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Tough Love (1979) Part 6
Thx for the support yâ??all! ~A. ()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()() Chapter 6 Mini-Crisis Dad was still laughing when I came downstairs from taking my shower. I looked on the couch and see Michaelâ??s sitting there. â??Whatâ??s still so funny?â? I asked suspiciously. â??Oh nothing honey.â? â??WHAT is it?â? I was pretty desperate to know. â??Nothing,â? his smile fades. â??I was just talking to Michael.â? Then I look back at Michael, and he gives me this quizzical look. â??Nothing,â? I mumble to him and turn away. I wasnâ??t sure if I should really call Nick or if he was just saying that. He was probably just saying that, but I called anyway. â??Hello?â? â??Wait, hey Iâ??m sorry I called this late. I didnâ??t even think about the time.â? â??Itâ??s okay, I was just suggesting that you call. But I wasnâ??t thinking about it.â? I sigh, â??By now itâ??s your mom that knows Iâ??m always calling you late. First in Hawaiiâ?¦then now. Oh yeah, and then another time too.â? â??Itâ??s okay,â? he chuckles, â??I got my own line now.â? â??â?¦You do? But I called the same number.â? â??Write down my new one.â? And he lists off the numbers. â??Thanks hun.â? â??No prob.â? â??Now how do you think the dance went?â? â??The dance?â? He laughs. â??Oh Iâ??m sorry.â? I giggle too, â??I meant the party. How did you think it went?â? â??Oh I think it was a success! We had a lot of people show up, much to my delight. Plus I have to admit, having you there was great! In fact it was the best part for me.â? I was detecting that dimpled-smile again. â??I was just a little afraid that the bonfire would turn over or something,â? I laughed. â??Then donâ??t get too close to the fire,â? that smile again. â??Did anything wild go on that you know of?â? â??Other than you and I in that jeep?â? â??..That doesnâ??t count; in fact, letâ??s not discuss it.â? â??Maybe a few people were drinking, but I donâ??t know too much about anything bad happening. In fact, I was just the late host that left early.â? â??What about with all the events that went on from the time we got there?â? â??The moment you got out the jeep, I just wanted to wrap my arms around you and kiss you. I felt so free at the beach, but since I couldnâ??t show you the way I felt, then I felt somewhat shackled. But I was over the moon when we went for our walk! There was nothing like walking alone with my girlfriend and spending time together with you. Those types of connections are SO powerful to meâ??you have no idea.â? â??â?¦.Um yeahâ??â? â??Lyric, I think itâ??s hard to avoid the fact that weâ??re together somewhat. I mean weâ??ve connectedâ??â? â??Ssssh!â? I try to peak downstairs, then in the hallway. No one was on the phone that I knew of. â??Hey, you just canâ??t say stuff like that over the phone.â? â??Sorry.â? â??â?¦But back to us,â? I sigh, â??itâ??sâ?¦â? well I donâ??t want to say â??complicatedâ?, â??I just donâ??t, donâ??t know.â? â??Weâ??ll just have to tell Donovan we like each other. Heâ??ll be pissed at me a lot, and will probably hit me, and with you, heâ??ll be mad too, but the most heâ??d do is just ignore you.â? Should I tell Nick about the kissâ??from Donovan?? â??I know you and Donovan went for a walk because you two walked off; and he kept getting in the way, but he just doesnâ??t get it yet.â? â??Have you ever told him you have feelings for me?â? â??Iâ??ve insinuated them to him when he was having problems with choosing you or Priscilla. I did after he and Priscilla were over for the last time, but he just thinks Iâ??m so playboy and wouldnâ??t believe me.â? he shrugs, â??Youâ??d think Donovan would feel somewhat of a threat.â? â??Are you willing to waiver your friendship because of me?â? It takes Nick a minute to answer, â??Thatâ??s whatâ??s being contemplated Lyric. And Iâ??m not the type to hide my relationships, but because of you, things are just so different. I donâ??t know when, but I know how Iâ??ll tell him. How WEâ??RE going to tell him.â? â??Think he got any hints tonight?â? â??He probably wrote it off as I was being flirty, and you just fail for it.â? â??Nick, you know Donovan stillâ?¦â? â??Likes you. Yeah, I know. And now that M.J.â??s out the picture, I have one guy fewer to worry about!â? Oh Godâ?¦youâ??re killing me now. â??But remember, you have as much to lose as me, so Iâ??m not alone in this.â? â??â?¦â? â??You still there babe?â? â??Iâ??m just thinkinâ??,â? I sniffle, â??thatâ??s all.â? â??..Weâ??ll be fine. Just gotta have faith.â? I decide to call Donovanâ?¦just to clear my conscious a little. And since heâ??s living in his parentâ??s old place by himself, thereâ??s really no â??curfewâ? of when I can call him. â??Hey, whatâ??cha doing calling me so late?â? â??I just wanted to know what you thought of the party.â? I can tell he was in a sleep by the way he was sloppily smacking his lips. â??Itâ??s like two oâ??clock.â? â??Woow Donovan, you mustâ??ve gone to bed right after you got home.â? â??I was pretty sleepy. Then I dropped people off home. I just wanted some sleep.â? â??Okay.â? â??But whatâ??s up? Iâ??m sitting up now so I can talk to you?â? â??How did you think it went?â? â??I think the party went well; I guess you were just distracted or jetlagged or something. You really were acting weird.â? â??If you say so.â? â??Why? I was so happy to see you again! I was actually thinking we were back on trackâ?¦Iâ??m all for it of course.â? I scratch my eyebrow momentarily. â??What did you think of the music?â? â??Yeah, the music was fine. Speaking of that, can you lay down some more vocals? You know Iâ??m really trying to wrap up my album for the Senior Project.â? â??Sure, just call me when youâ??re ready.â? â??You know, I hadnâ??t told you when you were there, but I WISH I was able to drive you to and from Laguna. In that way, we wouldâ??ve been able to spend time together.â? He softly laughs, â??I needed today to show you how I felt.â? â??Donovan, you did that on the walk. Do you know how many times you told me youâ?¦you know.â? â??Loved you? Well yeah, thatâ??s true.â? â??So I know how you feel.â? â??Nick was just getting in my way a few times.â? â??Oh bummer!â? â??He better not do it again,â? Donovan laughs, â??All-in-all, the party was fun.â? Well, not much of an answer from the way Donovan felt about Nickâ??s subtle advances towards me, and my obvious awkwardness. But then again, I didnâ??t ask him the target questions because I didnâ??t want to draw attention. I got up the next morning, and I peeked in on Michael, watching him quietly watching cartoonsâ?¦there was something peaceful about himâ?¦and I think I liked thatâ?¦but I was confused by it too. My continued guess is that he keeps giving up on me and what we could â??haveâ?. I know heâ??s probably thinking that dangling my â??boyfriendsâ? in-front of him wonâ??t make things better. But I could be dissuaded by that right now, so I went down the stairs to join my friend like old times. Dang. He saw me before I could even reach the land. â??Good morning Michael,â? I told him as he quiet eyes watched me. â??Morning Lyric,â? then he gives me a side grin. For some reason, I think I surprised him when I joined him under the blankets to watch T.V. And because of that, things were awkward as I pushed my hair behind my hair just â??cause. â??Somethingâ??s different with you?â? he asked me. â??No, whyâ??d you ask?â? Although I wanted to hide it, I had a feeling my eyes were as heavy and serious as I though HIS were. Michael shrugs. â??No just tell me. Introduce what youâ??re trying to say.â? We hear Dad walking over us then from the second floor. Just to be safe, I get up from the couch and go in the kitchen.â? â??Well good morning you two! Want some bacon and eggs?â? From the moment that Michael and I reluctantly agreed to breakfast, Dad knew something was up. We could barely fake our enthusiasm at breakfast too. â??Well darn, the FIRST breakfast with just the three of us again, and yâ??all treat us like this. Whatâ??s going? Who peeved off who?â? When Dad looked at me jokingly, I gave a kidding smile, but then I kind of went back into my shell. When Dad finishes, he suddenly gets up from the table. â??Well to be honest you two, I should already be gone off to work, so Lyric, do you mind doing the dishes since Iâ??m fixed the food? And now that Iâ??m running late,â? he smiles real quick. â??Do something fun today kids. Yâ??all know what time Iâ??ll be back.â? Then as Michael and I shared cleaning the dishes, Dad jets back upstairs, finish putting on his uniform, then bid us a goodbye. â??What do you want to do today?â? Michael pauses and looks at me. â??Boy, if you pause at me like that again!! Just look at me and talk.â? Once I crack my smile, Michael knows he can laugh too. â??Any ideas?â? â??What aboutâ?¦Disneyland?â? I know Iâ??m really shooting my foot there because if we were to go, Michael would be there all day; no doubt. â??No.â? What? â??NO?â? â??I want something more quieter today.â? â??What do you mean?â? Michael sighs, â??I wanted to tell you somethingâ?¦actually I feel we need to talk. Weâ??re really bad at hiding stuff from each other soâ?¦we might as well.â? â??Whaâ?¦?â? â??I might as well tell you once weâ??ve freshened up for the day.â? Then he nods towards the backyard. After that he goes upstairs to take a shower, so I take mine in Dadâ??s. I donâ??t want to say Michael was really scaring me because thatâ??s a cliché Iâ??ve felt Iâ??ve used too much, so instead I just went with the flow. While dressed in a light shirt, and some slacks, I see Michael fixing some food in the kitchen and putting it in the picnic basket. â??Food? Already?â? â??Do you think itâ??s too soon?â? I thought there for a moment. I mean it wouldnâ??t kill meâ?¦. â??Do whatever you like.â? Then I go in the backyard because I remembered he had indicated heâ??d want us to go back there. While sitting on the deck part, looking at my feet, Michael comes back here and sits the basket to his right. â??Ham sandwich?â? as he hands it to me, I intentionally grab his wrist as well. â??What is it that you need to tell meâ?¦.See Michael, Iâ??m not trying to be around the bush. I NEED to know what you gotta tell meâ?¦.â? he looks at me with this URGENT look in his eyes; like he wasnâ??t doing something he wanted to. Then Michael swiftly reaches over to me and begins to kiss me. But then it seemed as soon as he initiated it, he ended it. Then Michael scoots from me, and uncomfortably moves his legs. â??Iâ??m sorry about that Lyric. I just, Iâ??m just having a hard time accepting the fact that weâ??re NOT as close as we were like in Hawaii. It couldâ??ve been that I was the only one there and you were lonely, but now, Iâ??M feeling that kind of homesickness. Somehow I wish I was younger or you were eighteen, then we could, you knowâ?¦.â? â??Michael,â? I say as I place my hand on his knee, â??I know what youâ??re trying to get at.â? â??What if I was to go away for letâ??s sayâ?¦six months?â? â??SIX MONTHS!â? â??Well I wouldnâ??t say six months, but what about three?â? â??What are you trying to say Michael?â? I think tears were about to form in the corners of my eyes. â??Iâ??m not saying anything!â? he suddenly splutters. â??I just wanna know whatâ??chu think about it.â? â??Hurt.â? I fold my arms. â??THATâ??S what I think about it. Are you moving out because of my behavior? Did I do something wrong?â? I wrap my hands around Michael as I pleaded to him. He puts his finger to lip. â??You talk too much,â? he laughs, â??But no, itâ??s not you. I just wanted to flat out and ask that because, well sometimes I think you take me for granted Lyric. And now before you protest, I donâ??t mean it in the usual way that you donâ??t appreciate me, but because youâ??re so distracted with boys your age, and sometimes Lyricâ?¦well.â? â??You feel jealous,â? I laugh. â??You know you do too,â? then he leans over and peck me. â??Mmm. Letâ??s dig in since you made this food for us!â? then we lay on our stomachs as I hear â??Good Timesâ? by the Jacksons play from a nearby neighbor's radio. â??While youâ??re kidding with me, you probably gotta go on tour soon.â? Then I directed my eyes to him, â??Do you?â? The phone rings then and Michael gets up. â??Iâ??ll be right back to answer the phoneâ?¦unless you want to.â? With Michael still standing there, unmoving, I quietly get up and by the time I try to answer the phone, the person has hanged up. â??BACK to your career mister.â? â??What about it?â? he smirks and shrugs. â??I wanna go for a ride.â? â??And get a McDonaldâ??s milkshake? Share it like last time?â? â??As long as we go to the same McDonaldâ??s,â? then I smirk, â??Hereâ??s the keys.â? â??Iâ??d much rather you drive?â? â??Hunh?â? â??Nothing,â? Michael says. After getting our large single milkshake, two spoons this time, Michael and I oddly enough went to the same park that we visited back in September. September 29th to be exact because I remember telling Michael he was twenty for a month. â??I guess thereâ??s no need to play Twenty-One Questions because will we get any progress?â? Or like the fact that Iâ??m supposed to be going with Mr. Has-Been and his family to Texas next weekend for some church convention. As Michael rambled on about somethingâ??pertaining to us of courseâ??I leaned in and was about to give him a smack-a-roni in the mouth. That was until I remembered about Nick, and how unfair that would be to him, and especially Michael. Then oh no, thatâ??s when I hits meâ??can my lingering feelings about Michael be considered cheating on Nick? I mean Iâ??m still refusing to call us a couple because Iâ??m not strong enough to stand another breakup so soon. But since I didnâ??t want Michael to realize that I was beginning to enclose myself from him again, I just smiled and agreed with the things he said. But when he leaned into my lips again, I didnâ??t back away. I guess I didnâ??t want him to feel bad..and think I didnâ??t like him. *It seems that Michael and Nick were the LEAST of my worries though, because once I got home, Iâ??d taken a nap. But when I got up to check the mail, I saw a bundle of roses left on my porch. â??Oh Nick, you sweetie you,â? I whispered to myself as I picked them up. I had just realized that I left my roses A-GAIN, and if they died on me, then I deserve this time because I kept forgetting about them. Hereâ??s what it says on the note card: Lyric, Iâ??ve enjoyed your company, and I hope we can do it again. Itâ??d be nice to see your angelic face and to kiss your sugarplum lips again. Iâ??m excited for our future!! Hope you are just as I am. The card wasnâ??t signed of course, but that made things fine. Iâ??m sure Nick was being romantic as always. Then I sniffed the roses. Hmm, I gotta get these things some water. ()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()() Hey yâ??all, I got some additional inspiration today before I finished up this part, and I canâ??t WAIT until I get to those parts!! Thx for being patient as always. Sometimes I type in segments, but when I feel it isnâ??t complete, I donâ??t like to post it yet because I feel it â??incompleteâ? so sometimes it takes me a minute. --Also by the way, when do you think Lyric will finally tell Michael about the upcoming trip to Texas? And remember, Michael has a confession of his ownâ?¦.. :) -Aariyan.
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