The Long Way Home (9 page)

"That's not all dude I haven't told you everything yet." Mike said he was excited and Grey could tell that Mike was really happy. This worried him. Anything could happen when he was really excited.

"What don't tell me that you slept with her dude not on the first date?" Grey said taking his head out of the fridge.

"Please tell me that you didn't sleep with her?" Grey said, he was disappointed in Mike, and Mike hadn't even told him. Grey could just tell from the way Mike was acting.

"Dude just let me explain." Mike said already defensive.

"What, are you going to tell me that it was an accident or something? Or that for whatever reason she raped you, what tell me, enlighten me please." Grey was mad because Mike could easily fuck this up and Grey really wanted things to go well between the four of them.

"Let me just tell you okay. We were going to dinner then the movies and I wasn't hitting on her or anything. I didn't try to make any moves or anything. But when I took her home she was so happy that I didn't try anything she invited me inside. The next thing I know we were making out in her room. Then it just sort of happened, I won't say that I tried to stop her because I didn't. I will say that if anyone did anything to anyone it was her she seduced me man you have to believe me." Mike was the one now looking through the fridge. The diet grapefruit juice seemed to bother him somehow.

"She seduced you? Why don't I believe you? I talked to you last night after I got home from my date. How come you didn't tell me then, unless it was because you are lying?" Grey said he didn't know Mike to be a liar, but anything could happen. Hell he just saw diet grapefruit juice for the first time.

"I am telling you the truth man; I left as soon as I could. I felt like a criminal leaving a crime scene. I didn't want her dad to find me and shoot me or something you know Charlotte's from North Carolina. I didn't know how he would react if he found me in there screwing his daughter. Man I am telling you the truth." Mike said looking through the fridge again he could not did believe that someone would actually drink diet grapefruit juice. What was the world coming to?

"I hope you're telling me the truth." Grey said he was still a little skeptical but he figured that he would give Mike the benefit of the doubt.

Mike happy that Grey wasn't mad turned and shut the fridge then said "Who drinks diet grapefruit juice? We have to stop and get something to drink before we get there." Mike looked at Grey and he was laughing.

"Yeah man, I don't know who drinks that stuff. Let's go back and see if the girls are ready." Grey said going towards Jill's room.

They got to the door and heard them talking and tried to hear what was going on only they couldn't hear from where they were. Mike went up against the door to hear them better only in doing so he made the door creak. Then there was a silence and Grey already felt like a dumb ass and the day hadn't even started yet.

"Dude I think I hear something." Mike said pushing harder on the door. Right then Jill opened the door and Mike fell then rolled in to the room landing on his back. Charlotte laughed so hard she fell on the bed Jill managed to get out of Mikes way then looked at Grey.

"Were you guys listening to what we were saying?" Jill said half seriously she thought that it was cute.

"I wasn't I was going to knock, but Sherlock here decided it would be a good idea to try to squeeze through the crack in the door." Grey said he was kind of mad at Mike for being dumb. Grey looked and Jill and Charlotte they were both laughing now. Jill's kitten was now clawing at Mike's hair and Mike was squirming franticly to get away as though it was a rabid badger. Grey started to laugh too; he could always count on Mike to provide the comic relief. Mike was sitting up now holding the kitten confused.

"I'm thirsty, are you two ready. And can we bring the kitten." Mike said looking at Jill.

"Yeah were ready. By the way Mike the kitten's name is Tillie and no she can't come. We can't bring her in the park and I don't want to leave her in the car." Jill said taking Tillie back and placing her on the bed. They just had to get their bags then they would be on their way.

They all got in the SUV and Grey drove Mike wanted to sit in the back with Charlotte. The first place they stopped was a gas station to get gas and something to drink.

"Can you go inside and get us some drinks?" Grey said to Mike. Mike went into the store while Grey paid and pumped the girls stayed in the car and talked. Mike came back with a bag of drinks and was handing them out. He said to Jill, "I got you a diet Pepsi only because they didn't have diet grapefruit juice." Mike said as he was getting back in the car. Jill was confused until he realized that Mike must have gone through the fridge, and saw the diet grapefruit juice that her parents bought for her grandpa when he came over to visit.

Grey got back in and looked back at Mike and Charlotte as he was backing out of the parking lot. It was then that Grey realized that he was really happy not because he had a girl or anything. It was just because he had never had a real family and pictured that this was probably it this was what it was like to have one. He decided then and there that he wanted to have one.

The drive to Magic Mountain wasn't that long even though there was a bit of traffic. When they got there they got up to the window where they pay. Before anyone paid he turned to all of them and said.

"Now you all have to watch out for Mike he gets lost easily. If don't return him his mom is going to get pissed at me. Okay, I'm not worried about you two girls just keep an eye on Mike and make sure that he doesn't get hurt. Those are the only rules that I am going to lay down before we start this day." Grey said, he looked over at Mike expecting him to be mad, but he only shook his head in agreement. The girls laughed at Mike, Grey paid for everything and they went in.

"What ride do you want to go on first honey bunny?" Charlotte said to Mike.

"I don't know, oodle woodle." Mike said to Charlotte tickling her chin with his hand.

Jill looked worriedly over to Grey. "Do you think they are going to talk like that the whole time?" Jill had a look of fear on her face.

"I hope not." Grey said for some reason he wished that he had some diet grapefruit juice (he felt older).

"Let's all go on the new Superman ride." Grey thought that would be fitting, considering that was how he felt.

They all agreed and started walking up towards it. Mike and Charlotte were in front of them.

"I have been thinking about what you told me last night." Jill said looking over to Grey.

"Oh yeah, what part were you thinking about?" Grey said he knew what she was talking about only he wanted to hear it from her.

"You know what I am talking about. I am talking about the part where you said 'that if my feelings change I should tell you. And well my feelings have changed; so I wanted to tell you what they are now." Jill was happy about everything since their date last night and she knew that she loved him. She knew that he wanted to hear that but she didn't know how he would react to the news. It was more sudden than what she expected and Jill wasn't too sure of her own reaction.

"I am happy that you're being honest with me, because I have been thinking about last night too. But wait you were about to tell me what you were thinking about, so go ahead." Grey was excited he anticipated the best he knew that she would probably tell him what he wanted to hear. He didn't think that it was going to be this soon.

"What I was thinking is that I think that we should at least be at this park as boyfriend and girlfriend. I thought about you all last night and I know that I really like you. I also realized that I don't want anyone else to have you. So I came up with the idea we should be exclusive you know what I mean. I know how you feel about me and I like that, I'm pretty sure I have never had that before. I like that too, what I am basically saying is that I want to be with you. I want us to have a relationship I think that we could have one. I also think that it would be my first real relationship. I know I'm rambling I do that when I get nervous." Jill looked over at Grey to see his reaction to what she had just said.

"That's perfect that's all that I want." Grey was never more excited in his whole life. Grey was so happy that he didn't notice that Mike had left them. Grey looked up to where Charlotte and Mike had been and only saw Charlotte.

"Where's Mike I thought I told you, you have to watch him otherwise he will get lost." Grey said he was concerned he didn't want to spend the whole day looking for him.

"Don't worry so much I know where he is. He went up to that little stand up there by the end of the line." Charlotte directed Grey's attention to where Mike was.

"He said he was hungry and said he would meet us up there." Charlotte said pointing to where the line started. They got up to the top of the hill to where the line started and Mike was holding a Dr. Pepper, one of those big pickles, a strawberry ice cream bar and a churro. They got in line and they all started talking about the Superman ride Mike and Grey were excited these girls were just excited to be with these guys. There was so much happening around them there was people everywhere. The girls were happy that the line wasn't taking too long. Before they knew all of them were ready to go on the ride. Grey and Jill took the front row only because Mike wanted to sit in the back with Charlotte. They got on the ride and it took off from zero to over sixty miles an hours an hour in less than nine seconds. After all that Mike had just eaten he was feeling it in his stomach turn as they accelerated up the vertical incline.

Mike could hardly hold everything down he could feel the bile coming up in his throat. It made him gag he thought that if he could just hold it down through the ride he would be okay. Only before the car got to the end of the track and hung weightless he lost it all and thru up and do to the momentum it plastered all over his chest. Then the car reached the top and hung weightless whatever he had left in him was ejected again this time it hung in the air like everything else until the ride started its backwards dive down the track. At which point the puke that was hanging in mid air now hit the back of Grey's chair getting all over his hair. The smell and the feel of the puke stuck to his neck made him gag and on his way down the puke came out of him in a near perfect stream that hung in the air for a time before it fell in a shower all over un-expecting pedestrians below. They got to the bottom and the ride was over Mike had to be helped out by some of the staff there. Grey felt like he needed to bathe in a tub full of bleach to get the stink of all that was left on him. Charlotte who saw the whole thing was in a state of shock she didn't know that what she saw was physically possible and she was worried about Mike she hoped that he was alright. Jill on the other hand found all of this funny she didn't expect this to happen at all but then again it was Mike. Jill knew that she shouldn't laugh but she had to, it was funny.

The next two hours they spent in one of Magic Mountain's bathrooms. It was a sad tale neither of the two boys had brought any other clothes and they were nearly naked in the bathroom washing their things in the sink. At one point the two boys got into a fight Grey started pushing Mike.

"Who the hell eats a pickle, ice cream and a Dr. Pepper?" Grey said wiping hitting Mike with his soaking wet shirt.

"I am sorry I didn't know that I was going to lose it all on the ride. Besides that I don't remember you stopping anywhere so that I could get something to eat before hand. Also I think it was the churro that made me lose it " Mike took the big wad of paper towels that he was using to dry his back and threw it a Grey's head. Grey turned just in time to have the wad hit in the face and splatter.

"Don't tell me you just threw that at me. Don't tell me that, you're going to die little man and I am going to be the one with blood on my hands. And you know what your mom is going to be pissed when she finds out that I killed you and right now I don't care." As Grey was saying this he began to sneak closer to Mike then in one swift fluid movement he had Mike in a head lock. Mike started screaming like a two year old.

"IT WAS THE CHURRO GREY, THE CHURRO I AM SORRY I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN! I'M SORRY DON'T KILL ME I LOVE YOU MAN YOU'RE LIKE MY BROTHER OH GOD PLEASE DON'T KILL ME!"

The girls were coming back from getting a funnel cake and some thing to drink when they heard Mike's scream. When Charlotte heard Mike she dropped the funnel cake and her frozen lemonade and ran into the men's bathroom. Jill was startled more by Charlotte's reaction than anything. She ran to the bathroom only she wasn't about to drop her stuff. The girls got there in time to see Grey standing over Mike. Grey was shirtless and half of his pants were soaking wet. Mike was in his boxers and shoes under Grey's arm in what look like a head lock. Grey had Mike's mouth shut with his free hand. Then they saw the girls and looked up them.

"What are you doing to him?" Charlotte said as she was running over to aid Mike.

"Nothing, Mike and I were just talking." Grey said as he dropped Mike he landed with a flop on the wet tile floor. Charlotte ran besides Mike to console him.

"It's not what it looks like." Mike said standing up.

"What exactly do you think it looks like?" Jill was wondering what they thought it looked like.

"Mike and I were just settling an argument, that's all." Grey felt like the time when his dad caught him and Mike smoking cigarettes in the back yard.