Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 2:15 pm
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bye guel
Chapter 31
Maria is laughing at me.
I hate her.
“You really did this?”
I ignore her.
We walk into the college cafeteria.
We both have two classes today, and we’ve just finished one class.
We’re going to eat lunch and then go to the next.
“Liz, I can’t believe it. He has to been so pissed.”
He wasn’t pissed.
Hurt.
Mortified.
But not pissed.
“Michael would kill me.”
Yesterday I asked Max to take off his shorts.
He asked me if I was sure.
I said yes.
When I saw him, I panicked.
He was so…huge.
I bit my lower lip.
But it didn’t work.
He was too huge for my eyes.
So I lay down on my other side.
Right then all I wanted was to sleep, even though I was naked and he was too.
It took me a while to take off all of my clothes.
Max didn’t touch me anymore either.
I heard him put his shorts on, stand up and get something ready for his shift.
He didn’t look at me anymore.
Maybe he really was pissed.
I glance at Maria and she’s still smiling.
I frown. In the morning he kissed me on my temple before he went to the hospital.
Hopefully everything is okay between us.
When we get home, Michael’s car is already there.
It’s strange.
He wanted to leave the house an hour after us to work so he shouldn’t be home already.
We enter Maria’s apartment.
We hear voices.
I hear two voices.
I turn around.
Run out of the house.
Maria cries out for me.
I don’t stop.
I run until I can’t breathe, and when I stop, I see that they didn’t follow me.
What do they want here?
I have a good life.
I have Maria and Michael.
I have Max.
He loves me and I love him.
My parents were in the living room.
What should I do?
What do they want from me?
I can’t go back.
Max isn’t allowed to get to know them.
He isn’t allowed to know about it.
I decide to go to him. He’s at the hospital.
I ask after him at the front desk.
“Who are you?”
“I’m his girlfriend.”
I smile weakly.
My parents are in Seattle.
Maybe she’s here, too.
My smile disappears.
Oh god.
She says Max left already.
What should I do now?
I get more panicked.
I have to go home before it gets dark.
I walk through the city.
Always on main streets.
No short cuts.
I stand in front of our house an hour later.
I want to stay here forever.
With Max.
My life should stay normal.
It gets darker.
Maybe I can sneak up to the second floor without them seeing me?
I open the door silently.
I tiptoe to the second floor.
I enter the apartment with a relieved sigh.
Max is waiting for me.
He looks at me angrily.
He shouts.
He shouts for the first time.
I wanted to prevent it.
I knew it would end like this.
I want to turn around.
I can’t look into his eyes.
He definitely knows it. He knows everything.
He pulls me into his arms.
I can feel him trembling.
I can feel his small sighs and sobs.
Max is 26 years old and I’ve pushed him to tears.
“Where have you been? I died of worry.”
That’s it.
Because of this he’s angry.
Not because of my parents.
“I’m sorry.”
He nods.
He takes my face in his hands and looks at me carefully to make sure I’m really okay.
“God, Liz, don’t do this again. Never again.”
That’s not the first time I was out.
I don’t get it.
Is it because I ran away?
What is worrying him so much?
“I thought I would never see you again.”
I know what he’s thinking.
I can see it in his eyes.
He believed I would hurt myself.
He thought I might commit suicide.
How could I?
If I did, I wouldn’t see him ever again.
He thinks it’s because of my parents.
He thinks I can’t survive it.
He’s wrong.
I can see my parents.
That’s no problem.
But…
“Liz, your parents worried, too. They are downstairs, don’t you want to go downstairs with me?”
I don’t answer.
I press my wet face against his shirt.
I didn’t even notice that I was crying.
“Liz, they are waiting for you. They said it was very important, it is about life and death.”
My eyes go wide.
Is one of them sick?
Both?
Will my mother die?
Or maybe my father?
I know I have to go to them.
But I don’t want to do it now.
I want to sleep with Max by my side.
“Liz, it will be okay. I’ll be always with you.”
I don’t believe him.
I have my reasons.
He’ll regret his words.
He’ll regret everything with me.
“Will you hold my hand?”
A whisper.
He kisses me on my forehead and then he makes a promise:
“Always, Liz. Always.”


bye guel
Chapter 31
Maria is laughing at me.
I hate her.
“You really did this?”
I ignore her.
We walk into the college cafeteria.
We both have two classes today, and we’ve just finished one class.
We’re going to eat lunch and then go to the next.
“Liz, I can’t believe it. He has to been so pissed.”
He wasn’t pissed.
Hurt.
Mortified.
But not pissed.
“Michael would kill me.”
Yesterday I asked Max to take off his shorts.
He asked me if I was sure.
I said yes.
When I saw him, I panicked.
He was so…huge.
I bit my lower lip.
But it didn’t work.
He was too huge for my eyes.
So I lay down on my other side.
Right then all I wanted was to sleep, even though I was naked and he was too.
It took me a while to take off all of my clothes.
Max didn’t touch me anymore either.
I heard him put his shorts on, stand up and get something ready for his shift.
He didn’t look at me anymore.
Maybe he really was pissed.
I glance at Maria and she’s still smiling.
I frown. In the morning he kissed me on my temple before he went to the hospital.
Hopefully everything is okay between us.
When we get home, Michael’s car is already there.
It’s strange.
He wanted to leave the house an hour after us to work so he shouldn’t be home already.
We enter Maria’s apartment.
We hear voices.
I hear two voices.
I turn around.
Run out of the house.
Maria cries out for me.
I don’t stop.
I run until I can’t breathe, and when I stop, I see that they didn’t follow me.
What do they want here?
I have a good life.
I have Maria and Michael.
I have Max.
He loves me and I love him.
My parents were in the living room.
What should I do?
What do they want from me?
I can’t go back.
Max isn’t allowed to get to know them.
He isn’t allowed to know about it.
I decide to go to him. He’s at the hospital.
I ask after him at the front desk.
“Who are you?”
“I’m his girlfriend.”
I smile weakly.
My parents are in Seattle.
Maybe she’s here, too.
My smile disappears.
Oh god.
She says Max left already.
What should I do now?
I get more panicked.
I have to go home before it gets dark.
I walk through the city.
Always on main streets.
No short cuts.
I stand in front of our house an hour later.
I want to stay here forever.
With Max.
My life should stay normal.
It gets darker.
Maybe I can sneak up to the second floor without them seeing me?
I open the door silently.
I tiptoe to the second floor.
I enter the apartment with a relieved sigh.
Max is waiting for me.
He looks at me angrily.
He shouts.
He shouts for the first time.
I wanted to prevent it.
I knew it would end like this.
I want to turn around.
I can’t look into his eyes.
He definitely knows it. He knows everything.
He pulls me into his arms.
I can feel him trembling.
I can feel his small sighs and sobs.
Max is 26 years old and I’ve pushed him to tears.
“Where have you been? I died of worry.”
That’s it.
Because of this he’s angry.
Not because of my parents.
“I’m sorry.”
He nods.
He takes my face in his hands and looks at me carefully to make sure I’m really okay.
“God, Liz, don’t do this again. Never again.”
That’s not the first time I was out.
I don’t get it.
Is it because I ran away?
What is worrying him so much?
“I thought I would never see you again.”
I know what he’s thinking.
I can see it in his eyes.
He believed I would hurt myself.
He thought I might commit suicide.
How could I?
If I did, I wouldn’t see him ever again.
He thinks it’s because of my parents.
He thinks I can’t survive it.
He’s wrong.
I can see my parents.
That’s no problem.
But…
“Liz, your parents worried, too. They are downstairs, don’t you want to go downstairs with me?”
I don’t answer.
I press my wet face against his shirt.
I didn’t even notice that I was crying.
“Liz, they are waiting for you. They said it was very important, it is about life and death.”
My eyes go wide.
Is one of them sick?
Both?
Will my mother die?
Or maybe my father?
I know I have to go to them.
But I don’t want to do it now.
I want to sleep with Max by my side.
“Liz, it will be okay. I’ll be always with you.”
I don’t believe him.
I have my reasons.
He’ll regret his words.
He’ll regret everything with me.
“Will you hold my hand?”
A whisper.
He kisses me on my forehead and then he makes a promise:
“Always, Liz. Always.”