Short Story

Ok so I wrote this short story a while ago. And here it is, so if you want to read it and tear out my gallbladder with words, and we will see which procedure hurt more. :) 

Joel sat watching some pointless program that MTV was passing off as a show these days. He was sitting on his couch upright and fully dressed in a t-shirt jeans and a blazer jacket. He was waiting for a girl. Which is what most men do eighty percent of their lives. But Joel didn’t mind waiting, because he had done it; he had finally got his date with the girl.

            The girl’s name was Lilly; She was, in Joel’s eyes…perfect. Joel loved her smile, it seemed to light up her whole face, he also loved her brown eyes, her tan skin, and the curves of her body. Joel would have been able to get over Lilly if it wasn’t for that damn smile. She had a smile that lit up the rest of her face, made her eyes light up, and made everything around her seem brighter.

            Lilly had always been unattainable before this. You see, Lilly was a girl who was loyal to her man. And up until a couple of weeks ago Lilly had a boyfriend. The boyfriend had broken up with her on the excuse that he felt God didn’t want them to be together. Pussy Joel thought, more like you need an excuse and used God. But the boyfriend did provide Joel with an opportunity.

            “Hey Lilly,”

            “Hey Joel, how’s it going?”

            “Good. Hey listen um…would you like to go on a date this weekend?”

            “…Sure yeah that sounds kinda fun.” Joel was surprised his heart did bust out of his chest when she said yes. But she had said yes, Joel kept reminding himself of that. She could have said no, but she said yes. Joel had planned a romantic dinner at a restaurant he had saved a bunch of money from working he had the car to use and hopefully by the end of the week he would have himself a new High School Girlfriend; Lilly. Ok, ok, ok don’t get ahead of yourself; you have to get her to like you first, Joel Thought.

            It was time to go, time to pick up Lilly, when Joel got to her house he parked his car and went to the door. She answered it, but like all girls had to grab a couple of things and introduced Joel to Lilly’s dad, who was quite nice, a little too nice…that scared Joel a little.

            The date flew by, they talked about everything from ex’s to there dreams, there parents, and there teachers. There didn’t seem to be a dull moment. And every time Lilly smiled or laughed Joel’s heart went a little numb.

            Before Joel realized it was time to leave and get Lilly home. They talked as they walked out to the car, and Joel opened her door as he had done at the beginning of the date. They talked on the ride home and Joel pulled up to her house. He turned off the car and like a Gentlemen walked her to the door.

            “Well thanks for everything.” Lilly said.

            “Yeah it was…my pleasure.” Do it, kiss her. Be a man! Go big or go home! And at that thought Joel leaned down put his index finger under her chin and pressed his lips to hers. Joel’s heart went off as if fireworks were inside, his body was rushed with warmth and his fingers were tingling. Focus. He thought, make sure she enjoys this as much as you are. He placed a hand behind her neck and just moved it up to the back of her hair; he put his other hand on her waist. It worked, Lilly wrapped her arms around him and kiss became more passionate. With her body next to his Joel felt like anything was possible, like nothing could get him down. He knew this is what people feel when they describe love. This feeling he had with her body hugging his and her lips locked with his. It was an indescribable feeling.

            Lilly broke the kiss and came off of her tiptoes. She walked backwards to her door; it was silent except for the crickets. She opened her door and stepped inside without saying a word. Joel just had no idea what to say he was still dazed he felt like his eyes were out of focus. Lilly shut the door, and Joel stood there for a second before he remembered he was still on her doorstep. Somehow he managed to get himself to the car. Joel got in and shut the door.

 

The next morning Joel could not have been happier to hear an alarm clock. He got ready so fast he left his house ten minutes faster than he usually did. He had some time till the bell for school rang. As soon as he got on campus he was looking for her, he couldn’t help it. He saw her; and the boyfriend; his hand was locked within hers. He just stood there staring without realizing it. Lilly broke hands with the boyfriend and walked over to Joel.

“Hey, so I just wanted to say that I had a nice time last night but, I just…I am going to give him another chance.” Lilly said.

“Why?” it was all Joel could say he was speechless.

“Well…it just feels right.”

“Lilly, he broke up with you because he thought God wanted him to.”

“So?”

“So! Didn’t that feel right to him! What! Does he now feel like God wants him to be with you?”

“Yeah I think he does.” Joel couldn’t believe it, how could someone so perfect be so dumb. 

“Lilly what about the kiss?”

“It was nice, but it was just a kiss, it wasn’t anything special. I mean it didn’t feel special. Did it?” Joel wanted to tell her how he felt, he wanted to say, “Lilly that kiss meant more to me than anything else in my life. That in comparison everything else I have ever done seems meaningless. That was the greatest thing I have ever done, and the greatest thing I have ever felt.”

“No, I guess your right…it was just a kiss.” He lied.

“Hey you hasslin my girl?” the boyfriend had walked over. Apparently he felt like they had been talking long enough.

“No we were just talking.” That is what came out of Joel’s mouth; he wanted to hit the boyfriend to scream at him that he had his chance that his time is over. He wanted to yell till the boyfriend’s ears bled. But for Lilly’s sake he didn’t.

“Listen Lilly is my girl. Mine you got it. You try to sweep on her and I have her back within the day you li—“

“She’s not yours.”

“Damn right she is, who’s her boyfriend, I am you prick!” That was it, Jason thought, he can insult me, he can talk like an idiot, but he doesn’t get to insult her. Not in front of me. Jason cocked back a fist and hit the boyfriend strait in the face.

“Hey! That! Is! My! Boyfriend!” Lilly shouted each word as she slapped Joel in the arm, Joel was so busy trying to fend of Lilly’s slaps that he didn’t see it coming. The boyfriend hit him hard in the stomach, and when Joel curled over the boyfriend hit him again in the face. Joel fell to concrete on his hands and knees. The boyfriend kicked Joel in the ribs. Joel collapsed and was now laying on the rough concrete.

“You like that you punk! Lilly is my girl.” The boyfriend kicked Joel once more in the ribs. “Come on Lil security is gonna be here soon.” The boyfriend wasn’t wrong people had started to stair. Joel just lay on the concrete clenching his stomach, he wanted to yell at Lilly he wanted to scream how much he hated her, and what a bitch she was. For everything, for watching him suffer, for defending her jerk of a boyfriend, for the kiss for ever introducing herself to him. But he couldn’t do it, he wanted to hate her, he felt like it might hurt less if he could hate her. But it was that damn smile. Joel could never get over that damn smile. He pictured her smile in his head, and even there laying in humliation on the concrete clutching his stomach, Joel smiled. 

Giggy Giggy What!

It has been a while since the last blog. Here is some Some interesting stuff that has happened since then.

1. There was a ward Halloween party and i went dressed in normal clothes with a Hello My Name is Sticker, I wrote GOD in the white area. Two girls loved it. (and they loved arrested development. So there are pretty cool.) But every activity i go to where they these girls are there If someone else turns to me and says, "Oh whats your name?" One of the those girls who like arrested development will go, "This is God." And i won't argue, i will just smile and shrug. Its not the first time I've been called that and i don't think it will be the last.

2. I won a free hair cut at a salon during an FHE activity and i went in telling the hair stylist that i needed it trimmed for work but otherwise to make me look cool. She cut my hair like Angel in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I feel like now all i need is a blond girlfriend a cool long jacket and some Vampire's to fight.

3. I have noticed that if i think a girl is really hot here and i don't have a pre planed opening line i tend to just put my foot in my mouth. I told my boss this and his response was, "Hey wanna make o--I mean go on a date?" I told him that i am going to a party and using that line on a chick who is way to hot for me anyway.

4. Joseph calls me Gant. Chad's dad has been trying to get Jo call me Grant, by just calling me Gant. Its not working and i fear i have a new horrible un cleaver nickname. I like the nickname God a lot more.

Well i don't want to bore you guys so i won't post the boring stuff that has been happening to me here. Now back to your regularly scheduled program.

Hello world. So the other day I read Ultimatum which was the end of Ultimate Spider Man. So i read the comic and thought, man that wasn't that good. But then i realized well how would you do it. How do you kill Ultimate Spider Man? I sat in my car in the Barnes & Noble parking lot for about 45 Min's. No exaggeration. The question plagued my mind. I thought about it for a long time. & then I remembered reading this comic in the Ultimate series called Ultimate Power where Ben Grimm (the Thing) gets in a fight and one of his rock hard scales fall off. Reed Richards then vows to find a way of fixing Ben. The comic unfolds big battle and blah blah blah.

But I got to thinking what if in my version of Ultimatum, what if Reed Richards was still trying to fix Ben. & what if he found some air compound when breathed in that it reverses the effects of super powers. Now if Doctor Doom had access to spy camera's in the Baxter building he could take Reed's formula and mass produce it.

Ok now we jump back to the Ultimate Spider-man issue previous to the Ultimatum issue. In the issue before Ultimatum Venom shows up, and is fighting Peter Parker. At the end of the comic this guy with a crazy suit kind of like Iron Man only more like a bug, he meets Eddie Brock and Eddie is going to absorb the bug guy, (cause bug guy is dressed normal, & Eddie eats people to survive.) But right when Eddie or Venom is about to eat the bug guy, The Bug Iron Man sucks him up stores him into the suit and says, "Tell Doom I have the specimen all hail Lavertia."

So back to present what if doom had this formula and he got the bug iron man to make it so that it was pumped into the air all over the America. Or New York. Then Doom would invade New York City and make them under the rule of Lavertia. Now in this issue all super humans would just be humans so they would still try to fight Doom but they would be humans fighting Doom and his Army. But I got to thinking what if Bug Iron Man or someone attacked Aunt May or Mary Jane and if Peter Parker went after them. He would still have webs but not super strength and other spider powers. But if Peter was able to get a few good hits in on the bug iron man and if the bug man accidentally released venom. Now if Venom left Eddie and latched on to Peter & it gave Peter super spider powers but if he couldn't keep it from eating his skin. So peter would use venom to help defeat Doctor Doom but he would also sacrifice himself. (Along with other heroes) And you could end it open with a well we really don't know what happened to Peter so if someone deiced that it was good to keep writing Ultimate Spider Man they could. Also you could write the Ultimatum comic and have separate Ultimatum comics which might be more interesting than just Magneto flooding Manhattan. It would just be great to see super hero's try to operate and fight without super powers. Especially in the Ultimate universe where so many super heroes are not perfect.

I've thought of writing my version of Ultimatum Spider-Man. If I did write it would anyone be interested in reading it?

Now Bendis did a pretty good job writing Ultimatum Spider man but it just was kind of bland. But its all good cause Bendis does a great job Writing New Avengers. Luke Cage is the new Captain America.

Life in Uah

Been here one month and originally this blog was going to be all about Comic Books and what I thought of the ones I have been reading lately. But I don't think anyone besides Spencer and maybe Chrissy would care. So instead I am just going to talk about some funny and cool things that have happened to me this month.
1. when i was babysitting mel's kids for a bit, i was just watching Adda and Jo Jo. (that's what they call each other) We were playing outside And Jo Jo asked what I had on my arm, I said, " I deiced to draw on my arm cause I wanted to." His response, "I want to draw on my arm too!"
2. I worked a closing busing shift at Magleby's last Wednesday you only get paid 2.30 and hour but you make 15 percent of each waiters tips when you bus tables. I worked 5 hours, and made 58 bucks in tips.
3. In the last month I have read close to 10 graphic novels. Angel 1, New Avengers 7, 8, 9, Enders Game Battle School, Ender's Shadow Battle School, Ultimate Iron Man 2, Thor 1 & 2, Ultimates 3. If anyone wants to talk comics email me. I might end up writing a blog comparing some of them soon.
4. A girl came into Magleby's I was hosting so I sat her and her friends, she was a tan skinny brown haired girl. (very cute.) She said, "Whats your name?" "My name is Grant whats yours?" I answered. "I'm Melissa. What time do you get off tonight Grant?" All of her friends begin to laugh like little schools girls, "No that's not what i meant." She said. "Just you have to work on a Saturday night and that sucks..." "No its cool," I replied "I don't get hit on by many hot girls so its a great thing when it happens."
"No really i wasn't." She said. "Its cool, alright well Shane is your server and he should be with you guys soon. Oh and if you really were trying to hit on me just leave your number and I'll try to get in there before the bussers." That got me a laugh but no phone number.
5. I went to ward prayer a couple of days ago with some friends I had already made in my ward and I just walked in short sleeves and the response was whoa! then people were fine. But I love my Tattoo's I've spent money to put pieces of art in places I get to see everyday and I love it. As Shakespeare said, "To thine own self be true."
-That is my take on Utah so far thanks for taking the time to read my blog hope you enjoyed it.