CHAPTER 9
Louis went down and found his parents sitting at the dining area while discussing the current news. Donnie was eating his cereals while talking to the phone with coach Tugnut about their practices. Louis caught sight of Ren, writing remarks on a bundle of paper then taking a bite from her creamy pancake. Louis didn't see Tawny near the dining area so he thought he was still dressing up. He sat beside Donnie and grabbed a piece of toasted bread and took a bite. Eileen looked at her youngest son observantly and asked,
"Louis, honey, you look tired? Didn't you sleep well last night?!"
Louis looked up,
"Uhmm... I did! Maybe it's just because of the stress with what happened yesterday," he lied.
Actually, the real reason was because he was up all night, tossing and turning, thinking of what he and Twitty discussed yesterday. All abut Twitty secretly liking Ren and Louis accidentally answering yes to Twitty's tricky question if he liked Tawny more than a cousin should. All this made him tired, not to mention stressed with thinking. Steve had put his newspaper beside his coffee and told Louis,
"Don't worry, you can rest here all day. I asked Tawny to write down your school and home works for you and help you with what you're going to skip."
As Steve mentioned this, Tawny went down from the stairs, carrying her yellow backpack. She greeted everyone a "good morning" and a smile. She took her seat in front of Louis. She put her backpack beside her chair and started to eat her pancake. She glanced at Louis, observed him and asked,
"Louis, are you ok? You look kind of stressed with something."
Louis looked at her then after a few seconds, he replied,
"Yeah, I guess I was. I mean, with the whole slipping thing."
"Ohh..." she answered with a nod.
Louis looked at his sister who was still busy writing notes on the script, "Hey Ren! What are you so preoccupied about," he asked.
Ren looked at him,
"Oh this," she raised the papers she was holding and placed it beside her plate. "This is my script for the play."
Steve, on the other hand offered to take the kids to their school earlier that morning. He stood up from his seat and said,
"Ok, Ren, Tawny. Let's get going before we all get late."
Tawny took her backpack and Ren got her bag. They followed Steve outside and took off.
"Louis, are you sure you're going to be ok while I'm gone," Eileen asked as she handed Louis the last plate. She was called by her secretary to go to their office because she needed to sign some emergency papers to be sent to the Congress. Even though she took a day off to take care of her youngest, she was badly needed in the office.
"Yeah, mom. I'll be fine. You go ahead," he replied, putting the plate inside the cabinet and closing it afterwards.
After a few more minutes, Eileen went downstairs and quickly got her purse. She kissed Louis and told him,
"Louis, sweetie, I will be back as soon as possible. Here's money and just deliver anything you feel like eating." She opened the door and handed him 50 bucks. She placed her right palm on Louis' cheek and said, "I am so sorry that I can't take care of you,"
"It's ok mom. I told you," he smiled.
"Ok, just call if you need anything, alright?! Rest and you take care," she added then went on.
After closing the door and headed to the living room, he turned on the t.v. and watched a movie starring Adam Sandler and Winona Ryder shown on HBO. He decided to grab some food in the refrigerator and maybe some soda, too. His back wasn't hurting as much as yesterday but he still had this pain at the lower part of his back. He slowly got off the couch and went to the kitchen. He grabbed some strawberry shortcake and a Pepsi and closed the ref's door shut. As he was about to go back to the couch, he found the script Ren was so meticulously studying a while ago. He took the script with him and went to the living room. He sat on the couch, put the food on the center table and started scanning and reading the script.
Moulin Rouge, he thought. Tawny got the part! That's pretty cool, he added to himself.
He read the script and also found out that Zach got Christian. He was pretty much ok with that until he reached the end of the script, the scene before the finale number. He read it aloud,
"Christian and Satine look into each other's eyes and feels the connection that they had whenever they were with one another, tears streaming from their eyes. Satine breathes hard, looks down then looks at Christian slowly in the eye." Louis started imagining the scene, only him as Christian and tawny Satine. He makes this goofy, feeling-in-a-cloud-nine sort of smile and reads through.
"Satine: I'm sorry it has to end this way. I'm sorry I had to lie to you. I'm sorry I loved you too much that I couldn't bring myself to hurt you more. I'm sorry, Christian. Christian: I know, that's why I'm here. Then they kiss each other."
He continuous to imagine, until he reaches the kissing part. He gets a wake- up call that its Zach who's going to kiss Tawny. He couldn't seem to agree with his feeling, a feeling of jealousy, towards that supposed scene between Zach and Tawny, the Satine of this poor knight-in-distress.
Louis went down and found his parents sitting at the dining area while discussing the current news. Donnie was eating his cereals while talking to the phone with coach Tugnut about their practices. Louis caught sight of Ren, writing remarks on a bundle of paper then taking a bite from her creamy pancake. Louis didn't see Tawny near the dining area so he thought he was still dressing up. He sat beside Donnie and grabbed a piece of toasted bread and took a bite. Eileen looked at her youngest son observantly and asked,
"Louis, honey, you look tired? Didn't you sleep well last night?!"
Louis looked up,
"Uhmm... I did! Maybe it's just because of the stress with what happened yesterday," he lied.
Actually, the real reason was because he was up all night, tossing and turning, thinking of what he and Twitty discussed yesterday. All abut Twitty secretly liking Ren and Louis accidentally answering yes to Twitty's tricky question if he liked Tawny more than a cousin should. All this made him tired, not to mention stressed with thinking. Steve had put his newspaper beside his coffee and told Louis,
"Don't worry, you can rest here all day. I asked Tawny to write down your school and home works for you and help you with what you're going to skip."
As Steve mentioned this, Tawny went down from the stairs, carrying her yellow backpack. She greeted everyone a "good morning" and a smile. She took her seat in front of Louis. She put her backpack beside her chair and started to eat her pancake. She glanced at Louis, observed him and asked,
"Louis, are you ok? You look kind of stressed with something."
Louis looked at her then after a few seconds, he replied,
"Yeah, I guess I was. I mean, with the whole slipping thing."
"Ohh..." she answered with a nod.
Louis looked at his sister who was still busy writing notes on the script, "Hey Ren! What are you so preoccupied about," he asked.
Ren looked at him,
"Oh this," she raised the papers she was holding and placed it beside her plate. "This is my script for the play."
Steve, on the other hand offered to take the kids to their school earlier that morning. He stood up from his seat and said,
"Ok, Ren, Tawny. Let's get going before we all get late."
Tawny took her backpack and Ren got her bag. They followed Steve outside and took off.
"Louis, are you sure you're going to be ok while I'm gone," Eileen asked as she handed Louis the last plate. She was called by her secretary to go to their office because she needed to sign some emergency papers to be sent to the Congress. Even though she took a day off to take care of her youngest, she was badly needed in the office.
"Yeah, mom. I'll be fine. You go ahead," he replied, putting the plate inside the cabinet and closing it afterwards.
After a few more minutes, Eileen went downstairs and quickly got her purse. She kissed Louis and told him,
"Louis, sweetie, I will be back as soon as possible. Here's money and just deliver anything you feel like eating." She opened the door and handed him 50 bucks. She placed her right palm on Louis' cheek and said, "I am so sorry that I can't take care of you,"
"It's ok mom. I told you," he smiled.
"Ok, just call if you need anything, alright?! Rest and you take care," she added then went on.
After closing the door and headed to the living room, he turned on the t.v. and watched a movie starring Adam Sandler and Winona Ryder shown on HBO. He decided to grab some food in the refrigerator and maybe some soda, too. His back wasn't hurting as much as yesterday but he still had this pain at the lower part of his back. He slowly got off the couch and went to the kitchen. He grabbed some strawberry shortcake and a Pepsi and closed the ref's door shut. As he was about to go back to the couch, he found the script Ren was so meticulously studying a while ago. He took the script with him and went to the living room. He sat on the couch, put the food on the center table and started scanning and reading the script.
Moulin Rouge, he thought. Tawny got the part! That's pretty cool, he added to himself.
He read the script and also found out that Zach got Christian. He was pretty much ok with that until he reached the end of the script, the scene before the finale number. He read it aloud,
"Christian and Satine look into each other's eyes and feels the connection that they had whenever they were with one another, tears streaming from their eyes. Satine breathes hard, looks down then looks at Christian slowly in the eye." Louis started imagining the scene, only him as Christian and tawny Satine. He makes this goofy, feeling-in-a-cloud-nine sort of smile and reads through.
"Satine: I'm sorry it has to end this way. I'm sorry I had to lie to you. I'm sorry I loved you too much that I couldn't bring myself to hurt you more. I'm sorry, Christian. Christian: I know, that's why I'm here. Then they kiss each other."
He continuous to imagine, until he reaches the kissing part. He gets a wake- up call that its Zach who's going to kiss Tawny. He couldn't seem to agree with his feeling, a feeling of jealousy, towards that supposed scene between Zach and Tawny, the Satine of this poor knight-in-distress.