What in god's name was Zero doing in Mom's cabin, this early, wearing
that? Thought Stanley. Slowly backing away from Pendanski, was what Zero
was doing. Shaking and clutching his arms, was what he was doing. Soon Zero
ran out of room and bumped aganced the wall which the window was set in,
and slid to the floor. Putting down the now empty bottle, Pendanski looked
at Zero.
"Ya know," said Pendanski, his voice slightly slurred. "Yer look good in that, I wonda how sexy you'd look without nothn' on?"
At this he rushed at Zero, grabbed him with both arms, and through him onto the bed.
All this while Stanley had been watching form the window, in a sort of trance. He'd been clenching his fist together, and they where starting to draw blood from his palms from griping them so tightly. How dare Pendanski touch and hurt Zero like that. Zero was the kindest person in the world.
Pendanski tried to get on the bed, but Zero pushed him off with his foot. Pendanski landed on the floor, on his ass and looked up at Zero.
"Yer know you want me, why fight it" he said, leaning back on his elbows, as he started to unbuckle his belt.
Oh my god, he's gona' rape Hector! Stanley thought. This broke Stanley's trance. A fire burned in side him. Hated. He hated Pendanski with every molecule in his body. With lightning speed, he rushed to the entrance of the little cabin and through the door wide open. Pendanski jumped to his feet and spun around. He looked at Stanley angrily, but nothing compared to the hated that was in Stanley's eyes.
"What da' fuck do you wa..." started Pendanski, but never finish. Because before Pendanski had even opened his mouth, Stanley had raised his fist. Stanley put all his force behind the punch, connecting with the jaw, which sent Pendanski spinning around, before falling.
Unconscious before he even hit the floor.
As Stanley's moment of rage passed, he looked up at Zero. The poor kid was still on the bed, pushed back agensted the far wall of the cabin. He just sat there, looking helpless, staring down at the motionless body of his near rapist.
"Zero?" asked Stanley as he held out his hand to his friend
Zero didn't look up.
"Hector?" asked Stanley, his voice almost a whisper, eyes full of worry Zero looked up at him as if just realizing he was there. He then looked down at Stanley's hand, and slowly took it. As Stanley pulled Zero forward off the bed, Zero raped his arms around Stanley's neck, burying his face into his friends' shoulders.
And cried.
***End Flashback***
Wiping a tear from his own eye, Stanley shook his head as he walked down the rows of gift cards and wind chimes. There was nothing spectacular in this place. It had to be perfect, the last gifts he wanted to get Hector. Nothing less than perfect was going to suffice. A family walked passed Stanley at the end of the eile. A mother and a small boy. The boy waved at Stanley enthusiastically, like most children do to complete strangers. Then the boy noted something in the elie that was next to the one Stanley was in. He jumped up and down, pointing to the object of his attraction, all the while chirping to his mother:
"Momma-Momma I want that one, can we get it pleeeease" the boy said, emphasizing the 'please', sounding very cute. They walked up the elile and stopped about a fourth of the way up. Now all Stanley could see of the duo was the women's head and shoulders. She seemed to be debating over something in her head, but quickly came to conclusion as she leaned down to get a better look at the item that had mesmerized he child.
"I'm sorry honey," she said, truly looking it. "But I'm afraid that it costs too much. Maybe they'll have it at Wall-Mart for cheaper. I'm sorry"
The child looked like he was about to cry but nodded his head anyway. They took the few things that they had with them to the casher. Silently cursing his curiosity for getting the better of him, Stanley walked around the corner, towards what the mother and son had been looking at. Stanley gasped. There where two creates staked on top of one another, the opening facing outward. They looked like the kind that shipped fruit or objects from other countries. They even had little stacks of hay in the bottom of them. But the reason for Stanley's surprise was not the boxes. It was what was standing in them. Each box had about three stuffed animals in it, all looking life like, yet cuddly. And staring right out of the top box at Stanley was a giraffe.
Stanley smiled as he remembered the words that his crush had said a long time ago at the hell camp. I had a giraffe. It was one of those stuffed animals. Hey, what do you know? Destiny has hit him again? No, pure coincidence, even if it is a nice one. Stanley picked up the stuffed animal, having found an awesome gift, and headed to the checkout. Ouch, no wonder she said it was too much. The giraffe was almost twenty dollars. But he didn't care, anything for Zero.
As he approached the cashier, Stanley saw that the counter was covered with little gifs: pens, book marks, those tiny books that are sold every where, and there was even a little Lazy-Suzan that held some jewelry.
Jewelry, Stanley thought, Zero would look good in jewelry. Then he thought of Hector wearing only jewelry popped into his head... which lead to him wearing nothing. Hector naked, his perfect godlike body lying in bed, motioning for Stanley to come to him...to take him...To love him.
Not paying attention to where it was that he was going, a hard as hell Stanley tripped over a turned up rug that was sitting close to the counter. As he fell, Stanley reached for something, anything to keep him on his feet. He ended up grabbing something on the Lazy-Suzan, almost bringing it down with him, and did so with the object hanging from it. Landing very heavley on his hands and knees, an embarrassed Stanley struggled to his feet. Still rather red in the face, he looked down at what was in his hand that he had pulled from its place.
It was a necklace. Two actually. A ying yang that separated, one on one chain, one on the other, both symbols where green. Stanley just stared at it for a few seconds. He remembered something he had been taught in school. That the without one side of the ying-yang, the other could not exist. Stanley smiled. It described how he felt for Hector. Like he'd die with out him by his side.
Maybe destiny was on his side today. Stanley made up his mind as he bought the necklace and giraffe. He was going to tell Zero that he loved him.
I know, I know, I'm mean. But hey, what can ya do? I know! You can review! Please
"Ya know," said Pendanski, his voice slightly slurred. "Yer look good in that, I wonda how sexy you'd look without nothn' on?"
At this he rushed at Zero, grabbed him with both arms, and through him onto the bed.
All this while Stanley had been watching form the window, in a sort of trance. He'd been clenching his fist together, and they where starting to draw blood from his palms from griping them so tightly. How dare Pendanski touch and hurt Zero like that. Zero was the kindest person in the world.
Pendanski tried to get on the bed, but Zero pushed him off with his foot. Pendanski landed on the floor, on his ass and looked up at Zero.
"Yer know you want me, why fight it" he said, leaning back on his elbows, as he started to unbuckle his belt.
Oh my god, he's gona' rape Hector! Stanley thought. This broke Stanley's trance. A fire burned in side him. Hated. He hated Pendanski with every molecule in his body. With lightning speed, he rushed to the entrance of the little cabin and through the door wide open. Pendanski jumped to his feet and spun around. He looked at Stanley angrily, but nothing compared to the hated that was in Stanley's eyes.
"What da' fuck do you wa..." started Pendanski, but never finish. Because before Pendanski had even opened his mouth, Stanley had raised his fist. Stanley put all his force behind the punch, connecting with the jaw, which sent Pendanski spinning around, before falling.
Unconscious before he even hit the floor.
As Stanley's moment of rage passed, he looked up at Zero. The poor kid was still on the bed, pushed back agensted the far wall of the cabin. He just sat there, looking helpless, staring down at the motionless body of his near rapist.
"Zero?" asked Stanley as he held out his hand to his friend
Zero didn't look up.
"Hector?" asked Stanley, his voice almost a whisper, eyes full of worry Zero looked up at him as if just realizing he was there. He then looked down at Stanley's hand, and slowly took it. As Stanley pulled Zero forward off the bed, Zero raped his arms around Stanley's neck, burying his face into his friends' shoulders.
And cried.
***End Flashback***
Wiping a tear from his own eye, Stanley shook his head as he walked down the rows of gift cards and wind chimes. There was nothing spectacular in this place. It had to be perfect, the last gifts he wanted to get Hector. Nothing less than perfect was going to suffice. A family walked passed Stanley at the end of the eile. A mother and a small boy. The boy waved at Stanley enthusiastically, like most children do to complete strangers. Then the boy noted something in the elie that was next to the one Stanley was in. He jumped up and down, pointing to the object of his attraction, all the while chirping to his mother:
"Momma-Momma I want that one, can we get it pleeeease" the boy said, emphasizing the 'please', sounding very cute. They walked up the elile and stopped about a fourth of the way up. Now all Stanley could see of the duo was the women's head and shoulders. She seemed to be debating over something in her head, but quickly came to conclusion as she leaned down to get a better look at the item that had mesmerized he child.
"I'm sorry honey," she said, truly looking it. "But I'm afraid that it costs too much. Maybe they'll have it at Wall-Mart for cheaper. I'm sorry"
The child looked like he was about to cry but nodded his head anyway. They took the few things that they had with them to the casher. Silently cursing his curiosity for getting the better of him, Stanley walked around the corner, towards what the mother and son had been looking at. Stanley gasped. There where two creates staked on top of one another, the opening facing outward. They looked like the kind that shipped fruit or objects from other countries. They even had little stacks of hay in the bottom of them. But the reason for Stanley's surprise was not the boxes. It was what was standing in them. Each box had about three stuffed animals in it, all looking life like, yet cuddly. And staring right out of the top box at Stanley was a giraffe.
Stanley smiled as he remembered the words that his crush had said a long time ago at the hell camp. I had a giraffe. It was one of those stuffed animals. Hey, what do you know? Destiny has hit him again? No, pure coincidence, even if it is a nice one. Stanley picked up the stuffed animal, having found an awesome gift, and headed to the checkout. Ouch, no wonder she said it was too much. The giraffe was almost twenty dollars. But he didn't care, anything for Zero.
As he approached the cashier, Stanley saw that the counter was covered with little gifs: pens, book marks, those tiny books that are sold every where, and there was even a little Lazy-Suzan that held some jewelry.
Jewelry, Stanley thought, Zero would look good in jewelry. Then he thought of Hector wearing only jewelry popped into his head... which lead to him wearing nothing. Hector naked, his perfect godlike body lying in bed, motioning for Stanley to come to him...to take him...To love him.
Not paying attention to where it was that he was going, a hard as hell Stanley tripped over a turned up rug that was sitting close to the counter. As he fell, Stanley reached for something, anything to keep him on his feet. He ended up grabbing something on the Lazy-Suzan, almost bringing it down with him, and did so with the object hanging from it. Landing very heavley on his hands and knees, an embarrassed Stanley struggled to his feet. Still rather red in the face, he looked down at what was in his hand that he had pulled from its place.
It was a necklace. Two actually. A ying yang that separated, one on one chain, one on the other, both symbols where green. Stanley just stared at it for a few seconds. He remembered something he had been taught in school. That the without one side of the ying-yang, the other could not exist. Stanley smiled. It described how he felt for Hector. Like he'd die with out him by his side.
Maybe destiny was on his side today. Stanley made up his mind as he bought the necklace and giraffe. He was going to tell Zero that he loved him.
I know, I know, I'm mean. But hey, what can ya do? I know! You can review! Please
