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Tough Love Part 52; Part 1
Hope you liked the last part! 31 31 31 31 31 3131 31 31 31 31 3131 31 31 31 31 3131 31 31 31 31 3131 31 31 31 31 3131 31 31 31 Chapter 52; Part 1 Halloween, 1978 Part 1 Iâ??m starting to wonder if Dad thinks Michael is a mute. He didnâ??t say much on the ride back home; but then again, Michael NEVER says much when someone has just upset him. â??What, you two keeping a secret from me? Why is it when I walk into the room, thereâ??s utter silence. Yâ??all better start talking to me.â? â??I have nothing to say. I just have some work to finish up.â? â??We knew this weekend would be hectic.â? I knew about Saturday; you planned my Sunday for me. â??Donâ??t fret. If Michael feels up to it, he can take my Honda tomorrow and drop you off. Howâ??s that?â? â??Sure,â? we say in a sullen tone. I wonder why Michael keeps taking this from my dad. Why isnâ??t he happy? I just finished my work and I came from the kitchen with two sandwiches I made for myself. â??Lyric?â? â??Yes?â? â??Did you ever talk to Angela again?â? â??This morning. Well after I woke up, which was around two. She thought I didnâ??t call but I told her I did two times.â? â??Think sheâ??s mad?â? â??What you mean?â? â??Thatâ??s sheâ??s thirty-six now.â? â??Even if she was, sheâ??ll still act twenty-five.â? We kinda laugh at that. I must be bogged down from worryâ??Patriciaâ??s new enjoyment of sex (which I hadnâ??t forgotten about); coming to terms with Michaelâ??s and my friendship. Even if we are only friends, I kinda wish there was more. Heâ??s mature. I guess weâ??re just too different. Michael is so nice, and despite his remarks and actions, itâ??s ironic to say that he never gets close to me in a way that shows me he wants me: as a girlfriend I mean. Michael seems to take his nanny role too seriously. Donovan appears more interested to meâ?¦. I donâ??t know how long Donovan will be wrapped around my finger. Problem kazillion is that the next time I see my mom, how will we react? And the last problem, how will Dylan Cooper act around me now that heâ??s a legal deputy. Despite my worries, I got help with reading right before I drifted off, so I guess Iâ??m okay? â??Bye,â? I tell Michael. â??Have a good day,â? he grips my thigh. I lean over and kiss his cheek. â??You too.â? He took my dadâ??s advice and drove his Honda for me. I got another hour to sleep in. The first thing I saw was Austin coddled with Patricia at our normal breakfast table. Theyâ??ve only been dating THIS year, and Iâ??m part of the reason WHY! With the persuasions of Jerome, Danielle, and Sherry, we were able to make the two clams happy. But with their intense love, I wonder why things donâ??t seem so complicated; other than the sex part. The third person at the table was Donovan. As usual, he was sitting on the top of one of the chairs. He stood up and I gave him a hug. â??Wearing your tanks and flannels again?â? Today, he has on a gray tank-top and burgundy flannel. He gives me a hearty peck. â??Yep,â? he pops his lips. â??And donâ??t forget about the party tomorrow,â? he smiles at me. Tomorrow is Halloween, and Donovan and his band, The Naked Nomads (hey, I just remembered the name!) is advertising their name, which theyâ??re hosting. Donovan is also dressing like Romeo Montague from Shakespeareâ??s tragedy â??The Tragedy of Romeo and Julietâ? and Iâ??m supposed to be Juliet. The reason actually comes because this past spring, Donovan broke his neck for me to be the first-known black Juliet at the school. Itâ??s a respect thing for us. But heâ??s gonna dress like him all day because at our school, we donâ??t have Halloween parties; so the seniors are always given the â??privilegeâ? to dress up in a, preferably, homemade costume, and if you blow our minds, you win the honor of everyoneâ??s respect. They get a parade and the winners are exposed in the gym as a sort of â??Seniors Halloweenâ? celebration. People already inferred heâ??d be Romeo, but he didnâ??t say it to too many people that I know of. I actually wish we did the play on â??The Taming of the Shrewâ? which is Shakespeareâ??s comedy about the woman being so difficult. In many ways, Donovan AND Michaelâ??s interactions are like that with me. I just wonâ??t give in. â??I know.â? I feel the need to kiss him again, so I do. He enjoys it. I enjoy it. I HOPE thatâ??s fine. â??Heeey, easy there.â? Austin says. When he jokes, itâ??s the funniest thing because heâ??s kinda quiet and serious. I guess like Michael? Plus his eyes are very wide, too. He doesnâ??t have to animatedly make them wide because they already are! I woke up with my dadâ??s fright mask on. â??Happy Halloween!â? he says. Iâ??m laughing now. â??You SCARED me!â? â??I was supposed to.â? As usual, we saw a bunch of Dark Vaders. Every year, some way, weâ??d get a Jackson in the crowd. Today, this other girl had to replace me as Juliet. Her nameâ??s Michelina Roshberry. She resembles Olivia Hussey, who portrayed Juliet in the 1968 film. Right now, thatâ??s the most famous one. But I remember one group decided to dress like Michael and me in a category. I was referenced and smiled though I wasnâ??t all that happy to be copied. Once I thought about that, I decided to humble myself and I joined in with the laughter. The three of us rode with Sherry to Danielleâ??s house to get ready, but we didnâ??t right after school. We met up at my locker and were walking outside, but Adventurous Patricia made this detour to the chorus room, so we followed her. We knew who she was going to go see. We tried stopping her but followed her anyways. â??Knock, knock,â? she says. Mrs. Vinson may see her, and if anyone in there is practicing, sheâ??ll get really mad. But she tells us she doesnâ??t see Vinson and the guy of the hour answers anyways. The other three follows him: Jerome, Donovan, and that guy Nick. â??Hey beautifuls. Yâ??all prepared for tonight?â? His baritone or bass voiceâ??whichever one he sings in chorusâ??was creepily evident when he asked before he held onto Tric and kissed her. â??We are,â? I was saying with a smile. â??Weâ??re big girls,â? Tric said while smiling and laughing. Everyone laughed. â??Well I hope so,â? Austin said. â??Yâ??all better be,â? alien-face, I mean Nick said. He just has a rep of being rude to girls, so Iâ??m not so fond of him. Itâ??s eerie around us because of my naïve crush. â??Weâ??ll be,â? I said. Donovan has a closed-smile with me. He pushed through the love birds and hugged me. Then he kinds hovers over and pecks me. Now Iâ??m not crazy about public affection, but he doesnâ??t care. â??See youâ?¦tonight. Around seven?â? â??Yeah.â? â??No AT seven?â? â??Donovan, Iâ??ll get there A-SAP. Hope I see YOU there on time.â? â??Oh, Iâ??ll be. Now letâ??s go yâ??all. We gotta rehearse.â? We said our goodbyes, and I see Jerome giving Danielle his eyes. He informed me and the other twoâ??Pat and Sherryâ??he had feelings for her. Heâ??s a responsible musical prodigy in my opinion. Rome is a good guy and itâ??ll be really nice if Danielle will give him a chance, but we couldnâ??t push her. Itâ??s THEIR decision, not the other peopleâ??including me. So if you hadnâ??t noticed, we, except Sherry, had the other guyâ??s attention. Hereâ??s the breakdown: Nick is in this relationship with this girl heâ??s been seeing FOREVER. Heâ??s only a junior, but somehow, he can see in the future and just KNOWS theyâ??ll get married right after high school. Jerome is trying to drop hints to Dani, and everyone knows the story of Patricia and Austin dating. I guess theyâ??re like another Nick and whatever-his-girlfriendâ??s-name-is, but since Patricia is unhappy at home, itâ??s nice to see her smile about SOMETHING. We walked away in a little silence. I guess the other three was mulling this over. Before I knew Michael, I knew Danielleâ??s mom, and she was gracious enough to do whatever she needed to do to make my dress presentable today. Sheâ??s the kind of woman who has time on her hands to be a seamstress for just about any occasion. One thing we thought would be neat was if the four of us and the boys from the Naked Nomads would dress up as the characters from the play. We know ten years ago, people wouldâ??ve done that, but today, teens would think of it as â??cheesyâ?. Actually, I thought about being a simple flapper. I may not look like Josephine Baker, but being a flapper is always fun. Donovan really wanted to, and we were like why not. He sold us on it; plus three out of the five of us was in the play. Nick just so happened to be Paris, Romeoâ??s competitive for Julietâ??s love, but Juliet wasnâ??t really all that into Paris, so he really wasnâ??t a threat in the manner to Romeo. To me, it was ironic to have those roles played, considering Nickâ??s and my true interactions towards each other. â??Like it?â? I asked Michael. I was attempting to eat an apple in the kitchen, but he stopped me suddenly. â??You never know princess. The apple may be poisonous.â? I laughed. â??Do you know what character I am?â? â??A princess; thatâ??s why I said it.â? â??Actually Iâ??m Juliet.â? â??Going a little overboard?â? â??No, ya see last year, the school had its spring play and instead of â??The Taming of the Shrewâ??, the school did â??Romeo and Julietâ??.â? â??Did the school have another play in plan before that one?â? â??I heard that before. But Donovan and I were already sorta talking before that, and I wanted to have a part. Nurse isnâ??t me, and I was bold enough to be Julie. My school it predominately white, so other girls instead of the whites was probably apprehensive about the role. â??I remember I was so sick to my stomach thinking about it. One day, Donovan had to force me to tell him, so I did. He went to the end of his ropes to get me that role. Thatâ??s the largest role Iâ??ve had up to date. So now, weâ??re really celebrating my accomplishmentâ??the Donovan helped me withâ??and his. People in his band and my three close friends decided to be characters from the play. â??Now thatâ??s the end of my story.â? â??Whoa!â? â??Just imagine my dadâ??s face with the wedding night; forget about the suicidal scene!â? My eyes grow wide with my smile. He laughs and taps my nose. â??Donâ??t worry; the scene for that was set up right before we â??woke upâ??, so he was still wearing undies. For me, I had on a long tank, so we were fine.â? I laughed again. â??WOW!â? â??Iâ??m so sorry,â? I know Iâ??ve been recently pouring my life out to Michael about another guy. I wonder if he hates me for it. â??Sure you donâ??t wanna go?â? â??I told you I was okay last night. Donâ??t throw me in your teen games. Itâ??s not that I donâ??t care, I just donâ??t want to see people imitating us.â? â??Oh, I got PICTURES of that!â? And I get the pictures. â??See?â? â??Yeah,â? he laughs a little. Michael drives me to the party location. Itâ??s at this building. And Michael is a little creeped out because there is an alleyway. â??Itâ??s not a rave, just a Halloween party. Relax.â? He shakes his head. â??Even my dad knows the location. Pick up time is at ten. I gotta go to school the next day, anyways.â? â??Just make sure this Juliet doesnâ??t act irrational tonight.â? â??I donâ??t plan on it. Give me a kiss of good luck?â? He rolled his eyes, but pecked my cheek. â??Thanks,â? I say with a smile. â??Yeah, whatever.â? He leans over my lap to unlock the door and opened it for me. â??Bring me back some candy, wouldâ??ya?â? â??Iâ??ll make that a priority.â? â??Thanks.â? I look out the door and looked at him. I needed to tell Michael something, so I closed the door and locked it. â??Hey, I know itâ??s because itâ??s youâ??re a Jehovah, but I wish you could come with me.â? â??All Iâ??ll be doing is watching movies â??til I cast off. Donâ??t worry about me. Party with your boyfriend tonight.â? â??Donâ??t you just say that to hear me say I DONâ??T have a BOYFRIEND? What about you?â? â??I have no one.â? He looks down and I can tell he sorta means it. â??Well you have me. I still want to go to New York this month. Michael, Iâ??ll share the couch with you in New York, I DONâ??T care, just as long as Iâ??m in YOUR presence. I CARE about you.â? â??Really?â? â??Really.â? He smiles. â??Okay. See you at ten.â? â??See you.â? I lean over and quickly kiss the left side of his neck. â??My Montague.â? I get out the door and close it. He lets down the window. â??Whoâ??s that?â? â??Romeo,â? I say in a â??duhâ? tone. Then I blow him a kiss and walk into the building. Strobe lights were flashing everywhere. When I walked in, I saw orange and pink lights. Hope I donâ??t have any misadventures tonight. 31 31 31 31 31 3131 31 31 31 31 3131 31 31 31 31 3131 31 31 31 31 3131 31 31 31 31 3131 31 31 31 More should be coming! And I got The Naked Nomads from Phyliss Reynolds Naylorâ??s â??Alice seriesâ?. It was a band Aliceâ??s brother was a part of in high school. -Aariyan
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