The red bump was enormous and Nick’s mom looked worried.

“Looks like we may have to amputate, kiddo.” she said, not really joking, but exaggerating… It was her lame attempt at getting on Nick’s level. It annoyed him but he knew why she did it.

“Thanks mom. You can keep my face in a jar by the sink so I can stare at you all the time.” Nick said, a slow smile on his lips. Parents loved dorky stuff like that.

“You think I want to keep it by the sink?” she smiled. “No way, Jose’! I’m putting it in the attic and only bringing it out on Halloween.”

“You wish.” he laughed. “I’ll break out of the attic and come haunt you.”

“Hey,” she said. “Seriously, we need to pop it or something. It looks grody.”

“Tonight?” he asked.

“Deal.” she said.

Kenny was sick and wasn’t at school. It was a horrible boring day, especially Math class.

That night, Nick found a note on the kitchen table and some money to order a pizza with. She would be working late and couldn’t make it home. He would have to pop this bad-boy himself.

After a quick Youtube tutorial, he got everything ready. He didn’t have rubbing alcohol but figured that Hydrogen Peroxide would do the same thing, so with needle in hand, he gently pricked at the red spot.

“AAAAAH!” He screamed as it barely touched his skin. He looked around. Oh yeah, no one was here. He still didn’t like acting like a baby so he tried not to scream the next time.

He poked in a little, the pain becoming a red fire in his mind, pulsating into his thoughts. He squinted his eyes shut and kept pushing down into it. There was a small pop and a release and hot stream of brown and green liquid splashed over his hand and into the bathroom sink. The smell almost made him vomit.