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This story is entitled "Teenage Telenovella" and that's exactly what it is. A telenovella soap opera written in story form. There will be twists, turns, bastards, bitches, shocks, deaths and love, like in every telenovella imaginable. So sit back, lie down, and enjoy the story. There will be sex eventually, I promise, but I want to set the background of the story first in this chapter.
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Characters David le Roux (17) Daniel Pretorius (17) Lizane du Plessis (16) Frank le Roux (David's father - 39) Vera le Roux (Daniel's mother - 37) James le Roux (David's son - 16) Abi Pretorius (Daniel's daughter - 14) Ronaldo Pretorius (Daniel's son - 16) Justine le Roux (David's wife - 35)
Richmond High - Cape Town 1994
"I heard my dad say the other evening that major stuff is going to be happening in this country, brother. The ANC and Mandela are favourites to win the election."
"That's crazy talk, Daniel! My dad also watched the news last night and he went on and on about the ANC going to see their asses wipped after so many threats that whites aren't going to be in charge of the country any longer. He said to just ignore it."
David stopped running without warning Daniel and took a swing of water. They did this routine every morning, running at least 3 km before their classes. They were 17 afterall and it was about to transcend into the cold South African winter months, where the chances of getting some excerise on the road at this time of the morning would be limited to say the fucking least.
"Hey, you couldn't warn a person that you're gonna stop?" his best friend Daniel shouted, having already been more than 100 meters away from his running partner. Jogging back, he caught the bottle of water that David had thrown at him and completely downed it on his face and chest.
"That's me, always on the look out to irritate you...by the way did you finish that Maths assignment? Fuck, I wished I dropped Maths when I still could have, but ofcourse you know Dear Daddy Dearest. What that fucking man wants, he always gets," David said with a scowl on his face. Daniel knew David's history with his father and sometimes felt that there was something that David was not telling him when it came to Mr Frank le Roux. This wasn't just the normal teenage jousting father and son usually had by any means. David seemed to really HATE his father...but over time Daniel had learned not to be a wise ass and kept his nose where it belonged.
"Come on, Dave, we gotta get back. Classes start in an hour and we still got to shower off all this sweat! Come on!" Daniel shouted, but he didn't realise that David was already streets ahead of him and on his way.
"RACE YOU!" he could hear David shouting followed by his best friend's usual evil laugh.
"YOU'RE GONNA PAY FOR THIS!" Daniel shouted back smiling and dashed off after his friend.
Living as roommates for the past four years shaped both David and Daniel as young men. They say that the children who attends boarding schools, adapt quickly and more faster to adult life than those who don't, and whether that was true or not, it certainly taught the boys at Richmond High how to take care of themselves. In these uncertain times in South Africa teenagers like themselves had no other choice but to. David was already in the shower when Daniel eventually reached the bathroom and was just finishing up. Daniel crept up on his best friend from behind and out of the blue, jumped onto David's back.
"What the hell...?" David started to shout but the smiling Daniel placed his hand over David's mouth, the other around his eyes, whilst his legs locked shut around his lanky teenage body. David knew ofcourse who the perpetrator was and expertly through Daniel off him, pushing him against the shower wall.
"Very good...very good try, my friend. Unfortunately I invented that one!" David laughed jokingly into Daniel's face, the two boys still clutching to eachother. For Daniel, this was just another one of their jokes and competitive friendship and messing around.
For David, the situation was becoming unbearable.
He released Daniel very quickly and walked away, firstly a couple of steps and before Daniel could ask what was wrong, David had ran out of the bathroom.
"Dude? What the hell was that, back there? Don't tell me you got angry over me jumping all over you? I thought we were friends?" Daniel said, confusedly as he entered the room they shared in Richmond High.
"Don't be crazy, Dan. I just...wasn't feeling too well after the run. I must be coming down with something," David replied, still not looking at Daniel, keeping his light blue eyes on the study material infront of him.
"Don't underestimate my intelligence, Dave. I think after four years of friendship I can see when you're lying to me. You do it less enough already," Daniel said with a sny remark. "Now man up and tell me what the hell is going on? You totally freaked back there!"
"Can't you just forget it? Man, you're such a woman some times!" David shouted, finally losing patience.
"Oh, you did NOT just say that, buddy!" Daniel whispered and grabbed David's arm. He was shocked to see small drops of water, tears, just sitting there, in the corners of David's eyes, just begging to be rolled down over the teenager's scruffy face.
"What, you're crying now? David, I don't know you like this!" Daniel said, calming down somewhat.
"Whatever, man. Perhaps you never knew me at all. Let's just go to class," David said, angrily wiping those irritating drops away before turning around, walking out and slamming the door behind him.
"I can't do this anymore, Lizane. I really can't. This morning was the last time. I felt so fucking close to him, I so badly wanted to reach up and just...I dunno...just kiss him like I wanted to do ever since I met him but...FUCK this is a bad situation..." David said to the girl sitting opposite him, laying his head on his hands as he breathed out uneasily. If he had the sence to look up into her face instead, he might had seen her eyes flashing dangerously and a smile breaking at her lips. It wasn't a friendly, caring one, that's for damn sure. But she knew that she had to play her part...in order to get to the ultimate prize.
"Oh come on, David...why don't you just ask him out, hey? Who knows, he might say yes!" Lizane whispered back. They were in the library, where David was tutoring her in English. Lord knew why, she was never going to use it.
"Lizane, if Daniel ever, so much as SMELL that I'm...you know...different...he wouldn't ever want anything to do with me ever again. Fucking hell, no one would want to! My dad's already pissed with knowing, how do you think Daniel's going to react? We are roommates, you really think he's gonna continue that happening if he knows I'm attracted to him?"
"Well then there's not much you can do, my friend," Lizane said smugly, with only so much intention in her voice as to not make David suspicious, as to not devulge what she really thought about, what she called "David's kind" in general.
"My dad wants me to come home. Work in the family business, because his back is killing him. I suppose I could. I mean, I'd be away from Daniel, I'd not have to see him everyday and know everyday that I would never be able to tell him how I feel about him," David said sadly.
"Oh please, Dave, would you stop this pity party going on right here? Look, what does a guy do when he likes a girl? He goes over and ask her out. Now that's what you gotta do, if you're serious about Daniel," Lizane said, picking her words very carefully indeed.
"I dunno...I'll think about it. Listen, we've covered everything we needed to for tomorrow's test, are there any questions for your side?"
"Nope, I'm breezy. Thanks for all your help, David."
"Don't mention it. And I mean that literally, don't mention anything I told you!" David laughed and hugged Lizane. When he was gone though, the smile on Lizane's face turned into a scowl. Who does this stupid rich boy think he is? Oops...she thought of his as a boy. He wasn't even THAT! Not if he was attracted to guys. And in particular to Daniel Pretorius. Lizane sat back down as she watched the librarian starting to lock up. A misty eyed look appeared on her face as she visualed Daniel infront of her. He was so handsome...captain of the Rugby team, she made sure to attend every match with David, watching Daniel in those tight fitting pants...that grey Rugby shirt which clung to him after the game was over, hiding those six pack abs that she knew he possessed, that brown wavy hair just begging to have a hand running through it...Lizane suddenly opened her eyes as the image of David came running past her. Her parents had taught her that those kinds of people were all hell bound. They were an abomanation, an insult to the Lord Almighty who had created them. There was no way, no way, not how that she was going allow that a rich, homosexual CREATURE take away what belonged to her. Even if she had to resort to foul play. Because in the end...what Lizane wants...Lizane gets!
"What the hell is your problem, man? You never want to do stuff anymore! If I didn't know better, I'd swear you were on drugs!" Daniel shouted after the utmost time that he had tried to get his best friend to go out with him on a Friday night, and the latter had flat out refused. Daniel seriously didn't know what the hell to do anymore. David had literally changed over night and there was no reason, no way to find out because David's mouth stayed shut and refused to speak to him.
"I don't know why you're making a big deal of this, Dan! I'm just not in the mood for a night out on the town, that's it!"
"Stop right there, Dave! If this was the first, even the second time you refused, I wouldn't have, but you've been avoiding me whenever you can, spending all your time with that Lizane girl! If she was your girlfriend or something, I could understand, but both of you have denied it, so that's why I know something is WRONG here, David! What, is it me? Have I done something? Flirted with a girl you liked? Roughed you up the wrong way? Tell me!"
Daniel was as angry as David has never seen him before. God knows how much he wanted to tell his best friend of the feelings he had for him. He dropped his face and shook his head. Being gay was not normal. He was going to be dispised...also by Daniel. This type of attraction to guys was not normal for a bloke. God why...David looked up only to see the door slamming closed. He instictively knew that was it, there was only so much that Daniel could take. David stood up, grabbed the nearest thing he could find and smashed it into the nearby wall of the room. His powerful teenage chest was heaving up and down like never before, his breath was irregular, his fists was like metal claws wanting to scratch his demon out of him that was making him think these thoughts. His mind flashed over the tons and tons of teenage boys in Richmond High...was there any of them who suffered with the same feelings? These fucked up abominal urges? It surely didn't look like it. When he had calmed down somewhat, he finally saw what he had smached into the wall a coupleof minutes earlier and his heart lept out of his chest. It was the photoframe holding the picture of himself and Daniel, taken about a year ago, at Daniel's 16th birthday party.
The following morning David woke up wuth the biggest fucking headache he had ever experienced. Not even when himself and Daniel stole some beers from the local Midmar, did the pain thob this much. He cringingly walked over to Daniel's bed, where he knew the first aid kit they shared was buried, took out two Panado's and got dressed, before taking the stairs down to breakfast. All morning whilst the boys of Richmond High was pouring eggs, bacon, sausages, coffee and orange juice down their throats, David sat and toyed with him food. Daniel didn't even rock up for breakfast. Deep down David knew it was because of him. Daniel was finally finished with him. Over something that was way beyond his control. He looked around at the boys chowing on their food. He forced himself not to notice their slim bodies underneath their school uniforms, their hair wipping up and down, their sexy teenage faces bursting with excitement and with laughter at being young and without any problems to worry about except tests and assignments. David sighed. There was just nothing that a girl had that made him attracted to her. Guys are always talking about boobs and pussies and what they wanted to do with them...and that was something David could never understand. The idea or undressing a girl made his cock about as flaccid as a snail. But just replace that girl's face with a guys's and replace all that other stuff with a six pack stomach and a decent sized cock...and he was spurting like a vulcano. David pushed his food away. He needed to see Lizane and quick. He could really do with her advice how to get Daniel back on his side.
The girls's dormitories were at the back of the school and totally out of bounds for boys...well that's what the teachers thought! Time and time again raw teenage sex was going on inside of those bedrooms on either gender's side without the teachers's so much as having a clue. Just because they patrolled the corridors until 21:00 at night, doesn't mean its impossible. Since breakfast was still being served and classes didn't start in over 90 minutes, David thought he would be safe quickly crossing over to Lizane's room. He was really grateful for her support, because other girls knowing his secret would have damned him right then and there. Homosexuality was a big no-no, especially for the girls. Because what teenage guy in his right mind would ever willingly say no to a pair of teenage tits, right? David cracked a smile as he thought about that...he knew at least ONE of those boys. Silently he creeped up towards Room 210, where Lizane and her roommate Priska stayed in. Quietly, as to not alert the other rooms, he knocked on the door. He waited for a while, before the door was opened.
"Hey! Can I come in for a second, it won't take long."
"Uhm...David I really don't think it's a good time right now..."
She didn't even try and stop him after saying those words. It was like she wanted him to see Daniel lying naked on her bed. She didn't even try and cover her own naked body up, like she wanted him to see that aswell.
"What is going on here?" David asked hoarsely, his voice shaking.
"Dave, wait a minute, I really can explain all of this," Daniel said but David didn't give him a chance.
"I thought the two of you were my friends! What the fuck is this, Daniel? Lizane?" he spat out.
"Dave, calm down. I just came down here last night to ask Lizane if she knew what was going on with you these last couple of weeks and...and..."
"And you fucking had sex with her, Daniel!"
"Is there a reason he wasn't allowed to?" Lizane asked sweetly, looking sarcastially into David's eyes. He couldn't believe what they were telling him.
"You bitch...you knew...you knew how I...how I..."
"How you what, Dave?" Daniel asked. Lizane chirped in before David even took his next breath.
"HOW HE FELT ABOUT YOU, DANIEL."
David wished the floor would open up and swallow him. Because the one person he thought he could trust with his devastating secret, had just casually blurted it out like it was just a gentle breeze picking up a leaf from the ground, like it was nothing serious.
"How he felt...I don't understand..." Daniel said slowly, a frown etched on his face.
"He's a homosexual, Daniel. A faggot. A moffie, call it what you like. He likes GUYS! He's attracted to them. He wants to kiss them, like you kissed me last night. Get it?" Lizane was positively purring.
"Why are you doing this? I trusted you!" David had never felt the urge to hit a girl before but he was feeling bloody tempted right then.
"Because you rich filthy faggot ass begged me for it! Each and every time we would get together you would be like: "Oh Lizane, I love Daniel so much, its ruining my life, how would I EVER tell him" you know what, David? You lot makes me SICK! You're a disgrace to mankind! You think you can turn normal teenage boys just like you are and I'm SICK of it! Now, get the FUCK out of my room!"
David didn't know where to turn or where to look. Lizane's hatred...or Daniel's disbelieving face. He ran out of the girls's dormitory as fast as he could, leaving behind all the shit, all the struggles he had to cope with since he first discovered that he had feelings for Daniel that went WAY beyond that of a best friend. As he reached his room, he locked the door and started to pack his clothes and belongings as quickly as possible. He knew that Daniel was most probably pissed at his new found knowledge and was most likely on his way to fuck him up good and proper. Why wouldn't he? To know that your roommate of four years was gay and in love with him? Heaven only know what kinda thoughts must be going through Daniel's mind right now, David thought. His stuff was finally packed, and he was surprised that in the twenty odd minutes it took, Daniel had never show up. Probably for the best, David thought before he frantically reached for the expensive cellular phone his mother had gotten him earlier in the year and made the call home. He wasn't about to stay in this school, this room, for one minute longer.
After the election in mid 1994, the ANC was deemed the winners and that meant that Nelson Mandela became the first black president South Africa had ever had. For some people of certain races in the country, that was more than they could handle, leading to some families immegrating overseas. Unfortunately for David, his father, Frank le Roux was one of the few caucasian folk who decided it was time to leave the country as they refused to be under the new leadership. On the 19th of July 1994, the Du Toit family boarded the plane for the flight to London, England, where they would be residing from then on. In all this time, David had never told his father why he left Richmond High so suddenly and Frank du Toit never mentioned it either. David got the impression sometimes that his father would rather forget that his son was gay, and just avoided talking about it in the hope that it would just end up being a phase.
David had until that day not spoken to Daniel after that morning he found him naked in Lizane's bed. He was crushed and he felt as if his heart would never heal. Because he didn't just lose a best friend that morning...he lost the boy that he was in love with. It had taken David a few weeks to firmly realise that what he felt for Daniel was love. He had hoped and prayed to God to heal him, to make him stop thinking these thoughts...to stop him missing Daniel so damn much. None of it worked. His heart ached for his best friend. As they touched down in London, David vowed never, ever, to give in to these feelings any longer. He will never be in a situation like what happened with Daniel, ever again. He would be straight, date girls, and marry one of them in the future. That would be the easiest way for everyone. He closed his eyes and willed his tears to stay in his eyeballs. The plane landed, and the Du Toit family was relieved to have safely made the journey. David looked out of the window, determined.
His new home...London.
NEXT CHAPTER
Twenty years have passed since David and his family had arrived in London. David is now 37 and working as a sports coach for the local Highschool. Tradgedy strucks as he loses his job when the school is forced to close down. An invite to his 20 year Highschool reunion via email, gives him and his family a much needed vacation when he takes his wife Justine and their teenage son James to South Africa for the first time. Will he run into Daniel and Lizane? What has happened in their lives? And will his love for Daniel be ignited once more after years of living as a straight man?
Find out next time on Teenage Telenovella!
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