Blessings of Misfortune(working title)

[Loki]

Ok this is based on true events in my own life but is going to end when the main character is at an age Im not at yet. So basically its starting out true but ends as fiction. Anyway I am also going to write a script version for a movie or something like that. Let me know if it would be worth it or better or worse.

Blessings of Misfortune[/u] (working title)

Chapter 1:
The night chilled to the bone as the starry sky made my mind clear. The moon shone down on the cluttered path that lay before me. I had to concentrate on the foliage and rocks that lined the path making sure that I would not trip. Every step felt a little lighter as the cold breeze struck my quivering hands. I quickly shoved them in the pockets of my blue jeans as I dropped my head lower so the hood of my grey sweatshirt would keep my face warm. I reached my oasis at the top of the mountain that overlooked all of North Phoenix. It really wasn’t much to look at; just a bunch of city lights along the horizon, but it was still the place I called home. I pulled my hood off as I ran my fingers through my short brown hair letting the breeze whisper across my ears. My dark brown eyes reflected the city that I loved so much as my tall skinny build quivered beneath the little clothing I had on. I made my perch among a large rock as my white tennis shoes danced across it. I marveled at the manmade beauty that lay before me. I slowly let the wind chill the heat that had been boiling my heart as I sat on my boulder and thought in the way I had done one hundred times before in this spot. It seemed that my thoughts echoed across the horizon as I tried to sort them out but luck would not have me. Every thought only brought on a harder one.
Soon my cell phone began to ring as I tried to ignore it. I looked at the caller ID and wondered if I should answer it. I sat there thinking to myself and soon answered it with only silence. After a few seconds of silence, a comforting yet yielding voice could be heard on the other end. “Chris? Are you there?” After realizing that I couldn’t avoid it for very much longer, I answered with the best fake smile that I could.
“Hey, I’m right here.” I answered “What are you up to?”
“Nothing much. What’s wrong?” she said. It was hard to hide things from this one.
“Nothing, Danielle, I’m fine.” I retorted trying not to sound worried or frantic. “I’ve just got some stuff on my mind. It’s okay just thinking is all.”
“Well whatcha thinking about?” She asked politely with a strain of worry in her voice.
“Well…” I was silent after that. I didn’t really want to talk about it because I was still trying to figure things out myself. “…it’s nothing. Really, I’m fine.”
“NO YOU ARENT!!” She yelled into the phone. I forgot that this girl could read me pretty well. I tried to keep those chapters hidden but she always seemed to find them. “C’mon talk to me, please.” She said with the sincerity in her voice that could make any person give in; any person except me that is.
“No really I am fine. I just have a lot on my mind is all.” I lied trying not to worry her.
“Christopher Young Whitaker, you better tell me before…” The phone went silent for a few moments. “Oh nuts, my boyfriend is calling me. Can I call you back? We aren’t finished here either mister.” She said as I let out a sigh of relief.
“Yea, sure, just call me back whenever.” I said in a relieved tone waiting for her to go away so I could go back to my solitude. She hung up the phone and I went back to my thinking. I started to reflect on the past and the events that I kept on this mountain nightly. Every thought traced it back to a simple event. I stood up from my rock and imagined the ocean waves spraying my face once more. They calmed me back then and were working again. I slowly walked forward letting my feet bury into the imaginary grains of sand but they felt real enough. I slowly swayed back and forth in a rhythm with the ocean that crashed along the shores of my soul. I was brought back to reality as my phone began to ring again. I quickly answered “Hello?” without bothering to check who it was. A familiar voice spoke as I was deafened by the cracking of my soul that boomed throughout my entire body.

Chapter 2:
It was a warmer winter’s day in Phoenix, Arizona as the gang filed into the worn out minivan we used to get around. It belonged to Don, the driver, who spent his sweet time getting his fat ass out to the car. He walked out in his dirty green shorts that seemed to mock the cold December month we lived in. He grabbed his tiny girlfriend we all called Twiggy and looked her in her brown eyes with his blue and landed her a big kiss. She was dressed more comfortably in a pair of blue jeans and a long sleeved sweater as her long brown hair seemed to fall gracefully along Don. She clinged to his army camouflage jacket for warmth and ran her fingers through his brown hair as we all stood impatiently around the van. I clung to my black work shirt as a breeze blew by but quickly removed it so that everyone could see the witty shirt and the saying I was wearing. I shoved my hands into the pockets of my worn blue jeans looking to make sure I got everything I needed. Andre, our quiet one, began to get into the back of the van after Don opened it. He tried to keep warm in his fashionable jacket and his button up shirt but he shuddered to the rhythm of the wind blowing across his small body. He pulled whatever he could over his short black hair as he closed his pain-filled brown eyes. Greg, the marine, filed in shortly after, mocking the rest of us wearing his usual worn green t-shirt and baggy blue jeans. He was the reason behind the trip as we were returning him to his marine base in 29 Palms. Then she got in. Her flowing red locks waved in the breeze as she giggled at the pressing trip. She wore torn jeans and a thin grey sweatshirt with a black band t-shirt underneath. A flip-flop fell off as she got in the car so she put it back on. She stood at a comfortable height for any man and was gorgeous to boot. She had beautiful green eyes that seemed to stare deep into your very soul. Her smile, adorned by tacky looking braces, would bring any man to his knees as also a truly almost hourglass figure to accompany such glowing beauty. As you can tell, I was crazy about her. I didn’t think about anything more than her and what she did to me. We were also making a side trip to the beach, a place she had never seen and dreamt about since she was a child. I made a promise to her and I was sure to keep it. After piling into the car, we all proceeded to get comfortable as Don headed out to the beginning of our destination. After stopping to get some snackage, a bucket of Licorice, several bags of potato chips, and some Honey Buns, we quickly headed off. We began the trip with laughter. Well at least they did. I was too busy staring out the window and thinking of the events that had and were about to take place. I got so confused about everything I lost contact to where I was. (unfinished)

[Adrianne]

Good beginning. Can't wait to see what happens next.

[Loki]

We began the trip with laughter. Well at least they did. I was too busy staring out the window and thinking of the events that had and were about to take place. I got so confused about everything I lost contact to where I was. I was quickly brought back as I was thrown into the conversation taking place. “Well Chris?” Kayleigh said. He name ran through my mind as it had so many times before.
“I’m sorry, what?” I asked in a glare of confusion. She giggled with the laugh that I fell in love with as I smiled back at her. “Sorry, I was lost in thought. Now what were we talking about?” I tried to include myself but I already knew I wasn’t there.
“Oh it’s not important now.” She giggled again as she smiled at me. I grabbed a few licorice and shoved them in my mouth. I stared at the occupants of the car and then realized I was lost in thought for longer than a few minutes. The sun was setting as Andre began to fall asleep as was accustom of him while Greg and Kayleigh talked as did Don and Twiggy. I grabbed some chips and began to eat like a starving man. It had been a while since my last meal and my stomach growled something ferocious. I couldn’t slake this hunger however and I realized that it wasn’t food that I was missing. I looked at her and lingered for a moment too long. She was still as amazing as the day I met her. Her hair sat on her shoulders and her smile shown bright, while her eyes stared into mine with a passion only describable in low grade pornography. I quickly looked away and hid my face as I looked out the window for sanctuary. We hit a point to where the sun was set and the air cooled the night off. Don pulled the van over as he got out to stretch.
“Can you drive?” He said looking at me while he stretched his back out. I could see the weariness in his eyes as I nodded in agreement.
“Yea, sure, I’m pretty well rested.” I stretched as he handed over the keys. The two girls decided to go into the gas station I seemed to avoid noticing when we first pulled up. Andre lay asleep in the back as Greg was complaining about us losing time. I climbed into the driver’s seat and adjusted myself the controls of such a foreign vehicle to me. I adjusted the seat to fit my towering height over Don and I changed the radio to fit my needs as I popped in a cd of my favorite band, the only cd we had. The men sat in the car and waited for what seemed like an eternity as Don woke Andre so he could take over the backseat and be able to relax. They came back and found us waiting somewhat impatiently. They both laughed as Twiggy climbed in the back with Don and Kayleigh took the seat next to me. I smiled at the compliment and started the vehicle. I drove down the street a ways and found a fast food restaurant to chow down at.
“May I help you?” was heard from the speaker box in a muffled tone.
“I want two double cheeseburgers, two…no wait four double cheeseburgers. I want an Oreo Milkshake and umm two fish sandwiches. Hey is that it?” Acknowledgement echoed through the car as I turned back to the speaker box. “That’s it.”
“Okay that’s $8.47” I pulled out my wallet and pulled out the money for the food. I noticed that the load was getting a little light. I handed her the money as she handed me the food. I waited for the change as she came back handing it with disdain. I was annoyed at the time took for our food and the change but paid it no mind. I was too hungry to care. After slowly running through the drive-thru to grab some grub, I handed out the food among those who ordered it and began to eat my own double cheeseburger. It sat there in my hand slathered in cheese and melted with cheesy-goodness. It didn’t seem particularly impressive but I was hungry. I inhaled the first burger and left the second one next to me on the center console. I drove keeping a small conversation with Kayleigh pertaining to small talk. We drove for a couple of hours before I grew weary. A turn was coming up to change highways as everyone in the car acknowledged it telling me to get ready to turn.
“The turn is coming up man.”
“Hey you are gonna turn soon.”
“Hey it says the turn is close.”
“I know I can read!” In the process of my annoyance, I ended up missing the turn. I quickly took the wheel and turned right as hard as I could. I then slid into the sand embankment in between the two sides of the highway. I felt horrible as my burger went flying and Don awoke from his nap in the back. Dust flew everywhere as I sat up in my seat. “f**k! Sorry guys.” I got several disappointing looks from the car full of my friends. “Is everyone okay?” They all looked at themselves as we waited for the dust to settle. We all piled out of the small mini van and assessed the damage. Surprisingly, we were only dug into the dirt. I climbed back into the driver’s seat as everyone laughed at the great feat I accomplished. The car was buried a foot in the sand at the front. After much strain and error, the car became free of its sandy prison. Don pulled me out of the driver’s seat.
“No more for you.” he laughed as I got into the back with Andre, Greg and Kayleigh and Twiggy got into the passenger seat. I felt horrible as Kayleigh tried to comfort me.
“It’s okay, Chris. It was just an accident. We’re okay. That’s what matters.” She said with an overbearing sincerity in her voice.
“No, it’s not okay!” I yelled back shrugging my shoulder away from her touch. I hid myself in the corner of this van trying to escape the shame that had befallen me. I waited a while and began to laugh it off with everyone else. After the turn that I so horribly missed, we began again on our trek to get Greg to his destination. We drove under the cover of dead night without a sign of civilization. Beginning to reflect on the horror movies I had seen throughout my life, I felt something bad was going to happen. I tried to sleep to calm my nerves but nothing came from it. I just sat there staring into the pillow case that covered the pillow below my head. The pale blue danced in my eyes trying to remind what day was as I forgot with every mile we took into that further darkness.
I was suddenly aroused from my daze as I heard someone say we were getting close. We passed a bunch of run down shacks with a post apocalyptic look to them. Thoughts ran through my mind as I tried to figure out if something happened between now and the five hours ago when we left our safe haven of Phoenix. We finally got closer and began to pass through a small town that harbored just enough to last a day’s entertainment. All old fashioned as well, we slowly made our way to the military base that was infinitely larger than this town. We drove down the road and hit a larger guard house complete with two guards standing oddly attentive despite the late hours of the day.
“What is your business here?” said the guard positioned at the front with a sound of authority in her voice.
“Private Hicks heading…” Greg said out in a nervous low tone.
“Speak up, Soldier!” she yelled into the van as Greg snapped into attention.
“Private Hicks heading to my barracks, ma’am.” He said again in a louder tone making sure she heard him this time. She guided us through the checkpoint as we headed down the road a ways. “Lance Corporals, think they’re hot nuts.” I laughed as we headed down the road a ways. “Bet you she just got that rank too.” We headed down the road a ways as we tried to navigate the maze that was 29 Palms. We passed a few buildings before seeing a sign for Tank Crossing that made the van laugh with such a relaxed humor. We finally navigated our way to his barracks and let him out. After saying such goodbyes for departed friends, we piled back into the van.
“Where to now?” I asked as I looked at everyone. We headed to a local gas station where I purchased a map for Southern California and some water. “Okay, we have our heading. Let’s go.” I got back into the van and began to tell Don where we needed to head. “Okay. You want to take this highway out until you hit the 10. Then you can just head through the 10 all the way to Santa Monica.” I tried to guide him with my finger as he looked at me confused. I smacked him lightly in the back of the head. “Just drive until you hit the 10.” I exclaimed with a tired tone.
“Okay, that’s easy.” He said in reply but I already didn’t hear him. Kayleigh was in the back comforting Andre about his bad memories of California as I sat in the front not knowing bad memories were in store for me. I sat thinking about my best friend’s life. It was difficult for me to say goodbye to such a good friend as he had his story to lead while I had mine. I thought and thought as we got closer and closer to our more desired destination. Kayleigh sat in the back trying to find the words for Andre to calm down. I sat staring out the window as Twiggy ranted off in one of her childish stories that Don seemed to adore. We drove for a while longer until Don felt he couldn’t drive anymore. “Think you can drive in the city without killing us?” He said as he hung the keys over my head. I looked out to see we had stopped at a gas station.
“What? Oh yea sure.” I said nervously as I grabbed the keys from his hand.
“I am better in city. I am better in city. I am better in city.” I kept repeating to myself in my head trying to make sure that I was fine. I climbed back to the helm as did Kayleigh my co-pilot. We headed down the road trying to keep up with L.A. traffic as Kayleigh took my phone and began taking pictures and video of our trip realizing she had forgotten all of that in Phoenix. I drove for half an hour or so until I found the highway we needed to be on. I guided the vehicle with ease keeping all of my attention to such a deserted yet foreign road to me. We finally found what we had been looking for; a place to park. We headed down to a set of parking spaces right on the beach as we laughed knowing we couldn’t do it legally. I didn’t care though. The risk was minimal compared to our final goal. We found our destination. We found my holy grail.
All of us ran to the beach under the cover of night as we screamed and flailed in celebration. After an eternity on the road, we made it. We walked along the beach as we all talked and screamed in ecstasy. We slowly split up into two groups as Don and Twiggy made their way back to the car in fear of it getting towed and Andre, Kayleigh and I walked along the pier. I talked slowly with Kayleigh as Andre stayed quiet in constant thinking. I divided from them as the sat on a bench and I went further down the dock. Kayleigh caught up to me as I neared the end. We made small talk before getting quiet. Rain began to sprinkle down upon us. We looked deep into each other’s eyes and we knew that now, was the moment we had waited for. I leaned in as she did and kissed with a passion held back by so many years of being so cold. We kissed for forever as the rain sprinkled down wetting us but neither of us caring. We each pulled back smiling as the rain let up. Both she and I walked down the pier smiling and holding hands, never really saying a word as words didn’t seem necessary. I finally felt like something had been placed there, something that was missing for as long as I had felt that hole in me. For the first time in my life, I felt whole.

Chapter Three:
“Hello Chris, It’s…” She said as I rudely interrupted her.
“I know who the f**k it is. What do you want?” I said in a harsh tone. “I really shouldn’t have answered my phone.” I thought to myself knowing full well that my emotions are hard to hide.
“I wanted to see how you were doing.” She said a little skittishly thinking I would snap again. I just sat in silence for a while hoping that this would go away. My caller id blinked as Danielle was calling me back. I could have so easily switched and hung up on her. I didn’t. I sat in silence as the other end echoed with hellos.
“Yes, I’m here.” I sat in silence for a while longer as I tried to think of what to say with nothing come to mind. “Well I was fine until now.”
“Aww, what happened?” She asked with sincerity in her voice.
“You…You happened. nuts, you have a lot of nerve to call me. I mean after what you did to me. I would be in my right mind to hang up right now. God, I’m so angry right now. Things were alright until now.” I raged through the phone as I sat atop my perch on this mountain. Another wind chilled down my spine as I felt cold and alone staring over North Phoenix once more.
“Are you really going to hold this against me forever?” She sadly questioned.
“Yes.” I yelled into the phone. “Yes, Kayleigh Yes. After all we came back from Cali. I gave you the gift of a lifetime and how do you return the favor? You nuts all over my feelings and don’t even talk to me for a month. What am I supposed to do of that? You used me. I don’t like being used and I don’t like being lied to.” I tried so hard to hang up the phone but I felt inside me that this needed to be said. I held everything back. I tried so hard to keep it inside.
“I did not lie to you and I didn’t use you. We just didn’t work out.” She said with sincerity. I knew it was bullshit as I ignored the rest of her talking while I thought to myself. I didn’t care what she had to say. She didn’t call me or even want to see me. She lied to me calling me asking to hang out and then never showing. She used every bit of my emotions.
“I don’t even care anymore. I don’t want to have anything to do with you. I told you that. I am through with you.” I lost trail after that. I didn’t care as I flipped my phone closed. I heard remnants of our conversation as she tried to tell me something that I didn’t want to hear. I tucked the phone into my pocket and then fell to my knees. I stared out over Phoenix and began to yell. I kept yelling and yelling just trying to get it all out. I grabbed the top of my head and threw my face into the ground. Tears flowed through me as the only thing I could feel is the cold and pain striking my body in a series of waves. I shivered under the strain. I stood up slowly as I felt my knees and legs give out below me. I fell backwards on I disagree hitting my head hard on the rocky ground. My face sat straight under the stars as the full moon shown onto my pale face. The tears kept running down the sides of my face as I was too blurred and full of emotion to notice the beautiful night right in front of me. My phone rang again but I didn’t care who it was. I grabbed it to notice that Danielle was calling again. I stuck it on silence as I laid under the stars. With a night spent in ruin, I made no attempt to get up and go home. I blacked out shortly after with no aspiration to ever wake up.