J.A.M. - 23. Chapter 22

Diary of A Lost Kid

By Wesley Lewis

Chapter 22

Entry 65

Ok so there may have been a few things that happened I neglected to mention in my last entry. See Melvin has been living with us for a couple of weeks but there’s a reason he hasn’t went home just yet. The night that he came to stay with us his father got into an altercation with his arresting officer at the police station. It wound up in a gunfight, which unfortunately ended Melvin’s father’s life. Even after what he put Melvin through, it hit Melvin real hard. Most of the week we spent comforting him and helping Tommy and him with funeral arrangements. Some good news though after this month Tommy’s lease runs out so he’ll move back to their old place and so will Melvin. At least the old man had the decency to be debt free and had a will saying the house went to Tommy.

The other big event happened this past weekend was Wesley’s dad got married! It was a simple ceremony at the courthouse with Seamus’ family serving as witnesses. When they got home, they got a shock the neighborhood threw them a party. It was fun and I haven’t seen Wesley that happy in a long time.

Oh, crap the bus is outside I’ll write more later.

Entry 66

Wow I had no idea the school had so many good singers. We had auditions for the play today. We’re really doing Newsies and I auditioned for the part of Crutchy, hopefully I’ll get it if not it’ll be ok, I will happily play any role assigned except the lead because I know I’m not good enough for the role of Jack. Phillip decided he would rather do costume and set design so that’s what he’s going to do. Benji is an awesome singer so hopefully he gets the lead. The biggest surprise was Melvin’s audition. He sounded amazing and his voice was wonderful. I don’t foresee him having a problem being cast. It was a great experience, but I don’t think I will try out next year though unless they do something like Hairspray so I can fade into the background!

Tomorrow afternoon we start on the discussion of the school dance. The regular student council is involving the GSA so that everyone is included. Thankfully, the meeting will be during school because if not I would have to miss it due to a doctor’s appointment. Nothing major just a routine checkup. Of course, how the last routine one worked out…

Anyway, homework to do and food to eat. Ooh wonder what we’re having?

Entry 67

What to talk about first, let’s go with the boring stuff first. Thankfully the doctor’s appointment required no needles this time. I’m so glad about that as I really hate needles. Just a routine weight, blood pressure, and temperature, you know the usual stuff.

The most exciting part of the day was the meeting about the school dance. There was quite a bit of debate as to what kind of dance it would be. A bunch of the girls wanted a Sadie Hawkins dance which a not a popular idea with the guys. Other ideas that got that got thrown around were a formal dance or a fifties themed danced. The one we all decided on was a costumed dance. Anyone could wear any kind of costume as long as it was a fictional character. We figured as long as they picked a fictional character, we could reduce the amount of people who could do something offensive. I know very little chance of someone not being offended but we can dream right? The dance seems to be taking shape I think we’ll have a few more meeting to iron out all the kinks in it but hopefully it will be worth the effort. I don’t think anyone is really going to cause problems but then there’s always going to be someone who pushes the limits isn’t there? The only other news about what’s happening at school is Mr. Oates is on honeymoon, so we have a substitute. He’s kind of cool but I can’t wait until Wesley’s dad gets back, he makes learning a lot more fun.