Chapter 17: The Morning After
~*Jimmy*~
I slid out of bed the next morning, leaving Bianca sleeping peacefully, to go get some food. I looked at her and smiled.
Last night had been amazing. Nothing on earth could compare to it. It was like something out of a movie...making love to my beautiful girlfriend in a house in the Caribbean. Everything had been perfect, and I definitely wasn't going to be ready to leave when this trip was over.
I walked downstairs to the kitchen, where Paige, Spinner, Manny, and Craig were all sitting.
"Morning." I said, strutting into the kitchen with a grin on my face.
"Afternoon, Jimmy." Paige corrected me. "It's 1 o'clock, if you didn't notice."
I looked at the clock. "So it is."
"Did you sleep well?" Manny asked me.
"Yeah, I guess. Why?"
"With...?" Manny finished up. I almost spit out the coffee I had just poured. "Damn, Paige, you're a bad influence on Manny."
"She's fine." Manny replied. "So...you and Bianca."
"Me and Bianca." I repeated.
"Have fun last night?" Spinner replied.
"At dinner, you mean?" I replied.
"I don't think that's what Spin meant, Jimmy." Paige replied.
"Then what do you mean?" I replied, playing dumb.
"Give it up, Jimmy. We heard you when we came in last night." Spinner replied. "Nothing to be ashamed of."
I looked at them, and saw Craig sitting at the table next to Manny, sulking.
"You guys really expect me to give you details?" I responded.
"Yup." Manny, Spinner, and Paige replied.
Suddenly, Craig jumped up from the table, his chair hitting the wall with a loud bang, startling everyone, and ran out on the deck.
"Okay, what's his problem?" I asked Manny. She shrugged.
"I don't know. He's been like this all morning. But getting back to you and Bianca...." She replied.
"I am not giving you guys any details!" I responded with a laugh.
"Aw, c'mon, Jimmy. Enquiring minds wanna know." Spinner replied.
"You wanna know?" I replied. "Buy the book." I grabbed two cups of coffee, one for myself, one for Bianca, and headed back upstairs.
~*Craig*~
I sat on the sandy beach, watching the waves roll in, thinking about everything that had happened in the past year. I cheated on one girl with another, dumped them both, and went back to the girl I cheated with. And then, just when things were getting back to normal, the girl I had never really gotten over rolls back into town. Things had been nothing but complicated for the past few years...I wondered if they'd ever go back to normal.
I thought about Jimmy and Bianca, and my hands balled into fists involuntary. I could deal with them being friends, and I could deal with them being boyfriend and girlfriend, but just the thought of Bianca being with someone else made me sick. Jimmy got to touch her and be touched by her, and be inside her...something I used to do. She had promised me a long time ago that I would be the only one, and she lied.
And I had made up my mind. I was going to call her on it.
~*Jimmy*~
I slid out of bed the next morning, leaving Bianca sleeping peacefully, to go get some food. I looked at her and smiled.
Last night had been amazing. Nothing on earth could compare to it. It was like something out of a movie...making love to my beautiful girlfriend in a house in the Caribbean. Everything had been perfect, and I definitely wasn't going to be ready to leave when this trip was over.
I walked downstairs to the kitchen, where Paige, Spinner, Manny, and Craig were all sitting.
"Morning." I said, strutting into the kitchen with a grin on my face.
"Afternoon, Jimmy." Paige corrected me. "It's 1 o'clock, if you didn't notice."
I looked at the clock. "So it is."
"Did you sleep well?" Manny asked me.
"Yeah, I guess. Why?"
"With...?" Manny finished up. I almost spit out the coffee I had just poured. "Damn, Paige, you're a bad influence on Manny."
"She's fine." Manny replied. "So...you and Bianca."
"Me and Bianca." I repeated.
"Have fun last night?" Spinner replied.
"At dinner, you mean?" I replied.
"I don't think that's what Spin meant, Jimmy." Paige replied.
"Then what do you mean?" I replied, playing dumb.
"Give it up, Jimmy. We heard you when we came in last night." Spinner replied. "Nothing to be ashamed of."
I looked at them, and saw Craig sitting at the table next to Manny, sulking.
"You guys really expect me to give you details?" I responded.
"Yup." Manny, Spinner, and Paige replied.
Suddenly, Craig jumped up from the table, his chair hitting the wall with a loud bang, startling everyone, and ran out on the deck.
"Okay, what's his problem?" I asked Manny. She shrugged.
"I don't know. He's been like this all morning. But getting back to you and Bianca...." She replied.
"I am not giving you guys any details!" I responded with a laugh.
"Aw, c'mon, Jimmy. Enquiring minds wanna know." Spinner replied.
"You wanna know?" I replied. "Buy the book." I grabbed two cups of coffee, one for myself, one for Bianca, and headed back upstairs.
~*Craig*~
I sat on the sandy beach, watching the waves roll in, thinking about everything that had happened in the past year. I cheated on one girl with another, dumped them both, and went back to the girl I cheated with. And then, just when things were getting back to normal, the girl I had never really gotten over rolls back into town. Things had been nothing but complicated for the past few years...I wondered if they'd ever go back to normal.
I thought about Jimmy and Bianca, and my hands balled into fists involuntary. I could deal with them being friends, and I could deal with them being boyfriend and girlfriend, but just the thought of Bianca being with someone else made me sick. Jimmy got to touch her and be touched by her, and be inside her...something I used to do. She had promised me a long time ago that I would be the only one, and she lied.
And I had made up my mind. I was going to call her on it.
