“Oh that’s cool!” He said.
“I suppose… Where do I turn?” I asked.
“Hum… right… and go straigth ahead, my house is at the end of the street…” he said.
“If something like that happens again between you and George, let me know…” I said.
“I don’t… need your protection…” he said.
“It’s not that… It’s just that… you… remind me of someone” I said as I looked at him, but I saw Alex, not him, that’s when I noted that I was getting nuts. I stopped the car and looked at him.
“Are you ok…?” he asked.
“… I’ll… see you around…” I said, he opened the door and stepped out of the car.
“Drive carefully and… thanks again” he said as he closed the door, I took off instantly and turned on my GPS, I was in no position to think right now… I drove home, got out of the car, unlocked the door, entered, closed the door and instantly hit my back on the door, slowly sliding to the floor…
“What the hell was that…?” I asked myself. I got up and went to the bathroom and washed my face… I was probably just tired… to see Alex on a closed space… by my side…? And he didn’t even have the same kind of personality… but I saw it all… his hair, his eyes, his glasses! My head is tired… I need to sleep… I hopped on bed… and closed my eyes, now that’s more like it… try to relax Matt… relax… and sleep.
-=The Next Day=-
I woke up and headed to the kitchen where I saw Louis reading the newspaper.
“Great night yesterday huh?” he asked.
“I don’t know what you are talking about…” I said as I got my cup of coffee before speaking again. “Where are the others?”
“Eddie went to buy some new games, Jesus went to his course already, the Elf slept on his girlfriend’s house, Peter is working and I was waiting for you to wake up so that I can leave…” he said.
“Good… you can go now…” I said and I got a toast and put it on my mouth and I got up and prepared my things for college.
“I’m leaving…” he said getting up.
“Hang on!” I said running near the door.
“What?” He said, opening the door.
“What’s a good bookstore around here?” I asked. He ripped a piece of the newspaper and gave it to me.
“This one… I buy my books there…” He said leaving.
After I got ready to leave, I went to this bookstore and bought a book. It was kind of expensive, but I didn’t care… and then I was ready to go to college.
Hours later, during lunch, I sat down and instantly saw Luke waving at me. So I signed him to get closer.
“Hey, thanks for that lift yesterday…” Luke said.
“Don’t mention it…” I said.
“So…hum…” he let out.
“Here.” I said, giving him a bag with a book inside.
“What’s this?” he asked.
“Your birthday gift… or an apology for being rude yesterday… I don’t know… see it as you may…” I said.
“Woah… thanks, I guess birthday gift is a good thing…” He said opening it.
“I don’t know what kind of book you like, so I got this one, I think it pulls attention from everyone….”
“You got me… the Complete Works of Lovecraft? It must have been expensive!” he said.
“Did you like it?” I asked.
“I… loved it, thanks Matt…” he said.
I couldn’t help but give him a small smile, I always felt good helping people and this one was no exception.
“You have a nice smile! You should do that a lot more!” he said,
“I don’t really have lots of reasons to smile…” I said.
“Why?” He asked.
“I’d like to keep that for myself if you don’t mind… at least for now…” I said.
“Sure, no problem…” He said.
“Do you want a ride home again? We could stop for ice cream on the way maybe?” I said.
“That’d be nice I guess, so…” he said.
“Wait for me when you leave your class… and be sure you stay away from George…” I said.
“That’s for sure!” he said laughing.
“Well then…” I said getting up with an empty tray. “I’ll see you in 3 hours…”
“Yeah…” he said getting up. “Thanks again for the book…”
“…You’re welcome…” I said with a small smile and moved away.
—–To be continued——-