The Feeling - Chapter Eight: Short Lived
Life was good for The Weekenders. Tino and Lor had been together for two weeks and the four friends still retained their way of life. The news of them going out had spread quickly throughout school, and soon everyone who knew Tino and Lor were talking about them. They were in almost as much shock as Carver and Tish had been in. Ultimately, though, most people felt that the two of them made a cute couple and they were happy for them. However, there was one person who didn't want to hear about the couple. Thomson could not believe what he heard. Lor had chosen Tino over him? Not that he ever had any real desire to have anything more than a physical relationship with Lor. The point was that no girl had rejected him before. Even when it was just for sex he still wasn't rejected. Now Thomson was bitter because of being denied by a girl. Not really because he had finally been rejected, but to learn that Lor preferred some wimpy geek to him. Everyday his friends reminded him that he had tossed aside for some little weakling. He could barely stand the thought that some nobody was getting the better of him even if it was indirectly.
"I can't let this go. There is no way I can let that tomboy or that little punk get away with making me look like a fool. I have to get even and show that no one can reject Thomson Oberman," he thought bitterly.
After thinking about it a bit an idea came to Thomson. A smile came to him as he left the school waiting for the time to set his plan into action.
"I will not be denied," Thomson thought as he walked away.
The four friends stood around out front of school discussing ideas for stuff to do that weekend.
"I say that we go to the museum tomorrow. I hear they just opened a new exhibit about hieroglyphic poetry from Ancient Egypt," Tish suggested.
"I don't think so, I get enough sleep at my house. I say we go to the mall because tomorrow is when the new Tommy Hugo's arrive in stores," Carver said.
"If I wanted to look at shoes all day then I can stare at my feet. I think we should shoot some hoops instead," Lor commented.
"No way. You'll just squash us, especially me. If you ask me I think we should, uhhh, we should, well I don't really have any ideas," Tino said putting in his own two cents.
"Good, that's one less idea suggestion I have to disagree with. Clearly, we have to settle this in the most unbiased manner. And of course, that would be rock-paper-scissors," Carver commented.
"Dude, you know that won't work. It didn't work years ago, it won't work now," Lor reminded Carver.
"Look, don't make me pull out the friendship scoreboard and prove you guys owe it to me to go to the museum," Tish mentioned.
"I thought we got rid of that thing?" Carver commented.
"We never specified, you had just suggested we get rid of it because you owed each of us 140 favors. However, we don't rely on it anyway," Lor replied.
"Wait, hold on a minute. I remember what we are supposed to do here. We have to compromise by doing something we all enjoy," Tino recalled.
"Oh yeah I remember that too. Okay, scratch all previous ideas and let's go to Funville for a day of pool tomorrow," Tish said.
"Yeah!" the others said in agreement.
"Hey how come none of us thought of that to begin with?" Carver asked.
"Because then things would be too easy," Lor responded.
"I see."
"We'll meet at Funville tomorrow at noon, okay?" Tino asked.
"Sounds good to me."
"Same here."
"No problem."
"Then it's settled. I'll see you guys there. Later days," Tino said.
"Later days," the rest of them said.
They all parted ways and began to walk home. Tino walked to the end of the block and waited for the light to change. As he stood waiting he looked around not really paying attention too much of what he was looking at. However, when he looked behind him he suddenly had a very good reason to pay attention. He could see that down towards the other end of the block Thomson had appeared and was talking with Lor. Tino decided that he was going to go listen in. He carefully snuck up ducking between trees and parked cars until he was close enough. Eventually he made it to close enough to them hear, but he stayed hidden behind a tree.
"What are you talking about, Thomson?" Lor said with a hint of anger in her voice.
"I'm talking about forgiveness. I realize what I did was wrong, and I'm asking you to forgive me."
Lor didn't know what to do. If he really regretted his actions then she should forgive him, but on the other hand it was hard to just forgive what he had done.
"Look, I understand that you are angry and disgusted with me, but I have thought it over and I've changed, really I have. I'm deeply sorry for what I did to you, and I want your forgiveness."
Once again Lor just stared at him not saying a word, she didn't know what to say to him.
"I swear I can make it up to you. I want to make it up to you. Let me show you my change of heart by buying you a pizza tomorrow evening."
"Forget it. I have a boyfriend, Thomson, and I would never go out with you on a date ever again."
"No, I don't mean it as a date, and I know you have a boyfriend. I just want to show that I have changed and that I really want to make it up to you. I'm really sorry and I just wish you could believe me. Remember I used to be the person you had a huge crush on? I admit I destroyed that a few weeks ago, but can't you find a fragment of that in you and you can forgive me?"
Lor softened slightly at the remembrance of her past feelings for Thomson.
"How about that time we hung out at Funville or the time I tutored you?"
"Those were years ago. Why should they affect me now?"
"Because that's who I am once again. I'm here as the guy you used to have a crush on and not that pig in the car."
Lor faltered slightly, becoming even more confused as what to do. Thomson could have very well changed. The look on his face seemed sincere to Lor. She could feel herself gradually leaning towards forgiveness, but she was still unsure. He had hurt her very deeply, and she would feel kind of odd going with him to get a pizza considering that she and Tino were a couple.
"Please, Lor. I'm begging you. Let me do this. I want your forgiveness or else this will eat me alive. Please."
She felt terrible about him being so obsessed with getting her forgiveness and that she was turning him away. Lor thought about it for a little bit and then made a decision.
"Thomson, I accept your apology and I will go with you to get pizza, but only because you are offering it to make things right."
"Don't worry I know. I have learned my lesson and I thank you for your forgiveness. I'll see you tomorrow."
"Yeah, later days," Lor said as she continued walking home.
A smile spread across Thomson's face. His plan was working he would win Lor over the pizza and then he would ditch her to make her look like a fool. He figured that being able to win her would be devastating to Tino and that was good enough revenge on him. Thomson left thinking only of his cruel revenge. Meanwhile, Tino was slumped up against the tree having heard the conversation. He couldn't believe his ears. She was going to go out with Thomson? He knew that she was doing as part of giving him forgiveness, but still after the last time he couldn't imagine her going out with him again no matter what the circumstances were. Tino started walking back home again, but now with a slower pace and no kick in his step. His problem wasn't that he could not trust Lor. He trusted her. He didn't trust Thomson. Somehow Tino found it hard to believe that he really had changed his ways. He knew himself to be a natural worrier, but this seemed to be a case that warranted him to worry a lot. He wasn't sure what to think. He wanted to think that Lor was smart enough that she would make the right decision so maybe she saw something in Thomson that really signified he had changed. Then his mind drifted to another possibility. He had heard Lor say that she wasn't going with him for pizza like a date, but what if while they were getting the pizza her feelings for Thomson reemerged. It could spell the end for their for the two of them. He didn't know what to think and so he decided to think about other things that could take up his whole mind like schoolwork and Captain Dreadnought. He just wished that his relationship with Lor would survive through Thomson's return and not be short lived.
End of Chapter Eight
I would like to start off by saying that to try and make up for last chapter's lack of weekenders feel I tried to reference numerous episodes in this one. See if you can find them all. Boy, I really make Thomson out to be a real jackass, don't I? Well I have to for the story to work. Here is a fun fact for you guys that you may or may not know. If you watch the first episode with Thomson, which happens to be the very first episode in the show, his name is spelled with a 'p' as 'Thompson' but in every episode after that it's spelled without it as 'Thomson'. Just thought I would point it out. Oh and one more thing I don't think Tino is a "wimpy geek" that's just for the story. Okay, keep reading and reviewing.
Life was good for The Weekenders. Tino and Lor had been together for two weeks and the four friends still retained their way of life. The news of them going out had spread quickly throughout school, and soon everyone who knew Tino and Lor were talking about them. They were in almost as much shock as Carver and Tish had been in. Ultimately, though, most people felt that the two of them made a cute couple and they were happy for them. However, there was one person who didn't want to hear about the couple. Thomson could not believe what he heard. Lor had chosen Tino over him? Not that he ever had any real desire to have anything more than a physical relationship with Lor. The point was that no girl had rejected him before. Even when it was just for sex he still wasn't rejected. Now Thomson was bitter because of being denied by a girl. Not really because he had finally been rejected, but to learn that Lor preferred some wimpy geek to him. Everyday his friends reminded him that he had tossed aside for some little weakling. He could barely stand the thought that some nobody was getting the better of him even if it was indirectly.
"I can't let this go. There is no way I can let that tomboy or that little punk get away with making me look like a fool. I have to get even and show that no one can reject Thomson Oberman," he thought bitterly.
After thinking about it a bit an idea came to Thomson. A smile came to him as he left the school waiting for the time to set his plan into action.
"I will not be denied," Thomson thought as he walked away.
The four friends stood around out front of school discussing ideas for stuff to do that weekend.
"I say that we go to the museum tomorrow. I hear they just opened a new exhibit about hieroglyphic poetry from Ancient Egypt," Tish suggested.
"I don't think so, I get enough sleep at my house. I say we go to the mall because tomorrow is when the new Tommy Hugo's arrive in stores," Carver said.
"If I wanted to look at shoes all day then I can stare at my feet. I think we should shoot some hoops instead," Lor commented.
"No way. You'll just squash us, especially me. If you ask me I think we should, uhhh, we should, well I don't really have any ideas," Tino said putting in his own two cents.
"Good, that's one less idea suggestion I have to disagree with. Clearly, we have to settle this in the most unbiased manner. And of course, that would be rock-paper-scissors," Carver commented.
"Dude, you know that won't work. It didn't work years ago, it won't work now," Lor reminded Carver.
"Look, don't make me pull out the friendship scoreboard and prove you guys owe it to me to go to the museum," Tish mentioned.
"I thought we got rid of that thing?" Carver commented.
"We never specified, you had just suggested we get rid of it because you owed each of us 140 favors. However, we don't rely on it anyway," Lor replied.
"Wait, hold on a minute. I remember what we are supposed to do here. We have to compromise by doing something we all enjoy," Tino recalled.
"Oh yeah I remember that too. Okay, scratch all previous ideas and let's go to Funville for a day of pool tomorrow," Tish said.
"Yeah!" the others said in agreement.
"Hey how come none of us thought of that to begin with?" Carver asked.
"Because then things would be too easy," Lor responded.
"I see."
"We'll meet at Funville tomorrow at noon, okay?" Tino asked.
"Sounds good to me."
"Same here."
"No problem."
"Then it's settled. I'll see you guys there. Later days," Tino said.
"Later days," the rest of them said.
They all parted ways and began to walk home. Tino walked to the end of the block and waited for the light to change. As he stood waiting he looked around not really paying attention too much of what he was looking at. However, when he looked behind him he suddenly had a very good reason to pay attention. He could see that down towards the other end of the block Thomson had appeared and was talking with Lor. Tino decided that he was going to go listen in. He carefully snuck up ducking between trees and parked cars until he was close enough. Eventually he made it to close enough to them hear, but he stayed hidden behind a tree.
"What are you talking about, Thomson?" Lor said with a hint of anger in her voice.
"I'm talking about forgiveness. I realize what I did was wrong, and I'm asking you to forgive me."
Lor didn't know what to do. If he really regretted his actions then she should forgive him, but on the other hand it was hard to just forgive what he had done.
"Look, I understand that you are angry and disgusted with me, but I have thought it over and I've changed, really I have. I'm deeply sorry for what I did to you, and I want your forgiveness."
Once again Lor just stared at him not saying a word, she didn't know what to say to him.
"I swear I can make it up to you. I want to make it up to you. Let me show you my change of heart by buying you a pizza tomorrow evening."
"Forget it. I have a boyfriend, Thomson, and I would never go out with you on a date ever again."
"No, I don't mean it as a date, and I know you have a boyfriend. I just want to show that I have changed and that I really want to make it up to you. I'm really sorry and I just wish you could believe me. Remember I used to be the person you had a huge crush on? I admit I destroyed that a few weeks ago, but can't you find a fragment of that in you and you can forgive me?"
Lor softened slightly at the remembrance of her past feelings for Thomson.
"How about that time we hung out at Funville or the time I tutored you?"
"Those were years ago. Why should they affect me now?"
"Because that's who I am once again. I'm here as the guy you used to have a crush on and not that pig in the car."
Lor faltered slightly, becoming even more confused as what to do. Thomson could have very well changed. The look on his face seemed sincere to Lor. She could feel herself gradually leaning towards forgiveness, but she was still unsure. He had hurt her very deeply, and she would feel kind of odd going with him to get a pizza considering that she and Tino were a couple.
"Please, Lor. I'm begging you. Let me do this. I want your forgiveness or else this will eat me alive. Please."
She felt terrible about him being so obsessed with getting her forgiveness and that she was turning him away. Lor thought about it for a little bit and then made a decision.
"Thomson, I accept your apology and I will go with you to get pizza, but only because you are offering it to make things right."
"Don't worry I know. I have learned my lesson and I thank you for your forgiveness. I'll see you tomorrow."
"Yeah, later days," Lor said as she continued walking home.
A smile spread across Thomson's face. His plan was working he would win Lor over the pizza and then he would ditch her to make her look like a fool. He figured that being able to win her would be devastating to Tino and that was good enough revenge on him. Thomson left thinking only of his cruel revenge. Meanwhile, Tino was slumped up against the tree having heard the conversation. He couldn't believe his ears. She was going to go out with Thomson? He knew that she was doing as part of giving him forgiveness, but still after the last time he couldn't imagine her going out with him again no matter what the circumstances were. Tino started walking back home again, but now with a slower pace and no kick in his step. His problem wasn't that he could not trust Lor. He trusted her. He didn't trust Thomson. Somehow Tino found it hard to believe that he really had changed his ways. He knew himself to be a natural worrier, but this seemed to be a case that warranted him to worry a lot. He wasn't sure what to think. He wanted to think that Lor was smart enough that she would make the right decision so maybe she saw something in Thomson that really signified he had changed. Then his mind drifted to another possibility. He had heard Lor say that she wasn't going with him for pizza like a date, but what if while they were getting the pizza her feelings for Thomson reemerged. It could spell the end for their for the two of them. He didn't know what to think and so he decided to think about other things that could take up his whole mind like schoolwork and Captain Dreadnought. He just wished that his relationship with Lor would survive through Thomson's return and not be short lived.
End of Chapter Eight
I would like to start off by saying that to try and make up for last chapter's lack of weekenders feel I tried to reference numerous episodes in this one. See if you can find them all. Boy, I really make Thomson out to be a real jackass, don't I? Well I have to for the story to work. Here is a fun fact for you guys that you may or may not know. If you watch the first episode with Thomson, which happens to be the very first episode in the show, his name is spelled with a 'p' as 'Thompson' but in every episode after that it's spelled without it as 'Thomson'. Just thought I would point it out. Oh and one more thing I don't think Tino is a "wimpy geek" that's just for the story. Okay, keep reading and reviewing.