AN: Hello everyone sorry I did not post yesterday I was at an art festival all day and really did not have time to write. I got a cute little print of an owl and my sister shelled out the big bucks and got an original from a local artist. It is this really neat depiction of red riding hood. The poll is now closed and I have put up a new one. Sookie and Alcide are going to go dancing. The new poll is for my other story that has my attention at the moment So Much More than a Dream. I have a small reference to a show that my grandpa used to watch. If you do figure it out points to you if not don't worry about it. It was more for my amusement then anything really. I also seem to be ridiculously hungry when I have been writing lately so again food has worked its way in. Read and Enjoy.
Chapter 10 The Not so Shameful Walk of Shame or Waffles and with a side of Slut
I seriously wanted to destroy my alarm when it started to blare church bells. I had thought that it was a nice sound when I originally chose the clock but now I was regretting that decision. Eric pulled away and shut it off.
"How is it you are still here? Aren't you usually at work by seven?" I asked stretching.
"Normally I would be but today I am meeting a new client for lunch." I just nodded my head. I really had limited knowledge of what it was that his family company did.
"Do you want some breakfast?" I made my way over to my closet to grab a hoodie and slipped it over my camisole. I had changed during one of the breaks the night before. Now I was dressed in what is known as lazy college girl chic pajama pants and all.
"I thought you didn't have any food." He said pulling on his shirt.
"I don't but that is what grocery stores and fast food chains are for." I smiled at him.
"Well then by all means lets go." He picked up his shoes from the end of my bed. We made our way down the hall and to the kitchen. Jess was standing there with a cup of coffee.
"How is it you make the walk of shame look so good Northman?" She asked with a twinkle in her eye.
"I can make anything look good and if this had been the walk of shame you would not have gotten any sleep either." He joked right back which caused me to blush. My dirty mind went in the wrong direction.
"You are too cocky for your own good and I have ear plugs. Not that you would get anywhere with my girl anyway." She sassed pouring me a cup.
"Hey I was the one in her bed so how would you know?" He tried to defend his pride.
"So she has been in my bed many times. We have shared many wonderful nights together." She countered. I had to interrupt before this went any further. I could not handle this shit this morning. Normally it would not have fazed me one bit but for some reason the two of them joking about my nonexistent sex life was rubbing me the wrong way. I really don't know why it made me so upset. Well maybe I did know I just wasn't ready to admit it to myself yet.
"Seriously guys not cool. When you are done I will be down at the car waiting." I said leaving my mostly full cup on the counter and making my way to the door putting on my flip flops. I grabbed my keys and wallet off the table and headed out the door. Eric caught up to me when I reached his SUV.
"You are not mad are you we were just having some fun?" He inquired unlocking the doors.
"Next time do it at someone else's expense." I replied slinking into the front seat.
"Pleases don't be mad Sookie." He almost begged. I ignored him and looked out the window. I was not really mad more just hurt. He reached for my hand. "I am sorry Sookie."
"Whatever, go buy me food." I wave in the direction of the street trying my hardest not to smile.
"Hey I thought you were going to feed me." He said with a pout.
"I asked if you wanted food I never said I was buying." I pointed out.
"I suppose you did. Well what would the lady like to eat?" He admitted with a smile of his own.
"What I really want is waffles and bacon … no sausage… maybe both." I was just about salivating over the idea.
"How much time do you have till you need to be in class?" He asked with a thoughtful look glancing at his dashboard.
"My first class starts at 9:45 so we have like an hour before I need to get my bag." I answered.
"Ms. Kitty's is our best bet if you want to get to class on time." He said making a left heading in the direction of our finally selected destination. Ms. Kitty's was the best diner. They had almost anything you could think of on their menu and it was all fantastic. They had daily specials that change week to week. You could get in and out in a short amount of time too. My favorite thing about the place was that no matter what you ordered and when you would get a slice of pie with it. We pull into the small parking lot behind the even smaller diner. Eric and I walk in and found ourselves a booth. Our waitress walks up with a pot of regular coffee in one hand.
"My name is Ginger what can I get y'all?" She asked pouring us both a cup of coffee.
"I want waffles with a side of bacon and sausage and a glass of skim milk please." I request.
"Sure thing what kind of pie would you like? The slice of the day is Lulu's Luscious Lemon Meringue and then we have strawberry rhubarb, apple, cherry, chocolate cream, pecan and chocolate pecan." She rattled off.
"The first one sounds good." I reply stirring some sugar into the "coffee" she poured in my cup.
"And what can I get you?" She turns her attention to Eric with a smile.
"Uh can I get a Marshall Dillon omelet with a side of hash browns and wheat toast?" He asked returning her smile.
"And your pie?" She asked writing down his order.
"Chocolate cream please" He answered she nodded and went off to turn our orders in. Eric and I sat there talking about the weekend. Ginger brought out our order after a few minutes and we dug in. I am just about to take a very un-lady like bite of my waffles when a woman with long red hair walks up. She would have been pretty if she had been smiling and maybe washed off the six pounds of makeup. She was wearing dark grey ladies pant suit that aged her several years. Her button down navy shirt was open reveling far too much of her obviously fake chest. Her eyes momentarily flicker over to me before landing on Eric.
"Eric darling!" She screeches throwing her arms around his neck shoving his face into her fake cleavage.
"Sophie" He says in a curt tone pushing her away.
"Don't be like that Eric. I have missed you so much particularly in my bed." She says with what I can only assume to be her attempt at a seductive smile.
"I haven't." He replies turning back to his breakfast.
"Oh that was mean. You haven't even introduced me to your … little friend here. I'm sure you have heard of me I am Sophie Anne Leclerq." She simpers offering me her hand.
"Actually no I have never heard of you. If you don't mind we are eating." I say ignoring her offered hand. I know that Gran would have hit me for acting like that but this bitch had it coming.
"Now that I cannot believe Eric and I were together for almost a year and what a year it was." She says fanning herself.
"Sophie seriously you need to leave I don't have time for you." He gave her one more look of disgust.
"You haven't changed at all. You were always looking for the next one. Honey you should run while you can before he breaks your heart." She returns her attention to me.
"What the Fuck Sophie? You were the one that left me for that asshole Victor. I have nothing more to say to you. LEAVE." I don't think that I have ever seen Eric like this. It was kind of scary.
"Whatever" She huffed turning on her heels and leaving.
"Sorry about that." He mumbled cutting into his omelet with a little more force then was necessary.
"Don't worry about it." I returned to my breakfast. We finished eating in silence. I asked Ginger if we could have our pies to go. Eric was in a pensive mood when he paid and then drove me home. He did not say anything when I got out of the car. "Bye Eric" I said shutting the door. The apartment was dark so Jess must have gone to class. I got changed and grabbed my bag and raced down to the bus stop with several minutes to spare. Unfortunately the bus was pack, had a trainee at the wheel and I had to hold on for dear life while trying to stay up right holding onto the bar above my head. I met Lafayette on the way into class. He had a huge iced coffee in one hand a small brown bag in the other.
"Hey sugar sorry we did not answer yesterday. Jesus and I were talking to his granddaddy. That man gives me the creeps but he is family. Did you all get the car dealt with?" He asked taking a seat next to me at the table we share usually share with Amelia.
"Yeah she got it towed and they are supposed to be working on it this morning." I replied taking out my note book and pen.
"That's good. How are you felling with everything after this weekend?" He opened his little brown bag taking out a pastry.
"I am ok really. Hunter is doing ok and Daddy is dealing the best he can. I am going home again this weekend to help sort thought all of Hadley's things." I put the date on the top of my page of notes. Lafayette was about to respond when our instructor walked in followed by her two children.
"Morning everyone this is Mattie and Luke. They are lucky and don't have school today so they came to work with me. I am going to give you a work day to work on your literacy units if you have any questions we will be in my office." She said turning right back around.
"Are you going to stay and work?" Lafayette asked.
"I don't have any of my stuff for that with. Do you have any of yours?" I countered putting my stuff away.
"I have my laptop so I am good. You want to go back to your apartment and work on stuff?" He asked taking a sip of his iced coffee.
"Sure but I don't have any food. I really need to go to the store." I say standing up.
"I need to too. We were eating canned stuff last night. We can drop our stuff and then go shopping. I am sure that we can get back and still have time to work before Meriwether's class." He stood to and we made our way out to the bus stop. Amelia came running towards us on the way out.
"Please tell me I didn't run to get here and we don't have class." She huffed trying to catch her breath.
"Work day" Lafayette and I said at the same time. We started laughing. We rode the bus back to my apartment and got my car. We spent about forty minutes roaming around Wal-Mart getting food. When we got checked out and headed back to my apartment we had an hour till our next class. I packed all our groceries away tying off their bags and labeling them. It seemed that all of our professors liked the idea of a work day sending out emails canceling classes for the day that strongly encouraged us to get some work done.