Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 14:19:11 -0700 (PDT)
From: Alicia Taylor <nittyismyname@yahoo.com>
Subject: Real Love part 10

Disclaimer on ch 1.

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Chapter 10.

"The sun comes up
I think about you
The coffee cup
I think about you
I want you so
It's like I'm losing my mind
The morning ends
I think about you
I talk to friends
I think about you
And do they know?
It's like I'm losing my mind"
-Follies


"OLIVER!  Get out of that car, this instant!"  Henriette yelled shrilly.
Christian tensed up at the interruption.  The boys parted heads and viewed
each other's faces.  Christian looked startled and almost guilty as his
hands pressed into Olli's back.  Olli didn't look surprised by his mother's
reaction, as he pulled himself out of Christian's arms.

Olli glanced over his shoulder and sure enough, his mother was standing in
front of the large iron gate that incased their dwelling.  Henriette's face
was excessively displeased as she held her balled fists, at her sides.
Feeling the need to look away, Olli's attention returned to Christian; his
blue eyes, wide with disbelief and worry.

`Ok...this is happening.'  Olli told himself.  He inhaled a mouthful of air
as the situation began to sink in.  `Ok.'  Olli let his breath out in a
steady stream, as he accepted his reality.  Christian nervously and
silently, bit his bottom lip; while trying to read Olli, like a book.  "You
should stay in the car."  Olli calmly told Christian.

Christian assessed the situation by catching a glimpse of Olli's pissed off
mother and then surveyed the boy he was crazy for.  He was stubbornly about
to protest, when Olli covered his mouth with a warm hand.  "This is going
to be bad.  She had no idea."  Olli said glumly, before making himself open
the car door and leave Christian.  Christian unknowingly scrambled closer
to Olli, now almost fully in the passenger seat.

Realizing he may never see him again, Olli leaned back into the car's open
window and desperately kissed the other boy, while hearing his mother
protest strongly, in the background.  Christian was surprised by Olli's
inopportune closeness, but thought, `Hey, it's not like she didn't see us
the first time.'  He closed his eyes and let himself settle into the
overpowering embrace.

Hands grasped backs of heads and tongues searched for the feeling of being
whole.  After parting from the heartbreaking kiss, Christian mouthed a
silent, "I'm sorry" and watched Olli back away from him and into his
mother's clutches.  Christian looked up into Henriette's eyes and was taken
aback when he felt the cold stare of hate, emanating from them.

`How did he turn out so good?'  Christian wondered this, as he sat in
Gregor's blue car; still looking to the spot where he last saw Olli, many
minutes before.

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"Hello?"  Christian answered his phone surprisingly alert, for it being so
early in the morning.  He had been jumpy, utterly preoccupied and barely
sleeping for countless excruciating days and nights; hopefully awaiting a
call from Olli.  Olli hadn't been back to school and Christian was sure
that his mom was doing exactly what Olli said she would.  "Christian?
Christian Mann?" A girl's voice asked.  A disappointed Christian answered.
"Yeah?"

"Ok, I'm glad I finally called the right number.  Before you, I talked to
an old man who kept complaining about his medical problems.  I was like:
eew, don't tell me these things, you gross old guy.  And then he actually
hung up on me!  I mean seriously...it seems like this old guy, probably on
the verge of death, should think twice about being an ass right before he
kicks it!  That reminds me...just yesterday, I was at the market and this
old lady in a hideous floral dress just starts talking to me out of the
blue about the weather as we're standing next to the broccoli!  She thought
I had nothing better to do than waste my tim..."

"Who is this?"  Christian demanded.  She was offended by the interruption.
"Rude much?  I guess that's what I get for helping you out though.  This is
Olivia Schneider.  I'm calling about my cousin Olli."

"Olli?  God...how is he?  Is his mom making him move again?  Is he ok?  How
can I get in touch with him?  I mean, I know where he lives, but I'm pretty
sure she won't let me see him.  I tried calling his phone, but I think it's
turned off...she probably took it away from him.  Did he tell you anything
to tell me?"  Slightly out of breath, Christian finally paused to wait for
Olivia's response.

"Wow!  You sure do talk a lot!  Anyways, he's pretty much being held
captive in his room, like Rapunzel, except with less hair.  But don't you
go getting your eyes poked out just yet, because we're hatching a plan!
I'll meet you at lunch and we can discuss everything."

"Ok!  Where do you want to meet?"  Christian's voice was filled to the brim
with excitement. "I'll find you..."  Olivia tried to sound mysterious, but
the truth was: she knew that Christian always sat at the same oval-shaped
lunch table each day, with a big group of friends.  A group she secretly
wished she could join.

"Oh, and Christian?"  Olivia felt a little strange as she spoke Olli's
message.  "Olli told me to tell you that getting to spend the night with
you was worth it."  Christian grinned from ear to ear as he imagined what
Olli's face would have looked like, saying this.  "Tell him..."  Christian
couldn't think of any words to tell Olli.  Nothing his mind offered seemed
to fit what he was feeling.  "Tell him the same back."

Christian sat on his bed, still pressing the phone to his ear long after
Olivia had hung up, as it was his only connection to Olli.


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