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EPISODE 7: RIDE OR DIE

"What did you do Arthur!" I scolded myself and walked to their doorstep. I am still torn between knocking or just coming home after what I heard. I guess this is not a good time that I should face and talk to the. I was afraid that they will be mad at me or they will tell me to stay away from Heather. I was happy to see her and that will be one of the hurtful things they can tell me... To stay away from Heather.

"I guess I will just go home" I whispered to myself.

"Arthur," I heard Heather's dad utter. I gulped and look at him like I didn't hear anything he said. I smiled at him and acted like we are in a good phase.

"What are you doing here? Since when did you get here?" Her dad asked. I cleared my throat and looked at him directly in the eyes.

"Not so long. I came here to return Heather's phone. She forgot it... I guess." I uttered and smiled. Heather's dad grabbed the phone and looked inside her house.

"Hey, don't worry. I am not mad at you. I know that your mom and dad raised you well. We are just worried about Heather.  She was my only child and I will do everything to protect her," Heather's dad uttered and tapped me on my shoulder.

"I am really sorry about what happened. I promise that I will be careful in making decisions and I will tell my parents about it. It was an honest mistake, sir. It will not happen again," I replied. Heather's dad smiled at me and salute. I salute back at him and smiled. I start to walk away and I feel blue when I enter the house. It was not supposed to be like that. Last night was really good. It was the night where Heather and I are finally getting close again. But this stupid thing happened! I can't believe it!

"What happened?" My mom asked. I looked at her and gave her a weak smile. I am not in the mood to talk about it. I know that it was my fault and I did all of this. If only I study very hard I will be able to understand that f&cking calculus class! I hate math class. It always gets me in trouble!

"Nothing mom. I will get back to my room. I need to sleep and take some me-time. I you don't; mind." I replied and smiled. I went upstairs and locked myself in the room. I can smell Heather here. Her scent tainted in my sheets. I can smell her hair in my pillowcase and that giving me goosebumps. I want to rest but I fu&king can't! I can see her here in my room. I can smell her in my room.

"What was that?" Mom asked. I looked at her and put the sheets and pillowcase in the laundry.

"So you can smell her in your sheets? What on earth happened? Can you tell mom what is it? I am willing to listen." Mom added. I  looked at her and sighed. I know that she will not stop bugging me if I did;t tell her what happened. I know that mom was not mad at me. She was always willing to listen to anything. No judgment.

"Heather came here and helped me with my calculus activities. We lost track of time and we looked midnight snack. After that, she was about to get home but can't. She said that her mom will kill her if she found out that she will go home at that hour. We decided that she will stay but get up early. She slept on the couch and I slept on the bed." I uttered. Mom looked at me like she was not believing me. I looked at her with confusion and she keeps on giving me the what more look.

"What? There was nothing more," I uttered and mom raised her eyebrow like she know that there was more.

"Mom, what is it? Spill it out." I asked. Mom sighed and smiled at me. She drink her tea and clicked her tongue.

"I know that you sleep in the same bed. I saw you," Mom replied. I almost spit out the water I am drinking. 

"What? Wait, that was a big mistake. I just woke up that she was beside me. I didn't know that she was beside me mom I swear. You know that I will not do that," I uttered. Mom smiled at me and nodded.

"Well, I guess I was right. Heather looked at you like a gay friend. She was too comfortable with you that's why it is okay with her to sleep beside you," Mom uttered. My face changed into a poker face and looked at my mom in disbelief. She should be sharing thoughts right? Just like how other moms will do, but here she was again. teasing me about it. 

"Mom, this was a serious matter. I need to make improvements to myself. I need to show them that I was a good boy and I am not what they thought I am," I replied. Mom chuckled and my dad popped out.

"Make sure that you will be on top. Get some awards and study harder. Take it seriously. We all know that they like someone like that. If you really like Alice then you should do that." Dad uttered and tapped my shoulder. I smiled at him and nodded.

"I will dad. By the way... Am I still grounded?" I asked. Dad looked at me and looked at my mom.

"No, you are not. I know that you only care for her. That is why you let her stay for a night," Dad uttered. I hugged him immediately and mom joined the group hug. I feel so lucky to have them in my arms. I know that I will not be here if it was;t because of them. I love them very much.

It's been a week, I haven't heard anything from Heather. Her mom and dad were probably still mad at me. I know that they would. I tried to take to them or approach them but they are different. I even heard Heather's mom shout at her the last time I visited their house and tried to talk to Heather. That was the first time that I heard her raise her voice to Heather. I was terrified either. I tried to say sorry and to explain things but they are not welcoming me like how it was. They are smiling at me and casually talking to me but it was not the same. I messed up... again. I tried to win their trust back but it seems like they are really stone-hearted. Even in their child. Heather was always picked up by her mom and made sure that I and Heather are not talking anymore. I feel like I started to be a loner. I wasn;t talking to Alice either, I am still having a hard time talking to Alice. I really feel awkward after what happened.

"Mom?" I saw my mom baking some pie in the kitchen. She said that there was a family dinner with Heather's family. It was really awkward for me, right? But our parents are colleagues and I can't do anything about it. My mom will not say anything about it. She will just laugh at me or tease me about it. Dad and I had a small talk about it, he said that there was a part of me that I was wrong and I admitted it, yeah. I was wrong at some point. She was a beautiful girl and I was a teenage boy. Sleeping in the same room was not a good idea. Mom was right, I should just move to the living room or just wake her up.

"Yes, sweety?" I already regret it. Mom was giving me the look that she always does if she will tease me. I knew it. She was really into Heather and I am pretty sure that she will make sure that Heather and I will end up together.

"Mom, stop. This was a serious question," I said annoyingly and gave my mom the necktie I am struggling to choose with.

"What should I wear?" I asked. Mom blurted out a laughed. She was barely breathing though.

"It's annoying mom. Stop it," I uttered and grabbed my necktie to my mom's hand. SHe stop laughing and looked at me with a smile.

"Are you trying to impress her family? Again?" Mom asked. I sighed and looked away. Does mother really ask silly questions? I mean I was a guy. I don't know if she was forgetting it r she was just disregarding it. Mom walked towards me and brushed my hair.

"Mom, stop. I am not a baby anymore. I am a man now," I uttered. Mom chuckled and gave me a kiss on top of my head again.

"Okay, little man. You are the man," Mom uttered. I looked at her and we both laughed. I guess this is how living with mom looks like. I was stuck in the house with my mom ever since I was a baby and my dad was in the army.I was always with her and I guess that was the living proof of why people always thought that I was too feminine than other boys at my age. They are aggressive and they like stupid things that can ruin their life. Their life is partying and dating girls while I a just happy playing online games and reading books. I was a geek, yes I am that person. I am the nobody at school and that was one of the best things in life. No one knows what I am doing and no one is bothering me.

The night came and we are now having dinner with Heather's family. Everything was casual like nothing happened before. The only thing that makes it different is Heather and I are not talking. We are not looking at each other and we are just talking and answering each other's parents' questions. I feel really awkward about this and I am not used to this. Heather and I are like twins. It should be Heather and me. Me and Heather. but now? There was a black hole between that.

"So, what are your plans in college Arthur?" Heather's mom asked. I looked at her adn smiled I was caught off guard but I have to be realistic and more mature in answering the question.

"I am planning to follow in my dad's footsteps. If that will not be grated then I plan to be a--a... writer," I uttered. I have no concrete plan for my future. I was just guessing what I want. The thing is it always changes whenever I encounter something else. I always want this thing but later on, I will change my mind. I am complicated than any other people here on earth. I was not prepared for questions like that. Unlike Heather, she was too organized even in her life. She planned it all. From single to biggest things. Her life ten years from now are already plotted and I am not like that. I just enjoy things and go with the flow. That is how I look at life.

"Ahm, will you excuse me?" Heather uttered. We all looked at her and she smiled at everyone.

"Why?" Her mom asked. Heather put her palm on her forehead and her mood change. I looked at her with confusion adn Heather began to take a deep breath.

"I am not feeling well mom. I just feel like I need some rest," Heather uttered and looked at us with her sick eyes.

"I will take you home," Her mom replied but Heather shook her head.

"No, thank you, mom. I can walk home." She uttered and smiled. Heather stood up and walked outside. I look at her with disbelief and laughed in my mind. I know that she was not sick. I know when she was sick and the way she looked earlier was not the typical sick Heather. The dinner was almost over and I looked at my mom.

"Hey, Arthur, I almost forgot about my medicine Can you run some at the pharmacy?" Mom asked. I nodded at her adn immediately grabbed my scooter. I can just walked to the pharmacy but I feel tired.

"Hey!" I stop and look at the car that fouled over beside me.

"You want a ride?" I saw Heather looking fine and smiling at me. I chuckled and smirked at her. I knew that she was faking it/

"Ride or die? I can easily hit you with this car," Heather uttered and open the car door. I can't believe that here we are again.