-1The next day was a Sunday and Delilah went over to Reese's house. They sat on the couch together in the family room, talking. "Reese, remember on the first day we met I was crying?" she said. "Yes babe I remember," he said, holding her slender, graceful hand. He kissed her. "Why were you crying sexy?" Reese asked her after the passionate kiss. Delilah sighed. "At the Lucky Aide about three weeks before we met, I was looking around the store when suddenly a rugged looking boy from the stockroom came out with a cart with wheels," she began. "Yes," Reese said, with a look of concern on his young face. He squeezed his hand and said," Go on." "He was friendly and said, 'hello'," Delilah said," And I thought he was just being nice. I said 'hello' also and walked away." Reese continued to listen. "He walked up to me again about 10 minutes later and he asked me out," Delilah cried in total disgust," I was utterly appalled. I left the store right away." Reese burst into laughter and pulled her into his arms. He put his right hand on her left breast. Delilah smiled at him. "I went into the Lucky Aide store again the next week and he was still there," Delilah said," He said 'hi' and I ignored him. He asked me out again and I left the store. I'm afraid to shop there now because of him." "Why were you crying just because of that?" Reese asked. "I tend to get disgusted easily," Delilah told Reese," I was so disgusted of him that I cried." Reese burst into laughter. "Well if you're afraid of him, don't be," Reese said," All he did was ask you out." "I'm not afraid of him," Delilah said," I'm just really disgusted of him." "The next time you want to shop there, I'll come with you," Reese told her. He kissed her again. "We'll hold hands as we shop in the store," Reese said. Later on that day, Reese and Delilah entered the store holding hands. When they were in the greeting cards section, the large, slovenly boy with the cart came out of the stockroom. "Hi," he said to Delilah. Delilah ignored him, hardly unable to contain her disgust. She thoroughly abhorred the fact that he was trying to be a suitor for her. Reese smiled at him and said," I'm Delilah's beau." Reese squeezed her hand. The boy flushed red, mortified. "Oh," he said," Hello." He walked away with the cart, silent. Reese burst into laughter. The two left the store together, holding hands, still laughing. Everybody at school agreed that they were a great couple and seeing them together was inspiring. That night, Reese lay on his bed, thinking about Delilah. A vision of Delilah fingering her long flowing hair was in his mind when suddenly he heard Lois's voice ring from the kitchen. "Reese, come into the kitchen! I need to talk to you." Reese blotted out of bed and went into the kitchen. "What did I do?" Reese asked. Ever since he starting dating Delilah he changed, he never got into trouble with his parents or at school. Until now. "Reese why were you rude to my coworker today?" Lois asked. She wasn't yelling at him, but the tone of her voice sounded stern. "What are you talking about?" Reese cried. Then he remembered the repugnant boy at the store. "Oh him," Reese said out loud. "Apologize to him," Lois said," I don't raise rude boys." "I wasn't rude to him!" Reese cried to his defense. And he was right. Lois paused. "He told me that you called him all sorts of names," Lois said. "What specific names?" Reese cried. "Fatso, Cream puff, and Smelly," Lois said," And according to him he also said that you told him to take showers and lose that humongous belly of his. He said that he was pushing the cart out of the stockroom today as usual when suddenly you went up to him and began to pester and ridicule him." Reese had to stifle his laughter. But at the same time, he was shocked and bewildered beyond words. "The liar!" Reese cried," I didn't call him names at all!" He paused, desperately probing his mind for the proper words to speak. "It's only fair that you hear my side of the story," Reese said," Which is the truth." "Let's hear it," Lois said, still stern. He then told Lois about what Delilah told him. He also told her of what happened at the store today when Reese confronted him with Delilah, with the unabridged truth. "He wouldn't lie to me," Lois said sternly," He's a nice, trustworthy boy and wouldn't lie to me. And he's a good worker." "Well he lied this time!" Reese cried. There was another moment of silence. "Reese, I can't read your mind and I don't know what happened exactly, but if you insulted this boy, you go and apologize to him," Lois said, still stern. "Alright," Reese muttered," But I'm telling you, I didn't say anything hurtful to him."
The next day, at school during lunch break, Reese probed the lunchroom for the boy. There he found the boy devouring up his large lunch at the corner of the room, alone. Reese ran over to him. "You there!" Reese shouted, pointing at him," You lied about me to my mom!" The boy suddenly dropped his sandwich and glanced at Reese. Jelly was at the corners of his mouth. "I did not," the boy replied meekly. "Yes you did!" Reese yelled," You are a total liar!" "I didn't!" the boy wailed. The boy began to cry. Reese was both angry and stunned at the same time. Just then, a teacher began to walk towards the lunch table, looking deeply concerned. "What seems to be the problem?" the teacher asked. Reese's heart sank. Before Reese could open his mouth to speak, the boy pointed at Reese and said," He was bothering me!" "Not true!" Reese cried to his own defense. "He was calling me names and made me cry!" the obese, slovenly boy lied. He began to perform exaggerated fits of bawling. "Young man, you're coming with me," the teacher said. "But sir, I didn't do anything!" Reese cried. Reese was certainly an innocent victim of the loathsome boy's false witness.
That same day, after school, Delilah was searching the school grounds for Reese. She wanted to see him before cheerleading practice. But he was no where in sight. Hours later, after cheerleading practice was done for that day, Delilah sat on the bleachers reading a book when Reese ran over to her. "Delilah," he called to her," You're such a welcome sight to me." Words cannot describe how much he felt.. He sat next to her on the bleachers and kissed . Passion filled the air. After they pulled apart, Reese took her hand and stroked it gently as he offered her an explanation. "Sorry I didn't meet you straight after school like I always do," Reese explained. He glanced at the sky, then glanced back at her. "I got detention." "Detention?" Delilah cried in surprise," Reese you changed since we first became a couple. You never got in trouble at school anymore ever since. What happened?" "Long story," Reese said, still stroking her hand and sighing. "Remember that fat boy that asked you out in the Lucky Aide?" Reese asked. "Oh, he's just so dreadful," Delilah moaned," What about him?"
Then Reese told her everything. "Oh he's such a brute!" Delilah wailed," He's trying to ruin you!" "I know," Reese said,"I'm a good boy now and didn't deserve detention." He was certainly telling the truth by speaking those words. "He has to stop!" Delilah cried," What can we do?" "I don't know yet," Reese said as he let go of her hand and began to stroke her hair," But we'll have to think of something." There was silence as Reese stroked her hair. "I think he's jealous because we are a couple," Reese said. "Well I think that's obvious," Delilah said," And he has to stop." Reese sighed as he took Delilah into his arms. "I'm really worried," he said as he held her," It's unpredictable what lies he'll come up with next."