MAY

The month of May kicked off with a series of dates.

It was a good month in my opinion. Nero and I had fallen more and more into each other. We talked on the phone each night and yes, I was still reading chapters from the romance novel.

Unfortunately.

"So Ingrid caught James with another woman and she just…let it go? What. The. Hell. If I was that bitch, I would have kicked the shit out of that sorry mofo."

"Language, Virgie, language. And once again you're missing the entire point: she loved him enough to get over it. She couldn't possibly see herself with anybody else so she learned to love everything about him. Even his flirtatious flaws."

"That isn't a flaw! That's a deal breaker! You can't love someone that doesn't love you back. You need to gain affection just as much as you need to give it. Plain and simple."

"You're wrong. She could still love him with all her heart, even if it was unrequited. Love doesn't need to circulate, it just needs to flow."

"Whatever you say Confucius."

"Would you just read the ending already?"

"Alright. Whatever."

"Go ahead." Nero offered, causing me to stick out my tongue in return (even though he couldn't see it.)

"I lived my life in his lungs, in his every breath of air. His voice carried lullabies that could comfort and sooth me. Every time he kissed me, it was like the first time: gentle and full of love. I didn't think about that other woman. I didn't even dare to think her into existence. All that mattered was me and James. We loved one another and in a crazy messed up world like this one, that was all you could really ask for. The end."

Thank god.

No more mushy romance! Que overly pompous football player victory dance. "Can I please burn this book now? Please?"

"Not until you tell me what you've learned."

"That women are stupid?" I heard an angry 'hey' from down the hall. Stupid nosy mom. She shouldn't bitch; I was going to use her as the main example.

"Virgil! I'm serious! Haven't you learned anything?"

"I'm glad I'm gay?" I offered once more.

"I'm glad you're gay too but that's not what I meant. This is hopeless! You. Are. Unteachable."

"Maybe I have some kid of handicap, like I'm love-retarded."

"It would explain a lot."

"Ouch."

"You know what I mean," Nero sighed. "Lets just go onto the next topic. Are you ever going to tell me where we're going for our date this Saturday?"

"Nero, I already told you, it's a surprise. As in you can't know and I'm not telling you."

"But if you just told me instead of being all secretive then I wouldn't be so dam curious!"

"If it told you, then that would defeat the whole meaning of surprise. Do I need to bring out a dictionary and read you the definition? Maybe you're surprise-retarded…"

Nero snorted. "Touché."

I laughed, wishing he was here next to me. "But don't worry No, you're my retard."

Don't mean to offend anyone with the word retard. And you guys are going to love what Virgil's demon has to say about Nero in chapter nine.