Chapter 1

Jinx woke up at the sound of the alarm clock and somehow was across the room turning it off.

That was normal, he was usually turning it off before he was even really aware or awake.

Somehow, he always made it across the room without tripping over the mountains of books, papers, or pet stuff.

He was a seriously messy person.

Blinking while trying to remember his name, Jinx stumbled out of his room to go to the bathroom so he could wash his face and other stuff.

After he was done, he quickly dropped to the ground to crawl around the side of the island counter and peeked around the corner to check for his mother or father.

Mother was passed out…good.

Whether drunk or regular sleep, he could not tell from his hiding spot but he guessed drunk.

He carefully opened the fridge to get himself a bagel and jar of jam, pulling out a Mt. Dew as an afterthought.

Grabbing a knife, he made up his breakfast, happy that there was actual breakfast type food in the fridge other than having a bowl of stale cereal or just skipping breakfast.

Jinx went back to his room to try to actually wake up.

After he had eaten, he surfed the internet for a bit and ended up at his school’s website.

Feeling bored, he randomly clicked the news page and got a blast of colors with giant news type words.

Annoyed at looking at such bright pinks and neon colors so early in the morning, he attempted to read the big words.

It seems like he is getting a new classmate, and the newspaper girls are fawning over it.

Some rich privileged guy is coming to his school, he rolled his eyes but tried to remember not to think shit about people he never even met.

Just because he’s rich does not mean his life is perfect, money does not solve all of life’s problems, he probably grew up lonely or neglected or some random sob story. If he actually talks to you or acknowledges your existence then just be friendly and fake smile your way through it like you always do, Jinx thought.

He got ready for school, throwing on his anime shirt and zombie sweater over it (hoping his anime obsession would not get teased) he grabbed his camo winter jacket. He gloved his hands and went out the door into the cold.

It’s too cold for me to be walking. It’s too cold for anyone to be walking! It’s around a mile or two from school to my house so I have to leave early or else I’ll be late, Jinx sighed to himself.

He carefully made his way to school, trying not to slip on ice and ran into another freaking pervert. He had been trying to pass by an alley and that was a big mistake.

He had not been awake enough to remember not to go near alleys.

He was immediately pushed down right next to a dumpster and had this giant man, panting, hovering above me. The man tried to push down his pants and flip him over.

Annoyed and a little grossed out, Jinx poked at his eyes with two fingers and mentally enjoyed his shrill scream.

He punched him in the nose and shifted his weight a little, freeing his other arm some while the man fell off oh him.

Jinx got up and flicked out the pocket knife he always carried with him whenever he went out.

Without saying a word, Jinx threatened the man with it and even though he probably could barely see, he got the message that he was carrying something dangerous on him.

Jinx turned to leave and out of the corner of his eye saw the man reach for his ankle.

So he whirled around and kicked him in a not so nice place.

As he watched him turn several shades of different colors, Jinx turned around again and set off for school.

“Really you would think he would have gotten the clue I wasn't interested by now.” Jinx snorted.