is everyone here make believe?

[Riel]

Four people, four corners to a table. Four chairs, four backpacks, four pairs of headphones.

In the one corner, we have Yorke. He's sitting there in his black jeans, his graphic tee-shirt, those stupid little elastic charity-bands around his wrist. Dark hair, dark eyes, seemingly oblivious to the world around him. He's listening to Mayday Parade, drumming with his left hand and writing down words to a story in his right.

In another corner, we find Jason. Plain blue jeans, simple grey shirt. He just sits there and leans back in his chair, crossing his arms in front of him and listening to his music. In his mind, he's playing the guitar and singing along with Johnny Rzeznik, in front of a little gathering of around twenty people. For just a second, he's in the limelight, and deep deep down, he loves it.

Turn around, and right there is Alex. He wears those ripped jeans that are soooo fashionable right now, and a tight blue polo. The entire time that they're sitting there, he makes little jokes to the entire table, everyone laughs, and then they all sit there silently again. Lather, rinse, repeat. 'Waking Up in Vegas' is simply SCREAMING from his headphones, but he was smart enough to change the display to read 'Hit the Lights' by Metallica.

And then, next to him, well... that's where HE sits. He isn't wearing any clothes; completely and totally exposed to the world around him. What's he doing? Mainly, he just sits there and pouts, rocking like a little baby, listening to whatever song pops up through the shuffle.

The other three, they're nice to him. When the teacher calls on the table, one of them answers. When someone else tries to make conversation, all three of them fight it out, and the winner is the one that gets to speak. In the end, absolutely everyone picks out their favorite of the three, and the naked guy is just left ignored, hung out to dry.

But, the table's okay with that, most of the time.

Even though the other three are only make believe.

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Okay, yeah, why not. I felt like dramatizing the different aspects of who I am and who I want to be. I kind of encourage others to do it, lol.

[Tenyasyugan]

That was actually a little mind trippy. You're a very creative writer and that was pretty dang good for a snippet of writing.

[cloudwolf124]

Thats some good stuff...you are an amazing writer. Have you thought about becoming an author?

[Riel]

I have, actually; my goal is to become either a journalist, novelist, or both.