LOGINLuther's POV
“Wh– what?” I stammer. “Come on, stop being a pussy.” He growl under his breath. “You want to fight me, don't you?” I swallow a dry gulp, I couldn't take my eyes away from his. Him holding me against the wall like this, it was doing something to me, it was causing a stir in my pants. So, I am going to be that kind of freak? The kind that gets turned on by his bully? “Marlon, I don't know what you are talking about. I don't want any trouble, let me go.” No one dare intervene, even though my legs are barely touching the ground for support. Only William rushes in when he sees what's happening, and place a hand on Marlon's shoulder. “Just let go of him, man. It's not worth it.” He says. Marlon sigh, cursing under his breath before he let go of me. I'm red in the face with embarrassment. I adjust my collar, trying to hide the slight bulge in my pants as I walk back to my seat. Bernice draws closer to me with concern. “What the hell, Luther? What's up with both of you? What's that about?” I can barely steady my breathing as I look at her and shrug. “I don't know, maybe he is still sour about the math test.” The geography teacher walks into the class and everyone has to settle down. Marlon and the crazy thoughts in my head are forced to take a backseat for now… For the next few hours of class everyone is talking about Marlon and his mysterious beanie. They think it's sexy, a fashion statement of some sort. Bernice on the other hand won't stop bugging me about why she thinks Marlon tried to beat me in the middle of class. She is one of my only friends in this hellish classroom, but she is getting on my last nerve right now… I'm updating my biology notes when a warm liquid pours on my pants and shirt. I gasp and find myself all stiff. Hannah has just spilled her coffee all over me. “Goddamn it,” I slam my pen against the table. “Oh my God, Luther, I'm so sorry.” she gasps and try using the sleeve of her sweater to get as much of the coffee off me. “Just forget it, okay?” I tell her as I stand up to my feet. I walk to the restroom and examine the damage done. I take off my shirt and start to wash the stain under the sink. I try my best not to drench the whole thing with water. I start to wipe my trousers too, as carefully as I can. “God, I hate this school.” I mutter. The door slam shut, and I immediately feel a tightening of doom in my stomach. I turn around to see Marlon standing in front of me, with his hideous beanie. “What do you want, Gustave?” I ask, trying not to appear so scared. He doesn't answer, instead he is biting down his lip and staring at my torso. I forgot that I am not wearing a shirt. With the speed of light, I turn around, lest he would see how red my face is. I don't understand why he is staring at me so much. Is Marlon Gustave… gay? “You aren't the most smooth criminal, you know. I saw you with the stupid brick. You almost gave me a concussion, you fool.” He snort. “If it's enough to teach you a lesson not to mess with me, I'm glad I did it.” I say without turning around. My words anger him, and for the second time today, he push me against the wall, holding my neck like he wants to crush it. My lips are tightly pressed together as my chest move up and down. “Don't try to bully me again, Marlon. I still have that brick in my bag.” He shut his eyes and let out the most hungry growl I have ever heard in my life. “Fuck it.” His lips crash against mine in the most passionate kiss I've ever experienced. The warmth and fierceness of his lips consume me, and I find myself kissing him right back, fighting his tongue for dominance. He grab my hands and pin them above my head and he used his other hand to caress the bulge in my pants, my eyes almost roll to the back of my head. The throbbing is like nothing I have ever experienced in my life, I feel so close to releasing in my pants…. Then a sudden panic fills my heart. “Stop! Stop! ” I tell him in a shaky voice that I can't even recognize as mine. “Someone might see us.” He pulls away with a realizing frown on his face. “Crap, I got carried away.” He stands a few feet away and pull his lower lips as he thinks. “What's your house address?” He suddenly asks me. “Huh?” He brings out a pen from his pocket and sticks out his left hand to me. “Here. Write it down.” I work like a sex starved robot. I take the pen and scribble my address over his hand. When I'm done, he reads through it and nods. “Keep your window open tonight.” “Wh– what?” “Don't you understand fucking english, Wayne?” He snap at me impatiently. He walks out and bangs the door very loudly after him. I turn to stare at myself in the mirror. I am sweating and shaking like a leaf on a windy day. I can still taste his lips on my tongue. What the hell just happened between Marlon and I?176. LUTHER Six months later. It's been four months since I moved into my college dorm room in Sterling Medicine School, and I don't think I have even had a second to catch my breath. I'm used to hard and challenging things. I'm used to studying till the words dance on the paper right in front of my eyes, but nothing prepared me for what Sterling Medicine School brought for me. Neurology is one of the toughest fields of study, and our professor told us that even though we were picked from the very best, only about 40 percent of us will survive the vigorous 12 years it will take us to become a neurologist. I've been going from lecture halls straight to the lab, only to return to my room to sleep for maybe four hours. At least I have a good sleep since I don't have a roommate. It's one of the perks of my scholarship, and the fact that I am so popular because of my brain. Whenever my mother asks how I am, I tell her that I am fine, but that's nothing but a lie.
175. JANAE When Marlon Gustave Sr told me that he was going to find me a job, I thought it was going to be something small, in a corner office, helping a company that is dancing at the edge of bankruptcy. But it's far from it. I saw the mansion, and I immediately knew that something huge was in store for me. Yet, nothing prepares me for the company I am to work for. Early in the morning, I get ready in my luxury bathroom to find my way around the new city, and get to my new place of work, but to my surprise, a car is honking outside for me. I'm dressed alright, I just need to finish my morning coffee, so I rush downstairs to see who is in the car, and I am met by a middle-aged man in a smart suit. "Hello, good morning, Miss Wayne," he smiles. "My name is Eddie, and I'm your driver. I believe I'm going to take you to Fargo tech headquarters." "Oh, hi," I smile sweetly back at him. "You're a company driver? You really shouldn't have come," I gesture to Luther's car, "I have my s
174. Marlon, I have to start by saying yet again how sorry I am to have broken your heart. I know you hate me right now, more than anything in the world, and I want to tell you that it's alright. I understand if you do. I didn't mean for any of this to happen, I never planned to fall in love with you and then just walk away from all of it. When I came to Densberry with my mother, I never thought a small gloomy town like this could be so kind to me. Yes, I consider Densberry to be kind, even after everything that happened to me. You are the reason I am grateful that my mother looked at that map and pointed at the small town in the southern corner, and decided to make it our temporary hiding place. Then I met you, and thought I had some sort of bad luck because of the way you bullied me. If I had the strength to fight you, I would have, but I'm so weak. I thought it was one of your wicked pranks the first time you kissed me, I believed I was just scared to even imagine that a h
173. LUTHER The rest of the night, which happens to be the longest of my life, I spend in the bathtub , immersed in cold water. I have cried till there are no tears left in my eyes, and I just stare at the blank wall till the early hours of the morning. I'm not even sleepy, not even a bit, because I keep thinking about Marlon, and how hard this breakup hit him. Since I can't sleep, I get up and just put on my clothes. I start to load the boxes of our stuff into the car. We aren't taking much. All the furniture and other things we don't need, will be taken to the charity organization later. Mum is going to call one of our neighbors to help do that. It's a lot of work lifting those boxes to the car, is a full body workout, but I really don't mind. Anything to take my mind off Marlon. By the time I'm down to two boxes, mum walks out of her room rubbing her eyes. "L– Luther what are you doing?" She looks around the almost empty living room. "Good morning, mum," I say. "Luther
172. LUTHER My heart shatters once Marlon starts to laugh. He thinks it's a joke. He falls back against the bed and holds his tummy as he laughs even harder. "Look at this silly boy trying to joke with me! Break up? Are you insane? This is the best we have ever found ourselves, why would we ruin such a good thing?" He wants for me to laugh with him, and agree that it's just a stupid prank, but I don't. I walk over to grab the blanket, which I roughly wrap around my waist. "I'm serious, Marlon, I swear," I tell him. "My mum and I are leaving Densberry," "That's simply not true!" I groan and pull at my face, "If you think I'm joking, then why am I packing up my stuff?!" "I don't know, Luther, maybe you are too excited to go off to college! Some people are weird like that!" "It's not true, Marlon, I'm leaving. I swear on my life." "Quit it, Luther, before I punch you again. Do I look like I am in the mood for games?" He warns me. "I'm not trying to be funny, I'm telling the t
171. LUTHER "What?" My jaw slacks all the way to the ground. "I said Nancy Huston is out of Densberry," Marlon folds his hands. "She got released from the police station, picked up her child's body from the morgue, and had her buried in the cemetery." My chest feels tight, and I feel around for something to lean on. "Do you think that she is going to like to kill herself or something?" My voice shakes. "What? No," Marlon snorts, "she is too vain for that. She only wants to escape any further investigations from the police, I heard everything from my father because he just returned from his trip. She contacted a real estate agent to sell her house and other properties that belong to her husband. Heck, maybe I'll convince my father to buy them." My eyes squint, as I shake my head at his distasteful remark, "Marlon, that's not funny." "Oh, you are just a sad little boy who feels sorry for every Dick and Harry on the planet!" He snorts, "Nancy deserves everything that came her way,
LUTHER I clear my throat and walk to my seat, which is just next to Bernice's. She has tossed the expensive bouquet of flowers from the table, but the cake is so nice that she can't bring herself to throw it. She moves it to the very edge of her table, and brings out her makeup kit to retouch he
LUTHER I'm boiling with rage because I am being forced to clean up the hallway while the rest of my mates are in their classes, receiving lessons. Why did Marlon do something like this to me? He didn't have to, he knew that it was a mistake, but he turned it into a whole other thing. My arm star
LUTHER I can't believe that I cried in front of this asshole, and explained to him that my mom's car is not just an old piece of junk to be insulted, but a sturdy girl that has been through hell and back with us. He blinks at me from the driver's seat while I bawl my eyes out, and gosh, it's the
LUTHER “A date, Luth?” My mother looked up from the pile of dishes she was taking to the kitchen, at the back. I am sitting in one of the booths at her diner, and thankfully, it's empty for us to have this delicate conversation. “Yes, mum, I'm going on a date. Why do you look so surprised?” I f







