... what? - ETHAN -

[MICHEAL ADAM COOPER]

<sup>Micheal yawned, his hand covering his mouth as he did so. It was rather nice out today. He wore a pair of shorts that went just past his knees and a white t-shirt that had a tree with speakers at the base of it and a bunch of mics hanging from its branches. He wore a pair of blue converse. He stretched his arms above his head before shaking them out and letting them fall back to his sides, slipping into his pockets. His fingers felt around to the wrapped candies that were in there. Pulling out a blue raspberry jolly rancher he unwrapped it and popped it into his mouth, putting the wrapper back in his pocket.

The flavor at first was intense but it didnt take long for his mouth to get used to it. There were a lot of people out right now, it kind of made him feel like it was already summer and hell that was always a plus. He wished he had thought to bring his ipod. He had music going on in his head, but hed like to have been able to listen to it.

Kicking at a rock as he came across it, his eyes followed its bounce down the sidewalk. Once he caught up he kicked it again. He hummed out the tune as he walked, the rock managing to stay along with him until the side walk curved up to avoide a large tree. The rock bounded into the tree and got lost in the grass. Not wanting to chase after it, he just continued along the walk. He could hear the sounds from the park getting louder. There were a lot of kids playing, not that he was surprised. Perfect weather for the kids to hit up the park.

As it came into view he saw several parents sitting at the benches watching their children. He went passed the one set of equipment. Too many kids. He knew that if he followed the path down there was another set of swings part of the old set before they built the knew playground with all knew and more equipment up. There was no one around, well at least on it, there were still some people walking by and what not. Making his way over he took a seat on a swing and started to push himself with his feet. He didnt get too high right yet. Just let himself have a lazy little swing back and forth. The trees nearby were just now budding, but not enough to completely put any shade over the area. It was okay though, the warmth from the sun was welcoming.</sup>

[ETHAN FELIX HAMILTON]

Freak. That was what people called Ethan Hamilton. None of then knew. Not a single one of them knew what plagued Ethan. Even Ethan didn't really know what was wrong with him or if anything was. All Ethan knew was that he had three people in his head and they spoke to him. They asked him to do things and they told him who to trust and who to be wary of. Ethan didn't decide a whole lot on his own. Most of the time he would think hard and hope that one of them would lead him in the right direction. The voices were a little possessive. They didn't want anyone making Ethan push them away. Ethan knew this and he was unsure of whether or not he wanted them there anyway. It was difficult for Ethan to think about it much. They always seemed to get loud when he thought about figuring out what was wrong with him. Each time he got close he would just blank out and have one of those weird staring moments that he couldn't quite figure out. Generally after one of those Ethan would never be able to remember what had happened, where he was, or what he was doing.

Ethan walked through the hallway of the main building, mumbling to the voices who seemed to disagree about every little thing. There was never any quiet in his head. Ethan could hear people telling their friends what a freak he was. They just didn't know. None of them did. Ethan didn't believe he was talking to himself as they did. They couldn't see Bianca, Lex, or Mikey. Ethan hurried along, walking at a quickened pace. Bianca had expressed to him her concern for him being in that place at that time. As Ethan walked his licked his lips and lowered his head. He did generally walk with his head down. It was a strange habit and he wasn't really sure about where he had picked it up at in the first place. Ethan ran into a girl just as he was exiting, causing her to curse and spitfully say, watch where you're going, freak.

That word again. It made Ethan cringe to his very core. Ethan grunted but kept walked. He needed to get off campus. Ethan raised a hand to his forehead, placing his palm flat against it. When the voices got loud he would always end up with intense headaches that he couldn't control. Ethan didn't know where he would go. The voices argued about that as well. Bianca wanted to go shopping, Lex wanted to hit a club, and Mikey wanted the park. Ethan decided to go with the park idea. At least the others were able to somewhat agree on it. All the way to the park Bianca just about drove Ethan nuts. He had to listen to her talk about how he had too much dirt under his nails and that he should care more about his appearance. She contended that Ethan could never know when he would meet the lucky person. Then Bianca seemed to think about what she said. Bianca retracted her statement and said there was no lucky girl. The three of them seemed to think that Ethan was better off alone.

Ethan walked along the park trails as he mumbled quiet replied to his voices. This did get him some weird looks but Ethan didn't care. He hardly noticed the looks when he was so involved with what they were saying. Ethan found a soft patch of grass and Mikey suggested lying down in it. He stared up to the sky, thinking about how people always said it was damaging to the eyes to stare at the sun for very long. I wish you guys would quiet down just this once... Ethan urged, his voice distressed.