text: I'm new to writing and I've been writing short stories if anyone could give me tips and feedback much appreciated, here it goes. Perry: The Sports Teacher. Perry's day started just like any other day, he would wake up, go for a 2-kilometer jog, then he would come back home and cook himself up some eggs and bacon. Today was different though something felt off to Perry, was he gaining weight? Was his hair not perfectly gelled back? He brushed it off and continued with his morning routine. As he was putting on his Adidas tracksuit getting ready for work, he heard his neighbors fighting again. “All that kid fucking does is play his goddam video games in his room all fucking day!”. Perry peeked through his curtains to see their faces, but they were blurry, he rubbed his eyes and though ‘dam, at least I'm not that kid’ and brushed off the fact the neighbors faces appeared blurry and quickly left for work. As Peery sped through traffic on his *Honda Motor,* he took time to appreciate the world around him, looking at all the other people in this small unforgiving world going about their day with not a care insight. He loved his morning commute, he always made his stop at a coffee shop, to get a glimpse at a girl he has been in love with for a while now. She was beautiful tall but not too tall, long curly blonde hair that she put up in a bun. She was everything to Perry ‘alright today is the day I finally talk to her and ask her name’ he thought as he was taking off his helmet to go inside to get his morning coffee. As he entered the coffee shop, his nose was overwhelmed by the strong aroma of freshly ground coffee beans and of course he singled out the perfume, She, was wearing. It gave Perry a warm sensation, a feeling he hasn’t felt in a long time, nervous, why was he feeling nervous ‘I'm not one to get nervous, why now, why, I have the perfect chance.’ he wondered, but nothing was stopping him today. He walked over and introduced himself to her “Hi ip merry.” “excuse me?” “uh nothing, never mind.” His cheeks turned red with embarrassment, turning to run back out the door he knocked over an old man making him drop his freshly brewed soy latte. He got on his bike and buckled his helmet as fast as could before taking off on his *Honda Motor.* The only thing that could make Perry forgot the atrocity that just took place as if he was to pop the biggest wheelie he has ever done. He succeeded no doubt and continued his way to work. Perry parked his *Honda Motor* in his spot, “The Sports teacher” it read in its fading black paint. He grabbed all stuff and proceeded to make his way inside to the teachers' lounge greeting students as he walked past. When he walked through the big mahogany door to the teachers' lounge he heard a familiar voice saying “Hi ip merry”. Chad was playing a video from his holophone, the video was of course Perry and his awful performance on trying to talk to a woman. “Hey Perry, you fucking beta.” “What do you want chad.” sighed Perry “Is this you, you fucking dweeb.” “Yes Chad, you know dam well it's me, ha-ha look at Perry, the idiot that doesn’t know how to talk to females.” “Alright you two that’s enough.” The principal walked in, elegantly as always. She proceeded to inform all the teachers that it was a new school year and that they are expected a lot of new kids this year. Perry was excited because he was the sports teacher, that meant all he has to do is make the kids play dodgeball, so he could sit back and watch his TV shows on his holophone. The First-period bell rang, Perry was up for his first class with the new little kids. “alright every, my name Perry Perryson and I will be your sports teacher for this year. Now I don’t care much for what you guys do as long as you don’t hurt each other and at least run around for the hour.” They all shouted “yay” in unison and violently engaged in a game of dodgeball. This was great for Perry, with no one objected like last year and making him run a ‘Proper’ class, he was able to catch up on all his favorite Tv shows like The Florpsons and Space Wars XIX. Perry was very pleased with how this day was turning out, he gets to watch his favorite TV shows all morning and he has another sports class after lunch. Nothing could ruin Perry's day again, or so he thought. It was nearing the end of Perry's workday, with having caught up on his TV shows and getting to relax all day, he enjoyed himself feeling accomplished. Even though no work was actually done he was content with life again, forgetting all about what ensued this morning. Now it was time for his favorite time of day again, his commute home, on his *Honda Motor.* Perry decided to take the longer route home today, driving along the beach and taking in all the fresh air, traces of the sweet ocean scent that reminded him of his youth playing in the sand with his friend Noel. Perry was finally home after enjoyed a scenic ride along the ocean side enjoying the view and all that came with it. Perry entered his wonderful home, upon a hill in the mountains he felt a sense of pride in his accomplishments today. He went to his gel fridge and pulled out a beer, sat down of his couch, and booted up his Square Box 10, a gaming console that much needed and upgrade bad, but that didn’t bother Perry. He logged on to his social server with his friends and they all played their favorite shooter game together “Shoot Those Aliens 5”. After gaming for what felt all night only five hours has passed, Perry thought this was enough time because he had to wake up early and watch kids pelt each other with dodgeballs again. Perry said goodnight to his friends and logged off, he walked to his bed like a zombie reaching for brains. As he lay in his bed, he put his hands to his temples and pulled, a VR headset peeled off his crusty face. He blinked twice and for the first time in a while he looked around his real room, moldy and a gross stench seeped from the carpet, ‘gross’ he thought as he struggled to get up from his stiff mattress and walk to the kitchen. “AH look who it finally fucking is, you done playing your dumb VR games all day?” “uhhh” ‘Perry’ rubbed his eyes and looked at his stepdad. “When are you going to do something real Jack?” A name ‘Perry’ hasn't heard in a real-time, Jack was his real name and he was a 17-year-old, living in a trailer park high rise. Jack grabbed a can of mountain juice and returned to his room. He lay back in his bed, shedding a tear of sadness as he wished he could be Perry in the real world, he looked at his window and opened it. “time to log off for real.” As he sat in the window sill tears coming from his eyes, he looked at his VR headset one last time before pushing himself out into the open air and falling 10 stories to his demise...