Gemini Boy

Alex’s POV

My eyes look deep into the computer screen, they look deep into the Gemini’s glazed over brown pupils.

The tension between us is thick, that’s been an ordinary thing upon us now. It’s becoming familiar and all too well.

“Why are you so clueless?” He yells at me, pain strict through his voice as I mute myself to cough due to the cold I’ve had from the night before. The night where he was so sweet and kind, doing his best to take care of a fifteen year old me who lives nearly five hundred miles away.

I unmute myself for the sixteen year old boy I’d met from a mutual friend over Xbox Live almost seven months prior, dating for close to five of those.

I try to speak but before I can respond he ends the call and I’m left in an empty silence in a dimly lighted bedroom where the tissues are scattered all over the floor due to a overly runny nose and what would soon be my tears.

Picking up my phone, I go to check if there are any texts from him.

No New Messages

That’s when I go and instantly to apologize almost instantaneously.

Sent to: Jack 8:01 pm

Jack?- 8:01 pm

I’m really really sorry- 8:02 pm

Are we breaking up?- 8:04 pm

You promised!- 8:04 pm

Please don’t break up with me! - 8:05 pm

I swear I’ll do better and won’t be as clueless!- 8:07 pm

I love you!- 8:10 pm

I try to hold back the tears and the blow the runny nose I have from the flu and that’s when I feel my phone vibrate, in hopes it’s the brunette boy.

Sent From: Mom 8:15 pm
I’m coming up to give you your medication, do you want something more to drink? Tom? Tissues?

I get a slight smile on my face, knowing that my own mother cares about me but not knowing the relationship I’m in, if she did, she would instantly flip from knowing that I shouldn’t be in a relationship.

Sent to: Mom 8:17 pm
Can you bring up the Arizona tea? And yes to both of the last two.

She doesn’t respond to the last two but I hear her talk to the older brother of mine that helps take care of us due to our Dad’s passing from months prior, so that’s my hint that he’ll be coming up with what I need.

Knock

Knock

Knock

“Come in!” I sniffle-yell and the older Gaskarth walks in with a new box of tissues and lightly heated Arizona green tea.

He shuts the door with his foot and walks to me, instantly knowing what's wrong, it’s a common site at this point.

“He did it again, didn’t he?” He comes and passes the tea to me in the travel coffee mug.
I nod and he passes the tissue to me.

“Why are you still with him Alex? This happens nearly every week and you know this hurts you.” Telling me the same speech that is a regular thing to me.

“He loves me! Jack loves me a lot, it’s just his temper. It’s my fault anyway, I just need to learn more.” I sob.

A new vibrating sound interrupts as Tom is about to speak, and I get my hopes up once again.

Sent From: Jack -8:45 pm
I love you Kitty, I’m sorry, I lost my temper again, you know I didn’t mean it *kisses lips softly*

I show the text to Tom, he just sighs and leaves my room, but before he goes he tells me one last thing.

“One day he’s not going to come back, he’s going to leave you and never come back. Goodnight Alex.”

I don’t listen to him and instantly pick up my laptop and open up Skype, seeing that there’s a call coming in from Jack.

“I love you too!” I say while blushing due to the nickname he called me through the text message.”You know I love it when you call me that.”

“Call you what?” He questions.

“Kitty.” I whisper softly.

“I can’t hear you.” He pushes.

“Kitty.” I say a bit louder.

“Again” He says one last time until I say it just right.

“Kitty” I whine loudly from the back of my throat.

“Adorable, now come cuddle with me, I’m lonely.” The Gemini says, giving me a notation to turn off my light and snuggle under my covers.

I do as such and act like I’m nuzzling into him, he “awws” in delight and kisses the camera as if to kiss my forehead.

“You’re sick, sleeping will make you feel better, I promise.”

“Promise me one thing?” I ask softly.

“Anything.”

“Never break up with me.”

“Alex, I’d never do that, why does this come up?” The elder asks.

“Tom.”

“He’s wrong, I’d never do that, I love my kitty too much to let him go.”

I blush and then my eyes slowly shut, I whisper an:”I love you” and fall asleep…

*Three months later*

“I have someone I want you to meet.” He tells me as I gaze into his dark brown eyes.

“Let me get my hair ready! I gotta look good, don’t show them me, and you know my rules on how I feel about talking to people.” I rush my sentence as I knock my headphones off to make my hair look good, trying to look the best that I can be.

I hop off my bed and rush to my closet, picking out a Yellowcard shirt and putting it on proudly.

Rushing back to my bed I see that there’s a girl waiting with Jack…and his arm is around her…

I put my headphones back on and fake a smile while trying to hide my tears that are ready to flow from my eyes.

“Alex, this is Manila, my girlfriend.” He says, then kissing her pale forehead.

The girl with the cherry red hair smiles at me in her hot pink shirt.

“Jack must’ve told you so much about me, he talks about you all the time” She speaks up.

“Y-Yeah, he has.” I stutter.

“I just wanted you two to meet, we have a reservation at The Cheesecake Factory in a bit. We’ll talk later, okay bud?” He asks as my smile tries to turn to a frown but I keep it up.

“That’s cool, later?” My voice quivers.

“Of course.” He tells me just as a tear struts down my face and shuts the call off.

“What did I do wrong?” I think to myself as the tears flow fast from my face.

“We were supposed to go there on our first date when we meet up.”

“I’m just not good enough I guess…”

Thoughts run through my mind, my body trembles in pain.

“Don’t worry my pretty slut, I’ll come for you soon.” My phone vibrates from the boy whom I care so much for.

I get confused on what that means and begin to ask as my mom comes into my room, not knocking as she usually forgets to do.

“Alex? Why are you crying?” She asks, sits on the end of my bed as I try to hide my phone.

“It’s nothing.” I say, getting my words choked in my throat.

“It’s someone.” And my heart stands still. “I know you have a boyfriend Alex.”

“I don’t have a boyfriend.” I say quickly.

“Yes you do Alex, Tom told me.”

“That bastard.” I grumble under my breath.

“And you’re crying because he said something hurtful.” She says, knowing exactly what’s going on.

“It’s fine, he loves me, it’s just a small hill. We can get through this. Just like all the other times.” I say, leading myself into denial.

“I can’t say that he will be, I can’t lie and say everything will be alright. I can only tell you that I love you.” She rubs my back, gets up and leaves the room.

That's when I take a deep breath and let my tears flow, flipping over to shove my head into my pillow and sob.

*Hours later*

I wake up from my tired sleep from all of the crying and take a sip on the sweet tasting Arizona tea the Gemini boy got me hooked onto.

Opening my phone, I check to see if there are any new messages and the time.

12:06 am
No New Messages

And knowing Jack, he won’t come back.

He’ll toy around with hearts until his last shaking breath just like he did with mine.

And I’ll eventually get over him in time.

For now, I’ll let time go on.

Maybe in another life I’ll get the Gemini Boy.

*Seven Years Later*

I sit alone at a coffee shop with my earbuds in, sipping the green tea from my cup and watch the cars slowly pass by.

It’s been years since I ever heard from the Gemini Boy.

But I couldn’t seem to get over him.

I look at my phone as if I was getting a text message, but just looking to see the time.

When I get up from my lonely table, I crash into a boy who has vaguely familiar eyes.

“Sorry about that, I’m Jack.” He puts out his hand for me to shake.

“Alex.” I speak.

“I knew an Alex, we went out in high school. It didn’t work out though, I made a lot of mistakes with him. Hey, umm, are you a local? I just moved into town.” He tells me, shaking a bit.

“I can, I was just planning to leave but I don’t mind staying a little longer.” I smile.

We take a seat and talk for hours until closing, it seems so unreal, like a fairytale.

“Can I get your number?” He wonders.

I say yes and he hands me his phone.

When he goes to look at it, his eyes go wide.

“Kitty.” The words slip out of his mouth and I can't help but to blush and continue the night.

Notes

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