Is This The End?
Trying To Be A Gentleman, When You're Just A Kid.
Chuck’s P.O.V.
“But… why don’t you like being home? I mean, you get to rest and all…” Pierre pressed. She started biting her lip
“Shouldn’t we get going already?” I asked in my try to save her.
“Yes, that’s a good idea. I’m kind of tired.” David kept my plan going.
“You guys are too weak, is still 10:00.”
“Well, I couldn’t get much sleep last night….”
“Yea right, let’s go then.” Pierre said walking on the café’s direction.
“So are you coming to see us at band practice on Sunday?” Jeff asked her looking at me.
“Sure.” She answered immediately. Looking at me too, intimidating me.
“Why are you looking at me, do I have something in my face?” I said afraid the answer was yes, that would be highly humiliating…
“Yes, you have too eyes and one nose and one lip also.” Jeff said stupidly.
“Uhh… yea, you too.”
“Bye.” Jeff said walking faster to get at Pierre’s velocity and leaving us behind.
“What’s his problem?” I asked her with one of my eye brows raised.
“I don’t know.” She looked away.
“So, what were you looking at?” I asked looking at her as we walked towards the café.
“Your eyes.” She answered simply, looking back at me. I think my heart skipped a beat.
“M-my…. Ey-eyes?” I stuttered believing that what I heard was a creation of my imagination.
“Yes, they are pretty.” I turned into a tomato, fuck.
“Do you really think so?” I asked shyly.
“Yes.” She said without a doubt, I can’t believe it.
“You are an amazing friend, you know?” She said making me feel special. “And David too.” Until she ruined it mentioning David.
“Yea.” I said, I noticed I sounded annoyed. “Thanks.” I said happily, changing how I sounded before.
“Are you mad?”
“No, no.”
We were now in front of the café now.
“Well… we should get in…”
“Yes… Let’s go.” I walked behind her.
We looked around the coffee shop, but we didn’t saw the guys or Linda, we got out and walked over to the parking lot.
“Weird… where the heck are they?”
“I don’t know…” She said looking around us, searching for some sight of our friends.
“Let’s go take a seat, the car is still there.” I said pointing at the car that brought us here.
“Ok.”
We walked over to a part where you could seat, but the chairs were all occupied but one.
“Take a seat, I’ll be here.” I told her, trying to be gentleman.
“No it’s ok, we can both seat here on the floor… what do you say? It isn’t dirty.” She said giving me a warm smile, I smiled unconsciously and sat on the floor as she said, but still took of my jacket and gave it to her, since she hadn’t brought one; the night was growing windy and cold.
“Thanks…” She said shyly.
“You’re welcome.” I responded.
“Do you miss your family?” She asked me breaking the 1 minute silence we had.
“Well… My parents were… are always busy, so… they weren’t around much… on the other hand… I can always count on Pierre and the guys I didn’t feel that alone.”
“I didn’t thought you had that kind of family… But having friends to count on, sounds good.”
“It is good, just that sometimes… It’s kind of sad when my parents don’t really mind where I am or what I do…”
“I understand…”
“Yes, I know. I’m sorry about the way things are at your house…”
“It is ok… I somehow got used to it… Well not really, but it isn’t like before anymore. I don’t know…”
“Yea… But I promise we won’t leave you without doing something, ok.” I smiled at her.
“Thanks.” She said and hugged me, for a second I couldn’t move, but then I hugged her back. As I hugged her I saw Pierre and David’s aunt walking towards us, I pulled away.
“Hey kids, here you are. We’ve been looking for you.” Linda said sounding concerned.
“We’ve been looking for you too.” I said just to reply something.
“Ok, let’s go to the car.”
“Where are the rest of the guys?”
“They’re coming. They were buying something.”
“Ok.” We went to the car, and got in.
“Ok, you kids wait here, while I’m going for the others, ok?” Linda said closing the door.
“What were you doing?” Pierre asked us after Linda left.
“Nothing, just waiting for you.”
“Ok…”
“Where were you?”
“We were at the CD’s store.”
“Oh, cool.” I said sarcastically. “And we were out there looking for you…” I finished my sentence.
I looked out the window and the rest of the guys were coming already.
“Move your ass Pierre, they’re coming already.” I said pushing Pierre so that we could all fit in the car. Jeff opened the door and got in, she got closer to me, then Seb got in as well, and she got even closer. I felt so happy and nervous.
After David and his aunt got in the car, Linda started driving. Seb was explaining us about what Pierre and David did while we were lost I could barely pay attention; she was too close to me to pay attention.
When I less expected we were already at her house. I looked at her and took a deep breath.
“Well, see you tomorrow?” I asked remembering her about the band practice. She promised she was coming.
“Sure, see you guys tomorrow. Take care.” She said and gave a smile to everyone in the car and then opened the car’s door.
“Bye.” I waved one last time and sat back down in the car.
“Looks like someone had fun today.” Linda said as she started to drive us home. It actually felt like home now…
“Yes… I think you’re talking about Chuck” Pierre said stupidly.
“Now, dude… tell us what happened when you were ‘lost’, c’mon tell!” Jeff said pushing my arm. Pierre is seriously dead…
“Nothing! We were really lost!” I said annoyed.
“Ok…” I stared at Pierre seriously all the way home.
We finally got home and I ran immediately upstairs to our room; I wanted to be alone for a minute before Pierre came in. I sat in my bed and took out my black notebook and started writing stuff…
“Hey, buddy. Why in such a rush?” Pierre asked entering the room. “Oh, I see… Wanted to write your night there?”
“Yea…” I said keeping the book away from him.
“Ok… So, tell me… What did you talk about?”
“Nothing important… just about my family and hers… and our fucked up lives you know…”
“Oh… ok…” Pierre said and finally shut up.
I went for my pajamas and put ‘em on, then went to bed and laid there until I fell asleep.
*Next Day*
I woke up to the sound of the shower at 6am… who the hell wakes up at this hour on Sunday!? Whatever, I don’t care, it must be Linda… I said going back to the sweet dreamland…
Sorry for the long waiting, I hope you like how this is going.
“But… why don’t you like being home? I mean, you get to rest and all…” Pierre pressed. She started biting her lip
“Shouldn’t we get going already?” I asked in my try to save her.
“Yes, that’s a good idea. I’m kind of tired.” David kept my plan going.
“You guys are too weak, is still 10:00.”
“Well, I couldn’t get much sleep last night….”
“Yea right, let’s go then.” Pierre said walking on the café’s direction.
“So are you coming to see us at band practice on Sunday?” Jeff asked her looking at me.
“Sure.” She answered immediately. Looking at me too, intimidating me.
“Why are you looking at me, do I have something in my face?” I said afraid the answer was yes, that would be highly humiliating…
“Yes, you have too eyes and one nose and one lip also.” Jeff said stupidly.
“Uhh… yea, you too.”
“Bye.” Jeff said walking faster to get at Pierre’s velocity and leaving us behind.
“What’s his problem?” I asked her with one of my eye brows raised.
“I don’t know.” She looked away.
“So, what were you looking at?” I asked looking at her as we walked towards the café.
“Your eyes.” She answered simply, looking back at me. I think my heart skipped a beat.
“M-my…. Ey-eyes?” I stuttered believing that what I heard was a creation of my imagination.
“Yes, they are pretty.” I turned into a tomato, fuck.
“Do you really think so?” I asked shyly.
“Yes.” She said without a doubt, I can’t believe it.
“You are an amazing friend, you know?” She said making me feel special. “And David too.” Until she ruined it mentioning David.
“Yea.” I said, I noticed I sounded annoyed. “Thanks.” I said happily, changing how I sounded before.
“Are you mad?”
“No, no.”
We were now in front of the café now.
“Well… we should get in…”
“Yes… Let’s go.” I walked behind her.
We looked around the coffee shop, but we didn’t saw the guys or Linda, we got out and walked over to the parking lot.
“Weird… where the heck are they?”
“I don’t know…” She said looking around us, searching for some sight of our friends.
“Let’s go take a seat, the car is still there.” I said pointing at the car that brought us here.
“Ok.”
We walked over to a part where you could seat, but the chairs were all occupied but one.
“Take a seat, I’ll be here.” I told her, trying to be gentleman.
“No it’s ok, we can both seat here on the floor… what do you say? It isn’t dirty.” She said giving me a warm smile, I smiled unconsciously and sat on the floor as she said, but still took of my jacket and gave it to her, since she hadn’t brought one; the night was growing windy and cold.
“Thanks…” She said shyly.
“You’re welcome.” I responded.
“Do you miss your family?” She asked me breaking the 1 minute silence we had.
“Well… My parents were… are always busy, so… they weren’t around much… on the other hand… I can always count on Pierre and the guys I didn’t feel that alone.”
“I didn’t thought you had that kind of family… But having friends to count on, sounds good.”
“It is good, just that sometimes… It’s kind of sad when my parents don’t really mind where I am or what I do…”
“I understand…”
“Yes, I know. I’m sorry about the way things are at your house…”
“It is ok… I somehow got used to it… Well not really, but it isn’t like before anymore. I don’t know…”
“Yea… But I promise we won’t leave you without doing something, ok.” I smiled at her.
“Thanks.” She said and hugged me, for a second I couldn’t move, but then I hugged her back. As I hugged her I saw Pierre and David’s aunt walking towards us, I pulled away.
“Hey kids, here you are. We’ve been looking for you.” Linda said sounding concerned.
“We’ve been looking for you too.” I said just to reply something.
“Ok, let’s go to the car.”
“Where are the rest of the guys?”
“They’re coming. They were buying something.”
“Ok.” We went to the car, and got in.
“Ok, you kids wait here, while I’m going for the others, ok?” Linda said closing the door.
“What were you doing?” Pierre asked us after Linda left.
“Nothing, just waiting for you.”
“Ok…”
“Where were you?”
“We were at the CD’s store.”
“Oh, cool.” I said sarcastically. “And we were out there looking for you…” I finished my sentence.
I looked out the window and the rest of the guys were coming already.
“Move your ass Pierre, they’re coming already.” I said pushing Pierre so that we could all fit in the car. Jeff opened the door and got in, she got closer to me, then Seb got in as well, and she got even closer. I felt so happy and nervous.
After David and his aunt got in the car, Linda started driving. Seb was explaining us about what Pierre and David did while we were lost I could barely pay attention; she was too close to me to pay attention.
When I less expected we were already at her house. I looked at her and took a deep breath.
“Well, see you tomorrow?” I asked remembering her about the band practice. She promised she was coming.
“Sure, see you guys tomorrow. Take care.” She said and gave a smile to everyone in the car and then opened the car’s door.
“Bye.” I waved one last time and sat back down in the car.
“Looks like someone had fun today.” Linda said as she started to drive us home. It actually felt like home now…
“Yes… I think you’re talking about Chuck” Pierre said stupidly.
“Now, dude… tell us what happened when you were ‘lost’, c’mon tell!” Jeff said pushing my arm. Pierre is seriously dead…
“Nothing! We were really lost!” I said annoyed.
“Ok…” I stared at Pierre seriously all the way home.
We finally got home and I ran immediately upstairs to our room; I wanted to be alone for a minute before Pierre came in. I sat in my bed and took out my black notebook and started writing stuff…
“Hey, buddy. Why in such a rush?” Pierre asked entering the room. “Oh, I see… Wanted to write your night there?”
“Yea…” I said keeping the book away from him.
“Ok… So, tell me… What did you talk about?”
“Nothing important… just about my family and hers… and our fucked up lives you know…”
“Oh… ok…” Pierre said and finally shut up.
I went for my pajamas and put ‘em on, then went to bed and laid there until I fell asleep.
*Next Day*
I woke up to the sound of the shower at 6am… who the hell wakes up at this hour on Sunday!? Whatever, I don’t care, it must be Linda… I said going back to the sweet dreamland…
Sorry for the long waiting, I hope you like how this is going.