Chapter 16
"I love you Mr blueberry...do you love me...please say yes." I said as I gazed sadly at the blueberry beverage with my leaf green eyes. As soon as I finished saying this I began to feel my body slowly droop to the side as I began to slide off of the stool that I was once again situated on. "OK Ben I think you've had enough alcohol for today." I heard the familiar voice of Ryan say as I fell off of said stool and onto the hard wooden floor of the bar. I began to groan on the hard wooden floor in pain as I began to hear laughter from behind me. "Give me a paw would you Jerry." I heard Ryan say as the laughter from the other voice stopped before I felt my body being picked up off of the wooden floor. "Uuuggghh...what are you doing...Im fine." I said feeling dizzy in the head as I was lifted back onto the stool before my leaf green eyes came into view of an unfamiliar looking grey furred male rabbit and a familiar looking white furred wolf who I knew by sight was Ryan. "Yeah your fine alright. A fine drinker" The grey furred rabbit said in his slightly deep voice as he looked at me with a wide smile on his face whilst Ryan sighed in frustration. I smiled back at the rabbit as I reached out a black furred paw toward the alcoholic blue beverage that was still on the table. "You my friend deserve a drink." I said as my voice began to slur which caused the rabbit to begin laughing. "Ben your drunk. You've already passed out once and I really don't want you to have another emotional break down and pass out again." Ryan said with a slight hint of anger as he snatched the blue drink off of the table before placing the drink onto another table away from my reach.
"OK. Firstly Ryan." I said as I pointed a shaking black furred paw at Ryan in accusation. "Im not drunk. Im actually sober." I said as I slid off the stool slowly before wobbling slightly on my black furred hind paws as I reached the wooden floor. "Are you really?" Ryan said as he folded his white furred arms over his chest as I nodded my head drunkenly in confirmation. "Yeah I am and I can prove it." I said as I pointed my right paw towards the male grey furred rabbit as said rabbit looked at me in confusion. "You." I said in a drunken voice as I continued to point at the male grey furred rabbit who was now glancing at me in confusion before he glanced over toward Ryan with the same puzzled and confused expression. "Do you play an instrument?" I asked the male rabbit to which he began to nod his head slowly as I smiled slyly at him. "I play the piano." The rabbit said as I smiled at his answer. "Well." I said in a happy but still drunken tone of voice as I clapped my black furred paws together. "I think I've got a way to show how sober I am." I said as I looked away from the grey furred male rabbit and brought my leaf green eyed gaze to the seated auburn red furred vixen that was Jane. "Hey Jane." I said trying my best not to sound drunk as I began to stumble toward said auburn red furred fox who looked at me in surprise from atop her stool. "Huh...Oh...hey Ben." Jane said in a happy tone of voice as she smiled widely at me whilst I on the other hand glared slyly at Jane with my leaf green eyes. "Hello there Jane my good female friend. I was just wondering if you have any instruments here in this bar?" I questioned Jane to which in response Jane nodded her head in confirmation before looking back at me with her bright green eyes. "That's great Jane. What instruments are their?" I asked as I smiled widely at Jane showing my white K9 teeth whilst Jane on the other hand looked away briefly and giggled before she turned her head back around sharply and delivered a smack right across my face and muzzle.
I stumbled back In shock from the slap Jane gave me before I began to hear loud laughter from behind me. I quickly turned my auburn red furred head around to face the loud laughing which was coming from both the grey furred rabbit and the white furred wolf that was Ryan. Before I could voice my opinion toward the two laughing mammals I felt a small pressure on the left of my face which for some reason immediately stopped the two mammals who I was looking at from laughing. As soon as the pressure left the left of my auburn red furred face I quickly turned my attention to where the pressure came from and came face to face with an embarrassed looking Jane. "Uh...Jane?" I questioned the vixen with wide eyes as Jane smiled slyly before she backed away slowly from me. "What was all that about?" I questioned the auburn red furred vixen as she giggled before turning around away from me and heading toward the bars main door. 'I might be drunk. But what the hell just happened?' I thought in my mind as Jane stopped in her tracks just a few steps away from the bars exist before she turned her head around to face me. "I know we didn't get to talk much today Ben...but theirs something about you that I like. Something strangely familiar." Jane said as she gave me a small smile before she put her right black furred paw in her right jean pocket as if looking for something.
After a few seconds of rummaging in her jean pocket Jane pulled out a pair of keys before she through said keys in my direction. I just managed to catch the keys in my left paw as I was still quiet shocked and surprised at what had just happened. I also noticed that I wasn't the only one shocked at what had just happened as both the male grey furred rabbit and the white furred wolf that was Ryan looked at the vixen in shock. "Those keys are for the back room Ben. Its just behind the bar to your right. That's where the instruments are stored." Jane said as she turned her head away from me before she made her way through the bars main wooden door and out into the city. "Well." I said still in my slightly drunken tone of voice as I turned my head away from the door to face both the grey furred rabbit and Ryan once again. "Come on you two. Lets go see what instruments this bar has to offer." I said before I began to slowly and drunkenly make my way over toward the so called back room behind the bar which was meant to house the instruments.
"All right are we ready?" I questioned the seated grey furred rabbit who I know knew was called Jerry and Ryan as the pair nodded at me in response. Surprisingly enough we had found an old dusty brown colored grand piano with a matching colored stool for Jerry which took the three of us to move as said piano was very heavy and difficult to move. This is because the piano had been placed in an awkward position behind all of the other instruments in the bars back room. After half an hour of moving the other instruments out of the room we were finally able to get to the piano and its matching stool before moving and placing said piano and stool in front of the bar. I was surprised that Jane had allowed us to use the instruments in the first place but what surprised me more was the lack of occupants and mammals in the bar itself. I hadn't noticed the emptiness of the bar until we had moved the piano as the only sounds in the bar that could be heard was the three of us and the heavy piano. "OK then Jerry if your ready on the piano then all that's left to do is for me to grab an instrument of my own." I said as I looked towards Jerry with my leaf green eyes whilst Jerry nodded at me in confirmation. "OK then ill be back in a minute." I said in a happy and slightly drunk tone of voice as I headed towards the bars back room once again to find an instrument I could play. As soon as I entered the bars back room my leaf green eyes immediately spotted an instrument that I loved to play and had even used on a con of mine. The instrument in question was a beautiful looking acoustic guitar. I immediately made my way over to the guitar before picking it up with my right black paw. I took a moment to admire the guitar before I began to look around for a guitar pick...to which I then realized I didn't need as I looked at my left black furred paw and the black claws that where on the ends of said paw. "Huh I guess I don't need a guitar pick after all." I said to myself as I began to make my way back to where Ryan and Jerry where.
"I see you found yourself an instrument then." I heard the strong and calm voice of Jerry say as I smiled slyly at the two as I made my way over to Jerry and Ryan. "Yeah I did." I said as I leaned the acoustic guitar on the grand piano before I made my over to the bar stool that I had been seated on previously whilst having my drinks. I quickly picked up the stool with my black furred paws before bringing said stool over to the grand piano. After placing the stool next to the grand piano I slowly sat down on said stool before picking up the acoustic guitar and testing the guitar strings. "Well Im ready...but theirs just one thing missing." I said as I looked over towards the white furred wolf that was Ryan as a sly smile began to appear on my muzzle. "And whats that then Ben?" Ryan questioned in suspicion as I continued to smile slyly before I leaned over towards the grey furred rabbit that was Jerry as I whispered into said Rabbits grey furred and black tipped right ear. "How about after this we both have a drinking competition." I whispered to Jerry before leaning back a bit as Jerry turned to face me with a wide smile on his face before nodding his head. "OK then. Lets begin." I said in a happy tone of voice as Ryan sighed out loud whilst Jerry on the other hand began to chuckle lightly before he began to play on the grand piano. Now to say that Jerry was good was and understatement as his paws were literally a blur as said paws blazed across the pianos keys which was resulting in an awe inspiring melody of music. After three whole minutes of Jerry playing on the piano like a well tuned machine Jerry finished off his piece of music with a final few keys.
"Wow...Jerry...that was...well...that was really good..." I said whilst I was trying to comprehend what had just happened as Jerry chuckled at my response. "Nah. It wasn't that good." Jerry said in his strong but calm voice as he stood up and out of the brown colored stool that he was previously sitting on. "To be honest music really isn't my thing." Jerry continued as I looked from him to Ryan only to notice the smirk that was clearly present on Ryan's face. "So what is your thing then?" I questioned Jerry still in a drunk tone of voice as I looked from Ryan to the grey furred rabbit as said Rabbit made his way over to the bar before taking a seat on one of the bars stools. "Ill tell you later once you tell me what type of work you do." Jerry said as he reached over the bar and grabbed himself a can of beer before opening said beer and drinking. "Well then Ben. Its your turn." Ryan said as I turned my attention from Jerry to Ryan as said wolf was looking at me in a knowing way with his sea blue eyes. "Cant you just believe me when I say Im not drunk?" I questioned Ryan to which the white furred wolf shook his head negatively in response. "Fine." I said as tested the guitars strings once again before I thought of a song which had a good acoustic guitar backing track. After choosing the song I began to play the guitar. The tune wasn't that hard to do as I plucked at the guitar strings with my black claws which resulted in the right notes that I was aiming for. As I continued to play I closed my eyes so that I could focus more on the guitars sound and the rhythm of the song. After four minutes of playing I stopped as I reached the songs end before re opening my leaf green eyes only to see both Ryan and Jerry looking at me with slightly shocked expressions on their faces. "What is it?" I said in a slurred voice as I placed the guitar back against the grand piano before hopping off of the stool that I was just recently on.
"What song was that from." Jerry said as he continued to look at me in slight shock with his bright green eyes. "You mean the one I was just playing?" I questioned as I began to slowly make my way over to the bar where Jerry was before sitting on a stool to the right of said rabbit. "Yeah." Ryan continued on from Jerry. "Whats the song. I've never heard it before?" Ryan said in his deep voice as he too began to make his way over to the bar before sitting on the right of me as I looked over to the white furred wolf. "Well I wouldn't be too surprised If you haven't heard it before. Its not the most popular song but I think its great." I said as I began to reach over the bar with my right arm before I felt my black furred paw come into contact with a glass bottle of some kind. "So whats the song." Jerry said as I brought the bottle into my view to which I could now tell was the same drink that I was having when I arrived in the bar. "The songs called saving us a riot by a band called Phoria." I said as I unscrewed the top off of the alcoholic blueberry drink before I brought the bottle to my muzzle and began to drink. "What is it with you and drinking that alcohol Ben. Its only going to make you forget things." Ryan warned me in slight anger as I finished drinking the liquid to take a breathe of air. "Well that's what Im aiming for today Ryan." I said as I began to drink heavily from the bottle again reveling in the bitter taste of the alcohol and the blueberry. "And why do you want to forget about today?" Ryan questioned keeping his slightly angry tone as I responded by growling slightly before talking . "Family issues and other problems OK." I said as slammed the bottle down onto the bars table which nearly caused the bottle to crack whilst Jerry on the other hand patted me on the back before speaking. "I've been there too man." Jerry said but before he could continue on speaking the door to the bar swung open with a thud as a pair of familiar mammals walked in. Both Ryan and Jerry turned their heads towards the two new mammals but all I had to do was glance in the direction to know who the mammals where.
"Judy...no...is that you?" I heard Jerry say in surprise as said rabbit hopped down from the stool before he began to approach another grey furred rabbit with bright purple eyes who I knew as Judy. "Jerry...no way..what are you doing here.?" Judy said in joy as I watched the two rabbits embrace each other happily before they began to converse. I also noticed the other familiar mammal who was dressed in a police uniform as said mammal was also watching the two rabbits hug. "Nick." I said angrily under my breathe as Ryan looked away from the two rabbits and the fox before he looked at me with his right eyebrow raised. "Nick?" Ryan questioned as I sighed before I lazily pointed a black furred paw at my so called brother which unfortunately gained the attention of said auburn furred and bright green eyed fox. "Great." I muttered as I lifted the bottle of alcohol once again up to my muzzle before downing the last of the bottles contents down my throat as Nick began to make his way over to me with a sad and regretful expression plastered on his furred face. "Well then wish me luck Ryan." I said to the white furred and blue eyed wolf as said wolf looked at me with concern as I slid off the bar stool, wobbling a bit as my black hind paws made contact with the wooden floor. "Come on then Nick. Lets do this." I said drunkenly putting up my black furred paws in a fighting stance as I gazed angrily at Nick. Nick seemed slightly taken back at my aggressive stance and tone of voice as he stopped his approach on me before speaking sadly.
"Ben we don't have to do this...Im sorry...I didn't believe you...I shouldn't have accused you like that." Nick said still in a sad tone of voice as I began to chuckle lightly which gained the attention of both Judy and Jerry. "You don't need to apologize Nick." I said slurring my words as I dropped my black furred paws back down to my sides. "Remember what you said to me a long time ago." I said as Nick shook his auburn furred head slowly before I continued on speaking. "Never let them see that they get to you." I said as I smiled drunkenly at Nick before my head began to pound in immense pain. "I was wrong Ben." Nick said in a saddened tone of voice as he began to approach me once again as I stumbled on the spot slightly due to the alcohol taking effect. "I realized you cant live by that saying Ben. And it took me one hell of an ordeal to learn that as well as certain rabbit who made me realize that I was wrong in ever saying it." Nick said I laughed out loud before I began to stumble back as my head continued to pound in pain. "You know what Nick." I said as my vision began to blacken and my body began to get heavy. "Your right...but I cant trust you..." I said as blacked out before I felt myself falling backwards and coming into contact with the solid wooden floor.
Sorry for the long wait on this chapter everyone.