Chapter 13: April 25th 2012 - April 27th 2012
April 25th 2012
10:28 AM - Local Police Station
Wayne was quietly being escorted out of the police station by his father after he was released for good behaviour but Wayne only pulled it off so he can leave that dreadful place and focus on one thing alone to fill his pathetic selfish void in himself, Revenge on Andrew Detmer.
3:26 PM - On The Roof Of A Skyscraper
Meanwhile in the city of Seattle, Andrew and Steve were on top of the roof on a skyscraper as they were admiring the view like they were on top of the world. It wasn't easy for Andrew to take Steve up to the skyscraper at first but eventually Steve let Andrew carried him as a damsel of distress, much to Steve's playfulness.
"Thanks for not dropping me back there" Steve thanked.
"I could've, you know, if you didn't stop acting like Lois Lane back there" Andrew joked about.
"Take me, Andrew, Take me to the stars" Steve acted all girly.
The boys shared a laugh together before Steve sighed:
"I wish I could bring Samantha up here. She'd love this"
"You haven't told her about my powers, did you?" Andrew asked.
"Nah, no way. She'd freak out and besides I always kept my word, you know that" Steve assured.
Andrew soon notices Steve looking out, like he was deep in thought or something before he asked: "Was there a reason why you asked me to take you to the city?"
"Well I...I just wanted to get away from my parents" Steve sighed.
"D-Do you ever got along with your parents?" Andrew took a chance to ask something personal to Steve before the man in question replies:
"We used to...I mean...we still are but...not as much as before; My Mom's, like, never home any more... I mean, you saw how my dad is. He's just... quiet...Sits around...working and...avoiding me at times especially with my mother; And it's pointless to talk to him about it 'cause he's got... nothing to say"
Andrew realises by now that he and Steve are not so different when he thinks about, both of their parents are dysfunctional and the results of what goes on in the family deeply affects them as Steve feels what Andrew feels, alone, unwanted, ignored and hurt.
"See, it's different, 'cause you've always had friends, and people want to talk to you and be around you. I never had any of that. I mean, before this, I barely even hung out with Matt, and he's my cousin. We were close when we were little, but...I don't know. In high school, everything changed" Andrew replied.
"It'll be fine, dude. You'll figure it out" said Steve.
"I hope so...I mean, my family's not so great too...I mean, My Mom is a wonderful person and she is getting better lately" Andrew started.
"Seriously?! Shit, that is awesome bro!" Steve happily said, patting Andrew on the back.
"Thanks but...it's mostly my dad that's the problem" Andrew shuddered.
Would Andrew have the courage to confess to Steve, who might be his only best friend beside his mother, about the damages that Richard not only causes on Andrew but on his mother as well.
"What do you mean?" Steve asked.
"Ever since he was...injured from work, he was let go from his job and was on the pension for then on; Mother and I encouraged him to find a new job but lately all he does is wallowing in his own filth on that old chair of his and going out to god knows where...he doesn't even stop drinking since then and...I don't know" Andrew replied.
"Andrew...does your father...hurt you or something like that?" Steve asked in concern.
"...No" Andrew denied, still not having the courage to confess.
"You know you can tell me anything; I can help you" Steve kindly offered.
"I...I'm fine, thank you" Andrew shook his head.
Andrew couldn't help but feel bad for rejecting Steve's help yet he cannot help but worry if Steve only cared about Andrew because of his powers as well as being afraid that he might hurt Steve like he did to the redneck driver that night by accident.
"Hey, I wanted to ask you...You wanna do the talent show with me in two days time? Get you out there, you know, meet some new people" Steve asked.
"No, I- I mean, no, that's not- I'm really shy, and I don't have any talents" Andrew refused.
"Yes you do, you have a talent, you have a talent" Steve nodded, grinning at that last sentence.
Andrew eventually realises what Steve meant before he quickly protests: "...Oh, no way. No way! Matt will have my head if he finds out about this or if something goes wrong"
"Forget Matt, man; You can't let him boss you around! Your powers are the most amazing thing in the world" Steve replied.
"You...really think so?" Andrew asked, blushing nervously.
"Hell yeah and besides, I will be there to help you like you wanted me to; You're my best friend, you know that?" Steve encouraged his best friend.
Andrew thought about it before he smiles and chuckles: "Let's do it!"
April 27th 2012
12:30 PM - Wayne's House
Wayne was in his room, talking to his best friend, Sean about what went on since he was arrested as he then said out loud:
"Are you fucking kidding me?"
"No man, Casey Letter is going to prom with Andrew fucking Detmer, man" Sean replied through the other line.
"That is fucked up, dude" Wayne groaned.
"Yeah, I reckon Matt put Casey up to this" Sean agreed.
"Of course that fucking backstabber would do something like this" Wayne growled a bit.
"Steve's the president now and he and Andrew are acting like BFFs; they're doing the talent show together tonight" Sean explained.
"What the fuck is up with the world lately? I'm ruined and that freak is getting all the shit he wants? This proves that there is no faith in humanity" Wayne angrily snapped.
"Steve's having an after party at his house after the talent show; you wanna come?" Sean asked.
"You know I'm under house arrest" Wayne pointed out.
"So?" Sean asked.
Wayne gave a smug grin before he replied: "The old fart is never around so fuck yeah, I'm in"
4:30 PM - Karen's Bedroom
Meanwhile Andrew was helping his mother clean up her room as she was slowly able to stand on her legs again but cannot move too much since she is still recovering from the cancer.
"You look handsome, sweetie" Karen sweetly said as she helps Andrew tidies his suit up.
"Yeah, Steve chose my clothes, he's gonna do my hair when he picks me up" Andrew chuckled.
"I'm glad you are spending so much time with your friends" Karen happily replied.
"Oh yeah, me too" Andrew agreed.
"Now sweetie, I know things have being rough with me suffering this and your father...whatever the hell he is doing that doesn't seem to be helpful for us; but I want you to know that you are stronger than all of this, you can be a better person unlike your father in the past, I want you to say it for me, please" Karen asked.
"I'm...I'm stronger than all of this" Andrew warmly replied and hugs his mother for a moment.
Andrew soon quietly and quickly used his healing powers to continue healing Karen from her cancer before Andrew's phone vibrates, picks it up and sees a text from Steve.
"Steve is almost there, I have to go" Andrew replied.
"Have fun, dear" Karen replied as Andrew helps her back in bed, kisses her forehead and leaves the room.
4:35 PM - The Detmer Residence
Andrew heads down the stairs but stops when he sees Richard on his chair, watching the game before Andrew quietly makes his way to the door.
"Hey..."
Andrew froze in terror before he heard Richard grumbling: "How the hell are you getting to school?"
"I don't know what you mean" Andrew mumbled.
"Don't bullshit me, you idiot" Richard growled. "Matt doesn't come. He doesn't drive up. You leave the house. Who the hell's giving you rides to school?"
"M...Matt" Andrew shuddered.
"All right. You know what?" Richard snapped as he got up from his seat and with a shit grin, he smirks at Andrew and sneered:
"You're lying. You're up to something, and you can't hide it. You think you can just slink, hmm? Sneak in, sneak around my house, smiling? I'm onto your shit"
Andrew was at the peck of Richard giving him crap since he now knows that Andrew is going somewhere with his life rather than the pathetic idiot himself before Andrew stares back at Richard and calmly said: "Just so you know; Mom is getting better and she is going to be up on her feet again, you know that right? So if I were you, I clean up your act, less you want Mom to know about what her loving husband does to her son and what he does for the family"
"Was that a threat, boy?!" Richard growled loudly before stopped when the bottle he was holding smashed to pieces mysteriously, making him jumped and check his hand for cuts or wounds.
Soon Steve's car pulls up as Andrew then lowly said: "No Richard...It's just an advice"
He didn't even wait for Richard to answer as he quickly leaves the house and heads to Steve's car.
5:15 PM - School Auditorium
Matt was recording the camera with Casey in the audience of the school auditorium before Steve comes out to the stage where the audience went wild for their school president before Steve exclaimed:
"Alright Benjamin Franklin High! Are you ready for some magic?!"
The audience screamed in approval before Steve raises his hands for silence, and then "presents" Andrew, also in a tuxedo. Mixed reaction from the crowd. Andrew's carrying a deck of cards; he fumbles them, they spill onto the floor, much to the audience's laughter. Steve throws up his arms in exasperation before Andrew shrugs, and all the cards leap back up into his hands. After a beat, the audience went wild for Andrew's magic trick as Matt cheered:
"Yeah! Go Andrew!"
"That's awesome!" Casey cheered.
As the act goes on, Andrew begins juggling six balls at once while Steve is drinking a soda before offering Andrew the soda. The telekinetic teenager pretends to be annoyed as Steve pantomimes joy at not having to give up his soda.
Andrew stops juggling, leaving all the balls hanging in the air, and snatches away Steve's soda. Steve lunges after him and gets back his soda, only to have all the balls drop out of the air and hit him. The audience is going crazy over this as Casey shouted:
"How is he doing that?! How the fuck is he doing that?!"
People around Matt are buzzing about how awesome the magic show is before they saw Andrew transporting buckets of water across the stage, spilling water everywhere. Soon Steve is pantomiming anger at the shoddy job he's doing before Andrew shrugged:
"Well, you do it then"
Steve tries, but trips and falls, sending the contents of the bucket flying out over the audience but only for it to seemingly rewind back into the bucket! Everyone screams and applause over this as Steve and Andrew take their bows to overwhelming cheers, separately. Andrew bows again, and people freak out.
"That's my cousin! That's my fucking cousin!" Matt cheered loudly.
Andrew and Steve headed back off stage before Steve pulls Andrew into a bro hug and cheered:
"You did it, man! You fucking did it!"
"T-That was so awesome! The audience, even Matt were cheering at me!" Andrew panted happily.
"I told you so, bro! I told you that you'd kill it out there" Steve laughed.
Soon Mr Wolfe approaches the boys, happily clapping for Andrew and said: "Bravo Andrew; that was amazing"
"Really sir?" Andrew nervously asked.
"I've seen a lot of magic shows in my life but your magic act, Andrew, was the best one I've ever seen! How do you do all of this?" Mr Wolfe happily asked.
"Sorry sir but a magician never reveals his secrets" Steve spoke in Andrew's defence.
"Fair enough" Cerin chuckled. "Well have a great night, you two and again, well done Andrew"
"Thanks sir" Andrew thanked.
7 PM - Steve's House
Later on, Steve and Andrew were getting themselves prepped up for the party as Matt was recording everything with Andrew's camera.
"Just amazing dude; You rocked the whole school apart" Matt happily said to Andrew.
"You really think so?" Andrew chuckled.
"Are you fucking kidding, I've never seen a reaction like that in the auditorium, you guys- it was fucking like- it shook the building. You guys are rockstars" Matt exclaimed.
"Hell yeah we were" Steve whooped.
"Yeah, it did- it did feel like that. All the girls screaming" Andrew added.
"Ah, see, here's the first stage of your downfall, hubris" Matt pointed out with a grin.
"What's hubris?" Andrew chuckled.
"Seriously?" Matt asked with a raised eyebrow.
"What "seriously," fuck you seriously!" Andrew scoffed, playfully shoving Matt a bit.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry" Matt laughed.
"Hey Matt...What's "seriously" mean?" Andrew teased to which the trio laughed out loud together.
Meanwhile Casey was outside the porch with Samantha, avoiding the giggles and the talking from the other girls at the school; Samantha notices this and asked Casey:
"You OK sweetie? The girls back there are really ripping into you for going with Andrew to the prom, mostly Monica but the girls are really onto you and all that"
"Let them, I don't care" Casey scoffed.
"I just really don't get why some people act like it's the end of the world for them" Samantha shrugged.
"I know right? It's just one night" Casey agreed with her best friend.
"Hey Casey" The two girls look back to see Monica and some of the other girls as the pink haired girl giggled" "Heard you got too desperate and asked Detmer to prom"
"Funny, At least I'm going to prom with someone, Last I heard, your prom date was busy being someone's bitch" Casey mocked.
This made some of the girls even Fiona laughed before Monica just scoffed loudly and walks away, making Samantha laughed: "I love how well you handle that slutty tramp"
Soon the whole crowd cheered before they saw Steve and Andrew coming down before Samantha lunges herself at Andrew and hugs him.
"Andrew! Sweetie!" Samantha cheered.
"Hi Sam" Andrew chuckled.
"You were amazing" Samantha phrased.
"Really?" Andrew chuckled.
Casey goes to hug Andrew as well before she giggled: "That was the most coolest thing I've ever seen in my life"
"Thanks Casey" Andrew thanked.
"Seriously, Andrew, you were great" A guy called out.
"If I knew you were this cool, I'd asked you out instead of this guy over there" A girl called out as well.
"Yeah, yeah, In your dreams" Another one called out.
"Thanks guys" Andrew thanked.
"Let's give it up for the man of the hour" Steve cheered.
The crowd cheers before they cheered out Andrew's name a couple times as the telekinetic teenager felt so accepted and phrased by this before they heard someone yelling out:
"Andrew Detmer eats shit!"
The crowd turns to the source of the voice before they see Wayne Allen, tipsy with a bottle of alcohol in his hand.
"Wayne?" Samantha scoffed in disgust.
"What the hell is he doing here?" Casey demanded.
"I thought he was in jail" Steve mutters to Matt.
The crowd watches as Andrew and Wayne just stood there, quiet, tense, disturbed at the other's presences before Wayne broke the silence by saying:
"You've changed a lot...Detmer"
"You too" Andrew softly spoke out.
"So it's true then; you're going to take Matt's girl to the prom..." Wayne chuckled.
"Yeah, so what?" Casey angrily asked.
"Don't worry about him, He's just jealous that he's not going to prom" Samantha scoffed.
Wayne darken his glare but did nothing irrational, much to Andrew's surprise but still kept his guard as he knows Wayne could might as well strike at Andrew at any time.
"At least I'm not the one who's going to fuck up prom night" Wayne scoffed.
"You know, I'm glad you're expelled because we don't have to deal with your shit ever again" Andrew spatted at Wayne for the first time
"The reason I'm expelled is because of you" Wayne angrily snapped.
Some of the crowd groans as Steve snapped: "Fuck off Wayne, Why the hell are you here anyway?! I didn't invite you to the party"
"I want everything that freak took from me back, my admission for the university that my future career was going to be set, my dignity and all that he and that backstabbing asshole, Matt took from me!" Wayne drunkenly raged on
"I took everything from you?! I was not the one who abused me because you lost the semi finals because of Austin! I wasn't the one who threw tampons at me when I was hurt...And I wasn't the one who treated me like shit every day because of how fucking stupid and selfish you are" Andrew raged back.
"It's alright Andrew" Steve tried to calm Andrew down.
"You know what, Wayne; just get out! No one here wants you around here" Matt snapped at Wayne.
"Is that so?" Wayne scoffed.
At that point, Wayne just laughed and grinned at his Andrew coldly and sneered: "Hey Detmer, Do you think those people at school are your friends now? They don't really care about you, moron; They just pretend to like you because you're just Steve's little bitch"
"Hey fuck you, Wayne" Steve snapped directly at the bully.
"Y-You're wrong..." Andrew grumbled.
"Am I? They may act like they give a shit but they don't, believe me Detmer, once a nobody, you're always a nobody"
"You're full of shit" Andrew growled. "Just crawl back to your fucking prison cell where you belong and stay there"
"Fuck you freak, just remember you were born a nobody and you will always be nothing, don't say I didn't warn you" Andrew growled.
Andrew furiously marches to Wayne, much before Steve and Matt attempt to follow Andrew to calm him down before his power might lash out by accident before he growled directly at Wayne.
"You know what, asshole! You listen here and listen good; I'm sick of your shit and I'm sick of you so do me a favour and fuck off! I'm not going to live my life the same way as it was before because of assholes like you"
Wayne leans in closer and hissed: "You can rot in hell for all I care like your fucking retarded mommy"
When Wayne threw beer on Andrew's face, much to the crowd's reaction of shock, Andrew angrily reached his limit and threw a direct punch at Wayne, violently knocking him down to the ground.
"Oh shit" Matt gasped.
"Whoa" Steve gasped before he chuckled: "Good one"
Wayne growls loudly like a raging bull and bellowed: "You're dead, Detmer! You're fucking dead!"
But before Wayne can charge and assault Andrew, the bully stopped on his tracks, holds his belly in pain and discomfort as he kneels to the ground, groaning, much to everyone's confusion.
"What the hell?" Samantha said in confusion.
Andrew was stirring Wayne's stomach to make him feel sick with his powers, unbeknown to both Matt and Steve before Monica rushes to Wayne and whimpered:
"Wayne?! Are you OK?! Say something!"
Suddenly Wayne directly looks at Monica and throws up on her dress, making her scream in disgust and everyone in the room started laughing out loud at this in an comedic out-roar.
"Looks like someone can't handle their alcohol" Andrew chuckled to which some of the people laughed with him.
"You idiot!" Monica screamed at Wayne. "Do you know how much this dress costs me, you dumb shit?!"
Wayne suddenly violently slapped Monica and yelled: "What have I told you about calling me that?! What have I told you?!"
The crowd were appalled by this before two older men grabbed Wayne as Steve angrily yelled: "Get this fucking asshole out of my house!"
"You're going to be sorry, Detmer! I'll get you for this! Mark my words!" Wayne screamed at Andrew as the guys took Wayne out of Steve's house roughly.
Andrew goes to Monica and helps her up before asking: "Are you OK?"
"Don't touch me, freak! This is all your fault! Why can't you just fuck off and stay out of everyone's life?" Monica angrily cried at Andrew.
"Oh my god, Monica! You are such a bitch" Samantha snapped back at Monica.
"Don't worry about her, Andrew; at least you were good enough to help someone up" Casey assured Andrew.
"Yeah, Wayne's just talking shit" Matt agreed.
"Like you haven't done so to me in the past?" Andrew timidly pointed out.
"Andrew; you're still my cousin and I want you to know that I don't think you're a bad person, OK?" Matt said.
Suddenly the large TV screen changes to what was a recording from a iPhone from Austin as Andrew watches on to see that the scenario was based on the prank that happened before, This made the bullies and a few more students laughed at the video of Andrew crying helplessly on the ground, bleeding from the nose and getting tampons thrown at him, to which they see it like Andrew was being an immature crybaby.
"No, no, nonononononononononono!" Andrew panicked to himself
Steve and the others were looking on at their peers in disgust before Steve snapped: "Who's responsible for this?!"
Soon they saw Steve helping Andrew up from the ground in the video:
"What the hell is this? Were you guys throwing tampons at Andrew?"
"What's it to you? Montogomery?" Austin snorted at Steve.
"You guys are assholes" Steve snapped and helps Andrew up.
"Can you believe that little bitch reacting like that?" Wayne chuckled to Sean.
"Seriously Wayne?!" Steve replied, glaring at Wayne.
"But Wayne's right, Steve" Matt replied.
Steve and Andrew looked at Matt as the teenager realised on how what he just said was as he felt a little guilty at that.
"Matt ... what the hell is wrong with you?" Steve asked in disbelief.
Matt looks at Wayne and the others who looked at him with interest, seeing how he would answer to that before Matt looks at Steve and to this day, he wasn't sure why he said but he replied with a shrug and said:
"I-I don't know, It's just... It's just Andrew ... that's all"
Steve looked at his best friend with such disgust before he angrily hissed: "Fuck you Matt"
Andrew remembers how hurtful that comment was from Matt, even Samantha and Casey glared at Matt who looked down, extremely guilty for what he said.
"Just Andrew, huh? Are you out of your fucking mind?" Casey snapped at her boyfriend.
"Oh but it gets better" Austin calls out as he shows the next video of the aftermath of the prank:
"Remember the time in junior high, Andrew vomited over the floor in science class because he couldn't dissect a frog like we did?" Wayne laughed.
"And the fact he kept on wearing that ugly-ass jacket" Monica added.
"Hey Monica! Remember that rhyme we gave him at elementary school?" Fiona giggled loudly as she and Monica childishly chanted:
"Smelly Andy. ugly, short and hairy, all his friends are, imaginary!"
The gang had a ball of laughter before Matt groaned out: "Will you guys shut up over there? I'm trying to study here!"
"Sorry man" Sean chuckled a bit.
"You know Matt, I feel bad for you; I really do, being related to that little bitch you called cousin"
"Don't remind me" Matt grumbled. "I mean, the whole thing back that just makes me wanna take Andrew and slap him into his senses, It was just a bloody nose for god sake!"
"Amen to that, buddy" Austin agreed.
Andrew stares at Matt in disbelief before he lowly asked: "You were talking shit about me behind my back all this time?"
"I...I didn't want you to find out and...that was different" Matt tried to explain.
Andrew looked down before he came to the conclusion that Wayne was right, Matt never cared about Andrew from the start and he was only using him to make himself look good.
"Andrew, I'm so sorry" Matt apologised and attempt to comfort his own cousin.
"Just stay away from me! G-Go smoke your pot and do what you do best" Andrew yelled at Matt and storms off past through a crowd of laughing bullies before he was out of sight.
"Alright enough! The party's over, Everyone out!" Steve angrily yelled out.
As the crowd quietly leaves the house, Casey looked at Matt hurtfully and angrily as she said:
"You lie to me"
"Casey-!" Matt tried to explain.
"You said you cared about your own cousin but all this time, you were treating him like shit with Wayne and all that; I can't believe you" Casey sadly said.
"What do you want me to do?" Matt loudly asked. "I know I fucked up and I'm trying to do better, I am!"
"I know but...lately with all of this going on, it's like I don't even know you anymore" Casey pointed out.
"Then what do you want from me?" Matt asked.
"I mean, I want the real you; not the pot smoking, sarcastic asshole you are over the last years in senior high...I want the you that were when we first began our relationship. The smart, loving, caring and even selfless person that you were. Even if no one has seen it yet but me...I want him back, Matt, I don't want to date someone who is a drug user and a selfish asshole" Casey miserably confessed.
"Is that how you really feel about me?" Matt sadly asked.
"Yes I do..." Casey nodded.
Matt knew he messed up in the past but heaven knows, he is trying to be a better person for Andrew and Casey but how is he going to convince Casey he is guilty and wants to do the right thing if Casey is on the brink of not trusting Matt anymore and their relationship could be destroyed after tonight.
Matt just eventually walks away before he said to Casey: "I know I fucked up most of the time lately, Casey and I am really trying to be better for both you and Andrew...I just hope you can give me a chance to redeem myself to both of you"
Matt sadly leaves while Casey watches on depressingly, not sure on how their relationship will go on any longer if all of this drama is not going to fade away anytime soon. Suddenly they heard a large whoosh like a jet speeding by close from the air as Casey spoke out:
"The hell was that?!"
"I...I don't know" Matt replied but he did knew as he knows that Andrew has just soared off to the air from the house.
10:45 PM - Clark Street
Andrew was angrily flying in the air, avoiding everything that he wanted to get away from. Andrew knew Matt avoided him for his better friends but the fact that he privately talked shit about him all those years behind his back was heart-wrenching for Andrew as he cared about his cousin all his life and now that he cares for Matt was for nothing as he wanted to hate him and crush Matt for all the shit he did to him over the years but cannot have the heart to do so.
He eventually landed near a private spot on Clark Street and decided to quietly walk back home, passing by puddles and making them move with his powers. Suddenly he was shoved to the ground before he saw one of the street gang members near Andrew's house walking by, Costly, as the thug spat:
"Watch where you going, Detmer"
Andrew just got up and soon notices that Costly was high off his head from weed before Andrew just walks away before Costly jeered at him: "Yeah walk away, you fucking pussy"
Costly threw a rock at Andrew's back before Andrew growls loudly, turns to Costly and snaps back: "Hey asshole!"
"What, you got a probem, motherfu-?!"
Andrew angrily whipped his hand out and Costly mouth started gushing out blood as he lies on the ground in shock and agony before he screams out in pain as Andrew flies away without Costly seeing him fly away.
11:23 PM - Andrew's Room
Andrew quietly returns home without waking up his mother or Richard before he goes to his room, locks the door, strips to his PJs and lies on the bed. The telekinetic teen soon opens his hands on what he was holding from his attack on the thug; Three broken teeth with blood on them as Andrew made them float in the air before crushing them to dust.
Andrew was getting sick and tired of all the people who have done nothing but to love make Andrew's life a living hell as he was beginning to accept the idea that what goes around, comes around; He feels like he wants to punish the wrong-doers and make them sorry forever for hurting Andrew for so long and how Andrew long to taste sweet justice in his hands by giving the people he hatred, a taste of their own medicine...
What happens next?
Stay tuned to find out!