Opposites Attract (BoyxBoy)

6. The Revival

"Ok thank you doctor..."

"Yes... about 2 months... ye- ... no! No of course not"

What is this? Those voices... They're alive... where I must be.

   I slowly opened my eyes with a dreary and blurry vision. My lids felt heavy and like they were on chains. As I breathed in to lift my chest, the air was ragged and refused entrance - this scared me right to the bone as a chill of fright raced through me - so I tried to lift my head. An agonising rush clutched my forehead so I bed my head back down. I tired to feel what was wrong, I was wearing gloves? Liam was sitting in the corner watching over me. He saw me stir and came over taking my hands away from my head.

   I tried to get up again but my head was too much to endure. Liam stroked my head like a cat and hushed me from speaking. My blurry eyes came upon my gloves. I tried taking them off and Liam helped me. "You were scratching your scalp all night" he said to me, "I had to do something." He helped me sit up gently. My head was pounding like a racing heart. I had to lean forward and then back to get it back in the right place. "What happened Liam?" I asked, cradling my skull. 

   "You tried to walk and hit your head." I shot him a look. Eyes wide. I looked around my room. "Where are my crutches?" Liam giggled. "You can't have crutches yet boy" he started to fold up the sheets, "I know how much you want to walk." I didn't understand. "What?" I stammered. Liam looked at me. He cocked his head and smirked. "Why did something happen?" he asked. A dream? It must have been. Then that means Liam doesn't... shit...

   "When you can hobble we will take you to the doctor and fit you for some crutches." Liam ruffled my hair. I burried my face in my hands, knowing that Liam's confession was a dream was just decimated my heart. Liam sighed when he noticed my depression and lifted up my chin. "Don't worry Laurie. as soon as you can walk you will shine as my little dancer." That helped me greately. Me? I was Liam's little dancer? I could have done a little weep of joy. 

   "Would you like some water?" Liam asked. I nodded and he left the room. 

A dream? Really? That is such a cop-out! I mean everything? I mean how long was the dream and how much of it was real and wasn't? I mean there was so much that seemed real and so much that-

My gaze turned on the dressing table in the corner. A bunch of rouge red lily's on the table. With a letter.

   I shimmied over the bed and collapsed on the floor. I then reached out for the chair and hauled myself onto it. Settling just in time, for Liam came in with my water. He gaped and placed the water down. "Oh Laurie" he exclaimed, "you shouldn't try to walk yet!" I laughed, " I didn't walk I combined a shuffle with a lollop, you should know." I smirked at him. "What do you mean?" he bulged his eyes in shame, "I don't lollop!" he began to giggle. "Yes you do, you're one of the world's lollopers: you should be a lollo-pop man!" I then raucously laughed, followed by Liam. 

   I smelt the wonderful bouquet. "They're beautiful" I read the lable, "look you see no name just like last-" oops! "Last what?" Liam asked. "Nothing" I said. "There are few who know my favourite flower, including you Liam" he smiled, "Timmy attempted to give one to me as a gift when I told him-" fuck sake! I've really got to be careful. "Laurie?" Hell he's on to me!

   "Hey Liam could you pass me my watercolour set and pad please?" I asked. "Yeah" he reached under my bed, I snagged a cheeky glance at his arse. He found them and handed them to me. I swiped out my pencil and took a good glance at the lily closest to me. 

   "Laurie are you hungry?" Liam got up. I nodded, "A little bit Liam." He stood up and made for the door, "I'll make some noodles" he left for the kitchen. I looked again at the lily. Carefully examining the lengths and dimensions of the shapes, and the intricate shaping of the petals, I began to draw what was in front of me. I felt that I could incorperate maths and science into art. Knowing where the stigma ends and knowing where the furthest petal starts, I can work out where to draw the start of the staimen. It's all rather good.