Interruptions

 Interruptions

Alright. I used to be one of those people where the conversations you have with me go like this:

 

Person: “I just got back from Afric-”

 Me: “That’s cool, I got a dog.” 

Person: “Alright, as I was sayin-

Me: “He’s really fluffy and cute. We named him Pepsi.

Person: “Can you stop interrupting me, please?

Me: “What? I’m not interrupting you!”

Yeah. You probably think I’m super annoying. But I’ve changed since then! I changed when this happened:

So I was in college. About 20 years old. We had a test coming up. It was really important, so yeah. Like normal, I was studying my but off.

My roommate, Leo, was done studying. He was bored. Really bored. He was at the stage of boredom where he was debating even doing MATH for FUN! So I was studying. You know, just chilling, listening to my music. 

Then, while I almost got the hang of a really hard question, he says: “Are you done yet?”. I lost the hang of my question. I looked at him in a way that said “I’m really mad at you but I’m not going to lash out because I’m nice”. I said maybe in 15 minutes. 5 minutes later and he says “You’ve been studying for the past hour! Come be with me!”. I say it’s only been 5 minutes. This goes on for about 30 minutes when I finally lash out and say: “STOP INTERRUPTING MY PROCESS OF STUDYING!” He looks stunned and said “Why didn’t you just say so?” I left that dorm. I went with my buddy, Chris. DON’T INTERRUPT!

Future To Past

 Future 

                 to

         Past

Hey, I’m Mark. So I’m 24 years old. I was born in the year 3072. My present is in 3098.

So, one day I had an Idea to get more subscribers on YouTube. (Can you believe YouTube has been going on from 2005 to 3098? That’s so many years in running!) I currently only have 1 million subscribers! That’s so little! MrBeast’s descendant grandson has a full trillion subscribers! The world population is around 8.9 trillion right now! That’s 1/9 of the world's population!

Anyway, I’m getting off track. The idea to gain more subscribers is going back in time with a time machine and spending 1 full week there! It was a great idea. I set up my camera and went back in time.

I first decided to get a hotel. When I asked them for a stay for 1 week, they said it would cost me only $700! So cheap! I immediately handed over the money and went to my room. I knew that everything was going to be so cheap after that.

I told my stream about how it was only $700 and so many people were commenting “So cheap!”.

It was all going great until I had to go to the bathroom. I found the toilet and did my business. When I was done, I didn’t know how to flush. I told my stream and people were commenting jokes like "That's so crappy". I had gained 1 more million subscribers! Yay! But it would be kind of embarrassing if I asked someone I didn’t know how to flush, so I just left it there… I’m not proud of myself. I just left that crap there.

I decided to clear my mind by going for a walk. I saw so many people on bikes! People still use bikes even in 2022? I thought people stopped using them in like, 2000. Whatever, I’m here to gain subscribers, not to take history class again! I got a FITYWS in history. That stands for

Failure!

I

Thought

You

Were

Smart.

Yeah. I hate it. That’s why I dropped out of college to support my YouTube channel.

So anyway, I buy a phone for $1100. I still had about a billion dollars left in my pocket. They came with this app called “Google Maps”. I had no idea what that is. In the little introduction part, they said it shows you directions for where to go. Who would want to use that when you can just teleport, oh right. Teleportation isn’t made until 3000. I searched up on another platform called “Google” places to go. So it told me the best place to go is a beach. I don’t know what’s that. I decided to be adventurous, so I teleported there. I made sure to teleport in something called a parking lot so I wouldn’t make any people from the past faint.

I went and there was water! Like, real water. Not a hologram! I hadn’t ever seen water in my life. I thought everybody just drank the drink our leader told us to drink.

I teleported to a thing called a store and got a swimsuit, and teleported back. I jumped in with my swimsuit, and I had so much fun! Who knew being in water could be so much fun? It’s like being in a jetpack (Which is VERY expensive these days. I think about 2.5 trillion.) with a bunch of liquid with you! I stayed there from 5PM - 11PM.

I went to my hotel and was about to go to sleep when a bunch of people burst through! They were wearing weird clothes. They were blue, black, and has the word “Police” written on the shirt.

Listen, I’m the type of person who speaks their mind, so I said “Mind your own business! Jeez.”.

I think that made them angry because they tied my hands behind my back with a metal thing. Do people in 2022 still have metal?

Anyway, they said these words after they put that metal thing on me: “You’re under arrest!”. I understood the “You’re under” part but the word “arrest” stumped me. What does arrest mean? I’m only under these metal things. Wait, maybe that’s what arrest means. Maybe it’s what they call those metal things. I quickly said “Take this arrest off me.” They looked a little confused. “Eh, they’re probably from a different country.”

I was super weirded out so I teleported back to my time machine where I went back and erased everything so people would forget I existed.

My fellow people reading this in 3098, I definitely don’t recommend going to 2022. Go back somewhere peaceful, like 1732. Well, I probably couldn’t survive a week there, but at least I’m at my dream goal! 1 BILLION SUBSCRIBERS! But even now, I still don’t know why they were confused when I said “Take this arrest off!”.

The Revenge Part 6 (Last part)

 Last part.  Apollo's side of the plan!

Apollo

Eeeeek! Why am I screaming like a girl? Well, Grace texted me. She texted “Hey cutie, Charlotte isn’t home, come over.”.

I’m dashing over to Graces.

I ring the door and Grace answers. She doesn’t say hello, or hi. She doesn’t even have that face when you’re in love! Whatever, I haven’t seen Grace in, like, 5 years so she probably changed.

She says “Come in the basement.” and then pulls me into the house. She holds my hand while walking down the stairs. OH MY GOD!

She tells me to go by the pillar. I’m getting a little suspicious.

I mean, the day before yesterday I just beat up Charlotte and Grace punched me probably over 45 times. I still have scratches!

She pulls down a rope, which makes a bedsheet that was on the roof fall. Under it, is a lot of knives! She looks at me with a dark look on her face and says “Time to DIE”

I’m really scared now, so I attempt to make a dash for it, but Grace pulls another rope that ties me to the pillar. “Stop!” I shout. She pulls yet another rope which pulls the knives down. I quickly dodge all of them. She pulls ANOTHER rope which triggers 2 guns that shoot me. So, that’s how I died. Moral? Don’t have crushes.

The Revenge Part 5

 Alright here's part 5, you'll like this one!

 Grace

Charlotte was being choked by the one and only Apollo. “WHAT THE HELL!?”

I shouted. I cannot describe the rage I felt at that moment.

I quickly punched

Apollo away at put Charlotte behind my back. I punched Apollo once more.

He fell down. He then said “Bro, that actually hurt!” In boy language, according

to my mom, means “Oh my god that hurts I’m screaming in pain!”.

Adrien came, trying to defend Apollo but Apollo said “No, she can punch me.

I deserve it.” I then punched him until my fists turned red!

I was proud of myself. I told Apollo to go away and then watched Charlotte's favorite movie. Harry Potter!

Charlotte went to sleep, but I couldn’t sleep. I wasn’t even in bed. I was doodling. Making a little comic strip. My boss says making these tiny drawings are too immature for my age, so you know what I did? I quit. No way my boss is going to be bossy.

The comic was about me and Charlotte growing old together.

But I was also drawing a plan. I wanted to go overboard with Apollo. I wanted to full-blown KILL him. I had to do it privately. Only Charlotte should know. I told Charlotte and she said ok. Turns out, she also was really mad for getting choked by him.

I went to buy some knives the next day. I put them in my basement on the roof. I bought 50 knives. I tied them all to the roof with a rope.

I also put 2 guns beside the stairs, and I tied the same rope to the guns. When I pulled the rope, the 2 guns would fire all their bullets and the knives would drop down.

I had a little bit of rope left so a thought that I could put some rope around a pillar so I could put Apollo there and tie him there.

How am I supposed to lure him in, you ask? Well, isn’t it obvious? Apollo obviously has a crush on me! I would just text him saying “Hey cutie, Charlotte’s not here, come over.”. The next day, I texted him that. Time to put my plan into action.

Rich to Poor

 This is a story about 2 brothers. One rich, one poor. One spoiled, one grateful. 

Rich to Poor

By Sophia Abbas

Our story begins with 2 brothers. One named Noah, another named Raymond.

Raymond and Noah go to the Same college but afterward, Raymond gets very poor.

Mother and Father have been dead for a while now, so Raymond can’t do anything but beg on the cold streets of New York.

Noah, on the other hand, is doing very well. He has a family of 5. Himself, his wife, and his 3 kids. Noah is the owner of a very famous company, so he has a lot of money.

Multiple times Raymond walks 30 kilometers out of his way to Noah’s house, begging for just 10 dollars to buy him some food, but Noah always responded with the same response: “Go get a job.”.

One day, he trades 5 dollars to borrow a suit for a job interview. He goes there, where he is accepted in.

The interviewer said that there was something different in Raymond, so he got accepted. After half a month, he moved from being on the streets to a small shed.

2 months later he buys a room in an apartment. Raymond has to work overtime almost every day, and the monthly apartment bill is $2,000.

Raymond gets a higher role in his company, from a software engineer to a product manager.

Noah is not doing so well. In the span of 3 months, his company has lost most of its users. They have all moved to Raymond’s company. Noah now has to move into an apartment, a small one. Only 2 beds. The baby and the wife sleep in the first one, the other 2 children sleep in the other, and Noah sleeps on the couch.

Raymond’s company makes a lot of money! Raymond now has a 1-floor house. One day, Raymond goes on a jog. He bumps into a girl named Emerald and immediately apologizes. They talk for a little bit. They meet every day on a hill at 7:30 PM. One day, Raymond saves enough to buy a wedding ring and proposes. Emerald in tears, says “YES!”.

They have their wedding which her family pays for. Emerald gets a job as a nurse in the local hospital. They both move into a 3-floor house.

Noah now is in someone's garage, where his family sleeps, eats, and goes to the bathroom. Noah has to sell his phone to pay rent to the owner of the garage.

Raymond has devoted so much to the company, he now owns 45% of the company. At this point, Raymond is rich. He has a pool, 4 floors, a chef, and lovely clothes.

Noah now is on the streets, where Noah now walks 30 kilometers out of his way, to make it to Raymond's house where he cries: “Oh, brother! Please help! Please, just 10 dollars!”. Raymond looks down at his younger brother on his knees and smirks. “Go get a job.” he says.

The Revenge Part 4

Alright, back to Apollo! If you want to go to a specific page, then in the search bar just type in the number of the page you want. Let's say I want "The Revenge Part 2" then I just type "2" in the search bar and I'm there!

Apollo

I beat up Charlotte. BiG dEaL! So what? There are ups and downs in life. Just because I caused a down doesn’t mean you lash out at me!

Whatever. It’s not like Grace can do anything to me after high school. Even if we get into the same college, it’s not like she can do anything! I experienced Grace go all out, if you didn’t know, Grace’s all out is shooing someone away.

It’s not like she’s going to turn into some kind of rebel in college! She’ll be the same! Plain old Grace!

College came and Grace was in it. I didn’t mind. We just ignore each other. She had one friend, I had seventeen.

College ended and I saw Charlotte get into the same moving van as Grace. I didn’t think much of it until… well… I did.

At night I dreamed about Grace. I was in the hospital. The docter right next to me said “Whew, that crash was a big one. We could of lost you.”. Then Grace runs in and shouts “Oh my god! How is Apollo?”

I woke up after that.

That made me think: Do I have a crush again on Grace? At first I thought: “No…She’s my enemy!”. But all the signs add up. I had a tingly feeling in class with her today. I also blushed around her. I even wanted to partner up with her in art!

Finally, the worrying came in. So Charlotte is moving in with Grace, and I beat up Charlotte so she would give a bad reputation of me to Grace. Grace won’t like me after the 100% exagerated talk with Charlotte, so I had to act fast before Charlotte told Grace that.

I had set up a plan with my best friend for life, Adrien.

Adrien would make sure Grace was not home because I was wrong. Grace is not sensitive at ALL now. She’s now the type of girl who would kick your butt if you even touched her friend or family member. After Adrien gives me the signal to sneek in, I’m on my own. But don’t worry, I know what to do.

The Revenge Part 3

 Alright, back to Grace's side we go!

Grace

Apollo was leaning on Charlotte. Charlotte had a nosebleed and a few cuts. Apollo had punched and stomped on her. I shooed Apollo and his friend Adrien off. I took her to the nurse's office. That day, a flame started, a flame that would never go out.

Fast forward 10 years. I’m in college with Charlotte. We’re still best friends! Of course, another year of being the outcast, but Charlotte made it much more enjoyable!

The teachers this year were super nice. I especially liked Mrs. Evans and Ms. Harris. Mrs. Evans was my English teacher. I really like English! I love writing. You can express everything that’s happening to you, just hide it by making a character and making it THEIR life! Ms. Harris was my Art teacher. I love art! I love doodling, painting, and really any form of art.

But, I never stopped thinking about the incident between Charlotte and Apollo in 10th grade.

Every night, I dream about what I should’ve done. I should’ve punched him. I should’ve told a teacher or the principal at least!

One day, I asked Charlotte about the incident while passing notes in class. She wrote, “Don’t worry about it”. Well, I did the exact opposite. Every night, I worried about it. What if Apollo strikes again? This time I was ready to lash out any second. Whenever Apollo got close to Charlotte I would dash at Apollo for half a second, before telling myself to stop.

High school me and college me were two completely different people! High school me is a sensitive little pussy cat. While college me on the other hand is a fierce lion!

Charlotte and I were roommates. 13 years later, I moved into my own house. Charlotte hasn’t got the money to afford a house, so she’s sharing with me for the time being. With her on my side.

I forgot all about Apollo, and even the incident! It was all going well until I saw Apollo trying to...

The Revenge Part 2

 

I'm trying to make this a 2 person point of view, so here's Apollo's side!

Apollo

Ok! I’ll say it! I hate Grace Anderson! Grace and I used to be friends. She was my best friend! Everybody thought she was weird, to today, I still don’t know why.

All of my other friends also thought she was weird. I told them to shut up.

I admit I had a teensy, tiny, crush on Grace. She had always been nice to me, so I thought she felt the same way! One day, I confessed my feelings, and said “Grace, will you marry me?”. She said no. What?! My heart felt so broken at that moment.

The bell rang and we left to go home. She waved, but I didn’t wave back. I told my mom what had happened, to which she replied “Don’t worry my child. She is not good enough for you.”

On Monday. I realized that mom’s right! I had tried so hard for her, almost ending my friendship with my other friends, just for her! All of this, for her to say no!

At snack time, Grace came up to my desk. I said “What do you want” in a harsh voice. I gave her a glare. She froze. I got up, shoved her, and said “Just leave me alone’’.

At recess, I saw her in the corner. Her face had been tucked inside her hands. I didn’t think much of it, so I continued playing basketball. Today, I think she might’ve been crying.

High school came in a flash. Grace was in my high school (UGH!). I feel like I still had to make her mad, I had made her sad, so now the next step. I knew if I wanted to make her mad, I had to hurt someone else. If I did something to her, she’d be sad, not mad. Grace is sensitive. The slightest thing will send her into a pool of tears. The thing is, Grace (Still) didn’t have friends.

I decided to forget the feeling of revenge. A few months later, she got a friend. My friend, Adrien, told me her name was Charlotte. I did what I had to do.

The Revenge part 1

I made a nice story, I will continue it but so far this is what I have:

The Revenge

By Sophia Abbas

Grace

It was 30 years after kindergarten, I had finally gotten revenge on my arch-enemy.

His name was Apollo. Oh Apollo Pappas, should’ve second-thought.

Why do I hate this mysterious man named Apollo?

Well, in kindergarten, he was nice to me at first. One time, he even stood up for me! Another time, he said to me: “Grace, will you marry me?”. I said no, I didn’t know the concept of marriage at the time. My mother had always said to say no to anything if I didn’t know what it meant, so I followed her instructions.

The day after that I went to Apollo’s desk to talk to him. To be honest, back then everybody thought I was weird. Nobody wanted to be friends with me. Apollo was my only friend, so I had no other choice.

I walked to his desk, preparing to see his beautiful eyes. Instead of being greeted by his soft smile, I had been greeted by a frown, followed by a harsh “What do you want? I was too stunned to speak. Only a little “Uh-” came out before he shoved me out of his way and said, “Just leave me alone.”.

When the bell rang, I hid in a corner outside. Avoiding every person in sight. Before I knew it, big fat tears rolled down my cheeks. I cried for the whole recess. Still sniffling in class every now and then.

In high school, I had finally found a friend. Apollo had been in that school at the time, but I didn’t care. All I cared about was keeping my friend. Her name was Charlotte. Charlotte and I were best friends. We were both kind of outcasts, so we clicked. We would laugh together, walk together, and talk together! I had always avoided school before her, but now it’s the opposite! I wanted to go to school so much! Until the worst thing ever happened. I wish I had the courage to do what I wanted to, but I didn’t. I had been an anxious pathetic scaredy cat.