Near Perfect Part 1
      “New school, new house, new life, new problems, new enemies… Moving sucks.” These words spilled from the mouth of Michael Knickes as he shifted his hefty backpack from on shoulder to another. This was his second day in the city of Kerkland. Despite what his parents said, Michael was convinced that Kerkland was more of a miniature suburb than a city. After living the first half of his life in Chicago, nothing could really be classified as a ‘city’. The reason they’d shifted their home to this place was his father. It was his work that had forced the move, but Michael didn’t really think that he had to drag the rest of the family along. He was never home anyway. Let him come live in the backwater town and let them stay on 14th street, a block from a movie theatre and the coffee shop with internet. Michael doubted that Kerkland even had a movie theatre, let alone a place like E- Java. It was situated in Louisiana, ...