Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 13:38:37 -0800 (PST)
From: Andy Somethin <darkwingedducks@yahoo.com>
Subject: Someday

Someday

Chapter 1.


          The cold dark night enveloped us as we huddled together near the
dimming fire on the ground.  Why does the temperature drop so much between
twelve A.M. and twelve P.M?  I'm not sure how many more nights I can handle
living like this.  As I watched my friend drift in and out of a restless
sleep, I watched as the sun began to rise over the ocean before me.  What
were we thinking setting off on this endless journey, some day's I wish we
could just turn around and go back to our old lives.  Unfortunately, we
both know that isn't an option anymore, maybe at one time it was, but now
we don't have a choice and we must press forward.

          I am called Skylark, yes, I'm aware that I'm named after a
bird...  My parents were both children of the seventies named Rain and
Euphoria.  My mother Euphoria was enjoyed bird watching, I was named after
her favorite bird the Skylark, she thought it was the most beautiful.
Rain, my father, well he was a father, some days I don't believe he liked
me all that much.  When I was a kid he avoided almost all contact with me.
Sadly, he died when I was seventeen right before I was able to graduate
from high school.  That hit me very hard I wasn't always best friends with
my dad but I still envied him.  He was a very handsome guy, my mother was
lucky.  I have been told he had a few unfortunate habits that he apparently
never outgrew, one was smoking weed.  I didn't find out about his addiction
till after he was dead and I couldn't help him.  Right now I am twenty-one
years old and three months, I have semi-long blonde hair and blue eyes.
I'm approximately 6 feet tall and 180 pounds, not too big not too small.

          The beautiful young lady sleeping next to me is my best friend,
Jen.  Jen is nineteen years old, with short spiky brown hair, and green
eyes.  I don't think I will ever understand what made her come with me, I
don't think I want to know why she came with me, all that matters is that
she is here now.  Jen grew up in a beautiful part of New York City, as I
came to find out she lived in a very rich section of the town.  Her house
alone was larger enough to qualify as a mansion.  She comes from a larger
family then myself.  Her siblings harass her endlessly, the youngest an
eight year old boy Thomas, then a 14 year old girl named Laura, the oldest
being a twenty-seven year old guy named Michael.  Her mother and father are
not the most caring set of parents, actually her father was far from
caring.  Her mother was a sad and pitiful excuse for a woman she didn't
have much of a spine and refused to stand up to Jake-her father- about
anything she believes in.

          As the sun rose so did Jen, she slowly regained consciousness and
I started gathering some more wood so that we could boil a little water for
breakfast as she shook the last bit of tiredness from her head.  The day
slowly began to warm up, we packed up our few belongings into the frame
packs we were carrying and continued our endless trek.  We weren't the
average hikers that a person might find hiking through the beautiful
forests that were near my old home in southern New Jersey near the pine
barrens.  We both quit our jobs and emptied our meager bank accounts then
set off for the west.  We weren't exactly sure where we were going however,
I guess we would find out when we got their.  Our friends told us to call
when we arrived and wished us luck I wasn't sure if I would brother calling
I didn't want to be tied to my past any longer.  Hopefully we will arrive
before the next winter, neither of us brought appropriate gear.  As we
headed off this morning we began talking about our previous lives that we
left behind.

          "Why did you want to leave so badly Sky?" asked Jen curiously.

          "I don't know I wanted a change, I promised my mother once that I
would do something meaningful with my life and when that didn't' work out I
decided to do something stupid instead," Sky quickly responded, "I once
told my friends in high school I would do this, they all laughed and told
me it was impossible, when college didn't work out too well for me I
decided to just leave.  My whole family is dead my dad died when I was 17
and my mother passed away when i turned 19 only a few days after my
birthday, they think she died from grief.  Her body basically shut down
because she missed my father so much, she never really recovered from his
death two years before."

          "You ran away that's priceless, so you were really just trying to
escape youre old friends wouldn't it have been easier to jsut like switch
towns not decide to walk and hitch hike across the country?" says Jen
between laughs.

          "Well , I guess I could have done that but this is more fun! Well
what's you're reason to come with me then?"

          "I just thought umm... Don't laugh at me but I thought you were
really really cute and looked lonely I saw you saying goodbye to your
friends at the union and well I really wanted to come with you."

          "Me? Attractive? Hahahahah that is even funnier.  Umm I'm sorry
to break this to you Jen, but I'm gay." Admits Sky for the first time in
his whole life still having trouble meeting her eyes.

          "No way!! You can't be," Jen stops walking and looks into his
eyes, "Shit, you are.  I'm following a gay guy around the country... Just
my luck"

Sky looks at her completely serious for the first time that day, "Jen feel
free to leave I'm not keeping you here with me you aren't a prisoner."

Jen just shakes her head at him and continues walking up the street
hopefully heading in the westward direction.  Sky cannot believe his luck,
Jen knows that I'm gay and still wants to continue traveling with me, it
can't get much better then this.  Around one in the afternoon, they reached
the center of a quaint town somewhere in the middle of Pennsylvania by
Allentown.  As they walk up to a small market to get food Tina throws
herself on the ground asking Sky, "How he can possibly walk so much without
being tired or sore."

Sky replies telling her, "Jen just hang here I'll be back in a few minutes
with a little food.  Plus, I use to run cross country for about six years,
long distances is my specialty."  When Sky returns he tosses a buttered
roll at her and sits down on a bench to watch the small park they were
sitting in.  The park is basically an overgrown duck pond with a small
garden and a grassy hill.  Sky marvels at the site displayed before him.
Everywhere he looks all he sees splayed before him are families laughing
and enjoying each others presence.  Young couples walking hand in hand
conversing light heartily.  Jen is completely envious of what she saw, her
family was never like the ones she was seeing now.  Sky feeling her
discomfort stands up and begins to walk, he is quickly followed by Jen
walking one step behind him imitating a lost puppy.



Chapter 2

Letting Go



After they walked a few more days in unbearable silence, Sky finally
gathers the courage to confront Jen about what happened during her earlier
life, before she speaks she got an extremely clouded look in her eyes.

"I came from a fairly large family in New York City, as you know.  My
mother represented everything that was pure in my life.  My father on the
other hand, I hate that man so much.  Everyday my father would drink, if he
wasn't drinking he was on some drug.  I would get home from school put away
my backpack in my room and then shut the door and stay there almost all
night.  If I was late coming home from school He would beat me.  My father
was sadistic him and my oldest brother got along fairly well, Michael
enjoyed the pain my father inflicted.  Once he moved out and my father
realized i couldn't' handle the beatings like Michael did they began to
come more frequently till I was afraid to leave my room."

"That's awful!" exclaimed Sky.

"When I heard you talking about your trip I knew I had to go I mailed a
letter to my parents telling them I was going away permanently, now I
really can't ever go back."

"Hey Jen did you ever have a boyfriend?"

"With my psychotic father," laughs Tina, "Yeah right hehe what about you
any special guy?"

"Nope, I couldn't even admit I was gay till I got to college.  My roommate
was the only person I really liked at school he graduated though."

Now the two friends walked in comfortable silence as the night began to
fall around them, hoping to go another few miles before it got to cold and
dark.  Now in New York City Tina's father has just received the letter
saying that she ahs run away and wont come back.  He is absolutely furious
at this turn of events.

Chapter 3- Everybody dance now!



"Hey Jen we had a long day do you want to just relax her its really pretty,
and we haven't eaten a decent meal in a few days."

"Excellent, I'm dying for a cheeseburger or something greasy and hot maybe
with a nice cup of black coffee... Ummm lets go get dinner.  While we are
out we can ogle hot guys hehe," Tina exclaimed suddenly much happier then
she had been most of the night.

The two teens headed off to a local food place some kids in town
recommended they might want to try for some great food.  Once they were
seated they looked around, Why did it seem like everybody in this town is
gorgeous, all they guys who walked past their table were hunks.  Sky was
using all of his energy just to keep from drooling on the table.

While they were waiting for the check a group of college kids about their
age came over and introduced themselves to the two.  After about 20 minutes
of talking while sipping some coffee the kids mentioned that they were
going to visit a new club that opened recently called "The Pitt".  They
invited Sky and Jen to join them there because they looked awfully lonely
all by themselves.  Once most of the crowd cleared two guys hung around
still talking Travis talking to Sky and Jason hanging on Tina's every word.

"So, umm dude I hope I'm not taking to much of a risk here... But uhh are
you gay?? Cuz it seems like you've been checking me out all night." Said
Travis slightly timidly at first.

Crap, he knows about me oh well might as well not lie, "Uhh, yeah man I'm
gay that isn't a problem is it? And yes I was checking you out you're
fuckin hot i couldn't help it sorry."  Wow, he doesn't seem too upset at
me, his eyes are so cute looking a ice hazel color I really like
them.. Then again the rest of him isn't so bad either.  He easily stood at
6'1 170lbs.

"Oh my this is awesome I'm gay so come on, lets go detach Jason from Jen and
meet up with the other at the club its only about four blacks away, we can
walk there."

As they approached Jen and Jason they were frantically kissing each
other. Travis walked behind Travis and Sky went behind Jen and they began
to peel the two apart then started the four block walk over to the club.



As they approached the new club their was a massive black bouncer standing
at the door blocking the entrance.  They all walked up and showed their
ID's.  While they were waiting for the ID's to be checked they could hear
the techno remixes being played inside, maybe this will be pretty cool
anyway, Sky thought.  Jason walked in with one arm draped over Jen `s small
shoulders, Sky and Travis attempting to be less conspicuous held hands
together.  The inside of the club was spectacular.

It was decorated like an old warehouse and had two levels.  The DJ was busy
taking requests and mixing tracks, Sky was overcome by the ambiance of it
all.  The room had smoke rising form the floor while bodies frantically
pushed against each other on the dance floor.  Travis went to grab a drink
from the bar then met back up with Travis.  After aching for a few minutes
Travis put down his glass on the closest table.

"Would you like to dance Sky? You look really nice tonight,"

"Umm sure I've never been much of a dancer but I can try I guess."  With
that Travis led him onto the dance floor and moved behind him placing his
strong arms around Sky's waist.

          With Travis guiding him Sky quickly got the hang of grinding on
the dance floor, another guy stood in front of Sky pushing him backwards
even more into Travis's hard body.  Around 2 in the morning Sky was tired
and ready to go crash in a park somewhere with Tina, when he told Travis
his plan he wouldn't have it and insisted that both Sky, Jason, and Jen
came and stayed at his apartment.

          Once the group was rounded up they made their way slowly back to
the outskirts of town where Travis lived in a rather large 5 room
apartment.  Travis and Sky went into the master bedroom, while Jen and
Jason crashed together on the sofa.  Inside the bedroom Travis wrapped
himself around his new lover and they crashed into bed naked kissing and
rubbing each other.  As they lay enjoying each other bodies calmly they
heard the frantic moaning that could only indicate sex from the living room
as they drifted off to sleep in each others arms.