ARSONIST

Preview of meh book

“Hey, do you have the time?” said a man that I didn’t recognize that was sat next to me on the train. 

“Yeah, it’s 3:30 am.”

“Thanks,” the man said looking at me more carefully, “You know I don’t think I have seen you before what is your name?”

“Oh, I am Ingram, and your name is?”

“Oh, you’re that guy!” The man said smacking his head.

“Um, I’m sorry I don’t know what you mean.” I said as I noticed that the rate of people whispering increased exponentially.   I felt very uncomfortable because I felt very many eyes staring at me.

Maybe this short snippet will give you a clue on what it is about or maybe it wont hehe. 

Its first words

Once there was a baby, he was just at the age where he was learning to walk and talk.   This baby’s parents’ names were Charlie and Angie. They decided to call the baby Ingram Terrance.  However, Ingram never quite learned to say his name actually Ingram’s first work was it.  Now whenever the parents would tell someone want little Ingram’s first word was, the person would say, “where did he hear that?”  Then Charlie would say, “I remember one time when my mom came over to see Ingram for the first time she called him it a lot.”  Angie would butt in and say, “I told her not to but she thought it was funny because I.T. is his initials.”  Then Charlie added, “Ingram spends a lot of time with his grandma whenever she comes over.”  Then whoever asked them the question would say bye and leave rather quickly. 

 I was sitting in my backyard thinking of my life in general and how I came to be who I am.  My thoughts took me to my childhood, when I moved into this house when I was only three months old.  I remember it like it was yesterday.  I was sleeping when I got dropped off by my dad, I could hear faint noises crowding around me.  When I woke up I was in a bed.  I saw a strange article lying on the floor.  I crawled out of bed and picked up this strange article.

            I examined it and looked at it in every angle possible.  This thing felt hard it tasted like nothing I ever tasted before, and it looked like a huge building block.  I thought it was type of food, but it couldn’t have been because it wouldn’t be sitting on the floor.  I saw Fred watching me, I brought the strange article up to him and he took it with one swipe.  Fred started to talk, while looking at the article.  I was confused.  Fred came down to me and showed me the thing.  He told me that it was a book that you read out of.  In a baby sort of talk, as though he thought I couldn’t understand him.

            I looked at him and held out my hand “Can I have it back?”

Fred was just sitting there with his mouth open.  “Jeez can’t I just have it back?”

Fred went to sleep with his mouth open still.  “I guess I just go find Sonya!”

“SONYA!”  I yelled.  I saw Sonya in the running franticly with a broomstick screaming “Who’s there!”  I yelled back “It’s me Ingram!”  Sonya dropped the broom and stared off into the distance. 

“Sonya!  Fred’s down!”  I yelled in her direction.

This makes me laugh I wrote it a long, long time ago. In a place that isn't to far from where I live now, just a couple miles. The parents names change because he was in foster care you know.  Sally is supposed to be his sister but maybe not in this universe.  I think she was still an alien.  All the names mentioned in this story were my bird's names but two, have fun guessing which ones! Hint the more bizarre names.  This is a lazy post, just rehashing old things I wrote but I was reading them today so there! this one a bit earlier than normal but who is counting. Okay i didn't say anything about the title at all in this post, but honestly it does make sense, trust me.  Ingram was an arsonist at the birth of the character and still is today, well sorta.  Is fire a natural occurrence?   Have a wonderful day lovelies'.