Welcome to my life, Chapter 7
Title: Welcome to my life
Genre: slash, drama, fluffy, angst
Pairing: David Desrosiers/ Pierre Bouvier
Fandom: Simple Plan
Rating: PG-15
Summary: Pierre Bouvier is a 17-year old boy who is an outsider at school ‘cause he is too afraid to get to know anyone due to his experiences at his previous school.
David is his classmate who is bullied and gets beaten up almost everyday. What happens when one day their paths cross?
Disclaimer: I don’t own the characters, the story is a product of my imagination and I don’t get paid for this.
Chapter 7. First date
David’s PoV.
After the phone call ended, I took my school books in front of me on the desk and started doing my homework. It was quickly done, since I didn’t have a lot of homework. I put my school books away and started to get ready for my date. I was a bit nervous, but also excited ‘cause it was the first official date of my life. I decided to even go to shower so I walked over to the bathroom, took off my clothes and stepped into the shower.
After stepping out of the shower, I dry myself on my towel and my hair with a hairdryer. After that I walked back to my room with the towel around my hips and put on clean boxers. And then I got struck by a crisis of what to wear on a date. What the hell should I wear? I decided to start from the easiest part which was the pants and chose one of my black skinny jeans. Eventually I ended up with a red t-shirt and black dress shirt. I put the clothes on and put my hair a bit better. I also put some eyeliner on.
It was a few minutes to five when I put on my jacket and shoes. I said my goodbyes to Linda and stepped outside before walking to the sidewalk to wait for Pierre.
Soon his mom’s red Toyota Corolla arrived in front of me. I opened the door and sat in the passenger seat.
“Hi”, I greeted him as I fastened my seat belt.
“Hey”, he answered and leaned in to give a small peck on my lips over the console.
Then he straightened himself up in his seat smiling at me before starting to drive again.
“Should we drive around a little before going to the bowling alley?” Pierre asked.
“Yeah, sure”, I answered and smiled at him.
I took a bit more comfortable position in my seat and looked at the views that were passing by. Pierre had a Green Day album playing in the CD player of the car and he was humming along to it quietly as he was driving steadily forward.
Eventually we arrived at the bowling alley. Pierre parked the car safely into one of the spots on the parking lot and turned off the engine. We unfastened our seat belts but didn’t get out of the car just yet. Instead, like we had made a wordless agreement, we leaned towards each other and our lips met each other over the console. We smiled at each other as we pulled away from the kiss.
“I missed you”, Pierre admitted, blushing slightly, making me smile even wider, if it was even possible.
“I missed you too”, I answered.
“Should we go to eat first at the steakhouse that’s next to the bowling alley?” Pierre asked.
“Yeah, sure”, I answered and smiled at him.
Soon we sat in the restaurant, waiting for our orders. We sat at a table in the corner of the restaurant, holding each other’s hands under the table.
“I hope I don’t ruin the mood, but I wanted to ask, how was your last day in the torture chamber?” I asked cautiously.
“You’re not ruining the mood”, Pierre said and smiled at me gently.
“It went actually very well. I didn’t get beaten up and they didn’t bully me with words much either since I did such a good job avoiding them. The only thing they did was call me a wuss when I was waiting for mom in front of the principal’s office, but luckily mom and the principal came out of the room at the right time to hear it so they got in trouble and had to apologize to me”, Pierre answered with a grin. I chuckled a bit spitefully.
“They deserved it”, I said.
“The principal wanted to talk to me as well. He asked how long had this been going on and when I told him that for me it started when I started talking to you, he asked why we never told him or anyone about it earlier. And then he asked me to tell the names of all the bullies I knew or remembered so he could punish them. He asked me to tell you that he’s sorry for what we had to go through and he only wishes us the best”, Pierre said and smiled at me after he finished his story.
“Oh… I didn’t even think of telling anyone, they probably would’ve killed us after that”, I said.
“Yeah, that’s what I said. I told him that in my previous school they just started bullying me even more when I told my mom about it”, Pierre said. I squeezed his hand comfortingly under the table.
“Yeah, but let’s talk about something more pleasant now”. I said and smiled at him. Pierre smiled back at me and we started talking about our favorite subject, music.
After eating and bowling, it was a bit over seven pm and we were sitting in Pierre’s mom’s car in the parking lot. Bowling had gone surprisingly well for me, even though Pierre had won every game. But in my defense I had been bowling only a couple times in my life and those times were years ago.
“I had so much fun”, I said and smiled at Pierre.
“Nice to hear. So did I”, he answered, smiling back at me.
“I was thinking if we drove to the park close to your current home”, he continued.
“Yeah, sounds good”, I said. I knew there was a park close to Linda’s house although I hadn’t gone there yet. Maybe it would be good to get to know my current surroundings.
We fastened our seat belts before Pierre started the car. The car started moving and I couldn’t help but admire Pierre’s driving skills in my mind since I didn’t even have the licence.
Eventually we arrived at the parking lot of the park after doing a little sightseeing with the car, where Pierre parked the car.
As I was unfastening my seat belt, Pierre had already jumped out of the car and opened the door for me, like a gentleman. I stepped out of the car and Pierre closed the door behind me as he also locked it.
“Thanks”, I said and smiled at him. He smiled back at me before wrapping his arms around me and pulling me into a hug that I answered by wrapping my arms around him. He shared a kiss before pulling away and starting to walk into the park hand in hand, talking about random stuff.
After walking for a while we spotted an empty bench by the avenue and decided to sit there for a while.
“I was thinking, if it’s okay for Linda, would you like to stay the night at our place tomorrow?” Pierre asked, turning to look at me.
“I asked my mom already and she was fine with it”, he continued and smiled.
“Yeah, of course”, I answered a bit surprised and smiled at him.
Pierre wrapped his arms around me and pulled me into a tight hug.
“Good. I hope Linda is also fine with it”, he said.
We sat there for some time just cuddling and talking until we decided to keep on walking. We walked around the park before heading back to the car.
Soon Pierre pulled the car in front of Linda’s driveway and we got out of the car. He came to me and wrapped his arms around me once again so he could hug me. I answered the hug by wrapping my arms behind his neck.
“Thanks for the nice date”, I said and smiled at him.
“Thanks for you too”, Pierre answered and kissed me.
Soon we pulled away from the kiss, smiling at each other.
“I’ll see you tomorrow”, Pierre said.
“Yeah, if Linda lets me come there for the night”, I said, my smile dying down a little.
Pierre petted my arm and smiled at me encouragingly.
“I think she won’t mind. And if she doesn’t let you stay the night, at least you can spend the entire day at our place”, he said, making me smile again.
“Yeah, you’re right”, I said.
“I’ll see you tomorrow then”, I continued.
Pierre kissed me one more time before I started heading towards Linda’s front door. Pierre leaned against his mom’s car as he watched me walk away with a smile on his lips. As I got to the door, I turned to look at him and smiled and waved at him before opening the door and stepping inside.
“Hi!” I called out to Linda as I started taking off my shoes in the hallway.
Linda came to the hallway just when I had set my shoes by the wall.
“Hey, David. Did you have fun?” she asked and smiled at me.
I had told her that I was going to have dinner and bowling with my friend ‘cause obviously she always wanted to know where I was going.
“Yeah, I did”, I answered and smiled back at her.
“That’s nice to hear”, she said.
“My friend invited me to stay overnight tomorrow”, I said.
“Is it okay for you if I go?” I asked.
“Yes, it’s okay”, Linda answered and smiled at me. Although soon her smile disappeared.
“It’s actually a good idea ‘cause I’m going tomorrow to your house to go through and pack your mother’s things and it’ll probably take all day and evening”, she said. I nodded.
“Thanks”, I said.
“Do you want something to eat?” Linda asked and smiled at me again.
“Yeah, maybe I could eat something. I’m just gonna call my friend first to let him know”, I answered and smiled.
Linda nodded before heading back to the kitchen while I started heading towards my room.
In my room I waited for a moment before calling Pierre just to be sure he would be back home when I called him.
“Hi”, he answered when I finally called him.
“Hi”, I said and smiled.
“I asked Linda and she said that it’s okay for me to come there and stay overnight. She’s apparently going to my old home to pack up my mom’s things tomorrow”, I informed him.
“That’s great!” Pierre exclaimed, sounding excited.
“Do you wanna come over around noon? I could meet you somewhere on the way”, he suggested.
“Yeah, sounds good”, I said and smiled.
We agreed that I’ll call Pierre when I have woken up before ending the phone call.
After the phone call I changed into more comfortable clothes before I went back downstairs and into the kitchen. Linda has taken a big selection of different kinds of breads and bread toppings on the table. There were also a couple different juices, a water jug, a can of milk and also a jar of cocoa powder on the table. I looked at the table astonished. Linda sat by the table and turned to look at me as I just stood there wordless. She noticed the expression on my face and chuckled.
“I didn’t really know what kind of bread you like or what you usually eat with it so I took a little bit of everything”, Linda said and smiled.
“Oh, and just let me know if you want something else from the grocery store”, she added.
“Yeah, it’s okay. And yeah, I’ll let you know, although I don’t think that’ll be a problem”, I said after recovering from the shock a bit and smiled at her.
“I’ve probably never seen as much food in cabinets as during this week I’ve been living here”, I continued. Linda smiled at me as I sat opposite her by the table.
I took a bread roll and put some butter, cheese and cucumber on it. I also poured some apple juice in my glass.
“I’m gonna go to your place first thing in the morning so don’t panic if I’m not here when you wake up”, Linda said as I was eating my bread roll. I nodded.
After I had finished eating, I helped Linda to clear the table. After we had cleared the table she thanked me and wished me goodnight before heading to bed. I wasn’t tired yet so I decided to go to the living room to watch a movie. It was only nine pm on a Friday night so there would probably be several movies on the TV.
Linda’s living room was on the left side of the hallway viewed from the front door, as the kitchen was on the right side. I stepped into the living room from the sliding doors, closing the doors behind me. I sat on the black leather couch, turned on the TV and started surfing through the channels. There were three channels that had a movie starting. The first channel was showing a horror-comedy movie called Gremlins. I turned quickly to the second channel since I would never watch any horror movies by myself. The other channel had Dumb and Dumber movie starting. I turned on the last channel to see that Reservoir Dogs- movie was about to start there. I decided to watch Dumb and Dumber- movie.
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In the morning I woke up as I heard the front door slam shut. I opened my eyes confusedly and realized that I had fallen asleep on the couch in the living room after the movie. I looked at the time from my phone and noticed that it was ten am. By the sound of the front door slamming shut I figured that Linda had just left to go to my old house. I sat up on the couch and yawned, wondering if Pierre was awake already. I decided to call him nevertheless, since that’s what we agreed on last night.
“Hey”, Pierre answered the phone almost immediately.
“Hi, I didn’t wake you up, did I?” I asked. He chuckled.
“I wouldn’t have answered this fast if I had been asleep. I woke up about an hour ago when mom started making breakfast downstairs, a bit too loudly for my liking”, he answered.
“I just woke up. I had fallen asleep in the living room and I woke up when Linda left”, I said.
“Oh, she left already?” Pierre asked, sounding a bit surprised.
“Yeah, she said last night that she’s gonna leave early ‘cause she has a lot to do”, I answered.
“Oh okay. Maybe I could come there so I could see the house also from the inside and then we could walk here together?” Pierre suggested.
“Yeah, sounds nice”, I answered.
“So you walk here?” I asked.
“Yeah. Is it okay if I start heading there after half an hour?” Pierre asked.
“Yeah, it’s okay. I’ll start getting ready”, I answered.
“Good, I’ll see you in an hour”, Pierre said.
We said our goodbyes before ending the phone call.
After the phone call ended, I practically ran upstairs into my room. I was a bit sweaty after sleeping in my hoodie so I decided to throw most of the clothes I was wearing into my laundry basket and take a quick shower. After the shower I dried my hair and put on clean boxers, black jeans, white t-shirt and a black hoodie.
After putting on my clothes, I quickly packed my overnight bag and at the same time threw some stuff into my closet from my floor so my room looked clean. After that I headed downstairs to make some coffee. I made a couple extra cups of coffee in case Pierre wanted to have some too ‘cause he might be here anytime.
I just managed to eat my breakfast sandwich and drink a cup of coffee before the doorbell rang. I got up from the kitchen chair and walked over to the front door.
I opened the door before greeting Pierre with a smile and letting him in. He closed the door behind him.
“Hey”, he answered my greeting with a smile and pulled me into a hug. I answered the hug and soon I felt his lips on mine.
Soon we pulled away from both the kiss and the hug and he took his jacket and shoes off.
“Would you like to have some coffee? I made a bit too much in case you wanted some”, I asked and smiled.
“Yeah, I could have some coffee”, he answered and smiled at me.
I nodded and started heading towards the kitchen as Pierre followed me. I took a clean mug out of the cabinet and poured coffee in it. Rest of the coffee I poured into my own mug. I gave one of the mugs to Pierre who thanked me with a smile and sat by the table. I sat on the opposite side of the table with my own mug of coffee.
Pierre’s PoV.
After drinking our coffees, David started showing me around his aunt’s house. He led me first into the living room through white sliding doors that were opposite to the kitchen.
“So this is where you slept last night?” I asked as I remembered that David had told me that he had fallen asleep on the couch. David nodded and chuckled.
“Yeah, I woke up from this couch a couple hours ago”, he answered.
I smiled at him before looking around in the living room. It was pretty nice, the walls were white and the floor was light brown hardwood. In the middle of the living room there was a black leather couch and two leather armchairs around a black coffee table. Opposite to the couch there was a big, wooden bookshelf by the wall that had a TV and a lot of books on it.
Behind the couch there were two doors that were leading into other rooms. One of the doors led me into a toilet which was very basic and the other one led me into an office that was even more basic with a wooden desk, two desk chairs and some cabinets. There were also sliding doors leading out to the backyard from the living room, but I settled for just looking at the backyard from the window, not really wanting to go out to the chilly October weather just yet.
From the living room we started heading upstairs. The stairs were located in the hallway between the kitchen and the living room and as we walked up the stairs, they led us into a hallway that looked exactly like the one downstairs. As we got upstairs, David told me that on the right was his room and on the left was Linda’s bedroom, en-suite and guest room. We decided to leave David’s room for last and looked into the guest room first. It was quite a basic bedroom with a bed and a closet. There was a door that led us into the en-suite. It was also quite a basic bathroom, but besides the toilet and the sink, it also had a bathtub. The ensuite was also connected to Linda’s bedroom so we walked through the bathroom into Linda’s room.
In Linda’s bedroom there was a row of closets on the left side of the room viewing from the bathroom door. In the middle of the room there was a double bed and nightstands on both sides of it. In front of the bed, there was a drawer.
We walked through Linda’s room and walked across the hallway into David’s room.
I thought David’s room was the nicest even though he hadn’t decorated it himself other than putting on the posters on his wall. He even had his own en-suite, just like I did at my home.
David sat on his bed and after I had looked around his room enough, I sat there next to him.
“You have a nice room”, I said and smiled at David. He nodded.
“Yeah, I like it too. I was surprised how nicely Linda had decorated this”, he said and smiled.
“Where are your lessons?” I asked curiously.
“Usually in that office downstairs”, David answered and smiled at me. I nodded. David got to answer a couple more questions about home school that I had been wondering about.
“Are you nervous about going to the new school?” David asked. I nodded.
“I’m fucking terrified”, I answered. David wrapped his arms around me.
“It’s gonna be alright”, he said and smiled at me encouragingly. I nodded. I wanted to believe him, I wanted to believe that everything was going to go just fine, but I couldn’t help, but feel scared about starting a new school.
We hung out a while more in David’s room before we decided to start heading towards my home. We put on our jackets and shoes. I grabbed David’s bag as he made sure that everything was okay in Linda’s house. After he had checked that everything was like it was supposed to be, we stepped out into the chilly autumn weather and started heading towards my place.
After walking for about twenty minutes, we arrived at my home street. We stopped a bit before our driveway like we had some kind of wordless agreement and grinned at each other. David’s bag dropped on the ground next to us as I wrapped my arms around him and he wrapped his arms around my neck. I leaned down a bit to kiss David. He answered the kiss and we kissed for a couple minutes until pulling away. We hugged each other before David grabbed his bag and we walked through our driveway to the front door.
David’s PoV.
After taking off our shoes and jackets and greeting Pierre’s mom in the hallway, we went upstairs into his room. He closed the door behind us as I put my bag on the floor. I looked around in the room that had become very familiar to me lately, it felt like it was my room as well as it was Pierre’s. On the right side of the door there was Pierre’s bed, which was wide for a single bed and a nightstand next to it. Next to the foot of the bed there was a door that led into Pierre’s en-suite. On the left side of the room, opposite to Pierre’s bed, there was Pierre’s desk, desk chair and a closet. In the middle of the room there was a white carpet. Although at the moment I couldn’t see it ‘cause there was already a mattress laying on top of it for me to sleep on.
I woke up from my thoughts as Pierre grabbed my hand and led me to sit on his bed with him. Pierre put on the debut album of Blink-182 before we went to sit on his bed with our backs against the wall. He pulled me into a cuddle and I wrapped my arms around his body. I sighed happily, for once in my life, Pierre’s embrace was probably the most comfortable place in the world. I felt so unreal. I still couldn’t believe that finally someone I liked, liked me back and actually wanted to be with me.