MY WORLD #2
I sat in the pew as usual listening to the sermon babble on and on about something I didn't understand. He was trashing the Catholics as usual. The same thing which would always chop my ass. The priest would stand in front of the whole congregation and start accusing all other
religions of things they never did. None of it mattered to me. I personally didn't even know the priest would know what he was talking about. I would always wish for somebody to join me in the lonely pew. I perked my ear up again at the sound of God. Would he actually talk
about God again? No, he was saying how God would not approve of the way the Catholics was handling things. It was then that I grabbed the craziest idea yet.
"What the heck is wrong with ye son?" my mother yelled over the chicken nuggets frying in the pan.
"I said I am not goin ta church tomorrow!" I yelled back.
"And why not? Ye havn't missed a single day of church for a year. It didn't even matter to ye if ye were sick or not."
"Ye didn't let me finnish mum! I'm not going to our church because I am going to a different one!"
"What? Which church are ye going to!"
"St. Bernard catholic church!"
"Why are ye doin that fer?"
"Cause I want a change fer once!"
"But ye hate change! Ye woun't even park in a different parking spot when ye go anywhere! When ye go to church, ye always have ta park in the same place over and over! Ye even have a designated parking spot at K-mart!"
"What is wrong with switching churches just fer one morning!"
"Ye have to go to our church!"
My head almost twitched at that statement as I tried to make sence of it, "What do ye mean!"
"Ye should go to yer own church!"
"Why do I have ta go to one certain church! Isn't God in all of 'em?"
"What is wrong with our church!"
"Nothing is wrong with it! I just feel like goin' to another!"
"But why?"
"What the fuck does it matter!"
"Watch ye mouth!"
"All I am sayin, is that I am eighteen and can go to whatever church I want!"
The next day, I told my mates about the ordeal with my parents. They acted the way they usually do, like idiots?
"So, I said to my father, soon I will be eighteen, and I will be able to go to any college I want to!" TJ said and took another drink of hischocolate milk.
I looked at him strange and then my eyes brightened, "Ye know, something similar happed me yester?"
"So what happened then?" Mark asked as he took another drink of his orange juice.
"He told me that if I go to Northwest then he will not help pay fer it!"
"That's pretty cool TJ but the same thing happened to me yester?"
"Hell yea! That's telling him!" Mike yelled clapping his hands.
I closed my eyes and gritted my teeth, "That's great, ye know what happened to me yester?"
"I said, fine, I'll get in through student loans."
"Ye know what happened to me yester?"
"That'll teach him to tell me what to do."
My face began to grow red with anger, "Ye know what happened to me yester?"
"Why does he want ye to stay in town anyways?"
I closed my eyes tightly trying to hide my anger, "Well, yester?"
"So I will do his laundry. And do chores da house."
"Yester?"
"My parents make me do the laundry." Tiny suddenly spoke for the first time that morning.
I suddenly bursted, "Shut the fuck up Tiny!"
Everybody suddenly looked to me with their eyes wide. I rubbed my face thinking, (Oh crap, please don't look at me that way I hate it when they do that.) Mark was the first to speak, "Zippo, ye look like ye got somethin' ta say? Do ya?"
My hands slapped down onto the table and I looked at him as if he were an idiot, "Yes I got somthin ta say! I have been trying ta all morning!"
"Ye were? Sorry, we didn't notice!"
"Aye! I noticed you human punchin bag!"
"Well, out with it, what do ya got to say?" TJ said still looking at me weird. I hate that look.
I took a deep breath in and out, I was ready, finally, it was my turn, all morning, "Ye know what happed to me yester?"
Suddenly the bell rang, "Ah shit, the bell rang!"
"Ah for shit sakes!" I yelled standing up. The rest of my mates stood up and walked to class...