Silver Shoes Monologue

So there I was, probably facing death by itself. I had come that far and it was ruined by some stupid girl who had to join The League. Like, REALLY?! You’re going to mess up the thing I’ve traveled to California for? Allow me to explain the story.

Excerpt 1: Silver Shoes
It was 6am, and I was just about getting up. My mom was cooking, and the sweet smell of cinnamon bacon filled my nostrils, as well as fluffy eggs and soft waffles. I always imagined it like that. You know, delicious. In reality, my mom is the worst cook ever. It smelled like burnt toast to me, though she was making eggs. I walked downstairs.
“Hey Max.” My mom greeted me, gesturing towards the plate.
“Thanks…” I picked up a piece of my bacon and threw it on the floor. It made

“Cereal sounds better.”
“I’ll be going.” I laughed, kissing my mom on the forehead.
My family is small and broken. Long ago, my mom was still pregnant with me when my dad left. My dad worked three jobs and my mom took care of herself and me. After my dad left, my mom was diagnosed with Crohn's disease and it was hard for her to continue to take care of me. She’s only 23 and she had me when she was a teen.
When my mom became a teen mother at only 13, people often outcasted her. I never minded that I was almost as tall as her, or that she tries her best to cook. I love her, and she loves me.
I was on my way to school when my best friend Ryder came up beside me working on his latest invention. Sort of invention. Ryder is the brainy type, and he’s my only friend. Well, not only, kind of hard to talk about my other best friend… Her name was Tia. Tia went missing two years ago on a class field trip to a fun fair. Ryder and I both blacked out on a ride, and when we woke up on a bench Tia was nowhere to be seen.
She had been missing for so long and was pronounced “dead” last year, ten months after her disappearance. It was hard for Ryder and I, because she was top of the class, student body president, and still hung out with