Tasteless
Boink Bean
Nathaniel Nash
Day : Friday, Time : 6:00AM, Weather : Clear Skies
"Maybe they were right, Happiness is a warm gun." Nathan didn't look towards the guy sitting in his passenger seat as they pulled up to a house. Nathan rubs his forehead slightly as the guy slowly opens his door and steps out. "Keep it up kid, You'll be where you want to be." the guy closes the car door and Nathan exhales the breath he had been holding. He quickly pulls away from the house, his tires screeching against the damp asphalt. He gasses down the neighborhood street, flying past parked cars and narrowly avoiding a car backing out of its driveway.
Nathan cuts a ten minute drive back to his house down to five minutes flat. He sits in his driveway and slowly digests the scenarios in his mind before climbing out of the driver seat. He locks his car and walks towards his front door, unlocking it with his spare key and he slowly climbs the stairs. "Nathaniel." A familiar voice stops him, he turns to see his mother at the base of the stairs, her face expressed confusion and worry. "You didn't come home last night Nathan, what happened?" The young man stares at her blankly, "We just got caught up and I decided to crash at a friends place." "With who?" Nathan rolls his eyes, "Does it really matter?" he growls under his breath, turning to walk up the stairs. "It does matter Nathan.. I know what you're doing." The young man stops cold, he doesn't feel fear or worry, he doesn't turn to look at his aging mother. "You're oblivious to rules so you're oblivious to consequence, you need to get yourself under control." Nathan growls under his breath, "Yeah, I'll do that as soon as Delilah crawls out of her grave."
Nathan makes it to his room without another word, changing into clothes that don't smell of gunpowder and alcohol. He slips into his black jeans, dark gray shirt and matching shoes. He walks into the bathroom and stares at himself in the mirror, his eyes were dark and he looked tired. He hadn't gotten sleep that night and his head pounded with a hang over.
Nathan turns on the faucet and slowly washes his face before running his wet fingers through his curls. He dries his face, brushes his teeth and leaves the bathroom. He grabs his phone and keys before walking back downstairs. His mother is no where to be seen so he just walks out the front door, Nathan knows shes upset and that he is growing even more distant day after day, but he isn't just doing this for his satisfaction.
The young man walks toward his blacked out Mustang, unlocking it and climbing into his car. By this time its 6:30AM. School starts at 7:30AM. He rolls down his windows and lights a cigarette before backing out of his driveway. He drives the speed limit, blasting music out of his muscle car. Nathan soon pulls up to a small Cafe not far from school.
Nathan gets out of his car and the young lady quickly gets into her car looking at him with concern, causing Nathan to scoff softly. Typical. He walks into the cafe and orders a drink, the woman behind the counter shamelessly flirting with him. When she hands his drink he notices her number is written on it. He glares at her, "do you happen to have a pen?" he asks as politely as he can muster up. She hands him a sharpie and he crosses her number out right in front of her. He sets the pen on the counter, her face twisted in a frown.
He ignores her sad looks and walks out of the cafe, taking a seat outside and lighting another cigarette. He slips his headphones into his ears and fidgets with his phone as he smokes and drinks his coffee.
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