User blog:SirLinkalot96/The Greg Ryder Saga Reboot: Chapter One: Goodbye LC, Hello Bullworth

'''APRIL 20th, 2006, LIBERTY CITY, ALGONQUIN, 3:47 AM. . .'''

The flashing lights, yellow cabs, and police sirens in the distance may be too much for many people who don't care for the chaos of the big city but for fourteen year old Greg Ryder, Liberty City was like his playground. Although right now it feels like a prison to him, it was a playground nonetheless. Greg clumsily got out of the cab that dropped him off at his apartment, nearly forgetting to pay the driver his fare. The young man walked into his building hoping to avoid a confrontation with the security guard at the desk.

After peeking around the corner, he saw there was no one at the desk and he walked briskly through the lobby and into the elevator. On the way up to his floor, he examined himself in the mirror on the wall. A teen boy with a somewhat pale complexion, a fit body, light brown hair, and bright green eyes stared right back at him. On this particular night (or morning, depending on how you look at it), he was dressed in a red and black striped flannel shirt with a blue puffy vest, dark jeans, and black Adidas Samba sneakers.

Once the elevator opened its doors, Greg walked to his apartment door, fumbling through his keys looking for the right one. As he was looking for it, the door is yanked open and he is greeted by a woman with dark brown hair and stormy blue eyes. She is wearing a nightgown and she doesn't seem too happy at this particular moment. The reason he knew this was because he was grabbed by the scruff of his shirt and he is pulled into the apartment and the door slams shut behind him.

"Hello to you too, mom!" Greg greeted while making a vain attempt to not burst out in laughter. She demands, "Where the HELL have you been?! I've been waiting all night for you to come home and I was just waiting by the phone for the police asking me to pick you up! Tell me where you were RIGHT now!"

Her nostrils were flaring and Greg could tell that he really upset his mother yet Greg insists on not telling her the truth, "I was just out and, like, I was hanging out with some friends-"

"Have you been drinking?! You smell like a brewery! I can smell it on your clothes!" Damn, one thing his mom was good at was seeing right through his bullshit. There was really nothing that Greg could say to appease her and he knew he was gonna have to take this lecture. She goes back to speaking in her usual calm demeanor in an attempt to make Greg listen.

"You are almost done with the Youth Diversion program! You only have a couple more weeks left and then you're done! Your record gets expunged! If you get caught drunk out there, they will stick you with your previous charges on top of any new ones you'd have to face! I just want to know what you're thinking going out there tonight and doing something so STUPID and IRRATIONAL. You're a minor! You, especially, can't be caught drinking whatsoever! Please tell me, I want to know."

Greg began to walk slowly to the dining room table nearby and he took a seat at the end while his mom took a seat right beside him. In his drunken state, Greg couldn't really think of an answer to tell her. He looked her in the eyes and calmly stated, "I don't know. I just wanted to have some fun and let loose. It won't happen again, I promise." Both his mom and Greg knew that it was just a lie not only he would tell her, but what he would tell himself, every single time he did something like this.

"Well, I was talking to your therapist the program set you up with, she thinks that you need to go to a school that will help you adjust smoothly into society and help you get on the right path. It's called Bullworth Academy and it's only a couple hours away-"

Greg looked at her in disbelief, "Bullworth Academy? That place is a hellhole! I've talked to some kids who went there and they said how horrible it was! You and Todd can't just SEND me off there like that!" Greg couldn't believe this. What the hell was he gonna do? How many more times does he have to go through this process of being the new kid and reestablishing himself in a completely new school only for him to be kicked out or pulled out right as he gets settled in? "This is fucking bullshit!", Greg thought angrily to himself.

TO BE CONTINUED! HAVE TO GO TO WORK RIGHT NOW. WILL FINISH LATER. I HAVEN'T WRITTEN IN A WHILE SO I'M PRETTY RUSTY. I HOPE YOU LIKE IT SO FAR AND LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK!