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3 26-2-2000 0.16: Femke was a girl of 15 years old, she lived in the Netherlands and was quite populair in her class in school. She was the girl who dare to say anything to the teachers, not in a negative way. She was a very nice and pretty girl and lots of boys liked her. Also Kevin, the most populair in school, he was also in her class. Femke didn't liked him, because he acted so tough. After school he somethings followed her with his friends. Then they were staying for her house for hours, smoking and drinking and screaming for her. Lots of girls liked Kevin, because he didn't looked that bad, but Femke was the only girl who didn't like him. One day, Femke's class had English lesson and Femke
was sitting alone in the front of the teachers table. The lesson just started when the
principal came in the class. He asked the Enlgish teacher to come with him for a moment.
Of course he did this and the class was alone. Femke just looked over at her English book,
she wasn't very good in English. Her favourite subject was Dutch, because she was good in
it. Then the teacher came back again and asked the class
for attention. "Listen all, we have a new kid in school and he's going to join your
class. "Cool, another victim!" Kevin said, of course all his friends agreed with
him and laughed. "He's coming in a few minutes. He's now talking to the principal.
He's very nervous, so please don't make it to difficult for him. And another thing. He is
from Germany, so is you want you can talk German to him." While the teacher just talked, Angelo asked Femke
questions all the time. "Angelo, would you please stop that? It's irritating the
class." The teacher suddenly said. "But he doesn't understand Dutch. I just help
him." Femke said. "Then go and sit next to him and whisper." Femke got her
bag, sat next to Angelo and explained everything to Angelo who looked at Femke all the
time. Femke didn't notice that, she was looking at Kevin. Who was also looking at her. He
looked even more mad then when Angelo and Femke came into the classroom. After the lesson Femke walked with her friends towards the place where they always sat. With the 6 girls they sat down and they talked about the new boy Angelo. "So, that do you think about him Femke? Looks like you had fun in the lesson." "Yes, it was so funny. He's cute." "Yeah, maybe he is. But he has long hair!" Sue said. "So what?!" Femke asked. "I don't like boys with long hair." "You never know, maybe if you know him better you fell in love with him." "Hmm...no, thank you. I like Kevin better." "Yes, me too! When are you going out with him Femke. He asked you 1000 times! If I were you I...." Carline said. "I know you like him Carline. You can have him... I don't like him." "Femke, you're crazy! He's the most lovely boy in the world...hmm....his nice butt and his..." "Yeah yeah, I know." Then Femke heared someone screaming her name. She looked back and saw there Kevin. "Femke, come over here. Have to ask you something." Femke sighed and got up to walk over to Kevin. "What's up Kev?" She asked. Kevin pulled her closer to him and asked her: "Why are you giving that longhaired asshole so much attention. I'm much better than that!" Femke was shocked. How could he talk about Angelo like this?! "How do you mean? I was just helping him with his Dutch!" "Yeah sure, you two had much fun right?" "Yes, we had. Are you jealous?! " "Yes I am! I'm better for you Femke. You know that. Please go out with me, just one time!" "Kevin, you know that I don't like you. I'm just not in love with you. And I don't want you to talk about Angelo that way. You don't even know him." "Give me just one chance. Think about it." "No, I don't have to think about it. Now leave me alone." Femke said as she walked away from him. When she walked back to her friends she bumped into Angelo who had just bought some hot soup. The soup fell down all over his shirt. "Au! This is hot!!" He screamed. Femke was shocked and just looked at him. "Quick, get something!" Angelo cried. Femke got him by his arm and pulled him with her to the toilets. Angelo pulled out his shirt and Femke held a tissue under the water. She gave it to Angelo and he held it against the red, burned place on his stomach. Femke just looked his upper body while Angelo just tried to hold his tears, his whole body was shaking. After a few moments he was a little bit calm again. 'Wow, he has strong arms...' Femke thought by herself. Then she noticed that Angelo looked at her too. Now Angelo knew that she looked at his upper body. Quickly he got his shirt and pulled it on again. "I'm sorry." Femke said suddenly. "It's okay. It was my fault. I had to watch out." They both walked back and suddenly Femke noticed that Angelo had wore his shirt wrong. "Angelo, you've got your shirt on backwards." Femke said. Angelo looked at his shirt and with a red head and pulled it good. Femke sat down by her friends again and looked over at Angelo. He wasn't alone, he was talking to Kevin. Kevin looked mad at him and Angelo just nodded. 27-2-2000 18.42: The bell rang again and Femke walked slowly with her friends towards the classroom where they had to be. Right now she had Math. She liked the subject, but she hated the teacher. And the teacher, Mr. Mulder seemed to hated her too. She got impositions almost every week. If she only talked to someone she had to write lines. When Femke stood there in the corridor she saw Angelo
staning alone again. Why didn't he try to get some friends? She felt a little bit sorry
for him. Some boys and girls laughed laughed inconspicious at him. And the real 'tough'
guys just told him what they really thought. But Angelo didn't seemed to care, because he
couldn't even understand what they were saying. 'Why didn't they gave him a chance? Maybe
he is very nice, just like he was in the Dutch lesson. He's okay.' Femke thought. 27-2-2000 20.19: After this remark Kevin said
nothing more and just looked mad at her. The lesson began and everything went fine,
everybody was quiet and got to work. Math was the last lesson and so Femke got outside and
put on her coat. "Femke, wait. Not so fast!" She heared Carline saying. They
both walked to the bicycle shed to find their bikes. When Femke found her bike she heared
Carline saying that she lost her key. Carline went inside and so Femke waited for her. She
just looked around a little. Then she saw Angelo coming outside finding his key. He walked
towards his bike and then he saw Femke. "Hi Angelo. See you tommorow!" Femke
said and she waved at him. Angelo looked around and then he said slowly:
"Bye..." After this he quickly got his bike and cycled home. Carline came back
and Femke and Carline also went home. The next day she got up early, got her back and ate
some. Then she went to school with Carline. When the bell rang they all got into the
classroom. Math again. When Femke sat down she looked around and she didnt saw Angelo.
Surprised she asked the teacher where he was. "I don't know Femke, I thought that
maybe you knew it?" The teacher. "No, maybe he's just late." Femke said to
herself. The day was over again and everybody went home. Except for Femke, she wanted to go the the principal to tell him something. Everybody was calling Angelo names. Not only in Dutch, but also in German or English so he certainly knew it. The only thing was, that he didn’t dare to say anything back. And so she really felt sorry for him and she went to the principal. After a knock on the door she went in. "Hey Femke, what brings you here? Please sit down." Femke did he said and she started talking. "I wanna talk with you about the new kid mister." "The new kid in your class? Angelo Kelly? Yes, how is he doing in your class?" "Well, he’s doin’ fine…I think…But everybody is calling him names and…" "Calling him names?! Why?" Femke shrug "I don’t know." "Probably because he’s new. That’s no problem Femke, it’ll be over in a week. I thought you two had fun in the Dutch lesson yesterday?" "Yes, we had." "So what’s wrong? I think you’re all wrong Femke. It’ll be okay, Angelo is not a softy. And if anyone is calling him names, I’m sure he’ll say something back." "That’s just the problem, he doesn’t!" "If he doesn’t he just doesn’t listen to them. Don’t worry, he’ll be okay." "Okay, if you think so." The principal just smiled at her and then she left. She went home and while cycling home she thought about Angelo. What a weird guy was he. The next week was exactly the same situation. Angelo and Femke didn’t say anthing to eachother. But Femke thought about him all the time. How could he be so nice the first day and now he seems not even to see her. Angelo’s Dutch was getting better all day. Till one day, after a week, school was over again and Femke cycled home. Suddenly she saw someone standing next to the street. She came closer and saw that it was Angelo, who was sitting next to his bike, bungle with it. "Hey Angelo, what’s wrong?" Femke asked while she got off her bike. "Oh hi. Got a puncture." He said. Femke laughed and asked him if she had to bring him home. "What about my bike?" He asked. "You can hold it." "No thanks, I’m going to walk home." "Shall I walk with you?" Angelo looked surprised at her, but said: "No, you don’t have to." "But I want to." He nodded and they both went walking home. "Can you tell me now why you didn’t said anything to me last week?" Femke asked him. Angelo looked away and didn’t know what to say. "Angelo, I asked you something!" "I’m sorry for that." He finally said. "I still haven’t got an answer…" "I don’t know. I just wasn’t it the mood." "You don’t like school, do you?" Femke asked. "Of course not. I always had private teachers." "You had?!" "Yes, we were always travelling. I had to." Angelo told her more about his life. That he has many brothers and sisters and that his mother dies early. "I’m sorry for that." "It’s okay…" Then they had to split. Femke had to go home and Angelo also. They said goodbye and went home both. Femke felt great after this conversation. Next day at school the first thing Femke did was went to Angelo. "Hey Angelo. Did you got home yesterday?" She asked him. "Yes, I did." He said softly. He looked sad as he always looked in school. He was standing alone again and Femke joined him. "Did you made your homework?" She asked, just to say something. "Yes…" "What’s wrong? You’re so quiet." "Nothing." He said as he looked around. "Why do you always look around in school when I talk to you?!" Femke asked impatient. "I said it’s nothing!" Angelo replied and then he walked away. He left a confused Femke behind. She didn’t know what to think about this whole sitiation. Yesterday he was so sweet and now… The next day the school began and everybody except for Angelo was inside. After a few minutes the door went open slowly and Angelo walked inside with his head hanging down. "Hey Lino! Late again ah? I missed you so much…" Kevin said. "Angelo, that’s the second time you’re late." The Math teacher said. "I know, I’m sorry." Angelo said. "Angelo, look at me when I talk to you!" Slowly Angelo lifted his head and looked at the teacher. Femke was shocked to see his face and so did the whole class. "My god Angelo! What happened to you?" The teacher said. Angelo’s face was all red, except for his left eye, that was blue. "I just fell down the stairs at home." He explained. The teacher nodded and Angelo sat down quickly. While the day went by Femke wondered if he really fell down the stairs. Of course it could be true, but she just didn’t know… The next day Angelo had a bad day again. He came in the lesson and said that he lost his book so he couldn’t make his homework. "You LOST your book?" The teacher asked angry, emphasizing the word lost. "Yes, I did…" He replied. "Well Angelo, you’re doing great in school, ah?" The teacher asked him sarcasticly. Angelo said nothing back and sat down. The next days Angelo hadn’t find his book yet, so he had to buy a new one from school. After school Femke went both with Angelo home. Talking about the lost book. And the next day Angelo came at school and he had a bruised arm. Femke got really surprised now and asked him how that happened. "Oh, I had a little fight with one of my brothers." He said with a smile on his face. After a few weeks Angelo wasn’t in school one day. The teacher said he was sick. "What a badluck guy, he has always something." Someone said. "Yeah, he’s a sissy." Kevin yelled. Everybody laughed, but Femke got really mad. "No, he’s not. You are!" She said angrily. "Yeah, and you are in love with that longhaired mug! Why don’t you visit him, you bitch." Kevin replied. Everybody was surrpised to hear him saying this. He was always in love with Femke and now he said this?! Femke turned red and looked away. "You see! I said you’re in love with him." "I’m not!" "Yes, you are." The whole class started to make jokes about it. Oh, how she hated this! Nobody ever says something to her, because she always said something back, but now she couldn’t ‘cause it was her against the whole class. Femke just didn’t listened to this bullshit and got back to work. Angelo didn’t came to school for 3 days and after these days he came back again, with a blue eye again. Femke asked him what was wrong with him. "A little fight, that’s all." "With your brother again?" "Yes…" "Hmm…are you sure?" "Yes, of course I’m sure!" He said. "Oh I’m sorry that I’m interested in you! I won’t do it again! You jerk!" Femke yelled at him. She had enough of his strange acting. He could go to hell! Angelo immediatly tried to make it up with her, but she rejected his apologizes. "No Angelo! I won’t bother you, so please don’t bother me!" She said. That evening, Femke sat down in her sleeproom on her bed trying to find the CD of "Bruce Springsteen" which she had taken to school to show her friends. It was the newest album and so she was very sad that she couldn’t find it. At 19.00 o’clock the bell rang. Femke’s mom opened the door and after a few moments her mom called her: "Femke, there is someone for you!" "Let her go upstairs!" "It’s a he!" "Oh, let him go upstairs!" She said, wondering who it could be. Probably Kevin. There was a knock on the door and Femke said he could come in. She saw Angelo standing there. She looked surprised at him. "Oh, it’s you…what brings you here?" Femke asked him. "I found something. And I thought it was yours, so here it is again." He said as he showed her the Bruce Springsteen CD. She took it out of his hand and looked him. "Yeah sure, why didn’t you gave it to me at school?" Angelo thought for a moment and bite on his lips. "Well….eeh…I don’t know…sorry…" "It’s okay…thanks anyway." Then there was a silence. "How do you know where I live?" She asked him suddenly. "Well, I asked the teacher." "Oh…" Again there was a silence. "Do you know that we like the same kind of music?" Angelo asked her as he looked around in her room, looking at all the posters of Bruce Springsteen, Metallica and Aerosmith. "What kinda music do you like?" She asked him. "Bruce Springsteen, Metallica…" "Really?" "Yep." "Then you probably know this song too!" Femke said as she jumped on, putting a cd in the cd-player and she pushed on the play button. Angelo only heared the intro and said after a few seconds: "Oh yes, I know that one. That’s ‘If I Should Fall Behind’." "Yes yes! That’s right." She sat down on the bed and listened carefully, with closed eyes. Oh, how she loved this song. "It’s the best song ever made!" "Yes, I agree with you." Angelo replied. He sat down on her bed too and listened quiet. Softly he began to sing: "We swore we’d travel, side by side… We help eachother, stay in stride…." Femke opened her eyes and looked with her mouth open to him. Angelo noticed this and smiled at her with an innocent face. "What’s wrong?" He asked. "Sing it…sing along please…" "Why?" "Just do it." Angelo laughed and just did what she said. "Darlin’ I’ll wait for you…If I should fall behind wait for me…" Femke’s eyes got bigger and bigger. "Wow! You’re voice is so great!" She said. "Well, thanks…" He smiled. "No really! I mean it…" Angelo turned red and looked down. After a while Femke said: "I’m sorry that I acted so stupid in school…" "No, I’m sorry Femke. I acted like an asshole." Angelo said. "It’s just that I don’t understand why you are being so nice to me when we’re alone and in school you act like a crazy fool." Angelo laughed and looked at her. "…I’m sorry Femke…" "It’s okay…" After one more silence Angelo asked: "Can you do me a favour Femke?" Femke turned off the music and asked what was wrong. "Please tell nobody that I was here okay?" 27-2-2000 18.52: "Why not?" Femke asked him. "It’s important
for me, please don’t tell anyone. Please?" "Okay, if that’s important
for you…" "Yes, it is. thanks." Femke smiled at him, but didn’t
understand why he asked her that. Angelo looked around in her room again and noticed a
guitar standing in a corner. "Hey, do you play guitar?" He asked while he
grabbed it and played a few chords. "Yes, I do. Looks like you play it too?"
"Yes, I can play guitar too, but I’m better in drums." "Drums? Cool! I
play drums too. And I can also play bass, saxophone, flute and a little bit
keyboard." "Wow, you must be talented. I only play drums, guitar and bass."
"Are you good in it? In drums?" Angelo shrug. "It’s hard to say it
about yourself…" "How long do you play drums then?" "I started
when I was 9, so nine years now." "Nine years?….So that means…Are you
18 now?!" "Yes…" "I didn’t know that?!" "Well, you
haven’t asked me." "But why are you in my class then?" "Because I
had private teachers. I missed a lot, and so I have to join your class." "Oh, I
understand." "Do you mind?" "Mind what?" "That I’m
18?" "No, of course not, you silly." Angelo laughed and turned on the radio
again. "Do you mind if I stay a little longer?" He asked. "No, of course
not. What time are they expecting you at home?" "20.30 and it’s now
19.25." "Okay, cool!" He got outside and Femke could see him through the window, going home on his bike. What a sweet guy was that. "Hey Femke! Wake up!" Femke got punched by Carline, who was sitting next to her in the classroom. "Shut up Carline." Femke said. "You’re daydreaming the whole day!" "So what?! You’re doing it your whole life about Kevin." "Who’s your victim?" "I don’t say that…" "Oh come on, we tell eachother everything! Come on!" "No Carline, I’m not going to tell you. I’m not even in love with him…" "Are you sure?" "…No… I don’t know." Femke turned her head and looked at Angelo, who was sitting at the other side of the classroom. He was staring out of the window, with a hand under his head and a pencil in his mouth. Sometimes he wrote something down and then he thought again "Angelo, do you know in what year it was?" She suddenly heared the teacher asking while she walked towards Angelo’s table. Angelo didn’t heared her and kept on staring. "Angelo, I asked you something." Angelo still didn’t noticed her. The whole class laughed about this, even Femke. "Angelo back to earth!" She yelled in Angelo’s ear. Angelo immediatly sat up and looked shocked around him. "What?" He asked, still shocked. "I asked you if you knew what year it was." "What year what was?" Everybody laughed, except for the teacher. She just shook his head. "Angelo, I think it’s better that you write a few lines for me." "What?!" "Allright, you write an essay for me about the second worldwar." "But I…" "No buts Angelo!" "It’s not fair!" Angelo tried. "Life isn’t fair Angela." Kevin said. "Yeah, you know everything about that, don’t you? You told me thausend times!" Femke said, to protect Angelo. "Why are you always helping him Femke?" Someone else asked. "Because she’s in love with him, like I told you yesterday. Right Femke?" Femke said nothing, she just looked over at Angelo. He looked at her for moment too, but then he looked away. "Oops, I’m sorry. I wasn’t allowed to tell anyone. I’m very very sorry Femke and Angelo. Now it’s not a secret anymore." 28-2-2000 22.06: "Oh shut up! Go to hell!" Femke said. "Femke, I
don’t want you to talk like that!" The teacher said. "Jesus, I only wanted
to help him! That’s not so bad, is it?!" "Femke, get out. Go to the
principal now!" The teacher said pointing to the door. "Come on, it’s not
her fault." Angelo tried. "And you too! Get out!" Femke stood up and walked
to the door slowly. Angelo did the same and together they went to the principal. There
they had to sit down and explain everything to the principal. "I think you two were
both fault. You both got to write lines for tommorow." He said. "What?!"
Femke and Angelo said together. "I have already an essay to write for tommorow."
Angelo went further. "I can’t help that." Both disappointed they walked
outside and went back to the class. The next day Angelo and Femke had to get in school at 8.00 because they had to give their lines to the principal. They got inside and sat down. "So, Femke where’s your imposition? Yes, thanks." He said when Femke gave it to him. "What about you Angelo?" Angelo looked down and said: "I’m sorry, I don’t have it." "Excuse me?!" "I don’t have it mister." "You don’t have it?! Why not? You gotta have a very good reason for this!" Angelo didn’t know what to say and just shrug. "Angelo, what’s the reason?" "I don’t know….I guess I’ve just forgot…" "You can’t forget this Angelo Kelly! I think I have to talk with your parents, this is not a good case." Angelo looked down again and the principal left his office with a slammed door. "Why don’t you have it?" Femke immediatly asked. "I don’t
know." "Of course you know. Come on tell me." "I just forgot like I
said. Come on, we have to go now." Angelo said and he walked to the next lesson with
Femke following him. When they got inside the classroom Kevin said: The rest of the day was the same, sometimes Kevin or one of his friends made a remark to Angelo or Femke. The next day Femke was a little late, she got inside the classroom, noticing that
Angelo wasn’t there. "Hey Femke, you didn’t bring Angelo? Or is he still in
bed. Resting after that long night…" Femke didn’t gave Kevin any attention
and just sat down. She asked the teacher where Angelo was. "I don’t know
Femke." Then another teacher came in to tell the class something. 29-2-2000 12.11: "Don't tell me you fell down the stairs again or something like that, because I don't believe you anymore." Femke said. Angelo told Paddy to leave and then turned to her. Femke could see tears in his eyes. "Those bastards Femke..." He said softly. He said it so softly that Femke had to bent over to hear him saying it. "What?! Who do you mean?" Angelo looked away and sighed. "They beat me up..." He said. "Who? Who beat you up Angelo?" Femke asked, she got more impatient every second. Angelo looked at her and said nothing. "Who Angelo?" She thought for a moment and then whispered: "It's Kevin right? Was it Kevin?" Angelo nodded and closed his eyes. Femke had heared enough, got up as quickly as she could and ran out of the room. She bumped almost into Angelo's brother. As fast as she could she grabbed her bike and raced towards school. When she came into the classroom she pointed at Kevin. "It was you! You bastard!" She yelled. Everybody looked at her, but she didn't mind. She was to upset to think about anything else. "Femke, can you please tell us what's wrong? I thought you were sick!" The teacher said. Kevin only laughed and said with an innocent look in his eyes: "I don't know what she's talking about. I think she'd gone crazy." "No, YOU are the one who is crazy! Angelo told me about it. It's your fault he's in the hospital!! And you're gonna pay for that." Everybody looked at Kevin. "Oh, that's not true honey. I would never do that." "Don't call me your honey! You better come with me now, before I'll go really crazy!" "No way I'm coming with you. I have something better to do than going to that longhaired tramp." Kevin really made her furious now. She ran towards him and hit him right in the face. He looked at her surprised. The teacher immediatly tried to calm Femke down. He grabbed her and held her arms. "You're not getting away with this so easy, you jerk!" Femke yelled as she pushed her teacher away and ran outside again. When she got her bike, someone called her. She looked up and saw there Angelo's brother again. "What are you doing here?" Femke asked. "Angelo told me to follow you and try to calm you down a bit." "Calm down?! How can I be calm when that bastard is still inside. He don't wanna come with me." His brother said nothing. "Who are you anyway?" Femke asked. "I'm Paddy." He said as he shook her hand. "Whoa, you're shaking man!" He said noticing her shaking body. "Yes, of course I am! Can you please take me to the hospital again?" "Wow, calm down. Of course I can. Come on, jump in." He said pointing at his car. Femke and Paddy both got into the car and they went to the hospital again. When Femke came into Angelo's room a woman said next to him on a chair, holding his hand and stroking his hair. Femke stand next to Angelo on the other side of the bed. "Where were you?" He asked with a slow voice. "I was in school." Angelo tried to laugh, but his smile disappeared immediatly because it hurted to much. "What have you done there?" He asked. "I hit him." "You did what?!" "I hit him. He was lucky that the teacher stopped me, 'cause I was so furious that I could kill him!" Femke looked over at the other woman. Angelo saw it and said quickly: "That's my sister Patricia." Femke and Patricia shook hands and Patricia asked: "So, you must be Femke?" "Yes, I am." She replied. "Angelo told us a lot about you." Femke felt she turned red and looked over at Angelo. He only smiled and looked at her. "Patricia, can you leave us now. I got to talk to Femke." He said. Patricia stood up and left the room. Femke sat down and took his hand. Angelo looked at her and began to talk. "So, I guess you know now why I had a blue eye and that bruised arm before." Femke's eyes got bigger. "Did Kevin did that too?!" She asked. "Yes, he did. But not only he, his friends too." "Why did they do it?" "It started the first day when we had so much fun in the Dutch lesson." "Since the first day you were at school?!" "Yes..." "Why didn't you told me?" "I couldn't..." "Why not?" "Everytime I talked to you he followed me after school with his friends." Femke didn't know what to say and almost couldn't believe what she had just heared. She listened to him with open mouth. "They had also stolen my book, so I couldn't make any homework." "Why didn't you told the teacher about it?!" "He would follow me again. God, I was so afraid everytime I talked with you." "So that's the reason why you didn't wanted to talk with me." Angelo nodded. "I hope you understand it..." He said. (3-3-2000 21.03) "Of course I do Angelo. Of course I do." Femke said as she held his hand a little bit more tight. "When will you be back in school?" She asked him. "I’m not going back to school." "What?! Why not?" "It was the worse thing in my whole entire life." "But…" "I’m sorry, I’m not coming back with Kevin or one of his friends are in school." "But what if they send him away from school?" "I don’t know. And actually I haven’t planned to stay in school for such a long time…" "How do you mean?" "Femke, there’s something I have to tell you." "What is it?" "Listen, I told you I’ve never been in school before." "Yes…" "Well, that’s because…" "Because you had private teachers." "Yes, but I had private teachers because we were always travelling. And we were always travelling, because we have a job where we have to travel a lot." "What’s that kinda job?" "Popstar…" Femke laughed. "Popstar?!" She asked. "Yes… I know it’s not easy to believe, but it’s really true." "Oh…well…I don’t know what to say Angelo, I…" "You don’t have to say anything. I just want to thank you." "For what?!" "For liking me." "Liking you?!" "Yes…you do, don’t you?" "Eehm yes, I guess…but how do you know?" "You wouldn’t be so nice to me if you didn’t like me. I was the one who got teased all the time and you were the only one who dare to talk to me…" "Well, it wasn’t that worse." They both laughed, nervously. Femke didn’t really know what to do. Did she really liked her that much? And did he liked her too? "And I like you too very much…" He started again. Femke looked at him and he looked her straight in the eyes. "I do like you very much." He said again. Femke didn’t know where to look. She couldn’t look him straight in the eye. "And I hope you like me as well." "Yes, of course I do, but…" She stammered. "But what?" "But… I don’t even know you. I don’t know your anything about your life, your family… and you don’t know anything about me." "Okay, I understand. Then I have to ask you something… Would you go out with me? To get a chance to know each other a little bit better?" Femke only smiled and nodded.10-3-2000 18.49: Angelo showed her a little smile. He was so glad... Then Femke stood up said: "How long do you have to stay here?" "I don't know exactly. Maybe I can go home tommorow." "I hope so. Well, I have to go now. I'm coming back tommorow." "Are you going? You're just here!" "Yes, I know. But I really have to go." "Where are you going?" "To school. Talk with the principal, about you." "About me? Well, okay... bye." "Bye." Femke bent over and gave Angelo a little kiss on his forehead. On that moment the foor went open. "Oh sorry. Do I bother you?" Paddy asked, while smiling. "No, you don't. I'm going anyway. Take care of your little brother. He has enough problems for now. Bye." Femke said as she passed Paddy and went to school again. She knocked on the door twice. "Come in." She heared the principal saying. Femke opened the door and the principal looked at her in surprise. "Femke? I thought you were home. You told me you were sick." "No, I wasn't...I mean...eehm yes...I have to talk with you mister." "That's okay Femke. Sit down." Femke sat down on a chair and began to talk. "It's about Angelo." "Again?" "Yes. He's at the hospital right now." "Oh yes, now I remember. Someone told me. Are you going to visit him today?" "No, I just did." "You just did what?! I thought you were sick?! Schooltime is no time to visit friends!" "But mister! It was important. That's why I have to talk to you." 25-3-2000 7.31: "Okay, tell me your problem." "Okay listen. Do you know why Angelo is in the hospital?" "No, I don't" "Well, he is beaten up by some guys." "Hmm..." "And you certainly know those guys who did it..." "And who do you think who did this?" "Kevin and his friends." "Oh Femke, Kevin would never do that!" "Mister! This is important, you gotta talk to Kevin. Please!" "Allright, I'll get him now." The principal walked towards the classroom where her class was and Kevin walked with him towards the little room where Femke already was. Kevin sat down and looked mad at Femke. She just looked away. "So Kevin." Kevin nodded. "Do you have any idea why I got you out of your class?" The principal asked him. "No, I don't." "Yes, you know it exactly, you ...." Femke interrupted "Femke, please be quiet. I'm talking to him. Well Kevin, it's about Angelo. He's laying in the hospital." "Yes, I heared. It's terrible." Oh, Femke hated him now so much! "Do you know anything more about this?" "No sir." "Are you sure?" "Yes, I am." "Can I say something mister?" Femke interrupted again. The principal sighed and nodded. "Why don't you ask Angelo. He's the one who got beaten up, so he would probably know it." Then there was a knock on the door and two men came in. It were cops. "Excuse us, we're from the police and we're searching for someone." The principal stood up and shooked hands with the two guys. "Oh my god. Please tell me." One policeman whispered something to the other one. "Eehm... yesterday we got a report from an old lady. She was walking around with her dog and saw something happening in the park. Kevin felt uncomfortable and looked down. Femke saw it and got more curious about what the two cops had to tell. "She saw that a few guys, I thought it were 3 of them, were beating up another boy. After the fight the guys left the boy alone, who fell down on the ground and just layed there. Then she called an ambulance at here home and the boy got brought to the hospital. You probably know that guy who we're talking about? He's in this school." "Yes, that's Angelo!" Femke said as she jumped on. "Yes, Angelo was his name. We also have pictures of the offenders which the old lady took. Here they are." He gave the photos to the principal. Femke stood next tim him and looked over his shoulder. The guy who knocked Angelo down was really Kevin. She knew it! "You bastard! I told you it was you!!" Femke yelled as she walked towards him and seized him. "You're gonna pay for that!" "Hey, calm down." She got pulled away from him by a cop. "You better come with us Kevin." Said one of the men. Slowly Kevin stood up and walked out of the room with one cop. "And we are going to the hospital. You're going with me." The other said pointing at Femke. Femke nodded and went to the hospital with him. "He's in this room." Femke opened the door and walked in. "Hi Angelo." She said while waving at him. Angelo looked up and smiled at her. "Hey, back again?" "Yep, but as you can see I'm not alone." "Oh..." The policeman walked in and shook hands Angelo. "Sit down please." Angelo said pointing at a chair. The policeman sat down and Femke too. "So, you must be Angelo." "Yes, I am." "Eehm...Femke, could you leave us alone please. This is a serious talk." The man asked. Femke stood up and walked out of the room. There she sat down on a chair. After a minute she saw that the guy who was sitting next to her was Paddy. His brother and he fell asleep. "Hey Paddy." She said. Paddy suddenly opened his eyes and looked up. "H-Hi." He stammered and then she smiled. "It's boring right? Waiting for your little brother?" He laughed. "Well, I'm actually here for those sexy nurses, not for Angelo." They both laughed. "No, serious. I wanted to go home, but I was here the whole night. I must have fell asleep." "Right now Angelo is talking to the police." "What?!" Paddy sat up. "A cop came with me and now they're talking." "Oh..." After a while Paddy asked: "Did Angelo told you about his 'job'?" 'What?" "About his job?" "Oh, you mean...that he's a...a popstar? Like he told me?" "Yes, that's right." "Eehm...well yes. But I don't know what to think about that." "Well, I'll tell you." "Okay, but why are you here and is Angelo going to school when he's a famous star. And I don't know him. Which band does he play in?" "Not only he plays in the bad. Our whole family is in it. We're the Kelly Family." "The what?" "The Kelly Family." Femke thought for a minute. "You know us?" Paddy asked. "Hmm...I've heared about them yes and I had my opinion about you..." "Haha, you probably thought we were longhaired tramps right?" Femke looked at him and became red. That was true... "But now anymore!" She said quickly. "It's okay, I forgive you. But we're here in Holland because we're having a big break." "A big break?" "Yes, we actually live in Germany. We worked so many years as hard as we could. Right now we're exhausted. So, we're here because in Holland we're less famous. We're gonna rest here. And after a year we are going back again." Femke didn't know that to say and laughed. "So, that's why Angelo's voice was so great." She said to herself. "What did you say?" "Oh. Well, Angelo was at my place last week and he sang a song of Bruce Springsteen. It was wonderful! He's a great sFemker!" "Haha, yes. We know he is." "So, if he's so famous then he could have every girl." "But he wants only one girl." "What do you mean with that..." "That he likes you very much. Very much." Femke looked down. "I like him too." She said. "He said that you're going out with him?" "Yes, that's true." "That's great. He's very happy and he's looking forwards to it." "Yeah, me too. I think I like him more and more every minute." 26-3-2000 0,36: "He'll be happy to hear that." Femke smiled. After a while the cop came out of Angelo's room. He said goodbye and went. Femke and Paddy both walked towards Angelo's room. Femke opened the door and Paddy followed her. "Angelo, what did he wanted to know?" Paddy asked. Femke saw tears in Angelo's eyes as he looked outside. She bent over him and whispered. "Come on Angelo. It's gonna be fine. Now Kevin is gonna pay for it." Angelo still didn't said something. "And the best of it all is....that we're going out!" Now a little smile appeared on his face. Femke was happy to see him smile and hugged him. She was a little shocked by herself, she never did this with him...but anyway. She felt good about it. When she looked at him she asked: "So, where do you wanna go with me and when?" "Eehm...as soon as possible. I don't know where we can go. Maybe...a cinema? Or we can take a walk?" "Hmm...I know something. I'll let you choose. I like surprises." Angelo and Paddy both laughed and Angelo nodded. Then a doctor came in with a happy face. "Hey mister Kelly!" He said, "I have some good new for you." Angelo sat up and listened. "You can go home tonight." 31-3-2000 10.57: "What?! That's great news! Did you heared that?!" Angelo asked Femke and Paddy. They both nodded. 8-4-2000 8.13: "Cool, now we can go out as soon as possible!" He yelled. "Don't you think you need some rest? You were only here for 2 days." Femke asked. "Rest?? Come on, I don't need any rest. I can go home!" Femke and Paddy looked at eachother and just laughed at Angelo, who was still very happy. The doctor left the room again. "Hey Angelo, are you ready?" Paddy asked as he came into the room both with his older brother Joey. "Yep. I've packed already." "Jesus Christ! You were only 2 days here and you brought 3 big bags! You're not like Maite, are you?" "No, of course I'm not. But eehm...Paddy, didn't you brought Femke?" "No, she's coming to visit you tonight." "But she doesn't know where I live." "Yes, she does. I told her." Joey told him. "Allright, we can go!" After Femke waited in front of the door, the door went open. "Hi, you must be Femke right?" A blond girl asked her. "Yes, I am." "Nice to meet you. I'm Maite, I'm Angelo's sister. Come on in." They shook hands and then Femke came in. "Take of your coat and you can follow me." Femke did what she said and she came into a large livingroom with a lot of people in it. She looked for Angelo and when she found him laying on the cough he waved at her. She walked towards him. Angelo sat up and invited her to sit next to him. "Hi Femke." He said. "Hi, how are you doing?" "I'm fine. You haven't seen the rest of my family yet, right?" "No, I didn't." "Well, let me introduce you then. The guy on that seat is my brother John, next to him his girlfriend Maite, then we have Kathy with Sean, that's her son, then Barby and the two fighting by the computer are Paddy and Maite, but you probably know them yet. Maite and Paddy looked up and smiled at her. Femke nodded and shook hands with everybody. "I thought you had more brothers and sisters?" She asked. "Yes, I have. But they're not all at home now. I have two more sisters Patricia and Caroline and 4 brothers Jimmy, Joey, Danny and Paul. And my father of course, but he isn't at home. He's taken a little holiday with some of his friends." Femke just nodded and smiled. She didn't know what to do or to say. 27-4-2000 11.52: Femke got something to drink and the evening went by very quick. She had lots of fun, this family was really cool. At first she talked for about an hour with the family, after that she went upstairs with Maite who wanted to show her all rooms and later Angelo came also upstairs into Maite's room to look what they were doing. "Hey Angelo, do you know what the time is?" Femke asked while sitting on Maite's bed. "Yes, it's time to go home. I'll bring you okay?" He said and he pulled her of the bed. The three of them went downstairs and Femke said goodbye to everybody. Angelo closed the frontdoor and got his coat on. He got his bike and jumped on it. "Come on!" He said and Femke jumped on his bike. Now she could watch his long blond hair and his nice butt. It looked really good. "Hey dreamy, I asked you something!" Angelo said, while he turned around laughing at her. "Oh sorry, what did you say?" "I asked you when you're free so we can go out." "Oh yes, eehmm....well, Friday evening?" "Yes, that's great! So, I have 2 more days to prepare myself." "Is it that bad??!" "No, it was a joke." They got at Inge's home and they both got of Angelo's bike. Femke walked towards her frontdoor and just wanted to open it. "Wait!" Angelo said. He layed down his bike and walked towards her. "What's wrong?" She asked while looking him straight in the eye. His head came closer and he whispered: "Femke, I wanted to do this before... but I just couldn't find the right moment. I think this is the right moment." With these words he kissed her on her mouth. Just a little kiss. Femke was shocked and looked at him. Finally he kissed her. He looked at her also in shock. He was shocked by his own action. But then Femke pulled him against her and kissed him with so much passion... It looked like her whole world turned around and it looked like it took 3 hours! 28-4-2000 8.00: Suddenly Angelo pulled back and looked her in the eye. "Do you want to be my girlfriend Femke?" He asked. Femke's eyes lit up and she smiled at him. With a big hug she said: "Yes, of course!" After saying goodbye with another kiss Femke went inside. "Hi mum!" She said while jumping on the cough. Her mother just looked at her with a smile on her face. "What's wrong?" Femke asked, noticing her smile. "I didn't now you had a boyfriend?" Her mother started. Femke started laughing and explained that Angelo had just asked her to be his girl. Her mother was happy for her, because she knew what kinda boy he was. Femke went to bed and thought about her new boyfriend all the time. The next day Femke woke up and still a little dreamy she stepped out of the bed. After a quick breakfast she put on her coat and she said bye to her mum. She closed the frontdoor and got her bike when she suddenly felt a hand on her shoulder. She looked behind and saw Kevin staying there... 28-4-2000 14.21: He looked at her with a sad face. "What are you doing here?" Femke asked while she stepped behind. "Don't worry. I only wanted to tell you that I'm sorry for what I've done." He said. Femke looked at him in disbelief. "Yeah sure, you don't have to tell me, you have to tell....Angelo, what are YOU doing here?" Kevin looked behind and the two of them saw Angelo sitting there on his bike. He looked at Kevin with an scared face. "Hi Angelo." Kevin said and he turned around to face Angelo. "What do you want from me?" Angelo asked. "Nothing, I just want you to know that I'm really sorry. I know I acted like a fool. I was just jealous." Angelo just nodded and Femke walked towards him to give him a little kiss on his cheek. "Well, Angelo had asked me to be his girlfriend and I said 'yes' of course." Femke said. Kevin said nothing, shook his head and walked away after saying goodbye. "What the hell was he doing here?!" Angelo asked her while Femke put the bag on her back and she jumped on her bike. They went to school together. The principal really did send Kevin back from school. He never came back again and his friends also didn't and Femke and Angelo were happy ever after. THE END |
