Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2002 19:59:25 +0000
From: Joao Silva peixoto <historias46@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: pumpkin 9

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Pumpkin 9

"Really? Is he cute?" I asked Sara trough the cell phone

Pete and I were having breakfast on my kitchen, after the pool we both went
to bed, and nothing happened (I know that you were waiting for that, but...).
Pete cooked breakfast.

At this moment I was on the cell phone with Sara and when I asked her that
question Pete looked at me with a curious look

"Well, I haven't seen him yet, but Mike told me that he was one gorgeous
guy, but don't tell that to Gill" she said

"Well, I guess we have another cutie on the school" I said smiling at Pete

Pete got up to grab some milk from the freezer

"And, how went your night with your cutie?" Sara asked and I could see the
grin on her face trough the voice

"Well, nothing happened... he prepared me a fantastic dinner" I said
remembering the pasta" And then we went naked to the pool..."

"WHAT, and you're telling me that nothing happened?????" Sara asked almost
making deaf

"Calm down, it was just that, don't be having ideas you pervert!" I said
smiling

"Right, well you are one lucky guy..." She said sighing

"How are things going with your sweetie?" I asked eating a bit of cereals
that were in front of me

"Well, he hasn't called me yet, but okay, I guess he has the right to be
with his friends..." she said sadly " I just wish that he would at least send
me a message or something..."

Pete got up and went to the couch watching TV" Don't worry, you'll see him
tomorrow and get everything straightened out!"

"I hope so..." She said

"Well, enjoy the last day of the weekend, and I'll see you tomorrow!" I said

"Ok, bye" She said

"Bye" I said

I putted the phone down and went up to Pete

"So, how is Sara?" he asked yawning

"She's ok" I said sitting next to him on the couch

"I don't want to do anything..." He said lazily

I putted my head on his lap and lay on the couch "Well, me too, so lets just
watch TV together like an old couple"

"Sure...who were you talking about that was really cute?" he asked starting
to play with my hair

"Well, it's some new student named Max that's gonna be in our class...what are
you jealous?" I asked smiling

"No, I was just curious, I don't need to be jealous when I'm with you..." he
said smiling

"Well, you can cook, you are kinda of cute...maybe I'll stick to you and
pretend that I don't see the new guy..." I said starting playing with the
bottom of his t-shirt

"I guess I just have to improve my cooking skills," he said kissing me

I just enjoyed


...

"So, how are things with Gill?" I asked Mike

"Well, we spent Friday's afternoon together, we decided that we would make
an effort to make this work..."he said

I had came with Pete to school after lunch `cause every intern had to show
up before Sunday's 4.00pm, we encountered Mike, and now we were in a quiet
corner talking, Pete was smoking (I managed to make him stop it for two
days!!!)

"So, did you saw the new student?" Pete asked blowing the smoke into the air

"Well I saw him before I went to your place, he seemed cute but he was a
little to far... I still haven't seen him, who were your weekend?" Mike asked
lighting a cigarette

Now, I don't smoke and I usually don't like people smoking near me,
ironically my boyfriend, and some friends smoked, so when Mike started I had
to back away

"It was ok..." I said trying to avoid the smoke

"OK? I made dinner and you're saying that it was ok? You should say at least
that it was super ok..." Pete said throwing the rest of the cigarette away

"Well, I guess so, but I preferred the desert..." I said hugging him

"That desert took a lot of time to prepare," He said hugging back

"But it was worth it" I said smiling

"You two can make people sick sometimes" Mike said rolling his eyes

"You're just talking because you're jealous..." I said

He just smiled and continued his smoking


...

I was waving goodbye to Pete and preparing to get the bus, when someone
grabbed my arm and pulled me

"Watch it!" I said pulling my arm back

"Sorry, I just needed to call your attention," Some weird blond guy said

"Well, you managed to do that, but you could have call me..." I said a little
angry

Strangely I had seen him somewhere, but I couldn't place him...

"Sorry, I'm Max!" He said giving his hand to shake

"Mike" I said shacking his hand

"I heard that you where quite a student!" He said with a strange grin

He was weird, I could see that" Well, I try to have good grades... Are you in
the school?"

"Yeahp, I came from a distant city, I'm hoping to make some good friends" he
said looking straight at me" And you knows, a boy...I mean girlfriend"

When he said that he continued smiling, like if he was planning this, I had
to get away from him" Look my bus arrived, I have to go, Bye, I'll see you
tomorrow!"

"Bye" he said grinning

Weird...

...
This was a really good way to start the week; first Pete still hasn't shown
up, then Sara talks to me and starts crying, then David shows up and says
that we have to make some stupid English work on groups... if Monday was
starting like this I didn't wanted to know how the rest of the week was
going to be...

"He come up to me and said that he couldn't take it... That he didn't wanted
to continue dating me" she said crying

Thank God that we were in a place where there weren't to many people ,or a
crowd would have gathered" Sara, you have to be strong and face it, you just
have to face reality and continue, it may be difficult but you are a strong
women!" I said

"What's wrong?" Kimb asked me

"Kimb" Sara said hugging her

"What happened?" she asked surprised

"I'll be right back, I'll go look for Pete," I said to Gill

"Sure, if you see Mike tell him that I love him" He said blushing

"I'll try to remember, but it's a really long sentence so I might forget" I
said smiling

"Just go" Gill said blushing even more

Lovers...

...

Where the hell was Pete? I had looked in the corner, in all the damm
bathrooms, on the his room, even asked for them on the secretary, and he was
late for English...

"Now, I decided that all of you should make a project in groups, I already
made the groups and I don't want to hear any complaints" my English teacher
said

She started telling the groups and I discovered that my group would be me,
Pete and Gill, this was going to be great, neither Max or Pete were here, so
that leaved me and Gill alone

"Your group will be making a project about the romance on recent books, how
it is used and you can even discover if the new generation likes romance in
a book!" The teacher said excitedly

"Great, we can't do nothing until Pete and that Max arrive..."Gill said
frustrated after the teach left

"Look at Mike's group" I said pointing at the other corner of the room

Mike was with Sara, Max (I forgot to tell, but Max was in all my classes)
and some girl that seemed to have the hots for Mike. Gill looked at that and
just rolled his eyes

Suddenly the door opened and Pete and Max showed up, they were both
breathing heavy meaning that they probably had ran to the class, they talked
with Ms. Crumb and came to our table

"What happened? I was worried!" I said to Pete

"Nothing!" He said quickly avoiding eye contact" Now, what do we have to
do?"

Gill looked at me confused" Well we have to make a..."

"What's wrong? Are you mad at me?" I asked really low, interrupting Gill

"Nothing's wrong, I just felt asleep..." Pete said trying to smile

"About the romance on recent books" Gill said a little louder

I was confused and starting to get mad, he was lying to me, I had checked
his room and no one was there

"Well then lets start!" I said ignoring Pete

"Now what did I do?" Pete asked me

"You lied to me!" I said," I checked your room and no one was there"

Pete was about to say something, but decided to grab the pen and start
writing for the project

"Is everything ok?" Gill asked a little scared

Pete and I looked at him at the same time and he just started writing


...


"You lied to me" I said to Pete

We were both in the bathroom, the one that no one used on the last floor of
the school, it was like the basement of the school, since everything was
broken no one came here

"Look, I'm sorry I had other things to do..." Pete said smoking like crazy

"Would you stop that!" I said taking the cigarette from his hand

"What, now you are my mom also?" Pete asked angrily

"Look, all I want his the truth!" I said throwing the cigarette away

"I told you, I had some things to do" Pete said, "Why do you have to know
everything about what I do, where I go, even what I smoke..."

"Well, since I'm such a pain in the ass, I should just leave you alone!" I
said starting to walk away

Pete grabbed my arm and kissed me, the kiss was meant to say that he loved
me, and I calmed down with it, so when we finished I asked," Why won't you
tell me?"

Pete looked down" Would you just give me one more hour?"

He looked at me with eyes that I couldn't resist" Okay, but promise me that
you will tell the truth!"

"I promise," he said hugging me

...

"So, are things better with him?" Gill asked me while we walked to the cafe,
to buy the traditional croissant for Gill.

"Yeah, and sorry for snapping at you like that!" I said

"That's ok," he said smiling" I understand that you are a couple and that
you have your problems..."

We were both walking towards the cafe to buy Gill's croissant" Do you know
that new guy? Max?"

Gill nodded" Well, we kind of talked and he seems like a really weird
person, can you believe that he pulled my arm just to talk to me?"

"Well, maybe he is a fan of yours!" Gill said buying the croissant

"Gill, he is weird, trust me!" I said

"If you say so!" he said happily eating the croissant" Do you want to come
with me to the corner?"

"Sure, I don't have anything more to do..." I said

During our walk we talked about the chemistry teacher, and how we hated her
and wished she would just retire... When we got to the corner, there were
like 7 people there: Mike, Pete, Kevin, Anne, some unknown guy, David and
Max, they were in little groups of conversation, Mike, Kevin and David; Anne
and the unknown guy were happily making out, and Pete WAS TALKING TO MAX

"I can't believe this!" I said to Gill" He is talking to Pete!"

"Mike!" Gill said going towards his love

I just rolled my eyes and walked towards Pete and Max

"Hi there!" I said to both of them

"Mike?" Pete said surprised

"Hello there Mike!" Max said with a strange smile" I didn't knew you
belonged to the smoking tribe!"

"I don't, I just came here to talk to my friends" I said sharply

"Right, I believe that you have good friends, REALLY good friends!" he said
with a really strange smile

"Now Max, Mike is my friend, you don't need to be weird around him!" Pete
said nervously

Suddenly when I heard those words coming form Pete's mouth my heart stopped
for a second "...my friend...", I knew that it wasn't true but it hurt the same,
I must have showed disappointment `cause Max's smile only got bigger

"I have some things to do, I'll see you later" Max said walking away

"Now, can you tell me what happened this morning?" I asked looking around

It seemed that Anne and the unknown guy had left, leaving only known people
there, so I kissed Pete real kick

"You're asking for it," he said smiling

"I remembered that we only kissed once today, so..." I said smiling "But,
don't try to escape the question..."

The smile disappeared" Well, now, don't freak out! Please!"

I started to get preoccupied, so I just nodded" Well, when I heard that
there was a new student and discovered that it was named Max I got
preoccupied..."

"Why?"

"Well, my ex was called Max!" he said lighting a cigarette

Now I was starting to get the whole picture "When I saw that it was him, I
almost had an heart attack!"

"And?" I asked

"Well, the next day when I was walking to the class, he got me and we
started talking" he said sitting next to me" He said that he missed me, and
that he wanted to have me again, and that we had to start dating again..."

I felt a lump in my heart, now what was he gonna say? What did happened?

"I then told him that I was seeing someone and that after what he did to me
I didn't want anything with him" Pete said sadly

"What did he do to you?" I asked

I looked at Pete and saw that this wasn't being easy to him, so I grabbed
his hand and just listened

"Well, we started dating during 8th grade, we dated for about 5 months until
he started telling that it was THE time, I was just like you, I wanted to
wait..." he said looking to the ground "He waited another month until one
night, our class had decided to throw a party at someone's house, we all
went and the party started..."

"Pete, if I'm making you tell something that you don't want..." I said
squeezing his hand

"No, don't worry!" He said throwing the cigarette away" Well, of course that
there was alcohol in the party and Max got drunk pretty soon. So in the
middle of the party he convinced me to go with him to some bushes just to
get some air, I was a little drunk as well so I just said yes."

He looked around, and then grabbed my face and gave me a long kiss" I was
needing that..." he said smiling" Well, we laid down behind some bushes and
then well, at that time Max was a little stronger than me, so you probably
can guess the rest..."

I was speechless" And...well...hum..." Was all I could say

Pete smiled" Don't worry now, I'm with you, the only problem is that he
might be a little weird, and I don't know what he can do, so be careful
around him!"

I nodded and the bell ranged

...

TBC...

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