Because of love

Wanna hang out...?

" Sal I know your lying to me! I know you wouldn't just take your prosthetic off in school like that, even if no one was around. And if even if you did and Travis saw you I know he wouldn't offer to help! He would pull every insult out of his ass that he could think of " said Larry sitting next to Sal " Larry,  I wouldn't lie to you! I swear, Travis offered to help when he saw me! I don't know if it was because he saw how fucking ugly I look and had so much pity on me that he forced what little goodness he had in how soul out to help or what! But all I know is it happened how I said it happend! " Sal felt so bad for lying. But he wasn't about to tell Larry that the school bully had just hit Sal in the face and knocked his prosthetic off, especially considering the fact that Larry knows how much that prosthetic means to Sal.  Larry sighed. " do you promise that's all that happens Sal? " " yes Larry. I promise " once again. Sal felt so bad for lying. But it was for the best. Right? " alright Sal. I trust you. But I'm gonna be keeping a close eye on Travis for a while to make sure he doesn't try to pull anything! " " fair enough Larry " that night when Sal went to bed he had a weird feeling in him. something telling him not to go to school tomorrow. He tried to ignore it but failed and didn't end up going to sleep until about 2am. The next day at school the feeling only got worse and Sal was so tired that it started to show. " Sal wake up! " said Larry in a voice not trying to sound rude but trying to sound firm to alarm Sal enough to get the hell up. " Oh! Sorry Larry. " Said Sal, practically throwing his head from off the desk. " it's no problem dude. But. Are you ok? You seem so tired " said the taller boy in a concerned voice. " yea I'm fine Lar. I just didn't get much sleep last night. "  " any particular reason why? " " no, no, I'm just kinda stressed out about school. " Sal was lying again. This is the second time he has lied to Larry. Why did he keep lying? He didn't like lying. But whatever. That's the least of his problems right now. As the day went by the weird feeling Sal had got stronger. Sal hated it but he didn't know what it was about. " Larry it's fine! Really dude, your being so overdramatic right now. " said Sal in a angry but playful voice. " I know, I know. I just..don't want to leave you on your own. Not even for a second. What if Travis walks in as soon as I leave? What if all day he has just been waiting for the right moment to make his move and attack you? " Larry said. " yea Larry, I'm sure that's exactly what's gonna happen. " " I'm serious Sal. " said Larry. " Larry. Are you honestly telling me your scared that if you leave class for 2 minutes to use the bathroom Travis is gonna kill me? " " well..maybe " Sal laughed. " Dude. I'm fine really. I know your worried about me but come on. School is gonna be over in literally ten minutes. " " fine. But if I come back to see you dead then don't say I didn't warn you! " Larry said in a joking voice whilst walking to the door. " Sal sat there for a few seconds when that feeling came back. He felt sick. He
felt like something just....wasn't right.
And he needed to figure out what it was. And then the door opened. Sal looked up expecting to see Larry. How was he back? It's only been..what? 30 fucking second? That's cause it wasn't Larry, it was Travis. Travis walked over to Sal as he got nervous as hell. But when Travis was next to Sal. He didn't yell at him. He didn't punch him. No. He said " hey Sal. Can I tell you something..? " oh no he was gonna say " your so ugly! " or " I told the whole school about how your a freak! " but instead he said. " I'm sorry about..you know, yesterday. But to be honest I think your face looks really bad ass! " did he just say that? Did Travis Phelps just complement and apologize to Sal Fisher?! Sal never thought he would see the day. " oh...it's fine Travis. And thanks! Im glad you like how I look " Sal said awkwardly still amazing over what Travis said. " it's no problem Sal..hey..I know we don't really know each other that well but..do you wanna..maybe hang out sometime..? It doesn't have to be anything special. Just like. Maybe just your place or something? " what...Travis just apologized, complimented Sal, and offered to hang out with him?! What?! There has to be some mistake right?! " oh, alright. Yea! That would be cool." Sal said trying not to sound like he was freaking out. " really? I mean, ok, alright. That...sounds nice. We can talk more tomorrow. Sound good? " " y-yea! Sounds good " " alright. Well. I gotta go. Talk to you tomorrow Sally face. " said Travis walking out the door. Sal needed a moment to process what just happened. Did he just agree to hang out with Travis? What was Larry gonna say? What was gonna happen? Was Travis just using Sal? Was Travis just waiting to get Sal alone so he could beat Sal up without anyone to stop him? Sals thoughts where quickly interrupted by Larry running into the room and next to Sal. " I'm so sorry that took so long Sal! " Larry said, looking like he was ready to pass out. " why didn't anyone tell me the bathrooms where on the other side of the damn school?! " " it's ok Larry, don't worry about it. " said Sal. " I'm so fucking tired right now dude. I can't wait to get home. You alright dude? " " oh yea Larry I'm fine. If anything. I've never felt better. "