CHAPTER 4
Early the next morning, Derek was wandering around the hallway after getting a coffee from the Starbucks inside the hotel. He was already fully dressed and was about to head back into Marisol and Seeiah's room, but a hand fell on his shoulder and he zipped around and saw who it was.
"Ahh, now we can finally have a chance to talk, oui?" JP asked, smiling sarcastically. Derek was surprised to see JP there, but he just shrugged as he pushed away JP's hand.
"Um, what do you want to talk about? We have nothing to discuss, JP. Quit while you're ahead. And if you're on some kind of mission from Elise, don't even bother-" Derek began saying, but JP interrupted.
"Elise? Are you joking, you silly American? No, I have no missions from that bitch. I wish to talk about moi's ex-love interest and your current...Marisol." JP answered, pulling Derek towards the lobby but Derek didn't budge.
Derek scratched his shaved head and raised his eyebrows. "Why the hell would YOU want to talk about Marisol? You have nothing to do with her anymore."
JP laughed and answered, suave as usual, "Well, you see, you are not good enough for Marisol. Elle est une belle femme et ne doit pas ĂȘtre avec vous."
"Huh? I don't speak French, so tell me what you just said." Derek replied, starting to get angry.
"She is a beautiful woman and should not be with you, that's what I said, oui. She should realize that I have made mistakes and that she is wrong in choosing you. I am what she needs, not some silly American like you."
Derek laughed and responded, "Well, according to Marisol, you're just an asshole. And I'm going to agree with her. So if you don't mind, I'm gonna be going now. To talk to Marisol. MY girlfriend...not yours." Derek spun around the other direction but JP stopped him once again.
"I'm losing my patience with you. Let me leave, you pathetic jackass." Derek said angrily, glaring at JP.
JP said nothing and attempted punching Derek in the stomach, but Derek blocked the hit and threw JP down on the floor. JP groaned in pain and some of the hallway doors opened. Marisol, Luther and Psymon all ran out to see what was happening.
"Boss! What the hell happened a'ya?" Luther asked, helping JP from off the ground.
Marisol ran up next to Derek, while Psymon just shrugged and went back to his room. "I'll tell you what happened, you fat oaf. Your French pal over there took a shot at me, so I had to protect myself. Don't let it happen again." Derek fumed, and exited the hallway into Marisol and Seeiah's room.
Before JP could say anything, Marisol slammed her new black high heels down on the carpet and yelled, "Jean-Paul! Why the FUCK would you try to hurt Derek, chico? You give me an answer right now or else I'll stick this fist so far in your throat you won't be able to-"
"Oh why don't ya just shut the fuck up? C'mon boss, let's hit it." Luther interrupted, grabbing JP and heading down the hall. JP didn't look at Marisol, as she continued to yell at him all the way until they disappeared into their room. A few seconds later, she looked up and saw Kaori peeking out of her room.
"Was there another fight, Marisol-san?" Kaori asked timidly. Marisol shook her head.
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Later on in the morning, Elise and Eddie had just returned from breakfast across the street in some popular city restaurant. The two of them were happily heading back into the hotel when they ran into Jevonte leaving as they were entering.
"Oh, Eddie, you go inside, I'll catch up with you later." Elise said to Eddie, and he walked through the large doors of the hotel. Elise and Jevonte just stared at each other for a few moments and then Jevonte started walking past Elise, heading west.
"Jevonte! I have something I wanna tell you." Elise yelled, and Jevonte turned around immediately. He walked back over to Elise, who's hand was rested on one of the benches outside.
He scowled at her and asked, "What? I hafta get to work."
Elise shuffled her feet and said quietly, "I'm sorry about what I said to you. I'm such a bitch...I hope you can forgive me." She didn't bother to look up.
Jevonte scowled and answered, "Thanks for trying, but I don't think so. It's too late for that. Now I have to go, don't waste any more of my time." With that, he didn't wait for a response and started walking down the busy avenue to his job.
Elise looked up, laughed and said to herself, "I think that dumbass nigger actually thought I was being sincere. What an idiot." She took her hand off the bench, twirled her green scarf, and walked back into the hotel.
Eddie was waiting for her inside. "What was that all about? Was it groovy?" He asked, shaking his afro.
Laughing, Elise threw her arm around Eddie's shoulder and said, "Nothing, the little shit wouldn't even forgive me."
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At around 9:00pm, Marisol was leaving with Derek to go to the Junction. She was excited to see him spin and be with him the whole time and he was excited for her to be able to watch. They had asked Seeiah and Jevonte, who had returned from work a little earlier, if they wanted to come, but Seeiah answered with, "Fuck no! Jevonte and I are gonna take advantage of the bed we got while your asses are gone. Have fun!" Then she slammed the door and immediately started jumping (A/N: you know what I REALLY mean) on Jevonte.
On their way out to Derek's equipment-filled car, they ran into Zoe and Moby. "Where are you two headed, mates?" Moby asked them, sipping some kind of drink with Zoe beside him with a compact mirror, touching up her 'war-paint'.
Marisol flashed a smile and quickly answered, "The club! Hey, you two wanna come? Just kidding! You guys suck!" Derek smiled too and the two of them headed out, with Zoe and Moby just shrugging.
They got into Derek's nice car and Derek made sure all the equipment was packed in the trunk. He threw on a baseball cap and some sunglasses and then drove off quickly, headed for the club. They arrived there a few minutes later and Derek began to set up, with Marisol trying to help. The club was going to open at 10:00, so they would have a little time to themselves.
Around 9:45, everything was taken care of, so Marisol and Derek were just standing on the platform. "Chico, take off that hat and sunglasses! I want to see my man for a few minutes." Marisol requested.
Derek smiled and shook his head. "Nooo, that's ok. SO, you got any special requests for me to play tonight? I think I'm gonna end the set with Jocelyn Enriquez, does that sound good to-"
Marisol grabbed Derek before she could finish and the two of them kissed for a few seconds. Marisol let him go and said suavely, "Everything sounds good to me, chico. As long as I'm with you..."
Early the next morning, Derek was wandering around the hallway after getting a coffee from the Starbucks inside the hotel. He was already fully dressed and was about to head back into Marisol and Seeiah's room, but a hand fell on his shoulder and he zipped around and saw who it was.
"Ahh, now we can finally have a chance to talk, oui?" JP asked, smiling sarcastically. Derek was surprised to see JP there, but he just shrugged as he pushed away JP's hand.
"Um, what do you want to talk about? We have nothing to discuss, JP. Quit while you're ahead. And if you're on some kind of mission from Elise, don't even bother-" Derek began saying, but JP interrupted.
"Elise? Are you joking, you silly American? No, I have no missions from that bitch. I wish to talk about moi's ex-love interest and your current...Marisol." JP answered, pulling Derek towards the lobby but Derek didn't budge.
Derek scratched his shaved head and raised his eyebrows. "Why the hell would YOU want to talk about Marisol? You have nothing to do with her anymore."
JP laughed and answered, suave as usual, "Well, you see, you are not good enough for Marisol. Elle est une belle femme et ne doit pas ĂȘtre avec vous."
"Huh? I don't speak French, so tell me what you just said." Derek replied, starting to get angry.
"She is a beautiful woman and should not be with you, that's what I said, oui. She should realize that I have made mistakes and that she is wrong in choosing you. I am what she needs, not some silly American like you."
Derek laughed and responded, "Well, according to Marisol, you're just an asshole. And I'm going to agree with her. So if you don't mind, I'm gonna be going now. To talk to Marisol. MY girlfriend...not yours." Derek spun around the other direction but JP stopped him once again.
"I'm losing my patience with you. Let me leave, you pathetic jackass." Derek said angrily, glaring at JP.
JP said nothing and attempted punching Derek in the stomach, but Derek blocked the hit and threw JP down on the floor. JP groaned in pain and some of the hallway doors opened. Marisol, Luther and Psymon all ran out to see what was happening.
"Boss! What the hell happened a'ya?" Luther asked, helping JP from off the ground.
Marisol ran up next to Derek, while Psymon just shrugged and went back to his room. "I'll tell you what happened, you fat oaf. Your French pal over there took a shot at me, so I had to protect myself. Don't let it happen again." Derek fumed, and exited the hallway into Marisol and Seeiah's room.
Before JP could say anything, Marisol slammed her new black high heels down on the carpet and yelled, "Jean-Paul! Why the FUCK would you try to hurt Derek, chico? You give me an answer right now or else I'll stick this fist so far in your throat you won't be able to-"
"Oh why don't ya just shut the fuck up? C'mon boss, let's hit it." Luther interrupted, grabbing JP and heading down the hall. JP didn't look at Marisol, as she continued to yell at him all the way until they disappeared into their room. A few seconds later, she looked up and saw Kaori peeking out of her room.
"Was there another fight, Marisol-san?" Kaori asked timidly. Marisol shook her head.
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Later on in the morning, Elise and Eddie had just returned from breakfast across the street in some popular city restaurant. The two of them were happily heading back into the hotel when they ran into Jevonte leaving as they were entering.
"Oh, Eddie, you go inside, I'll catch up with you later." Elise said to Eddie, and he walked through the large doors of the hotel. Elise and Jevonte just stared at each other for a few moments and then Jevonte started walking past Elise, heading west.
"Jevonte! I have something I wanna tell you." Elise yelled, and Jevonte turned around immediately. He walked back over to Elise, who's hand was rested on one of the benches outside.
He scowled at her and asked, "What? I hafta get to work."
Elise shuffled her feet and said quietly, "I'm sorry about what I said to you. I'm such a bitch...I hope you can forgive me." She didn't bother to look up.
Jevonte scowled and answered, "Thanks for trying, but I don't think so. It's too late for that. Now I have to go, don't waste any more of my time." With that, he didn't wait for a response and started walking down the busy avenue to his job.
Elise looked up, laughed and said to herself, "I think that dumbass nigger actually thought I was being sincere. What an idiot." She took her hand off the bench, twirled her green scarf, and walked back into the hotel.
Eddie was waiting for her inside. "What was that all about? Was it groovy?" He asked, shaking his afro.
Laughing, Elise threw her arm around Eddie's shoulder and said, "Nothing, the little shit wouldn't even forgive me."
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At around 9:00pm, Marisol was leaving with Derek to go to the Junction. She was excited to see him spin and be with him the whole time and he was excited for her to be able to watch. They had asked Seeiah and Jevonte, who had returned from work a little earlier, if they wanted to come, but Seeiah answered with, "Fuck no! Jevonte and I are gonna take advantage of the bed we got while your asses are gone. Have fun!" Then she slammed the door and immediately started jumping (A/N: you know what I REALLY mean) on Jevonte.
On their way out to Derek's equipment-filled car, they ran into Zoe and Moby. "Where are you two headed, mates?" Moby asked them, sipping some kind of drink with Zoe beside him with a compact mirror, touching up her 'war-paint'.
Marisol flashed a smile and quickly answered, "The club! Hey, you two wanna come? Just kidding! You guys suck!" Derek smiled too and the two of them headed out, with Zoe and Moby just shrugging.
They got into Derek's nice car and Derek made sure all the equipment was packed in the trunk. He threw on a baseball cap and some sunglasses and then drove off quickly, headed for the club. They arrived there a few minutes later and Derek began to set up, with Marisol trying to help. The club was going to open at 10:00, so they would have a little time to themselves.
Around 9:45, everything was taken care of, so Marisol and Derek were just standing on the platform. "Chico, take off that hat and sunglasses! I want to see my man for a few minutes." Marisol requested.
Derek smiled and shook his head. "Nooo, that's ok. SO, you got any special requests for me to play tonight? I think I'm gonna end the set with Jocelyn Enriquez, does that sound good to-"
Marisol grabbed Derek before she could finish and the two of them kissed for a few seconds. Marisol let him go and said suavely, "Everything sounds good to me, chico. As long as I'm with you..."
