muke//kissing in the rain

chapter 4

Mum hates it when the lights are off in the house I try to tell her that she's slowly but surely killing the earth by wasting energy, and plus I'm all about that mood lighting. So naturally, the source of light in the lower level of my house are the white fairy lights that I hung around a few months ago. I got the inspiration from tumblr and I thought we needed to give our place a bit more personality. It was pretty drab before I embellished our living quarters.

I was sitting cross legged in the middle of the living room gaping at my phone, absolutely stunned. I pulled at my black lip ring and shifted my position on the rug so that I was leaning up against the coffee table. When Michael pulled up In front of my building, he snatched my phone from my grasp and clicked away at it. His confidence was appalling, as it was the whole night. He smiled and said "see you around, blondie" before lightly punching my shoulder and returning my cell phone to me. Once I shut the door behind myself I let 2 hours worth of giggles and screams out as I sank to the floor. It all went downhill when I checked my phone. I had thought it was a once in a lifetime experience that I'd get to "hang out" with the Michael clifford. Apparently not, since he added his number into my phone.

So here I am, wrapped In a white fleece blanket, sipping my tea with Weezer floating through the surround sound. With an atmosphere like that I should be at ease, I'm anything but. I looked again, to make sure I wasn't dreaming. Sure enough, there it was. He could've simply put "Michael" in but no he had to make his name "mikeyy😻" I mentally awed at the name and emoji. But then went back to stressing out.

Does this mean he wants to talk to me again? Should I text him first or should I wait.... Maybe he was just trying to be nice. Maybe it's a fake number and he's trying to prank me. Maybe he got possessed by a demon when he went into the gas station and he wasn't thinking for himself when he gave me his number but when I got out of his car the demon exited his vessel, leaving him terrified that the mute freak might text him.

I think I've been watching too much supernatural..

"Okay luke, don't be a pussy." I spoke aloud to myself. It took me 25.42 minutes to compose a suitable message for Michel. I ended up going of something nice and simple that says, "I don't need to text you but you should feel special that I am."

Luke: Hey.

I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding after I clicked the send button. I then tossed my phone on the couch and unraveled the blanket from my body. I opened the heavy back door and slunk to the veranda, overlooking distant city lights and cars lighting up the dark night. My slender fingers grasped onto the cool railing as I looked down. Our apartment Wasn't they high up, but if you were to fall from this patio you would at least be paralyzed. I shook my head. The most random thoughts appear in my mind when I'm nervous. I started to get a chill as the cold air creeped through the fabric of my black sweats and thin red tee. Suddenly a "ding" broke through my thoughts and my eyes immediately widened. I launched my self onto the couch in record time and unlocked my phone.

Mikeyy😻: is this luke??

I smiled seeing his contact name show up on my screen. He answered.

Luke: Tis I.

I clicked send then smacked myself in the head. Why didn't I word it differently??

Mikeyy😻: haha I thought so! How're you?

Luke: pretty good, you?

Mikeyy😻: not too bad! We only just met today and you seem like a fly guy... Wanna get to know each other better? We'll state random facts about ourselves then ask a question.

Luke: Sounds good to me!! Hmm I'm 17. How old are you?

Mikeyy😻: I'm 19. You're so young... I don't think this is gonna work out.

Luke: shut up asshat there's 2 years in the difference.

Mikeyy😻: ouuuu fiesty!!! Ok ok ok. I play guitar and sing. I was inspired to learn from blink 182 when I was 11. Why did you move here and why don't you attend school?

Luke: oh wow that's so awesome! I wish I could play guitar. I saw blink live once. It was unreal. My aunt Janis took me when I was 14! She takes me to a lot of concerts. & well my mom transferred jobs and her office is here so we moved closer and we both wanted a fresh start... And I'm home schooled. I mostly educate myself though.

Mikeyy😻: ARE YOU SHITTING ME YOU LIKE BLINK TOO? AND SAW THEM LIVE? I want to marry ur aunt. & ah I see. Well that makes sense. Are you homeschooled because of your selective mutism?

I smiled at his question. I hate how everyone tip toes around it. I'm honestly never self conscious about that. I lack confidence for other reasons, not usually my speech. I really appreciate his bluntness. Even mom doesn't talk about it without hesitating and lowering her voice. They all think I'm gonna freak out. It doesn't define who I am.

Luke: well mum spoils me a bit. She gave me the choice and I said I'd rather stay home because I hate people. Mute kids can easily get an education in public school, I just choose not too.

Mikeyy😻: wow big boy gets to make his own decisions! But I know how you feel I hated school too. I wasn't unpopular but I wasn't popular. Girls were all over me but the guys didn't like me because there girlfriends were ready to spread there legs if I said the word. Teachers didn't like me because I'm very opinionated and loud.

My smile faltered a little. Was he implying that he had sex with all these girls? I figured he was straight but I didn't know he was that kind of guy. I still liked him though. I liked him so much that he could burn every book and record I owned and I would say "awh."

Luke: wow! I bet you had a good bit of janitor closet hook ups in your time then?

Mikeyy😻: in my time? I'm not gandalf! & yeah a few but none of them meant anything.

Oh. I thought. Before I could come up with a reply he sent another message.

Mikeyy😻: you probably think I'm a manwhore now. I'm not. I was going throughout rough patch in my life and I would do anything to forget about my situation.

Luke: I understand. Don't worry I don't think poorly of you because of that. One way to forget the pain is to do something you will be in completely. And I guess you were completely In something.... But I don't think that the quote is implying vaginas specifically.

Mikeyy😻: YOU DIRTY BOY!!xD but yeah I'm over that part of my life now.

Luke: ooops!! Haha and that's great.

Mikeyy😻: it was actually really fun talking to ya, but I have to go. Duty calls. We'll see each other soon I hope!

I locked my phone and rolled onto my back, resting my head on the cushiony arm of the couch. Duty calls? He would have no need to go to the library at 2am. Well whatever it is it's none of my business. I can't believe my life. I've been dreaming of this forever. Maybe Michael and I will become close. Maybe for once in my life I will have a friend who isn't a relative that's 30 years older than me. Who knows what lyes in the future. I'm surprised that my face hasn't broken from all the smiling I've been doing. A smile is such a foreign thing to my solemn face.

Michael clifford. That boy will be the death of me.

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Yeah. I always write chapter for this when I'm way to tired so forgive me if it ever gets weird. I have a science test tomorrow and I didn't study because I was writing #oops