The Bet
By: Fox Almasy
Ch 8
A Drunk Man's Actions are a Sober Man's Thoughts
Fox: things have been crap for me lately. Last Thursday my Grandma passed away and then on Saturday my dog, who is my baby got ran over. I've been depressed and not even getting a job can make me happy. My handsome Chou is graduating today (6/2/05) and I may never see him again. Then I still have to go to my grandma's funeral. N e way I'm sure you all don't want to hear about this so on with the story.
Kojisa: we don't own n e thing.
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The beat of the music seemed muffled to Brad as he took another quick drink of his beer. He could see Naomi dancing from where he was sitting and he couldn't take his eyes off her. She glanced over her shoulder then sauntered over to him.
"Come dance with me." She murmured and set her beer down on the table. She grabbed his arm and dragged him to his feet just as a slow song came over the speakers. She collapsed against him and seemed to have fallen into a fit of laughter. Brad smiled as Naomi looked up at him.
"I haven't had this many beers in so long." Brad didn't reply as he rested his head against hers. "You almost ready to go back?" Naomi questioned as she stumbled slightly but caught herself.
"Yeah come on." he took her hand and guided her toward the exit. He managed to flag down a taxi and climbed in next to Naomi
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Naomi opened the door and set the keys on the counter. She stepped back and leaned against Brad and closed her eyes.
"I'm so tired." She mumbled while pushing herself away from Brad. "Come on take me to my room."
"OK." Brad helped her up the stairs while trying not to stumble himself.
He pushed open her door and managed to get her to the bed. He straitened and turned to leave, but was stopped suddenly as Naomi grabbed his hand and pulled him back.
"Wait don't go." Brad stared at her as he sat down on the bed. His mind was foggy as he leaned down to her and pressed his lips to hers.
Naomi's eyes widened, but she didn't know what to do. Her mind was telling her to make him stop, but something was keeping her from pushing him away.
'Naomi what about John?'
'What about John? He never really cared about me . . .' she brushed away the thoughts of John and pulled Brad closer to her.
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Naomi groaned and covered her eyes as the sun penetrated the blinds. Her head was pounding and she only had the beer to blame. She sat up slowly trying to keep her head from hurting worse. She froze and stared down at Brad whose arm was draped over her and his legs were wrapped around hers.
"Oh God . . ." she pushed away from him and stood up as her heart leapt into her throat. Without waking Brad up she moved to the bathroom and shut the door. Turning the shower on she stood underneath the streams of water and watched as the steam rose up toward the ceiling.
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Pain was shooting through Brad's head has he pushed himself up from the bed. The night before was a blur to him as he rolled over and stared at the ocean through the sliding glass doors. He sat up slowly and looked around the room slightly confused. Suddenly memories from last night came crashing back to him and he fell back on the bed and groaned.
"Shit what'd I do?" he stood up and began pulling on his pants. "How do I manage to screw things up?" grabbing his shirt he left the room and walked next door to his room and turned on the shower. "She's gonna hate me after this."
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Brad glanced around as he walked down the steps and into the kitchen. He hadn't seen Naomi yet today and was not looking forward to talking to her. He wasn't sure what she thought about last night and was afraid that he might have screwed up everything. The screen door opened and Brad looked up to see Naomi stepping in.
"Hey." She looked up and smiled.
"Good morning." Awkward silence seemed to feel the room as Brad leaned against the counter and shoved his hands into his pockets. Naomi shuffled her feet and crossed her arms over her chest and peered up at Brad through her bangs.
"Listen Naomi about last night . . . I'm sorry I-"
"Brad don't worry about it. I mean it's not like we were thinking clearly."
"Yeah."
"Well we're leaving tomorrow at 12:00."
"OK."
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Brad pushed open the door and stepped into the dorm room. With a sigh he tossed his bag in the corner and collapsed onto the bed. Jack sat on the edge of his bed and continued to stare at his roommate until he looked up.
"What?"
"Nothing just wondering how it was. You know Hawaii, the beach . . . Naomi."
"Hawaii was awesome, the beach was nice . . . and Naomi . . . lets just say that's for me to know not you."
"I knew it you dog!"
"What?"
"I knew you couldn't keep your hands off her."
"Shut up it wasn't like I forced her." Brad sat up and faced Jack who was grinning at him. "Just stop asking about it."
"OK, OK just tell me one thing." Brad frowned and cocked a brow.
"Just one thing?" Jack nodded. "What?"
"Was it good?"
"Oh shut up." Brad stood and threw a pillow in Jack's face and walked to the door.
"Where you going?"
"Out."
"Alright see you later."
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Naomi reached into her pocket in search of her keys. Finding them she drew them out and quickly unlocked the door. Shouldering it open she grabbed her bag and walked into the penthouse and kicked the door shut. Everything was off and Naomi was glad to find no one home. She wanted to be alone for a bit to go over everything that had happened and come up with a reasonable explanation and solution. To start off the only reason things went as far as they did was because they were both keyed. If they weren't things wouldn't have escalated like they did.
"OK we're just friends . . . so what happened was not suppose to."
'A drunk man's words are a sober man's thoughts.' That saying kept repeating over and over in her head. She needed something to justify that what happened was just a mistake, but some how she didn't believe that.
Naomi reached for her phone as it began to ring. Without looking at the caller ID she pressed on and pressed the phone to her ear.
"Hello?"
"Hey so you're back!"
"Uh . . . yeah John how was your Thanksgiving?"
"Same old same old. Listen do you have anything planned next Friday?"
"No I don't think so . . . why?"
"No reason listen I'll talk to you later."
"OK."
"I love you."
"Uh . . . ya bye." She quickly pushed off and set the phone down on the bed. She leaned forward and ran her fingers through her hair. "I've gotta do something about this. I've gotta tell Brad about John. But what do I do about John. I don't know if I want to be with him any more."
"Naomi are you home?" Naomi stood as her bedroom door opened and Kelly walked in. "Hey how was Hawaii?"
"It was good."
"Did Brad have fun?"
"How did you find out about that?"
"Leena told me."
"I should have known. Ya he had fun." Kelly nodded and sat down next to Naomi.
"Listen I know you hear this enough from my sister, but . . . how well do you know him?" Kelly watched as Naomi glanced down at the floor. She thought briefly about what Leon had told them about Brad and how he'd been lying to Naomi this whole time.
"You guys really don't trust him do you?"
"Well I don't know, but honestly what has he told you about himself?"
"I've told you everything already."
"And you don't think that maybe he has some skeletons in his closet."
"Kelly everyone does."
"You haven't told him about John have you?" Naomi shook her head and leaned against the wall so that she was facing Kelly. "How come?"
"I don't know . . . he knows we're just friends though."
"Are sure? You don't think that maybe you're leading him on a little." Memories from the other night flashed through Naomi's mind and she could feel a blush start to rise on her cheeks.
"Well . . . maybe. He's never complained, but the other night . . .never mind I can't say anything."
"What happened?"
"Nothing . . . it's just we went to this party and got really keyed . . ." Kelly stared at her friend as she filled in the missing words that Naomi couldn't say.
"You guys didn't . . . you know did you?" Naomi looked away out the window making sure to avoid Kelly's gaze. "You slept with him . . . Don't worry I won't say anything to the others, but maybe you should find out more about him before making any drastic decisions." Naomi sighed and watched as Kelly stood and walked towards the door. She stopped with her hand on the knob and glanced back at Naomi. "Did you use protection?"
"No . . ."
"You don't think you could be pregnant do you?"
"I don't think so."
"OK . . .but maybe you should check it out."
"Don't worry."
"Have you eaten yet?"
"No."
"I'll go get us something."
"Where's Leena and Kris?"
"Shopping they'll be home in about an hour."
"OK."
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Fox: Wow I got this one up pretty fast! I'm so proud! I've only got 1 more day of school how awesome! I'm so excited. Even though so much bad stuff as been happening. Well R&R and thanks to all whom reviewed the last chapter.
Kojisa: Ya we appreciate it. and we'll be working on the next chapter cuz we're on a roll. We've gotten over the little problem of not being able to write so we should have the next chapter up soon and bad stuff may be happening! oh and for those who haven't heard of getting Keyed it means drunk if ya didn't figure it out. it's what all the dummies do at Fox's school they go out and get "keyed" sadly Chou does it to.
AUDI!