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Written to: "Running with the Wolves" by Cloud Cult.
"I'm staying with the wolves... We're running to find meaning.
And we're never comin' back"
-Cloud Cult
He had always been the 'weird' kid.
The one everyone kept around for comic relief.
He knew.
He had always known.
...he may be…big and slow and have a love for farting classic rock…
But he'd never been stupid.
…So, when the opportunity came to go to school…
…where no one knew him…
(…no Mom or nine siblings or…or Steve…)
…on a cruise ship sailing around the world…
It had not even been a question.
(he didn't have anything anchoring him to land after all)
He has friends.
Real ones.
One's that listened and…
and…laughed with him.
(O.K, they totally laughed at him sometimes, but not in a mean way, so whatever)
He met someone more 'gross' than him (though he was pretty sure Zack started showering now, thank god)
He met someone more 'weird' than him (Cody still had Blankey, he didn't like to judge, but really? Really?)
…He even met someone more lonely than him ( …strange how the more she had, the more she didn't…)
And then…
There was Her.
…she was silly and pretty and upbeat and talkedwaytoomuch…
He even married her ( so it was fake- minor details!)
And….and she was wonderful.
(and slightly scary)
…But he didn't need to be the one who got to hold her.
As long as she was happy.
…then it was enough.
He didn't really understand why love was so hard.
Listening to his roommate moan and cry- the answer seemed simple to him.
Tell her -" I'm sorry. I. Was. Wrong. I love you,"
But the blonde twin just sighed and told him it wasn't that easy.
(Personally- he just thought Cody was too proud and stupid, but it wasn't his business so he didn't say anything)
…but…but Cody's issues made him think.
Was it really O.K for Addison to be with someone else?
Was that really enough?
Didn't… didn't she deserve someone who would listen to her, hold her….love her?
Didn't he deserve love too?
So…so he was going to get her to love him.
How hard could it be?
Oh. My. God.
How can such a tiny person be so…so loud?
She defied the laws of physics or something…
They had gone mini-golfing and swimming and the movies and air hockey….
…and he was just about to collapse.
Like, someone call a doctor- this might be the last moments of his young life!
….but then she just looked at him and smiled…like…like she knew he was slowly dying…
"…Hey you- looks like you could use the kiss of life,"
Well.
He wasn't going to say no.
(…and she tastes like…strawberry ice cream and jellybeans and something…something magic…)
What can he say?
He knew he 'would land her.'
He's still the 'weird' kid.
People still laugh at him.
(And he still has too many siblings and Steve still wants him to call him "Dad")
But…but now it's O.K
…because if his life is weird, then he doesn't want to be normal.
(...guess he's living the suite life after all…)
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