Chapter 2

“Playing that game again?!” Jared’s mother said a little irritated.

“Sorry mom!” was all Jared could find to say.

“Don’t sorry me!” Jared’s mother yelled.  “Get up to your room now!”

“Yes, mom.” Jared said as he climbed the stairs to his room.

“And after I decide to call you down, we’ll discuss your behavior!” Jared’s mother called up after him.

Jared opened the door to his room to find it a mess.  Was this the reason why his mother was so mad at him? Jared wondered.  Jared sat down on his messy bed and picked up his iPhone to play Pokémon Go!

“Oh no you don’t!” Jared’s mother said, as she opened Jared’s bedroom door and grabbed his iPhone.  “I knew you would start playing that silly game!”

Jared reached for his laptop, but his mother took that with her too.

“No technology for you!” Jared’s mother spat out.  “Pick up this room instead!”

As Jared looked at the mess in his room, he sighed as he would have a technology-free night.  What was he going to do?  He couldn’t live without his iPhone.  His very world depended on it.  Gaming was his life!  He knew no other way to live! 

So he pushed everything off his bed onto the floor and went to sleep until his mother called him out of his room.  He’d be damned if he was going to pick up his room.