Summer, 1983 (I'll call you by mine)

Barriers

Christopher opens the first email from David.

Chris,

Please don't hate me, forgive me please?

-David

"That's it, doesn't talk to me for two weeks. Has a boyfriend show up at my house and that's all he has to say? What a fucking joke." Christopher is upset by the first email, he almost decides to close them. Instead he stupidly opens the next one.

Chris,

That was a terrible email, I realized as soon as I sent it I would look like an idiot. I've read all of your emails, I am an idiot. I knew as soon as we did, what we did, feelings would start to evolve. 11 months is a long time to wait, I'm not asking you to wait. Please don't wait for me. Have fun, live your senior year, nothing you could do would change the way I see you Christopher.

-David

Now Christopher felt like an asshole, he had no idea what the next 30 emails said and right now he didn't care. He looked at the clock it was 11 and he had practice in the morning, reaching for his phone by the bed he dialed Davids number.

"Hello?" David answered.

"David, it's me Christopher. I um, I read only a couple of your emails." Christopher was cut off by him, there was loud music in the background.

"Chris, is there anyway you could come get me?"

"Um, yeah where are you at?" He was putting on his shoes, while hanging onto his phone with his shoulder.

"Um, I'm in the village at a party, Idris doesn't want to go home yet so I told him I'm going to walk home." David laughed, Christopher was pretty sure David was drunk.

"Ok well can you see a street sign near by or any stores?"

"Oh I see a sign that says 14th street, I'll just sit here until you find me, Bye!" David hung up on him, he was a drunken fool sitting on 14th street. He walked to his dad and Elio's room, knocking on the door he opened it.

"Hey, um can I take one of your phones? I've got to pick up Jude and he's not totally sure were he is."

"Yeah sure buddy take mine, it's charging on the kitchen counter. Be careful, I love you!" Oliver yelled after Christopher, who quickly darted out of the room.

"So should we have told him to put pants on or do you think he will notice he's only wearing boxers and a hoodie?" Elio smiled.

"Um, I don't know he may figure it out but I'm more curious as to why he just lied about picking up Jude. He's at his dad's on a houseboat this weekend, who do you think he's seeing?" Oliver asked, Elio looked at his with a slight smile.

"Now who do you think he's seeing Oliver?" Elio asked in a sarcastic tone.

"No, he's not seeing David, he has a boyfriend now. I choose to believe he's met a girl or boy from his class." Oliver looks back to his laptop.

"Alright Oliver, believe whatever it is you want to believe but when he hands you back your phone. Look at the last number he's called." Elio snorts a little laugh.

Christopher is driving down 14th street looking for a drunk David, he spots him sitting on the curb. He pulls up slowly in his green Jeep.

"Hey you drunk mess you need a ride?" Christopher yells at David over the noise of traffic.

"Christopher!! You came for me! I'm really drunk and I want to go home." David tries to get up off the curb unsuccessfully, Christopher jumps out of his jeep, running around to pick up David.