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    The Water at the Bottom
    The Water at the Bottom
    The Water at the Bottom
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    The Water at the Bottom

    By F. J. Peppers

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    This story provides a sense of hope through an imaginative story which has been inspired by some true life events. An adolescent is able to find the courage to be his own individual and deal with many problems and situations that most youth of today face on a daily basis.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateJul 27, 2012
    ISBN9781477221631
    The Water at the Bottom
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    F. J. Peppers

    As a pediatrician, I work with the youth daily. I have served as a youth mentor, camp counselor, Sunday school teacher and Christian youth group leader. I want to share my imagination and personal life experiences to hopefully help inspire others. I am a lifelong resident of Illninois and have three wonderful children that love to read also. They inspire me everyday to live life to its fullest and share the gift of story telling with others.

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      The Water at the Bottom - F. J. Peppers

      © 2012 F. J. Peppers, MD. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      Published by AuthorHouse 7/24/12

      ISBN: 978-1-4772-2162-4 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4772-2163-1 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2012910811

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      The Water at the Bottom

      by

      F. J. Peppers

      It’s the first weekend of summer vacation and I have to go to a meeting for bible camp. This was not how I planned to spend my summer before high school. My parents think that camp will help build better character for me. In my head, I can hear the arguments starting all over. My mom always started, You know we love you right? Next she’d add Your father and I need to talk to you. I always told them I know already! or I didn’t do it! I liked to pull pranks and have fun. I mean what else was there for a 13 yr old to do? As my mom drove me to the church, I gazed out the window and thought about the past year.

      This past year was my last in junior high and I was going to have fun whether my parents wanted me to or not. I had met a couple of new kids last summer near the park. Bryan had long red hair and a few freckles. He was kind of stocky but not fat and he was a very fast runner. Rod was tall and slender but had some muscles. He had a light coco complexion with brownish hair since he was a biracial kid. Rod thought of himself as a lady’s man. He always was checking his hair which he wore in mini dreadlocks. I’m just a little shorter than Rod with average build. I liked to wear my hair short. My mom always told me I had beautiful piercing brown eyes to go with my dark sandy brown hair. I felt the three of us would always be popular with the ladies.

      Bryan was my inspiration for a lot of pranks. Once at the park, we saw a lady chasing her 3 yr old son. As she was trying to get him to return to the playground area, Bryan tripped him as he ran by and the kid fell face first into a pile of dog poop. The lady yelled at Bryan asking him why he would do something like that. He just smiled at her and said, Sorry for helping, it looked like you were having trouble catching him. The lady just huffed off mumbling something about finding our parents. I wish I had a camera to take a picture of that lady’s face when Bryan tripped her kid. We never really meant any harm to anyone. We just found different ways to have fun. Every Saturday, we would play on the railroad bridge and sometimes we would have to run down the hill because a freight train would pass by. At other times, we would throw old batteries or rocks at the windows of a few abandoned buildings. Bryan was really good at hitting the street lights. Crash! Crackle! Phoosh! These were the sounds from the shattering glass echoing in the air.

      My mom didn’t like me hanging out with Bryan and Rod because they sometimes swore and smoked pot. You can’t pick my friends! It’s not like their drinking or doing hard core drugs like meth! I shouted at my mom. Why do you want to always control me?! I mumbled as I slammed my bedroom door. The guys didn’t smoke cigarettes because they knew it was bad for their health. Bryan said that smoking a little pot now and then never really hurt anyone and it had to be ok since his grandfather got his from the doctor. He said he would never use Spicejuana-100 or synthetic cannabis because a kid once accidently died after smoking some while taking a bath in Everclear. I guess he wanted to get high and drunk at the same time. Bryan would sneak some medjuana now and then. I only tried it once. It made me act too weird. I got so hungry that I ate out of the trash at school. I didn’t really remember doing that until Rod showed me on his phone.

      Here I now sat in my room trying to figure out how I could get my parents to let me be a kid and have fun. I heard my mom go downstairs. Lord, give me the patience to deal with this child. My mom would say. David, can you come help set the dinner table? mom asked as she stood at the bottom of the steps. I can’t because Bryan and Rod are coming over later. I barked. Just as I finished talking, the doorbell rang. It was the guys.

      Later Mama Gator. I said as I slid down the rail. What are you boys going to be doing? mom asked. n.o.y.b., mom, n.o.y.b. I told her. That of course stood for ‘None Of Your Business’. I never would tell her what that meant. Bryan always talked to his mom like that. She would just say a few swear words and go back to watching TV or drinking her vodka and cranberry juice. As the front door shut, I could hear my mom shouting, You boys stay out of trouble and be home before the street lights come on! I just kept going and didn’t say anything. Hey, so what types of fun things can we do to the fresh meat this year? Rod wondered. I think that we should get some new shoes Bryan stated. My parents aren’t going to buy me any extra shoes I told them. I didn’t say buy them Bryan said as he smiled. I can’t be stealing stuff because I’m already on probation. Rod added. We’ll get them from the freshmen. Bryan explained. That’s still stealing! Rod told him. Bryan looked us both in the eyes and said, Not if they give them to us. I asked him How will we get them to give us their new shoes without stealing them? Bryan told me That’s for you to figure out since you’re the ‘A’ student. An idea popped into my head and I explained it to them as we walked to the park. Bryan could get really good grades if he wanted but he believed you should have fun when you are young and worry about learning stuff

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