Author's notes: This story doesn't make much sense without the images, so don't get rid of them. Also, this story involves using a lot of profanity and slang, but that's how kids talk these days. What are you gonna do? It is told in an unusual narrative style, so it may be little difficult to follow at times. Please don't let that scare you.
The Confidant by: Joe Six-Pack JoeSixPack60@hotmail.com
Part 2
Good morning, Justin! Boy, it's gonna be a nice day, huh? Maybe we can have some classes outdoors today. That'd be so cool.
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You like the top? Yeah, it's pretty snug. I think it really looks good on me. It's nice of you to mention it. I thought it was time to dress a little hipper for school. Oh, the design? It's a little Leo. You know, my sign. I thought it was pretty neat. I guess that's why I bought it. Now I don't have to answer that stupid line about 'what's my sign.' It's already on my shirt. Clever, huh?
That astrology stuff is really interesting. I swear that stuff has saved my life more than once. People are always putting it down, but I think it's really really important. I really believe that there's just a lot of stuff out there that we'll never understand. Like the stars, and the moon and the forces that play on the threads of life and stuff down here on earth.
I didn't mean to get too deep on you there. Isis and I were just talking about it yesterday. She really knows a alot about mystical stuff. She's pretty cool. Hey, why do you always leave when she comes around? It's like you're scared of her for some reason. She's really nice once you get to know her. Whatever.
I'm sorry, did I hear you correctly? Did you just call me Bradley? Yes, it's my real name. But since when has anyone ever called me Brad-leeeee. I sound like some sort of geek. Hey, let's go to the computer lab and make like some graphs and stuff, Brad-leeee. See? It's so stupid sounding. So stop it.
I said stop it!
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The shoes? Yeah, they are nice. They look really difficult to walk in, but I think they're worth it. And actually, they're pretty comfy. I wanted them in white, but I guess they only come in black. Too bad, huh? I mean if, I really wanted to buy them in white, then I bet lots of people would too. So why wouldn't they make then in white? I'm sure they'd sell a lot more of them if they came in white, too. But, who can guess why fashion designers do these things?
Ok, thanks for the ride. Do you want to go out and get something to eat after practice?
St. Nazair? That's the French place! It's so expensive!
No, no! We can go. We can go. It's cool. I'd like a nice evening out for us. I wonder if they serve that snail dish?
Yeah, that's a good idea. I should change before we leave. That's a real fancy place.
Oh, and Justin? I think I like it when you call me Bradley.
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Hi Justin. I'm ready to go. Sorry to keep you waiting.
Thank you. You look nice yourself. I hope that this is classy enough for the restaurant. I don't want to look like we don't belong there. You don't think it's kinda weird, just us two guys eating alone? Yeah. I guess it is their problem. But I'm still gonna feel kinda funny about it.
Don't worry about things so much? Easy for you to say, Justin. There's a lot going on in my life I'm worried about. Yeah, yeah. I know. Loosen up. You would say that.
Oh, uh I was gonna mention that I'm sorta short on cash. can you cover for me? I'll pay you back. Honest.
Thanks. But don't think I'm gonna get dependent on you. Let's get a move on. Those snails are getting cold!
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Hey, guy. What a wonderful dinner last night, Justin. I had a great time. We should do that lots more. It was fun! And I loved that club! What a great place. I forgot how much I love to dance! You want to do it again tonight? Great! Let's go somewhere new this time though.
I suppose I was kinda worried about us two guys goin out, but I'm just not gonna worry about stuff that isn't my problem. Life's too short! I need to loosen up anyway.
That guy, you know the one. The one who asked me to dance? That was funny! Did you see the look on his face when I asked him if he was gay? His face went all white! You got so angry, though. You need to take it easy.
Yeah, maybe I did lead him on a little. Everybody flirts, Justin. It doesn't mean anything. I mean we're both guys here, Justin. You and I know that it's harmless.
So, you like the top? It really shows off my tits! I have to be so careful moving or else they fall out. Wouldn't that be embarrassing? Can you imagine? And this skirt is so tricky. I hope I don't have to bend over today.
Did you say we were gonna go out again tonight? I forgot. Hey, don't call me an airhead! I'm not an airhead. I'm smart. As smart as you.
Yeah, so I'll see you tonight. Where do you wanna go?
"The J-Girl Club?" What's that? A 'theme' dance club? What's the theme?
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Hi! I'm just about ready Justin. You can sit there on the bed. Just move the stuffed animals to the side.
Okay, okay. What do you think? I tried to follow your instructions. They were so detailed!
I didn't even realize I had most of this stuff. I guess I have so many clothes, I don't remember buying them! I sure hope the pink stuff washes out, or I'm going to be, like, so angry. Ohmigawd, these clothes. They look so cheap and dumb and so... so... what's the word?
Cool? I guess that's the word. Yeah! Cool! I look, like, so cool!
Hey, if I have to dress up to go to the club, how come you don't? It's not fair! I think you should dress up too.
Rules? For goin' out? What kinda rules? Oh! We're going in char... char... racht... Oh, fudge! We're gonna be acting? Ha ha! Fun! Who am I? Who am I? Huh? Huh?
Suki, the Japanese schoolgirl? Justin, I dont wanna be a girl! I am not a girl! You're trying to make me look ridicu... ridicu... What's the word?
Hot? Yeah, I look so hot!
Okay. So, I'm Suki. What else?
I can't speak English very well? Okay.
And I'm a bad girl. This sounds naughty!
I can't say "I" or "Me?" I just say "Suki?" I hope I can remember that.
And who are you going to be? Oh. An American businessman. That sounds so hard to do. I'm glad I don't have to play your part.
I was wondering...
Oh, sorry. Suki was wondering when we'll be leaving...
Sorry! You don't need get so mad!
Suki like to know when we go to club?
...Am I doing this right? Oh. Talk like this all night? That's, like, gonna be so hard! Okay. I'll try.
Suki sorry, mister! Suki ready go now!
Okay, mister! We go club now! Suki dance for you! You have good time!
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What a night, Justin! I had so so so much fun! What a blast! I want to be Suki every night! It was like so, so, wild!
I just kinda wish you hadn't spent so much time with the girls there. Why couldn't you and me spend all night dancing together?
No. I'm not mad. It means next time, I should try harder to keep you alllll to myself. Suki try real hard to make you like her!
The shorts? I was just gonna crash today an' wear comfort stuff. I got so wasted last night! I don't even remember getting home. Hey, how did we get home? I remember going to your house, and then taking a shower...
Are you sure? Cuz I remember you carrying me to your bed... No? You drove me straight home and dropped me off before eleven? Oh yeah, I remember it now. That's what happened. I'm so stupid sometimes.
I really wish youd'a kept dancing with me last night. Cuz I got so lonely that I had to dance with these really creepy guys who kept ramming themselves into me. I swear, I think it was on purpose! They'd get real real super close and then they'd put their hands, like, right on my boobies. It made me feel like I was being viol... violat... Darn it, what's the word I'm thinking of?
Sexy! That's right! It made me feel sooooo sexy! Then when I had to sit in their laps, they'd make me bounce and squirm all over. And they wouldn't even talk to me. They just kept trying to touch me! So rude.
Can we go again tonight, Justin? Can we, can we, can we? Pleeeease?
Come on, Justin! We gotta go! Suki want good time! Suki begging you!
Yaay! You're the best, Justin!
Um, hey, Justin. Thanks for coming by this morning to give me a ride to school again, but I'm gonna stay home. I'm not going to school today. No I'm ok. I'm a little freaked I guess.
Justin, please don't take this the wrong way, but you scare me.
You scare me to the bone. Something so awful is happening, it's hard for me to put into words. And I think you're part of it.
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I look at myself in the mirror, and it's like a ghost is looking back through my eyes. I don't think I used to look like this. Everything seems so different all the sudden.
This is scary, Justin. I can't... I can't... This is the worst thing that could ever happen to anybody. I'm not the person I used to be. I'm so totally changing. And there's nothing I can do. I just want to kill myself. It's so hard to keep on pretending everything's okay. It's not.
And every time I get worried it's like you're trying to talk me out of it. I don't know how or why... I'm not making sense, am I?
I don't know what's happening to me Justin, but it's so wrong and I've got to stop it. And I only know one way I can do it. It's the only solution I can think of. I just can't go on living like this.
Mother doesn't even know that I've changed. Or that she's changed. Daddy just pats me on the head and tell me not to worry. My friends look at me like I shouldn't even be talking to them. No one can help me.
This has to end. Now.
Isis? Yeah I know, she's into all that witch stuff, but... really? You think she can help me? You think it's worth a shot? I hadn't thought of that. It might be, like, a good idea. I don't know.
I don't think it's gonna do me any good. I think... No, Justin! Don't try and make it seem okay! IT'S NOT OKAY!! It's not... It's not... Oh god. I don't mean to cry. Boys don't cry.
Thanks, Justin. It helps to know you care. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to accuse you of anything. I'm just real confused. It's like the world is going on without me and leaving me behind. It's getting, like, so hard to think.
No you go to school. I'll give Isis a call. If you think she can help.
No! Go! Okay, you can drive me there. But I don't want you to be tardy on my account. Thanks, buddy.
Hey thanks for waiting, Justin. I think you were right. Isis said she detected powerful magic in my presence. She said that, like, she'd be able to, you know. Do somethin to fix it all and stuff.
She's so smart! She knows all these astrology and psychic thingies. I bet she can tell fortunes and read palms. Wow! Wouldn't that be super cool?
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Oh! So I gotta be back here at midnight! And I hav'ta wear all natural fibers, and not drink any alcohol... well, she wrote it all down for me. See? I swear to god I'd never remember all this on my own. My head's like so... fuzzy. She said we'd be holding a ritual or something.
Justin, can you take me home? I don't think I can go through another day like this. Thanks.
You know you've been such a good friend to me Justin. It means so much to me. I really think we're as good friends as friends can get. It's nice to able to talk to you about anything. And I've really needed your sympathy these last few days. God, I feel like I'm just dumping all my problems on you without ever letting you even say two words to me. Forgive me?
You're wearing one of those jerseys I like so much. You have such nice strong arms, Justin. I can feel how hard they are. So strong and hard. And your chest. Look how buff that is. You take care of yourself. Has anyone ever called you a stud? Well, someone should.
Look! I can count your abs. Eight. Wow. And your legs. So thick and powerful! They feel so...
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Please take me home, Justin. Please.
Now.
Please.
Isis is my last hope. I just hope she can help me.
It's getting harder to focus... I feel like I'm almost... gone.
Dude. I think she did it. Yeah, I think I'm turnin' back to my old self. Yeah. No shit! Isis really knows her stuff!
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The ceremony was all really boring. Just a lot of chanting and candles. Then, right at the end, there was the huge flash and we both got knocked out or some shit. All I remember was she lit this pile of dust, and whack! Out cold.
When we woke up we were both feeling really strange. But then Isis said that she was pretty sure whatever it was that had been 'cast' on me, was 'baited'.
Abated. What I said. The spell was abated. Isis then said she could sense that it was the most powerful magic she'd ever seen and felt. She was kind of freaked out. But she told me not to worry. But you know, she didn't look too good. Kinda sick.
At first I guess I was just wishing that it was working, but this morning I wake up and bam! Things suddenly came back to me. Like the world got back into focus. And I can feel it changing inside, man, It's like a tingling in the stomach and head.
Dude, I wasn't worried. This whole thing was so fuckin weird, though. I aint never heard of this sorta shit happening before. It would make a really scary movie. Like a wolfman sorta thing.
Fuck, dude. You have no idea what's it's been like. Man, it's been one weird ass week. I wonder what the hell happened to cause all this in the first place. But that's ancient history, now.
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Because whatever Isis did worked! In no time at all, dude, the Bulldog will be back!
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Hyyyyiiieee! Justin!! Hey, guy! Missed you. Kiss?
Mmmm. How's my hunk? Did you watch me practice? Me and the girls are starting to really really get it together. These routines are so hard to remember! But two weeks of practice and now I know them as good as anybody. I even asked the other girls and they said I was really super good! It means a lot coming from them. Kristin, the head cheerleader, said that I could even be in her spot when she graduates!
I even made my own cheer today! Wanna see? Watch me! Watch me!
One! One! Lincoln's the One! Two! Two! We're gonna beat you! Three! Three! Come on and scream! Four! Four! Go, team! Score!
Uh huh! I thought of it all myself! cool, huh? Oh Isis helped - I mean Candi. Why do I keep calling her Isis? Anyway. Candi helped a little. Ohmigawd! She's a natural born cheerleader!
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And look! Look! They gave me a sweatshirt with my name on it! See? J-e-n-n-i Jenni! Jenni and Justin! The dream couple of Lincoln High! Everybody is so jealous. You know they are.
Is that for me? Oh you're so sweet! I never had anyone buy me jewelry before. Oh! Look! It's a little gold pendant shaped like a puppy! Oh? You say it's a bulldog? Cool! Um, are the eyes supposed to glow like that?
An inscription? "Property of Justin Richards" You bet I am! I love you, love you, love you! Thank you so much! Thank you, thank you, thank you! Suki love you lots!
You and me, Justin. We're gonna be so great together! Our love will never be broken. It will only get stronger. You know why? Because I feel as though I can tell you anything! I don't know why, but I do!
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