Home is Where the Heart Is

Chapter 6: Realization

Beckett..his house was so beautiful. The Feng Shui was well put, everything was a nice Pier 1 Import or at a high end furniture store. Coordinating shades, filth out of sight, and decorations abound. His room was large and was complete with a mini balcony.

  His room, perfect. Walls were really a dark shade of gray but they were coated with band posters, his game stations lay in the corner with his TV and stereo. He had some stuffed animals and pictures of us two next to his bedstand. The cherrybrown floors were a glossy wooden polish. I was just so awestruck by how his room has evolved..

  "So..I brought us some snacks. Care for flatbread Tuscany pizza and wanna split a Fanta? We could play some Trauma Team on my Wii" Oh how I adored Trauma Team..

  "Sounds good..but why sugarcoat now?" Well, it was true. He was a sweet kid, Honor Roll, good looking, had it all but he was extra nice this time. I'm sorry, but it's the paranoia kicking in, these little personality scans creep me.

  He raised an eyebrow and swept the semi bangs out of his face. "What do you mean? Want me to be..normal?"

  "No, no it's just that..are you tryin-"

  "'to comfort you?' Yes I am. So we can just discuss later, now sit down next to me..the game is about to start?"

  "Fine..now who am I? Controller One or Two?" I playfully asked, chomping on my pizza slice and guzzling the Fanta. He smiled and shoved me softly. "Player 2, of course, you aren't as good of a doctor as I am!"

  "Oh shut up!" And we spent the night shocked over the game's storyline, joking around with each other, deafing our ears to some Alternative Classics and Moderns, and playing around with each other. All in around 6 hours, when the clock read 11:27pm. We didn't do anything naughty or whatnot, we just..talked. Beckett searched in his minifridge and pulled out a liter of Fanta and two ice filled glasses.

  He nudged me and asked, "How about you and I go and climb onto my roof?  Just..chat."

  "Sounds nice, i'll take the liter". This was our favorite pasttime. We would just hop on the short roof and climb to it's high point, gaze up at the galaxy and sometimes fall asleep there. He followed after me, and we settled ourselves in.

  "So.." Beckett popped open the liter and poured us a glass each. "Care to explain earlier?"

  Well, I was comfortable with venting with him, but my heart told me to keep it to myself. I drew in some good 'ol oxygen and began "Well, Gabe got a smoke crave so he decided to sort some things out and drop a bombshell or two.."

  Becky seemed interested. "Tell me more?" he scooted closer to me.

 

  "He said Suki and you are a..uh..'thing' now. An 'item'. And that she hates me and gossips about me behind my back.

There was a silence between that. Finally he took a deep breath and released. "Can't deny that. I hope she doesn't go cutthroat."

  "So you guys are dating right?"

  "I don't like her.."

  "That settles it..well Beckett, i'm just....so..."