Finding Out

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June 15, 2005, Thursday4

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"So Ems, wanna have a sleepover at my house during the weekend?" I say  while walking to home from school with Emily, she lives right next to me, coincidentally... bonus point! "Sounds like fun! I'll ask my parents will let me." She replies brightly. We arrive home, "Bye Ems!" I say in a cheery voice. She chuckles "Bye Kurt." I see her smile, a smile she only gives me... Sometimes I wonder if she still feels the same... I know I don't but I also know that deep in my heart, I will always love her... just not the way I used to...6

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I hear my dad yelling, "What do you mean I'm fired?! I'm your best lawyer!" Fired? I guess he's talking on the phone. I move closer and eavesdrop, yes I know that eavesdropping is not a good thing but, I need to know. "Manfred, I'm sorry but we're closing down, our firm's not doing well at the moment." "You don't need to state the obvious," dad says harshly "look, I'm sorry but I need this job! There's  no more jobs available that is near Kurt's school, I can't go back to Germany, I can't take him away from his best friend..." I back away, not wanting to hear anymore and run to my room as fast and quietly as I can and lay in my bed. "Go back to Germany." The words rang into my ears over and over again. My life is over! How am I going to tell Ems? I can't speak German. I can understand a little bit but, I can't speak it. The only thing I know about it is that the capital is Berlin! Worry overcomes me as I go back outside only to see my dad worn out the couch. "Kurt! You're home already," he says standing up and sounding surprised, "I didn't hear you!" anger replaced worry and I suddenly spat out, "Probably because you were too busy talking on the phone!" He sighs and sits down with genuine sincerity in his eyes, yes I can see from here! he asks, "You heard that." I reply, "Hai."(yes, I know Japanese) "Sit down then, I need to talk to you." He says sincerely. I sit down to the couch opposite to him without a word. "Do we really have to go back to Germany?" he sighs for the second time, "Unfortunately, yes, we do." a hint of sadness in his voice. Tears threaten me to come out but I use my technique to stop them, the relax technique: I exhale deeply, yes I know it's simple."When are we leaving?" I say calmly. "Sunday, 5pm." He says now looking straight into my eyes. "Okay, um... can Ems still...?" I trail off, "Sure, but first, pack up your stuff." he says standing up. I stand up, "Oh and Kurt, call her first." he says with a wink, expecting me to blush like every other time he said that. But it's different know and I don't blush anymore. I make my way to my room and plan to call her at 5. It's 3:30 now. I count to ten to keep myself from crying then I choose to go outside and play tennis with a ball and string, I use a Babolat racquet. Out of the blue, I lift my black Slazenger shirt up until it's just above my stomach and I see... a six pack?! "Oyaji!" I shouted while running into the house...10

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I think that smile just gave me away, after all Kurt is a body language reader, I guess he got it from his dad. *sigh* I'm hopelessly in love with him... gosh! Stop it... "It's your fault!" I hear my dad yell. *sigh* another day, another fight, I just don't understand why they keep fighting. "No it's your fault!" my mom counters. *sigh* I make my way to my room until I hear, "That's it I can't take it anymore! I want a divorce!" My dad yells. My heart freezes... what did he just say? Divorce? I run into the kitchen as fast as my legs can take me. "Hold on! Dad, did you just say divorce?!" I say. He sighs, "Yes Emily, your mom and I want a divorce." "WHAT? WHY?" It's mom's turn to sigh, "Too many problems, we don't expect you to understand but, you and Sarah are going back to Australia. I can't handle you guys anymore." "B-but... your a mom, dad can't take care of BOTH of us." "I'm sorry, Ems but, we've already made the decision." My dad says sympathetically while pointing to the papers on the table, I make my way to the papers. They're not lying, it's all written right there, tears fall out of my eyes, I wish Kurt was here... "Ems, um... in order for me to get a new job, we have to... movetoAustralia." My dad says so fast that it takes me a while to comprehend it, "MOVE TO AUSTRALIA?!" I yell at the top of my lungs, this time, tears burst, "I'm sorry Ems..." my dad says. I run to my room, crying my heart out, what am I going to tell Kurt? Pok! I hear a tennis ball getting hit, I run to my window and see Kurt hitting the ball gracefully, I love watching him play tennis, the way his hair moves with the wind, it's abnormal for a kid his age to play tennis at that level. Suddenly, he stops and lifts his shirt, what is he doing? He looks and something he sees makes him jump, "Oyaji!"He yells while running into his house... what happened? "Ems, as a goodbye to Kurt, do want to have a sleepover at his house?" dad says from the locked door, "Yes." I say normally. "Call him, you know his number." he says, I can hear a fading chuckle while I blush a hint of pink... time to call him...16

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"Oyaji! Oyaji! Look a six pack." I yel while in the house, I hear the sound of coughing. "What?!" my dad says while running into the living room with diesbelief on his face, "Look!" I say while lifting my shirt up to above my stomach. "Yup, those are real." my dad sayse while gazing at my stomach, I lift my shirt down and the phone rings, "I'll get it dad!" I say while running to the black phone. "Hello, Gavin residence, Konrad Gavin speaking." I say casually, "Kurt." The voice says, it makes me jump, it's Ems, "Ems? What did your parents say?" I say trying to hide the worry in my voice, "They said yes, I'm going over now." she says in her normal voice, "Okay, I'll be waiting. Bye." "Bye." I exhale and run for the door, I've never been this nervous in my life! First of all, I find out I have a six pack, second of all, my best friend is coming over only to find out that I'll be moving and probably never see her again. The telling her part is unavoidable... Ding! Dong! Oh no! She's here! What do I say? What do I say? I open the door calmly even though my head says to open it and drag her into my room, "Hey Ems! Come in." I say with a painted smile and fake happy voice, she looks like she had just been crying, "Is something wrong, Ems?" I say sympathetically, "Yes... yes there is something wrong... can we talk in your room?" she replies with tears forming in her eyes, "Yes, of course." I say. She walks in, I close the door and she starts to make her way into my room. I exhale, this is going to be a long day...22

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We walk into my room without a word and we sit closely next to each other on my plain, white bed. "My parents..." she trails off, "What about them?" I ask her with concern in my eyes, "They... are getting divorced." she says trying to constipate the shakiness of her voice and her tears. I pull her close, "Ems, I'm sorry." I say with genuine sympathy, "It's okay, it's not your fault, I knew this was going to happen." She says, crying into my well-built chest, I slowly 'make' her lie down with me on my bed, she stays silently sobbing into my chest while I rub her back softly and slowly, "That's not all..." she trails off again, the shakiness clear in her angelic voice, "Dad's taking Sarah and I back to Australia..." she says crying harder into my chest, my heart stops then and there, a wave of relief and depression comes over me. I close my eyes and pull her closer, I exhale deeply, "Ems... My dad... he lost his job and... we're moving back to Germany." I say in a shaky voice. She ALMOST stops crying, we lay there for a few minutes, tears are threatening to come out of my eyes, "K-Kurt," she says while ceasing all her crying, "let's make the most of it, let's enjoy our last moments together..." she says keeping herself close to me, "Anything for you... Ems."26

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