The Feeling - Chapter Eleven: A Man
Lor, Carver, and Tish sat around in Tino's room while Tino washed up a bit in his bathroom. He came back holding a paper towel to his nose trying to clear away as much blood as he possibly could.
"Man, it's a good thing your mom isn't here or else she would have flipped," Carver commented.
"Yeah, I know thankfully she is out with Dixon tonight," Tino replied.
"Hey, when are they getting married?" Tish asked.
"December 30. It should be a good time," Tino responded.
"December 30? Isn't that kind of an odd time for a wedding?" Lor asked.
"Yeah, I suppose so, but you know how my mom and Dixon are, they have to be different."
"Okay that's completely irrelevant right now. The main thing here is Tino actually tried to fight Thomson. I don't think I have ever known Tino to do something so brave," Carver commented.
"Hey, I'm brave when I want to be. I just don't want to be brave often," Tino answered.
"Well, brave or not. I think what you did for Lor was very sweet. It's like something out of Shakespeare, a man standing up for his lady's honor. Ahhhh, I hope that happens to me some day," Tish said wistfully.
"I'm no lady, I'm a girl. In addition, I'm not sure how sweet a bloody nose is," Lor said.
"Hey since I got it for you, it's plenty sweet," Tino said with a smile.
"Ack! *Cough*" Carver pretended to gag.
"Knock it off, Carv. If Tino wants to be nice and sweet to me then he can," Lor commented.
"Yeah, Carver. Just because you aren't romantic doesn't mean everyone has to be a cold fish," Tish added.
"Unromantic?! I'm so romantic it'd make ya sick. I do the whole deal, long walks in the moonlight, candle light dinners, those little candies with, uh, the words printed on them."
"Riiiiight. When you get a girlfriend we'll see if you do that stuff," Tino responded.
"Let's just forget about it. You know, Lor, I didn't know you could fight so well," Tish commented.
"I've picked up some karate from my brothers. It comes in handy in my house where it's survival of the fittest."
"Well, I'm glad that you do know some moves otherwise I might not have wound up so lucky," Tino commented.
"Yeah if it wasn't for you, Tino might have ended up as badly beaten as Thomson," Carver added.
"Hey it was nothin'. Tino stood up for me so I stood up for him. In the end I think we all learned a valuable lesson, though."
"That we make a good team?" Tino offered.
"Violence can be dangerous?" Tish guessed.
"That it's romantic to get beaten up for your girlfriend?" Carver tried.
"Nope. The lesson is that if you cross me I'll smack ya one."
Carver, Tish, and Tino all shook their heads.
"I don't know if that's necessarily the lesson here, but I do think that Thomson will think twice before he messes with Lor again," Carver commented.
"Yeah, I think we won't be hearing from him anytime soon," Tino added.
"Good riddance to bad rubbish if I say so myself," Tish commented.
"You know now I feel like I can really get past Thomson. Even though, me and Tino have been going out for a few weeks now I still felt bad about the incident with Thomson, but now I can finally get over it," Lor said.
"Good for you Lor, now it's smooth sailin' ahead for all of us," Tish declared.
"Whoa, look at the time it will be some choppy waters for me if I don't get home soon," Carver commented.
"Yeah, you're right. It looks like it's time for us to leave," Tish added.
"I have to talk with Tino so you guys go on ahead without me, okay?" Lor asked.
"Okay, we'll see you guys tomorrow, later days," Carver said.
"Yeah, later days," Lor and Tino responded.
As they left Carver turned to Tino and winked at him with a thumbs up. Tino returned the thumbs up, though; he wasn't completely sure why Carver had given one to him.
Tino turned to Lor and asked, "So what did you need to talk with me about?"
"Well, I wanted to make sure that you were doing okay."
"I'm doin' pretty good, but I think you might need to kiss some of my bruises better."
Lor smiled, "How clever of you."
"I thought it was, but I don't think that is the only thing you want to talk to me about."
"That's true. I wanted to thank you for standing up to Thomson today. I know that it really isn't like you to do something so rash, especially since it included fighting."
"Hey, I couldn't stand by and let him say those things. I mean how could I let the person I love be badmouthed like that. Plus, I should really be thanking you. You are the one who beat Thomson and potentially saved my life."
"Yeah, but I'm an aggressive person so it's more in my nature to fight, but for you it took a lot of courage and that touched me."
Tino blushed slightly since he rarely received a compliment of such regard, especially from Lor.
"Really, I don't know if you understand how much it means to me that you put yourself in danger for my sake. I know you very well, and I know just how hard it is for you to do something like that and it just, it just......" Lor trailed off as she got filled up.
Tino was surprised since he didn't think she would cry about something like this. He hugged her to try and give her some comfort.
"Sorry, about this. It's not like me to be this emotional, but what you did today is the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me. I'm just so happy that's all," Lor commented.
"Hey, it's alright I won't tell anyone about this."
Lor stepped back wiping her tears away and smiled. "Good, because if you did I'd glue you to the wall."
"I don't think otherwise for a second," Tino responded.
The two smiled and hugged each other again.
"Thanks, Tino."
"Like I've said before it's no problem. I'm always here for you."
"Hey, I have one last thing to talk with you about. Since you bravely stood up for me I want to give you something."
"That's very nice of you, Lor, but you really don't need to do that."
"No, Tino I wanna do it. You have been so kind to me all along. Even before we started going out when we were little kids you were always nice to me. Like that time you helped me study for my history exam, or the time you helped me realize I shouldn't get mad at Tish because of your fight, or the time you helped me blow dry my history book after I spilt my chug-a-freeze on it. And after today's events I really want to do this for you."
"Well, if you insist on doing something for me I guess I can't argue," Tino said with a slight smile.
"Damn straight you can't argue. You are gonna love it," Lor said excited.
"Really, what do you plan on gettin' me?" Tino asked a bit curious.
"I can't tell you, it's a surprise," Lor responded with a smile.
Tino's face dropped and he said, "This surprise doesn't involve blindfolding me and having me walk the streets at night does it?"
"No, nothing like that this time, and I'm not buying you anything. I'm going to make you something," Lor responded now with a Cheshire Cat grin.
Tino didn't know what to make of the situation, what with her expression, so he asked perplexed, "What can you make me?"
Lor walked with a sway to his door and turned the lights off and said, "A man."
Tino's head hurt a bit as he woke up, and he placed his hand on his forehead. He slowly remembered the fight with Thomson, and his headache all of a sudden made perfect sense. His dark room informed him that it was still too early to get up.
As he lay there he thought to himself, "Man, that was a really pleasant dream. That would certainly be the best gift I could get. When I fall asleep again I hope I have another dream like that. It was so life like too. I love it when dreams are so real you can't tell you are asleep, unless it involves clowns."
Tino shuddered at the mere thought of a nightmare about clowns.
"Think happy things, happy things. I can't go to sleep with the thought of clown nightmares on my mind. Just think about the dream you just had, Tino. Ahhhh, that's much better. Why can't I have dreams like that more often? I don't have them enough that's for sure. Although, it does always suck when I wake up and look over only to- holy shit!"
Tino had finally turned to the other side of the bed, and there fast asleep was Lor.
"Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god! That wasn't a dream! YESSS!! That's four points for me! Oh shit! What is my mom gonna say? What are Tish and Carver gonna say? Arrrghh, too many questions, too many feelings! Hopefully, things will be clearer in the light of day and Lor is awake as well. Well, one thing is for sure if I do fall back asleep I will have some very sweet dreams."
Tino couldn't fall back asleep right away. He kept looking over at Lor to be sure that she was in fact sleeping there.
Eventually, the sandman caught up with Tino and he fell back asleep with a big smile on his face, but before he completely drifted off he thought, "Heh, I'm a man."
End of Chapter Eleven
You knew it was gonna happen. I kept it within the PG-13 range so I think everything here is good. If you think otherwise then be sure to give me hell for it. Also if you thought that this chapter was going to be real long since I took a lot longer with this one then the others, sorry about that. Anyway, the action continues so keep readin' and reviewin'.
Lor, Carver, and Tish sat around in Tino's room while Tino washed up a bit in his bathroom. He came back holding a paper towel to his nose trying to clear away as much blood as he possibly could.
"Man, it's a good thing your mom isn't here or else she would have flipped," Carver commented.
"Yeah, I know thankfully she is out with Dixon tonight," Tino replied.
"Hey, when are they getting married?" Tish asked.
"December 30. It should be a good time," Tino responded.
"December 30? Isn't that kind of an odd time for a wedding?" Lor asked.
"Yeah, I suppose so, but you know how my mom and Dixon are, they have to be different."
"Okay that's completely irrelevant right now. The main thing here is Tino actually tried to fight Thomson. I don't think I have ever known Tino to do something so brave," Carver commented.
"Hey, I'm brave when I want to be. I just don't want to be brave often," Tino answered.
"Well, brave or not. I think what you did for Lor was very sweet. It's like something out of Shakespeare, a man standing up for his lady's honor. Ahhhh, I hope that happens to me some day," Tish said wistfully.
"I'm no lady, I'm a girl. In addition, I'm not sure how sweet a bloody nose is," Lor said.
"Hey since I got it for you, it's plenty sweet," Tino said with a smile.
"Ack! *Cough*" Carver pretended to gag.
"Knock it off, Carv. If Tino wants to be nice and sweet to me then he can," Lor commented.
"Yeah, Carver. Just because you aren't romantic doesn't mean everyone has to be a cold fish," Tish added.
"Unromantic?! I'm so romantic it'd make ya sick. I do the whole deal, long walks in the moonlight, candle light dinners, those little candies with, uh, the words printed on them."
"Riiiiight. When you get a girlfriend we'll see if you do that stuff," Tino responded.
"Let's just forget about it. You know, Lor, I didn't know you could fight so well," Tish commented.
"I've picked up some karate from my brothers. It comes in handy in my house where it's survival of the fittest."
"Well, I'm glad that you do know some moves otherwise I might not have wound up so lucky," Tino commented.
"Yeah if it wasn't for you, Tino might have ended up as badly beaten as Thomson," Carver added.
"Hey it was nothin'. Tino stood up for me so I stood up for him. In the end I think we all learned a valuable lesson, though."
"That we make a good team?" Tino offered.
"Violence can be dangerous?" Tish guessed.
"That it's romantic to get beaten up for your girlfriend?" Carver tried.
"Nope. The lesson is that if you cross me I'll smack ya one."
Carver, Tish, and Tino all shook their heads.
"I don't know if that's necessarily the lesson here, but I do think that Thomson will think twice before he messes with Lor again," Carver commented.
"Yeah, I think we won't be hearing from him anytime soon," Tino added.
"Good riddance to bad rubbish if I say so myself," Tish commented.
"You know now I feel like I can really get past Thomson. Even though, me and Tino have been going out for a few weeks now I still felt bad about the incident with Thomson, but now I can finally get over it," Lor said.
"Good for you Lor, now it's smooth sailin' ahead for all of us," Tish declared.
"Whoa, look at the time it will be some choppy waters for me if I don't get home soon," Carver commented.
"Yeah, you're right. It looks like it's time for us to leave," Tish added.
"I have to talk with Tino so you guys go on ahead without me, okay?" Lor asked.
"Okay, we'll see you guys tomorrow, later days," Carver said.
"Yeah, later days," Lor and Tino responded.
As they left Carver turned to Tino and winked at him with a thumbs up. Tino returned the thumbs up, though; he wasn't completely sure why Carver had given one to him.
Tino turned to Lor and asked, "So what did you need to talk with me about?"
"Well, I wanted to make sure that you were doing okay."
"I'm doin' pretty good, but I think you might need to kiss some of my bruises better."
Lor smiled, "How clever of you."
"I thought it was, but I don't think that is the only thing you want to talk to me about."
"That's true. I wanted to thank you for standing up to Thomson today. I know that it really isn't like you to do something so rash, especially since it included fighting."
"Hey, I couldn't stand by and let him say those things. I mean how could I let the person I love be badmouthed like that. Plus, I should really be thanking you. You are the one who beat Thomson and potentially saved my life."
"Yeah, but I'm an aggressive person so it's more in my nature to fight, but for you it took a lot of courage and that touched me."
Tino blushed slightly since he rarely received a compliment of such regard, especially from Lor.
"Really, I don't know if you understand how much it means to me that you put yourself in danger for my sake. I know you very well, and I know just how hard it is for you to do something like that and it just, it just......" Lor trailed off as she got filled up.
Tino was surprised since he didn't think she would cry about something like this. He hugged her to try and give her some comfort.
"Sorry, about this. It's not like me to be this emotional, but what you did today is the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me. I'm just so happy that's all," Lor commented.
"Hey, it's alright I won't tell anyone about this."
Lor stepped back wiping her tears away and smiled. "Good, because if you did I'd glue you to the wall."
"I don't think otherwise for a second," Tino responded.
The two smiled and hugged each other again.
"Thanks, Tino."
"Like I've said before it's no problem. I'm always here for you."
"Hey, I have one last thing to talk with you about. Since you bravely stood up for me I want to give you something."
"That's very nice of you, Lor, but you really don't need to do that."
"No, Tino I wanna do it. You have been so kind to me all along. Even before we started going out when we were little kids you were always nice to me. Like that time you helped me study for my history exam, or the time you helped me realize I shouldn't get mad at Tish because of your fight, or the time you helped me blow dry my history book after I spilt my chug-a-freeze on it. And after today's events I really want to do this for you."
"Well, if you insist on doing something for me I guess I can't argue," Tino said with a slight smile.
"Damn straight you can't argue. You are gonna love it," Lor said excited.
"Really, what do you plan on gettin' me?" Tino asked a bit curious.
"I can't tell you, it's a surprise," Lor responded with a smile.
Tino's face dropped and he said, "This surprise doesn't involve blindfolding me and having me walk the streets at night does it?"
"No, nothing like that this time, and I'm not buying you anything. I'm going to make you something," Lor responded now with a Cheshire Cat grin.
Tino didn't know what to make of the situation, what with her expression, so he asked perplexed, "What can you make me?"
Lor walked with a sway to his door and turned the lights off and said, "A man."
Tino's head hurt a bit as he woke up, and he placed his hand on his forehead. He slowly remembered the fight with Thomson, and his headache all of a sudden made perfect sense. His dark room informed him that it was still too early to get up.
As he lay there he thought to himself, "Man, that was a really pleasant dream. That would certainly be the best gift I could get. When I fall asleep again I hope I have another dream like that. It was so life like too. I love it when dreams are so real you can't tell you are asleep, unless it involves clowns."
Tino shuddered at the mere thought of a nightmare about clowns.
"Think happy things, happy things. I can't go to sleep with the thought of clown nightmares on my mind. Just think about the dream you just had, Tino. Ahhhh, that's much better. Why can't I have dreams like that more often? I don't have them enough that's for sure. Although, it does always suck when I wake up and look over only to- holy shit!"
Tino had finally turned to the other side of the bed, and there fast asleep was Lor.
"Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god! That wasn't a dream! YESSS!! That's four points for me! Oh shit! What is my mom gonna say? What are Tish and Carver gonna say? Arrrghh, too many questions, too many feelings! Hopefully, things will be clearer in the light of day and Lor is awake as well. Well, one thing is for sure if I do fall back asleep I will have some very sweet dreams."
Tino couldn't fall back asleep right away. He kept looking over at Lor to be sure that she was in fact sleeping there.
Eventually, the sandman caught up with Tino and he fell back asleep with a big smile on his face, but before he completely drifted off he thought, "Heh, I'm a man."
End of Chapter Eleven
You knew it was gonna happen. I kept it within the PG-13 range so I think everything here is good. If you think otherwise then be sure to give me hell for it. Also if you thought that this chapter was going to be real long since I took a lot longer with this one then the others, sorry about that. Anyway, the action continues so keep readin' and reviewin'.