>you are Sterling >you're sitting cross-legged on your bed, head resting comfortably in the crevices of your hands >there was literally nothing to do around the house >Mom and Dad were out too >you look at your growing pile of books and sigh "Time to return these, I suppose." >with a little motion, you hop up and stretch >the books are neatly organized in a corner >you read all of them way too fast for your own liking >there didn't seem to be any content you could truly enjoy at a nice pace >you blow the dust off the top of the pile and lift >with focus, you slip the 6-book pile into a bag >easy peezy >holding the handle now, you head to the library >there's a moment's pause where you want to invite Hope along, but you realize it'd be all for naught >the library isn't far, really >just across town >the selection inside was pretty stupendous as well >the smorgasboard of genres gave a little education boner >...hey, not in public! >you look up at the huge structure before you >it always blew your mind that Twilight got to live here >you knock lightly, the sweet voice of Twilight responding >"Who is it?" "It's Sterling. I need more books in my young life." >the door swings open >it always did >you learned to keep a safe distance by now >Twilight stands there, smiling at you >"Come in, please!" >you oblige and glance around, trying to think of want to peruse this week "Have any suggestions, Twilight? I've been blowing through books lately." >"I have a few." >you blink and look around >Twilight hadn't said a word >her daughter had entered the room, holding a small stack of pancakes >she sets it down and begins fingering the spines of the books >she plucks one here and there, but they're all oddly thin >she hands them to you >"Try those. They should slow you down at least a little." >you look down at the new pile, then back up at Twilight's daughter >she smiles warmly and offers a hand >"I've seen you a ton at school, but we've never officially met. I'm Glimmer." >you shake her hand excitedly "I'm Sterling." >"Very nice to meet you, Sterling." >she turns around and picks up her pancakes >"I'll see you in school, right?" "Right!" >she smiles and walks off, her hips bouncing like basketballs >uh oh >you take that last thought and move it to the recycling bin >then incinerate the bin >unkempt mind was the first step to the lengthy downfall to alcoholism and much more   >as you sat in bed, night light turned on low just for reading, you open the first book >you breeze right through the first three chapters, but something intriguing happens in the fourth >the author begins writing in a deviant way, making you cross your legs >your little boy penis wasn't ready