Editors Note: Sorry for the short chapter! I have to figure out where to bring this story so bear with me!
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We got to the Chinese place after NYR. I had cleaned up and Torrie just 'threw something on.' She looked so good in her little black mini dress. We sat in a booth in a corner so no one would really see us. The waitress came over to take our drink orders.
"Welcome to Lings Chinese! My name is Soo-Lee and I will be your waitress. What can I get you?"
"A strawberry daiquiri for her and a Jack Daniels for me."
The server nodded and walked away. Torrie looked at me in shock. I smiled at her.
"You remembered what I like."
"How can I not? We went out to eat a lot."
"Well Randy still doesn't remember. He doesn't remember a lot of things about us anymore."
"What do you mean?"
Torrie stopped talking when the drinks came. She took a long sip of her daiquiri. I took a sip of my Jack Daniels. I waited for her to continue. Then I figured she wouldn't go on, so I pick up where she left off.
"What's up with you and Randy?"
Torrie looked out to space. She didn't want to answer the question. She sighed and started to talk.
"We've grown apart. We barely talk anymore. If we do, it always ends in an argument. I'm…"
Torrie stopped there. The server came back.
"Can I take your order?"
"Actually, we're not that hungry. Here's the money for the drinks."
I stood up and offered my hand to Torrie. She took it without any hesitation. We walked across the restraint. People had their eye on us, and I could tell Torrie didn't like it. I let go of her hand, but Torrie grabbed it again. I looked back at her. She gave me a weak smile. It was a start from where she used to be. We walked out and I gave my ticket to the valet. The guy ran around to find my car. After a while, we finally got it. I opened the passenger door for Torrie. She got in and stared straight ahead. I got in and drove away without any tip. We drove back in silence for a while. Torrie started to lean toward me a little bit. He put her hand over mine. She moved my foot away from the gas pedal. Soon we swerved onto a deserted street and stopped on the side of the road. I was trying to get over my almost heart attack.
"John I'm not happy!"
Well that was put bluntly. She started to cry. All I could do was put my arms around her and just be there for her.
"I don't know what went wrong. We were fine at first, but then things just unraveled! First we stopped talking, then we were always arguing, then we stopped having sex..."
"OK that's a little to much hun…"
"I just want things to be back the way they were! You know…before the plan."
I couldn't really say anything. She missed things like the way they were just like I did. I lifted her head up so her eyes were eye-level with mine.
"You know what I think?"
"What?"
Time for a little comedy. I coughed and put on my gay voice.
"I hate him because of his clothing! I mean oh my gosh! The loafers he wore last week'? Ugh no wonder you want to leave him!"
Torrie let out a little laugh. Not enough for me!
"And his grey t-shirt with his red pants when we were getting on the airplane? I wanted to throw him off because I thought people would have heart attacks looking at that!"
Torrie was bursting out laughing. Now I was getting somewhere! But I wasn't done yet.
"And he hasn't worked out in days! I mean, what is he packing there now? Like, 500 calories a day? My god that is so many!"
Torrie was clutching her stomach because it hurt since she was laughing so hard. I knew my job was done. She was sliding down the seat with laughter. Finally she got up and wiped the tears from her eyes.
"See? It's not that bad. It can get better."
Torrie looked into my eyes. She was moving her face closer. Then she leaned in and kissed me. Something told me I should just push her away, but I didn't. So one thing led to another and…
John stopped there. Randy was damn glad she did. He turned his head quickly to Torrie, who was trying to hide behind her purse. Randy stood up and started toward her. John wanted to go over there and protect her, but Ashley beat him.
"Now Randy calm down…"
But Randy just pushed her out of the way. Torrie stood up reluctantly. She still had her purse in front of her. But Randy just snatched it out of her hand and threw it on the chair.
"You give me ALL this crap about lying to you! But you go behind my back and have sex with him!"
Randy pointed at John. Torrie tried to calm Randy down.
"Baby I was mad and I wasn't happy. I didn't know what to do!"
"Confront me! Tell me something! Anything but that! You…you slut!"
Randy pushed Torrie back and walked out the door. Torrie caught herself before she could fall on her butt. She stared at the door, thinking that she could make him come back.
"Torrie, please sit back down."
"Don't you see what this has done to us? It's torn us apart! If this would have never happened…"
"You would still be unhappy. Now please, sit down."
Torrie stood where she was for a while, then finally sat down. She glared at John. All he did was smile. Ashley just laughed. All 3 looked at her confused.
"Oh man this is too good!"
"You find this amusing?"
"Yeah, actually I do."
"Well wait till you hear what Randy said about you."
"What?"
John looked at Ashley with fear. Something told him that the plan was going to blow up in her face. Ashley looked confident, but inside she was so nervous. Dr. Dave looked calm at her.
"Please tell us that story Torrie."
Torrie flashed her cheesy smile in Ashley's direction.
"I would be happy to. So when I saw him…"
