Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 05:12:58 -0400 (EDT)
From: Kell <daredevillain862@aim.com>
Subject: Travis & Connor-31

"What should I do for the prom?" I asked as I reeled back with my
controller on the couch, desperately trying to get this super leech off me.

"You should get a fog machine, lasers, & Burning Hair to play on a big
stage," Chris said as he sliced & diced the leech as it fell from my
knight's body.

"It's a high school budget, Chris," Jacob said as he sat on the edge of his
seat, ready to summon more leeches to suck our experience points dry. "Not
the Treasury."

"Well how much money do you guys have?"

"I'm not sure. I'm only supposed to come up with designs & themes & then
report to--THAT'S ME, YOU IDIOT!--...& then report to the student council
which handles the budget."

"That's messed up," Jacob said.

"I know right?" I waved at the screen. "If Chris hadn't slashed it while it
was attacking me..."

"Not that...the fact that you might come up with an idea, only to be turned
down when you find out if you can't afford it. You should be able to see
the budget beforehand."

"Yeah well, I'm gonna ask Jordan Nolan just that the next time I see him. I
asked him a couple days ago & he didn't seem to like the idea of giving it
to me," I said as I conceded & put my controller down to get up for a
snack.

"Who?" Chris asked as he set the game to two-player.

"The president of student council," Jacob said.

"Oh."

"Jacob, you want a sandwich?"

"Um, sure. I'll just have a PB&J."

"Me too," Chris chimed in.

"You know, to be honest, I was excited to get this little gig thing but I
have no idea how to design an event. Ugh. Why can't I be that kind of gay
who knows how to design shit?"

"It'll be fine. Do you have anything in mind about where it's gonna be,
what kind of food it'll have like a buffet style or waiter-served, what
kind of music it'll have like a band or DJ...?" Jacob said.

"Uhh..." I looked up at the ceiling. "I like classic rock for music. What
about that?"

"Yeah so does my dad. And you know when his prom was? 1978."

"Well I don't like today's stuff."

"Well too bad, because you're gonna have to pick out music that our grade
likes to dance to, not tolerate on the family trip to see grandma &
grandpa."

"I don't know who people listen to."

"Well, I guess you'll just have to go find out on your own."

"Oh right, & how do you expect me to do that? Get magically invited to some
big event & jot down what music is playing?"

They both shrugged as I finished the last pieces of our sandwiches. Just
then, the telephone rang. Looking at the caller ID, I saw it was Travis
calling from his home. I answered as I took the plates over to the living
room.

"Hello?"

"Hey cutie, what's up?" he asked.

"Just hanging out with Jacob & Chris."

"Sounds fun. Hey guess what?"

"What?"

"I heard that there's gonna be a school-sponsored carnival next week & I
want you to be my date," he chirped.

"What carnival?" I asked as I handed Jacob & Chris their sandwiches.

"Well I guess student council is starting to put together things that'll
raise money for the prom. Everyone's gonna be there, you should go with
me."

"Traviiiiiiis..." I whined.

"What? C'mon, it'll be fun."

"What are you whining about?" Chris asked.

"Travis is asking me to go to the school carnival next week."

"Oh no," Jacob put a hand to his mouth. "Are you gonna be all right?"

I rolled my eyes.

"C'mon, why not?" I heard Travis ask.

"Because I don't like big crowds & I should get some early work done for
thinking of ideas for prom."

"Prom is a long way away from now though. Besides, there's gonna be a
DJ. Maybe he could be the same DJ we have at prom."

"If we go with a DJ & not a live band," I said, starting to become slightly
irked.

"Well, whatever you guys pick, just come to the carnival with me. It'd make
me the happiest boy alive," he raised his pitch at the end.

"Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...fine. But as long as you don't--hold on, I have
another call," I said, switching over to the other line. "Hello?"

It was a girl's voice on the other end. "Hi, is Chris there?"

"Who's calling?" I asked, looking over at my brother whose eyes were back
on the tv screen.

"It's Val." Val...hmm...I remembered Chris having a girl in his room a
little while back on his bed next to him named Val. A wicked grin spread
across my lips.

"Hi Val," I said, causing Chris to snap his head back to me right away,
ears & eyes alert like a dog spotting a chipmunk outside. "Chris is taking
a little nap right now." I pursed my lips as I saw my brother's eyes burst
out of his skull in humiliation & anger. He shot out of his seat & bolted
toward me like a bat out of hell. I jumped around to the other side of the
room & made my way to the other side of the furniture set.

"Can I take a message?" I said, sticking my tongue out at him.

"Yeah, just tell him I called."

"You got it. Take care."

"All right, thanks. Bye."

"What'd ya do THAT for?!" Chris shouted at me as I hung up the phone.

I shrugged with a laugh. "I dunno, 'cause I felt like it."

"You jerk!" he huffed. "I asked Val out on a date & she wasn't sure at the
time so she said she would call me today to answer. Now that she thinks I
nap like a six year old, she won't wanna go out with me."

"And exactly how do six year olds date today?" I turned my head. He lunged
at me but before he could maul me like a linebacker, I held the phone out
to him. "Go call her back." As he took the phone & went off to his room, I
couldn't help but call to him, "Happy Meals are nice & cheap, remember
that!" I heard him slam his door as I snickered.

As I walked back to my chair, I noticed Jacob shaking his head at me.

"Hahaha, what?"

"You ARE a jerk, you know that, right?" he grinned.

I shrugged. "Some say jerk, I say concerned sibling."

"Didn't you tell me that you & Travis went to McDonald's for Valentine's
Day?"

"Yeah but that was different."

"Yeah, you're right. You were older than Chris & therefore even MORE
obligated to be in a place where a real hamburger costs more than what you
can shake out of a couch."

"Oh hush."

"Speaking of Travis, you hung up on him," Jacob said through a mouthful of
bread, peanut butter & grape jelly.

"Oh," I suddenly realized. "Eh, whatever," I picked up a controller.

"You're not gonna call him back?"

"Nah," I shook my head.

"Bad brother, bad boyfriend...what should I expect as the best friend?"

I leaned over & grabbed the second half of his sandwich, chomping down into
it, claiming as my own. I looked over at him & gave a cheeky grin.

"Labor compensation, that's what," I said with my mouth stuffed.

**********

Later that night as I was putting off homework by roaming all over the
internet, I got a text message from J, the boy Travis & I had quickly met
that day we were in Boston & watched the gay pride rally. While our initial
meeting was brief, we ran into him, quickly, again later on & exchanged
numbers. Even though I wasn't really friends with him in real life, I had
kept in touch with him here & there but not too often.

"hey Connor, whats up?"

"hey. nm, just...doin hw. sorta. not really lol. u?"

"just watching the storm outside. its really pouring up here."

"well we had some rain the other day but nothin too bad lol."

"lucky. hows travis?"

"hes good," I said, hoping to maybe ask him about what I was feeling like
lately regarding my lack of feelings for Travis. "we're going to a carnival
next week i guess."

"sounds like fun "

"yeah i guess. hey listen, can i ask u something?"

"sure."

"lately, i feel like, maybe im...falling out of love with travis. i cant
figure out if its something hes subtly doing or if its just me or what but
im losing those sparks, u know? i mean i still love him but i think im just
not IN love with him as much anymore. i dunno what to do though..."

"hmm. so u have no feelings for him at all anymore?"

"well, i mean i do but just not anywhere as much. and i feel like i fall
less and less out of love with him each day."

"damn. i dunno if im the best person to go to for relationship advice
though haha. i just recently got back together with my ex so im not exactly
a guru lol."

"oh. well, then i guess we're both kinda needing to start at new points
then haha."

"yeah lol. well, i guess i would say that if u think u still love him, but
that love is sorta buried underneath, then ur best bet would be to do
something to light that spark again, u know? do something exciting. have
sex in a public place lol."

"is that coming from personal experience? haha."

"yeeah lol. we've messed around in some pretty no-no places lol. but even
if its not sex, do SOMETHING on a regular basis thats exciting. i mean, ask
him for ideas too obvs."

"the thing is...he doesnt know..."

"u havent told him that ur feeling this way??"

"no :/"

"Connor, u gotta do that!"

"i know but i dunno how"

"well ur gonna have to figure out a way how soon. trust me, when things get
held back, things get UGLY afterwards."

"i guess ur right. maybe i can try to tell him at the carnival. thanks."

"i didnt really do much lol. but hey, maybe the carnival will help with
some of those sparks. try gettin' naughty in the house of mirros if theres
one xD."

"i'll keep that in mind lol."

"good. well, i g2g, ttyl "

"k, c ya." With that, I put my phone away & picked up my pencil to start my
homework.

Telling Travis was easier said than done. But maybe J was right about the
"sparks." Maybe it was just as simple as re-igniting them somehow. Whatever
the way, I had to figure out what exactly was causing me to not have the
same passion for him as I once did & if I actually wanted to get things
rolling again...or if my heart was telling me it was time to really move
on.

I also had to figure out how to go about designing a prom. I was thankful
that not the ENTIRE thing was up to me, considering we had a real prom
committee, but still. I wasn't sure what to do for initial designs or
ideas. Jacob was right though. I had to somehow get in touch with what
people liked for things like music. And speaking of in touch, I had to get
in touch with Jordan Nolan about the budget. I didn't expect to have a prom
at the Ritz, but him holding back the budget from me rubbed me the wrong
way.

But most importantly for right now...

...I had to figure out how to do this homework sheet.


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