Onyx took a tentative sip of her beer and was disgusted. "Ew this tastes horrible!" Onyx said as she pushed the bottle away from her. Edgar grabbed her beer and slid it back in front of her, "Don't worry you'll get used to it."
Onyx laughed, "Your a bad influence."
"Good influences don't have any fun." He replied.
Onyx smiled and picked up the bottle, "I could definitely use some fun."
Onyx quickly drank her beer but shuddered at
the taste.
Edgar pulled Onyx's stool closer to him and wrapped his arm around her.
"So where's your husband beautiful?"
"I don't want to talk about him."
Edgar raised his eyebrows, "Why not?"
Onyx slammed her now empty beer bottle on the counter, "Do you want to ask a bunch of questions about my husband or do you want to buy me another beer?"
Edgar licked his lips, "I definitely want to buy you another beer."
Jake was standing on the Deck supervising Josh supervising the off loading process. "I don't need you to watch me!" Josh snapped at him, "I know how to do my job."
Jake laughed, "I'm your boss Josh I can watch you if I want to."
"Don't pull that boss bullshit with me right now Jake. I don't need another reason to want to punch you in your fucking face."
"Dude I'm trying to help you out. I didn't do shit to make you want to punch me in my face."
Josh turned to face his brother, "You know exactly what you did. I don't want you anywhere near me right now."
Jake rolled his eyes, "What happens between me and Onyx isn't any of your business."
Josh stepped closer to him, "You know what Jake it is my business! I love Onyx like a little sister. She's the best thing that ever happened to you but your to immature and naive to see it!"
"Shut the hell up dude. You don't even know what you're talking about."
"What the hell happened to you Jake? I don't even know who you are anymore."
"Whatever man."
Jake headed inside at sat down at the galley table. Ryan was sitting across from him, "what's up dude?" He asked. Ryan shrugged his shoulders and continued to eat his bowl of cereal. After a few minutes Ryan looked up at him. "Where's Onyx?"
"I don't know man! Why is everyone so fucking concerned about her?"
Ryan shook his head and looked back down at his
bowl.
Jake looked up and saw Phil enter the room, "What's up pops?" He asked.
"Get up to the wheel house now." He replied as he poured himself a cup of coffee.
"Why?"
"I said now Jake."
Jake stood up and made his way angrily to the wheel house. 'Why is everyone on this fucking boat acting like this?' He thought angrily.
Jake sat down in the co captains' chair and waited for his dad to come up.
A few minutes later Phil came up the stairs and walked over to his son. Jake shifted in his seat uncomfortably it was clear his dad was fuming. After glowering down at his son for a moment he finally spoke. "What the hell is wrong with you Jake?"
"What are you talking about pops?"
"Don't play dumb with me Jacob. Did you know Onyx was planning on going back to California? Lucky for you I stopped her."
"You should have let her go." Jake spat, "I don't ever want to see her again."
Phil lit a cigarette and shook his head," I don't understand how someone as smart as you can do and say such stupid shit."
"Marrying her was a mistake dad."
"That's what I thought when you first told me you got married, but when I saw you two together I knew I was wrong. I don't know what happened between you two today but you love her Jacob and I probably shouldn't say this but nobody will ever love you the way she does."
Jake shook his head but didn't say anything.
"Jake I love you." Phil continued "But you're a hot head, you have horrible people skills, and you say things without thinking about how it's going to affect people. I couldn't put up with it if I was her but she does anyway. She's the first girl you took a chance on son, why do you think that was?"
Jake shrugged his shoulders and looked out of the window.
"Damn it Jake! Stop being so stubborn!" Phil roared, "How would you feel if you saw her with someone else one day?"
An image of Onyx marrying a faceless stranger floated into his mind. She was smiling and wearing a beautiful dress. Onyx was getting the wedding she had wanted but Jake hadn't thought was important. The words he had screamed at Onyx that morning floated back into his mind, 'If I would have known you were like this I never would have married you.' Jake's whole body began to shake with tears. "Dad what do I do?" He asked quietly, "I messed up and I don't know how to fix it."
"Go get her." Phil said simply.
Jake placed his head in his hands and cried. Everything he had yelled at her echoed in his head. The way he had treated her made his insides bubble with guilt. "It's too late. She'll never forgive me." He said miserably as he looked up at his father.
Phil gripped his sons shoulder, "Fine. Let her go because you thought it was too late, but could you live with yourself if you didn't try?"
Jake shook his head.
"Then. Go. Get. Her."
"Edgar I think I'm drunk." Onyx said laughing. Edgar took the empty bottle from her hand and sat it on the counter next to the other two bottles she had already consumed.
"You really didn't drink that much." He said as he laughed.
Onyx giggled, "This is the first time I've ever drank remember?"
Edgar brushed Onyx's hair off of her shoulder and
Leaned in to kiss her neck. Onyx stiffened as his lips touched her. She had been planning on doing something with Edgar mostly because the alcohol was clouding her judgment, but also because she wanted to get back at Jake somehow. It was fine when Edgar was just sitting close to her flirting but when he actually touched her it was too much. Onyx instinctively looked over her shoulder to see if Jake had walked in. Deep down she hoped he had.
"Earth to Onyx!" Edgar said waving his hands at her.
"Huh?"
"You looked like a space cadet."
"Sorry."
He smiled at her for a moment, "So you're staying in a hotel tonight right?"
Onyx nodded as she swayed slightly on
her stool.
"Want me to take you back to your room?"
"Ok." She said as she slid off of the stool. She
was too nervous and intoxicated to get back to her room by herself. Onyx began to feel uneasy as she realized Edgar hadn't had a drink all night.
Edgar placed a hand on her back and led her towards to door. Once they were outside he outstretched his hand and waited for her to grab it.
Onyx looked at it and hesitated. 'Snap out of it Onyx.' She thought to herself. She shouldn't have felt guilty just for holding someone's hand. Should she? Jake had basically told her they shouldn't have gotten married that morning and she was sure he didn't feel guilty about that.
"What?" Edgar asked raising a questioning eyebrow at her.
She bit her lip and shook her head, "let's just walk ok?"
Edgar threw his arm over her shoulder instead.
Ten minutes later they arrived at her hotel. Edgar insisted on walking her to her room and she agreed solely because the look on his face said he was going to whether she said yes or not. "Well thanks for walking me back." Onyx said as she dug around in her tote bag for her room key. When she finally found it she dropped it on the floor.
"Fuck." Onyx mumbled under her breath as she crouched down to pick it up. When she stood back up Edgar placed a hand on either side of her pinning her against the wall. "Aren't you going to invite me in?" He whispered into her ear.
"I'm sorry I can't. You know I'm married."
"That didn't seem like such a big deal back at the bar. Where is the kid anyway?"
Onyx shrugged her shoulders and looked down at the floor.
"If he matters so much why were you with me all night? Shouldn't you be with him right now?"
"We got into a fight." Onyx said quietly deciding to be honest.
"If he really cared he wouldn't have let you go out alone."
Onyx looked back up at Edgar. He was right. "Well maybe you can come in for a little while."
Can I borrow your truck? Jake asked.
Phil dug into his coat pocket and tossed him the keys. Jake nodded and stood up. He walked to the wheel house stairs but paused before he descended, "Thanks... for everything. I love you pops." Phil laughed. "I love you too. Now get the hell out of my wheel house." Jake hurried down the steps and out onto the deck. "Where are you going?" Josh asked.
"To go get Onyx." Jake replied as he awkwardly rubbed his arm.
"I'm proud of you."
"I...uh thanks." Jake said as he turned and jumped off of the boat. Josh smiled as Jake hopped into the truck and sped off.
As soon as Onyx closed the hotel room door Edgar pressed his lips roughly against hers and led her to the bed.
Onyx pulled away breathing hard, "Wait I'm sure about this."
Edgar smirked and pushed her down on the bed. "Don't worry baby I know what I'm doing."
Edgar climbed on top of her and began to kiss her neck. He moved back up to her lips and Onyx reluctantly let him push his tongue inside her mouth. Edgar sat up so that he was straddling her and pulled his shirt over his head.
Onyx bit her lip and looked away. Edgar laughed, "Don't be nervous the kid can never make you feel as good as I can."
He bent back down and kissed along her neck and collarbone as he roughly squeezed her breasts through her shirt.
Onyx's brain felt cloudy and she couldn't think straight, but she felt dirty. Everything about this felt wrong and unnatural.
"Edgar." She said suddenly
"Hmm?" He replied as he sucked on her collarbone.
"He was the first person I slept with."
Edgar looked at her and raised an eyebrow, "Don't worry I'll be gentle."
He slid his hands up her legs and began trying to pull her pants off. Onyx's heart began to race. It wasn't racing in the good way like when Jake touched her, she was panicking.
"No." Onyx said as she pushed him off of her, "I want him to be the only person I've slept with."
"Your joking right?" Edgar said angrily.
Onyx crawled away from him to the edge of the bed.
"I'm sorry I shouldn't have let it get this far. This isn't right I love him."
"You're making a mistake."
She shook her head, "No I almost did."
Onyx jumped as someone banged loudly on the door. "Onyx it's me! Let me in, we need to talk."
"Oh my god it's Jake!" Onyx said as she raced across the room to open the door not thinking about the fact there was still a half naked man sitting on her bed.
She pulled open the door, "What are you doing here?" She asked breathlessly
"Onyx I'm so sorry I'm such an idio..." Jake glanced over Onyx's shoulder and his eyes widened in shock and anger as he saw Edgar pulling his shirt on. He stormed into the room and punched Edgar as hard as he could causing him to knock into a night stand.
"What the fuck are you doing here?" He screamed at the top of his lungs.
Edgar rubbed his jaw and wiped a trickle of blood away. He laughed, "Calm down kid, you're wife is a tease. Nothing happened."
"Get the fuck out." Jake said through clenched teeth. Edgar walked out of the room and Jake rounded on Onyx, "Grab your shit we're leaving." Onyx trembled as she collected her belongings and followed Jake out the door. Jake didn't say anything as they walked out of the hotel. He flexed his fingers as if he was itching to punch something else.
Once they were in the car Jake turned to her, "I want to know everything that happened and I mean everything."
She told him everything that happened in detail. She stared down at her hands while she spoke. When she finished she looked up at Jake and was shocked to see him crying. "How could you let someone else touch you?" He asked softly.
Onyx was already disgusted with herself but seeing Jake cry made it a million times worse.
He had never openly cried in front of her before.
She cried and he made it better. That was just how it worked.
"Jake I was hurt and he was nice to me. I'm sorry. I didn't want him. I don't want anyone but you."
Jake studied her for a moment, "I know you don't." They rode the rest of the way to the boat in silence. When they arrived they headed to their state room.
Josh was lying in his bunk but stood up when he saw them enter. He patted Jake on the shoulder before exiting the room.
Jake closed the door behind him and turned to Onyx, "So are we ok now?"
Onyx bit her lip and shook her head, "I don't think so Jake."
Jake rubbed his hands through his hair and sat down on Josh's bunk. "Why not?"
Onyx took a deep breath, "I almost made a really big mistake tonight and I'm really sorry, but besides that there is still a lot wrong with us."
"Like what?"
"Jake you said a lot of stuff that really hurt me."
"I know and I'm sorry."
"Jake I'm tired of you saying your sorry all the time if you're going to keep doing the same shit over and over."
"Onyx I'm trying I really am. Ill do anything to fix this!"
"You need to get clean! You and I both know you're an addict even if you won't admit it."
"I can control it." He said quietly.
"No you can't Jake! You are not invincible!" She yelled back, "You're only nice to me when you're on drugs and you treat me and everyone else like shit when your not. That isn't normal Jake. You need help."
Jake stood up and began to pace.
"I'm not going to rehab." He finally said.
Onyx sighed, "I don't think we should be together until you do."
"Onyx please don't be like this. I can't lose you." He pleaded.
"Then go to rehab."
"I... I Can't."
"Well then I don't know what to tell you."
Onyx slid the ring Jake had given her shortly after they got married off of her finger and dropped it into his hand.
She cleared her throat, "I promised Phil I wouldn't leave and I won't, but I think its best I sleep in the wheel house. I guess we'll figure something when we get back to Monroe."
Jake stared at the ring in his palm. "Onyx please."
"I'm sorry Jake I won't enable you anymore."
Onyx turned and walked out of the room. The crew stared at her as she walked past them. She held her head high as she walked by but as soon as she was safely locked in the bathroom she broke down into tears. Onyx didn't want things to be like this but she was determined that Jake got clean. If Jake was going to overdose it wasn't going to be because she was allowing it to happen.
[Chorus - Rihanna]
just gonna stand there and watch me burn
that's alright because i like the way it hurts
just gonna stand there and hear me cry
that's alright because i love the way you lie
i love the way you lie
[Eminem - Verse 1]
i can't tell you what it really is
i can only tell you what it feels like
and right now it's a steel knife in my windpipe
i can't breathe but i still fight while i can fight
as long as the wrong feels right it's like i'm in flight
high off of love drunk from my hate
it's like i'm huffin' paint and i love it the more i suffer, i suffocate
and right before i'm about to drown, she resuscitates me, she fuckin' hates me
and i love it, wait, where you goin'?
i'm leavin' you, no you ain't come back
we're runnin' right back, here we go again
so insane, cause when it's goin' good its goin' great
i'm superman with the wind in his back, she's Lois Lane
but when its bad its awful, i feel so ashamed i snap
whose that dude? i don't even know his name
i laid hands on her
ill never stoop so low again
i guess i don't know my own strength
[chorus]
[Eminem - Verse 2]
you ever love somebody so much you can barely breathe
when you with em you meet and neither one of you even know what hit em
got that warm fuzzy feeling
yeah them chills used to get em
now you're getting fuckin' sick of lookin' at em
you swore you'd never hit em, never do nothin' to hurt em
now you're in each other's face spewin' venom in your words when you spit em
you push pull each other's hair
scratch claw hit em throw em down pin em
so lost in the moments when you're in em
it's the face that's the culprit, controls ya both,
so they say it's best to go your seperate ways
guess that they don't know ya
cause today that was yesterday
yesterday is over, it's a different day
sound like broken records playin' over
but you promised her next time you'll show restraint
you don't get another chance
life is no nintendo game, but you lied again,
now you get to watch her leave out the window
guess that's why they call it window pane
[Chorus]
[Eminem - Verse 3]
now i know we said things, did things, that we didn't mean
and we fall back into the same patterns, same routine
but your temper's just as bad as mine is, you're the same as me
when it comes to love you're just as blinded
baby please come back, it wasn't you, baby it was me
maybe our relationship isn't as crazy as it seems
maybe that's what happens when a tornado meets a volcano
all i know is i love you too much to walk away though
come inside, pick up the bags off the sidewalk
don't you hear sincerity in my voice when i talk?
told you this is my fault, look me in the eyeball
next time i'm pissed ill aim my fist at the drywall
next time there won't be no next time
i apologize even though i know its lies
i'm tired of the games i just want her back
i know i'm a liar if she ever tries to fuckin' leave again
i'ma tie her to the bed and set this house on fire
Love the way you lie –Eminem ft. Rihanna
So certain parts of the song don't really fit them.
But for the most part I think it does. The passion in it describes them really well :).
Please Please review.
I love to read everything you have to say :)
