Chapter Eleven
"What do you want?" Scott asked. His words came out more as an acuzation than a question. "Calm down cowboy," Luke replied in an even tone. "Don't get yourself into a little lather on my account. I'm simply doing a favor for a friend. A friend who is going to owe me big time." "What are you babbling about Spencer?" Scott asked in an annoyed tone. "Lucy is worried about you, and apparently with good reason." Luke looked him up and down. "Look at you or better yet smell you. Your like a brewery with legs. Back to your old habits hmm? Doesn't bother me any. I always knew you were no good, you just covered it up better with that all American boy looks of yours." The Baretender placed two shots of whiskey in front of them. Scott grabbed his like a starving man and slammed it down. "Your one to talk about past behavior Spencer," Scott practically growled at him." "When are you going to let it go man? Is that what this is all about?" "You would like that wouldn't you?" "Like what?" "For everyone to just forget. To just go along with that 'Romance of the century' crap" "Listen Pal, it's a love you could never understand" "Only a mental patient would understand it." "Laura understands it" "Or she was tricked by you." "Tell yourself whatever you have to" "At least I know what it real" "Yeah and that truth is what you have been running from for years" For a moment both of the men where silent. Scott's mind raced with anger. Luke Spencer; before him everything, after him nothing. "I came here because of Lucy," Luke began again in a slightly calmer tone. "She asked me to talk some sense into you for Serena's sake or have you forgotten about her." "I haven't forgotten anything," Scott replied. "No and I guess you never will." "Should I? Or should I do what Laura did?" "Which is what?" "Create the reality I can deal with. Pretend that the man telling me he love's me is a sweet guy who will love me forever not a man who threw me down on floor and raped me." Luke felt his breath coming quickly as he tried to control his fists. "You have no idea what Laura and I share." "Shared or forced I guess it's the same for you hmm?" Luke grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and raised him off of his barstool. "For Laura's sake and Lucy's sake I'm not going to pound you into the ground but, make no mistake if you ever talk to me like this again I will take you out." Scott knocked Luke's hands away and stood up next to his barstool. "Threaten me all you want Spencer. You are nothing more than a two bit rapist and Laura deserves better." "I got news for you she deserves better than either one of us, but it was me she ran to not you. That is what eats you up at night isn't it? To her you were nothing." Scott balled up his hands and threw a punch but his balance was off and he landed in a heap at Luke's feet. "That's were you belong Baldwin, crawling around in the dirt and we both know it."
"What do you want?" Scott asked. His words came out more as an acuzation than a question. "Calm down cowboy," Luke replied in an even tone. "Don't get yourself into a little lather on my account. I'm simply doing a favor for a friend. A friend who is going to owe me big time." "What are you babbling about Spencer?" Scott asked in an annoyed tone. "Lucy is worried about you, and apparently with good reason." Luke looked him up and down. "Look at you or better yet smell you. Your like a brewery with legs. Back to your old habits hmm? Doesn't bother me any. I always knew you were no good, you just covered it up better with that all American boy looks of yours." The Baretender placed two shots of whiskey in front of them. Scott grabbed his like a starving man and slammed it down. "Your one to talk about past behavior Spencer," Scott practically growled at him." "When are you going to let it go man? Is that what this is all about?" "You would like that wouldn't you?" "Like what?" "For everyone to just forget. To just go along with that 'Romance of the century' crap" "Listen Pal, it's a love you could never understand" "Only a mental patient would understand it." "Laura understands it" "Or she was tricked by you." "Tell yourself whatever you have to" "At least I know what it real" "Yeah and that truth is what you have been running from for years" For a moment both of the men where silent. Scott's mind raced with anger. Luke Spencer; before him everything, after him nothing. "I came here because of Lucy," Luke began again in a slightly calmer tone. "She asked me to talk some sense into you for Serena's sake or have you forgotten about her." "I haven't forgotten anything," Scott replied. "No and I guess you never will." "Should I? Or should I do what Laura did?" "Which is what?" "Create the reality I can deal with. Pretend that the man telling me he love's me is a sweet guy who will love me forever not a man who threw me down on floor and raped me." Luke felt his breath coming quickly as he tried to control his fists. "You have no idea what Laura and I share." "Shared or forced I guess it's the same for you hmm?" Luke grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and raised him off of his barstool. "For Laura's sake and Lucy's sake I'm not going to pound you into the ground but, make no mistake if you ever talk to me like this again I will take you out." Scott knocked Luke's hands away and stood up next to his barstool. "Threaten me all you want Spencer. You are nothing more than a two bit rapist and Laura deserves better." "I got news for you she deserves better than either one of us, but it was me she ran to not you. That is what eats you up at night isn't it? To her you were nothing." Scott balled up his hands and threw a punch but his balance was off and he landed in a heap at Luke's feet. "That's were you belong Baldwin, crawling around in the dirt and we both know it."
