The Moments With You

THE CALLS

Andrew came back from School at 11:40, after his long day at practice and everything that has happened with his coach and Martina, he just wanted to be home where Alec was waiting for him, and so he could eat some of his cooking.

Alec has always been his ultimate stress relief, but when he got home, Alec wasn’t there and at that time, it was so late he wondered why he wasn’t home yet, especially when he knew he’s part-time job should have ended like hours ago,

He was so worried, he called and called but every time he did, Alec wasn’t Answering, he was devastated, with each minute that passed by, he’s worry grew stronger and stronger,

Andrew grit his teeth as squeeze the phone he held on his right hand, “what wrong… why isn’t he answering” Andrew couldn’t calm his thoughts, he became so disorganized, his heart was beating so fast one would think it was gonna burst, he couldn’t think of anything else, all he knew was that he had to find Alec,

“I can’t let what happened the last time repeat itself again” Andrew’s voice became weak as he tried to speak to himself as he felt his heart shaking

So, immediately, he set out to go look for Alec, he body just wouldn’t sit still and he couldn’t report to the police, he had almost no faith in them. So, he just did what he could think of, he wanted to call Alec’s boss but he didn’t have her number, even worse, he didn’t know who she was,

So, instead he went directly to the coffee shop, he knew where it was because Alec usually frequents there, sometimes he is opportune to go with him and it in direction of where the school is, so Andrew went there, but  when he got there, he was so surprised at what he saw,

He found out that, the café was closed and there was no sign of Alec or the owner of the Café, he became more scared and agitated,

So, out of fear, he called Alec several more times, but still the no answer, the phone just rang till the duration for the call had ended “sorry the number you’re trying to call is not reachable at the moment please try again later or you can send a voice message after the beep, due charges will applied” a feminine voice spoke instead of Alec, since he didn’t answer his calls, then after the beep, Andrew said

“Alec, its me… I’m so worried about you, if you are okay, just call me back, I just need to hear is your voice… that’s all I need” Andrew sounded weak, he’s voice getting lower and with every word that followed, it sounded almost as if he wanted to cry.

Andrew wondered the streets, in search for Alec, he went to every place he knew Alec could be, but he also knew it was strange since Alec was a really quiet boy who doesn’t really go out much. As time went by, he monitored his phone attentively, anxiously waiting For Alec to call back but it ended with him in disappointment.

As Andrew wondered the streets, the routes he took eventually lead him to the front of their apartment, when he got there, he looked at his phone, there was no call and the time was, 1:45am, the fear that gripped his hear developed into misery and he was about to slump onto the ground, but just before he could do that a luxurious car drove by him and packed in front of his apartment building,

At first, he didn’t really care because, he and Alec weren’t the only ones living in such a large building, it was a 10 floor building that comprised of many other apartments, it was just that large, so he slump his head to the ground, and once again his mind became filled with worry for Alec.

Then he overheard what seem to be like a conversation between the people who were riding the car, but what shocked was how the voice sounded so similar to Alec’s soft voice only it just sounded a little weak and maybe more sweeter, o he thought it was a woman’s voice, but that didn’t stop him from wanting to see who it was, so he raised his head;

As Andrew raised his head to see who the person was, he was both relived and for some reason, he was also furious, the person he saw was Alec and immediately he yelled “ALEC!!!”

As soon as Alec heard his name being yelled, he turned his head to the left, where the sound came from, and when he saw that it was Andrew who had called him, immediately his hear was filled with guilt, he took one glance at Andrew and he knew his best friend was distorted looking and  overwhelmingly stressed out, he knew he had been looking for him, since he came back from practice,

Immediately, Alce’s Hand dropped from Mel’s face where he placed it before, “Andrew… i… I can explained” Alec said, but just as he said it, Andrew walked closer to him, gave him a solemnly sore look, the diverted his look to the guy in the driver’s seat of the car which  was Mel, although, he didn’t know Mel, but when he saw Mel’s face, he was immediately reminded of the guy Alec was intensely staring at the other day,

Then, he placed his gaze back to Alec and he reeked of booze and he muttered to himself, “so that’s why…” then he sighed and turned his back with is head faced down and when up to their apartment

Andrew thought what he muttered wasn’t loud enough for anybody to hear, but he was standing directly in front of alec and Alec hear him, “he sounded so sad” alec thought as he turned his head to stare at Andrew’s back as he dully walked inside their apartment building,

Alec then turned his head back at Mel; who was bewildered at the scene he just witnessed; and said to him, “I’m sorry, we’ll definitely see again, I’ll make sure of it” alec sounded so firm even though his voice was still soft “but now I think you should go” Alec dismissed Mel and without even a second glance, he rushed as he followed Andrew behind.

Mel felt assured as he heard what Alec said, he felt a sense of happiness as he heard what Alec said, then as Alec was rushing behind Andrew, Mel stared at his back, he was mesmerized “you always make me loose myself, should I go futher with you?” Mel thought as his car was still parked, watching Alec’s delicate frame intensely, with his eyes filled with tenderness, as Alec went into the apartment building until he could no longer see him. Then as soon as Mel could no longer sight Alec, he stared his car and drove away, as he was now headed to his house.

Alec ran after Andrew who was walking even faster, then when they got to their apartment, he inputted the passcode to the house and walked into the house, even left the door open for Alec to easily come in, so he could save alec the stress of  having to input the code again, since he  knew he was following him, and he was running.

Then, he Walked in, went to the kitchen , moved further to where the fridge is and the, he open it, he was indecisive of which drink to grab from the fridge, but he was to stressed out to even think, he just picked water, since he literally walked the streets for close to three hours, he was exhausted, but Exhaustion wasn’t the only thing he felt,  combined with the feelings from the other day and this one just now, it was all just too much for him to handle, so he just wanted to calm down and go to bed.

Alec had Already entered the house, when he was entering, he paused for a second  in front of the door and slowly felt the door handle, he noticed the door was still open, then he immediately knew it was Andrew who did it and he did it on purpose and he understood his intentions.

Alec, who was now finally in the Apartment, shut the door behind him, but he was too guilty to go past the door side, Andrew was passing, as he come out of the kitchen, headed to his room, he saw Alec standing by the door,  Alec was standing like a child who had done sometime wrong, with his head faced down and his arms folded in from of him, almost like as if he was about to say sorry any moment from then on,

But Alec didn’t utter a word as he stood there and Andrew became filled with confusion, he was tired of standing, tired of the silence between them and most of all, the more he saw Alec the more he felt disappointed and taken for granted, and he didn’t like feeling that way, so he knew going to bed right now would be the safest option for him,

So, Andrew removed his gaze form Alec and continued further in to his room, but Alec called out to him,

“Drew” Alec called Andrew with a weak tone; Andrew paused;

Earlier, Alec didn’t say anything to Andrew, because he want Andrew to start first, he wanted him to yell, he want Andrew to scold him so he could feel less guilty, he knew that was a cowardly but, he just wasn’t courageous enough to start first, he knew what he did was very bad and he was sincerely sorry, but he was caught up in his own s**t and he also didn’t want to burden Andrew with his problems once again, but he ended up making things worse and that made him feel all the guilt he has in his heart right now;

“drew… I’m sorry…I was just so… busy…I-” Alec stopped, when he noticed that Andrew wasn’t answering or saying anything thing, normally, whenever he did something wrong and asked for forgiveness, before he could even complete his apology, Andrew will walk towards him, pet him on his shoulder, and say, its okay, but this time, Andrew just ignored  him,

As alec saw Andrew walking away from him, it dawned on him that what he did this time really hurt him

“Andrew, please don’t walk away from me… I know you are angry with me but here me out, here what I have to say , don’t just walk out on me like that” Alec lamented and it caught Andrew’s attention so he walked to the Sofa, sat down and sipped his water, waiting for Alec to continue,

“I saw Mr., Sidney Whales at-” Alec wanted to continue, but he couldn’t tell about how he caught their teacher at his lowest, because he knew, even his teacher wouldn’t be happy about it once he found out,

As Andrew noticed that Alec couldn’t even complete a statement, he felt even more disappointed he couldn’t bottle it in anymore;

“even now, you wanna apologize but you still can’t tell me what happened, you wanna explain but you still aren’t willing to share with me your experience! WHY… HAVE YOU CHOOSE TO HIDE THINGS FROM ME, DOESN’T THAT GUY WHO’S CAR YOU CAME DOWN FROM LOOK LIKE THE ONE YOU WERE STARING SO INTENSELY AT, THE OTHER DAY ON THE BUS!” Andrew was yelling at the top of his voice as he stood up, even thought he was exhausted, but that yell made Alec scared,

Alec was shaking so much it was obvious, his heart was gripped with fear “he’s not the same person” Alec said with his voice as low as it could be, but it was still loud enough for Andrew to hear

As Andrew heard him, it just infuriated him the more, out frustration he let out sinister laughter, raised his left hand as he used his fingers to brush through his hair, then gave out a deep sigh,

“th…that’s not the point… YOU’RE _NOT_ GETTING_THE_ POINT!”  he gritted his teeth as he threw the bottle of water in his right hand out of anger, “even if you had to do what you wanted to do, why did you call me… why didn’t you answer my calls… I called so many time Alec…I did… I… I even sent you a voice message, you didn’t reply any of them” Andrew continued, his voice getting low

“I was so scared, I was so afraid I was sorely worried about you, I searched so hard for you, I searched everywhere… but you couldn’t careless how I felt right, but its okay… I just want you to be safe… I don’t want you to leave me the way he left me… I don’t want to go through all that s**t again” his voice was so weak you couldn’t sense the helplessness he was felling… and he started trembling

Andrew was agitated, he gripped his chest as it was beating faster and heavier, his breathing was distorted then he fell to the ground and tears started rolling down from his eyes, he remembered a painful me memory, he though he had forgotten ever since Alec came into his life

Alec was overwhelmed with fear, he couldn’t believe what he just heard, he didn’t know that what he did to Andrew would hurt him this much. All he wanted to do, was not burden Andrew with his problem, and he didn’t know anything about the boy Andrew was talking about,

Nevertheless, he rushed to his side and was bawling out when he saw the state Andrew was in, Andrew looked like he was having an asthma attack, it had never happened to him ever since that time he just arrived at Andrew’ family’s mansion, and that was when they were kids younger than 10 years old.

So, Alec carried Andrew and placed his head on his lap, while he was sited on the floor just beside the sofa where Andrew was,

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry…. Its not true… I care a lot about you Andrew, a lot” Alec wept heavily as he tried to calm Andrew’s breathing, and eventually it stopped but Andrew went into a deep sleep right after, his body was way too exhausted.

As Alec watched Andrew sleeping with his head on his lap, Alec used his hand to softly touch Andrew’s face and said… “what happened to you before I came”

He knew something happened to Andrew before he came to his household, before Andrew’s parents adopted him, and that gave him a huge trauma and now Andrew is overlapping it with relationship with his relationship with him,

“just what is it” Alec thought.