An Unlikely Pair

Thinking
A couple? They couldn't be, could they? Why did it hurt to find out that they were together. It didn't concern him. Not really. It was only his first--and only-- male lover sleeping with the girl he had last slept with.

Anthony found it all very weird and very awkward to know that Terence and Ginny were a couple now. How could they leave him behind? All he wanted was to be loved. And love was the only thing he has had trouble finding.

He loved Michael. It was the kind of love that is forever, but never meant to be. He knew that, but he couldn't give Michael up. Michael didn't like being touched. And Anthony wasn't too good at waiting. The only kiss they shared was when he had lain in the hospital. The timing was all off.

He loved Cho. He loved her rather like he loved his own sister. And since Zelda meant the world to him, that was saying something. But Cho wasn't his sister and he knew that all too well. There were hints of feelings there that he didn't dare to discover for he was sure that would mean losing her friendship.

He loved Terence. It was the love of a naive young man that didn't exist anymore. He loved Ginny. It was the love of a confused young man that didn't exist anymore.

No. Anthony had changed. Michael's stepfather almost killed him, and although Michael's mother had helped torture him, he still owed her his life. He didn't like that. He'd give his life for Michael. Michael was the only one he was truly willing to do that for. He'd only die for Michael's mother if he had to.

Were there other times when he had felt aroused in one way or another? Sure. He remembered his visit to Oliver. Oliver, laying sick on the couch without his pants on... Yes that was arousing so was the begin of his lunchdate with Parvati. Before he noticed those stupid shoes of hers that is.

Still he was all alone. Picking someone up in a bar was just not his style. He had done that once... with Ginny. He had picked Ginny up in a bar. He shook his head. That girl really couldn't hold her liquor. Not that he was much better at it though.

Maybe he should pick up someone. Maybe he should settle down. He just didn't have the faintest idea with whom. It would have to be with a nice girl. Not one of his sister's friends. They reminded him too much of Michael.

But there really are much more girls... women then the few he was acquainted to.

What had Adam and Nicole done to him with all their talk of engagements and marriages? He should be the one to marry first. Or rather Zelda, but since she was a lesbian... he was the first. How he hated the pressure. He had now only a year and a half to get married if he was to marry first.