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dionysus-complex · 1 month
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dinglemingle · 3 years
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Tonight (I Wish I Was Your Boy)
Chapter 5 
TW: Drug use + dealing TW: Vomit TW: Violence
This chapter contains explicit language.
Saturday mornings were not the time to be standing outside McDonald's whilst your dodgy mate dealed, but here Aaron was, freezing his arse off for a couple of quid.
To be honest, he'd hardly class Ross Barton as a mate, he'd only know him a few weeks, but he needed the money and Ross was more than happy to cut him in if he helped. A life of crime wasn't what Aaron had in store, but for the time being, it gave him enough money to not have to rely on his mum.
Relying on Chas was something you couldn't do, she'd make a promise then never see it through, or swear she only needed a fiver but somehow leave with twenty, which was of course never repaid. He did love his mum, and she tried her best, but her overbearing nature and mother knows best attitude could be a lot to handle sometimes.
He used to think he was the luckiest kid, to have Chas and Paddy, but by the time he'd hit 15 he realised how patronising they both were. Paddy had gotten worse in recent years, trying to manipulate him and overacting when he put the smallest foot out of line. Aaron knew he was just being protective, it didn't stop him from getting frustrated every time Paddy tried to control his life.
He still viewed Paddy as a father figure, still idolised him, he didn't think that would ever change, despite everything. Paddy had taken him in and loved him as his own, even now that Leo was here, he still made time. Add to that the fact that Paddy was the only one he'd spoken to about being gay
Aaron hadn't fully admitted it, not quite comfortable enough yet. He managed to confess his attraction to lads however and his curiosity. Paddy had been great, promised not to tell anyone and that he still loved him. Aaron didn't care, even telling one person had been too much, so they'd dropped the subject and never spoke of it again. Aaron preferred it that way, he didn't want all the attention that came with coming out or being the only gay in the village, still, he always noticed Paddy's watchful eye when he so much as looked at another boy
In a way, Paddy had helped him feel more comfortable, so he felt like he owed the man, couldn't write him off, no matter how pushy he could be. It was sort of an impossible situation, one he often kept at the back of his mind.
The thought however was interpreted when Ross emerged from the corner, cash in hand, grin up to his ears.
"There you are" he stuffed £40 into Aaron's hand and patted his shoulder
"Right so-" Aaron began, the ringing of Ross's Nokia cut him off
Ross retrieved the phone from his coat and gave Aaron the signal to wait
"Alright mate" Ross started
Aaron felt a bit useless, just stood there
"Outside Maccies mate, be there in a bit yeah" Ross continued, talking to the unknown source
He nodded a bit before finishing the call
"Right sound" he put the phone away and turned to Aaron
"Come on, we're picking up then dropping off" He spun back around and made his way towards the bus station, Aaron closely following behind
Bus journeys were usually calming for Aaron, not this one though, as Ross painfully made small talk, going on about which girls had the nicest tits and had Aaron got any recently? Of course, he had replied with "Yes Ross, in fact, it was your younger brother in a dingy wood."
The pick up had somehow been worse, a bunch of lads Aaron only knew from their bad reputations, who had somehow made friends with Ross in the five minutes he'd been in Yorkshire
Aaron didn't speak, just stood waiting for Ross to hurry up. He wasn't scared of the lads, but the knowledge that they'd batter him if they knew who he was made him feel uneasy
After what felt like 10 years Ross appeared from the kitchen, a shed load of drugs stashed in his coat
Soon they were back on the bus, this journey being silent, thank god, and at Tanya Holden's house
She opened the door with that sour-faced look that was glued to her like a bad stain. Her mega-rich parents were away for the weekend,so the beer bottles and bodies lying around weren't much of a surprise
"Ah babe why didn't you invite me" Ross signalled to the clear remnants of a party whilst trying to hug Tanya
"Piss off" was her response, as he pushed him away
Ross laughed and held his hands up, Aaron was still in the doorway, hating being there, feeling all the more awkward as Tanya had of course been one of the girls Ross deemed "shaggable" on the bus
She noticed his presence
"This one don't speak?" She questioned, reaching for her purse
Aaron's cheeks flushed
"Oh he's shy" Ross approached, pinching his pink cheeks
Aaron batted his hands away, rolling his eyes
Ross laughed again "soft lad"
Tanya had pulled out some money and was waving it in Ross' face
"The stuff?" she questioned
Ross didn't hesitate before producing a few bags
Coke, Aaron thought, to be honest, he didn't know, or maybe he just didn't care
Sometime between leaving Tanya's and getting the bus back to town, Ross had mentioned a party that night, he'd only been invited because he had drugs, and he thought Aaron might be up for it
Up for it wasn't how Aaron felt at all, but he appreciated the offer, and he'd grown tired of spending his Saturday's third-wheeling with Vic and Adam, so at half-past 8, he was in the back of a Vauxhall Corsa with Ross, on the way to god knows where, pockets stuffed with Ket
Midnight was fast approaching and Aaron was positively off his face. He hadn't gotten this high in a long time, preferring the odd joint over a full-on bender.
There was a time this would be his usual weekend activity, but he'd moved on from that crowd and away from nights spent in A&N with sick down his shirt.
At age 15 he'd had his stomach pumped 4 times and was already dealing and nicking anything he could find, an attempt to make a few quid quid so he could go and buy more drugs.
The life of crime had soon caught up with him, when he'd been battered by the McFarlanes for a deal gone wrong. It was after this that he packed it all in.
Yet here he was again, falling back into bad habits, stumbling through a crowd of drunk teenagers and a couple of blokes who looked way to old to be knocking back dark fruits with 16 year olds.
Before long he'd found himself in the bathroom of whoever the fucks house this was. Alone with his thoughts his mind began racing, Aaron couldn't decide if it was because of the substances or the blonde boy he hadn't seen in over two weeks.
Well, that was a lie, of course, it was, Aaron couldn't escape seeing Robert, he was constantly there, sauntering through the halls, or snogging Chrissie in the common room
But Aaron hadn't actually seen Robert, not properly. He hadn't seen him up at the farm, getting chastised by Jack, or on a night out, sat dazed in the toilets, rambling about bullshit whilst he scrolled through his phone.
He hadn't seen the cocky glint in his eye or the smug smirk. And it was bothering him
Ever since that day at the unused classroom it was like a switch had gone off in Robert. There were no snarky comments or digs coming Aaron's way anymore. He didn't want to get carried away but he could've sworn Robert was avoiding him.
Maybe he'd touched a nerve,he didn't know, and quite frankly he didn't care what the reason was,he was just pissed off.
Sure he didn't like Robert telling him to fuck off or taking the piss out of his cheap trainers, but this was awful
This, god this was so much worse.
The constant impenetrable silence, the complete of avoidance of each other everywhere they went,it was killing him. Aaron craved Roberts attention, he craved the rush of Robert calling his name or the way they'd bicker in the canteen.
Aaron hadn't realised just how much he relied on Robert to feel a buzz. Sure a part of him hated arguing with the prick,but these last few weeks he'd realised he absolutely loved it as well
At that moment, as he collapsed into an empty bathtub, ribs aching and vision blurred from aggressive strobe lights, Aaron realised he'd rather hate Robert for the rest of his life then never have anything with him at all
As if by some sick force of nature Robert Sugden himself stumbled into the bathroom,fly already down, beelining for the toilet before he wet himself and spoiled his new Ralph Lauren jeans
Aaron's eyes looked as the tall hazy blonde raced passed him and for a split second believed Robert himself was a god and that the heavens must be real
Others would say it was the ridiculously large number mushrooms he'd consumed earlier that evening
"What the fuck" Aaron's dreams of god's and angel's were disturbed by a visibly startled Robert,who was staring at him, jeans at the knees and white briefs protecting his modesty
Aaron would be lying if he said he didn't look, after all, he had to confirm if the rumours were true
"Fuck off Dingle!" Shit. There it was, just like that Aaron was sober, his eyes wide open as he realised that Robert really was there, in front of him and he desperately clambered out of the bath and through the door,which expectantly closed with a loud bang and a murmur of "for fucks sake" and "can't take a piss in peace"
Once back downstairs, though not really remembering how he'd got there, Aaron had headed straight for the kitchen for another drink, he didn't like this sudden sobriety, in a strange sort of way it left him feeling naked, vulnerable, unable to hide behind the mask of a drunk persona.
He'd downed a Budweiser,two dark fruits and done 4 vodka shots when he next saw Robert. The blonde was making his way into the living room from the garden, sweat glistening his forehead and quite clearly fucked out of his mind.
He stumbled in through the doors, leaving mud stains on a perfectly beige carpet, though at this point everyone was far too pissed to care and in true Robert fashion had gone flying into Brandon Keene, Hotten's biggest wanker, spilling his Stella (typical) all over his definitely underage girlfriend
Without a moment to spare, Robert was flying through a crowd of people and crash landing onto the couch, nose gushing with blood after being punched right in the face
Suddenly a crowd of drunken teens had formed and all began chanting fight! fight! fight!
Aaron rolled his eyes as Robert charged at Brandon, wrestling him to the floor
Aaron didn't even know why Brandon was there, he'd left college two years earlier and was known for being a nasty gobshite. Last Aaron heard he'd swanned off to Liverpool with a new modelling job. Obviously not
Within mere minutes a couple of punches had been thrown and the sweaty bodies around him had almost duplicated, Aaron decided it was too much hassle and too much noise and made the motion to leave.
Robert had other ideas,he'd looked up from being smacked by the twat on top of him and locked eyes with Aaron right as he decided to go.
Aaron couldn't quite pinpoint what it was in Robert's eyes. Fear? Anguish? Desperation? Whatever it was it saw Aaron pulling off Brandon with all of his might, and throwing him as far into the crowd as humanly possible
When he turned round Robert was already stood smugly in the centre of the living room like he hadn't just been beaten to a pulp
That's when the tidal wave of drugs, alcohol and the way Roberts nose had been rearranged from the rest of his face came over him and he threw up everywhere
The carpet was a mix of sweat, blood and tears quite literally,and now Aaron's sick
He'd never been bothered by blood and gore but the heat and the intensity of everything got that better of him and it was too late to do anything
He turned to see Robert stood there with his sick all over his shirt and shoes
Aaron felt like he'd be sick again. The music became all blurry and he vaguely caught snippets of the abuse Robert hurled his way
His fists were sweaty and his head was spinning he felt like he was losing control. The weight of the room collapsed on his shoulders as he saw the camera flashes and heard the sniggers. The air in his lungs vanished as he desperately pushed through the crowd, never having been so mortified on his life.
He'd escaped with Roberts voice echoing "you fucking freak" over and over and over again as he collapsed halfway down the street, hot tears brutally spilling from his red eyes. The night air hit him violently,he'd left his jacket somewhere in there
But he couldn't go back. No
He'd just thrown up on Robert. Fucking Robert. In Front of half of his college
Aaron physically felt his stomach churn,but not because he was going to be sick, but because he'd never felt so ashamed,so stupid, in that moment he wanted to disappear.
So he got up and ran through the streets,crying, humiliated,the cold air shaking him, and he didn't stop til he got to some random kebab shop in town, where he'd sat on the pavement,with no jacket,no money,only his dead phone and a trackie pocket full of shitty receipts for two hours before a stranger let him use their phone
And when at 1:27 am he'd buried himself in the passenger seat of his uncle Cain's car, no questions asked,he declared officially that he fucking hated Robert Sugden,but more importantly,
he hated himself.
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Aaron spent the weekend at Cain's, much to Chas' dismay but he really didn't care, he felt awful and he knew his mum would only pry
He'd charged his phone, but had avoided it all weekend for fear of seeing what people had said
It was at 1:44 am on Monday when he'd finally plucked up the courage to turn his phone on when he saw a text from a familiar yet distant number
Sorry,R
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roswellroamer · 4 years
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Day 12. February 10, 2020. Te Anau day ride. 155km.
Woke to low 40's and gray which made me question the Carrot and Weather Channel apps which had shown 72° and sunny. But closer inspection revealed a marine type layer probably due to the massive lake's shores which was projected to burn off by 11. The kitchen came stocked with farm fresh eggs, bowl of assorted fruit, milk, butter, juice, yogurts, cereals. We set about making some eggs and toast and then of course after finishing off yesterday's blog we grabbed the two frisbees and the "golf course diagram" and headed out. A half life sized chess board on the sprawling manicured lawn provided the tee for the first hole. All the bikes were truck tires with the hole number painted on the rubber. Got to explore their grounds and have some fun tossing the 'bee. We then got into our GoreTex gear and headed towards Milford Sound after a CalTex has stop in town. Knowing we couldn't get to Milford due to road closures/flooding we were aiming for a swing bridge made of three cables. One for your feet and one for each of your hands that spanned the west branch of the Eglinton River. It was featured in one of the NZ touring books I had bought last summer. We saw that the trail sign to identify the turn off was the Earl Mountain turnoff and headed that way. We wound a bit away from the water and gained some elevation and then came to a construction zone. Not being sure if this was related to the recent flooding we got in mine behind a few cars and waited. Maybe less than ten minutes and the opposing truck, bus and camper passed us then we were allowed to proceed. Usually the 120km up to Milford takes over two hours due to the heavy traffic. Top tourist destination in NZ, one road in and out. Lots of buses and cars jockeying to get parking at the roadside attractions. One huge benefit of having the road closed about 75km ahead was that there was hardly any traffic! Great road and scenery as jagged Teton-esque peaks wound into view between the nearly sheer yet forested canyons as we gained elevation. After passing through a few more, wait, take a wild guess... sheep farms 🐑 we came to a diversion. Funneled into a lane off the road to what appeared to be a toll booth, explained to the gal we were in search of a cable bridge off the Earl Mtn. Trail before the closed section. She allowed us to pass. So far so good.
You can tell when you enter Fiordland NP. Sure, there's a sign off to the left (but placed behind a farmer's field/fence so inaccessible for a reasonable picture). But immediately farmland disappears and you are envelopes in the eery dense tunnel of what seems to be darned close to tropical forest. With the 21 feet of annual rainfall being lush shouldn't be a surprise but the immediate drop off in brightness is dramatic as well. Almost like going in a cave. There are some open "flats" but much of the area along the one road there is heavy forest. The other concern for vehicles but especially bikes involves the encroaching algae/moss on the roads. Two tire tracks are largely clear of it but the center of the lanes and the road as well are mostly a bit greenish with the slippery stuff. Lots of "slippery when wet" signage and it wasn't for the Bon Jovi album. I imagined it could be taxing to stay in the worn and clear tire tracks on one of the 250 rainy days. With clear blue sky and dry along with no traffic, the 55,65 and 75kph turns were superb sweepers and we had a ball carving up that road. One of the stops was at Mirror Lakes. Aptly names and even though a couple of fish had disturbed the surface, the pics are keepers. We rode up into Fiordland a ways and then there was the Earl Mtn. sign. We pulled in to the parking area and saw the line of yellow tape across the entrance to the trail. Also no other vehicles were there. The sign said it was closed and also had a few poison signs around the lot. They described the poison that was dangerous to animals and people to attempt (as is often done here) eradication of a non-native predator. In this case it seemed to be some sort of weasel that was endangering a bird that lived on the ground. We had discussed this cable swing bridge and yellow tape and warnings weren't gonna stop us! We worked around the tape and stepped into a dense forest trail. The first 10 minutes took us along an occasionally muddy trail. Tons of tree roots. Most of the deep mud had sticks or small logs tossed in to provide steps but a few ill advised steps resulted in 6" plunges and lovely boot pulling sucking noises to dislodge my Alpinestar SMX-6 from the muck. Then found my way down a thirty foot hill by treading solely on exposed tree roots from one tree! (Pic above) After that, following the well marked red triangular plastic blazes into the heart of Frodo land, the forest was a magic pliant spongy floor. It took a while to figure out that about 6-8" of moss has somehow grown over a network of interconnected tree roots. When I stepped, the entire ground in a five foot radius would give in and move a bit. It was weird and beautiful. After another 10' we heard the Eglinton River and were blocked by some fallen trees and yellow tape. A work around brought me to the river just above the cable swing bridge. A very large tree had fallen on the bridge from our side and collapsed it. Instead of a V shape, the 3 cables were mostly flat but still spanning the river. Ugh. No go. Managed to work our way with some difficulty through the dense brush to get close enough for a pic on the first rung of the bridge which was also the last possible one to reach due to the tree and damage. Pic above. There was a cute little bird on the ground by the bridge remnants. He seemed happy to see us. Wasn't afraid of people evidently as he strutted about watching us, walking under the branch I was balancing on without flying away. He seemed to enjoy company. Said goodbye to my new friend 🐦 and found the blazes trail which included a half dozen improvised detours to avoid deep muck. Scaled up the root ladder which must have been connected to Eywa as the whole forest seemed a bit magical. 🌳 One couple was following our lead to enter the forbidden enchanted forest as we exited. They were disappointed to hear the wire bridge was out. The entire trail from there is about a three hour hike.
I must comment that tons of serious hikers (trampers in local speak) come here and cover long distances. Temps are good. Views and scenery fantastic. None of those deadly spiders and snakes one may encounter across the Tasman Sea in Oz. I get it, just don't love hiking that much to spend days or weeks doing it. This area shows why Peter Jackson used it for LOTR. Nearly pristine and just overwhelmingly stunning. With boots and Klim pants properly mud coated, we were now sweating quite a bit. In fact while holding my Latitude jacket I believe I finally lost my first set of reading glasses on this ride. I have a couple spares but oh well. Think they fell out as I was scaling some of the hill or tree root sections. 👓 I opened up all the vents on my jacket and pants and started the bike to stand and let the 65° breeze do its job. Turned around a couple kilometers further at Lower Holyford Rd. as the heavy machinery was at work. Estimated repair on the sign said that the road would reopen on Friday, four days from now. We stopped a few times on the way back for scenic spots that were too good to pass by. One of the files above is the .gif of some chopper footage. Stopped to watch him load and fly away with a few tanks of what may have been fuel? Most likely bound for Milford Sound which was still isolated from the rest of the country's road system. On one of the last stops Ted must've not closed his bag since when we pulled into Te Anau town center his right saddlebag/pannier was open! Ba quick inventory revealed his polartec jacket and a plastic bag with a wipe were missing. The chain lube that Kiwi gave us as well as a helmet lock were still in the pannier. Those darned side opening clamshell designs! I said I'd get a table at the Ranch outside and wait for him to hopefully retrieve his stuff. I showed him how to flip up on the iPhone to reveal exactly where that last pic was taken. He was just putting on his helmet when a white car pulls up. A guy walks out and hands him his stuff! So lucky. They are bikers and saw his stuff and followed us into town. Nice. After some thank you a they drove away and the day got even brighter. The Ranch delivered me a couple Cokes and an interesting prawn twist dish. 8 shrimp individually wrapped in a long thin dough sheet and fried so the whole 8" long finger is edible and 3 sauces to dip accompanied the serving. Then a calamari salad. 😊 Back to the homestead for some blogging (so I won't fall asleep tonight trying to get this down) and rest before we scored a reservation at the top place in town. The Redcliff cafe. Ted was here last year and unable to get in! We rode to town and were walking down the street when Ted recognized the Aussies who returned his stuff at lunchtime. We turned around and flagged them down. They were perfectly willing to join us for a thank you beer and had a nice time talking with them. They were riders but here to scatter ashes of a friend up north and had received money and were encouraged to make a great trip out of it. They had been to Burt Munro as well. Our appointed hour arrived and we were seated on the back porch of the Redcliff cafe. A few tables of Americans nearby and some conversation with a California couple by us and an excellent meal. I had a salmon tartare dish followed by venison which was amazing and a date and ice cream dessert which were each remarkable. Redcliff did not disappoint. Probably the biggest culinary splurge of the trip. Even with a couple drinks my total ended up being just over $50 and it would've been 50% more for that same meal at home. Had a great evening and got back to the homestead in dusk around 10. Ready to roll northward tomorrow. 😴
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dreamtsuki · 6 years
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Whenever I dream about school I always have one class that I completely skip out on the whole year which is weird because I never skipped classes when I was in school
Now the dream was really long form but the first distinct memory in the timeline that I have, I was in a classroom and for whatever reason I had gotten up and then I believe was later asked to sit down again which ended me up in a different seat than when I had started. In front of me was a notebook that I just intended to write some notes in for the day and then I realized it was one of mine that had gone missing. It even said my name right on the front. It had notes I had taken and some of my drawings. At some point a little girl like 9 years old approached me and said that was her notebook and I corrected her saying that it was mine and even had my name. And she got really upset saying it was hers and her notes and drawing were in there. An older friend of hers (at least high school age) tried to defend her to which I showed my notes and my drawings to her. Which at this point I had discovered what I did not recognize as my own art, but I did not want to lose my own art because I had lost it once already. At this point I involved the teacher of the class. I explained fairly the situation (the other group of girls did not try to correct what I had said), and asked her what I should do. She didn’t really have an answer for us at which point I took lead and said as compromise, since I purchased the notebook, I would keep it, but I would be more than happy to go through it and remove the girl’s drawings and give them back since I understood how precious those can be, and that completely removed any contention between us. We actually bonded going through her drawings, she was very very good for her age, but still had room for me to give her advice. (She had printed things printed ONTO the notebook pages; just some weird dream detail) one of which was a hand from perspective balancing a glass in palm, and have studied anatomy for a long time explained to her ways in which her current work could be improved. (She also handed me a skinny paper pad of graph paper that she said she found which then I remembered this was my math notebook and the reason I lost it was because I stopped going to my math class: throwback to the title) Once we went through it all I was gathering up all my papers and putting them together. It was the end of the year (I don’t even know if I was actually a student enrolled based on later interactions) but i knew I wouldn’t be coming back, so I had quite the quantity of things to put together. I had a very sizeable stack and intended to keep it in a Manila folder, but there was no way it would not just all fall out. So I went and found a pair of shoes with laces that I couldn’t wear anymore and took the laces. The shoes were heeled oxfords that I had worn down the heel so much they are unbalanced and difficult to walk in and I actually have since thrown away. During me struggling to properly stack and not spill the papers I had gotten some help from persons who I don’t remember, once I finally had the laces tied over the body of the now encased stack once; the persons who helped me were having some kerfuffle with a fish tank which for significant time we filled and moved a bunch until we decided it was in good place. There were lots of continuity errors at this point in the dream and it was anticlimactic. I also had finished wrapping my papers I guess and don’t remember taking them with me, but I did have them later. I saw the girl I had helped run out to her bus and continued walking out to a different part of the school where I got a phone call. I was in a very large foyer type area with an overlooking balcony above me with glass fencing that had stairways facing away from me on the other side. Lots of students were milling about and I saw the person who was calling me. It was my high school ex who I was surprised to see. I think he said something as simple as “I can see you.” To which I only responded “Oh. Okay.” as I could see him too and was going to wait for him to come downstairs. Mid call I received another call from a number I didn’t know and I answered. The voice I did not recognize and told me they didn’t want to see a certain individuals underwear (I assume my ex) and that they were a medical student (which I believe were related statements but later in the dream the conclusion was drawn about someone else). My ex came downstairs and I was very happy to see him and I hugged him and told him about the strange call. We had a short exchange when he suddenly got into a car outside and was driven off, his sister was beside me and I was confused why he left. I asked her how she would get home and she told me that someone else would just have to come pick her up she supposed. I was baffled by that idea and told her so, that if my mom ever had us picked up and we did not come home on that trip that we would be walking home (rather accurate really, I believe there was one or more occasions where I had missed a bus and she forced me to find my own way home.) After this exchange however, he suddenly appeared walking in from the entrance on the opposite hand side stating that it was only some kind of prank. He was definitely my ex in this situation, but we had always still been very flirty even after our breakup and the case was still the same, but nothing really escalated beyond that, I don’t believe we even kissed, but I remember wanting to. Another young man approached the circle which I don’t believe I knew very well, but I believe we had some base knowledge of each other. I also told him about the phone call to which he informed me that he WAS a medical student and also half Jewish and laughed about the strangeness off the call (I don’t know the point of him telling me he was Jewish, but he was very charismatic so it didn’t seem weird, additionally a lot of celebrities I am attracted to also just happen to be Jewish.) He sat with us in the circle to which I was cross legged. I had never noticed what I was wearing until just then, I white T-shirt dress that was scooting is from how I was sat. He was leaned very close to me, I don’t remember what we were talking about. His hand was rested on the floor in the encircling of my legs, his weight shifted to it to whispering in my ear. This was the point at which I noticed my dress had slid up and out of politeness I pulled it down my thighs to my knees, but also over his hand, which was intentional on my part. Under this guise he brushed his fingers against my labia (at which point I also discovered I was wearing no underwear) and smiled very knowingly but simply retracted his hand as if nothing had happened. From this exchange I was very interested in him. I was preparing to leave so I could spend more time with my ex, and asked for his number. For some reason his keypad was only in emojis, no numbers, so we were having a hell of a time inputting my number into his phone. I lost my patience and took his phone for myself, and under no easy task finally input my number after several minutes. I began to leave when someone handed me a check I had dropped. I read it, did not remember cashing it, it was for $40 so I stopped and tried to add it to my bank account via my phone. I also told the medical student Boy (who was never given a name for some reason) that I would send him like $10 of it, for not particular reason I can remember other than I liked him. I can’t remember if I had been having trouble, but my phone had ended up with the medical student boy to when I retrieved it, all the icons were messed up and for whatever reason this spurred a bickering between me and my ex inwhich I said something that upset him so much that he was leaving. At brief look at my phone before chasing after him I saw there was a long text which I simply closed out and went after him as this was presumably the last time I would see him. He refused to talk to me even in me walking with him. But I still didn’t want to leave things like this so I followed with dedication. I then glanced down at the text to see it was from the medical student boy with some kind of threat that if I continued to follow and talk to my ex he would take all my money. I got very frightened because I had already be following him and trying to talk to him. When I looked back to the school I saw the group of people we were with were all standing at the glass window walls of the foyer watching us, but the MSB (medical student boy) was on the upper level near an elevator and staircase there. I turned back again to my ex to tell him that I was being blackmailed, and it was the only reason I was leaving and painfully went back. When I got back to the building I was so mad and scared I went to confront the MSB. I took the elevator up, thinking I may have to be tricky and take it back down to catch him, assuming he would flee, at last moment decided it would be better if I just ended up chasing him down the staircase. But when I arrived on the top floor he just stood waiting for me, commented simply that I had come back to which I yelled at him that he threatened me. He was so charismatic, his melodic voice calmly told me he had meant no harm, which I believed him some but responded very hurt that it had been blackmail. He must have made some admission or promise that he wasn’t going to do anything malice because I then followed him, unconventionally climbing down walls instead of taking the stairs or elevator (I do this a lot in dreams for some reason) on the next level, holding his hand I fell some, and he helped me up, after this point all contention was gone. For some reason we stumbled upon a meeting to which I recognized someone’s father as being part. Then another last name was mentioned to which I asked whose father that was because I recognized it. The hall we came to after was photos of teachers and various clubs and class organizations, which I tried to reference, but had been much emptied out of individual student pictures for the end of year. He then pointed to a larger group photo that had the boy’s face I recognized but stated I didn’t think that was his last name and thought he was an exchange student from Norway. About this dull conclusion is when I woke up unfortunately.
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