Chapter 4
I pulled up my red mustang convertible and lowered the music as I took one
last look in the mirror. 'Lookin good Hurricane...lookin ravishing'. I
smirked and knew that this was gonna be one tough thing to do. I activated
the alarm and went in. "Hey Tony! What's up?" I greeted the usual host. This
place was a usual hangout for all of us roomies, so the staff was very
familiar with us.
"Sup Stumpy?" Stumpy was a nickname they gave me at the place, after a long
night of partying I was so drunk I told a chick my name was Stumpy instead
of Shane. So it stuck.
"Hey have you seen a women come in here?...umm...short brown hair....hot as
hell..." He looked around,
"Yeah...she's over there..."
"OK, thanks man." I saw her from afar, sitting looking very worried. I
walked over. "Is this seat taken?" I asked with a smile and sat down.
"Hi Shane."
"Hi D...you been here a while?"
"Naw...5 minutes...so what's on your mind?" I cleared my throat and called
the waitress over.
"Give me a sec..." I said as I ordered myself a 'Hurricane,' it was my
specialized drink, a mix of orange juice, Smirnoff Ice, and rum. It was
really strong, and made only for me.
"Hurricane?" D questioned with a confused look.
"My specialized drink...wanna try one?" She thought about it for a second.
"OK...I just better like it...."
"OK...." I ordered her one, but told them to go easy on the rum. "Now back
to business..." I looked into her eyes. "I love you D...a lot...but I'm not
willing to put my heart in your hands again..." She looked away and thought
for a second.
"I don't know what to say Shane...I thought you wanted to be with
me...that's why I wanted to have lunch with you...to tell you that I'm
seeing someone....so that you wouldn't feel stupid..." for some reason my
heart sank with those words.
"Oh really? Who's the lucky man?" I tried to play it cool.
"Jeff...." I suddenly felt like my heart was once again ripped out.
"He hasn't been on the road cuz of me...we got married last month..." I
gulped and sat back in my chair trying to figure out what to say.
"Well,...congratulations." I looked at her and shook my head and forced a
smile on my face. 'Play it cool Shane'
"So how's your life?" She tried to change the subject. I thought for a
second, 'then why did she kiss me...why did she come to my house...why?'
"Why did you kiss me then D?" Her smile turned into a worried look
"Why did you go to my house?" She was speechless as she gulped and looked
back into my solid eyes. "I...I..I don't know Shane....it was all
spontaneous....I went there hoping to just see and talk to you....but when I
saw you, I wanted you again...but I stopped myself...I don't want to go down
that road with Jeff....me and him already have a child and I want to make
our life as a family....so I apologize for leading you into anything...."
"Wait, wait, wait....you didn't lead me into anything...I just dont want you
to play Jeff as the idiot...like I let you play me..." I was getting kind of
heated.
"Shane...we played each other as idiot's...don't go blaming it on me
only..." "I did what I did to keep you happy....I didn't like fucking your
friends as a favor for you....but I did, to make you happy.....so I did
sleep around with other chicks...but you started it...so I wanted to play
along so you wouldn't leave me D...." my breathing was speeding up and my
hands started sweating. She stayed quiet as our drinks finally came. I drank
it up all in one chug and threw the glass down
"I'm sorry Shane..." she finally spoke.
"Just don't do it to Jeff too!" and with that I got up and left some money
on the table.
"Have a nice life D..."
I got home and stormed by Kurt who was watching TV on the couch.
"Hey you okay man?" I ignored him and slammed the door of our room. I took
my shirt off and threw it into the corner angrily
"Fuck!" I yelled as I punched my punching bag. I kicked my nightstand and
knocked over the lamp. It shattered on the floor.
"Shane! What's going on in here?" Jewels walked in with a worried look as I
picked up the pieces of the lamp with my bare hands.
"Nothing!...Don't you see I just knocked this over? That's all!" She stared
at me for a few moments and then walked over to help me pick up the pieces
"Shit!" I yelled as I cut my finger.
"Let me see..." She went to grab my hand as I snatched it away
"Its fine!"
"Shane, I said let me see!" She grabbed my hand as the blood flowed from my
index finger all down my hand. She grabbed her shirt and put it over the
wound to stop the blood while wiping the rest from my hand.
"She married Jeff...." I finally told her.
"Oh! Really...so why are you upset...?"
"Cuz she had the nerve to come here
and kiss me...."
"So she kissed you?"
"Yes,...and then she tells me that she led me into something...as if I
wanted to be with her again...."
"Some nerve...but don't let it get to you hon..." She pulled me to my feet
as we walked to the bathroom.
"Don't worry Shane...she's not worth your pain...." I sat down on the toilet
seat as she disinfected my cut and wrapped it up.
"Dammit Jewels...it hurts bad...I feel like I can't go on..." My eyes were locked on her as she nodded her head.
"Don't say that Shane...no one can do that to the Hurricane...." She looked
at me from the corner of her eye and smiled. I had to give a chuckle, she
had that power over me.
"Your the best Jewels." I said as I looked at my wrapped finger.
"I know..." she said as she brushed herself off and laughed. I pulled her
onto my lap and gave her a thank you kiss.
"So how about that bite to eat you promised?"
"Well,...where you wanna go..." She thought for a second while tapping her
chin and looking up.
"Fridays?" I threw my head back, 'Not again!'
"Bad memories." I said as I looked at her.
"OK, so I'll make some good memories for you..." She wrapped her arms around
my neck and leaned her forehead on mine.
"Only cuz its you..." I gave in as she kissed me with a smile on her lips.
"Plus I need to talk to you about something..." She said as she got up and
took my hand.
"Wait...about what?" I said before getting up
"Don't worry...it's nothing bad...now lets go so we can catch happy
hour...." I shrugged and followed her. I grabbed a shirt and my keys and we
were on our way....
