The Angels Pitchfork

Chapter 8: A week with just Justin

" ha, I win" I say as I place my last UNO card onto the desk. Justin groaned and smacked his 20 card deck onto to table. He laughs but gives me a mad face. " another round?" He challenges me. " nah, mr. Cheng just sent me a stack of papers  for physics and supernatural studies, I should get to it" I said. I thought that this week would be boring torture, but being with Justin has brightened it. Will visits me at least once a day, gives me a long kiss and explains how much he loves me. "I love you too"  I lied. For some reason my heart was telling me that Will was a brother, a friend, I can't picture him as a boyfriend but I would never tell him that. He does truly love me, and Justin was right, I only said yes because I didn't want to ruin my friendship with him. Justin pulls out his papers and we begin working. Physics was easy, and I slid past it like the flash, but occult studies was where I was stumped. " why does Mr.cheng want me to re-read the fabulam Amoris et pacem mortem?" I asked Justin. He shrugged and continued his work. I open the first page to the book that mr. Cheng has supplied to me and rolled my eyes." No no no, it's in Latin" I said. Justin giggled, " you have to translate it". He laughs. " why don't we go to diner diner, they can translate for me, their menu is in Latin" I said. "Really? I could use a milkshake" Justin got up from his chair, " do you think your ready to leave?". I shrugged but gave it a try. I pull my legs out of the bed sheet and stood. I knew I could walk, but I was scared if my throat closed again and the doctors weren't there. " wait, but you already know the story, do we have to translate?" Justin asked. " well, it looks like he scribbled some notes in Latin on the pictures so I need those" I explained. I walked out the door in my sweats and went outside the maroon building. "Fresh air" I said. Justin smiled and pushed me to his car. It was a pitch black mustang with silver highlights. I got into the shot gun and Justin closed the door for me. " what a gentleman" I laugh. " you wish" he counters. The car coughs as the engine starts and he drives off. Diner diner was super close. We parked and I got out of the car remembering the time me and Will came here. I saw a woman enter the diner and i lick my lips. I covered my mouth. I was drooling,i must have been really hungry. " you ok?" Justin said. "Ya" I straighten myself up. We entered diner diner and like always, someone was waiting. " welcome to diner dine-" she was cut off by Justin, " table for two please". "Rude, you interrupted her" I elbowed him. " I said please" he elbows me back. She leads us to the same table me and wills at. "I'm getting dejavu" I say as I look at the menu. " excuse me" I ask the waiter as she is about to leave us, " can you please translate this, it's in Latin" . " yes of course" she examines the book, " fabulam amoris et pacem mortem.... how did you get this story" she sounded scared. "Project" I answer. "Are you a 'hunter'" the woman whispered. "ummm" justin says. " oh, nevermind" the lady walked away with the book to translate. suddenly my phone starting to jingle, Will was calling. he never calls me. nervous, i pick up the phone. "I come to see you and you have disappeared, your supposed to heal not walk around where are you" Will said. " im at diner diner, i need something translated for mr.cheng" i said. Will paused, " wait what?, Mr.cheng didnt give you anything to translate, he gave you a lab report about disecting poppies" Will spoke. " well i got that weird story fabulam amori-chick bla bla you know im talking about" i tell him, " It must have been mr.cheng, why would anyone else give me this" i said. " i don't know, but ill ask mr.cheng if his copy is gone" Will said, " i love you". i took a deep breath, " me too" i said as i hung up. I love him, i really do, but i cant get the words to form in my mouth. " me too?" justin mimicked me. " What? dont get involved with my love life with your brother" i said. " i wouldn't call it love" he mumbled. I playfully punched him in the shoulder, " you wouldn't know what love is". he squinted his eyes but before he could get a snarky comment to come out of his mouth, the waitress comes over with a red milkshake and two straws. " a love-shake, enjoy" she galloped away. I push it towards Justin, " im not drinking that with you" i said. " she said it was a love milkshake, meaning to share" justin pushed it to the middle. i roll eyes and blow a sarcastic kiss towards him I opened my straw and plopped it in the artificial goodness. " strawberry" i said. " i getting more of a raspberry" he said. I laughed and he laughed and then i said, " why weren't you as fun as you are now when you were young?". he detaches his mouth from his straw, " because i didnt feel like being nice to you". ' why do you feel like being nice to me now?" i asked. " well, your hurt and all" he said. i rolled my eyes and chuckled. suddenly, Justin's bright blue eyes stared at my tacky brown eyes, and he said " maybe because i want to be closer to you". i was in an awkward position, he always puts me in an awkward position. it makes total sense that he wants to be close to me, i am dating his brother, but the way he said it. he touched my hand on the table. i quickly pull it away. " justin" i say slowly. "How can you not get it? im with Will" i said. " thats right" Will walks into diner diner with a vicious face. oh no. I forgot to tell will that justin was spending the week with me. When Will visited me justin was gone, to not create a fight. " justin is not doing anything wrong" i said. " yes he did, i saw it with my own two eyes" Will shouted. the whole cafe watched.i got up from the booth and held Will's hand, " please, chill" i said. Ignoring my acknowledgements, Will charged at Justin flipped him and easily had him pinned. " i haven't talked to you in ten years, but don't mistake me for that little boy you called a brother" Justin let go of Will. "Im leaving, you coming?" will said to me, frustrated. I decided to say something, "Will, shut up. You wont give justin a chance and your making a scene in this diner. you cant just barge in here like that. i can hang out with whoever i want, whether you like them or not. Justin was there for me this week, and i don't expect you to put your life on hold for me to feel better, but justin did so i was hanging around him. And justin, you cant do that to me, make me have to make a decision, ill choose Will because he is my boyfriend" i said. " yet you refuse to say you love him" Justin snaps. " thats it, im fed up with all of y'all" i say. the waitress comes out with the book and a sheet of paper. " thank you so much" i say to her. " i will walk to Rubitha" i said. " No' justin grabs my hand as im about to walk out the door. he gives me a look, " let go of my had before i break it" i said. Justin is hesitant to let go but he eventually does.

I lay in my hospital bed waiting for myself to fall asleep. "im sorry" justin says from the chair next to the bed. my eyes stayed closed, so he could stop talking and realize I was asleep. instead, he brushed my hair off my face and kissed me on the forehead.