Forbidden Sunrise

The Tenderness 2.0

A/N "Fallen man's inability fully to comprehend haunting reminders of another, supernatural realm that yet seemed not to exist, the constant perplexity of inexplicable and vastly metaphysical phenomena, a propensity for seemingly perverse or evil moral choices that had no firm or fixed measure or rule, and a sense of nameless guilt combined with a suspicion the external world was a delusive projection of the mind-these were major elements in the vision of man the Dark Romantics opposed to the mainstream of Romantic thought." - G.R Thompson

Chapter 1: The New Girl

August 28, 2012, 8:00pm Lake Forest Park, Washington

Snow fell on the suburbs of Lake forest park, a quiet place to live and to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city. It's residents, mainly blue collar workers from engineers, construction workers and steel mill workers. Beck Oliver, a senior who attended Esmeralda High School and who lived alone with his mother in a five story two bedroom apartment building.

Beck sat in his living room table eating dinner with his mother, He had another bad day at school. He was alone every time Tony and Marcus the school jocks always got him in a corner and messed with him. No one ever bothered to lend a helping hand or ask Tony and Marcus why they messed with him. Beck was in that stage where he could very well defend himself, but was just being held back by immense fear of fighting. Thinking back to what happened earlier at school in the gym, Beck finished up his dinner and went into the kitchen to go clean his plate and his mothers.

[Flashback]

"Marcus Stop it! leave me alone or else I'm going to tell Mr. Robertson that you keep touching me!" an annoyed girl playing basketball warned Marcus and Tony, Beck was sitting atop the bleachers watching his enemies messing with someone who wasn't him for once. He smirked when the gym teacher came up to Marcus and Tony and told them to run around for twenty laps. Marcus was pissed and looked up at Beck, he frowned at him and started running.

When gym was done and nearing the end of school, Beck grabbed his coat and bag from the boy's locker room and prepared to leave. He was stopped by Marcus who came from around the corner of some lockers, Beck paused and stared at him. His other buddy, Tony stood behind him and blocked his only other exit.

"You thought It was really funny when the teacher made me run for twenty laps Huh you Metro sexual looking Bitch, I saw you smiling!" Marcus punched Beck in his gut and dragged him into the shower where he and his buddy took the liberty of punching and kicking Beck on his face, back and sides. Beck grunted in pain as the bullies kept wailing on him. A passing freshmen saw the scuffle and tried to say something, of course when Marcus yelled "Get lost! Or your next!" the student left immediately.

To finish his attack, Marcus kicked Beck across his forehead over and over. Beck could only cover his face for protection but risk damage all over his body, Tony had to pull Marcus out of the showers to keep him from putting Beck in a coma. Laughter was heard from Marcus as he left the room and traveled down the halls.

Beck stumbled a bit trying to get back up, but when he did he felt blood running out from his lip which had been cut in the assault. He wiped his hair away from his eyes, then zipped up his coat and left school.

[Flashback End]

Beck walked into a Deli to buy a sandwich for himself, while he grabbed a can soda from a fridge, he watched a couple around his age holding and kissing each other outside. He looked at them with great thought at what it might feel to have someone for his own. as someone as attractive as him he's never had a first kiss or even a girlfriend. His mother thought he should only start looking for a girlfriend when he turned 21, but until then the only woman in his life for now was his mother; that's what she told him at least.

Beck took his belongings once he paid and left the Deli store, it was some day he had today but thankfully it was his last year.

Beck's Bedroom

Lying down on his bed wearing pajama pants and nothing else, Beck stood up and looked himself in the mirror. He wasn't overweight nor was he skinny, he was in good shape like Bruce lee, one of his idols. Beck had a telescope mounted on a tri pod with which he used to spy on his neighbors, there were many neighbors nearby and if he got lucky he could even catch a married couple getting it on. Tonight he spied on a man doing some push ups in front of a TV with what Beck though was a p90x training video he was watching. That didn't keep Beck's attention for long, he turned his telescope over to Brenda and Darrell; the married couple.

It looked like tonight they were arguing about something, maybe about one of them cheating or about other marital troubles. Darrell left their room frustrated, leaving Brenda alone on their bed alone and sad. He watched them for a bit longer, minutes went by when Darrell returned to his bedroom. Beck watched as the husband apologized for his outburst and kissed Brenda, Beck watched attentively when Darrell felt on her breasts and kissed her up and down on her neck.

Beck was learning new things everyday and tonight he would learn to respect other peoples privacy, Brenda saw Beck in her pleasure filled state and told her husband to close the blinds. Beck ducked and waited to see if it was ok to look again, while ducking he heard the motor of a vehicle outside stopping. He peaked over and saw a girl with long brown hair wearing a black beanie hat, in a dirty old green jacket and jeans. She was wearing absolutely no shoes when she got out of the moving truck, she didn't even have socks on. Behind her was a man around his sixties carrying a large trunk and bags, he was wearing a coat, hat and the whole set for an early winter.

Beck ran to his front door to see through the hole to go take a better look, when he could see the girl and who he presumed to be her father, he opened up his door just a bit to take a look. Beck saw the girl's father taking out keys to unlock their door, Beck's eye then looked over at his new female neighbor. She had a very serious look to her, she had her fists in her jean pockets that fitted her maybe a bit to tight, but it didn't matter to him…they looked good on her. The new girl went inside with her dad and went out of sight, Beck blinked a few time before closing his door.

(!) "More chapters coming soon"