Part 3
Marco grimaced at the screen of the video game, it was flashing the words 'game over' at him and it seemed to be mocking him. Any other time he would have played again, except they were out of quarters. With a small sigh he turned from it and was startled to see Tobias there.
"What's up?" Tobias asked, and Marco's chest tightened at the sound of Tobias' voice. He had always loved listening to it.
"Not much. We're heading home," Jake said shrugging his shoulders, snapping Marco out of his thoughts.
"Out of quarters," he said to save face. "Certain people keep forgetting that the SleazeTroll shows up right after you cross the Nether Fjord. So certain people keep losing the game - and losing our quarter." Marco jerked his thumb towards Jake every time he said 'certain people' realizing afterward that he looked like an idiot since it was obvious who he was talking about. And he was babbling. OK maybe he was a little nervous, but he didn't need to let Tobias know that.
"So, like maybe I'll walk home with you guys," Tobias said. Marco was trying to figure out a tactful way to say, 'no get away!' when Jake said sure.
Marco wanted to throttle Jake, he didn't need this kind of torture. He had thought it was bad enough when he saw Tobias in school, which thankfully wasn't often.
Marco felt some relief when Rachel and Cassie joined the group, and got to laugh when Jake accidently insulted Rachel. They started walking home, and Marco was glad they were taking the short cut because he didn't want to be near his hearts pain and love any longer then he had to be.
*~&~
Tobias' heart sped up as they were walking through the construction site, though he wasn't sure if it was from the construction site, which had the aura of a graveyard, or that he was walking so close to Marco.
He hadn't been able to be near Marco since the breakup. He had bumped into him once after school and had to run the other way because of the tears that had sprung up in his eyes. He hadn't wanted Marco to know the pain he had caused.
Tobias gazed up at the sky trying to figure out some sort of way to get to hang back so they could talk without being obvious.
He saw a light up in the sky, and saw a brilliant blue-white light, that saw simply zooming across the sky.
"Look," he said awed.
"What," Jake asked sounding preoccupied.
"Just look," he repeated still pointing.
Jake looked up and stopped in his tracks.
"What is it?" They glanced at each other, well of course they thought they knew what it was, but at fear of being ridiculed they kept silent.
"It's a Flying Saucer!" Cassie yelled out.
*~&~
The night seemed to crawl and speed by at the same time and with all that had happened Tobias never got his chance to talk to Marco. That night he decided not to say anything after all.
With all that they had over their heads bringing it up would only make matters worse. And anyway, it seemed that Marco was happy enough on his own.
I may have forgotten to mention that in this series the beggining is before the books are set, but not by much. Hopefully this'll have cleared that up. Also I realize that Marco's dad is OOC, but there is a reason behind that. All will be explianed in due course. Anythoughts and suggestions welcomed. Ta!
Marco grimaced at the screen of the video game, it was flashing the words 'game over' at him and it seemed to be mocking him. Any other time he would have played again, except they were out of quarters. With a small sigh he turned from it and was startled to see Tobias there.
"What's up?" Tobias asked, and Marco's chest tightened at the sound of Tobias' voice. He had always loved listening to it.
"Not much. We're heading home," Jake said shrugging his shoulders, snapping Marco out of his thoughts.
"Out of quarters," he said to save face. "Certain people keep forgetting that the SleazeTroll shows up right after you cross the Nether Fjord. So certain people keep losing the game - and losing our quarter." Marco jerked his thumb towards Jake every time he said 'certain people' realizing afterward that he looked like an idiot since it was obvious who he was talking about. And he was babbling. OK maybe he was a little nervous, but he didn't need to let Tobias know that.
"So, like maybe I'll walk home with you guys," Tobias said. Marco was trying to figure out a tactful way to say, 'no get away!' when Jake said sure.
Marco wanted to throttle Jake, he didn't need this kind of torture. He had thought it was bad enough when he saw Tobias in school, which thankfully wasn't often.
Marco felt some relief when Rachel and Cassie joined the group, and got to laugh when Jake accidently insulted Rachel. They started walking home, and Marco was glad they were taking the short cut because he didn't want to be near his hearts pain and love any longer then he had to be.
*~&~
Tobias' heart sped up as they were walking through the construction site, though he wasn't sure if it was from the construction site, which had the aura of a graveyard, or that he was walking so close to Marco.
He hadn't been able to be near Marco since the breakup. He had bumped into him once after school and had to run the other way because of the tears that had sprung up in his eyes. He hadn't wanted Marco to know the pain he had caused.
Tobias gazed up at the sky trying to figure out some sort of way to get to hang back so they could talk without being obvious.
He saw a light up in the sky, and saw a brilliant blue-white light, that saw simply zooming across the sky.
"Look," he said awed.
"What," Jake asked sounding preoccupied.
"Just look," he repeated still pointing.
Jake looked up and stopped in his tracks.
"What is it?" They glanced at each other, well of course they thought they knew what it was, but at fear of being ridiculed they kept silent.
"It's a Flying Saucer!" Cassie yelled out.
*~&~
The night seemed to crawl and speed by at the same time and with all that had happened Tobias never got his chance to talk to Marco. That night he decided not to say anything after all.
With all that they had over their heads bringing it up would only make matters worse. And anyway, it seemed that Marco was happy enough on his own.
I may have forgotten to mention that in this series the beggining is before the books are set, but not by much. Hopefully this'll have cleared that up. Also I realize that Marco's dad is OOC, but there is a reason behind that. All will be explianed in due course. Anythoughts and suggestions welcomed. Ta!