Chapter 34 - Suspicions
As my jelly boyfriend closed the door behind himself, I stood there on the other side of the hallway, completely puzzled. Why is Barry panting? Why doesn't he have his shirt on?, I couldn't help but think to myself. "Hah... hey... what's uh... what's the deal with that?", he groaned, pointing at the T.V. I replied, "That's the television. Ella was watching some documentaries."
"Say, why are you tired out anyway? Are you hurt?", I asked Barry. "No... it was... hah... incredible...", he replied. "Wait just a second. What exactly were you doing in there, anyway?", I asked. "Don't uh... worry about... it.", he said. "How do you change the programs on this thing?!", he yelled, trying to find something that could change it. "Here", I said, tossing him the T.V. remote. "You push the channel up and down buttons to change it."
As he shuffled through the channels, one by one, I thought about how I was going to yell at my jelly boyfriend as soon as he got out. What the hell is he doing, having sex with our new guests before their first hour's done!? I sat down on the couch, leaning forward to try and see if I could hear what exactly was going on in the bathroom. I couldn't hear anything, it was complete silence. They must be having a mental conversation.
"Ah! Here we go!" Barry yelled as he finally found something that entertained him. I looked at the T.V. He was watching Cartoon Network. How fitting, I thought. "Hey, you need anything to drink? We have water, milk, and soda.", I asked him. Barry replied, "Uh, milk sounds good, thank you!" I stood up and began walking towards the kitchen.
As I entered the kitchen, I walked over to the wall that had the bathroom on the other side of it. Putting my ear right against it, I heard something going on. Bap... Bap... Bap... As I heard this, my face changed from confused to horrified. Oh no fucking way, jelly, I thought to myself. That poor girl... I didn't even know he was into... that!
I opened the fridge, pulling the gallon of milk out and pouring a glass for Barry. I also reached in to grab a can of soda for myself. As I walked into the living room, Barry was wearing a disgruntled look on his face as the commercials started playing. "Man, this stuff is lame. Is there anything else I can do for fun on this T.V.?", he asked. "Here, hold on" I said as I walked over to the T.V. I switched the input from the cable box to the Super Nintendo.
"You know what a videogame is, right?",I asked him. "Kind of, but not entirely.", Barry replied. "Well, videogames are... just that! Videos that you can play as games! See, look, you have a controller, like this,", I said as I tossed him the controller, "...that allow you to push buttons to control the character on screen. For example, let's try playing uhh... Super Mario World!" I blew on the cartridge, just like we all did as children, clicked it into the console, and turned the power on.
As the game powered on, I walked over to grab my can of soda I placed on the coffee table. Barry had an excited look on his face as the game began. "Try the buttons and see what they do, alright?", I asked. "Oh cool! I'll try this out for a bit. Thank you!", he said with a joyful tone of voice.
"Look, I'll be in my bedroom working on some important stuff, so if you need me, just yell at me to come back out.", I said. "Alright! Thank you so much for all this!", he said with incredible happiness in his voice. "Don't mention it", I told him as I walked into my bedroom. I closed the door behind me, and sat in my computer chair, booting up the computer to work on some things. Man, it's been 5 days since my jelly boyfriend called my boss. I have a lot of work to do...