Chapter Eight(Already!):The New Guy
Tommy POV:
The bus lurched to a stop, almost knocking over the plate holding my half-eaten sandwich, and shut off, along with the electricity and the water. My phone beeped, indicating that it was disconnected from the charger connecting it to the wall.
"Hey!" Monte pounded on the shower wall, causing me to laugh. The water must have stopped in the middle of his shower.
"Oops!" the driver started the bus again, my phone beeped again, CONNECTED flashing on the screen. I propped my feet up on the table and went back to my book. I felt cold fingers brush the back of my neck, tickling me.
I shook his hand off me. "Not now, Adam." I felt his lips attach to the back of my neck as he kissed me softly. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath.
"Feeling relaxed, Kitty?"
My eyes snapped open and I elbowed him in the chest. "Isaac, you creep!" He was laughing. "That wasn't funny! God, leave me alone!"
"Oh, Tommy, you're too easy!" he slapped his knee.
I rolled my eyes and went back to my book. How could you think it was Adam? How could you let him fool you?
Adam walked out of his room, talking to someone on his phone. "Yeah… yeah, sure! I'd love to! Alright… bye!" he hung up with a smile on his face, and slipped his iPhone into his pocket. "Hey, Tommy, I'm going to meet an old friend of mine. I want you to come."
I just looked up at him blankly.
"Please?"
I sighed and closed my book. "Alright, fine." I followed him to his car.
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"What's his name, again?" I asked for the third time, my feet on the dash, biting my nails.
"Sauli." Adam repeated, calmly.
Sauli. Sauli. Sauli. I thought, trying to memorize the name.
"What's the place called again?"
"The Hiatus Club."
"So… how do you know… Sully."
He laughed. "Sauli, Tommy… Sauli! We're just old friends."
"You know I'm not good with names! How did you meet him?"
He laughed again. "Tommy!"
"I'm sorry…" I slid deeper into the leather seat as he pulled into a very nice club\hotel with valet parking and everything. A man handed us a glass of champagne and took our jackets. I felt cold and exposed as I fingered the scars on my arm delicately.
Adam's pace quickened as he spotted a brunette guy at a fancy table, sipping champagne. The man's back was to us, and he was tapping his foot, impatiently, on the tile floor.
"Excuse me, sir, you're in my seat." Adam said in a very low voice.
The guy calmly stood.
He's about my height, I observed.
"I'm sorry, Adam…" he turned smiling.
"Damn it! How did you know?"
"We used to prank call each other all the time, remember? Come here, bud!" they hugged each other. I frowned… am I missing something? This was no ordinary hug-and-let-go-before-anybody-sees, keep-you-as-far-from-me-as-possible, single arm around the neck type man hug… no. This was a tight, long, hold-your-body-as-close-to-mine-as-possible, two armed, body-to-body, I-can-feel-every-detail-of-your-body, hug that Adam only gave me! The only other person I'd ever seen him give it to was Cammie, and that was when her boyfriend broke up with her!
"Who's this?" S… Sa… Sul… the guy acknowledged me.
"Oh, that's just Tommy."
Just Tommy?
"Well, Tommy, Adam, please, take a seat?"
"Where do I take it?" Adam joked.
S laughed louder than necessary. "Oh, Adam, I'd forgotten how funny you were!"
I sat in the seat next to Adam. "So, how have you been? It's been sooo long!"
"Yes it has! I've been wonderful, but I'd like to hear about you… and your friend, of course, how did you two meet?"
"Well, Sauli," Oh, yeah… Sauli. "He plays bass in my band." Sauli nodded. "You'll be glad to hear that my music is progressing. Yup. Gotta performance tonight actually."
"Really? I'd love to go to one of your shows!"
"Hey, you should come! You can stay back stage and everything!"
"Really? That'd be great!"
The two continued talking as I excused myself to the bar.
"Could I get a cold beer?"
"I'm sorry, sir, we don't serve beer here."
What? No beer? What kind of club is this? Whatsa fella gotta do around here to get a nice, cheap, frosty beer? "Then I'll have a glass of vodka, thanks." I turned back to look at Adam and… the guy when I heard a burst of laughter. Adam was sitting awfully close to him… they laughed and poked each other, Adam was playing with Sauli's hair.
"Actually, gimme the whole bottle…"
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