Chapter 6

Jim walked in the patio/bed area. As he walked by one of the beds, he felt someone put their hand on his butt.

"Whoa!" said Jim. He saw Diana sitting on one of the beds.

"Hey, I wonder where you vanished off too," she said.

"I bumped into one of your friends earlier. Is she around here?" said Jim.

"Who, Colette? Oh, no, baby doll. She probably went home. She's not really party central," said Diana. Jim sat beside her.

"This may sound weird, but we had an instant connecting," said Jim, as he sat beside her.

"I didn't say I noticed it," said Diana.

"Good. I was hoping you give me Colette's number," said Jim. She just looked at him.

"What?" said Diana.

"She gave it to me earlier, but I kind of lost it," said Jim.

"You're the master of extreme solar surfing and she's one extremely shy omish," she said. Jim took out a pen and a paper. The top of the pen fell to the floor.

"She's not really a party girl," said Jim, as he was going to get the top for the pen.

"Don't like them till you try them," whispered Diana.

"Could you give Colette my number?" asked Jim, as he started to write his number. Diana took the pen from Jim's hand.

"You know what? You should really call her," she said, as she started to write the number on his hand.

"Sweet. Thanks," said Jim.

"My pleasure," she said, as she got up from the bed. He didn't notice that it was Diana's number. Jim took out his phone and started to punch in the numbers. Diana, Colette and Kelly started to walk out the club.

"So, what did you give your number to every guy in there?" asked Colette.

"Something like that," said Diana. Just then, Diana's phone started to ring.

"That was quick," said Colette, as she and Kelly stopped. A text message appeared on the screen and it read:

Colette

I o u. let me get you a hambgr. Meet me at the hm stand.

Jim

"Who was that?" asked Colette.

"No one special," said Diana. She stared to walk away.

"No one special," mimicked Colette and Kelly, as they followed Diana. Later, Jim was walking with Brennan and Jesse by the bar as Shalimar and Emma did something else.

"It was insulting asking for her number," said Brennan.

"Dude, how could that be insulting?" asked Jim.

"You could have just asked 'Dog face, who's your friend?'" said Brennan.

"Brenn might be right," said Jesse.

"Right," said Jim.

"It was still insulting," said Brennan.

"Now, that's where you and I differ," said Jim, as he stopped. "You notice what's in front of your face. I don't. This girl was special."

"Isn't that your psionic/feral side talking?" asked Jesse.

"Maybe," said Jim.

"Right," said Brennan. Brenn and Jess left Jim there, standing where he was. As Jim was going to join them, his phone rang. He pushed on a button and a text came up.

I'm not interested

Colette

He was bumped about her reply. 'How could she reject me after we just meet?' thought Jim.