Boy / Boy

– XVIII – I got to my apartment building in record time of four minutes. I didn’t even bother with waiting for the elevator, I just ran upstairs. While I was running, I kept calling myself every single name in the book. “Dumbass” was probably the mildest one. I expected my door to be unlocked and when it was indeed, I just swore out loud. I burst inside, knowing that the damn apartment was empty. Son of a bitch! Mickey’s out of the hospital, Tanner is trying everything to keep me away from coming back here… Goddammit! I have no idea how I knew that someone was behind me. I mean, I was almost panicking. But I knew that someone was behind me so I whirled around and threw my right arm up at the …

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– XVII – Now “…To get more”, Dylan said. I blinked and turned around. For the last ten minutes I’ve been staring out of the window, caught in my own thoughts that were filling my head with urgent buzzing. I haven’t heard a single word of what he said. “What?” I asked. “Sorry, I was thinking.” “I said you are out of coffee”, he said slowly. “You’ll need to get more. What are you thinking about?” I smiled and went away from the window. “About the fact that I am liking that idea more and more”, I said and took the empty coffee bag out of his hands. “What idea?” he narrowed his eyes with suspicion. He looked like someone who is expecting to hear some really bad news. “Us moving somewhere”, I said and …

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– XIX – We were driving for probably ten minutes when Jenny tried to reach for her bag. “Ugh”, she said exasperatedly. “I left my phone in the stupid bag! May I use yours?” “Sure”, I smiled and handed her my phone. I knew that she was going to call Tanner. “Hey babe”, she said in a minute or so and laughed slyly. “No, it’s not Connor. It’s me… Huh? What do you mean?” she frowned and looked at me. I rolled my eyes and shook my head. “Give him to me”, I said. “He probably doesn’t wanna sound like a loser with a broken car.” She blinked in great confusion and handed me the phone. I pulled over to the side of the road and pressed the phone against my ear. “Hey, Tanner”, I …

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– X – I guess I dozed off without even noticing it because suddenly I was back in our old high school again. It was the first week of January, right after the Christmas break. My parents left this morning for their usual deal-signing business. The same trip as the one that is going to kill them four years later when the jet crushes into the ocean. Of course I didn’t know it back then so I was deliriously happy to be alone in the house for the next four days. Kay got Dylan a used car for Christmas because she never trusted him enough to let him drive her Porsche. I didn’t blame her. I was still surprised that my parents let me drive their Jeep. Of course it was no Porsche but still… …

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