Faking

Chapter 22

You know how in movies where this evil and mysterious person walks up to you very slowly and you lean all the way back, but there is no way out? If you don't know what I mean, then you probably don't watch enough dramatic movies. Anyways, right now, this scene was happening to me.

The nurse was coming slowly towards me and I had no clue what to do. I felt nauseous if I stood up so I stayed on the bed.

Soon, the nurse was right in front of me and she said, "Hey, my name is Thao and I know you are a girl!"

I gawked at her because I didn't know if I should be shocked on how she found out or all the Disney little items she had around her whole outfit and room.

I said, "Please don't tell the school! I had my reasons to do this!"

She smiled at me and said, "I don't really care about the school! I think it was brave of you to do what you did. Grayson actually explained to me what happened. He even threatened me not to tell anyone."

She sounded so cheerful.

I thanked her and asked, "How'd you know I'm a girl?"

She frowned at me and said, "The wrap thing around your breast was too tight and it seemed to hinder your breathing. You probably ran too which made you lose a lot of air and it made you faint."

I gasped because I realized that I bounded my chest too tightly this morning because I was late. I didn't think about the consequences.

Thao smiled at me and said, "Well, you have an amazing, hot boyfriend who cares for you a lot! I'm so jealous!!"

I was about to agree with her when I comprehended what she said.

"Wait, what?"

She frowned at me and said, "Grayson? He was so worried about you when I brought you here. He was screaming at me to help you when you only fainted. You would have woken up and he seemed so worried the whole time he was next to you. He wouldn't leave your side at all."

A big smile started creeping up across my face and I probably looked retarded but I could care less. Grayson cared about me!

I felt like I was on cloud nine and I wanted to jump around but I still felt a bit dizzy.

I asked, "He really did? Like for real?"

She nodded at me and she told me she had to leave the room to get something. I thanked her and tried to fall back asleep. The whole time I only thought about Grayson. I really had to do something before I trade places with Marco.

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Five days have already passed and I have made no progress with Grayson. After he checked that I was okay, he started ignoring me again. He treated me indifferently and whenever I talked to him he only replied with short remarks.

I had to get him to trust me in less than two days because soon I will be leaving. I don't even know when I will be able to see him again!

I ran into my next block class and I sat at my assigned seat. I looked around the classroom and thought of how much I was going to miss this school. I made so many memories with all these people.

I didn't tell anyone that I was going to leave. I should have told at least Vincent or Tristan because they really helped me a lot. I wanted to tell people but I wasn't so good with goodbyes.

Soon, the teacher walked in and he said we will be learning about 'love'.

All the guys in the room sighed exasperatedly while I got excited.

The teacher started talking about what the word means and what people interpret love as. He said that there were many types of love, but he told us two main ones. One type was when two people truly love one another and care for each other. He said that this is easily seen because you can see the love between them. The other type is that a person is attracted to another by their money, power, intelligence, not by their real self. I listened very carefully because I kind of agreed.

I started to get curious so when he asked if anyone wanted to say a topic for a discussion question, I raised my hand.

He told me to speak so I asked, "What do you do when someone you care about keeps on shutting you out?"

Grayson looked up and narrowed his eyes at me. I just winked at him. I still couldn't figure out on how to make him open up so might as well ask the whole class for help.

The teacher thought about the question for at second and said, "I think that's a wonderful question! I want the class to have a discussion about this and we will all debate on this! I want you to pair up with another person and think about it."

When the teacher said this, I screamed, "I call dibs on Grayson!"

I ran to his desk and guarded him from others while he just narrowed his eyes at me. Sometimes I doubted the nurse, Thao, when she said that he might actually care about me. He never shows his emotions.

Other people started discussing the question with other people while Grayson was trying to ignore me again. I kept on poking him with my pencil. Everytime, he would move away from me while I moved closer.

Finally he looked over and said, "What do you want?"

I smiled at him and said, "The answer to the question I asked! I'm sure you know who the person I was talking about is! Sooo, help me!"

He glared at me and said, "It's not going to happen so give up." With that said, he ignored me for the rest of the partner time.

Soon, the teacher said we will be having a whole class discussion about this question.

Heh.

One of the partner had to say something they thought of.

Vincent went first and he said, "You can truly open up a person by giving them food."

I was going to nod along because I totally agreed, but the teacher told Vincent to just sit down. But, food makes everyone happy!!

The other guys pretty much said similar things. The teacher told them to all sit down. He seemed disappointed in his own students.

Soon, it was Grayson and my turn to speak. The teacher smiled at me and said, "Marco, since this was your question I'm sure you have come up with a wonderful answer."

I looked over at Grayson, but he just ignored me. I started speaking by saying, "The truth is, I have tried everything to make that person open up. Let's call this 'person' Bob."

Everyone in the class laughed at me while Grayson glared at me, but I still continued.

I said, "I tried to lure Bob with food like Vincent said but he ignored me. I tried talking to Bob privately, but he ignored me. I tried showing Bob how much I wanted to talk to him, but he ignored me. I tried helping him with overcoming his wall, but he ignored me. Everytime I got close to Bob, he just shut himself out more. He wouldn't let me in. Bob had a very bad past that he doesn't like to talk about. I know that past, but I'm not trying to get close to him because I feel pity towards him. I want Bob to know that I really care about him. I want him to know that I care."

I looked over at a expressionless Grayson and said, "I want him to know that I'm not going to disappear. I'm not going to leave him. If he just let me in, then he will believe me. He should give himself a second chance before he rejects everything around him and blames himself. He needs to find a way out and know that people are always there to help him.."

I turned to the teacher and said, "I think the way to open up a person is to talk to that person by saying your real or true feelings. Tell the person what is really in your mind. If they don't believe you, then too bad, you can always come up with other methods. But, I want that person to know that I will never give up on him. I care. A lot."

When I was done, I looked over at Grayson and he seemed to have millions of emotions in his eyes. From those millions of emotions, I could pick out the most important one.

It was love.