“We should start a YouTube channel” 1

 

Chapter 1: “We should start a YouTube channel”

It was Monday morning — the kind of morning that smelled like chaos, stupidity, and Ethan’s strawberry shampoo.

Ethan strutted into school with his shirt tucked halfway in, sunglasses on backward, and holding a banana like it was a smartphone.

“Yo, Siri,” he said into the banana. “Call my bro Ray.”

From across the hall, Ray shouted, “Siri hung up because even she’s embarrassed for you!”

Everyone laughed so hard the janitor dropped his mop. Ethan smirked. “Jealous, huh? It’s called confidence.”

Ray rolled his eyes. “Bro, that’s not confidence. That’s brain damage with enthusiasm.”

The teacher, Mrs. Henderson, sighed deeply — she aged five years every time Ethan entered the room.

“Good morning, class,” she said.

Ethan raised his hand. “Mrs. H, can you go over the assignment again? I didn’t get it.”

“You didn’t read it,” Ray said.

“Yeah, because reading is for nerds,” Ethan shot back.

Ray smiled. “And failing is for Ethan.”

The entire class howled. Ethan pretended not to care. “I’m just built different.”

“Yeah,” Ray said. “Built wrong.”

During lunch, Ethan sat across from Ray, eating spaghetti with chopsticks and a spoon at the same time.

Ray stared. “Are you… jousting your lunch?”

Ethan proudly slurped a noodle. “It’s called technique, bro.”

Ray shook his head. “It’s called cry for help.”

Ethan suddenly slammed his hands on the table. “I had an idea!”

Ray groaned. “Oh no. That’s never a good sentence.”

Ethan ignored him. “We should start a YouTube channel — ‘Ethan & Ray: Science Guys.’”

“Science?” Ray said. “You once failed a test titled Name a Gas.”

“I wrote ‘beans,’” Ethan said defensively.

“Exactly,” Ray said. “And somehow you still got negative points.”

But Ethan was unstoppable. “We could do experiments! Like make a volcano, or a homemade hoverboard!”

Ray glared. “The last time you said ‘experiment,’ we had to apologize to three squirrels and a mailman.”

Ethan waved him off. “That was field research!”

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LLoC Quotes

“Yo, Siri,...Call my bro Ray.”... “Siri hung up because even she’s embarrassed for you!”

“Bro, that’s not confidence. That’s brain damage with enthusiasm.”

“You didn’t read it,”...“Yeah, because reading is for nerds,” ... “And failing is for Ethan.”

“I’m just built different.”...“Yeah,...Built wrong.”

“I had an idea!”... “Oh no. That’s never a good sentence.”