Ch 4- Clubbing
Spinner woke up and groaned. After getting his call from Lisa, he had called Craig up to go back out drinking. All he remembered was Lisa telling him that Paige had seen Dean and he had responded something like if he had smothered her so much, fine. Tell her to go have fun with her old boyfriend. It didn't register in his mind until now exactly who Dean was. Dean wasn't her ex, Dean was that bastard who raped her all those years ago and then started to say things when he saw her. Spinner stumbled up, grabbed some clothes (hoping they were clean and matching) and headed for the bus station.
"Paige, honey! Door!" Paige's mom called up the stairs. Figuring it was Lisa, she bounded down the stairs.
"Ok so have I told you yet that I-" She stopped short, again, when she found it was Dean, not Lisa, at the door.
"Spirit."
"What are you doing here?"
"I can't come by just to say hi?" he asked trying to seem as though he was innocent.
"No. No you can't. I thought you moved. Why are you back?"
"Parents divorced. I used to think it ruined my life, but now..."
"Now it ruined mine," she snapped at him running back up the stairs and slamming her door.
"Oh dear! I'm so sorry about that," Mrs. Michealchuck said she rushed back into the room.
"Don't worry about it m'am. I can come back later." With that, he left Paige's home behind him.
"Lisa, he came over today!" Paige exclaimed to her friend that night over the phone.
"Who did? Spinner?"
"No!! Dean!"
"Did he try anything? Or was he just being an asshole?"
"When is Dean not an asshole?" she muttered.
"Right. Well, do you honestly think that he'll try anything? I mean...he already messed you up. Why do it again?"
"Why not? I mean hell, he had fun didn't he?" she responded bitterly.
"Hey. Let's go somewhere. There's this club downtown and we can rub up on all the hot guys that are actually semi-decent. And I'll be with you and make sure nothing happens," she threw in as a blanket comforter.
"Lis...I don't know..."
"Come on, please?" she begged. After 20 minutes of begging, Paige finally gave in. They made plans for later that night and Paige hung up feeling less than comfortable.
Spinner dropped into his seat next to the window and leaned his head back against the seat. He had barely made the bus and after sprinting to the ticket counter and then sprinting again to the bus, she was winded. The bus started to go and Spinn stared out the window. The landscape started to blur together as his eyes grew heavy and drooped as his thoughts drifted to Paige. She had run away to think, but had accidentally found Dean. Who knew what could happen? Well Spinner didn't, but he wasn't just going to sit around at home and let something happen. He'd be damned if something happened to Paige again. He'd be damned.
"Lisa, are you sure about this?" Paige asked uncertainly. Lisa had Paige all decked out in "club attire" and she couldn't help but think about what happened last time she had gotten all dressed up like this.
"Yes Paige, you look fine!" Lisa exclaimed exasperated as she told Paige this for what seemed like the hundredth time. "Come on, let's go," she declared as she dragged Paige out of the door. When they got to the club, Paige could hear the pulsing bass coming from within and she reluctantly opened her door.
"Gavin! What a surprise! Did Paige finally call you?" Mrs. Michealchuck exclaimed.
"Hi Mrs. Michealchuck. No Paige didn't call me, Lisa did. Is Paige here?" he asked trying to keep the feeling out of his voice.
"No I'm sorry, you missed her. Lisa took her out; they were all dressed up."
"Oh," he replied as he started to feel his spirits sink. "Do you have any idea when she'll be back?"
"No honey I don't. But if you like you can stay here in the guest room. I think they went to some club..." Mrs. Michaelchuck told him as she disappeared inside. Spinner followed her inside and stuck his stuff in a room and then went out to explore. Who knew...maybe find a club...
"So where are you from?" Paige tried to concentrate as she looked at the man across from her. Chris was nice, very good looking, funny, a good dancer...but not Spinner.
"Oh, umm...I'm from Toronto," she told him halfheartedly. "My family moved here and I'm just visiting old friends."
"Why did you move to Bardell of all places?" he asked. Paige sighed and looked around.
"I...have to used the restroom. Excuse me," she told him as she wound her way across the dance floor and into the bathroom. She leaned her head against the tile and sighed. Normally she loved clubbing, what was with her tonight? She decided not to go back to Chris, but instead find some guy and just dance. No conversation, no problem. When she opened the door however, she found a problem.
Spinner wandered around downtown aimlessly. He was starting to get tired and about to turn around and go back to Paige's when someone called her name. He turned around uncertainly and found Ben, one of Paige's friends, waving at him. He had met Ben a few times before when he had come to visit Paige and they had gotten along pretty well. Keeping all this in mind, he walked over to Ben.
"Hey man! What are you doing here?" he asked.
"Not much, trying to find Paige," he explained.
"Paige? She's here?"
"Yeah, Lisa called earlier and told me she came here. She ran off a few days ago."
"Dude, we should all have a party! I had no idea she was back!" he happily exclaimed.
"Yeah...hey where's the closest club at?" he asked Ben.
"About 10 blocks over. Why?"
"I heard they went to a club. You wanna go?"
"Yeah! Let's go get us some ass!!" Spinner shook his head as he followed Ben as they walked to his car.
"Dean! Go away, please," she said as she tried to edge her way past him.
"Paige, listen to me," he said calmly trying to keep her cornered.
"No. I don't want to listen. I don't want to see you!! Don't you get it Dean? You ruined my life. You raped me Dean. You raped me and ever since then my life has been sheer hell."
"You know Spirit, you're hot when you get pissed off," he said as he traced her low neckline, dangerously close to her breasts.
"Don't touch me," she said as she swatted his arm off of her, trying again to shove her way past him. He let her go and then caught her around her middle and pulled her back to him.
"Let's dance Spirit?" he murmured in her ear.
"Dean, no!" He pulled her out on the dance floor and started to thrust himself to go with the music. Paige tried to go along with it and back away from him at the same time. Suddenly the song ended and he was there at her side again.
"You liked that?" he asked and she could tell that he was starting to get a little tipsy, not to mention aroused and she tried to find Lisa, but she was nowhere in sight. Dean was pulling her towards the door and she was fighting every step of the way. He eventually won and got her to his car and took off, leaving the club far behind them.
Spinner woke up and groaned. After getting his call from Lisa, he had called Craig up to go back out drinking. All he remembered was Lisa telling him that Paige had seen Dean and he had responded something like if he had smothered her so much, fine. Tell her to go have fun with her old boyfriend. It didn't register in his mind until now exactly who Dean was. Dean wasn't her ex, Dean was that bastard who raped her all those years ago and then started to say things when he saw her. Spinner stumbled up, grabbed some clothes (hoping they were clean and matching) and headed for the bus station.
"Paige, honey! Door!" Paige's mom called up the stairs. Figuring it was Lisa, she bounded down the stairs.
"Ok so have I told you yet that I-" She stopped short, again, when she found it was Dean, not Lisa, at the door.
"Spirit."
"What are you doing here?"
"I can't come by just to say hi?" he asked trying to seem as though he was innocent.
"No. No you can't. I thought you moved. Why are you back?"
"Parents divorced. I used to think it ruined my life, but now..."
"Now it ruined mine," she snapped at him running back up the stairs and slamming her door.
"Oh dear! I'm so sorry about that," Mrs. Michealchuck said she rushed back into the room.
"Don't worry about it m'am. I can come back later." With that, he left Paige's home behind him.
"Lisa, he came over today!" Paige exclaimed to her friend that night over the phone.
"Who did? Spinner?"
"No!! Dean!"
"Did he try anything? Or was he just being an asshole?"
"When is Dean not an asshole?" she muttered.
"Right. Well, do you honestly think that he'll try anything? I mean...he already messed you up. Why do it again?"
"Why not? I mean hell, he had fun didn't he?" she responded bitterly.
"Hey. Let's go somewhere. There's this club downtown and we can rub up on all the hot guys that are actually semi-decent. And I'll be with you and make sure nothing happens," she threw in as a blanket comforter.
"Lis...I don't know..."
"Come on, please?" she begged. After 20 minutes of begging, Paige finally gave in. They made plans for later that night and Paige hung up feeling less than comfortable.
Spinner dropped into his seat next to the window and leaned his head back against the seat. He had barely made the bus and after sprinting to the ticket counter and then sprinting again to the bus, she was winded. The bus started to go and Spinn stared out the window. The landscape started to blur together as his eyes grew heavy and drooped as his thoughts drifted to Paige. She had run away to think, but had accidentally found Dean. Who knew what could happen? Well Spinner didn't, but he wasn't just going to sit around at home and let something happen. He'd be damned if something happened to Paige again. He'd be damned.
"Lisa, are you sure about this?" Paige asked uncertainly. Lisa had Paige all decked out in "club attire" and she couldn't help but think about what happened last time she had gotten all dressed up like this.
"Yes Paige, you look fine!" Lisa exclaimed exasperated as she told Paige this for what seemed like the hundredth time. "Come on, let's go," she declared as she dragged Paige out of the door. When they got to the club, Paige could hear the pulsing bass coming from within and she reluctantly opened her door.
"Gavin! What a surprise! Did Paige finally call you?" Mrs. Michealchuck exclaimed.
"Hi Mrs. Michealchuck. No Paige didn't call me, Lisa did. Is Paige here?" he asked trying to keep the feeling out of his voice.
"No I'm sorry, you missed her. Lisa took her out; they were all dressed up."
"Oh," he replied as he started to feel his spirits sink. "Do you have any idea when she'll be back?"
"No honey I don't. But if you like you can stay here in the guest room. I think they went to some club..." Mrs. Michaelchuck told him as she disappeared inside. Spinner followed her inside and stuck his stuff in a room and then went out to explore. Who knew...maybe find a club...
"So where are you from?" Paige tried to concentrate as she looked at the man across from her. Chris was nice, very good looking, funny, a good dancer...but not Spinner.
"Oh, umm...I'm from Toronto," she told him halfheartedly. "My family moved here and I'm just visiting old friends."
"Why did you move to Bardell of all places?" he asked. Paige sighed and looked around.
"I...have to used the restroom. Excuse me," she told him as she wound her way across the dance floor and into the bathroom. She leaned her head against the tile and sighed. Normally she loved clubbing, what was with her tonight? She decided not to go back to Chris, but instead find some guy and just dance. No conversation, no problem. When she opened the door however, she found a problem.
Spinner wandered around downtown aimlessly. He was starting to get tired and about to turn around and go back to Paige's when someone called her name. He turned around uncertainly and found Ben, one of Paige's friends, waving at him. He had met Ben a few times before when he had come to visit Paige and they had gotten along pretty well. Keeping all this in mind, he walked over to Ben.
"Hey man! What are you doing here?" he asked.
"Not much, trying to find Paige," he explained.
"Paige? She's here?"
"Yeah, Lisa called earlier and told me she came here. She ran off a few days ago."
"Dude, we should all have a party! I had no idea she was back!" he happily exclaimed.
"Yeah...hey where's the closest club at?" he asked Ben.
"About 10 blocks over. Why?"
"I heard they went to a club. You wanna go?"
"Yeah! Let's go get us some ass!!" Spinner shook his head as he followed Ben as they walked to his car.
"Dean! Go away, please," she said as she tried to edge her way past him.
"Paige, listen to me," he said calmly trying to keep her cornered.
"No. I don't want to listen. I don't want to see you!! Don't you get it Dean? You ruined my life. You raped me Dean. You raped me and ever since then my life has been sheer hell."
"You know Spirit, you're hot when you get pissed off," he said as he traced her low neckline, dangerously close to her breasts.
"Don't touch me," she said as she swatted his arm off of her, trying again to shove her way past him. He let her go and then caught her around her middle and pulled her back to him.
"Let's dance Spirit?" he murmured in her ear.
"Dean, no!" He pulled her out on the dance floor and started to thrust himself to go with the music. Paige tried to go along with it and back away from him at the same time. Suddenly the song ended and he was there at her side again.
"You liked that?" he asked and she could tell that he was starting to get a little tipsy, not to mention aroused and she tried to find Lisa, but she was nowhere in sight. Dean was pulling her towards the door and she was fighting every step of the way. He eventually won and got her to his car and took off, leaving the club far behind them.