High Tide

[Trent941]

Wow Tim just one word......
AWESOME!!!!!

Regards, Derek

 

[keigan86]

Great Job as usual Tim!!!!!!! I am hanging on the edge of my seat waiting on the next chapter.

Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[DonQuixote]

The best laid plans of mice and RATS -- here comes the comeuppance!

Braid Brad's short hairs a little tighter, lol.
Merry Christmas, Tim.
Enjoy the fun with Zach and Noah!

 

[TimWhite07]

Ok,

i have the two pictures up in my gallery. just like the others it has the persons name on there so u know who that person is to be. Go check them out.

 

[TimWhite07]

Srry it to took so long to get this chapter out. Hope you enjoy it.

High Tide
Chapter 5​

[Brie’s POV]


As soon as I hung up on Brad, I started putting in Tyler’s number. The first call he ignored, so I pressed redial. He ignored it again. We went back and forth like that for 10 calls. On the eleventh one, he finally answered.

“Don’t you think that if I didn’t answer your call the first few times, that I don’t want to talk to you?”

“I know that, but what I have to say, you need to hear.”

“So tell me.”

“I can’t say this over the phone. I need to tell you in person. Can I meet you somewhere?”

“Hold on.” I heard someone whispering. I couldn’t make out anything that was being said. “Come down to the Pizza Hut. You can tell me what is so important here.”

“OK, I will be there in 10 minutes.”

I put on my shoes and ran out to my car. It only took me 5 minutes to get from my house down to the Pizza Hut.

When I got inside, I looked around the building for Tyler. I found him in one of the back booths, but he wasn’t alone. I walked up to the table and booth and looked at Tyler.

“Hi” he said.

“Hello”

“Have a seat.”

I sat down. I looked from Tyler over to the other guy he was sitting with and then back to Tyler.”

“Oh wow, my bad. Brie, this is Kenneth. Kenneth, this is my best friend Brie.”

“Nice to meet you.”

“Yeah, nice meet you too.”

“So what did you need to tell me?”

“Well, Brad called me a little while ago. He wanted to know if I had heard form you lately. I told him, not since last night. He was saying that he feels like he is losing you. He said he worked to hard to get to this point to lose you. When I asked him what he meant by that he was the one that convinced Collin to make a move on Brent.”

Tyler’s face grew red with anger.

“Are you lying about this?” Tyler said through a clenched jaw.

“No, I’m not.”

He pulled out his phone, pressed 2 buttons and put the phone to his ear.

“Hi Brad, How’s it going……..That good………. I have a question for you, is what Brie telling me the truth?............ So your saying she is lying………… How do you know that she is lying about if I haven’t told you………..Ok, well you can tell her. I’m putting you on speaker phone………….. Ok, Brad, say to Brie what you just told me……..”

“Umm, why? Don’t you believe me?”

“Oh my god Brad, don’t try and get out of this. You know you did it so admit it.”

“Fine, I admit it. I said it Brie, and I did what she said. I did it for you Tyler. Brent couldn’t make you as happy as I could.”

“When you told me you like me, I told you to let things run their course. That if me and Brent broke up, I might go out with you. What makes you think I will do that now? In fact, what makes you think I will still be your friend after this? You ruined my life you fucking asshole. I loved Brent. No, I was in love with him. Then because you wanted me, you took it upon yourself to put a stop to all that.

“I don’t want to talk to you anymore. Lose my number, don’t ever call me again. I want you to forget about me completely. You are no longer a friend of mine. Goodbye.” I pushed the end button on Tyler’s phone and looked up into his eyes. He had tears and he was shaking with rage.

“Tyler, babe, are you ok?” Kenneth asked.

“Yeah. What happened can’t be changed. I’m glad it happened though, because I met a wonderful guy. I found a guy I can be happy with. I’ve only known this guy for a few hours, but I can feel it.”

Tyler leaned over and gave him a kiss on the cheek.”

“Brie, did you want to join us for dinner?”

“Sure, but I don’t want to intrude on your date anymore than I already have.”

“Don’t worry about it, we are inviting you.”

“Ok, then I will stay and be the 3rd wheel.”

 

[DonQuixote]

And another "friend" bites the dust.

Maybe now, though, Brad and Tyler can work at being good buds.
And, Brie is redeemed.

It will be interesting to see what all Kenneth is about.

 

[keigan86]

Wow I did not know the next chapter was ready. I still would have edited with all I have going on. It is as always a great chapter.

Keep up the great work Tim.

 

[dbradbury]

Love the new story tim!! Cant wait for the rest of the story and happy belated birthday

must say your stories play with my emotions!! Also something else , all in good ways ofcourse )

Please tell us if you are going to publish the tide began to rise so we can all buy!! )

 

[TimWhite07]

Yes i plan on publishing it, i jsut have to go through it and edit it. I have to add, subtract, and and things around.

 

[momoman]

I seriously want to kill Brad. Although I say I barrack for Tyler, I secretly love me some Brad-man...

AND YOU'RE PUBLISHING IT!? I'm SO buying it. Please, please release it worldwide (hint hint, Australia..mmm-hmm).

 

[TimWhite07]

Hey guys,

I have chapter 6 done, I just need to get it edited. It will either be up tonite or tomorrow.

Love you all.

 

[TimWhite07]

High Tide
Chapter 6​

[Tyler’s POV]


My alarm started screaming at me at 7:00 am. I rolled over to turn it off. When I tried to roll back, I felt something around my waist. I turned my head and saw Kenneth. I smiled, but then got a little worried. I lifted the covers to see if I still had clothes on. I did. I let out a sigh of relief. I moved a little closer to him and gave him a kiss.

I got out of the bed and went and changed clothes. I went out to the kitchen to make a pot of coffee. I went back to the room to wake my sleeping beauty up. I turned on the light, and found that Kenneth was all ready awake.

“Good morning.” He said.

“Morning. Did you sleep alright?”

“Kind of, you were having a nightmare all night. You were moving around a lot. I tried to wake you up, but I couldn’t. I decided to try and hold you and that worked. It calmed you down.”

“Oh, I’m sorry.”

“Don’t apologize. Do you remember what the dream was about?”

“Yeah, it’s the same thing every night.”

“Do you mind if I ask what it was?”

“Not at all. I don’t have enough time right now though. I have to get to school. I will tell you when I get home.”

“Ok”

“I made some coffee if you want some.”

“Sure, thanks.”

He got out of bed and we went out to the kitchen. My phone rang as we were drinking our coffee. I looked at the caller ID. It was Brent’s Mom.

“I need to answer this.”

“Ok”

“Hello.” I said as I put the phone to my ear.

“Good morning Tyler. Sorry for calling so early. Can you come outside? I need to talk to you.”

“Oookkk….. Give me a few minutes.”

“Alright.”

I hung up the phone and looked at Ken with a confused look on my face.

“What’s up?”

“My ex’s mom is outside. She needs to talk to me.”

“That’s weird.”

“Yeah…… Ok, so I have to go. You can stay if you would like. If you leave can you lock the door?”

“Yeah. I will see you when you get home.”

I walked up to him and gave him a kiss.

“Bye”

I grabbed my coat and keys and went outside. I looked around for Lorrie’s car, but I didn’t see it. Just as I was pulling out my phone to call her, I heard her calling my name. I turned around and saw her. I walked up to her. The car she standing next to was not hers and it wasn’t Brent’s, unless they just bought it.

“What did you need to talk to me about?”

“Get in.”

I got in the car and we drove away.

“My boyfriend knows where I am.” I said trying to be funny.

“I’m not kid knapping you.” She said laughing.

“Then where are we going?”

“I have to go get my car.”

“Umm…”

“This is yours.”

“What?”

“Do you remember when you went and got your drivers license?”

“Yeah…”

“Well when you got it, Brent and I went car shopping. We picked this one out for you. It was in the shop getting looked and fixed up. Brent wanted it to have an all new stereo system in it. The reason it took so long was because there was a lot more wrong with the car. They called me last night and told me that the car was ready to be picked up.”

“I don’t know what to say. You have and are doing so much for me. Thank you so much.”

“Like I told you before, you are like a son to me. And you always will be.”

I started to cry. Since my mom died, I haven’t felt complete. Up until now I was looking for someone to fill the motherly role. I know that Lorrie had said that before, but it never sunk in, now it has.

“Can I ask you something?”

“Yeah”

“Would you mind if I call you mom. I know this a bad thing to say, but you have done more for me than my real mom has. I know she took most of the beatings from my Dad so he wouldn’t hurt me, but you are showing me more and doing more as a mother.”

“You can call me that, along as you no longer think that. You mother loved you with all her heart. She might not have been able to show it as much as she would have liked to, but that love was there. I will be your mom now, but I won’t take that mantle form your mom. I’m not a replacement; I’m just stepping in form someone that can’t be here.”

“Ok it’s a deal. Thank you again.”

“Well, we are at my car. Have a good day.”

We both got out of the car. I walked over to her and gave her a big hug. She got in her car and I got in mine. I drove to school with tears of joy and a smile on my face.


[Brent’s POV]


I walked into the school and went straight to the cafeteria to look for Collin. He wasn’t at his normal table. I saw Tyler sitting by himself. I thought for a second and decided that today was going to be the day that we talked things out.

I walked over and sat down.

“Hi.” I said.

“Oh, umm, hi.”

“Can we talk?”

“Sure”

“Ok, first thing, I want to say that I’m sorry for how things turned out. I can’t really say how sorry I am in words. I never wanted to hurt you. That was the last thing that I wanted to do. I didn’t mean for this to happen. It’s not like I woke up and said to myself “I’m going to break Tyler’s heart today.” I would never do that.

“I don’t know why, but when I saw Collin, something clicked. Like people say, you can’t change who you like. Now, that’s not saying that I lost my feelings for you. I still have feelings for you. Hell, I still love you.”

I stopped for a second. I wanted to give him the chance to say something. When he didn’t I started talking again.

“You and I been through a lot together, more than most people in a relationship in high school ever should. I don’t know if you could feel it or not, but I started getting this feeling that we were drifting apart. Yeah, it sounds cliché, but that is how it felt. I’ve noticed after Halloween, before everyone found out. We were happy then. Once my asshole half brother told everyone, we weren’t the same. Maybe it was the secrecy that we liked, or I liked, I don’t know. I just know that we were not connected in that same way. “

“Yeah, I was feeling it to. I had been thinking that the relationship was coming to an end. I was trying to figure out a time to talk to you about it. Then that incident at the mall happened. I didn’t want it to end the way it did. I wanted to remain friends, but I couldn’t after that. I was to badly hurt. Then you just pissed me off when you kept trying to talk to me.

“I tried to get Peter to find me an apartment in Bellevue or Omaha, just so I could get out of here. There is too much to handle in a small town. Then the added stress from us breaking up, just about pushed me over the edge. I’m tired of all the stares. At first it was because I was gay. Now the stares are because we are no longer together. I hear people talking behind my back. They say that I should never have been with you, that you were too good for me. I hear others saying that I’m a pathetic little fag. They say I should crawl in a hole and die. Those remarks made me feel even worse about breaking up with you. Until I moved into that apartment, I had been thinking about ending everything. That way people don’t have to worry about me.”

My face turned red. What Tyler just said made me extremely angry.

“How could you even think of doing that? There are so many people that love and care about you. I’m one of them. We may not be dating anymore, but that doesn’t mean I stopped caring about you.”

“Brent, calm down. I said “until”. I don’t think that way anymore. That’s how I was feeling.”

“Ok, but promise me that if you do, that you will call me. Collin might get mad, but that I can deal with. You doing something to hurt yourself, I won’t be able to deal with that.”

“Speaking of Collin, where is he? I haven’t seen him yet.”

“I’m not sure; he hasn’t sent me a text. He might have slept in.”

“Well, I guess we better get to class. The bell ran like 20 minutes ago.”

“Yeah.”

We walked our separate ways. I’m glad that we are going to try and work on a friendship. I’m not really sure if Collin is going to like that through. I will see if we can do a double date.

 

[ronboy]

Well, at least Brent and Tyler are talking again. That is a start.

Now, it will be interesting to see how Kenneth and Collin react to that...

As always, very satisfying, Tim! I'm loving it...

 

[keigan86]

Great chapter again Tim!! As always had my emotions going all over!!!

 

[DonQuixote]

Tim,
Life starts to smooth out and return to a more balanced level.

Brent's mom is great. A car, all checked out and with a good sound machine.
On top of helping with the rent.

Kenneth staying with him, holding him through his nightmare.

And, now, he and Brent are starting to talk, again, facing each other, knowing they care for each other, deeply, at some level.

Where is Collin, though? Why do I get the feeling that all is not well, there?

 

[TimWhite07]

High Tide
Chapter 7​

[James' POV]



I sat in the lunch room and watch Brent and Tyler talk. I was to far away to hear anything that we’re saying. The only thing that I heard was Brent yell "How could you ever think of doing that?" Just from the way he sounded, I knew what he was talking about. Brie had told me that Tyler seemed really depressed. I guess no one thought that he would ever think of hurting himself.


The bell rang telling everyone that they need to go to class. Brent and Tyler didn't move. I had to go to class, so I had no clue how the little talk would end. I wanted to stay out there just in case it didn’t end well.


I sent Jen a text telling her what I saw. I knew she has first hour with Tyler. I asked her to see how Tyler looked when or if he showed up for class. I hope for Brent’s sake it went well. Tyler is one of my best friends, and I'm not going to let anyone hurt him.


Half way through class, Jen sent me a text.



~Hey, Just talked to Tyler.~


~And what did he say.~


~He said everything is fine. They talked and they are going to try and be friends.~


~Ok cool. I will see you at lunch. Luv u.~


~C u then. Luv u 2!~


When lunch came around, Jen and I sat at our normal table. Normally Brad sat with us, but today he just walked past. I called his name but he didn’t even turn around. Jen and I looked at each other and shrugged our shoulders. Instead of Brad sitting with us, Tyler and Brie came and sat down.


"What up love birds?" Tyler asked.


"Nothing much, just got ignored by Brad. What's up with you? It's been a while since we ate lunch together."


"Yeah it has. And I know why Brad is ignoring you."


"Why?"


"Because he is a self-centered piece of shit. He is part of the reason that Brent and I broke up."


"What do you mean?" Jennifer asked.


"He convinced Collin to make a move on Brent at the mall. He just wanted his chance to date me."


"How do you know that?" I asked him.


"First he told Brie; Brie called and met me; then I called him and he admitted it."


"Oh my god. I never thought he would do something like that."


"Neither did I, but he did. I told him to lose my number. I'm not going to stay friends with someone who took it upon himself to help end my relationship. Brent and I were doing a good job of that by ourselves. But Brad hastened the process."


"I would have done that same thing."


"What would you have done the same thing about?" Brent said sitting down with a tray of food.


"Oh, Hey, We were about what Brad did." I said


"What did he do?"


"I was going to tell you this morning but I forgot. Brad was the one that convinced Collin to make a move on you."


"What?"


"At the mall, Collin wasn’t going to do anything but Brad got him to."


"Why the hell would he do that?"



"Because he wants to date me, he wanted us to break up, so he could have his chance to go out with me. The other day he admitted it to Brie and she told me."


"Oh my god, I'm going to kill him."


"Why?"


"What, you’re not mad at him?"


"Yeah, I'm mad at him. I don’t want to be his friend anymore. But think about it. He only sped up time. Like we said earlier, we both knew that relationship was ending. It is how it ended that we don’t like."


"Yeah, I guess that true, but he also took away any chance of us working this out."


"Ok, I'm done talking about it."


I could see that Tyler was getting mad. I'm not sure that the friendship that those two are trying to work on is going to work out. He looked down and ate his food in silence for the rest of lunch.



[Kenneth's POV]



After Tyler left for school, I headed across that hall to my house. I half expected my mom to start yelling at me for not coming home last night. When I walked in the door, she was sitting on the couch watching the view.


"Hey honey."


"Morning."


"Did you have a good time? What movie did you see?"


"I didn’t see a move, I went on a date."


"Really?" she said with excitement in her voice. "Where did you meet him?"


"Yes really. I met him outside. He was moving in, and I decided that I would help him. We got to know each other while we were unloading the truck. Then we went to dinner."


"Wow, that's great honey. Aren’t you glad that I made you go out? So which apartment did he move into?"


"The one right across the hall."


"Aww. We will have to invite him and his parents over for dinner soon. Once they get settled in of course."


"He lives there by himself. His brother got him the apartment."


"Ok then, we will him have over...... Did he tell you why?"


"No, but he will when he is ready. And I will see if he wants to have dinner tonight."


I pulled out my phone and sent him a text.


~wow moving fast. We spend 1 night together and u want me to meet your folks. LOL. Yeah that cool~ he sent back.


"He said he would to have dinner and meet you tonight."


"Ok, and what do you want?"


"Surprise me."


"Ok"


"What wonderful learning opportunities you have for me today?"


"None, You get the day off. You have to clean while I go shopping."


"Dang, I would rather take the text."


"Shut it, Do you want your boyfriend to come over to a messy home?"


"Well, I stayed with him last night and his house is a mess."


"He has an excuse. He just moved in. Now get to cleaning mister."


"Ok under one condition."


"What’s that?"


"You don’t buy condoms for me. That is embracing."


"Can I buy the lube?"


"MOM!"


"OK fine, party pooper."


She grabbed her keys and her purse and walked out the door. I looked around the apartment. There really wasn't that much needed to be done. I had to straighten a few things up, throw a few empty cans of soda away, and put some dirty clothes in a laundry basket. I decided to vacuum as well. The floor looked really gross. I was sure my mom would have made me do that when she got back.

 

[keigan86]

Tim yet another great installment. I can not wait to see where things go from here now that all the cards are on the table. Well almost all the cards hehe

 

[momoman]

EXCELLENT. I don't know what it is with your stories Tim, they seem to sort mirror my life. I love reading about the woes of Tyler, Brad, Brent and the others, it makes my day enjoyable .

Now i'm off to eat Mac N Cheese, real stuff, since I went to the states I've got an unusual like for it.........

TTYL, xx
momoman

 

[Autolycus]

Yet another story with a fan following and pleanty of comments, yet no one seems to use the rate this thread facility.

I give it 5 stars!

 

[dbradbury]

5 stars isnt enough!!!!