A swirl of emotions
Family's New Shrink Ray
chapter 36
by
copier
· original author:
penslayer5
Derek knew Arthur hated his guts, but the redhead was acting like a complete ass. Not just to him but to Bethany as well. If it was just him then that was fine, he earned that spite. But as far as he knew, Bethany hadn't done anything to have her good time ruined by her paranoid brother.
Faster than Arthur could blink, Derek reached out and swiped the shrink ray from his nerdy little hands. "Hey!"
"Why don't you hold onto this." He said as he handed the device over to Bethany for safekeeping while he delt with her pissed off brother. Arthur was glaring daggers at him but because of his brace face he looked so damn goofy.
"Beth, give it back!" Arthur demanded. He was rewarded with a shake of the head and Bethany holding the device closer to her chest. It would seem the nerd boy wouldn't be getting the gun back anytime soon.
Arthur looked back to Derek with anger written all over his face. "You turshned sher againsht me!"
"You've done that yourself." He tried to explain to the enraged ginger.
"I won'cht let you work yochur way into her pashnts you jerk!" Arthur shouted. "You're supposed to schow her the real you! Not this... facade."
The real him? He was showing Bethany the real him. He was a jerk sure, but how he acted in school around his peers wasn't indicative of who he really was outside those four walls. Derek the jock was just a mask to hide behind to be accepted.
"Look, Arthur... I'm not trying to turn Bethany against you or pretending to be nice just to get into her pants. " He sighed. "You set us up and we actually like each other's company."
Bethany nodded in confirmation.
"I know you don't trust me because of what happened in school, but I promise you I'm not pretending." Derek was practically pleading for him to really listen to him. "Bethany's a big girl, dude, she can handle herself. Don't you trust her?"
"I do!" Arthur said quickly.
"Then why are you spying on us? That's not cool man."
Bethany shook her head.
"I... " Arthur wanted to say something but couldn't get the words out. He looked torn between too many emotions hitting him all at once from all sides.
Derek would be lying if he said he didn't feel bad for the guy. He was a mess and he'd help make him that way. If he could go back and do things differently, he would. Hindsight is twenty-twenty and it's easy to look back on things long after you've run out of time to fix them.
Faster than Arthur could blink, Derek reached out and swiped the shrink ray from his nerdy little hands. "Hey!"
"Why don't you hold onto this." He said as he handed the device over to Bethany for safekeeping while he delt with her pissed off brother. Arthur was glaring daggers at him but because of his brace face he looked so damn goofy.
"Beth, give it back!" Arthur demanded. He was rewarded with a shake of the head and Bethany holding the device closer to her chest. It would seem the nerd boy wouldn't be getting the gun back anytime soon.
Arthur looked back to Derek with anger written all over his face. "You turshned sher againsht me!"
"You've done that yourself." He tried to explain to the enraged ginger.
"I won'cht let you work yochur way into her pashnts you jerk!" Arthur shouted. "You're supposed to schow her the real you! Not this... facade."
The real him? He was showing Bethany the real him. He was a jerk sure, but how he acted in school around his peers wasn't indicative of who he really was outside those four walls. Derek the jock was just a mask to hide behind to be accepted.
"Look, Arthur... I'm not trying to turn Bethany against you or pretending to be nice just to get into her pants. " He sighed. "You set us up and we actually like each other's company."
Bethany nodded in confirmation.
"I know you don't trust me because of what happened in school, but I promise you I'm not pretending." Derek was practically pleading for him to really listen to him. "Bethany's a big girl, dude, she can handle herself. Don't you trust her?"
"I do!" Arthur said quickly.
"Then why are you spying on us? That's not cool man."
Bethany shook her head.
"I... " Arthur wanted to say something but couldn't get the words out. He looked torn between too many emotions hitting him all at once from all sides.
Derek would be lying if he said he didn't feel bad for the guy. He was a mess and he'd help make him that way. If he could go back and do things differently, he would. Hindsight is twenty-twenty and it's easy to look back on things long after you've run out of time to fix them.
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