"Water, that's all I can feel. Water surrounding me and beyond. It envelopes me like a welcoming hug. It accepts me for who I am, myself. It feels warm yet cool at the same time. It makes my skin feel smooth rather than it's normal, slightly rough, feeling. It's a calming shade of blue that makes you relax yet question what's at the bottom. I could barely see the bottom, it's dark down there. I'm slowly loosing air in my lungs. I swim for the top, I don't want to leave, I like it here. As I swim to the top it gets brighter. I finally break the surface of the water, taking a big breath. I look around and remember where I am. I look at the fire burning around me as the world slowly burns around me-"

"Oliver! Stop writing or you'll be late for school!"

Frickin Mom

"Yea, I'll be right down Mom!"

Great now I have to wait 'till the end of school to finish my story

"Oliver Jackson! Get your ass down here before I leave without you!"

"Hold on I need my bag!"

Stuffing everything into my bag I quickly get ready for school and run downstairs.

"I'm here! I'm here!"

"Great let's go."

Leaving my house I think about everything that could go wrong. It's not my first day of high school or anything, it's like my second week of tenth grade. I just don't want to go to school, or leave my bed, I just wanna sleep for several years and never wake up.

As we pulled up to my school I take it in for the hundredth time in my life, a big brick red box with *asbestos filled ceilings and mouse infested libraries. 

"Have a nice day at school sweetie!"

"I'll try to."

I close the passenger door and approach my school as my mom drives away. It's not so busy now because I'm about an hour early. I sit down in my usual spot, the fifth window from the door on the left side, I place my bag down and contemplate on what to do. I decide to pull out my BNHA themed phone, plug in my black and pink Sugar-skull headphones, play some P!ATD and wait for my friends to get to school.

(Thank you so much for reading my first short story! I had this idea for a little bit and wanted to make it real. Hope you enjoyed it!)

*asbestos (Kinda sounds like espestice. Stuff that can cause cancer if inhaled, I think.)