(the truth is idk what I’m yapping about, I can’t sound poetic for the life of me, so I just talked and threw in random ass semi colons and bad grammar ok anyways 🙏 )
There have been times of hardship that’s for sure
many years ago there was a story to be told.
supposed to be told.
A story of hurt and betrayal
But you know what? Plenty of those exist already
everyone has heard the story of Julius Caesar too many times.
This is about giving up
at first it was giving up the hate and anger;
Although it can power you to accomplish great things you would’ve never imagined, bring you to some of the highest highs.
it has its valleys.
you should never let it take the wheels, anger, it’s a bad driver. It’ll crash and bring down anything in its way
And you couldn’t break the very little you had left
you have to let it go.
you gave up the anger.
Was it forgive or forget
It didn’t really matter. Did it?
You gave up the anger .
Since anger was such a bad driver, you’d never drive if it took the wheel.
that’s when you stopped driving
you stopped thinking ;
thinking made you angry, and you couldn’t be angry, because that means you didn’t forgive.
But you did.
You gave up the hate.
So you had to stop thinking. you had to forget.
you pushed, you locked it away, you isolated yourself
And for a while, that worked
It worked so well that you forgot the anger
but not only the anger
You forgot it all.
The thing is… you were happy
that’s what mattered.
since you forgot, you forgave
then the locks start unlocking And the doorbell starts ringing
there’s knocks on your door.
you know it’s back.
But. You forgot. You forgave.
it knocks stronger.
It strikes the door like thunder and the door splinters. You knew it was going to break soon
you try and try to look for help. Someone had to hold the door shut. Someone had to help you fight this storm. you needed help.
you rang, you asked, you tried to explain.
the phone was trembling
you opened your mouth to speak
but you couldn’t you forgot
the door gives in.
It all looks down.
and you just give up.
Charles told me that Ben told him that Melissa told him that Kingsley told her that I could eat bananas while upside down hanging on a tree branch while juggling
“So..Maurice… can you do it!? I want to see!!!”
I shake my head “Charles..Charles.. no, I can’t”
Charles frowned “I don’t believe you”
Charles opened up his painstakingly bright blue Nike bag and pulled out 3 balls, one red, one pink, and one yellow
Then he pulled out a set of bananas
He smiled and looked at me “come on Maurice you’re just lying! I know you can do it”
I shake my head and sigh “Charles . I can’t.”
the waiter walks up to our table and pulls out a paper
“Are you the guy who can juggle with balls while eating bananas upside down?”
I shake my head “no you have the wrong person”
The waiters expression falls flat. He points at the set of items Charles has pulled out of his bag “but..look! You have everything! You must be him!! Can I get your autograph?”
a persons head pops out of the corner of a booth “autograph? Is this guy famous?” Charles nods “he can hang upside down while juggling and eating bananas”
Bewilderment isn’t enough to describe this persons expression, they looked like they just got offered to stay at a 5 star hotel at the moon
“Ouah muayyyy goawddd!!! You haveeeee to do it! Is that why you have the supplies!? I’ll post you on my story! I have one million followers, heh I’m basically like,, famous”
I quickly exclaim “no! I can’t do it !! It’s just a silly rumo-“ before I could continue the person skipped on over to our table and pulled me shoulder to shoulder and took a selfie.
their fingers moved like lighting, because before I could protest they quickly wrote “this guy can juggle while eating bananas and hanging upside down!”
and suddenly everything slowed down, their finger was hovering over the post button , about to tell one million people that I could do something impossible
“NOOOOOOOHHHHH” I jump reaching out my hand trying to knock the phone away, but alas, I was too slow… the deed was done. It was posted. And quickly after I heard the ding ding ding of responses trailing after each other.
Charles beamed “Maurice! You’re going to be famous!”
I shook my head frantically “No! Charles!!! I can’t do this!!!”
The waiter stood there looking confused “so… can I have your autograph or..?”
“No!!! I can’t juggle while upside down while eating bananas! I don’t even like bananas!!!”
Charles pulled me away from them “Maurice!? What are you doing!!??? This is your chance to be famous!!! Stop lying about not being able to do it!”
I put my hand on his shoulder. Make eye contact. And flatly say “Charles. I literally can’t do it. Kingsley lied.”
Charles eyes tear up “w-what do you mean…??? Why would he ..lie?”
i shake my head “I don’t know Charles… I don’t know..”
Charles expressions drops “so.. now 1 million people think you can do something you can’t…. If they found out you lied.. y-you’re going to get cancelled!!!”
I nod and facepalm “oh my god what am I going to do”
Charles was fuming “I’m going to get back Kingsley for this !! It was all his fault”
He quickly takes out his phone to send Kingsley a text message when he gets a notification
his eyes widen… “Maurice….”
I start to get worried. “What.. what is it!?”
He slowly turns his phone to show me the notification. It was Apple News. talking about my “ability” to juggle while upside down while eating bananas.
“Oh. My. God.”
Charles shrugged “oh well, I guess there’s nothing left except to learn how to juggle upside down while eating bananas”
I feel vibrations coming from my pocket. Non stop.
I put my hands into my pocket and feel my phone buzzing like a bee
I take it out and see so. Many . Notifications I didn’t even know it was possible to get so many notifications
I feel a tap on my shoulder. I look around and I see the waiters face inches away from mine. I yelp and Jump backwards. He stares at me with a blank face and says nothing. He just points to the back
??? What could possibly be there.. I’m scared…
I walk to the back , to the entrance door. And what I saw. Was. Terrifying
People. So. Many. People.
I scream and run and lock myself in the bathroom shaking and hugging myself “what am I going to do!?”
I hear the voices of people droning outside in the restaurant, I can hear the echoes
and I hear the bathroom door open and slam shut. I close my eyes tightly afraid of what might be there
“Mauriicceeeee come out come out wherever you are”
I feel relief wash over me , it was Charles voice, acting as normal as ever, I quickly unlock the bathroom stall and pull him in with me and lock it once more.
he looks at me “dude. There’s so many people outside. Asking to see you preform your trick”
and he exclaims “oh! And Kingsley told me that he didn’t say that you could juggle while hanging upside down while eating bananas”
I look confused, “then… what did he say?”
He said Maurice is “hanging in town feeling down, mugging people, and hates bananas”
And well what he said was true ?? So how’d it come to this??
Charles explained further “Ben thought Melissa said hanging upside down while juggling and eating bananas, and Melissa thought that Kingsley said hanging town feeling upside down and eating bananas.”
I sigh, it’s too late, I have to do this.
I exit the stall, push people away from the crowd. Take the blue bag, and go outside . I ignore charles’ shouts of concern
then I juggle while upside down and eat bananas.
He sat, and waited, and waited.
The waiter looked at James “you don’t want to order anything?”
James smiled” no it’s okay, I’m waiting for someone.”
He was waiting for a few seconds, then minutes, then almost a complete hour.
He sighed , he knew this was going to happen, it happens every time.
He gets up and suddenly hears the door open.
And therein lies is the face of the person he was waiting for
She rushes to James table and apologizes profusely “I’m so sorry.. I wasn’t supposed to be late I-“
James gave a soft grin, at least Tessa didn’t bail on him like the others, he sat back down and signed for Tessa to sit as well
James titled his head “so, why were you late, something happened?”
Tessa rolled her eyes and leaned back into the chair, “yeah my ex appeared on my doorstep causing a commotion and trying to convince me to get back together”
James’ smile faded a little “oh…”
Tessa jumped back up and said “But obviously I said no!”
James nodded softly “right..”
The waiter walks up to them and noticed James isn’t sitting alone anymore, “so, what would you like to order?”
Tessa stretched her arms and leaned back down into the chair “I’d like a ribeye please, mashed potatoes for the side and cola for the drink,”
James smiled and said “ and I’d like a spaghetti please”
The waiter nodded and repeated the order for them to confirm, which they did, and he left them to wonder and chat alone.
“Anyways Gabriella-“ she looked confused “Gabriella??” I suddenly realized that was the name of my best friend and I quickly played it off “hahaha I’m sorry you just like-“ she gave me a raised eyebrow “you just look like a Gabriella you know haha”
She nodded slowly “rigghttt…” and it was awkward silence after that.” So uhh… James, do you have any- er- hobbies?” James laughed “other than eating or sleeping no.” She widened her eyes and looked down at the table with an expression that read ,yikes.
James quickly realised this “no no I was joking! Haha ! I -i like jogging…” she nodded slowly “cool…” and James trying to salvage the conversation with a topic changer “soooo, cats or dogs? What do you like more, I mean.” She awkwardly laughed “I’m allergic to both” and she grimaced, “listen, James I-“
The waiter waltzed up the table and gave them their orders, she trailed off and said “ah, the food” they each took their own order and began eating.
James ate his spaghetti and Tessa ate her ribeye, it was quiet, but the food was delicious. He laughed “hey the foods pretty good”
She smiled and said “yeah, seriously, it saved whatever the awkwardness we went through was”
He laughed and shook his head “yeah sorry, I get nervous on first dates..” she smiled “me too.. they always go so bad for some reason, but hey it really isn’t THAT bad” he took a bite of his Spaghetti “ye-um nom nom- just a bit awkward-om nom nom”
She laughed and rolled her eyes “gross! Didn’t your mom teach you to not eat with your mouth open?” she proceeded to dig into her untouched mashed potatoes with her spoon.
He quickly forced himself to swallow the food “yeah no totally sorry I-“ suddenly he felt a small bowl hit him on the head followed by a loud scream.
“IM SO SORRY, BUT THERES A COCKROACH IN THE MASHED POTATOES” the cockroach had wings. It started flying. The people in the restaurant were screaming and started running.
Tessa gagged “THATS SO GROSS! I ATE FROM THAT!”
James was at a loss for words. What the hell is he supposed to say or do right now, he just froze.
James barely managed to think of the sentence “Tessa uh I- should I help you or what I-“
Tessa started sobbing “I’m so sorry James, it’s very clear that we are just not meant to be together. The universe is just telling us- no SCREAMING at us, that this wasn’t meant to be”
He frowned and nodded “yeah… it’s fine..”
One of the waiters caught the cockroach and rushed over to the two just dated and immediately broken up couple, “I-I’m so sorry you don’t have to pay for the food, if you want anything else it’s on the house-“
Tessa gagged “thank you very much but I’m leaving.” And Tessa left the restaurant as dramatically as she entered, and James was left seating on his own, once again, for the millionth time
Charles silently stares as the crowd devours their food, he looks at his watch, It shouldn’t take long.
Maurice lightly pats Charles in the back. “Come on Charles , why aren’t you dining with us?”
Charles looks at him, beady-eyed. “I’m not very hungry” Maurice shrugs ,” first time I ever hear you say that”, are you feeling ill ?”
Charles shook his head, although yes, he was tempted by the warm invite of the promising looking food, he knows better.
the hosts cat scavenges for scraps under the table and notices Charles’ impatiently swinging bag, it attacks it and a small bottle falls out ;his heart stops as he lunges for it, he looks around , but everyone is too distracted to notice anything.
He hastily puts it back into is carrier bag and shoos the cat away, when all of a sudden one of the guests stood up and groaned “ I don’t feel very good..”
that guest went limp and collapsed on to the table . The guests go silent, and the host goes over to check the body, no breathing, no heartbeat, nothing.
The hosts white face looks up in fear ;his eyes traveling across the room in search of whatever could have done this.
Maurice jumps up in fear “someone should call the medics!” Which caused a chain reaction of cries for help. The room was littered with fear and amidst all the shouting, another guest had fallen.
I got too lazy to finish the rest😕😕
“If watching cartoons has taught me anything, it’s to watch your path for banana peels”
“That’s dumb Charles”
“No it’s not! Banana peels can be very dangerous!”
Maurice rolled his eyes “ honestly, you act like a 6 year old kid sometimes “
Charles scoffed and pointed dramatically at Maurice “ just you wait! I’m going to show you how dangerous banana peels can be !”
It was the end of the day. Maurice packed up his things, and put them into his bag, he was going to go home.
While walking towards the exit he caught a side glimpse of Charles watching him like a hawk.
He sighed and shook his head “what an idiot.”
Beep. Beep. Beep.
Maurice sleepily opened his eyes and was met with blinding white lights,
at first he thought “I’m dead!” But after his vision cleared up he realized he was in a hospital room.
He rubbed his eyes in confusion, and in a dazed state, turned around, and got startled by the face of Charles watching him with big eyes next to his bed.
“Charles!? What are you doing here!? What happened!?”
Charles says nothing. He just cruelly smiled in an “I-told-you-banana-peels-were-dangerous” look.
I Blink, where am I?? a second ago I was just playing Mario Odessy on my switch?
I look around, i smell the air, and I hear grass crunching underneath me, it’s very sunny here, that’s weird, it’s supposed to be winter?
I blink a few times and notice that I’m surrounded with a plethora of mushrooms. That means a lot of mushrooms.
My view shifts and I see a giant castle not so far off from where I am.. where am I again?
I turn around in an attempt to deduce where I came from l, and I see a giant green pipe. Big. Green.
My thoughts were disturbed by the sound of screaming coming from inside. The green pipe shot out a red looking figure who soared above me and landed into some big mushrooms.
Once I regained tract of my thoughts I realized what had happened , I had somehow, gotten sucked into the game.
I quickly pick up a nearby stick to defend myself and to allow me to stomp….. koopas
I slowly step towards the landing location of the unidentified object in the hopes of investigation.
I hear some groans and the person emerges upwards. I point the stick towards them as they slowly massage their head and look up.
They have the mustache and THE Iconic red hat and blue overalls
Once they catch sight of me, they let out a loud Italian “AAHHH” and I responded in exactly the same way.
The person raised their hands in defense and said “WOAH WOAH WOAH”
His voice was very familiar….
He cleared his throat and said ,”it’s-a-me…a-Mario…” with absolutely no excitement or Italian.
I dropped the stick and realized… it’s Chris Pratt
I Grab my meal and drink
Sit down at a table
A young lady in white barges into the restaurant
Mascara and eyeliner running down her face
A chatty group of girls tread behind her
“You deserve better girl!”
“I knew he was going to be like this!”
I take a bite out of my burger
I wonder what their story is
