CHAPTER 6 — Revival
It’s the Monday after the gaming tournament, which means — back to school. Michael spends the majority of the morning thinking about what Maria had said to him. After he left her house that night, they talked on the phone for a bit, and she reminded him that her goal is to help him. She used the quote about giving a man a fish vs teaching him to fish. It makes sense, and he knows it’s true. Once she moves away, he’ll have to get a girlfriend on his own. But at the same time he feels a bit empty and sad. If only things could stay as they are… forever.
His mom drops him and Sarah off at school, and the day starts off a bit unusual for Michael. His whole life he’d gone under the radar, being unnoticed or cared about. But because he looks so different now, what with his new hair, new clothes, and a fancy bruise on his face to go along with it — some people, including the teachers didn’t recognize him right away, and were surprised and impressed by the improvement. Not only for his outer look, but the way he carried himself was more confident and happy.
When he gets to class he hears his name amongst the murmurs of his fellow students. He can’t quite hear what they are saying, but he notices some of the really hot girls in his class giving him cute looks and smiling at him. This makes his heart palpitate with excitement. He figures it must be the new look earning him the attention. He has Maria to thank for that. He feels even more confident now that he’ll be able to get himself a real girlfriend.
Michael sits with his friends, and it takes all of two seconds for one of them to bring up the million dollar question. “Doood… so like… are you actually… dating Maria?” Kevin asks, while he stares bewildered at his friend who looks like a completely different person.
Michael thinks for a moment, and then says “Uhhh, well… long story short — Maria and I are just friends.” There’s a moment of silence and then Ted chimes in.
“With benefits, right? Oh please tell me you’re getting benefits!” Michael doesn’t answer, but his poor attempt to hold back a smile tells it all. Ted squirms in his chair, clenching his fist and then slams it down hard on the desk. A few other students look over.
“You lucky fucking dipshit… I hate you, you know that?” Ted and Kevin then proceed to talk about how hot Maria is, and how she’s way out of his league, while Steve and Michael just look at each other and shrug with an amused smirk.
“Man… you gotta get video of it…” Ted begs.
“What…?” Michael responds annoyed.
“Listen to me… the next time you and Maria… you know… *ahem*… record that shit man…”
Michael just ignores him, as it’s Ted’s usual antics to be as perverted as possible. Besides, Michael doesn’t need video to remember his times with Maria.
Once lessons begins, Michael drifts away in thought. Daydreaming about how amazing his life has gotten recently, and how much fun he’s having with Maria. His eye glaze as he thinks about his last visit over at Maria’s house. The sex was so amazing. He closes his eyes and imagines it again. Seeing her body… moving so erotically… especially those hips.
He starts to feel a pain in his crotch, as his growing erection fights to press up under his tight jeans. This snaps him back to the classroom, and it’s already almost over. He relaxes and finishes up taking his notes just in time, before the chalkboard gets wiped clean.
Lunchtime rolls around but Michael realizes that he didn’t bring a lunch with him to school today, and so it looks like it’s cafeteria food again. He pats down his pockets to look for his wallet, only to feel nothing is there. He sighs. “Awesome…” So he decides instead that he’ll just go hang out in the computer room and play some games.
As he casually strolls through the halls with his hands in his pockets, he notices Steve and Sarah sitting by Steve’s locker, eating lunch together. He admires how happy they look. Smiling and laughing like that. Sarah wipes away some sauce on Steve’s cheek and then he dabs his cheek with some more and smiles playfully.
Even though Michael is happy right now, he also feels like something is missing. He wonders what’s going to happen after Maria moves away. His life has changed so suddenly; what if it all goes back to the way it used to be?
He continues making his way to the computer room, and notices that there’s a big crowd inside, all standing around the tables in the middle. He goes inside to check it out and sees that they are playing one of those collector card games, where you fight with monsters. He has some cards from that game, but never really got into it. He watches from the sidelines as one of the kids places down a card that lets him take control of his opponent’s strongest creature, and then uses it to kill him. Michael cracks a smile, thinking about how much fun that game looks, and maybe he’ll get into playing it.
“Hey you…” he hears a familiar voice call from behind. “So this is where you’re hiding.”
Michael turns around and sees Maria standing there, looking stunning as always. She’s wearing a tight white shirt that is stretched over her large breasts, and faintly shows her pink bra underneath. She is also wearing a light-blue denim skirt that perfectly hugs her hips and ass. Just seeing her makes the tip of Michael’s penis tingle with excitement. He still can’t get over just how incredibly hot she is.
“Hey!” he responds enthusiastically. “Yeah, sorry, I wandered off today. Were you looking for me?”
“Yeah, I wanted to talk to you.” she says smiling.
“Okay.” They both then step out into the hallway, away from all the noise inside the computer room.
“So… I overheard some girls talking about you today.” she says with a grin. “They all agree that your new look makes you look like a hunk.”
“Oh… haha… really…?” he says nervously.
“Yep… and I agree. I guess that just means I’m a really great art-iist.” she says, putting an accent on the word ‘artist’. This was, afterall, all thanks to her helping him improve his look. “So anyway… I think you’ve got a pretty good shot, if you ask out a girl now. Do… you have anyone in mind?”
“Uhh… well… there’s a lot of girls I wouldn’t mind dating. Like Stacy, Angela, Megan, Sasha…”
“Wait… stop. Are you just listing off all the really attractive girls at our school?” she questions sternly.
“Well… I mean… yeah… I of course want…”
“Michael…” she interrupts. “I’m trying to help you get a legitimate girlfriend… not just replace me with a new fuck friend for sex.”
“I know that…” he argues. “…but I figured I might as well get with someone attractive… because…”
“Listen… You can’t just think with your dick, okay…? You’re going to miss out on so many great options. Like… what if your soulmate is someone average looking? You might overlook them because you’re too focused on trying to maximize your bedroom pleasure.”
Michael just stares back like a deer in headlights. “W- Yeah… I know… but…”
“Ugghh! Come here!” Maria angrily takes Michael’s hand and pulls him with her down the hallway. They round a corner, and walk past a set of stairs, where there are doors to the outside, and to the left is a small area with some dusty chairs and desks stacked up.
“Clearly you’re incapable of thinking straight right now… so…” Maria then pushes Michael back against the stack of chairs.
“Wait… what are you…”
She reaches for Michael’s belt and starts to unbuckle it.
“Wait… right here?! What if someone…”
“Shh!” She interrupts, touching a finger to his lips. She then unzips Michael’s pants, and reaches into his boxers and starts stroking his dick.
“Oh my god…” Michael whispers. His body shakes nervously, and he looks around to see if anyone is there. It’s a dark, quiet area tucked away where people rarely ever go.
Maria notices that he isn’t getting hard. She figures it must be his nerves, and so she knows she’s going to have to step it up. She leans in and kisses him softly and slowly on the lips while continuing to jerk him off. She then gives him a bit of soft moan to help him along faster. “Mm-yeah… get hard for me baby…” She can feel Michael’s penis quickly begin to expand in her hand. “Mm-yes… that’s it baby… get it really hard for me…” She says it in a really sexy voice. Michael starts breathing heavily from the excitement. His chest heaves up and down, and the fear of getting caught makes it even more exciting. Maria’s grip tightens around his cock, and she stroke him even faster now.
“Holy fuck…” he whispers. His panting gets faster.
She continues moaning softly into his ear. “Mm-yeah… baby… does that feel good? Are you gonna cum…?”
“Oh my fucking god… Maria… this is so fucking hot…” he groans.
Maria then takes Michael’s hand and brings it up to her chest, making him grab her breast and squeeze it. She then sticks her tongue into his mouth, and he is overloaded with so much sexual stimulation that he can’t take it any longer. “Oh fuck… oh my… g- ughh…” His face gets really tingly, and his whole body tenses up. He holds his breath as he cums to not make any noise, and it feels amazing.
His first spurt shoots out a good two feet, and then the rest slowly oozes out, and drips down his shaft. He’s completely out of breath, panting hard, with watery eyes. “Hooooly shit…” he exclaims. “I can’t believe we just did that… that was so much fun… “
Maria quickly crouches down and takes Michael’s penis into her mouth, and cleans him off, licking up the rest of his cum. She then stands back up, wiping her mouth. “There! But don’t get the wrong idea.” She says sternly. “I just wanted to help clear your mind. Now I can trust you to make a proper decision.”
Michael looks at her and realizes that she wasn’t just being playful. This was meant to be a continuation of her point from earlier, that maybe his sex-drive was clouding his judgement.
“That actually was pretty fun though.” she says with a smile. “That got my heart going fast, and really fired me up.” The look on Maria’s face makes Michael blush. She looks so cute when she’s happy and excited. “Anyway…” she continues. “If you’re going to ask a girl out, just make sure you’re not horny. Trust me. I’ve made that mistake in the past…”
Michael sees Maria’s eyes get dark when she says that. He doesn’t know anything about her past relationships, or even who her most recent ex-boyfriend is. He does knows that she’s well experienced though, and so it makes sense that she would have good relationship advice. He stands there quietly, while slowly gaining his breath back, and then Maria looks back over at him and smiles. Michael’s heart flutters at how cute she is.
“I gotta go…” she says. “I was supposed to meet up with my friends for lunch and I’m already late.”
“Oh… okay.”
“And umm… if you’re not doing anything after school… maybe I’ll stop by for a bit.”
“Oh! Y-yeah… sure. Sounds good.”
Maria gives him one more smile before walking away and rounding the corner.
Michael zips up his pants, and fixes his belt. He then walks over to the where the doors are and looks outside. Off in the distance he can see half of the sports field where there are people playing with a frisbee. He turns around and hears the white noise chattering of everyone in the halls, a sound which he only just now noticed. He walks back over to the stacks of chairs and leans against them.
He spends the next while thinking things over. Maria has gone so far out of her way to help him, and so he doesn’t want to waste what she has given him. His post-orgasm state allows him to think more clearly about what he really wants. He ponders and drift away into focused thought.
During next period, which Michael and Maria have together, Maria notices that he isn’t there. Lessons begin, and he’s nowhere to be seen. She feels a bit concerned, wondering what might have happened to him.
Once there’s only 15 minutes of class left, Michael finally shows up. The whole class, including the teacher look at him as he enters the room. “Oh there you are.” the teacher remarks. “I already marked you absent, but take a seat. I’m sure someone will be willing to share their notes with you.”
Michael walks down the isle where Maria is seated, and as he walks past her, he drops a piece of paper on her desk, and then continues towards his usual seat near the windows. Maria looks at him confused, and then picks up the piece of paper and unfolds it. Inside it reads: “I decided.” She looks back over at him, and he just stares calmly towards the front, making no expression.
Class comes to an end, and Maria waits by the door for Michael. He walks over to her, and they step outside into the hallway, standing face to face, just slightly off to the side of the doorway of the classroom.
“So… what did you decide?” she asks him.
Michael looks into her eyes and confidently says, “I want you to be my girlfriend.”
Some of the other students overhear this as they are walking out of the classroom, and they stop to look on.
Maria’s face turns blush red, and she stumbles her next words. “Ah.. uhm.. but… you know that I’m going to be moving away soon, right?”
“I don’t care. I just want to be with you, Maria.”
The onlookers giggle and whisper amongst each other, making all sorts of noises of interest. Maria thinks for a while, and gets a sad look on her face. Michael’s expression doesn’t change as he patiently waits. A short moment later Maria blushes and smiles.
“Well… if you’re sure that’s what you want…” she says.
“It is.”
She looks at him and her cheeks are still red from embarrassment, but Michael thinks she looks insanely cute. “Okay.” she says, and reaches for his hand. They hold hands, and for the first time ever, Michael sees Maria looking shy. His heart flutters and palpitates with joy. He feels a warmth he’s never felt before fill his body. He can’t help but wonder — what is this feeling?