A/N: Once again, another new chapter. That is four this month right? I am on a roll :) I can't promise the updates are going to be coming out as fast as they have been lately. I am starting a brand new class and it looks tough.
Anyhow, this chapter introduces a new character, Jayce, who might just start appearing every once in a while. On to my reviewers, you guys are the best, thank you a bunch.
Now, I hope you all enjoy the lllooonnnggg chapter and review!
Chapter 55
First day home and I love it. One of the best things about coming home after a week at my grandparents is my mom misses me so much since I am an only child and she loves to show it.
Like right now, it is ten thirty and she hates when I sleep in past ten usually. But today she will totally allow it. I can also smell her making me breakfast, French toast I am pretty sure. She hates making French toast though it is my favorite. I know for a fact she hates making it. Wally and I made some bet with our mom's that they thought they would win by a long shot. Well they didn't, so to hold up their end of the deal they had to make MySpaces and in my mom's, she did a like and dislike section. In her dislike it had making French toast. At least her profile picture was me and here and the caption read me and my handsome son.
Oh, I hear her coming so I will pretend to still be asleep. It is more fun this way.
"Vinnie, honey, wake up." My mom cooed as she sat on the side of my bed and messed with my hair, just like I was five.
"Hi Mom." I replied sleepily.
"I made you breakfast, want to come down and eat with me? Dad has some business stuff to do so he won't be home until shortly before we leave for Josh and Maryland's." My mom stated referring to Wally's parents.
"What did you make?" I asked as I sat up.
"French toast." My mom said with a smile.
"My favorite. Thank you." I said as I gave her a hug. She has long forgotten about me and Jude getting it on at the lake. Thankfully, though, I will never forget it.
"Come on Vinnie, let's go eat." My mom said with a smile as she walked out.
Yes, being home is nice when my conception is not the topic of discussion.
"Vin, put a shirt and some pants on for crying out loud." My dad shouted as he walked in the house. Another perk about being away, my mom lets me lounge around in just my boxers.
"I will before dinner. Mom said I could." I replied as I resumed watching my TV show.
"Madison, tell him to put some pants on." My dad screamed as he continued his way to the kitchen.
"Jonathan, he is fine." My mom said before she gave my dad a kiss.
Yuck.
"He is eighteen almost nineteen. If he wants to lounge around in his underwear, then he can get his own place. You don't even let me leave the room without a robe or something." My dad complained.
"Mom likes me better." I said laughing.
"You two stop it, and Jonathan, I have my reasons for it. So let's drop it." My mom said before she gave my dad another kiss.
"BEEP!" Went my dad's blackberry.
"Very mature." My dad said sarcastically to me.
"What?" My mom asked confused.
"Your son over there sent a text message to me saying you love him more." My dad stated right as his reply came through on my phone.
"Fuck you." My phone said as I played my dad's message over, and over, and over, and over.
"Vincent!" My mom shouted at me.
"What? That is dad's text message back to me." I said with a smirk.
"That is it! Both of you apologize or else." My mom shouted.
"Yea dad, or else." I said quickly regretting it.
"I would straighten up if you ever want to see Jude again, and before you open your mouth Jonathan, your punishment will be no me." My mom stated. "Now, you two look just like father and son with your mouths hanging wide open in shock."
"I am sorry." I mumbled.
"Sorry." My dad stated.
"Good, now we should be getting ready." My mom stated before she kissed my dad again.
Yuck again, what is with her and kisses today? I can't tell you how many I have got today.
Oh, and there they go, upstairs together, holding hands. Let's just hope they are getting ready for dinner at the Robbins', they scarred me enough for life last night.
Ok, so usually I am all for the Robbins/Spiederman dinners, but I hate the arrival part.
I get out of my dad's car and have to help my mom carry in the food while my dad holds the door. We walk inside and Maryland and Josh are right there waiting and Maryland is yelling for Wally to come down. My dad and Josh then take the food as my mom and Maryland hug each other and compliment them on everything. By now my dad and Josh each have a beer and have disappeared.
Then there is me and Wally. We stand around and smile until our moms notice us. We learned not to run off until we have been dismissed, it took a couple years, but we learned. Then Maryland practically suffocates me with a hug telling me how much I have grown and how handsome I am as my mom does the same with Wally. Though I could have been there yesterday, it is like I never come around. Then comes the kiss. Yes, Maryland and my mom always do the same thing, "Give Aunty So and So a kiss." And they kiss us on the lips.
Then they tell Wally and me to go run off and play when we go run off and wash all the lipstick off our faces.
And tonight held true.
"So we get sent to your room so our moms can talk about who knows what while our dads grill dinner. What the hell are we supposed to catch up on anyways? We just spent half a week together." I said as we sat on his bed after the whole overly dramatic greeting and the scrubbing of our faces.
"Really, but I kind of do need to talk to you." Wally said.
"Ok and before I forget, what are we doing with Al and Red?" I asked.
"Movies, I don't know. I was kind of hoping to get some alone time with Allie, I haven't seen her since the airport." Wally stated.
"Alone time, yea, mom knows Jude and I had sex. At the lake." I said as I let out a sigh and fell back.
"Oh man, no alone time for you two at home." Wally said with a laugh.
"Like we will need it." I replied. I just had this bad feeling that things were not going to be like they were at the lake.
"What?" Wally asked confused.
"Yea, she is now my girlfriend but I just have this bad feeling that things aren't going to stay the same as they were last week. I have this feeling that we will go back to best friends who do everything together and once and a while I get a kiss or a make out session." I stated.
"I don't think so. I mean, come on, she took you in that plane bathroom. Old Jude would never do that, but the Jude that loves you would." Wally told me.
"I know, but I just can't help it and do you realize we are sounding like girls?" I asked.
"And does this conversation leave my room?" Wally replied.
"No." I said with a laugh. Wally was by far my best friend, he always had been and will always be.
"Ok, so I want you to imagine how you want the night to end." Wally told me.
"Fine." I replied as I started thinking.
"I had so much fun." Jude said in between kisses. I was holding her as we made out and made our way to my bedroom.
"Me too." I said as I started kissing her neck.
"Ok, that is too much information." Wally said as he knocked me out of my dream.
"I didn't say anything." I replied. I didn't did I?
"Your face said it all. Now imagine how tonight will end." Wally told me.
"Whatever." I said.
"Thanks for tonight. It was nice." Jude told me as we sat in my car.
"I had fun too. If you want, you can stay the night." I said as I looked over at her.
"I can't, I told my dad I would stay home for the next couple days and catch up with him. I will see you around." Jude replied.
"Ok." I said as I leaned in for a kiss.
"Good night." Jude said as she gave me a quick peck on the lips and was gone.
No 'I love you' or 'I will call' or a chance for me to say any of those.
"Depressing. Gosh, you are such a downer." Wally said making me come back to reality.
"Shut up." I said as I looked at my phone. No missed anything.
"I think that you two are going to be so in love now that Kyle and I are going to wish for the sad, lusting Speed back." Wally told me.
"I wish." I said.
"No, I see it now. We are at 620 and Jude bends over. You see a lot of skin and become happy. You have to excuse yourself to get situated. This continues for a week before you start taking Jude with you for quickies leaving me and Kyle to listen. Not a pretty site." Wally told me.
"I wish, and I wouldn't do that to you guys at 620 and I do have some self control, thank you. Did I have problems with her running around in a bikini?" I asked with a smirk.
"There was the hickey." Wally said laughing as he dodged the pillow.
"True, but I wasn't running off to do her like you bailing on us because Allie had the house to herself." I stated as I now dodged the pillow.
"Ok, so we both are guilty to finding our girlfriends irresistible." Wally stated as we laughed.
"What did you want to talk about anyways?" I asked after a few minutes later.
"Oh yea, about forgot. I think something is wrong with my parents." Wally said. I could tell he was worried.
"How so?" I asked curiously.
"Like, I don't know. They aren't as lovey-dovey as they use to be, though I don't mind it, it just doesn't seem right. They have been fighting lately too and kind of keeping a distance. My dad has been out more and I am pretty sure my mom cried herself to sleep the other night." Wally stated.
"Damn, maybe that is why we got sent upstairs so quickly. Want to go investigate?" I asked.
"I don't know, remember we you thought your dad was cheating on your mom two years ago?" Wally asked me.
Then I remembered.
"Dude, you busy?" I asked Wally on the phone near nine on a Thursday night.
"Um, at nine on a school night? No. Remember mom takes my car keys at eight?" Wally replied.
"Good, call Kyle. I think my dad is cheating on my mom and we need to go investigate." I said.
"Hold up? What the hell?" Wally asked.
"Ok, dad has been staying after work for the past week and a half till like eleven or midnight. He claims he is super busy. Well, his new secretary Alex stays too and my mom hates her. I haven't even seen what she looks like but my mom really doesn't like her. My mom has been sad lately fell asleep last night and tonight crying. She is on the couch asleep now, but she keeps waiting up for my dad who comes home and goes to bed. We need to investigate because my mom is not one to cry." I told Wally.
"Call me when you get here." Wally said before he hung up.
"Ok, how are we not going to get caught?" Kyle asked as I swiped my mom's keycard to get into the building.
"Easy, I am bringing dinner from my mom. Now come one. It is nine forty-five and my dad always gets coffee right now at home so I doubt it will change." I said as I ran to the fire exit stairs leading the way to my dad's fourth floor office.
"Ok." Kyle and Wally said as they took off after me.
Once we got to the top of the stairs, we peaked through the window to see the coast was clear. As we ran around, we nearly got caught three times by some arrogant looking guy who I was guessing was an intern.
We made it to my dad's office unseen and it was empty, just like I expected.
"What are we looking for?" Wally asked as he started looking around.
"Anything that shows signs of an affair." I said as I grabbed the trashcan and started sifting through it.
"Dude, have you seen this?" Kyle asked me as he pointed to a wall covered in pictures.
"What is it?" I asked as I walked over and Wally sat in my dad's chair to search his computer and call log.
I stood there looking at the wall. It was flooded with pictures of me from the time I was born until recently. There were pictures of me with Kyle and Wally and Jude as a band. There then were pictures of my dad and mom. There was their wedding picture, a picture of when my mom was pregnant, them holding me in the hospital and some other various ones where they looked so happy. The last one caught my eye, the date was a month ago and it had my dad with his arm around my mom's waist as he bent down and kissed her. Both of them remained smiling. It was from some formal business dinner, I could tell. Maybe I was wrong?
"Hold it you guys. I am calling the police." Someone shouted causing Wally to slide under the desk and me and Kyle to freeze.
"For what?" I asked.
"Breaking and entering." The guy stated.
"Got a key card, I have every right to be here." I said annoyed. It was that arrogant looking guy and he just gave off a bad vibe.
"Theft too. Don't move." The guy said right as my dad walked in.
"What is going on in here?" My dad asked.
"I got it under control Jonathan. These hoodlums are going to be taken to where they belong for breaking and entering and theft of an employee key card." The guy said.
"See the shaggy haired blonde hoodlum? That is my son Alex." My dad said annoyed.
"Oh." Alex said as he froze.
"Vin, what are you doing here?" My dad asked me as he took his coffee to his desk. "Wally, why are you under my desk?"
"I like under desks?" Wally replied as he crawled out.
"Mom sent you dinner. She thought you could use a good, home cooked meal." I said as I held up my backup bag.
"She knows me so well. God, I love her." My dad said as he took the containers.
"Alex, don't you have plenty of corrections to be making?" My dad asked as Alex took off. "I need a new secretary, one that listens and doesn't screw up everything. I swear he is half the reason I am so in over my head at the moment." My dad stated as he ate.
"Um, we are going to head out." I said awkwardly. I felt horrible for thinking he was cheating on my mom.
"Ok, thanks a lot Vin. Tell Mom I am so sorry for all this and I promise that next weekend that she and I will get away for a couple days and I can make this up. I love you both." My dad said before we left.
"Vinnie, are you just getting in from somewhere?" My mom asked me as I walked in.
"Don't worry about it." I said as I sat down on the couch with her. "Are you ok?"
"I am fine." My mom lied as she leaned over and rested her head on my shoulder.
"I love you Mom." I said as I turned on the TV.
Two hours later my dad came home.
"Honey, you are home." My mom said as she jumped off the couch and ran to him.
"Thanks so much for sending Vin down with dinner. You know me so well." My dad said as he wrapped his arms around my mom.
"No problem." My mom said confused as she looked at me. I just nodded.
"I promise next weekend after I fire Alex, we are getting away, just the two of us so I can make this up to you." My dad said right before my mom kissed him.
Normally I would hate seeing my parents making out, but tonight I could tolerate it.
"Good night honey." My mom said as she followed my dad up the stairs holding his hand.
"Night son." My dad added.
"Night." I replied as they disappeared.
"Gosh, I felt horrible for thinking that, but can you blame me?" I asked.
"I guess not." Wally admitted.
"Shall we listen?" I asked.
"Let's go." Wally said as he got up.
Wally and I slowly made it to the stair case and halfway down before we heard our moms.
"Maryland, calm down. Everything is ok." I heard my mom say.
"I just don't know. We have been arguing over this so much." Maryland stated as she cried. Wally and I looked at each other more interested now.
"Maryland, I know what you are going threw. When I told Jonathan I wanted a second child we fought for months over it." My mom stated. Second child when?
"But you two agreed to try." Maryland cried harder.
"But nothing came of it. We tried on and off for a year. We fought over it because I wanted to see a doctor about it and he didn't. We eventually realized that things were fine with just Vinnie." My mom said.
"But I want a baby and Josh keeps telling me we are too old or it is pointless and stuff like that. We are falling apart. I can't lose him, he and Wally are all I have and I just want a baby Maddie." Maryland cried harder as I looked at a stunned Wally.
"Truthfully, I think right now you are feeling anxiety and fear of Wally moving out since he is now an adult and can move out any time. A baby is another eighteen years of commitment. I know how you feel, I want a baby girl so bad, but obviously I wasn't meant to have two children. I think we both need to be happy with what we have and enjoy the new found freedom we have. Talk with Josh, I know you two can work this out. I can even give you the name of the counselor Jonathan and I had to deal with when Vinnie was arrested that one time. He does couples." My mom said.
"Arrested?" Wally asked me.
"Drag racing." I replied.
"Oh yea." Wally said before we went back to listening.
And basically all we heard was Maryland crying and my mom telling her everything would be ok until it sounded like someone was approaching.
Wally and I quickly went back to his room in shock. Our mom's wanted babies at like thirty-eight? There was something we didn't expect.
"Did you want to get out of the house as bad as I did?" I asked Wally as Allie and Jude walked into the ice cream parlor to meet us. I drove me and Wally while Allie picked Jude up to meet us here.
"More I think. Gosh, knowing my mom wants a baby and all that stuff creeps me out. Especially having to think of how they get a baby." Wally replied.
"At least you didn't have to hear about your conception and the million possible places." I replied.
"You win." Wally said right as the girls came up to us.
After the whole greeting we all sat down in a booth, Wally and Allie on one side and me and Jude on the other.
"Hey, will you order for me while I go to the bathroom?" I asked Jude. Our waitress was taking forever. I still think it is kind of stupid to have a waitress in an ice cream shoppe but that is how things are done here.
"Sure." Jude replied as I gave her a kiss before she let me out.
When I came back, Wally had this smirk on his face, but then again I bet Allie had something to do with it. She kept leaning into him and whispering things to him and I am pretty sure I am glad she was whispering.
"So, what did I miss?" I asked once I was seated and had my arm around Jude.
"Nothing, but can you tell me who Jayce Caudill is?" Jude asked me.
"I am shocked Jude doesn't know." Wally added. That is his damn smirk!
"She was my first real girlfriend when I was fourteen and a freshman. She was two years older. We dated for about four months before she broke it off. I really liked her, but ya know. She moved away that summer." I explained.
"What did she look like?" Jude asked, I think someone is jealous.
"She had long brown hair that was wavy, a medium skin tone and these gorgeous navy blue eyes." I replied.
"Prettier then mine?" Jude asked quickly.
"Yea, I mean no. Not at all." I replied. Shit.
"Do I know her?" Jude asked. I pissed her off.
"She was on the tennis team and pretty awesome at it. Sadie might know her. She also had this infectious smirk. She always was up to something." Allie told Jude.
"Why don't you tell Jude why you two broke up?" Wally stated. Asshole.
"Because she wanted to go farther then I was ready to. I was so nervous and didn't want to look like a little virgin. One night we went out in her car and she drove us to a secluded area where she tried to go all the way. I panicked and said no. She kicked me out of the car and I had to call Kyle and he had his sister come get me. The whole way home she made fun of me and offered to give me lessons." I stated as I looked down at the table.
"Aww, that is kind of cute. You waited till you felt ready. Just like my little Wally." Allie said as she hugged Wally.
"Oh yea, he could have lost it in a car to a hot sixteen year old but he chose to lose it drunk off his ass to my cousin and not remember it." Wally shot back.
"You don't talk to her still do you?" Jude asked nervously.
"No, I haven't talked to her since she moved. I probably wouldn't even recognize her if I saw her." I said.
"Ok." Jude said.
"Hey, you are the only girl that matters. You know that right?" I asked her. She nodded and kissed me.
"Why did you bring her up anyways?" I asked.
"Because her aunt is friends with my mom and they just moved back to town. I thought you two dated, so I asked Wally and he then started the conversation." Allie explained.
After a few minutes, our ice cream arrived.
"Dude! You rock! How did you know this was my favorite? I usually get only the sundae you like." I said as the waitress sat this huge bowl of ice cream down in front of me. It had a huge brownie covered with three kinds of ice cream then chocolate syrup, whipped cream, and a cherry. I dug in quickly.
"I didn't order that for you. I ordered us a regular hot fudge brownie thing to share." Jude told me.
That is odd. Wonder where this came from.
All of a sudden, the music changed to Girlfriend by Avril Lavigne. Pretty decent song, when it first came out I use to imagine Jude singing it to me… that is if I had a girlfriend at the time and it wasn't her. Ok, that was really stupid. Then the waitress came back.
"I forgot to tell you, his ice cream is from the lovely brunette over there." The waitress said as she pointed over to the other side of the room.
"Oh my fucking god." I gasped as I saw her.
Jayce Caudill.
Was sitting on the other side of the room looking more amazing then ever.
And she still had that damn smirk that told everyone she was up to something.
"Is that?" Jude asked.
"Jayce Caudill." Wally stated as he stared at her. I think he was just as shocked as I was.
"Hi Spiederman." Jayce said as she walked up to us after a minute. I think I stopped breathing.
"Hi?" I said which sounded more like a question.
"You are looking absolutely amazing. Call me sometime, maybe we can start where we left off. See you around." Jayce said to me as she handed me a piece of paper with her number on it.
"I have a girlfriend." I said suddenly. Jude also kicked me to remind me.
I was in shock, ok? Do you seriously think I would forget my own girlfriend just because an extremely gorgeous ex appeared? I think not.
Right?
"Oh, well, I heard as a rumor you and that thing beside you were supposedly dating. I didn't think it was true, I mean, she is the complete opposite of me and we were pretty serious." Jayce said as her smirk grew.
"Serious? Is that why he wouldn't have s…." Jude was saying until Wally practically dove across the table and shut her up. I still can't move and Jude is pissed off, and of course this has to come right after Callie and Tessa. I think someone hates me, or else they want to test Jude's true intentions. Maybe that is it?
Yea, that is it, they are testing Jude's commitment to me.
"He still does that zoning out thing?" I heard Jayce ask.
"Oh, it is bad. He ran into a pole when he and Jude were on their vacation." Wally replied.
"Well, my offer still stands Speedy. See you around." Jayce said as she leaned over and kissed my cheek. I was fully expecting Jude to shove ice cream down her shirt, kind of like her accidentally spilling her drink on Aaron that one time, but she didn't.
Jayce left and I do have to admit she was looking good and I was almost regretting not going all the way with her.
That is until I felt Jude's lips on mine reminding me I had a girlfriend, and as she threw my awesome ice cream away.
"I had a lot of fun tonight." Jude said as we sat in the car in front of her house.
Once Jayce disappeared and our ice cream was gone, things seemed to go back to normal. We went to the movies and had a great time, though I didn't want to watch the movie, I had to. Jude wanted to see this movie too much to make out, at least Wally didn't get any action either since Allie is the one who picked the movie.
"I had a lot of fun too." I replied as I held her hand.
"Thank you." Jude said with a smile.
"Um, if you want, you can stay the night tonight." I stated.
"I would love to, but my dad missed me and I promised I would stay home for the next few nights." Jude said with a sad smile.
"Oh, that is ok." I said kind of sad. I knew this was going to happen.
"Well, I should probably be getting inside. Call me sometime tomorrow, maybe we can hang out." Jude suggested.
"Cool, good night Jude." I said as I leaned in to her.
"Good night Speed." Jude said as her lips met mine in a passionate kiss.
A few minutes later, she pulled away.
"I love you." She whispered before kissing me again.
"I love you too." I said with a smile as she got out of the car.
I guess Wally does have a point, and tonight wasn't so bad.
Oh, and speaking of Wally, I have a text from him. Though it has been an hour since I dropped Jude off.
And how did the night end?
Typical Wally, so I texted back mini make out session in my car, some love yous, and she left. You?
I told you so, and on my night. Let's just say I am not going home tonight. Wally replied.
Better be careful, your mom might catch on that you and Allie are getting freaky. I replied to only earn a fuck you in return. Such a caring friend…but at least he reviews ;)
