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Post by Angel Schunard on Feb 4, 2007 18:51:40 GMT -5
Angel took off his bag and tossed it beside him on his side of the booth. He really hoped they hadn't agreed to meet somewhere else and he totally missed it...that really wouldn't make him feel too smart. He leaned back against the seat, waiting for Tommy. Really hoping he didn't forget. If it were anyone else, he might've gotten worried it had all been a hoax...he might've gotten worried they weren't coming. But the way Tommy treated him...he doubted it alot.
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Post by Tommy Collins on Feb 4, 2007 19:09:23 GMT -5
Tommy reached Smitty's slightly out of breath. He ran the whole way to the ice cream stand. It was a curse living a few blocks away from the school. There was no reason for him to drive over. It would take him longer and it would be a few more chemicals killing the environment. So he walked. But that meant that if he wanted to go somewhere afterward, he either had to bum a ride or walk.
He looked up and saw Angel waiting for him. A smile spread across his face. He came. "Angel," Tommy called out waving to him.
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Post by Angel Schunard on Feb 4, 2007 19:35:26 GMT -5
Angel looked up from the table, which he'd been tracing random patterns on, and waved back at Tommy. Perfect timing. He gestured to the other side of the booth, the smile that had been present for the better part of the day turned back on.
"Hey," he greeted Tommy, his nose crinkling slightly with his smile. "You came."
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Post by Tommy Collins on Feb 4, 2007 19:40:52 GMT -5
Tommy slid into the booth and smiled deeply. "Course I did. And you came. Which is good. Ice cream is less fun by yourself... " He blushed slightly as everything seemed to set in his head. So Angel was...and he was...so was this really his first date? Maybe he should have gotten Angel a flower or something. Something. But then where was he gonna find a flower in the Scarsdale parking lot?
"So...how was the rest of your day?" He asked.
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Post by Angel Schunard on Feb 4, 2007 19:45:46 GMT -5
"It was good...I had still life, so...drawing fruit. Nothing not fun about that," Angel laughed maybe a bit higher than he intended. It was like giddy and scared to death were having a fight inside him, both trying to take presidence in his emotions...amking them both appear in random bursts. He balled his fist under the table and out of Tommy's line of vision in an attempt to calm down. "Yours?"
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Post by Tommy Collins on Feb 4, 2007 19:52:24 GMT -5
Tommy chuckled along with Angel. "It mustn't have been a fun fruit then. I don't know how I would do in that situation...I think I would probably it eat," He admitted with a shrug. "I don't think I'd make a very good art student. So you do a lot of art stuff?"
"It was ok. Better than the beginning part...second period at least. Benny and me made up. Oh yeah, sorry about getting caught in the middle of that earlier. I didn't want to get you in the middle...but I was kinda scared to face him alone. Sad I know..." Tommy shrugged slightly. He had no clue how Benny was going to react at the time. And Angel seemed like some sort of back up....support.
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Post by Angel Schunard on Feb 4, 2007 20:01:58 GMT -5
"Well...I got an orange. My friend got a squash...I'm guessing that was fun," he said with a shrug, his finger tracing a circle on the seat. A nervous habit. "Oh trust me, I was tempted...I should've easten lunch," he added without thinking.
"No no, it's alright...you know if you want to talk about it..." Angel trailed off. He didn't want to be nosy, but at the same time, he wanted to be there for Tommy.
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Post by Tommy Collins on Feb 4, 2007 20:09:05 GMT -5
"An orange. Oy, that's gotta be a boring fruit. Though an apple might be worse. We've been drawing apples since kindergarden," Tommy pointed out. He never understood the whole connection between apples and school, but he wasn't about to argue. "Oh why didn't you eat...oh that was my fault wasn't it? I'm sorry..."
"Well..." Tommy started to say carefully. "I don't wanna involve you if you don't want...and at the same time I feel like you should kinda know. Having to listen to Benny and me...glare at each other. Well more me with the glaring." He really wanted to tell Angel, if for no other reason...it would out him.
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Post by Angel Schunard on Feb 4, 2007 20:16:11 GMT -5
"No, it wasn't, don't worry," Angel said quickly, his mind working a mile a minute. Would it be better to tell him about the rumour? Maybe he already knew...maybe it was true. "I guess you could say...ignorance dort of took away my appetite," he said finally with a small half-smile.
"You're maing it seem like it was such a big deal...I promise you, it was fine," Angel assured him. "And if you want to talk about it...I mean, not to pry, or anything. But I'm here to listen."
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Post by Tommy Collins on Feb 4, 2007 20:38:00 GMT -5
"Oh...ok well I guess I can understand that. I didn't eat either and I didn't notice much too...but that means that ice cream is on me. It's only fair," Tommy said going into his back pocket to pull out his wallet. I hope I have enough money...I shouldn't have gotten that extra weed this morning. I got plenty...
Tommy put down his wallet for a moment and nodded. "I appreciate it." He took a deep breath. "I just...I've been friends with Benny for a while. And he knew that I was kinda out of it...so he pulled it out of me. I...I told him that I was gay," Then Tommy's speech rate sped up, "And he wasn't so keen on the idea, but now that he's let it sit he's ok. He apologized all is well....what ice cream do you want?"
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Post by Angel Schunard on Feb 4, 2007 20:50:28 GMT -5
"Stop. I'd feel bad about making you pay," Angel reached into his pocket to see what money he had. If Tommy paid....it would feel like a date. And Angel had no idea if that was what the senior wanted.
Angel stopped digging through his pocket for a moment. He...he was? Really? Angel wanted to make eyecontact with the older boy, but at the moment just wasn't brave enough. Because the only thing that was running through his mind was, I have a chance. There was no way the rumour was true...Tommy and benny wouldn't have had time to make up and make out in the short time Cathrine was screaming the rumour. He had a chance. With a shaky smile, he looked over at the other boy. "You are," he said quietly.
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Post by Tommy Collins on Feb 4, 2007 20:55:44 GMT -5
"Can I at least pay tip? If they pay tip here...I haven't been here in a while," Tommy confessed. In fact it had been years. His father took him after graduating middle school. One of the few good memories he had with his parents. It wasn't that there were lots of bad ones, there just weren't many period.
Tommy blushed and nodded looking down into his lap. Mimi said that Angel was gay too...but that didn't mean that he was at peace with it. Or that he was ready to share as well. "I'm sorry if I made you uncomfortable or something. Maybe I should have mentioned it earlier or something. I don't know...I think I'm going for cookies and cream." Smooth, Tommy, just keep talking about the ice cream and maybe he'll forget.
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Post by Angel Schunard on Feb 4, 2007 21:07:27 GMT -5
"Fine..." Angel said with a shrug. He knew when he was beat. "This time," he added with a small smile. Hey, if Tommy wanted to go out again...at the moment, Angel wasn't seeing any reason at all to say no.
"No...it's okay," he assured Tommy, trying his best to smile, but completely unsure of what to do next. He could tell Tommy that he was...gay...too. He was reasonably certain the senior would be fine with it. And he was even more certain that he could trust Tommy. If he'd just told his best friend...it was probably safe to assume that he hadn't told many other people. The fact that he trusted Angel that much made up the younger boy's mind. He'd tell him.
"I'm fine with it...if that's what you were wondering. Id be kind of a hypocrite if I wasn't," he added, hoping his companion got the hint.
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Post by Tommy Collins on Feb 4, 2007 21:14:19 GMT -5
"Ok," Tommy replied with a nod. "Next time you can get the tip." If there was a next time. But things weren't going horribly. And well...maybe next time it would be a bit more defined. Not that he minded just hanging out with Angel. That was fine. But more would be...nice.
Tommy smiled from ear to ear. It was true. His stomach did a somersault and he cleared his throat with some effort. "Good to know...I'm not so alone," He said quietly with a steady nod. "So...um...what do you want?" With a deep breath, he pulled over the list of flavors.
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Post by Angel Schunard on Feb 4, 2007 21:29:14 GMT -5
"Yeah...same here..." Angel said quietly. He'd never really told anyone...Mimi knew, but...that was all. And he'd never known anyone else with the same...preferences as him. But he could trust Tommy. They'd just met and he could trust this boy...Angel tried to stop the little flip his heart did, but it was useless.
"Umm...chocolate espresso sounds kind of good," Angel said as he looked over the menu. He was grateful to get the conversation off his orientation. The more they talked about it, the more he worried he was gonna say something he shouldn't. Reveal feelings that weren't necessarily reciprocated.
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