Chapter 2: Part 2: The Turning Point
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Red and I had made a plan for a movie night. We picked out a Romantic Comedy... actually Bubble Gum picked out a Romantic comedy, to watch, and they were going to come over for dinner and the movie.
My career as a painter had become successful enough that I could afford a junky TV, a DVD player, and a couch. I had bought them specially for this occasion. My house didn't have an extra room to put them in, so I pushed my easel out of the way and squeezed them into my room.
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When my phone rang, and I saw that it was Red, I was happy. It was the first time I had been happy about a call from Red, but I was really looking forward to our movie night.
"Hey," I said, "What's up?"
"Bubble Gum was throwing up all morning, so she can't make it to the movie night." Red informed me.
"Oh," My heart sank. If Bubble Gum couldn't come I figured that Red couldn't either, "When do you want to reschedule?"
"Reschedule?" Red asked, "I already rented the DVD, and I was kind of hoping that I could still come over, is that okay?"
I wanted to scream, and jump with joy. A huge smile spread across my face. "Of course." I said.
"See you about six, then." Red answered, cheerily, and then hung up.
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Alone with Red. I couldn't believe I was going to be alone with Red. Every nerve in my body was tingling with excitement. I could hardly hold still.
I decided to channel my effort into making dinner, but I wasn't a very good cook, so I stuck with a simple salad.
I also mixed a few drinks, but not too many because I didn't want things to get out of hand, though it was just the overly hopeful side of me thinking that.
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The door bell rang at about 5:45, and there was Red, early.
"I hope I'm not too early." He said, when I opened the door and let him in, "I left home early so I could stop by Bubble Gum's house to give her some warm soup. It didn't take as long as I thought it would."
Did he just say Bubble Gum's house? As in a different house than he lives in? I thought, but managed to hold in my excitement. It doesn't exactly make a guy like you if you cheer at his girlfriend's being sick. "No, you're okay. I was just getting finished with making dinner."
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We ate at the kitchen table, because I didn't want to spill food on the white carpet in my room. Red said that he liked the salad, though it couldn't have possibly been complement worthy.
"Do you want a drink?" I asked.
"Sure, where are they? I'll get one for myself." He answered.
"You don't have to get it, you're my guest." I started to stand up, but he stopped me.
"It's okay, I'm already up." He smiled, and I told him they were in the fridge. He was nicer than any guy I'd ever met back home, and better looking, too. I pushed that thought to the back of my mind, since he had a girlfriend.
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We awkwardly sat on the couch together. I didn't want to sit to close to him, but I also didn't want to sit too far away.
The excitement started to wear off, and as the adrenaline left me I started to get cold. I hoped Red wouldn't notice me shivering a little bit, so I got up to get a blanket.
"Where are you going?" He asked, looking around for the remote.
"To get a blanket." I said.
"Where's the remote? I'll pause for you."
"I don't have a remote. The DVD player didn't come with one. But it's okay if you don't pause."
"This is a really good part." He whined a little, "Just sit back down... besides, there's another way to keep warm."
Because of the drinks my decision making skills were not at their peak, and Red was so inviting that I couldn't decline.
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At that moment I forgot completely about Bubble Gum. Red's touch was so soothing and warm. He rubbed his hand up and down my arm to get rid of the goose bumps. At first I expected to be flushed with another dose of adrenaline, but instead I was completely calm. Like I belonged in his arms.
"You're so cold." He whispered.
"You're so warm." I giggled.
Just those few drinks were enough to wash away our fears and inhibitions. The wall between us must have been very thin.
"Maybe I can give you some of my warmth." Red smiled.
I was about to ask how.
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My lips were tingling with his warmpth. He was right, he gave some of it to me. My whole body felt like something had clicked, and caused my internal heater to turn on. I didn't fight it, I just let the emotion be transfered between our bodies, it felt right. I closed my eyes.
Suddenly he stopped.
He pulled away
He whispered... "I'm so sorry..."
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He jumped up off the couch and ran out of my room, out of the house. And I just sat and watched him leave.
Even though I knew he couldn't hear me, I started to talk. "The movie isn't over..." My body started shaking, shivering. Every bit of warmpth that he brought to me was sucked out, "Red, please don't go..." and with that warmpth it took every bit of warmpth that had been in me before.
I felt a tear cautiosly make it way down my cheek, then I whispered something so quietly that I couldn't even hear it, "I... I think I love you." With that the dams in my eyes burst, and I started to sob.
