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Blake's Saga
Book 5 –
Chapter 7 – Part 1
The Gift
Blake is
leaving his second-hour class and heading to his locker. When he is just about there, a friend stops
him, and he pauses to speak with them for a minute or two. This pause gives Jamal enough time near
Blake's locker to place the bag by the locker.
Blake turns around and heads to his locker. Jamal wastes no time leaving the area without
being seen. Blake gets to his locker and
looks down at what's at his feet; the bag.
Picking it up, he places it inside his locker. While he is there, he
also grabs his books for his next class and heads out for his class.
***
After 5th
hour, he's ready for lunch. He drops his
books and grabs the gift bag. Entering
the lunchroom, Blake joins his friends.
"Looks like
the secret admirer strikes again?"
Rick asks as
he points at the gift bag. Juan and
Riley smile at Blake.
"He...he...got
you something nice?"
Riley asks
his friend about what is in the bag.
Blake digs into his gift bag, pulling out a 9.75" X 7.5" notebook and
some gel pens. The mystery guy included
a note too. He takes the letter out of
the bag. Unfolding the note, he starts
to read the words written by his admirer.
"Dear Blake,
I hope you
put this notebook and the pens to good use.
I can't wait to step out and meet you.
We'll see each other soon."
Blake's
stomach is tied in knots over the idea of meeting his secret admirer. He puts everything back in the bag. When he places the last item into the bag,
Ian drops off a bag that contains his son's lunch. Eyeing the gift bag, Ian says nothing as he
turns to leave after some small talk with his son. Before lunch is over, he leaves the cafeteria
with his bag in hand.
***
Blake heads
down to his dad's room, so he wants to show his dad the gift bag and its
contents. Walking into the room, he
walks up to the table where his dad is sitting.
"Hey, Dad,
look what my admirer left for me."
Ian looks at
his son. He doesn't look very happy.
"Look,
Blake, I know you are excited, but this is strange. This kid is leaving gifts for you. Hope, he isn't luring you into a trap."
Ian isn't
the one to be a downer; however, Trace is the one who is more suspicious of
others' actions. Their oldest son cannot
believe his ears.
"Dad, this
doesn't feel like a trap. Can't you just
be happy for me?"
Blake
doesn't even show his dad what his admirer gave him. He walks out of the room without saying anything,
without listening to his dad. Ian will
continue this conversation later.
***
Honestly,
Blake should have listened to his dad instead of walking away. As mature as Blake may appear, he is still a
teenager; and that means getting attitude at times. Ian loves his son, so he ignores the
attitude. If this had happened at home,
it might not have been ignored. For now,
though, he has class to prepare for, so he gets busy. No idea what will happen at home. He can't determine if this secret admirer is
a friend or foe. Ian wants the kid to be
a friend to his son. Still, he can only
wait and see what happens. Ian hopes
that nothing bad happens to him.
***
It's after
school, and Ryan went to pick up Riley, and now they have shown up at Blake's
house. Ian answers the door and sends
them up to the bedroom.
"Hey Blake,
what's up?"
Blake is
surprised to see his friends. Do they
know anything about the secret admirer?
Ryan won't know anything about the secret admirer unless Riley has
mentioned something.
"Do you guys
know anything about my secret admirer?"
Ryan looks
at Blake. He's a little confused.
"Wait, you
have a secret admirer?"
Riley's
boyfriend asks as he looks at his friend.
"Yeah, he's
been sending me notes, and today he sent me a gift bag with stuff in it and a
note."
Riley looks
at Blake and shrugs his shoulders.
"No, no, I
don't know."
This is
pretty much what Blake thought would be Riley's thoughts. Blake knew asking them was risky because of
Riley's memory.
"Thanks,
Riley!"
Blake pats
him on the back. Ryan and Riley stay a
bit longer, staying long enough to catch their friend up on what's new in their
lives.
***
Blake is up
in his room; when Trace gets home, and his dad isn't happy with the
situation. It's important to note that
in no way is Trace angry at Blake.
Though, he's not pleased with his son over the attitude thrown at
Ian.
"BLAKE, COME
DOWNSTAIRS!"
Trace calls
out to his oldest son. His son grudgingly
comes downstairs.
"Yes,
Dad! Should I sit down, or can I just
stand up?"
Ian cannot
believe the attitude that their son has been throwing around today. He might not have had the attitude if Trace
hadn't yelled at him. Trace is holding
in some of the anger before he explodes on Blake. He heard how their son walked out on his
husband at school earlier then, on top of it, he had to respond to a domestic
battery case that was very much one-sided.
"Look, this
attitude isn't cutting it for me, son. Tune
it down so we can talk."
Trace says
to Blake. Blake may not hear all the emotions
inside of his dad, but Trace's showing it, which doesn't sit well with
Blake. The young man doesn't do a good
job of holding stuff inside.
"Like you
are doing such a good job of it."
Ian thinks
Trace is at the end of his rope with this one.
"Blake,
Trace, the two of you need to calm down and come back and talk."
Trace nods
his head because he knows he is holding back, which isn't fair to Blake. Course, Blake needs to calm down as
well. Father and Son go their own way
for a little while.
***
Once again,
Trace, Ian, and Blake come together to talk.
Trace and Blake sit down together, and they start talking.
"Dad, why
are the two of you making such a big deal out of it. It's just a bag of gifts."
Blake
doesn't get it, and Trace wants his son to understand why they are upset. The question is will Blake listen to his
dads.
"We are
making a big deal out of this because you aren't. I need you to just listen. You need to be careful, Blake. I'm not saying this guy is fake, but you
aren't taking this seriously."
Blake isn't
sure what he should be worried about because he doesn't see any problems with
it. As far as he's concerned, Ian and
Trace are being silly.
"Dads' come
on, it's a secret admirer, that's all.
He's not out to get me."
Trace shakes
his head. His son doesn't get the risk.
"Look,
Blake, we would love for you to find someone, but you don't know who this
person is. What if it's a predator
getting ready to suck you into a trap?"
Trace
finishes talking and waits for his words to sink into his son's head. Blake cannot prove that the secret admirer
isn't a predator, but he doesn't understand why a predator would be at the high
school during school hours. But then he
thinks back to Mr. Reyes, and he realizes that maybe there could be an issue. Blake knows in his heart that everything is
okay.
"Look,
Trace, Ian; I know right now that some things don't add up, but I want you to
wait and see what happens."
Trace and
Ian can't argue with their son. Jamal's
actions may be borderline stalkerish, but he hopes his admirer proves his dads
are wrong.
***
Collin goes
outside to play while everyone is talking.
He is playing alone, hoping his dad won't keep Blake much longer. He seems to be watching the neighbor's
dog. He wants a dog like his neighbor has
so he has a friend to play with when everyone is busy. A puppy would be so cool. Course, the dog would be Blake's friend
too. Now how does he convince his dads to
get a puppy? Blake ends up going outside
to think.
***
Blake has to
get out of the house. He walks out the
patio door and right out into the backyard.
He finds himself spending time with his little brother. After Collin goes inside, Blake reflects on his
discussion with his dads.
`I know
Trace and Ian are just being cautious, but they should trust my instincts on
the matter.'
Blake knows
he is right. There is no doubt that
Blake is correct, but his dads are right, also.
He decides that maybe he needs to look at this from his dad's perspective.
"I can't
ignore the fact that my secret admirer does seem to know a lot about my family
and me. I'm one of the friendliest guys
at school. He could come up to me at any
time to talk.'
Maybe, his
dads have a point after all, but his admirer must have a reason for acting the
way he is; Blake just doesn't know why he's acting this way. He hopes that maybe his admirer will reveal
himself, and then Trace and Ian will relax a bit about the secret admirer
thing.
***
The next day
at school, Blake isn't sure what to expect, but he's hoping that his admirer
will make himself known. He gets to his
locker right after breakfast and finds yet another note. Quietly, he stuffs it away in his planner
without even reading it.
`Why won't
he just reveal himself?'
It would be
nice if they would just come out of the shadows already. Blake wants to know their identity. He's hoping that one of his friends will
recognize the handwriting, or maybe they have seen whoever is dropping stuff at
his locker. How can this guy be so
secretive?
***
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