Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 21:11:48 EST
From: MOoNcHiL0@aol.com
Subject: Falling in Love with a Stranger Part 8

CHAPTER 8 - THE CALL

I sat in my room and cried. I sat there for a good few hours in the dark
before I decided to go to sleep.

I awoke to the ringing of the phone. I picked up and whispered in my
lethargy, "hello?"

"Eugene? It's Philip. I want to hear your side of the story. I'm sorry that
I didn't listen to you before, but I was just so angry..." he
pleaded. "Truthfully, I was pretty jealous too..." he trailed off.

My room was bathed in the neon green glow on my clock. It was 11:43pm and
my head was pounding and groggy. "What made you change your mind?!" I
yelled back. "You had to watch me suffer as I begged for you to listen to
my side of the story? What kind of fucked up game are you trying to play
with me?!"

He was silent for a moment. "I'm sorry, Eugene. I was so angry at what I
saw. I thought you were trying to break my heart, so I decided to break
yours in vengence. I guess it was all a big misunderstanding. Please,
Eugene. I miss you so much," he started sniffing. "I don't even need to
know what happened. I trust that you still love me and that you would never
do anything to hurt me. I know that there is probably an explanation to
this and I'm sorry that I overreacted. Please, Eugene. Please accept my
apology for the way I acted and tell me that you want me back."

I took in his words. I just lay there thinking about everything. "I don't
know..." I stopped not knowing what to say.

"Please, Eugene. I'm sorry that I didn't trust you. I'm sorry that did
everything I did. I'm sorry about everything. I just need you," he said
sobbing.

I processed his words once again. "I accept your apology...I'm sorry that I
got us into this mess. I love you so much and I am dying just thinking that
I would never get to hold you again," I confessed.

"Oh, Eugene!" he exclaimed.

"What?"

"You told me that you loved me!" he shouted in between sobs.

"I do, Philip, I love you with all my heart."

"I love you too, Eugene. I'm sorry that I caused all this drama today."

"You wanna know what really happened yesterday between me and Jason?" I
asked. "After you left, he saw us kissing. He confessed that he was gay,
too. He started crying because he told me about how he got into a thing
with some guy that already had a boyfriend. They kicked his ass and I was
comforting him. He took it the wrong way and he kissed me. I told him that
I loved you way too much to jeopardize our relationship and he got so
embarassed that he left right away."

"Christ, Eugene. I'm so sorry about this. Is Jason alright? How will I ever
make it up to you? How can you ever trust me, when I can't even trust you,"
he cried.

"Look, I haven't talked to Jason since, but I love you enough to trust you
and I know that you love me just as much."

"How did I ever get to be so lucky that I found someone as wonderful as
you?" he asked.

A broad smile had returned to my face, I was definitely happy again. I
glanced over at the clock, "It's 12, I better go," I announced.

"Yeah, we should get going, it's late. Hey, wait, it's Valentine's Day!" he
exclaimed.

"Oh, that's right," I said almost depressedly.

"You know what, Eugene? I guess this means that you're my valentine!" He
said with an upbeat tone.

"Yeah, I've never had a valentine before though, Philip," I said with a
little embarrassment.

"Coolness...I'll see you at school, alright?"

"I love you. Sweet dreams, baby," I whispered.

"I love you too, sleep tight."


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