Tyger was actually having a good time. She never had a girlfriend. Dana liked a lot of the same kind of music Tyger did. They listened to the whole Eminem CD. They laughed as they listened to the song 'Superman' they both thought it was funny as hell. Tyger pulled out all her CDs and they sat on the floor chilling to tunes. "Come on it's time to eat." Kevin said. The girls got up and went to the dining room. Tyger was being polite to Kevin but that was it. She didn't speak to him unless he asked her something. For the most part Tyger talked to Dana. She told her about her store. "I really like to come check it out." Dana said. "Come by anytime. I'm there most of the time." Tyger said. "We have live music most of the time, local bands." Tyger said. "It sounds great." Dana said. "I'm working tomorrow. Why don't you come by." Tyger said. "I will." Dana said. "How did you start writing?" Tyger asked. "I majored in writing and journalism in college. The writing just comes natural to me." Dana said. "Well I love your books. I've read them all." Tyger said. "Thanks." Dana said. Kevin was sitting there with the urge to kill. This was not going the way it was supposed to. Dana was supposed to be paying attention to him. Tyger was doing this on purpose. Scott was just sitting back smirking. "Kevin dinner is really good." Dana said. "Thanks I'm glad you like it." He said. "Yea Kev everything is great." Scott said. "I'm through. I'll start some coffee." Tyger said. "Me to, I'll help." Dana said. They started the coffee and went back into the living room. Kevin got up and started cleaning off the table. Scott helped him. Scott watched him. Tyger was really getting under his skin. Scott took a tray of coffee in to the living room. He watched the girls. They were picking out what they would listen to next. "How about Nelly?" Tyger said. "or maybe Lil' Kim" Tyger said. "I like them both." Dana said. Kevin had come in. Oh God not more of that music. He couldn't take it. They were still listening to Eminem. Hopefully that would be done soon Kevin thought. 'Sing for the moment' came on and Tyger turned it up. "I love this one. In fact Em is my favorite. His music speaks to me. It's like I know how he feels. I grew up like he did on the streets ya know." Tyger said. Scott listened to her. Sometimes he forgot how much his baby had been through. They finally decided on Nelly. Tyger put that on and her and Dana just sat on the floor and talked. They listened to the whole CD while they talked. Tyger looked over at Kevin. She guessed she had punished him enough. She pulled the CD out. "Tyger I really like your Tattoos." Dana said. "Thanks. If you ever want to get one. I know a great place." Tyger said. "Dana is beautiful the way she is. She's not that type of girl." Kevin said. Tyger couldn't believe he had just said that. "And what type girl would you be talking about Kevin?" she asked coldly. Scott just stared at him. How could he say that with Tyger sitting right there. "You mean a girl like me?" she asked. "I just meant. Oh hell Tyger I didn't mean anything." Kevin said. "Well the words came out of your mouth Kevin, surely you know what you mean." She said. "Dana it was nice talking to you. I'm kind of tired. I'm going to bed." Tyger said. "Okay. I'll drop by your store tomorrow." Dana said. Tyger gathered up her Cd's and went to her room. Scott was about to jump in Kevin's shit but Dana beat him to it. "Kevin how could you be so mean? Tyger is a nice girl. You really hurt her feelings." Dana said. "Dana I didn't mean it the way it sounded." Kevin said. "There's only one way that could sound Kevin that's mean." She said. Kevin knew he had fucked up. He had been so aggravated with Tyger and then she had been encouraging Dana to get a tattoo. It had just popped out of his mouth before he thought. "It's late I need to get home." Dana said. "Goodnight Dana." Scott said. Kevin walked out with her. "Can I call you tomorrow?" Kevin said. "yes." She said getting in her car. "Goodnight." she said. "Goodnight." He said. Well thought Kevin as she drove off I guess everyone is pissed with me.
Scott walked in Tyger's room. He knew she was probably pissed. Tyger wasn't pissed though more like heart broken. She loved Kevin and his words had hurt her. She knew exactly what Kevin had meant. He saw Dana as innocent and pure. He saw Tyger as trash. Hell she had been innocent once too, but it had been stolen when she was raped. But that didn't matter to Kevin he seen her as some little tramp. Tyger lay there crying her eyes out. Scott sat down on the bed. "Don't cry Baby." He said. Tyger didn't answer him. "Kevin didn't mean that he was just pissed and he said the first thing that came out of his mouth." Scott said. "You probably feel the same way." Tyger said. Scott turned her over to face him. "No I don't. Neither does Kevin." He said "I love you Tyger. I wouldn't trade you for anybody in the world. In my eyes your perfect baby." He said. He bent over and kissed her cheek. She looked up at him and knew he was telling the truth. "I love you too." She said. Scott got up and went to wait for Kevin. When Kevin walked in Scott punched him right in the face. Kevin fell back onto the floor. "If you weren't my best friend I would do more than that. You ever hurt her like that again I will hurt you." Scott said in a deadly tone. Kevin knew he had it coming. He didn't say anything. "You know I stayed out of your little fight with her, that's petty. But tonight was different. You really hurt her. She's in there crying her eyes out over your sorry ass." Scott said. Scott couldn't make him feel no worse than he already did. Scott walked out of the room. Kevin got up. He better go try to make things right.
Kevin walked in her room and sat down on the edge of the bed. "Tyger." Kevin said. He knew she was awake but she didn't answer. Kevin picked her up and held her against him in his lap. She didn't struggle or raise a fuss which worried him. "Tyger I'm sorry honey." He said. He put his arms around her. "Please talk to me." He said. "I thought you liked me Kevin, but you really think I'm trashy or something cause I got tattoos and You think I'm a slut cause I've had sex before." She said in a low voice. Kevin's heart was breaking his self as he listened to her. He loved this kid and he had hurt her like this with one stupid comment. "Tyger I'm stupid. I didn't mean what I said; I don't even know why I said it. And I don't think those things about you. I was a little pissed at you tonight and that stupid shit just came out of my mouth before I thought." He said. Tyger laid there in his lap not saying anything. "I love you Tyger. I'm sorry I hurt you." He said. Tyger relaxed in his lap but she still said nothing. After a few minutes she raised her head a bit. "Are you sorry you hit me?" she asked. "No you had that coming brat." He said in an affectionate voice. "I'm sorry I cussed at you like that and the other stuff I said. I didn't mean it. I got a bad temper sometimes." She said. "Alls forgiven. Agreed?" he asked. "Okay." She said sitting up and wrapping her arms around his neck. Kevin held her for a few minutes then he pulled back and kissed her on the cheek. "You ready to go to bed?" he asked. "Yea." She said. She crawled under the covers and Kevin pulled them up around her. "I love you short stuff." Kevin said. "I love you too Kev." She said.
The next morning Scott was happy to see Tyger and Kevin was back to there old selves joking and cutting up. "Kev what happened to your eye?" she asked. "Uhh I ran into a wall." He said. Tyger went over and looked at his eye. Then she looked at Scott. "Did you hit him?" she asked Scott. "I lost my temper." Scott said. "Don't worry about it me and Scotty has gone at it plenty of times." Kevin said grinning. "I don't want you two fighting over me." She said. "Don't worry about it Tyger we're cool, right Kev." Scott said. "Yea want me to kiss him to prove it." Kevin said grinning. "You try to kiss me man; I'll give you another black eye." Scott said. Tyger started laughing. "Yea I can see everything is back to normal." She said. "I got to get going to work. I'll se you guys later." She said giving them both a kiss. "Come on Kev. We got to get to work ourselves." Scott said. "Scott." Kevin said. "Yea." Scott said. "I love ya man, do you want a hug." Kevin said bursting into laughter. Scott just shook his head. "I'm going to kick your as Kev." He said laughing his self. Kevin followed him into the elevator laughing.