Sticking the key in the ignition and turning it on. Listen to that purr. Taking my car, as Tyler and REid hoped in his hummer. I drove out of the parking lot slowly, then took off towards Nicky's. I wove around the turns like a dress on a women's curves. Smooth. I would get in trouble for this tomorrow, but right now, I didn't care. Feeling the urge to go faster, but I kept it at seventy-five, until I pulled up at Nicky's. Stepping out of the car, I put the keys in my pocket and waited for Tyler and Reid.
"Your going to let me drive your car home, right?" Reid said.
"Umm…that's a stupid question, because I already know you know the answer."
"Yes!" He said excited.
"No!" I said as we headed into Nicky's.
Loud music of the juke box played in my ears, and the smell of smoke and beer hit my nose. It was still looking the same from when I was little, pool tables, foosball, people dancing. Yeah, I'm going to have fun.
Sitting on a stool, I looked across the bar seeing a heavy man but with a gentle face. Nicky. Leaning over the bar, smiling, catching his eye.
"Hey Nicky, How have you been?" I said sitting back down.
"Hey, Melanie." He looked at me for a minute then smiled. "How's you dad doing?"
" He's doing good. I will have to bring him down here to see you sometime." I smile big as he came from behind the bar and gave me a hug. I talk to Nicky for a couple of minutes before following Reid to the pool tables.
Always loved pool, every since that blonde bombshell thought me how to play. Now it's pay back time to show the master what the student learned.
"Let's play, Park."
" I will make you a bet Reid, fifty dollars to the winner." Im so going to win, I actually feel kind of bad to take his money.
"Okay deal, there is a free table open, let's go?" He smiled wickedly.
"Okay, lets go Garwin." Now, I don't feel bad for taking his money.
I was looking around, getting ready to beat him in pool when my eyes landed on a table. Our table. Their were two boys sitting there, and two girls. I looked away when the boy with spiky brown hair with brown eyes looked my way, Caleb Danvers.
"Oh crap!" I yelled.
"What's wrong Mel?" Tyler asked.
"Pogue and Caleb are here."
"They wont bite you Mel." Tyler said
"I knew that… lets just play some pool."
We went back and forth, making and missing the balls. We were having a fun time. A couple of good songs came on the juke box and I just had to sing away, sometimes drawing unwanted attention from 'Our table'. I would just ignore it and go on playing.
I was down two more strips and had three colored. . Getting ready to hit the red strip ball into a pocket when I heard Reid sat 'better competition just arrived'. I felt a little insulted, I thought I was playing good. Looking at Tyler with sad eyes he just patted my shoulder.
I hit the ball the pocket, as my thoughts argued back and forth, then I moved around. My back towards the approaching competition, hitting another ball, and making it. Missing the next. Seeing Reid tense up beside me, I knew someone was behind me, but it made me laugh cause Reid was acting like a bad ass on steroids. Flexing so he would seem like the King Kong of Nicky's.
" What do we have here?" A husky voice said behind me as I watched Reid shoot and make it.
"We are playing a game of pool, if you can't see that." I said a little bit to rudely for my liking.
"Oh a feisty one, mind if I take her off your hands Tyler?" He said, making Tyler and Reid pissed.
I shot the last ball , making it, then going for the eight ball, but missing. I looked up and saw Reid with a cocky smile and hundred dollars in his pocket. He threw the pool stick on the table and he got in Reid's face.
"Well that might be up to her don't you think. Abbott." Reid growled getting up in this Abbott guys face.
I walk over and got between them, pushing them apart as I got a glimpse of Tyler doing the same.
"Reid, lets play another game.." I told him trying to get him away form Aaron Abbott.
Aaron looked at me, then to Reid. A stupid smirk crossing his face. Whatever he was thinking I didn't want to know.
"I'll play the girl in pool, if she wins then I will give her fifty dollars and vise versa." Cocky are we.
"Okay.." I said. "…Lets play."
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Getting the boys and me a drink with the fifty bucks I just earned I felt someone tap my shoulder. Turning around I noticed Sarah and Kate.
"Hey, Melanie, how are you?" Sarah asked
"I'm good, thanks Sarah." I said back with a smile.
"What are you doing here, Dirt?" Kate ask me with acid dripping from here voice.
"Sarah, did you hear someone, oh, never mind it was the cow mooing outside." I smiled at her.
"How did you get here Park? Because I hope they put you back in your cage when they get home." She laughed as Sarah looked at her disapproving and heading back to table.
"Really, well have you ever thought about suing your brain for non-support, because I don't think you know who your talking to, Skipper?" I snapped back.
"Oh I know very well who I'm talking to."
"I don't need your crap." I said as I sat the glasses down and walked outside. I was infuriated. Who does she think she is coming up to me like that.
"I knew him first." I said as the darkness took over and I sent a fire ball at a bunch of old glass bottles. Regretting it as I heard the door open and slam shut.
"Melanie…." Reid said, full of concern and angry.
"Reid, I can explain …" Letting the power go I turn to him.
"Damn yes you are!"
