Chapter 36: Mr Telephone Man

Jimmy looked out his window at Paige and Hazel cleaning their nails after Sean pointed to something under the hood and the girls curiously touched it before getting their hands covered with oil and gook. Jimmy laughed at the girls antics he knew Sean wasn't having fun from the way he looked at the two and then mumbled something underneath his breath before going back into the house. He knew how Sean felt, Hazel could be a handful when she was alone with him but when those girls got together it was a test of your patience, he was surprised Sean didn't blow up like he normally did maybe he was growing up.

Hazel and Paige were filing their nails with a file Haze had taken out her purse he was going to miss them even though it would be quiet and a lot less irritating it wouldn't be as much fun and Jimmy would be lonely without Hazel by his side. He didn't know why he had agreed to go on this vacation unless you were an a-list star the Hampton's wasn't nearly as fun and since he was stuck in a wheelchair he couldn't go to the beach he couldn't even take a dip in the pool. It was so frustrating when he thought about it and how he got in this predicament was even more frustrating, if he ever saw Spin again it would be too soon. That was the only comfort he had he wasn't in the same town, zip code or even country as his ex best friend.

The sunlight was beaming and the small breeze he felt from the crack he opened in the window was warm and alluring. He stared down at Hazel and Paige deep into their little project of perfectly filing their nails and as if Haze knew he was watching, she looked up, smiled and waved. Jimmy waved back before leaving the window and going back to getting dressed. It was way earlier then when he usually woken up but he couldn't sleep he knew he only had a few more days with Hazel before she was back on the road and out of his life until next week. He had planned a special day for the two he had taken a menu from the kitchen at night and woke up early and placed a order for a specially packed lunch complete with a wicker picnic basket, sparkling apple cider and blanket it had cost him most of his savings he was going to use to buy a pair of specially made gym shoes for basketball but since he wasn't going to play anytime soon nevertheless walk in them why not put the money to good use and what better way to do it then for the girl of his dreams. After she finished up with Sean and Paige he would surprise her with a day they would never forget. He was almost dressed he put on his Triple Five Soul t shirt and splashed a hint of cologne and was on his way out the door when it suddenly opened for him and Craig came rushing in.

"She called, she called." Craig rambled on.

"Who called?" Jimmy asked.

"Ash, she called a couple of minutes ago."

"We'll, what did she say?"

"I don't know, there was a lot of static, I could barely make it out but she did say she had something important to tell me."

"Why didn't you call her back?"

"I tried, but my phone went dead, it needs charging. Jimmy, I can't find Jenny anywhere-" Craig bent down as if he was preparing himself to beg and plead. "- please tell me I can use your phone to call her, I know it's going to cost an arm and a leg and I'll pay it back, I promise, but I have to speak to her."

"Go ahead."

"Now I...What," Craig exclaimed he wasn't expecting Jimmy to give in so soon.

"I said go ahead, my uncle won't mind and I know it's real important to you, you've been waiting to hear from Ash all summer."

"Thank you, thank you." Craig hugged Jimmy.

"Go, call her before it's too late." Jimmy chuckled after Craig released himself from Jimmy and came to his senses.

"Thanks man, you won't regret this." Craig got up from the kneeling, jumped in the air, shouted a Whoo Hoo and ran out of the Jimmy's room. Craig opened up the door and looked at Jimmy. "Where's the phone?"

"We'll there's one downstairs or-" Jimmy exclaimed when he noticed Craig was about to run out of the room again. "-you can use the one in here if you need some privacy." Jimmy picked up the phone and gave it to Craig.

"Thank you." Craig mimed after he grabbed the phone, furiously dialed Ash's number and waited for her to say hello. Jimmy slowly left the room and right before he closed the door he heard Craig say, "Ash, hey."

"Clean as a bug in a rug." Spin said to himself after taking the quickest but thorough shower ever. "Or is that snug as a bug,oh we'll" Spin dried off, hastily put on his clothes, rapidly brushed his teeth and quickly rubbed his fingers through his hair teasing it a little before he opened up the bathroom door. He peeked his head out and made sure the coast was clear. "Phew" Spinner sighed after he sure no one was there. He had come up with the brightest idea to take a shower in the bathroom right next to the kitchen he knew no one used it because of the bad pipes last time he came up here with Jimmy and even though the house had been remodeled complete with new plumbing, no one would use this bathroom not when they had a bathroom in almost every room or at least that's what Jimmy told him during a conversation they had last year when they where still friends, now Jimmy wouldn't even speak to him if he were on fire and Spinner had a bucket of water, he knew Jimmy would rather burn to death then speak to him.Just then Spinner came down with the saddest feeling of guilt not that he didn't feel guilty all ready he was freeloading in his former bestfriend's uncle house the same friend he had confined to a wheelchair probably for the rest of his life, if there was an award for lowest cheating conniving frineds in the world he knew he would win it hands down.

"I can't believe I'm doing this." Spinner mumbled.

When this day was over he was going to tell Jay he had enough and even if he had to walk home he was not staying in the pool house, in the Hampton's or even the U.S.after that Jay could live it up in the house for all he cared, he didn't want that to happen but he also didn't want another reason for Jimmy to hate his guts after he found out the truth. Then he remembered Jenny didn't have a clue what he had did she had thought the two had another falling out but she didn't know why at least he didn't think she did and if she did, she was either the best actress in the world to act so clueless to the situation and not even give the slightest hint that she knew or she was even lower then him for siding with scum like him and Jay a guy she didn't even know then with Jimmy a guy she had known all her life. He really liked Jenny, she always had such high hopes for him, she was the first girl who gave him his first kiss well on the cheek anyway it was bad enough he lost all his friends back home now he was going to lose Jenny as a friend too.

Spinner tip- toed out of the bathroom and slowly walked to the back door but before he could reach it he heard someone coming and duck into a nearby room which he realized was the pantry. He pushed his ear to the door and heard sounds at first were mumbles but became more audible the harder he pressed.

"You girls don't have to follow me everywhere I'm just getting a pan." Sean said.

"We know but what took you so long?" Hazel replied.

"Yeah, what were you really doing," Paige asked.

"Not that it was any of your business I had to ask Jenny if I could borrow an old pan so we can flush the radiator for some reason she said they had an old one in the kitchen bathroom it use to catch leaking water under the toilet when the pipes were bad, whatever that means, but anyway I tried to open the bathroom but someone was in there."

"The doors open." Hazel replied.

"It wasn't a few minutes ago whoever was in there must have left," Sean said. "They were taken a shower."

"A shower," Paige exclaimed. "Why didn't they use one of the bathrooms upstairs they're larger not to mention nicer."

"I don't know." Sean said annoyed. "Who ever it was there gone now and I'm just going to grab the pan, finish up and then you girls can go shopping. You know it could take a while maybe you guys should get dressed."

"Maybe he's right." Hazel agreed.

"No way." Paige replied. "I'm going to watch every move you do if you screw up Dylan's car it will be on my hands, not yours."

"I'm not going to wreck your brothers car," Sean yelled.

"Fine, but I'm still going to watch you."

"Whatever," Sean walked to the bathroom picked up the pan and just as he was going to leave, he saw a towel crumpled up on the bathroom floor. "Man the bathroom looks like a pig sty."

Paige and Hazel ran inside the bathroom so they could get a closer look. "Ewww." The girls said simultaneously.

"And it smells like one too." Paige said with a trace of disgust in her tone.

Spinner sniffed himself. He didn't think he smelled that bad it wasn't great but it wasn't awful.

"Let's go." Paige replied. " Speaking of showers, I have to get dressed, soon."

Sean filled up the bucket and raced out of the bathroom with the girls following behind.

Spin waited a while until he was sure the coast was clear. Spin slowly grabbed the door knob but someone had beat him to it and before he knew the door was opening on the other side.

"Spin is that you?"