A Short Story: Raymond Institute's Field Trip To Carnegie Hall
Raymond Institute’s field trip to Carnegie Hall was a day of firsts.
Never before had Theo attempted to use hair gel (and he wasn’t keen on using it again, after having Rebecca Dorian compare him to a shiny Cowardly Lion from The Wizard of Oz). Nor had he ever battled a giant maniac bull-man. But that was later in the day.
On that perfectly normal morning, Theo didn’t exactly sense that things were going to change so enormously. It was a little annoying that the universe didn’t show him any sort of omen beforehand. Like, hello, maybe a little warning next time?
Theo had slept through three out of the five alarms he set for himself the night before. Eventually, whenever he managed to get up, his mother was waiting for him in the living room with his better set of dark blue Raymond Institute uniforms.
“I ironed these last night,” said his mom, …show more content…
Theo’s mother smiled in admiration, looking at him like she was resisting the urge to pinch his cheeks. “My boy is so handsome.”
Theo rolled his eyes and kissed his mother in thanks, then continued to get ready for today’s field trip to Carnegie Hall.
Whenever Theo finished getting ready for school, he shouldered his messenger bag and headed for the door, his mother stopped him. “Wait, Theo.”
He stopped in his tracks, glancing at the clock. “I’ve got to leave soon if I want to walk to school with Masika and get there on time.”
As if she had not heard Theo, his mother gripped the boy’s shoulders and looked at him with soft eyes. After what seemed like several minutes, she spoke. “You have your father’s eyes.”
“But my eyes are green, his aren’t,” he responded, curious.
She just smiled and kissed him. “I love you, Theo.”
In retrospect, maybe this was a sign that things were about to get strange.
He said a quick ‘I love you too’ and darted out the door into the Brooklyn
Never before had Theo attempted to use hair gel (and he wasn’t keen on using it again, after having Rebecca Dorian compare him to a shiny Cowardly Lion from The Wizard of Oz). Nor had he ever battled a giant maniac bull-man. But that was later in the day.
On that perfectly normal morning, Theo didn’t exactly sense that things were going to change so enormously. It was a little annoying that the universe didn’t show him any sort of omen beforehand. Like, hello, maybe a little warning next time?
Theo had slept through three out of the five alarms he set for himself the night before. Eventually, whenever he managed to get up, his mother was waiting for him in the living room with his better set of dark blue Raymond Institute uniforms.
“I ironed these last night,” said his mom, …show more content…
Theo’s mother smiled in admiration, looking at him like she was resisting the urge to pinch his cheeks. “My boy is so handsome.”
Theo rolled his eyes and kissed his mother in thanks, then continued to get ready for today’s field trip to Carnegie Hall.
Whenever Theo finished getting ready for school, he shouldered his messenger bag and headed for the door, his mother stopped him. “Wait, Theo.”
He stopped in his tracks, glancing at the clock. “I’ve got to leave soon if I want to walk to school with Masika and get there on time.”
As if she had not heard Theo, his mother gripped the boy’s shoulders and looked at him with soft eyes. After what seemed like several minutes, she spoke. “You have your father’s eyes.”
“But my eyes are green, his aren’t,” he responded, curious.
She just smiled and kissed him. “I love you, Theo.”
In retrospect, maybe this was a sign that things were about to get strange.
He said a quick ‘I love you too’ and darted out the door into the Brooklyn