Eye Opener Contest

Tattoos of our supposed love of our life is tattooed on our wrist on our sixteenth birthday, when the clock strikes midnight. The system insisted on this, we can only have the opposite gender. We have to meet by eighteen, marry by twenty, and have at least one kid by 23. There has never been an unmarked wrist in history. Well except now by yours truly.

My name is Victor Vincent Fuentes, call me Vic, though. I'm seventeen and have an unmarked wrist. My parents don't know that I don't have a name. Only my brother knows in the family, Michael Christopher Fuentes, but we call him Mike. People found out that I didn't have a name. So, I got bullied.

I'm pretty sure no one has my name because I didn't get their's. That would be terrible if someone had my name and I didn't have their's. Anyways, this is my story of what I've been through and all of my life, technically. I guess you could call this an autobiography. So here we go...

All my life, I've been told I would have the name of a beautiful girl and have wonderful kids. I didn't believe any of that, I just pretended. I always knew I was different from the rest, but not sure how.

On my sixteenth birthday, I figured it out. At midnight, we're suppose to get the name of your lover but I didn't. I never got a name, it's the first time in history. People began to bully me because of it.

It's been a little over a year since I turned sixteen, meaning I'm seventeen. My little brother, Mike, since he's a year younger than me he's turning sixteen tomorrow. I hope he isn't a screw up like me.

Our friend, Tony, said his friend Jaime transferred to our school. The way Tony described him he seems pretty cool. Tomorrow, is his first day.

°°°The Story Begins°°°

I woke up this morning and did my usual routine. Went downstairs to wait for Mike. He came down all dressed and ready. I wished him a happy birthday and we were on our way. I asked him about who he has for his name. He didn't want to say, didn't push him.

We got to school and there Tony was with, who I'm assuming is Jaime. Tony asked Mike about his name still didn't say anything. Then, we started talking to Jaime.

Jaime couldn't stay still and his jacket sleeve had ridden up. There on his wrist was my name. Then, since Tony and Mike were trying to hold Jaime down, they had each other's names. I feel bad for Jaime.

"Jaime can I talk to you for a second?"I asked.

"Sure!" He replied with a big smile with his big dimples. We walked out of hearing range from Mike and Tony.

"I saw the name on your wrist." I said with an exasperated sigh.

"Y-you did?!" He stuttered.

"Yeah." I was looking down.

"Please don't tell anyone. I don't even know him!"

"Except, that's the thing you do know him. Your wrist says Vic Fuentes."

"The only Vic I know is you and I'm pretty sure your last name isn't Fuentes."

"Hey Fuentes! You done being a nameless fag yet?" Some jock shouted at me.

"Please, tell me that isn't you." He muttered with tears in his eyes. I didn't respond, then he ran away.

Tony and Mike ended up talking about the name thing too. Tony ran after Jaime after he ran. I explained what happened to Mike.

Mike was worried how they were going to get away with it from their parents and the system. I just told him not to tell anyone.

~~~~~~~~~~~~ Overall View and Time-Skip~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

It's been about six months since the first and last time I've seen Jaime. Tony and Mike have been growing strong in their relationship. Today is the start of the last week of school.

Mike and I arrived the same way we always did to school. I kept having this feeling as if something is going to happen, I just shrugged it off. We met up with Tony and went to homeroom.

About half-way through the class the school went into lockdown. They said some deranged person got into the school with a gun. All of us went into hiding.

The person went into our classroom. I couldn't see who it was. They started looking around and found me. I then realized it was Jaime. Jaime pulled out his gun with a devious smile.

"Hi Vic! You know what I did while I was gone? Well, since you didn't have a name I thought I should hack the system to make you love me. Then, I realized the system was too hard to hack. So, I had to make you love me. Do you love me Vic, because I love you." Jaime is creepy! I just stared at him.

"You love me, I knew it! You have to love me because if you didn't, you have to die. Now, do you love me Vic?"

"You are the bullet to my gun. So, why shoot me in the heart? When it's really yours." I said with calmness in my voice. Then that was it. He shot me in the heart.

*Third Person P.O.V.*

"Conversations with a gun mean more than you'll ever know, Vic." Then Jaime shot himself in the head with the gun to his temple.

The real reason Vic didn't have a name because he's simply a glitch. He was the outcome of his mother's mistake of sleeping with another man other than the name on her wrist. Vic didn't come out in the system simply because of that. Just a simple glitch.

Notes

This piece was submitted by HiddenBeauty. I enjoyed reading it and found the plot line absolutely fascinating! Please check out her stories, they are brilliant! xo