Ch 7
They all sat around talking and laughing. All getting drunk, with the exception of Emma.
"I seriously can't believe you got into a fight with Lindsay Lohan" Sean said laughing. Jay shook his head.
"Are you kidding me? I totally believe that!" Emma blurted out. Jay nodded in agreement. Manny looked at her watch.
"Shit I really gotta go or they won't let me check into the hotel" Manny said looking at her old friends. Emma nodded and hugged her.
Jay stood up, "me too, not because of a hotel, because I have work tomorrow" Sean showed them both out. He walked her to her car.
"You know Manny, um, you really don't have to stay in a hotel" he said with a sigh. He took his hate off and scratched his head. She let out a soft breath.
"Jay…" Manny started.
"Look I really think you need to see how I fixed the place up, besides I added on a guest bedroom" Jay said shrugging. She looked at him and small smile crept across her face.
"Okay" she said getting into her car. "I'll follow" she said after she shut the door. Manny rested her head on the steering wheel, was this really a good idea. O well to late now. She followed Jay down the street.
She pulled up to a white house, it was not the old house she was used to. There was a rap around porch and a garage attached. She got out of the car. She looked at him in awe.
"Jay how could you possibly afford all this?" she asked.
"You haven't seen the inside" he said unlocking the door. He turned the light on the reveal a beige carpet and cream colored walls with a huge leather couch and a plasma screen tv mounted on the wall. The kitchen was complete with a giant island in the middle and a chrome fridge and stove. She looked around amazed.
"This is not your house" she said in disbelief. He led her down the hall and flicked on the light to his room. There was a huge king size bed with fluffy white pillows and a big soft blue comforter and a TV on stand. He led her in and opened the bathroom door. There was a hot tub bath and a shower separated. He then led her out and into the guest bedroom with a bed just as big but a smaller TV. There was a bathroom across the hall. He walked her back into the kitchen and flicked on the light to the backyard. A built in pool was in the ground with a giant grill and patio set next to it. She then remembered, Sean and Emma's house was quiet extravagant also.
"Did you and Sean like win the lottery?" Manny asked confused. He smiled a little.
"Nope" he replied. "But wait till you meet my baby" he said leading her to a door.
"You keep your girlfriend tied up in the garage?" she asked. He shot her a look and they both laughed. He opened the door to a 1966 Chevy corvette. It was a mint green car in perfect condition.
"Jay spill how did you get this money? Drugs? Robbery?" she questioned.
"I did what I always wanted to, and it just blew up from there" he said closing and locking the door. She shrugged confused.
"Manny like you don't remember?" he asked a little hurt.
"You opened your own garage?" she asked.
"Not only that, Sean and I do customs, we are rolling in cash, well not like you or anything, but for me on my own, I am doing so good" he said proudly. She smiled.
"Good I'm glad" she said walking back into his living room. She set her bags on the floor.
"So you're all alone here?" she asked flopping down on the fluffy couch. He nodded.
"Me and my cat, and my car" he said honestly.
"You have a cat?" she laughed.
"Yep she was a stray and I started feeding her, and the little shit grew on me" he said shrugging his shoulders. She giggled.
"Want anything to drink?" he asked.
"Beer" she called out flipping on the TV. MTV came on and her video was playing. "O god" she tried to change it as he walked in. he grabbed the remote,
"no no leave it." He watched her dance half naked on the screen then rock out in front of the mic. "Wow" Jay said shaking his head. She looked at him. "To think I could keep up with that! I was nuts" he said looking at her. She wanted to cry. She wanted to break down and apologize. He shook his head. "I need some sleep." He started walking.
"Jay" she grabbed his wrist to stop him