Free Me From My Shackles

     When I wake up the next morning, I wake up the the smell of bacon. I sat up and walked to my closet. I put on my usual clothes, and walk into the kitchen to find Dad making breakfast again. He made scrambled eggs, bacon (thank god), and sausages.

"Morning. How was your airsoft war yesterday?'' asked dad as he turned off the burner.

"Good...I fell out of a fort on my head. I went into the bathroom right before the little 'proccess' could start." I said.

"Good...I wonder how they will react when they find out. You can't keep it from them forever..." said dad, carrying the food to our table, where I sat.

"Same...I hope they don't think i'm a freak or anything...It isn't necessarily a gift...or burden...'' I said. we sat down and ate in silence. Then  dad spoke up.

"Atlas...You're a good guy. Don't let what happened to your mother get you down.'' Said dad. I smiled at this.

"Thanks. Thanks for everything." I said. I cleaned my plate and cup, and walked into my room. They will probably find out. One way or another. My thought drifted towards Lyra. Did I stand a chance with her? does she accept me?...Will she when...she finds out? I stopped thinking of that and started texting her. I was about to send my first message, when I looked at the time. Only 9:46. I should wait until 11...I the meantime, I turned on my PC, and went to Crunchyroll, and watched some Sword Art Online.

Lyra POV

  Sometimes, I wonder about the difference between dreams and reality. Dreams can be a mere illusion of what we desire. Or sometimes they can be warnings, or perhaps a different kind of illusion. One that we may fear, or not want to happen. I had a good one last night. Me and Atlas were in a field. we were sitting under a tree in on top of a hill, in a field, watching a sunset. His arm was wrapped around my shoulder while I leaned my head on his shoulder. We were talking to each other, saying very loving things, to asking simple questions.   HE layed on his back, with his arms behind his head. I asked what he was doing.

"I feel like Kirito from Sword Art Online when I do this." he said. I laughed at his joke. I laid down next to him. I eventually fell asleep, but felt the kiss he bestowed upon my head.

   Then there is reality. Where some of the stuff is possible, but maybe not all of it. In reality, atlas wasn't my boyfriend. No matter how much I wish he was. I wonder if he will ever accept me...How do I show him how I feel without making a fool out of myself? What if He doesn't feel the same about me? I though to myself. I wish that some of my dreams will become reality...

    I wake up this morning, and do my usual routine. Wake up, get dressed, eat, and brush teeth and do hair. When I finish eating, I go to my room and turn on my computer. I go to google, and type in

How to get a boy_

How to get a boy to like you

How to get a boy to like you in 7th grade

How to get a boy to like you in 6th grade

How to get a boy to like you in 8th grade

     I click on the first one. When the results pop up, I (I don't know how to write this so i'm skipping this part sorry). After studying what I read for a few hours, I decided I was smart enough to stop memorizing it. Turn on my phone, and look at the time. 11:46. I guess its fine if I text him now...

Atlas POV

I am watching the second season of Sword Art online. I was interrupted by the sounds of my phone vibrating. I pause my video, and walk over to my bed to my phone. Lyra texted me,

"Hey, Atlas. I was wondering if you want to hang out today, See a movie? Go to the park? Arcade? Anything?" She said.

"Sure. Let me get ready. Am I picking you up?" I said.

"um...Sure" Said Lyra. I told her I'd pick her up in ten minutes. I told my dad, and he tossed me his car keys.

"Don't do anything bad in the back seat. Or you will NOT be happy." He said. I left the kitchen, and went to make sure everything was clean in the car. It wasn't. I cleaned out all the trash and junk in it, and vacuumed it. When it was all ready, I started the car, and drove to her house. About three minutes later I was in her driveway. I knocked on the door, and Lyra opened the door with a smile.

''hey!" she said, happily.

"Hey. Ready to go?" I asked.

"Sure thing." she said. we got into the car. All though she wasn't even my girlfriend sadly, It was common sense to open her door and close it,. She blushed as I did this. I started the car, and we drove off.

''Where are we going?" I asked.

"I don't know! (inset girly giggle here)!" she said.

"How about we see a movie?" I said.

''Sure. I heard there's this new movie called Annihilators. Its about this dude and chick who get these abilities like telekineses and teleportation. There are other ones as well." She said.

"i saw the preview for it and it looks Awesome! Lets see it!" I said. we got to the theater, and like at the house, I opened her door and shut it. We walked to the ticket booth and bought the tickets. I told her to go to the theater room and wait while i got our concessions. I got our concessions, and walked into the theater room.

   The movie was great. Lots of action, swearing, comedy, defying the laws of physics (dont judge), and some romance. When we finished the  movie, we got back into the car. Nearly two hours have passed since I picked her up. This is a GREAT time to get to know her better...and maybe get emotionaly closer...

"Hey, um there is a new arcade and lasertag that opened up recently. Want to check it out?'' I asked. Lyra looked at me with a smile.

''Sure! I'm having lots of fun. What is it called?" She asked.

"Gameworks. Its pretty large too. Has a huge lasertag arena. trust me." I said. we drove for about ten minutes, before we drove into a parking lot in front of a rather large building. I told Lyra to stay, while I did my thing. I got out of the car, shut my door, walked around the car, and opened her door. She blushed again, making me smile. I shut her door, and we walked into the arcade.

   The place was huge. The prize wall was packed with various toys and games, there were two large cool looking double doors with the words Laser Tag above it. There was also a small food court like area, and of course; the Arcade. There were at least one hundred games there, by the looks of it. I looked at Lyra, who was smiling widely.

"Excited?" I asked.

''Totally!" She said. After waiting in line for five minute, I bought us game cards worth 500 credits, and we set off to the arcade. I went over to a guitar hero and played yellow. I was playing so good, at least 20 people were watching- well, listening. When I finished, there was a lot of clapping. I saw Lyra in the crowd giving me a thumbs up. After receiving many copletments from people, me and lyra went to play an awesome shooter game. Aliens: Armegeddon. We got to the third level, but I was wiped out by a xenomorph

"Nooo! Lyra! Avenge me!" I said, laughing.

"I will, Atlas!" She said, giggling maddly. After playing more game with eachother, we decided to head home, because it was getting dark. About fifteen minutes later, we arrived at the door to her house. I opened her door, and lead her to her houses door.

"I had fun. Thank you..." She said, hugging me.

"I did as well. No problem..." I replied. 'I really like her... Maybe even love her? I dont know...' i though to myself. Soon, I was inside my house. I shut and locked my door, greeted my dad, and played Garry's Mod for five hours. So addictive...