A/N: Hey All! Wow, it's been a long time since I updated this! But I'm back! With a relatively short chapter… not on purpose, mind you…
Anywho…
Disclaimer: I don't own Mort Rainey!
And on with the story…
Word spread like wild fire: Mickenzie and Mort were through!
Girls and guys alike crowded around Mickenzie to offer condolences or dates for Friday night.
Mort walked alone. His face was red and puffy, like he'd been crying. His eyes, were focused. He'd never been so clear in his entire life.
As Mort walked through the crowd to Mickenzie, he smiled, almost evilly.
"Hey Mick! What's new?"
"Nothing's wrong…"
"Hey, Mort… listen…"
"Did you have fun at your Grandmother's?"
"She can see through this…"
"Mort, maybe we should talk…"
Mickenzie gently grabbed Mort's arm and pulled him into an alcove.
"Mort, did you get my note?"
"Note… You read a note… I SAW the note!"
"Uh, did you send one?"
"Mort, I don't mean to sound rude, but we're over. I'd like to be friends…"
The voices in Mort's head shouted at him, drowning at all other sounds.
"I love you."
"Mort! WE ARE THROUGH!!!!"
Mickenzie spun sharp on her heel, leaving Mort to call after her, "I love you! I'll call you tonight!"
And he did. Mort called her every night and attempted to walk with her in the hall. He'd set up dates…nothing was wrong. But something was wrong.
Mort's room was no longer a typical boy's room. It was a shrine to Mickenzie. Pictures covered the wall. Their initials were carved into bedposts, dressers, and desks.
Mrs. Rainey smiled at her son's devotion, she remembered a time when she was like him… in "puppy love".
"Hey, Mick, didn't you and DORK Rainey break up?" Dustin Redback, the star quarterback, put his muscled arm around Mickenzie's slim waist. They'd been dating casually for a few weeks, but Dustin wouldn't commit because of Mort. Because wherever they went, Mort was there. Mort would walk Mickenzie to class and attempt to kiss her goodbye.
"We ARE through! I try to tell him, I try to avoid him. He doesn't understand!"
Mickenzie was almost in tears. Dustin put his arm around her and smoothed her soft hair.
"Dustin, I'm scared… it's like he's…he's… ob… ob…obs….obsess… obsessed!!"
Mickenzie continued to sob, her tears soaking Dustin's shoulder. Dustin smiled a comforting smile and told her "everything would be all right".
In his head, he was evolving a plan. One that would erase Mort Rainey from Mickenzie's life… forever.
And that's all she wrote. Sorry it's so short! That was the best place to stop. I'll try to update really soon!
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