Fury

[Fraroc]

Chapter Eight Part Two


Marissa is doing some spying......




For the past week, Marissa had lots of suspicion that Karilla has a romantic interest in Mike and seeing Karilla hug Mike while he was shirtless almost confirmed that they had a thing for each other, but she had to find out for absolute sure. She walks behind the stable by the silo to see Karilla and Mike ostensibly flirting with each other like there’s no tomorrow and then embracing in a tight hug.

“I KNEW IT! They are SO together!!" She whispers to herself.




Marissa then walks over to the silo and proverbially 'crashes the party'.

“KARILLA JOHNSON FINALLY MAKES HER MOVE!!!!! Jesus Christ, it’s about time, your heartbeat has been driving me crazy for weeks!” Marissa yells.

“WHAT THE HELL!” Mike shouts at Marissa

“MARISSA!!! HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF SOMETHING CALLED ‘PRIVACY’??!!!?!”

“HA! Admit it! You and Mike totally are an item!”




“OK! You caught us Marissa....me and Karilla are...together...”

“O.M.G. I totally anticipated this! When you first came to the stables, Karilla told me how hot you were and as soon as I saw you, I TOTALLY saw you and her getting together one day!!”




An ecstatic Marissa leapt and gave her best friend a hug in congratulations for her.

“I am so happy for you two!!” Marissa squeals at the top of her voice.
"Thanks, sweetie!"




Hours later, Michael Schaefer walks down the main staircase to Jack’s house wearing a slick outfit consisting of black pants, a red collared shirt unbuttoned, and a black blazer.

“Well look at you...Wouldn't expect a horse-wranglin' cowboy like you to be so willin' to dress up for a girl!"
“Well, a little known fact is that all the men in the Schaefer family always looked sharp in suits."
"Where are you guys going for this date?"
"Me and Karilla are going to my favorite steakhouse in town. Our reservations are for 8:00 and...Karilla is still getting ready.




“HERE I AM!!!! MISS AMERICA!!!”

Karilla sang as she strutted down the stairs, wearing a very regal-looking pure satin dress and inexcusably expensive Gucci pumps.




“Whoa.....you look absolutley......”
“Mike, I think the word you’re looking for is 'beautiful' and you really look that Karilla, very elegant. I hope you guys have fun on your first date!”
“Well technically, Me and Mike have been together for a week now....”




Mike and Karilla spent their first date at a nice steakhouse on the other side of Crystal Falls, near where Mike grew up as a kid. Karilla had a salad while Mike had a ½ lb sirloin steak with mashed potatoes and gravy. (“Where the hell does he put it? He has such an appetite yet he's ripped has hell.” Karilla wondered) after they ate, the couple engaged in a powerful conversation that would further stregnthen their relationship.

“Mike......we’ve been boyfriend and girlfriend for about a week now and you never really told me much about yourself.”
“What is there to know? Ok, I was born in 1988 which makes me 24 years old...I am the oldest of two boys....and...Oh yeah. I was arrested.
“Arrested?! For what?”
“I was drunk one day and beat the sh*t out of someone that I thought was annoying me, of course it was my own imagination because I was totally on Planet Four Loko. And to this day it still bothers me that I was so stupid that I did that...I’ve been sober for about a month now. When I got the job at the stables, I promised that I would never get drunk or smoke marijuana again for any reason whatsoever.”
“Well, that’s good to hear...”
“I was such a douche to everyone back then... It really explains why my little brother Kevin hates me now.”




“Really? What happened?"
"No Karilla...it's a pretty sad story...You'll probably cry."
"Mike...part of being together is that we can trust each other and you can tell me anything...seriously...”
“Alright, I'll tell you. I bullied my little brother. Looking back...it was probably because I was so jealous that Kevin was getting all the attention back when I was a kid because he was the youngest by 5 years and was over-protected by my folks. Kevin wasn’t athletic, but he didn’t like eating so he was always very scrawny. I on the other hand was extremely athletic and I dreamt about being a pro in the NFL. I was also incredibly popular in high school while Kevin was socially-awkward and didn’t have many friends at all. Me and my friends.......(sniff)......I...I’m sorry, Karilla...
(“Wait a minute! Is that a tear? Is he crying?” Karilla thought to herself)
“Me and my friends used to literally torture that poor kid....I used to call him names such as “homo” and the other F-word. Whenever I drove him to school, I used to drop him off blocks away from school in order to avoid being seen with him because I thought he would make my image look bad. Some of my...f***ing disgusting 'friends' even told him to his face that he was worthless and should go kill himself...and I just laughed....And, I’m surprised he was strong enough not to end his own life...Kevin is currently 19 years old and in college. He’s no longer that scrawny little weakling. He’s been working out for a long time, so now he’s absolutely jacked, he’s much more athletic now and he’s on the school’s lacrosse team and he is literally chest-deep in hot college girls, very similar to me at that age. Only one difference, Unlike me, Kevin is a good kid. Unless he had to, he would NEVER hurt a fly, he never did drugs, he never smoked weed and only rarely has a beer with his friends.
There is only one person Kevin hates, and that’s me. I was such a sh*tty big brother to him. I don’t blame him at all. I just wish there was some way....to let him know I’m not that person anymore and that I want to be a real big bro to him....I want to let Kevin know that.....I love him.....”




Karilla is at an absolute loss of words. This is the side of Mike that she’s been looking for, a sweet, loving and caring man. She tries to help him in any way she can.

“Mikey....that...is literally the saddest story I ever heard....I think what you need to do is to visit your little brother at whatever he goes to school and apologize to him, let him know that you’re not a bad person and he’ll forgive you......I forgive you, for whatever you’ve done in the past...”
“No Karilla, you don’t understand. I have relentlessly bullied that poor kid all his life, he has every right to hate my guts!”
“’Hate’ is a very strong word, Mike. He doesn’t hate you; he’s still hurt by what you’ve done to him. But you have the power to make things right. So please.....one day find the time to visit Kevin...and tell him your sorry.”


“Karilla.....I.....I love you...”

Before Karilla and Mike even knew what they were doing........




They locked lips.