Post by ningnee on Oct 24, 2003 2:35:44 GMT -5
short story from awhile ago.. its quick to post.. ill post my other stories later when i am not half yawning and drinking my hot chocolate
.::[::[ Before It's Too Late ]::]::.
.::.Starring: .::.Sornram .::. Suwanant .::. Touch .::.
“You have a crush on her?!” His friend yells out.
“Shut up man! She’ll hear you!” Sornram hissed back.
“But she’s like.. like.. our sister man!”
“Who cares Touch, I like her more than a sister.” Sornram mutters. “Just because we all grew up as friends, it doesn’t mean we can’t like each other more than friends.”
Touch munches on his sandwich, “how should I know? I still think girls have cooties.”
“Maybe next year you’ll like someone in the fifth grade.” Sornram says as he laughs at his friend. “Suwanant! Over here!”
Suwanant smiles, “hey guys, don’t wait for me after school today, mom is picking me up to go to grandma’s house.”
Touch leans over to Sornram as Suwanant placed her lunch tray across from him, “tell her before it’s too late.”
Sornram elbows Touch, “shut up…”
“You guys say something?” Suwanant asked as she took a sip of her milk.
“NO!” Sornram cuts Touch off from answering her.
-*-*-*-*-*-
Suwanant arched her eyebrows as Touch sat against the tree trunk, then turns to Sornram, “what happened to him?”
Sornram whispers into Suwanant’s ears, “Crystal dumped him.”
“Oh…” Suwanant mouthed. “Touch, you still heading to the ball game with us?”
“Go.. on..” Touch sobbed, “go on without me.”
Suwanant smiles, “yea right, you guys gotta go and watch me cheer. My mom made me practice nonstop with the new routine.” She runs off waving to them.
Touch sniffling, “you got… gotta tell her…” Sornram laughs and hands his friend a tissue, “you gotta tell her before it’s too late.”
“Quit your crying, it’s only eighth grade love. You’ll find someone better next year in high school.” Sornram said as he pulled his friend up from the ground, “let’s get ready to watch Suwanant cheer on the team.”
Touch sniffled again, “yea right, you just want to see her shake her pom-poms.”
-*-*-*-*-*-
Suwanant grabbed her books from Sornram’s hand, “thanks buddy, I’ll be getting my new locker today. You don’t have to hold my books for me anymore!” Suwanant gave Sornram a peck on the cheek before she left to her class.
Touch came out of the boy’s restroom seeing everything. “You still haven’t told her how you feel huh?”
Sornram shook his head, “I don’t think she’ll feel the same way as me. I’m afraid she’ll turn me down and never speak to me again.”
Touch throws the wet paper towel he was wiping his hands with, “she was all over you! If that’s not love, then I don’t know what is.”
Sornram eyes his friend, “I’m not into the same kind of love as you with girls all up on you everyday like that.” Sornram laughs at his friend as he walked towards his class hearing Touch yell out, “TELL HER BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE YOU NO EXCUSE FOR A GUY!”
Sornram turns back around, “oh yea? Let’s see what kind of girls you could get with next year in college?”
“Is that a challenge?” Touch asked back.
-*-*-*-*-*-
“Touch, you promise not to tell him right?” Suwanant asked nervously.
“Yea, Yea, go one with it! Jeez!” Touch said impatiently.
“Do you think Sornram has someone in his heart right now?” Suwanant asked weakly.
Sornram’s warning of not telling her echoes into his head, and Touch smiles widely, “why? You like him don’t you?”
“Why? Is there something wrong with that?” Suwanant asked angrily, “just tell me yes or no.”
Touch nodded his head, “yea, he got someone in his heart for a really long time now.”
“Oh…” Suwanant says quietly. “Don’t tell him any of this or else!” Suwanant hissed and stormed off into the dorm room.
Touch scratched his head then looked at his watch, “SH!T! I’m late!”
Sornram laughed and threw a sugar cube at the girl in front of him, Suwanant watched with jealousy from the doorway. “Hey watch it!” Suwanant yells as she felt someone bump into her.
“I’m sorry Suwanant, I was late in meeting Sornram here at the coffee shop.” Touch says as he gasps for air.
“Maybe you shouldn’t interrupt him,” Suwanant says nodding her head towards Sornram’s table.
Touch frowns, “why not?” Touch gets the impression, “you got it all wrong Suwanant, the girl with him is my girlfriend.”
“Oh!’ Suwanant says relieved.
“Hey guys!’ Touch says as he kissed his girlfriend, “Ning this is Suwanant, Suwanant this is Ning.” The two girls nodded and excused themselves to the ladies room.
“Tell her before it’s too late.” Touch says.
“Why? I don’t see her interested in me at all.” Sornram mutters.
“Just say something before we graduate the university.” Touch advises with a hint with Suwanant’s warning in his head about not telling Sornram.
“Yea, I will. Don’t worry.”
-*-*-*-*-*-
Graduation day came and went so fast, everything was a blur to the young graduates. Sornram pulls Suwanant to the side as Touch gave him thumbs up. “Look, Suwanant. I uh…”
“You uh… what?” Suwanant asked happily.
“I was wondering if you would like to go out with me.” Sornram asked quickly.
“Silly rabbit, aren’t we going out tonight for our graduation party?” Suwanant asked back.
Sornram took Suwanant’s hand, “that’s not what I meant… I meant just the two of us alone.”
“Like on a date?” Suwanant asked as she frowned.
Sornram nodded his head, “yea a date.”
Suwanant pulled her hands away from Sornram, “trust me, I would say yes.”
“Why don’t you?” Sornram asked.
Suwanant smiled apologetically, “Sornram, I’ve loved you since we were little, maybe during grade school. I don’t remember when, but you never came to ask me. So I thought I never felt the same way as me.”
Sornram had a wide smile on his face, “really? I’ve liked you since the fourth grade, but I was scared that you wouldn’t feel the same way.” Sornram took Suwanant’s hands back into his, “so what do you say?”
Suwanant bit the bottom of her lips, “I’d say… sorry... I already have a boyfriend…” Suwanant slowly pulled her hands away from Sornram. “I’ve been meaning to tell you and Touch about him. But we were all so busy with graduating and finishing school that I got caught up.”
Sornram’s smile slowly faded, “oh…” was the only thing that escaped his lips.
“You could meet him tonight, he’ll be going with us to the graduation dinner. His name is Brooke.” Suwanant said as their friends came to join them for group photos. Sornram only nodded his head. “Please understand Sornram.”
“Yea, of course, I could. I’ve only been patient since the fourth grade.” Sornram paused, “it’s only been about a twelve year crush.” He tried to make a joke about it. Suwanant smiled seeing the effort he was putting to make up something to make her feel happy.
“Thank you Sornram.” Suwanant says as every crowded towards them for the pictures.
-*-*-*-*-*-
“I could’ve stopped it.” Sornram said through teary eyes.
“No you couldn’t” Touch said as he comforted his friend.
Sornram punched the wall in front of him, “if only I had told her before it was too late, then she wouldn’t be like this.” Sornram cried out.
Touch shook his head as Ning took out a cloth to wrap around Sornram’s fist. “Sornram, calm down.” Ning tried to say.
Sornram continued his crying, “I should’ve told her I loved her before she met that Brooke guy. Before it was too late. I should’ve said something.” Sornram continued to bellow out, “if I told her I loved her, she would’ve been with me, instead of the jerk-off Brooke. And she... she… ” Sornram gasped for breath as he looked at Brooke from a distance. “He shouldn’t be in jail! He should be killed!”
Touch puts his arms around Sornram, “it was my fault, I didn’t tell Suwanant that you liked her, and I didn’t tell you that Suwanant liked you. If there was someone to blame, it is to be me. I was the barrier between you and Suwanant. I could’ve told her you loved her. Instead, I let it go because of secrecy. Now, it’s not your fault that Suwanant got into an abusive relationship with that Brooke guy.”
“It’s no ones fault besides myself. She wouldn’t be lying on her death bed if I had prevented her to meet Brooke by telling her that I, Sornram Theppitek, was in love with her before it was too late.” Sornram cried out as he walked away from Touch and Ning.
-*-*-*-*-*-
Sornram placed the white lily on the tombstone as everyone left the cemetery. “I watched you grow up with me. I’ve watched you finish school with me. I watched you fall in love with the creep… and I also watched you die… slowly die from internal injuries caused from that same man I watched you fall deeper in love with each day. If only I had told you how I felt long ago, I probably wouldn’t be talking to your tombstone now Suwanant. With this lesson learned… I would never wait for anything like this to happen again with anyone or anything in my life, before it’s too late.”
The End
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