The Divide
Chapter Two: Me and my bitter friend Fly me to the moon Let me play among the stars Let me see what spring is like On a, Jupiter and Mars In other words, hold my hand In other words, baby, kiss me Fill my heart with song And let me sing forever more All I worship and adore In other words, be true In other words, I love you ...The feeling of the warm sun pulled me out of the dream. Wait..sun? My room doesn't have any windows, which means... I sprung up and immediately felt calmer as soon as I hear Virgil's voice "Relax, you're in my room, you fell asleep coloring on my bed so I took the couch" Virgil was wrapped in a black blanket and had major bed head. His purple hair was all fluffy and curly and it looked like a bunch of fuzzy grapes. "Do you want some tea?" he asked through a yawn "Sure thing kiddo, nice bed head by the way" Virgil chuckled and as he walked away called back to me "Look whos talking" I got up and went into my room to look in my mirror. Virgil was right! My hair looked like a family of rats has created a burrow in it. I brushed my hair, put in my contacts and decided to wear my blue polo with some cargo shorts and white tennis shoes. I grabbed my laptop and headed for the breakfast table where a cup of warm chamomile tea sat in a blue and white cup. One that Virgil made for me when we were in the 9th grade together. It was painted a light blue and had little white clouds painted on it, it was completely hand painted by Virgil and is ultimately my favorite cup. I opened my laptop and noticed I got a quickmail, so I opened it. Dear Patton Moral I am writing to inform you that if you are still interested in the maid/ Assistant job I am willing to give the position to you. However, if you do take the position I must inform you that you are expected to be at my home at exactly 6:00 am sharp, ready in uniform with black shoes which will be shipped to you by tomorrow unless you suddenly decide that you are no longer interested in this job. If you are not in the uniform I ship to you, you will be sent home. I am also reminding you that this is also only a temporary job. The rest of the letter included the house address and the pay. "Virgil... Buddy uh, I'm starting work Monday. Are you gonna be ok? I won't be getting off till 5 pm ish." Virgil looked wide-eyed but nodded anyways "Someone already got back to you on a job?! That was really fast! I took a drink of tea and nodded "It was fast! and the job pays well to! The only problem is I start Monday at 6, and it takes an hour to get to the house, which means..." I felt my face scrunch up from doing the math in my head "I will have to wake up at 4: 40 ish so I have time to get ready, and get to the bus stop" Vigil shook his head vigorously "Patton! those hours are insane! you and I both know that! Not to mention you have a habit of staying up till ungodly hours." Virgil took a large bite of his cereal and shook his head "Hey, Kiddo! it's ok! Look at the bright side of this job. We will have more money coming in, id gets some days off, we will save a lot of money on clothes because I have a uniform! and hey..we can probably get curtains for your room." Virgil perked up at the word Curtains. Virgil had been wanting curtains since we moved in as he liked to sleep in and often times the sun coming through his windows would wake him up. He liked to tease me by telling me he was going to make curtains out of spider webs and the idea of that gives me chills. I hate spiders, I always have and always will. Something about them just creeps me out. One time while I was in the bathroom getting out of the shower when I saw a spider crawl out from behind the toilet. I was wrapped in a towel, standing on the edge of the tub screaming and Virgil had to capture it with a book and cup and release it outside. I swallowed my last bit of tea and looked at the clock, it was already 1: 30. "Hey Virg, wanna go for a walk?" Virgil looked up at me and pointed out the living room window. "It looks like its actually going to rain" I smiled "That just makes it better" Virgil smiled and ran to the coat rack by the door quickly came back with 2 black umbrellas and our rain boots. He was smiling like crazy. He must be excited. "Hey kiddo, I know you're excited but don't ya think you should change into real clothes first?" Virgil looked down at his feet and then ran to the room to change, I slipped on my rain boots and grabbed my keys off my counter. "Ya ready to go kiddo?" Virgil nodded and we headed out. It was raining, but just barely and it actually wasn't too cold either. Me and Virgil, Virgil in particular, actually liked rain. Virgil liked rain for as long as I can remember and often when we were kids would play in it together. Sometimes people would walk up and ask us if we were dating and we would laugh it off. Virgil to me was like a little brother, I always would try my best to protect him, and keep him happy because seeing him happy. Sometimes is the only thing keeping me happy. Virgil, after becoming quite and distant would get bullied and teased. People deemed him the social outcast and everyone thought to be his friend social suicide. I didn't care. I would take the bullying for him. I would do all i could to protect him, to make him feel loved. To make him feel happy. To give him what his parents failed to give him. If it meant hiding the sad...so be it. "I had a weird dream last night" Virgil started "Me too" I replied "You should tell me about it" Virgil stopped and looked at me, the now hardening rain thumping on his umbrella" I took a deep breath, I for some strange reason felt my cheeks flush and my heart pound at the thought of the dream " I was standing in a dark room, with no one in sight and then someone started singing. They had the most beautiful voice I had ever heard and they were singing this song, talking about I think love...but I can't remember the lyrics. Anyways they were singing this beautiful song and so I started running in the direction of where the music was coming from and even though the music was getting louder, I couldn't see anything in front of me. Then I woke up." Virgil was slightly looking down and had one eyebrow raised "Woah, that actually...has my dream beat. I've never heard of someone hearing singing in their dreams before and specifically a love song, I think the dream means something!" "Really?!" What do you think it means?" Virgil pondered for a small time then looked back at me "Your soulmate is calling to you, and you are going to meet them soon, but then they get squished by a piano and die, and then your stuck being single with me for the rest of your life" I felt like my heart had been ripped out of my chest and squashed with a piano but then Virgil playfully smacked my arm and laughed "I'm kidding. I was only trying to spook you, that is my job as your dark strange son after all." "You're more like a creepy little brother sometimes but whatever you want kiddo!" I smiled and ran off, preparing myself to jump into a puddle. Virgil ran after me and also jummped into a puddle. It was a blissful moment. I felt like we were little kids again. Playing in the rain at the park, Virgil telling me about his family problems and me hugging him. It was a beautiful nostalgia. We were at peace for a little, Virgil was safe now. I could protect him. He was happy. I was happy, we went home and went to bed. Fly me to the moon Let me play among the stars Let me see what spring is like On a, Jupiter and Mars In other words, hold my hand In other words, baby, kiss me Fill my heart with song And let me sing forever more All I worship and adore In other words, be true In other words, I love you Perfect...all clean now Make sure to change the band-aid regularly and clean it regularly too This should prevent you from getting an infection...
