~ Zach ~
"So," Zantac peeped with her fake happiness. "what is on the agenda today? Though nothing too strenuous, I have heels." She said what she said not looking up from her phone— or even faltering. I stood behind Gray with my hands resting on his shoulders somewhere in the lobby. Once we (well, Gray), finished breakfast, we had to drag Zantac away from some of her bitchy friends to start our day. After this morning and yesterday, I honestly just wanna give Gray the best fucking day of his life.
Both of us gave her a confused look after she said. My eyes drifted down to see her oversized heels and gave her a weird look. I'm pretty sure that, no matter how relaxed I am, Zantac will always get on my last fucking nerve.
Suddenly, Gray spoke up, "When is aunt Claire gonna take us into the control room?" Zara looked down at him with an attitude all over her face. Just by her face forming like that, I knew something bad was coming.
"Never," she replied. Before Gray could say anything, I butt in,
"Hey, lady, my aunt said she would take us in there today. So, when are we gonna go?" This lady think she real cute and gave me a small petty smile, turning her head to the side a little. Just like my little lady friend.
"Never," she replied.
"Fine then," I hissed back. "I want to speak to my aunt …"
"She's busy. All day," Zantac not missing a beat. My lip curled up in disgust and I sighed, looking down at Gray,
"Don't worry, we'll get in." I said.
"Promise?" Gray asked, holding up his pinky finger to me. I smiled, saying,
"I promise …" and then we both said, at the same time,
"Cross my heart and hope to die, so I won't make mama cry. No, I won't ever tell a lie, to fill this promise, to you, I will try." And a fist bump with an explosion right after that means the promise was set in stone.
Okay, so that's my goal for today. And, it's no where near the hell I thought it was going to be.
My gaze turned back to Zantac who was giving us a condescending look. Her gaze met mine and a smirk spread across her lips. She began to walk towards us and we stepped back. Not so much Gray as I did because she seemed to aim for me, brushing up against my side as she passed, whispering something. "I love a family man."
I puked in my mouth a little bit.
I love Gray, but I'm not going to say something to her that she wants to hear to get us in. My aunt signs her check so for fucks sake, we're gonna get into that damn control room if it kills me.
I squinted my eyes at Zantac's slutty look at me and curled my lip up in disgust.
"Maybe we can go see some other things first," I suggested to Gray, but he shook his head.
"Wait, don't you have aunt Claire's number on your phone?" A smile spread across my lips.
"Yeah, you're right bro, I do!" I didn't even turn to look at Zantac before I pulled up my phone and found my aunt's contact. "Hey, aunt Claire!" my cheery voice went into the phone once she picked up.
"Well, good morning to you too, Zach! Are you and Gray doing well?"
"Yeah, of course we are. Hey, we were wondering if you could possibly, maybe take us into the control room today?"
"It's no problem, I can take you in today around noon. I'll have plenty of time around then and then we can all have lunch together!"
"Oh, yeah, that sounds great," my reply was fluent in my second language: sarcasm. Once we hung up, I turned to Gray,
"It's done. We'll be going in at noon!"
"Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes! Can we go to the Gyrospheres first?"
"Yeah, and I'll beat you to the monorail!"
"Nu-uh!"
We both took off down the long lobby towards the train. I only challenged Gray to this because I knew we would lose Zantac along the way, which we did, but not after I saw her face and her trying to keep up with us in her heels. But, we beat that bitch to the train and got on and left without her.
Gray and I were laughing the entire way there.
It didn't take all that long to get to the Gyrospheres again. Gray was excited again so he started to talk dinosaurs again. Fuck. As much as I love him, this always gets on my nerves. It kept going and going even while we were waiting in line to get in one of those things. Gray, kept droning on and on …
"Did you know the soft tissue is preserved because the iron in the dinosaur's blood generates free radicals, and those are highly reactive."
There's bound to be someone interesting in this line.
"So, the proteins and the cell membranes get all mixed up, and act as a natural preservative."
Oh, well, hello there ….
"DNA can survive for millennia that way."
Wait … is that …?
"See, now, even if the amber mines dry up, they'll still have bones …."
"Shut up." I cut in, looking closer ….
Trenton was standing there a few people back from a group of girls. He was alone, looking off into space, standing there with his arms close to his body, like he was cold. It was hard to tell if he was cold or uncomfortable or sad or something, but that didn't matter, I wanted to go over to him and just pick him up, twirl him around …. He looked different; better, but also worse. Then along came Gray.
"What do you think's gonna happen from you just staring at them?" He said, with an attitude. I tore my gaze away from Trenton and saw the three girls giggling as they stepped forward to get on the ride. Trenton hadn't seen me blatantly glaring at him ….
Thank you, Gray.
But, all he saw was me staring at those girls. "Thanks man …"
"You're welcome!"
The next thing came up and we stepped up. I took one last glance at Trenton, the image was burning into my mind, before I climbed in and we set off. I had to adjust myself while sitting to hid the obvious excitement I was feeling. I bit my lip and closed my eyes, seeing him one more time, thinking only about my own weakness.
God, I love tank tops.
"Hi …" a soft voice said. A harsh sunlight was in my eyes and I squinted to see what was in front of me, but I shifted around away from its rays. I saw were I was then, but I didn't know where I was. It was warm and we were sitting on a green surrounded by beautiful lush palm trees and a circle of tan-colored buildings some distance away. I say we because I sensed someone else's presence after I had heard them greet me. "I said, hiiiiii sleepy head!" the voice continued softly.
I lifted my head from what I was laying on and saw Trenton sitting next to me. No sense of nervousness or panic came over me, but I got a sensation of familiarity. It was like I've known him for a long time. The first words out of my mouth were, "Hey, babe."
"Zach, I know it's nice out, but is it fall-asleep-on-the-quad-while-I'm-quizzing-you nice?" He replied, with a small giggle lacing his voice.
"Yes," I rubbed the sleep out of my eyes and sat up. "yes it is. How long did I sleep for?"
"Just about ten minutes, didn't want to wake you either. You looked so peaceful. How was it?" I replied in a raspy, tired voice,
"I want more." I reached out for Trenton and snaked my arms around his waist, pulling his closer to me just as I rested my head on his shoulder from behind.
"Baby …." he sighed, giggling. He pulled his outstretched legs in and turned around to face me. God, he's perfect. In the bright, California sunlight everything looked better, too. From every tuft of his brown hair whisked off to the side, to his perfect, white smile. And his dimples … they make me melt inside.
I lifted my gaze from his lips to his cobalt-blue eyes. They were getting closer to me and closing in … my boyfriend wants a kiss and I will happily oblige.
"Zach! Wake up!"
I gasped and jerked upright in my seat, looking around like a skittish bird. "Fuck …" I sighed heavily. "Gray, what the fuck do you want?" I gave him an irritated look.
"We have to get off soon."
"Oh … shit." I groaned deeply, rubbing my eyes and stretching in the little room I had in the sphere. "How … how long did I sleep for?"
"The entire time we have this thing for."
"Wait, so you drove it?"
"Yeah! It's not that hard, I'm not a Sauropod!"
"Okay, sure, whatever the fuck that means."
I feel sluggish and shitty. Skipping breakfast was a bad idea. But, what the actual fuck was that dream all about? Other than to make me super, happy, and relaxed. First off, the place seemed familiar, but I couldn't place where it was. Second, why did I dream that Trenton was my boyfriend? Have I fallen that hard for him that he's gotten into my dreams now? Seems like it, but I'm not complaining. I feel warm and happy just sitting here thinking about it. It was all so real, so wonderful, even if it cut out before the good part. I relaxed into my seat as the car was drifting off towards where we started.
I kept replaying the dream. "Baby …." Trenton kept saying. I kinda had a feeling of what Trenton felt like in my arms from the dream. Butterflies in my stomach was definitely apart of it.
Just then I remembered about Trenton outside of my wonderland. That image was still burned into my mind of him standing there all alone in his tank top. I could see basically the entire side of his torso and just that made me weak at the knees. Fuck, I need to get laid. I get excited from seeing his side and that just shows how desperate I am.
Once the thing docked, I climbed out and stretched more. Gray, of course, was already ready to go. "C'mon! It's almost noon!"
"Gray, slow the fuck down, we have plenty of time."
Something in me wanted to stay here to see if by any chance Trenton was going to be here. Of course, I have to play it off like that's exactly what I am not doing because Gray's much too smart and he'd figure shit out.
And then it occurred to me how I'll stay here until, or at least I hope until, he comes back. "Gray, what did I miss on there?"
"A lot," he said simply. I can't believe I'm saying this ….
"Tell me about them."
Gray didn't miss a beat and went off.
My eyes were wandering the entire time. I could see where people got off from the spheres and, with every one that came in, I was hoping with my entire being it was Trenton's. This dream I had spurred thoughts about him that I've never had before about boys. I was daydreaming about us together (at wherever that was). Or maybe how him and I would meet— better than we did in reality. Like maybe I found some alone time and so did he and we got to talking. Next thing I know, we're on the beach on some side of this island. A dinosaur roars loudly from he jungle and he gets scared and hugs me and ….
"Hey," Gray hit my shoulder. "look, it's Trenton!"
I jerked my head too quickly to the side and saw him getting out of a sphere with another guy. Wait, I thought he was alone? I also recognized the other guy … black shirt …?
"Go ask him if he can come with us now," Gray went on. I should have resisted that more than I did— or even try at all.
Gray knows me so, so well.
"O-Okay," I murmured, going over to them both. They were talking to each other, but stopped when I approached them and opened my mouth to speak, but nothing came out. My palms were suddenly sweaty and clammy. I needed to speak, but nothing was coming out. Trenton broke the silence,
"Hi …?" He said pensively. When I finally got something out it was pitiful,
"I ... um, was ... wa-was wondering if you wanted to come with us? You know, me and my brother, Gray, to the ... the control room thing? I mean, if you want to, of course, you don't have to. It's not anything special- but to you I'm sure it's, like, the coolest thing in the world and I'm not saying it's not cool, it's just not my thing, but … it—"
"I'd love to."
Fuck, there goes that … wait, what?
I stopped my blabbering and focused on Trenton and his smile. I met his wonderful blue orbs and didn't break it while I replied, blushing, "Okay, awesome!"
For a few wonderful moments, I was as happy as I was in the dream. Trenton and I were smiling at each other and holding this gaze. His blue eyes were full of life ….
"Well," a voice broke the connection yet again. This time, it was the stranger. "I'mma leave. But, Trenton, it was awesome to meet you and I'll see you … tomorrow?" he said starting to go.
"Wait, you should come with us!"
No! I already have a cock-block named Gray, I don't need whatever the fuck he is!
"Nah, that's alright. I'll see it soon enough, right? Okay, see you later," and with that, he left. I didn't think to ask who that was, I was only focused on Trent, but the voice made him even more and more familiar to me.
I brushed it off, and looked back at Trenton with a happy look. "Alright, so are you ready to go? And … h-how long can you stay?"
"Yeah, let's go! And, I guess, for the rest of the afternoon," … our eyes met ... I melted on the inside ... "I'm yours."
I hope you will be some day.
A/N: Zach, you're so alone it's making me sad GO FOR IT DAMNIT. Also, hmmm, Mr. Black Shirt is pretty suspect. I do wonder what WONDERS he'll bring to the next chapter.
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Thank you! The next chapter will feature dialogue galore from Trenton and his mom and then Trenton his fav Zachy ;)
