Greedy
Chapter 2
Thank you all for the reviews; makes a person feel good.
For those of you wondering where the story was going to go, welcome to my club. I had intended this as a one-shot, but it was fun writing Auggie & Clark banter; then Eyal entered the mix. I don't have a clue where this will go. We will see.
Still don't own any part of CA.
It had been about an hour since Eyal arrived and Annie, Eyal & Clark sat at Allen's chatting while Auggie sat with them, listening and sulking.
Auggie could tell from the conversation between Annie and Eyal that she really liked him and he liked her. This sucks! Why can't we leave? Oh yea, Eyal is here. Joy! I am not nearly drunk enough to deal with all this right now. "Can we get more beers here? Please!" Auggie yelled above the din in the bar hoping their waitress heard his plea.
Auggie's outburst for beer brought Clark's attention back to Auggie as the other two continued talked. Looking at Auggie, Clark really understood what the word "petulant" meant. Finally he leaned over to Auggie, "Dude, if you want your girl to still be your girl, I suggest you stop acting like 1. A sulking teenager and 2. A greedy bastard."
"I am not sulking. I am getting as drunk as possible." Auggie slurred his words just ever so slightly. "I plan to get so drunk she has to carry me to bed."
Clark raised his eyebrows. "That's the master plan? Get so drunk she takes you home first and then leaves to take him home? And from the looks they are giving each other, probably staying the night with him?" Clark rolled his eyes, "Good plan."
Even though Auggie was pretty drunk, that gave him pause. "Not a good plan," he agreed, then he looked in Clark's general direction with a smirk, "but it's mine."
"Changed my mind, you are NOT a greedy bastard. You are a sulking greedy stupid bastard. No wonder you lost the other one and are losing this one."
"Shut up. I'm not losing her. She is still my bestest friend. The other one? Oh yea. Shit my master plan of getting so drunk I forgot about Parker almost worked. Why did you have to remind me?"
"Sorry bud, but some plans are doomed from the beginning." Auggie gave him a look of complete annoyance but Clark just chuckled. "And if you still think Annie is just your best friend, then drink up." Clark said as he refilled Auggie's beer from the pitcher that was just delivered. "But don't be surprised if you find yourself in a cab for your ride home." Clark raised his voice so Annie and Eyal could hear him. "Speaking of home, I am out. I need to get home. Work tomorrow. Annie and Eyal it was a pleasure meeting you, drinking with you and I hope we can do it again sometime."
"You ok to drive?" Annie asked.
"Yep, I stopped drinking shortly after you got here. I know my limits. I just kept GB drinking 'cause he seemed to need it." He shook their hands, "And GB," he address Auggie, "Good Luck. You really need it."
Auggie was not happy. "Ass." Clark smiled and started to wave goodbye but was stopped.
"GB? What does that mean?" Annie asked.
"Ask him" Clark laughed and pointed to Auggie as he headed to the door.
"Auggie? What does GB stand for?"
Clark stopped just inside earshot to hear what Auggie would say. "Nothing important" Auggie replied.
Suddenly "GREEDY BASTARD!" was heard from over by the door followed by laughter just before Clark disappeared into the night.
"He called you a greedy bastard? Why?" Annie asked
In an effort to avoid answering the question Auggie said "I guess the party is breaking up. Just like me and Parker. Walker, can I please get a ride home now?"
Annie looked at Eyal and smiled. Her eyes never left Eyal's eyes as she said, "Sure Aug. I'll take you home." She stood and gathered her stuff as Auggie did the same. "Eyal? Do you want a lift?"
"No, I have my rental." Annie gave him a hug and started to lead Auggie out of the bar. "Annie." She turned and waited for him but Auggie continued to walk toward the door. Eyal leaned in and whispered in her ear the name and room number of his hotel. "If you're game" He said a little louder. Annie just smiled at him and caught up with Auggie. Eyal watching them leave.
"Auggie if you yak in my car, you will hate yourself forever."
"I'm not that drunk. I'm just drunk enough to know not to drive."
"Oh so funny." Annie said as she rolled her eyes at him.
"Hate myself? Tell me you didn't bring the 'Vette! For city driving? Walker you should know better." Auggie was just about beside himself.
"Relax, I was just kidding. I didn't bring the 'Vette. But if you yak in my car you will regret it for the rest of your life." He smiled and let he lead him to her little red VW.
When they got to Auggie's, Annie helped him up the stairs and into his apartment. Auggie moved forward as Annie was reaching for the light. Suddenly she heard a loud bang and "Ouch! Shit!"
When Annie turned on the light she saw why Auggie was sprawled on the floor. His place was trashed. Clothes and furniture where all over the place and dishes were laying in pieces by the wall. "Auggie, what happened here?"
"Annie, my sweet, my best friend, what do you think happened here?"
"Auggie, sarcasm is not attractive." She said as she picked a path through the mess to help Auggie up. As he stood he 'lost his balance' and just happened to grab her in a hug to steady himself.
"Parker left me Annie; after I read her in. She left. What am I going to do?"
"First you are going to sleep off your drunk. We will talk in the morning. Come on; let me help you to bed." She lead him through the mess, up the stairs and over to his bed. He was about to fall into bed when she reminded him that he was still dressed. "At least take your shoes off." He kicked his shoes off and then started to strip so Annie turned away. "I'll just go let myself out. I'll call you in the morning."
"Thanks Annie."
"It's what friends do." Before she reached the door she could hear Auggie snoring. He is going to kill himself in the morning with this mess. Friends do more than bring you home. She thought.
She found her cell phone and after a quick check with *411 she had the number of the Eyal's hotel. Before she knew it she was connected with his room. "Eyal, it's Annie. I'm not going to make it over there tonight. Auggie's place is trashed like a tornado went through here. I'm going to stay and clean it up so he doesn't hurt himself in the morning." She listened to Eyal give a small complaint. "I know, but he is in a really bad place right now. His fiancé left him this morning. That's what all the drinking was about. I need to be here for him." Eyal said he understood and would see her sometime tomorrow. Actually he made her promise to see him tomorrow which just made her smile. He was definitely up to something.
She put her phone away and started to straighten the furniture first. When the living room and office area were arranged, she started to put his clothes away. Surprised at how many clothes he actually had, she was a little daunted about the task at hand. She gathered up as much as she could carry and walked quietly up to his walk-in closet just off the bedroom. She dropped his clothes on the floor and made a trip into his bedroom for the rest. She tried to figure out what went where but finally decided that as long as it was hung up, shirts with shirts, pants with pants etc. he could find it. It took almost an hour just to hang everything back up.
As she turned to leave the closet she looked over at him, he was shirtless but had managed to get the sheet pulled around him. She just shook her head and went to start on the kitchen and the broken dishes.
After three hours of cleaning, she was almost done. One more trip to the door with the now full garbage pail of broken dishes and she could leave. She had taken off her shoes when she was done sweeping up the broken mess from the hardwood floors so she wouldn't make any noise to wake him, so she was barefoot when she stepped on something sharp. "Ouch!" she said louder than she expected. She reached down and found Parker's engagement ring on the floor. She developed a sad smile on her face as she reached down and picked it up.