Warning: This is a story about two boys falling in love. If it offends you, please don't continue reading.
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Hey! Chapter 5 is here. The characters in this story are fictionalized with people in real life that I know. Of course, their names have been changed to protect them, but the plot line does include a very special part of my life. Hope you enjoy listening to my experiences!
Sleepless Nights Chapter 5
Where am I? How come it's so dark? So cold? shivers Oh no, I fell a sleep on the bus. Oh my god! I'm going to miss the stop! I quickly hope off the bus and was in front of the main entrance of my highschool. As I was making my way inside, I notice everyone looking at me. I know I'm popular, but people don't like at you like that. I make my way across the basketball court and find Kenneth sitting there with a bunch of people. But something about him looks different, he looked older. Several years older. Then I noticed I've grown taller too. I made eye contact with Kenneth but all he did was look away from me. My heart started to ache. I went into the bathroom and looked into the mirror. I was indeed older as well, byt least several years. Immediately I headed straight to where my friends' usual hangout, the cafeteria. When I got there, everyone was there and, again, looked several years older. I greeted them and they all looked worried to see me. Then Kerry came over and told me, "Joe, Kenneth found out about you, he saw the links you had on your computer. That selfish prick told us to tell you to stay away from him since he has the SAC election next week.and. and that he never wants to talk to you again. He said that he hates you..." Those words stabbed me like a piercing knife digging deep into my heart and soul. I felt a cold chill going down my spine and then everywhere suddenly started to spin vigorously. I screamed.
I woke up all soaked with sweat. Still feeling the icy chill from the dream. I looked at the clock, it was 5:45am. He would hate me. Kenneth would hate me. The only person that mattered to me in all the world will become my arch enemy when he finds out who I really am. But its just a dream, Joseph Huckins. Yes, its just a dream.
That day, I went to the hospital as usual and did my chores. I ran into Kenneth a few times but never talked to each other. Although it hurt to see that he didn't put in the effort into resolve the problems we had yesterday, but I was even more frightened that my dream was a prophecy that's going to come true. I felt safe and relieved keeping a distance from him knowing that he doesn't hate me. I knew from his eyes as he passed by several times that he wanted to talk to me, but his pride won't let him. Most people think that people like him aren't very likeable, too cocky and snobbish to be the first one to speak out. Maybe because he's a looking snob so young girls still keep flocking all over him. The truth is, the girls in our year would choose to never have a relationship with him knowing he is full of pride and being quite selfish a lot of the time. Who can blame him? A smart, handsome, and popular guy has his advantages over others. In school, we were equals academically. With him being the more handsome one and me being the truly more popular one. People like me because I love helping others. I guess I actually care for the people around me, even my acquaintances, that's why I'm adored not only for my looks but my heart. Kenneth, well, despite all the flaws with his personality, I was still attracted to him. Maybe I could change him.
Days continued like this and still no communication between us. I was starting to worry that he is so full of pride that he will never speak to me again. Was it may fault that I wanted to know everything about the man of my dreams even if I find out that he would never love me? Then one day, the group decided to go watch the Tomb Raider and we were both invited. The movie was okay but not as amazing as I hoped it would be, but at least Angelina Jolie was still hot and full of risky stunts. After the movie, we were in the mall's food court having fast-food and with Kenneth sitting beside me.
"The movie was so awful!" cries Ada whining about the movie not being worth the money.
"It wasn't that bad, Ada! The stunts were pretty good, especially the end.", says I.
"Yeah. I thought the time warping part was really cool." Kenneth replies.
"Yeah, that was amazing!" That was the first verbal exchange that we had with each other for about 2 weeks. It was great knowing that the cold war has ended. Our conversation continued and everything seemed to be behind us and our friendship was renewed. The nightmare I had earlier in the week was forgotten.
Well, this is Chapter 5. You guys liked it? Remember to send me some comments, I'm always happy to hear them. Yes, even the bad ones. Not too harsh though. If you'd like, give me some suggestions on how the story should progress. There are many characters ready for development. However, many of them are not gay. I hope you guys still want to learn about them. I'm ready to take in suggestions now. Thanks.
Until next time, One Shy Rugrat =) one_shy_rugrat@hotmail.com
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