Toppling Pedestals by Manly D.J

Author:Manly, D.J. [Manly, D.J.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Publisher: Total-E-Bound Publishing
Published: 2013-01-12T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Three

The End

The day after Christmas, Casey and I went to get the bus out of town.

Casey’s father and my parents saw us off. I was filled with a mix of trepidation and excitement. I told myself this is what I needed. “My life begins today, Casey,” I announced as the bus headed out of town.

“Of course,” he said, “you’ll love it.”

The town where Blackwell College was situated was about one hundred miles from where we came from. It was triple the size, but by no means a big city. Still, for someone who’d come from a small town like the one I’d grown up in, it seemed enormous.

The college was surrounded by internet cafés and quaint little shops. The blocks nearby were peppered with pubs where one could dance and listen to live bands. Everything was conveniently located on campus, and the apartment Casey had was right in the heart of it all, on top of a great breakfast restaurant called Robust.

The students came back in droves right before New Year’s, ready to party. I was breathless meeting all of Casey’s friends and had never partied so hard in my life. What with all the socialising, registering for courses and getting my books, I had no time to miss home or to think about Sam. In fact, I didn’t think about him at all until my Monday evening American Lit course.

It might have been the colour of his hair or the way he moved, but the guy in front of me brought the memory of Sam hurtling back big time. When he turned around to ask me if he could borrow a pencil, my heart sank. He didn’t look at all like my Sam, didn’t have his smile, or those beautiful blue eyes. My Sam. When had I started to think of him as mine? He wasn’t.

I got involved in my studies and tried to make Casey put his nose to the grindstone too. It wasn’t easy. Casey seemed to have no interest in his classes, and he liked to party. One night, he came in quite drunk. I wasn’t happy at being woken up on a school night at two in the morning. “Casey, what in hell is wrong with you?” I snapped. “Don’t you have an exam tomorrow?”

“Whoops,” he said. He stumbled towards me with a stupid look on his face. “I forgot.” He giggled a little then sobered. “Tristan, let me sleep with you tonight?”

“No, Casey,” I said. “You’re drunk.”

“You’re beautiful,” he croaked, reaching out and trying to touch me.

“Go to sleep,” I told him, slapping his hand away. Finally, I got him to calm down. He passed out on my bed so I went to lay down in his. I didn’t sleep. I was wondering how Casey got to be so miserable, and why he was doing something he hated this much. I tried to ask myself if I was happy, and I couldn’t quite find the answer. I sighed and cuddled up to my pillow.

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