well except last year when the chess club won but I don’t really care about that. After the game I met up with my parents and my girlfriend came up to me and gave me a big disgusting kiss on the cheek.
“What was that for?” I said
“Because sweaty you won the game silly, she said in a squawking tone it really hurts my ears I usually have a headache after she does that.

In my mind I was thinking should I really break up Jennifer.
“Hey mom, dad will you excuse me and Jennifer.”
“Yeah sure son”
“Ohh James you really do care are you giving me a proposal”.
“No” I just wanted to say that… I took a deep breath with sorrow. “Umm I am so sorry Jennifer I want to break up with you. “ Huh wait you are breaking up me well I don’t even need you theirs even better people than you like… umm Fredrick yeah he’s better than you”
“Yeah but Fredrick is like a nerd” I said
“Yeah but he can fix a computer yeah beat that”
“Hey Jennifer your mascara is falling you look like a clown ha-ha” I laughed
“Really well argg!”
“Honey what was that all about”
“Ohh nothing just victory”
“Teenage boys so different” My mom said.
“Wait honey where’s Jennifer? I thought she was right with you?”
“Ohh ahh she had to go” I said in a slowly way blanking out.
Chapter 2
The fight over the boy

When we got home the night was dreary and it was poring down rain and as I watched the rain plop down on the sidewalk. “Drip drop drip drop”
“Mom, Dad where are you? Where were they we usually all watch Oprah on Friday nights we just sit down on the green old couch we got when I was just a little baby, well actually just me and my mom because my dad watches basketball on Fox and while we watch Oprah he usually screams on the top of his lungs YEAH!! WE WON WE WONNNNN! And last year we had to put a door from the living room to the kitchen because its soo loud! But when we lose the game dad just freaks out and cries all night and I mean all night and I feel that I am more mature than him and I sometimes don’t use a fork at dinner ne-never mind. When I was walking up the erry stairs so I could change out of my stinky gym clothes. When I got to the last step I heard my parents yelling and screaming at each other I got a little worried they have never done this before?

The next morning the sun was gleaming on my face as I felt my mom wiggling me. “Honey rise and shine sweaty you’ve got a big day today your big show tonight ohh I have got your costume all ready for you in your dresser.” “Hey- hey mom can I be frank with you”
“Well yeah sweaty what did you want say”.
“Where is dad? There was a huge pause between what I said
“Honey he had to go to work early today”
“But why are his clothes out on your bed and not on him?” There was another huge pause
“I thought I just heard the microwave beep”
Well that was weird I never heard the microwave beep? And something was fishy and it wasn’t last nights fish about dad going to work early but his job is pretty ritzy. When I went down stairs it smelled delightful my mom was cooking up pancakes with syrup. “Hey mom” I said. “What really happened to dad?”
“Okay son well your father and I had a fight last night and we had to move apart from each other and in another way to say it is we broke up or divorced” I was puzzled it was one of the most tragic thing I had ever heard.


That night it was show time their was a full house of people in the crowd my mom came backstage and actually was more nervous than I was. Then I heard the director saying 5 MINUTES PEOPLE THE SHOW IS IN 5 MINUTES
Chapter 3
Its show time!

My hands were shaking I felt sweat gleaming down my face. It’s a bad thing that the theatre was warm because Ill be sweating like heck plus it was worse I have a 3 layer costume but I don’t want to be humiliated because last year I fainted on the stage because I was so hot but that wont hopefully happen tonight. As I heard the crowd roared clap, clap, clap, the director stumbled on stage. And said “welcome ladies and gentlemen boys and girls welcome to Lakewood middle school public school. I would like for you to turn off your cell phones and any other electronics and enjoy the show of OLIVER. The theatre went dark it was silent. The first act of the show I was back stage waiting, waiting. At the intermission their was cookies

And chocolate bars the cookies were okay they kind of tasted like stale dark chocolate and I almost choked on one plus they were from my schools cafeteria but the spaghetti and meat balls aren’t bad but last year this kid found a piece of hair in his meal.

We all gathered back stage to get ready for the second act of the show. When the show ended as I walked out of the theatre I saw somebody everything had changed.
Chapter 4
Switching
I was amazed of what I could see I saw DAD? But he’s never seen one of my shows? I slowly walked up to him standing in the middle of the lobby wearing his Edina Hornets Basketball jacket with his baggy old pants he got like 5 years ago and he still can fit in it.
“Hey dad what are you doing here?
“Well a- he gulped I was just picking up you’re a- costume yeah your costume”
“Well where’s mom? That was weird she just had left at intermission?
“Dad please tell me!”
“Son I have no choice I have to go to work”
“But dad”
“Son please”
He just walked away and why did he even come to the show?
“Hey Matt”
“What ohh hey James great job in the show tonight I thought you did great”
“Hey ahh could you drive me home my dad had to go back to work”
“Yeah sheer but we have to pick up my older brother from the basketball game and then we can take you home” Matt said.
“Yeah really thanks” We got into Matt’s car it was a nice car but it had a lot of junk in it like movies with out the disks and bags of cheetoes with out the cheetoes in it. On the way their I was thinking if my parents are divorced where is my dad staying well maybe he rented an apartment or some thing. When we got to the stadium everyone was leaving and we went inside the stadium I saw somebody in their chair and taking her popcorn.
Chapter 5
Mom

The steep stairs filled with popcorn bags and pop the person I saw was sitting their it was MOM! This was insanity but my mom has never and I mean never been to one of my basketball games? I walked down the stairs to see her.
“Mom what are you doing here? I thought you hated this kind of basketball stuff”
“Well me and your father talked and thought that me and we should try out a different things I mean like I really could gat the hang of this you just take the basketball and dump it into the basket” I laughed.
“Honey you see what I mean”
“Yeah” I groaned. We got out of our seats and ran into dad?
“Honey what are you doing here? I just couldn’t resist being without you I need you back and son you aren’t that bad at acting and those cookies god those were bad blickkk”
“I know dad but where did you stay?”
“Well ah I kind of stayed at my brother’s house”
Well we all gathered back home and we all watched Oprah well except my dad watching the basketball game. Then I left to go to the bathroom my mom changed the channel to the basketball game and my dad my dad changed the channel to Oprah well I guess our family was back to normal hey wait their was a letter on the coffee table I opened it and it said…
Dear James
I would love for us to get back together because I miss you a lot and really was my mascara falling so write me back sweaty pie/ honey bun.
From Jennifer
There are only two words left of the story and they are…
THE END