The Feeling - Chapter Nine: Ride On
Tino paced around in his room. Lor was coming by shortly, and he didn't know what to say to her. He wanted to bring up the previous day's events, but if he did it could lead to a pretty ugly scene. Tino pictured himself yelling about her having a lack of judgment, and Lor yelling at him for not trusting her. On the other hand how could he not bring it up since it could pose a serious threat to him and Lor. Each decision he could make had very powerful consequences.
"Man, what is this like the thousandth hard choice I've had to make in the past few weeks? I still can't believe that she agreed to forgive him. Usually, I'm the voice of reason and she is the voice of anger, but this time our roles are reversed. I guess I should rely on my voice of reason for my decision then. I guess if I'm really in love with Lor then I should be completely honest with her. If I don't feel comfortable with the idea that she is going to get a pizza with Thomson then I should let her know. Yeah, that's it. We are mature enough and we can talk this through. It's settled I'm going to bring the matter up."
Just as Tino made his decision he heard a knock on his door.
"Come in," Tino called out.
The door swung open and there stood Lor.
"Hey dude. You ready to roll?" Lor asked him.
Tino walked up to her and took her hand and led her into the room.
"No, I need to talk with you about something."
"Okay, what is it?"
Tino thought about his decision once more and firmly decided to go ahead with it.
"I don't think you should go and get a pizza with Thomson. There is no telling what he may do."
"What? How do you know about me and Thomson?"
"I overheard you guys from behind a tree yesterday."
"You were spying on me?!"
"Well, I wouldn't call it spying, it's more like.."
"I can't believe that you would do such a thing!"
Tino hadn't even thought about the fact that what he had done was spying.
"Look, I was a bit worried when I saw you talking with Thomson and I wanted to make sure that nothing bad happened."
"Don't you trust me? Do you think I'm going to go running back to him or something?"
"No, of course not. I don't trust Thomson. I know you can handle your own, but there was no telling what Thomson was going to do. Think about it, the last time you were with him it didn't end happily for either of you. Obviously, he could have been really angry and lashed out at you. I didn't know what was going to happen so I decided to check it out. I only listened in because I care about you."
"It's nice to know you care, but just trust me."
"I know. I know. I've always trusted you. I just wanna make sure that Thomson doesn't hurt you again."
"He won't. You heard him he has changed. I'm willing to believe that is true."
"Don't you remember what he did to you?! He tried to force himself onto you. How can you forgive him so easily?"
"Of course I remember what happened! I figured that you of all people would be on my side with this since you always have been the voice of reason. Don't you think it is possible that some of your reasoning has rubbed off on me?"
"Are you sure you aren't forgiving him because you still have feelings for him?"
Tino quickly covered his mouth. He couldn't believe that he had just said that aloud. Lor was equally incredulous.
"So that's what you think. I can't believe it. I thought you said that you trusted me! But here you are under the belief that I would stab you in the back. That hurts, you know that, Tino. I'm not like that. I wouldn't betray you because I love you. I thought you felt the same way about me, but I guess I was mistaken."
"Lor, I didn't mean to-"
"Forget it, Tino! If that's what you think then just don't bother with me anymore!" Lor yelled at him as she left.
Tino sat down and put his head in his hands. He couldn't believe what he had just done. He should have just kept his big mouth shut. Now what was he going to do? He didn't know how he was going to get Lor to forgive him for being a complete jerk, but he knew that he couldn't just ignore the situation.
Tino still went out to go to Funville, but he was certain that Lor probably wouldn't show. When he finally arrived Carver and Tish had a bit of a surprised look on their faces. They thought that Lor would be with him seeing as how they always arrived together these days.
"Hey T, where's Lor?" Carver asked.
"She won't be joining us," Tino answered not even bothering to look him in the face.
"Did something happen? You don't look so good, Tino" Tish asked.
Tino didn't answer at first he just walked a bit to the curb and sat down.
After rubbing his face with his hand Tino turned to his friends and said, "Lor and I got into a fight today. I was being a jerk and so I don't think she will be here."
"What?!" Carver and Tish screamed.
"I can't believe this! Just yesterday everything was fine and then bam! You two don't want to be together!" Carver yelled.
"It's not that bad. I still love her, I just got worried and overreacted."
"Well, what exactly happened that caused you two to get into a fight?" Tish inquired.
"It's like this. Yesterday after we all decided to go to Funville I saw Thomson talking to Lor. I was suspicious so I decided to check it out."
"You mean you spied on her?" Tish said in disbelief.
"That's pretty low, Tino. Even I wouldn't spy on my girlfriend. Well, maybe I would," Carver added.
"I know. At the time I was just really worried. You have to believe me that I trust Lor, but I don't trust Thomson. Anyway, their conversation consisted of Thomson asking Lor to forgive him."
"Well, that sounds like the right thing to do," Carver commented.
"Yeah, but he also asked her to go with him to go get some pizza as a sign of his regret."
"It sounds like he was trying to show a token of good will," Tish said.
"You know the more and more I think about this and talk about it with you guys I can't help but realize how much I overreacted and screwed up. How could I have been so stupid?"
"It seems to me that you could just talk this over with Lor and tell her you are sorry," Tish told him.
"I don't think it will be that easy. There is one last part to the fight, the worst part. I kind of said to her that she only forgave Thomson because she still has feelings for him."
"What in the six layers of hell possessed you to say that?!" Carver bellowed.
"Nine layers," Tish corrected.
"Whatever."
"I didn't mean to say it. It was just a passing thought. Now things between me and Lor are on the rocks."
"Look, Tino you love her, right?" Tish asked.
"Of course."
"Well then, what are you doing here? She isn't going to forgive you if you sit around here moping with us all day. You said something stupid and now you have to go make it up to her."
"I know that, but what I said was so hurtful. I don't know how I can look at her knowing I hurt her."
"That does it! I'm speakin'! T, you promised me that you wouldn't do this. So you know what? You are not gonna sit here and mope and mull! You are going to go to Lor's house and straighten this whole damn thing out! Why if you don't patch things up it will be chaos I tell you! Utter chaos!!" Carver yelled out.
Tino stared at Carver for a little, "You're right! I have to apologize to Lor. I will not fail."
"That's the spirit, Tino! Remember the words of Gene Kranz, 'Failure is not an option.' Go for it!"
"She is right, Tino. You have to apologize to Lor and push all your worries out of your pumpkin-headed head!"
"Yeah!!" Tino yelled and started to run off.
He stopped and turned to Carver, "Are you saying I look like a jack-o- lantern?"
"Away with you!"
Tino ran all the way to Lor's house his heart full of courage and desire to make things right again. He ran up to the door and was let in by Lor's dad. He warned Tino that Lor wasn't feeling very well, but Tino assured him that he could help. He then darted up to Lor's room dodging all of her 14 brothers. Tino knocked on the door.
"Who is it?"
"It's me, Tino."
"Go away."
"No, please let me in."
"I said go away."
"No, I'm not going anywhere until we talk."
"There isn't anything to talk about."
"Maybe you don't have anything left to say, but I do. I have to say I'm sorry. I'm sorry for spying on you, for accusing you of not being trustworthy, and for just being an overall jerk. I can't decide what you do. If you want to forgive Thomson then that is your decision, and I have to believe in it. Now I just hope you can forgive me. I know what I did was wrong, but you have to believe me when I tell you that I did it because I care about you. I just want you to know that I am sorry and that no matter what I may have said I love you and I trust you."
Tino waited a few moments and didn't hear anything.
He released a big sigh and said, "Okay. I understand. I'm going to go now."
Tino began to walk away when Lor's door swung open and she ran out.
She threw her arms around Tino and said softly, "I forgive you. Just don't get all depressed and mushy on me, okay?"
"No problem," Tino answered her.
"So when are you going to get that pizza with Thomson?" Tino asked.
"Soon."
"Well then, I guess I will get going."
"Why?"
"Three's a crowd, you know?"
"Yeah, so if anyone doesn't go it will be Thomson."
"I don't follow you."
"Well, if Thomson is really honest about having changed and that he wants to show his good will then he can treat both of us and have no complaints."
"Heh, that's pretty clever."
Tino then thought to himself how odd it was for Lor to think of something that clever, but this time he knew to not say anything.
"Oh hey it's later than I thought. Let's go meet Thomson for some pizza."
"You talked me into it."
The two left hand in hand and Tino remembered his own words, "We stick together and we ride on."
End of Chapter Nine
I was pretty sure that this chapter was really short, but according to the word counter at fanficiton.net it's not nearly as short as I thought. I don't know. I'll warn you guys now; the next two chapters are going to be PG-13 unlike the past few chapters. I thought I would give you the heads up, but they are probably the chapters people have been waiting for. Well, at the very least I've been waiting for them. Keep readin' and reviewin'.
Tino paced around in his room. Lor was coming by shortly, and he didn't know what to say to her. He wanted to bring up the previous day's events, but if he did it could lead to a pretty ugly scene. Tino pictured himself yelling about her having a lack of judgment, and Lor yelling at him for not trusting her. On the other hand how could he not bring it up since it could pose a serious threat to him and Lor. Each decision he could make had very powerful consequences.
"Man, what is this like the thousandth hard choice I've had to make in the past few weeks? I still can't believe that she agreed to forgive him. Usually, I'm the voice of reason and she is the voice of anger, but this time our roles are reversed. I guess I should rely on my voice of reason for my decision then. I guess if I'm really in love with Lor then I should be completely honest with her. If I don't feel comfortable with the idea that she is going to get a pizza with Thomson then I should let her know. Yeah, that's it. We are mature enough and we can talk this through. It's settled I'm going to bring the matter up."
Just as Tino made his decision he heard a knock on his door.
"Come in," Tino called out.
The door swung open and there stood Lor.
"Hey dude. You ready to roll?" Lor asked him.
Tino walked up to her and took her hand and led her into the room.
"No, I need to talk with you about something."
"Okay, what is it?"
Tino thought about his decision once more and firmly decided to go ahead with it.
"I don't think you should go and get a pizza with Thomson. There is no telling what he may do."
"What? How do you know about me and Thomson?"
"I overheard you guys from behind a tree yesterday."
"You were spying on me?!"
"Well, I wouldn't call it spying, it's more like.."
"I can't believe that you would do such a thing!"
Tino hadn't even thought about the fact that what he had done was spying.
"Look, I was a bit worried when I saw you talking with Thomson and I wanted to make sure that nothing bad happened."
"Don't you trust me? Do you think I'm going to go running back to him or something?"
"No, of course not. I don't trust Thomson. I know you can handle your own, but there was no telling what Thomson was going to do. Think about it, the last time you were with him it didn't end happily for either of you. Obviously, he could have been really angry and lashed out at you. I didn't know what was going to happen so I decided to check it out. I only listened in because I care about you."
"It's nice to know you care, but just trust me."
"I know. I know. I've always trusted you. I just wanna make sure that Thomson doesn't hurt you again."
"He won't. You heard him he has changed. I'm willing to believe that is true."
"Don't you remember what he did to you?! He tried to force himself onto you. How can you forgive him so easily?"
"Of course I remember what happened! I figured that you of all people would be on my side with this since you always have been the voice of reason. Don't you think it is possible that some of your reasoning has rubbed off on me?"
"Are you sure you aren't forgiving him because you still have feelings for him?"
Tino quickly covered his mouth. He couldn't believe that he had just said that aloud. Lor was equally incredulous.
"So that's what you think. I can't believe it. I thought you said that you trusted me! But here you are under the belief that I would stab you in the back. That hurts, you know that, Tino. I'm not like that. I wouldn't betray you because I love you. I thought you felt the same way about me, but I guess I was mistaken."
"Lor, I didn't mean to-"
"Forget it, Tino! If that's what you think then just don't bother with me anymore!" Lor yelled at him as she left.
Tino sat down and put his head in his hands. He couldn't believe what he had just done. He should have just kept his big mouth shut. Now what was he going to do? He didn't know how he was going to get Lor to forgive him for being a complete jerk, but he knew that he couldn't just ignore the situation.
Tino still went out to go to Funville, but he was certain that Lor probably wouldn't show. When he finally arrived Carver and Tish had a bit of a surprised look on their faces. They thought that Lor would be with him seeing as how they always arrived together these days.
"Hey T, where's Lor?" Carver asked.
"She won't be joining us," Tino answered not even bothering to look him in the face.
"Did something happen? You don't look so good, Tino" Tish asked.
Tino didn't answer at first he just walked a bit to the curb and sat down.
After rubbing his face with his hand Tino turned to his friends and said, "Lor and I got into a fight today. I was being a jerk and so I don't think she will be here."
"What?!" Carver and Tish screamed.
"I can't believe this! Just yesterday everything was fine and then bam! You two don't want to be together!" Carver yelled.
"It's not that bad. I still love her, I just got worried and overreacted."
"Well, what exactly happened that caused you two to get into a fight?" Tish inquired.
"It's like this. Yesterday after we all decided to go to Funville I saw Thomson talking to Lor. I was suspicious so I decided to check it out."
"You mean you spied on her?" Tish said in disbelief.
"That's pretty low, Tino. Even I wouldn't spy on my girlfriend. Well, maybe I would," Carver added.
"I know. At the time I was just really worried. You have to believe me that I trust Lor, but I don't trust Thomson. Anyway, their conversation consisted of Thomson asking Lor to forgive him."
"Well, that sounds like the right thing to do," Carver commented.
"Yeah, but he also asked her to go with him to go get some pizza as a sign of his regret."
"It sounds like he was trying to show a token of good will," Tish said.
"You know the more and more I think about this and talk about it with you guys I can't help but realize how much I overreacted and screwed up. How could I have been so stupid?"
"It seems to me that you could just talk this over with Lor and tell her you are sorry," Tish told him.
"I don't think it will be that easy. There is one last part to the fight, the worst part. I kind of said to her that she only forgave Thomson because she still has feelings for him."
"What in the six layers of hell possessed you to say that?!" Carver bellowed.
"Nine layers," Tish corrected.
"Whatever."
"I didn't mean to say it. It was just a passing thought. Now things between me and Lor are on the rocks."
"Look, Tino you love her, right?" Tish asked.
"Of course."
"Well then, what are you doing here? She isn't going to forgive you if you sit around here moping with us all day. You said something stupid and now you have to go make it up to her."
"I know that, but what I said was so hurtful. I don't know how I can look at her knowing I hurt her."
"That does it! I'm speakin'! T, you promised me that you wouldn't do this. So you know what? You are not gonna sit here and mope and mull! You are going to go to Lor's house and straighten this whole damn thing out! Why if you don't patch things up it will be chaos I tell you! Utter chaos!!" Carver yelled out.
Tino stared at Carver for a little, "You're right! I have to apologize to Lor. I will not fail."
"That's the spirit, Tino! Remember the words of Gene Kranz, 'Failure is not an option.' Go for it!"
"She is right, Tino. You have to apologize to Lor and push all your worries out of your pumpkin-headed head!"
"Yeah!!" Tino yelled and started to run off.
He stopped and turned to Carver, "Are you saying I look like a jack-o- lantern?"
"Away with you!"
Tino ran all the way to Lor's house his heart full of courage and desire to make things right again. He ran up to the door and was let in by Lor's dad. He warned Tino that Lor wasn't feeling very well, but Tino assured him that he could help. He then darted up to Lor's room dodging all of her 14 brothers. Tino knocked on the door.
"Who is it?"
"It's me, Tino."
"Go away."
"No, please let me in."
"I said go away."
"No, I'm not going anywhere until we talk."
"There isn't anything to talk about."
"Maybe you don't have anything left to say, but I do. I have to say I'm sorry. I'm sorry for spying on you, for accusing you of not being trustworthy, and for just being an overall jerk. I can't decide what you do. If you want to forgive Thomson then that is your decision, and I have to believe in it. Now I just hope you can forgive me. I know what I did was wrong, but you have to believe me when I tell you that I did it because I care about you. I just want you to know that I am sorry and that no matter what I may have said I love you and I trust you."
Tino waited a few moments and didn't hear anything.
He released a big sigh and said, "Okay. I understand. I'm going to go now."
Tino began to walk away when Lor's door swung open and she ran out.
She threw her arms around Tino and said softly, "I forgive you. Just don't get all depressed and mushy on me, okay?"
"No problem," Tino answered her.
"So when are you going to get that pizza with Thomson?" Tino asked.
"Soon."
"Well then, I guess I will get going."
"Why?"
"Three's a crowd, you know?"
"Yeah, so if anyone doesn't go it will be Thomson."
"I don't follow you."
"Well, if Thomson is really honest about having changed and that he wants to show his good will then he can treat both of us and have no complaints."
"Heh, that's pretty clever."
Tino then thought to himself how odd it was for Lor to think of something that clever, but this time he knew to not say anything.
"Oh hey it's later than I thought. Let's go meet Thomson for some pizza."
"You talked me into it."
The two left hand in hand and Tino remembered his own words, "We stick together and we ride on."
End of Chapter Nine
I was pretty sure that this chapter was really short, but according to the word counter at fanficiton.net it's not nearly as short as I thought. I don't know. I'll warn you guys now; the next two chapters are going to be PG-13 unlike the past few chapters. I thought I would give you the heads up, but they are probably the chapters people have been waiting for. Well, at the very least I've been waiting for them. Keep readin' and reviewin'.