I'm Better With You

Chp. 14 Leave Some Room for Jesus

After Randy got his fill of sitting on the dirty concrete sidewalk, he got up, dusting off his pants and started walking to the cinema. He sighed, his legs aching as he took each step. Randy messed with his hands the whole way there.

Once he arrived there, pushing the doors open and walking up to the counter to meet Oliver. Oliver waved to Randy as he made his way through the dangerous carpet. Randy was pretty sure they didn't need to clean up much because the carpet would eat anything that didn't move for too long. Randy shivered at the thought.

"I get off in about 5 minutes, but after we can start filming," Oliver said, checking the time as he spoke. "Sound good?"

"Yeah," Randy nodded, now picking at his skin.

"Groovy!" Oliver exclaimed as he went back to cleaning up a bit. By 'cleaning' it was just idly wiping the counters with a cloth. Randy was pretty sure Oliver had done this the whole day.

Randy rocked on his heels, trying to awkwardly wait out the five minutes. For the first time, Randy didn't feel like he needed to talk. There was a comfortable silence that fell between them, Randy stopping his motion to just take in the peace that was just being with Oliver.

Oliver checked the time after awhile and abruptly broke the quiet that had built up with a, "Alright, let's go, man!" while taking Randy's hand. Randy ran to keep up with Oliver.

"We should be able to finish the movie today and give it to Mr. Dickens tomorrow!" Oliver said excitedly. It explained why he was so eager to get to the park.

"Oh, wow.." Randy mumbled. He didn't realize how much they had filmed already, since time just seem to fly past him when doing anything with Oliver.

They made it to the park very quickly, seeing how they were both sprinting and now out of breath, and began finding a good place to film. They were going to film a few extra pieces as well as the ending. Something about almost being done made Randy excited, he wanted to see if it would turn out well, even if he was one of the main characters. It also still excited him, yet made him more ashamed of himself, to wear the feminine clothes Oliver had picked out for Randy's character. It made part of him happy, for some reason.

Once they set up the cameras and lightly looked over the memorized script they both got to filming. Randy really enjoyed filming the ending. It was a cliché romantic ending where the main characters get together, kiss at the end and live happily ever after. He mostly enjoyed the kissing part. It was still new to him and filled him with excitement and giddiness. He wanted to hold Oliver close for the rest of time.

"Groovy! I think that's everything!" Oliver said as he started walking towards one of the cameras.

Randy went up to Oliver before hugging him tightly.

"Wh-" Oliver began but was cut off by Randy.

"Thank you. For everything," Randy mumbled into Oliver's shoulder.

"You've helped m-me so much and I can't even begin to tell you the difference you have made."

Oliver returned Randy's hug, patting him on the back, "Anytime, man. I'm proud of how far you've come."

Oliver's words since lightning bolts of excitement through Randy. He didn't want to acknowledge the reason as to why, rather pretending it was because Oliver was being nice.

Randy made a small noise as he hugged Oliver tighter, Oliver laughing softly at the gesture. Randy felt warm suddenly but quickly blamed it on the sun. He was not going to even think about his feelings. He was not going to ruin his friendship with Oliver.

Randy helped Oliver pick up a bit as Oliver went to go change back into his usual outfit. Randy went to do the same but 'forgetting' to take off the skirt. He smiled internally as he walked out of the public bathroom.