Empathy

Glad you enjoyed it. The feedback I've gotten over the years on this story alone is enough to keep me writing.

thanks for the feedback. This story always meant a lot to me. I really need to get back to writing.

glad you've enjoyed it. I really do need to buckle down and get back to writing and finalize what I do have written.

A Lot of things can happen over the summer. Upon returning to school Kyle finds he is no longer one of the most popular kids in school and his best friend has now become his worst enemy. Now Kyle dances along the lines of a rebellious trouble maker and a victim of hate.

“Kyle…Kyle! Wait up man.” shouted Brian as he came running through the school doors. Kyle didn’t pause, and didn’t turn back to look at Brian. It seemed as though he was completely unaware of the boy running to catch up with him. As Brian came to walk along side Kyle, it was only then that Kyle spoke. “Go away…” “Where are you going?” What are you going to do?” asked Brian, staring sideways at Kyle, who for the most part had cast his view to the sidewalk. “Brian you need to get away

School a place meant to build you up and prepare you for the world. Given the right elements and circumstances can tear you down and destroy your outlook on the future. In prison, good behavior gets you a second chance, an opportunity at early freedom. In school, it seems good behavior just makes things harder. You look around at the kids who skip class all the time, who smoke in the bathrooms and somehow they seem better off. Sometimes you have to stop and wonder why you bother in the first pla

The alarm only sounded for a few seconds before Kyle’s hand flew out and switched it off. He’d already been awake for a few hours, thinking. Today, was going to be…different. Again and again, he milled over the ideas he’d had. Morning had come and he was still thinking it over. Sliding out of bed, he moved into his bathroom and stood in front of the sink looking himself over in the mirror. The bruises on his face had begun to fade but they were still visible, the scrapes and scratches had healed

Making his way into the store, Kyle headed directly towards the Playstation 2 game section, taking a quick glance at the new Playstation 3 games on his way. Kyle had just gotten an Xbox 360 from his dad a few months back and was satisfied with that, the new PS3 could wait. Browsing through the new games, he was pleased to come across the very game he was after. He couldn’t wait to see if the guys could actually make out with each other. Not to mention it was one of those random violence type

“Get your lazy ass up already!” Kyle shot out of bed as his father’s deep voice shouted up the stairs, more than surprised by the sudden interruption of his peaceful sleep. His movement quickly reminded him of his injuries. He took in a sharp breathe as he sat up in his bed and tucked his right arm into his side. He was in pretty bad shape this morning to be sure. “I expect this house to be clean when I get home, son. If you think you're going to lie around all day on your pathetic ass you’re wr

Night seemed to take the place of day before its time. And it found Kyle in that same alley behind the corner store. A light rain had begun just about an hour ago and Kyle was now laying face down in a slowly forming puddle. His face was covered in bruises as was the rest of his body as he’d find out later. Kyle was only starting to come around slowly being pulled back into consciousness by the increasing presence of water around his nose and mouth. From time to time a small sputter could be he

Young man, if you keep this up you will be expelled from the school before the end of this semester; do you understand me, Mr. Wellmen?” The Principal was blowing smoke once again. He always threatened to expel Kyle, as a Principal expulsion is the biggest gun in his arsenal. What can you say to a troubled boy who seemingly doesn’t care what happens to himself or his future. And in truth, it wasn’t always Kyle’s fault. The others kids certainly don’t take it easy on him. Before Mr. Longwell fini

It was around dinner time as Kyle entered his home; something that hadn’t meant much in a long while. When his mother was alive, the house would have been filled with the smells of newly cooked food at this point in the evening. He could recall many times exiting the school bus and practically following the smell of his mothers cooking to the front door. In the six years since her passing, dinner at the Wellmen household consisted of simply grabbing a plate of whatever had been prepared and t

Jacob was always different, and from the time he was born, he and everyone around him knew it.

Jacob was always different and, from the time he was born, he and everyone around him knew it. Jacob didn’t cry when he was born, in fact he made not a single sound. And other than that, he was a completely normal and healthy baby, as far as the doctors could tell. Time went by as it always does and as he got a bit older, Jacob was a popular kid. He always had lots of friends and everyone seemed to take to him quickly. Even adults couldn’t deny that there was something special about that litt

In the beginning, I thought I'd passed out and was just coming to. Only when I opened my eyes there was nothing. It wasn't dark and I wasn't blind, there was simply nothing. A vast white emptiness as far as I could see and as I slowly picked my self up I realized I had been laying on nothing, there was no floor no solid ground. I was stationary but there was nothing to hold on to nothing to give me a sense of location or positioning. And as I began to ponder just that it seemed I was no longer s