Suzy’s Strange Saga
You decide that keeping a bit of distance from Julie might be for the best for now. After last night you don’t want her to think you’re lingering around her because there is something there between you two.
Johnny seems a bit odd, but then you’re certainly used to odd people. You grab a trash bag and start cleaning up left over beer cans.
“Thanks, but you don’t need to help me. Your girlfriend probably could use the help more than I do.” Johnny says.
“Well I do live here now, so it’s gotta get clean or I’m living in a pig pen! And Julie isn’t my girlfriend.” You say.
“Oh. Sorry, I just assumed that you two coming out of the same room together…”
“Eh, long story. But she’s just my friend and I consoled her on a troubling topic. It got emotional and she slept in my room, though I’m fairly certain Julie wishes it had gone farther.”
“Hm, I see. Well your sister didn’t mention you had a girlfriend when she spoke about you last night, so I was sort of wondering.”
“Wow, I must’ve really pissed my sister off yesterday if she was talking about me to a stranger. Would’ve thought she would’ve been focusing on other things during a party. What exactly did she say?”
“Are you sure you want to know?” Johnny asks.
“It probably isn’t going to be anything I haven’t already heard before from her, so go ahead.”
“Well…she was sort of drunk when she started talking to me. I was actually surprised, since a girl like her doesn’t normally just go up and talk to a guy like me, well at least not when there are other guys around. Anyway, she at first propositioned me to go into the basement with her. When I declined, she got more hostile and started calling me a faggot and said I didn’t know how to have fun just like her sister Suzy.”
“And that’s when she went on a tirade?”
“Yeah, I was about to leave her since it isn’t my idea of a good time to be ranted at and insulted, but she grabbed my arm and practically forced me to listen. She went on about you being good and perfect and never doing anything wrong. Basically she said all this stuff about you as if they were supposed to be bad things, but I didn’t see it. I guess that just made her even madder so she eventually told me to fuck off and later on I saw her leave with that group I mentioned earlier.”
“Yeah sounds like her. (Sigh) I jut hope she hasn’t gone and done anything more stupid than usual. Family. What can ya do?” you say.
“Heh, don’t need to tell me. I had an older sister just like your younger one. Partied all the time, lot of sex, lot of drugs, pissed my mom off something fierce when we were still living with her.” Johnny says continuing to pick up cans and placing them in a bag.
“Oh I got an older sister too, but she’s even worse than Donna.”
“Party girl too huh?”
“No, she’s just a fucking sadistic bully. Had to put up with her abuse for years.”
“Your older sister sounds like my mother.”
While the tone of his voice reflects no anger though, you notice when Johnny mentions that, his hand crushes one of the beer cans he has. He looks at it briefly and then tosses it in the bag.
You wonder if you should stop talking altogether, but Johnny has already noticed that you’ve been staring at what he’s done.
“Sorry, bad memories. I didn’t meant to scare you there.” Johnny says.
“I wasn’t scared, just more surprised. We can get off the topic of families.”
“Heh, actually I was thinking we were kind of bonding a bit. Sounds like both of us come from fucked up families. Probably made us stronger right?”
“I dunno. I mean I suppose I’ve survived, not sure if that’s the same thing. I mean this is like the second day I’ve spent away from home. I only moved out yesterday and only then due to being under duress from my sister Kelly. I’ve always been a bit introverted and spent most of my life avoiding the outside world.”
“Eh, you’re not missing much. To be honest, I’m almost jealous you managed to do it for so long. I’m a bit of an introvert too, but occasionally I to mix with the crowd as it were. Just to see if I feel any different. Hence one of the reasons why I came to your friend’s party last night.”
“And?”
“And, I don’t feel any different. Just like I figured. It’s like I spoke with several other people last night even before your sister and everyone was just…dull…boring…like they were just empty shells. Like they weren’t even real people to me. To be quite honest before your sister started complaining about you to me, I was getting bored and nearly left the party.” Johnny says as he motions over to a few of the sleeping lumps still in the living room.
“What about your friend that you came with?”
“Oh him? I came here independently of him. Hell, he didn’t even show up. Really, he’s more of an acquaintance than a friend anyway…”
Johnny’s eyes sort of glaze over when he says this and he breaks in the middle of his sentence. Almost like he’s in a different “place.” ‘
“Johnny?” you say.
“Hrm? Sorry, I just kind of spaced out there. Anyway as I was saying, you haven’t missed much by not being a social butterfly, I think this group here is proof of that. And as far as not being strong, you’re stronger than you think. Despite coming from a dysfunctional family, you haven’t succumbed to drug and sex filled escapism like your younger sister and you obviously haven’t grown to become a mean bully like your older sister. The fact that you told me you spent the night consoling your best friend rather than indulging in some sort of meaningless hedonistic pleasure tells me that you’re a kind and gentle soul. That’s a rarity in this shitty world.”
You have to admit, as strange as this Johnny is, you do get the sense he’s being genuine when he says this to you.
“Well thank you Johnny.” You say.
Just as you’re about to converse more with him, you hear some loud noise coming from the second floor. You hear a man’s voice and a female voice, and then a very familiar voice. Sounds like Julie and it sounds like she’s gone back to distracting herself from last night’s concerns.
“Oh yes! Ohhhh yeah! Give it to me daddy!” you hear Julie scream.
A little disturbing choice of words considering what you both talked about last night.
Some of the people sleeping in the living room are even awakened by this. One of them looks at his watch and immediately runs out the front door like he’s late for something. A couple of others return to sleep.
“Sounds like your friend is feeling better.” Johnny says a little disdainfully.
“Mm, well she always was one to get over things quickly. Well looks like we’re all done in this room anyway.”
“Yeah, hey why don’t you take a break? I mean obviously we don’t need to clean this place spotlessly. Your friend Julie is just going to have another party tonight right?” Johnny says.
“True. Yeah, I guess you’re right. No point in me cleaning especially if Julie isn’t even going to be helping anymore, but what about you?” you ask.
“Me? Well I’m just going to dump out the trash and maybe pick up a few more of the bottles in the kitchen on the way. I’ll probably also take another pursue down in the basement. It was a mess down there, but I think I cleaned most of it. Nearly tripped on a bad step down there though. Anyway then I guess I’ll head home, I need the sleep anyway seeing as I haven’t been yet.”
“You didn’t sleep here?”
“Nope. I’ve been awake the whole time, but I find I’m more of a night owl and don’t sleep much anyway.”
“Well I understand that, but I’m just surprised you stayed. You told me you were getting bored with the party and were about to go home at one point.”
“Ah, but I also mentioned that after your sister complained about you to me, my interest was increased.” Johnny says.
You pause because you almost can’t believe what he’s implying.
“Wait a minute. Are you saying you just stayed at the party through the night AND this morning just to meet me at some point? Just solely based on what my sister bitched about to you?”
“What can I say? You sounded interesting and after speaking with you I can see I wasn’t wrong.”
Johnny smiles and you smile with a nervous laugh. On one hand it’s a little stalkerish and combined with Johnny’s oddness, he’s starting to come off a lot creepier.
On the other hand, in a strange way you’re sort of flattered. You always did attract the weird ones Suzy.
“Wow…I’m not exactly sure what to say to that.” You say.
“No need to say anything. The pleasure of speaking with you is all mine. Oh but one more thing, did you want me to get rid of these useless sloths still sleeping in the living room before I leave?”
“Well, they’re probably just going to be here for tonight’s party, so might as well just leave ‘em I suppose. No need to trouble yourself.”
“Okay then, as I said, it was nice talking with you Suzy.”
“It was…interesting talking with you too Johnny.” You reply back and head towards your room as Johnny starts taking a couple of garbage bags to the kitchen.
What a strange person. Even stranger is that your self-esteem has been a little boosted by Johnny’s stalkerish behavior.
Before Johnny’s praising of you, in the back of your mind you were still a little upset about Bobby and starting to realize you were alone again. Not that you had any major problems with being alone and you’re certainly used to it, but it still was nice to have a boyfriend every now and then.
After Johnny going on about how most people suck and putting you on a minor pedestal you don’t feel as bad anymore about Bobby. Screw him right? He’s the one missing out.
You enter your room and lock your door fully content on tuning out the rest of the world like you always do. You go back to fucking around on the Internet, playing games and when the mood strikes you, getting out your mechanical “boyfriend” who never disappoints you.
Hours pass…
Eventually the silence from outside your door becomes less silent. Looks like Julie’s party is getting started or at least getting louder.
You don’t really pay it too much mind as you pretty much managed to block it somewhat yesterday, but then you get a knock on the door.
“Julie?” you ask instinctively.
“Um, no it’s me.” A familiar voice answers.
“Johnny?” you say and then slowly get up to answer the door.
You open it up a little and see Johnny standing before you (Along with some party people passing by in the hallway).
“Hi again.” He says with a brief smile.
“What are you doing here? Did you even go home?” you ask.
“Oh yeah, I did, but just as I was finishing up in the kitchen, your friend Julie had come in to get some more booze. She mentioned that she appreciated my cleaning up and invited me back for tonight’s party. So I came back.”
“Really?”
“Well technically she also invited me to come join her and the couple up in her room, but I declined as you might aspect. Not an orgy guy.”
“Yeah, which is why I’m really wondering why you came back at all. I mean I have to live here, but this really isn’t your thing. You said as much earlier today.”
“I know what I said…but I also said…”
Johnny’s expression becomes… not quite flustered, not quite angry, but more like he’s having a hard time and you’ve just put him on the spot.
“(Sigh) Look. This is really difficult for me. I’m probably coming off like a creepy stalker and god knows you probably get a lot of guys hitting on you…but I like you. I know that sounds like third grade shit, but there it is. I really like you and I’d like to get to know you better. That’s why I came back tonight.”
Oddly that was honest enough to actually be kind of charming. Lot better than the “Show us your tits” pick up line that you’ve heard before.
Then again, Johnny is still pretty damn weird and much like how you didn’t want to lead on Julie; you don’t necessarily want to lead Johnny on either.
Johnny seems a bit odd, but then you’re certainly used to odd people. You grab a trash bag and start cleaning up left over beer cans.
“Thanks, but you don’t need to help me. Your girlfriend probably could use the help more than I do.” Johnny says.
“Well I do live here now, so it’s gotta get clean or I’m living in a pig pen! And Julie isn’t my girlfriend.” You say.
“Oh. Sorry, I just assumed that you two coming out of the same room together…”
“Eh, long story. But she’s just my friend and I consoled her on a troubling topic. It got emotional and she slept in my room, though I’m fairly certain Julie wishes it had gone farther.”
“Hm, I see. Well your sister didn’t mention you had a girlfriend when she spoke about you last night, so I was sort of wondering.”
“Wow, I must’ve really pissed my sister off yesterday if she was talking about me to a stranger. Would’ve thought she would’ve been focusing on other things during a party. What exactly did she say?”
“Are you sure you want to know?” Johnny asks.
“It probably isn’t going to be anything I haven’t already heard before from her, so go ahead.”
“Well…she was sort of drunk when she started talking to me. I was actually surprised, since a girl like her doesn’t normally just go up and talk to a guy like me, well at least not when there are other guys around. Anyway, she at first propositioned me to go into the basement with her. When I declined, she got more hostile and started calling me a faggot and said I didn’t know how to have fun just like her sister Suzy.”
“And that’s when she went on a tirade?”
“Yeah, I was about to leave her since it isn’t my idea of a good time to be ranted at and insulted, but she grabbed my arm and practically forced me to listen. She went on about you being good and perfect and never doing anything wrong. Basically she said all this stuff about you as if they were supposed to be bad things, but I didn’t see it. I guess that just made her even madder so she eventually told me to fuck off and later on I saw her leave with that group I mentioned earlier.”
“Yeah sounds like her. (Sigh) I jut hope she hasn’t gone and done anything more stupid than usual. Family. What can ya do?” you say.
“Heh, don’t need to tell me. I had an older sister just like your younger one. Partied all the time, lot of sex, lot of drugs, pissed my mom off something fierce when we were still living with her.” Johnny says continuing to pick up cans and placing them in a bag.
“Oh I got an older sister too, but she’s even worse than Donna.”
“Party girl too huh?”
“No, she’s just a fucking sadistic bully. Had to put up with her abuse for years.”
“Your older sister sounds like my mother.”
While the tone of his voice reflects no anger though, you notice when Johnny mentions that, his hand crushes one of the beer cans he has. He looks at it briefly and then tosses it in the bag.
You wonder if you should stop talking altogether, but Johnny has already noticed that you’ve been staring at what he’s done.
“Sorry, bad memories. I didn’t meant to scare you there.” Johnny says.
“I wasn’t scared, just more surprised. We can get off the topic of families.”
“Heh, actually I was thinking we were kind of bonding a bit. Sounds like both of us come from fucked up families. Probably made us stronger right?”
“I dunno. I mean I suppose I’ve survived, not sure if that’s the same thing. I mean this is like the second day I’ve spent away from home. I only moved out yesterday and only then due to being under duress from my sister Kelly. I’ve always been a bit introverted and spent most of my life avoiding the outside world.”
“Eh, you’re not missing much. To be honest, I’m almost jealous you managed to do it for so long. I’m a bit of an introvert too, but occasionally I to mix with the crowd as it were. Just to see if I feel any different. Hence one of the reasons why I came to your friend’s party last night.”
“And?”
“And, I don’t feel any different. Just like I figured. It’s like I spoke with several other people last night even before your sister and everyone was just…dull…boring…like they were just empty shells. Like they weren’t even real people to me. To be quite honest before your sister started complaining about you to me, I was getting bored and nearly left the party.” Johnny says as he motions over to a few of the sleeping lumps still in the living room.
“What about your friend that you came with?”
“Oh him? I came here independently of him. Hell, he didn’t even show up. Really, he’s more of an acquaintance than a friend anyway…”
Johnny’s eyes sort of glaze over when he says this and he breaks in the middle of his sentence. Almost like he’s in a different “place.” ‘
“Johnny?” you say.
“Hrm? Sorry, I just kind of spaced out there. Anyway as I was saying, you haven’t missed much by not being a social butterfly, I think this group here is proof of that. And as far as not being strong, you’re stronger than you think. Despite coming from a dysfunctional family, you haven’t succumbed to drug and sex filled escapism like your younger sister and you obviously haven’t grown to become a mean bully like your older sister. The fact that you told me you spent the night consoling your best friend rather than indulging in some sort of meaningless hedonistic pleasure tells me that you’re a kind and gentle soul. That’s a rarity in this shitty world.”
You have to admit, as strange as this Johnny is, you do get the sense he’s being genuine when he says this to you.
“Well thank you Johnny.” You say.
Just as you’re about to converse more with him, you hear some loud noise coming from the second floor. You hear a man’s voice and a female voice, and then a very familiar voice. Sounds like Julie and it sounds like she’s gone back to distracting herself from last night’s concerns.
“Oh yes! Ohhhh yeah! Give it to me daddy!” you hear Julie scream.
A little disturbing choice of words considering what you both talked about last night.
Some of the people sleeping in the living room are even awakened by this. One of them looks at his watch and immediately runs out the front door like he’s late for something. A couple of others return to sleep.
“Sounds like your friend is feeling better.” Johnny says a little disdainfully.
“Mm, well she always was one to get over things quickly. Well looks like we’re all done in this room anyway.”
“Yeah, hey why don’t you take a break? I mean obviously we don’t need to clean this place spotlessly. Your friend Julie is just going to have another party tonight right?” Johnny says.
“True. Yeah, I guess you’re right. No point in me cleaning especially if Julie isn’t even going to be helping anymore, but what about you?” you ask.
“Me? Well I’m just going to dump out the trash and maybe pick up a few more of the bottles in the kitchen on the way. I’ll probably also take another pursue down in the basement. It was a mess down there, but I think I cleaned most of it. Nearly tripped on a bad step down there though. Anyway then I guess I’ll head home, I need the sleep anyway seeing as I haven’t been yet.”
“You didn’t sleep here?”
“Nope. I’ve been awake the whole time, but I find I’m more of a night owl and don’t sleep much anyway.”
“Well I understand that, but I’m just surprised you stayed. You told me you were getting bored with the party and were about to go home at one point.”
“Ah, but I also mentioned that after your sister complained about you to me, my interest was increased.” Johnny says.
You pause because you almost can’t believe what he’s implying.
“Wait a minute. Are you saying you just stayed at the party through the night AND this morning just to meet me at some point? Just solely based on what my sister bitched about to you?”
“What can I say? You sounded interesting and after speaking with you I can see I wasn’t wrong.”
Johnny smiles and you smile with a nervous laugh. On one hand it’s a little stalkerish and combined with Johnny’s oddness, he’s starting to come off a lot creepier.
On the other hand, in a strange way you’re sort of flattered. You always did attract the weird ones Suzy.
“Wow…I’m not exactly sure what to say to that.” You say.
“No need to say anything. The pleasure of speaking with you is all mine. Oh but one more thing, did you want me to get rid of these useless sloths still sleeping in the living room before I leave?”
“Well, they’re probably just going to be here for tonight’s party, so might as well just leave ‘em I suppose. No need to trouble yourself.”
“Okay then, as I said, it was nice talking with you Suzy.”
“It was…interesting talking with you too Johnny.” You reply back and head towards your room as Johnny starts taking a couple of garbage bags to the kitchen.
What a strange person. Even stranger is that your self-esteem has been a little boosted by Johnny’s stalkerish behavior.
Before Johnny’s praising of you, in the back of your mind you were still a little upset about Bobby and starting to realize you were alone again. Not that you had any major problems with being alone and you’re certainly used to it, but it still was nice to have a boyfriend every now and then.
After Johnny going on about how most people suck and putting you on a minor pedestal you don’t feel as bad anymore about Bobby. Screw him right? He’s the one missing out.
You enter your room and lock your door fully content on tuning out the rest of the world like you always do. You go back to fucking around on the Internet, playing games and when the mood strikes you, getting out your mechanical “boyfriend” who never disappoints you.
Hours pass…
Eventually the silence from outside your door becomes less silent. Looks like Julie’s party is getting started or at least getting louder.
You don’t really pay it too much mind as you pretty much managed to block it somewhat yesterday, but then you get a knock on the door.
“Julie?” you ask instinctively.
“Um, no it’s me.” A familiar voice answers.
“Johnny?” you say and then slowly get up to answer the door.
You open it up a little and see Johnny standing before you (Along with some party people passing by in the hallway).
“Hi again.” He says with a brief smile.
“What are you doing here? Did you even go home?” you ask.
“Oh yeah, I did, but just as I was finishing up in the kitchen, your friend Julie had come in to get some more booze. She mentioned that she appreciated my cleaning up and invited me back for tonight’s party. So I came back.”
“Really?”
“Well technically she also invited me to come join her and the couple up in her room, but I declined as you might aspect. Not an orgy guy.”
“Yeah, which is why I’m really wondering why you came back at all. I mean I have to live here, but this really isn’t your thing. You said as much earlier today.”
“I know what I said…but I also said…”
Johnny’s expression becomes… not quite flustered, not quite angry, but more like he’s having a hard time and you’ve just put him on the spot.
“(Sigh) Look. This is really difficult for me. I’m probably coming off like a creepy stalker and god knows you probably get a lot of guys hitting on you…but I like you. I know that sounds like third grade shit, but there it is. I really like you and I’d like to get to know you better. That’s why I came back tonight.”
Oddly that was honest enough to actually be kind of charming. Lot better than the “Show us your tits” pick up line that you’ve heard before.
Then again, Johnny is still pretty damn weird and much like how you didn’t want to lead on Julie; you don’t necessarily want to lead Johnny on either.