The Boy With Weak Legs (Short Story)

Chapter 17: Truth Behold

We'll shine together.

Yesterday afternoon was eccentric with Gregory. Even if nothing romantic transpired between us it was still very phenomenal. Plus, someone mentioned that were still in that kissing is icky phase as well.

"Bullshit! That's bullshit and you know that you prick!"

"Language!"

Dad looked at me with an apologetic look before turning around to continue talking to the lady behind the counter. "Look, all I'm asking for is if you check for anymore sweet ropes. There's gotta be one more somewhere back there."

I know that you may or are wondering what the heck my dad is exactly going on about. Most importantly why about some stupid sweet ropes? Well, I can say that they are indeed delicious and we both love them dearly. We were at the movies ready to watch the latest hit film, Rampage where Dwayne Johnson and a giant albino gorilla named George team up against mutant monsters.

"Sir, we have checked every ounce of this damn store. There is no more of these sweet ropes! I'm pretty sure they don't even exist! What the hell are sweet ropes?! You been standing in this line for ten minutes straight don't you have some movie to see?"

A tap on the shoulder averted my attention from the current showdown between my dad and the cashier. An unexpected face popped up, it was none other then Sarah, the girl I properly met at the hospital a few days ago. "Hey!" She said as she bent down to give me a hug. "I can't believe that your here! Rampage right?"

"You know it! Same time? 6:30 I assume. Best time to see movies in my opinion." Sarah nodded her head offering me a bit of popcorn from a giant bowl. "No thanks, I hate kernel gets stuck in my teeth all the time and I like my purely whites. If you want we could catch this movie together. My dad will be with us shortly if he ever stops arguing."

"Sure!" She said as she walked towards the hallway. I told my dad that I would meet him in the movie theater. Pretty sure he heard me even if he's about to kill the cashier who called another employee to assist him. We entered the theater where it was pretty much packed with people in their 3D glasses and the lights being dimmed. Fortunately for me a gentleman and the people he was with gave up his seats for me and Sarah.

"Hey, there's something I would like to tell you after this movie. I tried to tell you in the hospital but your mom was in such a rush never got the chance."

"You could just tell me right now. Movie probably has two more previews left before it officially starts." I told her hoping that she would be comfortable with telling me.

Sarah looked at the screen for second before turning back to me. "Dante, even though I barely know you. I know deep down your a really nice guy and you deserve to know the truth. It's eating me alive inside that I had held this in for so long." What kind of truth was there exactly? Here I thought that maybe she had a thing for me but it seems a little bit more then that. This isn't how you really explain to your crush that you like them. "I don't know if you noticed Dante but I live eight houses down from you on the right side of the street. I saw everything that happened that very moment." 

I saw tears threatening to slide down her cheeks. All I could do was swallow the big lump in my throat waiting for her to continue. "My mom and dad had gotten into this really big fight over something serious. Something about my dad cheating on her with her cousin or sister anyway that doesn't matter. Me and my older brother hated our dad because he basically forced us to not say a word when we both caught him in the bed with mom's cousin. That day, I couldn't keep it in no more... So I told mom while he was out getting groceries. While they were arguing, my brother had already gotten dad's stuff and threw it outside indicating that it was time to get out of our lives for good. After telling us fuck ourselves and that we would fall without him he left the house with all his stuff. Backing out of the driveway and speeding down our street. All I could do was watch in horror as he sped down the street seeing you in the street bending down trying to get whatever you were getting." She looked down the same time as the movie started playing in front of us. "And then you went flying in the air."