Apples

By Salaraine Kretchin

Three teenagers in the suburbs burn though the monotony of stability. Simultaneously knowing that every day they face will be identical to those they already have, yet fully aware of the randomness that permeates all. And when stability is balancing on a thread, a little bit of random is all it takes to permanently knock it off.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Salaraine Kretchin
• Release date: Aug 19, 2021
• ISBN: 9781005737450

Salaraine Kretchin

I've been writing for a long time. One of my philosophies on the subject is that it's better to take what you learn and apply to your next project then to go back and continuously rewrite things you've already finished. Because of that, I have a number of works that I've completed that are sitting around, since I was too quick to jump to a new project instead of trying to do something with it afterwards.I've decided to take those and put them here, just have them out in the world in some fashion. I hope you like them, and if you're reading this thanks for taking the time

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Apples

Salaraine Kretchin

Published by Salaraine Kretchin

At Smashwords

Copyright 2010 Salaraine Kretchin

INT. SPORTING GOODS STORE - DAY

A stock boy is putting items away on a shelf. A manager

comes over to him and says something. The stock boy looks

annoyed and walks away. He goes across the store to the

baseball section. Their we see two teenagers playing with

the bats. Their names are Brad and Ethan. He walks over to

them and tells them to stop.

STOCK BOY

Hey, if you guys don't cut that out

my boss is gonna have to kick you outta

the store.

Text appears on the screen:

Name: Ethan Hall. Age: 19 years old. Info: Blade enthusiast.

Owns 10 Swiss army knives, 8 switch blades, 5 swords, 4

daggers, 3 throwing knives, and 2 multi-tools... No one

knows or cares why.

Ethan puts down the bat.

ETHAN

Sorry man.

The stock boy walks away.

Bard looks at him as he walks away.

Text appears on the screen.

Name: Brad Walker. Age: 19 years old. Info: Once gave

himself a wedge when he tripped near a doorknob.

BRAD

Jackass.

ETHAN

Come on man, he's just doin his

job.

BRAD

No he's not, he's being a dick! We

weren't doin anything.

ETHAN

We were fucking around.

BRAD

I don't care. He doesn't have to

threaten to kick us out. Thinks

he's so fuckin tough.

ETHAN

No he didn't, his boss does.

BRAD

(Thinks)

Fuck that. He could of told his

boss no.

ETHAN

Yea, then he wouldn't have a job.

BRAD

Not my problem.

ETHAN

Your right, which is why your

opinion on the matter is null and

void.

BRAD

Null and void? As a participant of

the situation in question, my

opinion is of the utmost

importance. Now, If this job, if

you can call it that, is so

important to him, then that means

he would rather be a spineless prick

than a real person and...

ETHAN

(Talking fast)

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait! Are

you implying that spineless pricks

aren't people?

BRAD

Without a doubt.

ETHAN

How can you possibly say that? In

order for a person to be a spineless

prick, they must first be a person.

Therefore, are people.

BRAD

What are you talking about! Theirs

a huge difference between a person

and people.

ETHAN

What?

BRAD

Yeah. And you'd know that if you

were people.

Brad ruffles up an invisible collar on his shirt.

ETHAN

What? Now I'm not people either?

When did this happen? I fell like

people. You don't think I caught it

from that spineless prick do you?

Brad looks at Ethan with a deadpan face.

BRAD

This isn't going anywhere, is it?

ETHAN

No.

Ethan looks down the isle and sees the skateboard section.

ETHAN

Check it, they got new skateboards.

Ethan walks down the isle and grabs a skateboard off the

wall and jumps on it and plays around on it.

BRAD

Come on, can you even do anything?

ETHAN

Hell yeah I can do something.

Ethan tries and lands a kick flip.

BRAD

Yea? Now do it again.