The Christophe Chronicles.
"And finally, Thou Shalt Not Covet Anything That Belongs To Your Neighbor" I repeated after my father. This had to have been at-least the millionth time! I get it already! Why does he make me recite them everyday?
"Good Son, you're free to play now" said Father with a gentle smile.
"Pfft.. No one says 'play' anymore Dad, its hang out" Father gave a light chuckle, "Alright Son, you're free to 'hang-out'. " Again with the familiar, gentle smile which made him so like-able in the town. He was the towns 'preacher'. He would often be in the Chapel to 'preach', and advise the people on how to go about their lives. Who need one of those anyway?
Our settlement wasn't very big. In-fact, it hardly had twenty settlers, but we made do. Atleast we had proper houses, unlike those shacks in that town called 'Megaton' or whatever it was called. Not bad for a place in the middle of the DC Wasteland. I liked it a lot here. Sometimes my cousin David would sneak a pack of cigarretes from Uncle Jacob's drawer so we could smoke behind the chapel building. I doubt there were any places like that to hide in over at 'Megaton'.
I grabbed my favorite red baseball cap and left the house, rushing past my baby sister Kristen. She was so cute, but annoying too, she would often cry in the middle of the night, and Mom would try and shut her up so Raiders don't hear, or else they'll come by. I wanted her to shut up so I could get some sleep!
Once outside, I stood for a moment and took a deep breath, and enjoyed the fresh air, I closed my eyes, and entered an almost trance like state all was peaceful when-"Ouch! hey!"
I just got hit on the head with a baseball! What gives?
"Sorry Aidan, my bad!"
The voice belonged to no other than Abigail Summers. I had the biggest crush on Abigail. She was the prettiest girl anyone could ever imagine. (Not like I had seen much anyway). She had long brown hair that she wore in a ponytail most of the time, but sometimes let it loose, and it would flow down just below her shoulders. She had the most beautiful big brown eyes, and her olive skin tone was irresistible! She had a nice figure too, slim and lean since she would often play base with us. I better stop thinking about her before It gets hard for me to walk!
"Sorry Aidan, I didn't mean to" She said apologetically with a small giggle.
"Don't worry Abbie, I've survived worse".
"Come on wimpy, walk it off!" yelled my knob of a cousin David.
"Yeah, yeah" I groaned back, more to myself than to him, and walked over to the 'pitch', still rubbing the spot where the ball hit.
"Hope it didn't hurt to bad Aidan" Abigail said, in her soft sweet voice. "Relax, Im fine" I replied with a smile. If only she knew how I felt about her. If I could tell her how I wanna just hold her and -- *Slam* David thrust a bat into my chest, which woke me from the second daydream I had today about a girl.
"You're up, lets see what ya got".
"This puberty stuff is killing me, man" I mumbled, and ran up to the plate. "Alright, times up, lets do this!"
It was a pretty grueling ordeal, that game. But relatively peaceful, only five fights, three wounds and a single bruise.
"Its nothing, really" I said to Abigail as she tried to tend to my 'wounds' sitting on the porch of her house. Her father was the town doctor. She must've picked up some skills from her father.
"Seriously, they're just scratches" I added, but in vain. Its not like I was really trying anyway, I didn't want her to stop, spending time with her made me feel like I was in heaven.
"Im not gonna let you get infected and turn into a Ghoul you know" she said playfully, as she bandaged the gash on my arm.
"Ouch! thats twice you hurt me today!" I groaned after she tied the last bandage a bit too tight.
"Im sorry, Im no expert you know!" she giggled. We sat and pvssyd for a long time, until dark when our Mothers called for supper.
"See ya again tomorrow!" She said, and gave me a light peck on the cheek before she got up and went inside. I sat there for a minute,
"What if she likes me too?" I thought to myself, and skipped back home, ecstatic with the thought.
After supper the family sat around the table as every-night and talked about the days events and happenings.
"Aidan got his ass whooped by Mr.Burkes kid" David ejaculated.
"Did not! I let 'em have it too if you hadn't noticed!" I retorted. David was really trying to get on my nerves. Shame he was a year older than me, or I would have put him in his place.
"Now, now son, what did it the Lord say about this?
"Honor thy neighbor" I groaned.
I hated it when he brought 'The Lord' into everything.
"Look at how we live. Look at everything around us. 'The Lord' left this place a long time ago." I often thought to myself. Even though, deep in my heart, there was still hope and faith I couldn't help wondering at times. We all retired for the night, and slept soundly and peacefully. Not a care in the world, a perfect existence. That night, I had another dream about Abbie. This one was even naughtier than the last. I thoroughly enjoyed it.