How many raindrops are in a rainstorm?
School was back in. Instead of waking up REALLY early in the morning and waiting for the public bus, like a normally did, I woke up at a reasonable time and drove to school. That was the best thing about Axel's gift. Boche was quite happy with Axel's gift too. Sure it was only a condo, but a large one, which meant I could throw a stick and Boche could actually run across the room and retrieve it. Boche did miss the boat though. At the boat he was allowed to wonder around the dock, and sometimes the streets. He also missed the ocean.
"Hey Xion" My first class of the day was with Xion. She didn't answer. I didn't pay much attention to Xion when I first came in. I got a glimpse of her head on her desk and that's it. I sat beside her and poked her head to make sure she was ok. He lifted her head and looked at me. Her left eye was a mixture of red and purple. The color lead over to the middle of her nose.
"Holy crap! What happened to you!"
"One of the kids punched me in the eye after I left and met them on the elevator," She gently touched her nose "but their mother gave me an extra fifty dollars as a sorry gift." That kid sure did have a punch to do that kind of damage to Xion. "I'm not babysitting again...ever" I surely didn't blame her.
Throughout the class many people asked Xion the same question but she answered back "I fell on the corner of a table." I don't think she wanted anyone to know about the fact that an seven year old punched her.
Lunch came quickly and I hadn't seen Axel in class or in the hallways all day. Always, me, Xion and Axel hung out at lunch, but today Xion was asked that she help with taking down some of the Christmas decorations. She probably would have said no, but the teacher who had asked her was a teacher that taught a class that Xion had low marks in (To her low marks were 80), so she figured if she helped he'd increase them. Axel, on the other hand, was in Neverland. Or more like Nowheretobefuckingseen land.
I traveled the small hallways alone, something I hadn't done since the first day. The hallways were empty and I swear I had seen a tumble weed roll down one. The only noise was the sound of my shoes rubbing against the ground and my uneven breaths. But then I heard something I hadn't heard since I starting walking down the hallways that day. Voices.
"Did you really?" Was the first thing that I heard. The voices were coming from around a corner. I peeked my head around it and seen a group of about four or five people. I recognized some of them. Two of them were in one my classes (Although they barely showed up). And I knew one of them. Axel. As quickly as I seen them I jolted back to the wall before the corner and listened. Yes I was nosey but I was wondering what Axel was doing with them and where had he been all day?
I didn't hear anyone answer but I took a guess and said that they nodded because the next words that were spoken were "Man, you got balls, weird ass balls, but balls."
"Axel will do anything to win bets." Another voice said. They were talking about Axel. I stuck my head around the corner again, but quickly chickened out and pulled back. I heard Axel go "Meh," I was so use to Axel that I pictured him shrugging. What bet did Axel take?
"Just for the glory of it and rubbing it in your faces that I can do whatever." He finished.
"Only a pretentious person like you would do a stupid bet like that." I heard a girl, one of the people that I had taken classes with, say and the sound of gum popping. That was her gum popping. That's all you could hear in class when she was there, which is mainly why the teacher didn't care if she showed up or not half of the time.
"So where's my prize?" An overwhelming smell of cigarettes came from their direction. I looked around for one last time to see, pretty much all of them, with cigarettes in hand or in mouth. A blonde handed Axel a envelope. I knew the blonde from the hallways. He was loud, idiotic and nobody could stand him. Axel stuck his envelope in his back pocket and threw his cigarette on the ground.
"I'm never doing a bet like that again." They started slowly walking down the hall. Thankfully in the opposite direction of me. "Hey you're the one who suggested it."
"No I did not."
"Did so." The blonde even annoyed Axel. Axel glared at him. "I'm sorry but who said 'Hey that guy looks gay! I'd bet you three hundred bucks that he is' so you started it." Huh?
"Oh just shut up you two!" The girl pushed them apart.
"So how you gonna to tell that Rox- whatever his name is, gay guy, that it was bet." My heart stopped. The blood ceased to travel and my lungs froze with no air inside of them. "And how we going to humiliate him is more of a good question!" Did Axel- was I just? Why? I was a toy! A bet! How could that have happened! Then the pieces came together.
After Axel had met me, at the beach, he probably told them about me. When I got to school they seen me. They quickly made a bet and later that day Axel seen that I was in trouble and played "Hero", as Seifer had said, thinking that I'd trusted him better. The next day he told me of a way to repay him which was to be his friend. By being his friend that meant that we would get closer. He tried to get me drunk at the bowling alley so that my judgement would get blurred, but thankfully I didn't get drunk. He started really hanging out with me to get even closer. Then he took me to the party again to try and get me drunk, which had worked. But the thing that I don't understand is why he backed off? Maybe he figured that he could humiliate me first and if he had reacted back, people would have said he was gay too. Then I became attracted to him, like he was planning. And then he tricked me.
I wanted to drop dead. How could I have not seen it? How did I let him in my life? Why didn't I ever say no? Why? Why? WHY!
I did the only thing that I knew how to do. I ran. I ran back the way I came. I ran to my car. I wanted to cry in there but knew that people would walk by. I drove back home and crashed to my knees when I entered. That's all I did that day. I was pissed off and felt betrayed. So why was I crying? Because I didn't see it coming. Because they were going to tell everyone and my life would be no more. Because it was Axel.
Eventually I became too mad to cry anymore. My head hurt and no matter how many *Advils I took it wouldn't go away. The only pill that would work was the one that killed Axel and his true friends. I was never one to wish death upon people, but they deserved it... especially Axel. There was a knock on the door but didn't answer it fearing it was Axel.
"Roxas are you there?" Thank god it was Xion and not Axel. I took it that my eyes were still bloodshot because when I opened the door Xion had a look of worry and shock.
"Where have you been all day?" I didn't say anything. I didn't know if Axel's bet had spread around the school yet. "Are you ok?" I still didn't answer. She pushed passed me and invited herself in. "What's wrong?" Either the bet hadn't been speard around yet or Xion just didn't know. I still couldn't talk. "Roxas, you're scaring me. Please talk." I had to eventually. I shut the door and put my back up against the wall and slid down it until I was on the floor with my knees up to my chin.
"I found something out today." I took a deep breath and Xion came and sat down beside me. My brain was to scrambled to possibly think of a way to explain this, and yet I somehow got it out. I told her everything. I wasn't looking at her but I could feel the atmosphere change from worry to hatred for Axel. Xion called Axel every name in the book under her breath. Before I noticed Xion had stormed out. One part of my brain said she was going after Axel, which is what I didn't want, and another said that she wasn't.
I heard Xion's voice yell out "YOU!" In the hall. I had a feeling I knew who it was and I was right. I opened the door, only about an inch or two though. Axel was standing with the wall pressed against his wall and Xion standing on her tippy toes to meet his face.
"You son of a bitch!" Xion was definitely mad. Mad that he'd do something like that and mad that he was playing both me and her.
"What the hell's wrong with you?" Axel looked appalled. "What the fuck's wrong with you!" Xion came back. Axel hadn't figured out that we knew. "How could you do that?" She pushed him in the chest. "Hey! What are you talking about?" Then Axel noticed me. He pushed himself off of Xion and before I could slam the door on him, he stuck his foot between the door and pushed it open. I was no match for the, giant, Axel. I backed off, not voluntarily , just that if I didn't back off I'd be killed by the door. Axel slammed the door shut on Xion and leaned against it and locked it so that she couldn't get in. So this was how I was going to die. Axel was going to beat the shit out of me. Xion pounded on the door.
"What's going on?"
"Why don't you fucking tell me? I heard you this morning talking with your friends!" I watched the color drain out of Axel's face. While I was shaking with rage Axel stood still like a deer in headlights.
"Wait, that's not-" Axel began but I didn't want to hear it from him "Not what? 'Not what you thought it was?' No! That's bullshit Axel! Who the fuck are you?"
"Let me talk first will you!" I didn't want to but I wanted to hear what bullshit Axel could have came up with. He lowered his head "The bet thing was true," I wanted to throw something at him "but after I started hanging out with you guys I became attached to you guys and really started to like you, so basically what I'm trying to say is they aren't my friends anymore, you guys are and that I really love you." My temptations got the best of me and I picked up a near by vase and threw it at Axel. unfortunately he ran away from it and it smashed against the door. "What the fuck man! I'm telling the truth!"
"Even if you were, everyone's going to know that I'm gay! What were you going to do about that?" I searched for more things to throw. Axel just stood there. "Fuck Roxas! Just trust me!"
"Fuck you Axel! How could I trust you! Get out!" But he continued to stand there "I Said GET OUT!" He did not listen "GET OUT! I don't need you or your money and fancy house or cars GET OUT!" Axel sensed how angry I was and left. I broke down.
Star notes
Advil: Advil is a pile you take to get rid of pain.
Windy's Wonders
Oh dear lord! I'm sooooooo sorry for not being on in EVER! I was soooo busy and just couldn't bring myself to write this! and that is why it's crap!
The end of this story is coming soon because I'm going back to school soon and i'm very busy this month :/
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