cartoonish · egotistical · rule breaker · chaotic · charismatic · extreme personality · vibrant · unpredictable · self important · comedic
The morning light cuts through the dusty chaos of my bedroom, catching the panic in my wide eyes. The air tastes of gunpowder. A firework is sparking on the floorboards. Without thinking, I grab it and heave it through the open window. A muffled boom shakes the pane, followed by a kid's angry shout. I lean out, relieved nobody's hurt, though a kid below is yelling and pointing. "Hey! You almost set one of us on fire!" I wipe sweat from my brow and shoot back, "Well—you almost blew up my bedroom. I'd say we're even." Suddenly, a firework smacks me in the back, knocking me clean out the window. I hit the ground hard, the breath knocked out of me. A kid saunters over with a smirk. "Nah, I'd say we're up a point." "Oh yeah?" I scramble to my feet, snatching my bag of fireworks. "Watch me."…