"Hey Mr. Roberts!" I said as I walked through the door.

"Hey Gerard! How are you doing?"

"Well I'm doing ok. I've been better." I leaned up against one of the desks.

"That's good. He said with a chuckle. "Did you make up your mind about the story yet?"

"That's what I came to talk to you about actually."

"Oh really?"

"Yeah. Me and my mom were talking about it and she says that I should go for. She thinks it would be good for me."

"Well your mom is right! Something good can get out of this. You may never know."

"That's exactly what my mom said to me last night."

"Your mom knows right then."

"Haha I guess so"

"Well Gerard, have your mom come in sometime so we can talk about this publishing thing some more." he said looking at with a smile.

"Ok."

When the conversation was over I walked out of the room. I was on my way to my locker when I ran into Ray. Again. That dude is like every where I go. I mean is my bestfriend and I expect to see him around a lot but still. But today is just a lazy day so I'm just gonna keep on walking by and pretend that I don't notice him. I'm a horrible person for avoiding my bestfriend. I'm just glad that the school day is just over. I just want to go home..

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"Where are we going mom?" I said with a confused look on my face.

"Mr. Roberts called. He asked me if I could bring you and meet up with at the publishing company."

"Oh. Ok. I still have no idea why you guys are making a big deal about this publishing thing."

"Because it could be good for you. A lot of people don't usually get the chance like this. This is a once in a life time thing."

"What good is going to come out of this?"

"Well that will have to be something you figure out your self. We can't predict that kinda of stuff."

"I guess so."

Why do I have feeling that nothing good is going to come out of this. For all I know this could be a complete waste of everyones time. Just one big fat mistake. I just don't understand what the big deal about all this is..

"Hey! Glad you two could make it." Mr. Roberts said as he gave me and my mom a big smile.

"Thanks for letting us do this. This is kind of a once in a life time kinda thing."

"It really is. Your son is an amazing writer. He should definitely look more into this writing thing. I think it would be good for him."

I throw on a smirk and I start to look at the ground. I don't think that I'm that good anyways. Who is even going to read this dumb story anyways..

"I'm good. This was enough writing for me in a while. I'm not much of a writer."

"None of us is saying that you have to do this."

"I know but still."

I think this whole story thing is becoming to much for me to handle..

Notes

ok im thinking on making the next chapter the beginning of the frerard part. maybe. maybe a couple more chapters. c: i kinda have an idea on how to lean into frerard c: so bare with me