Chapter 10
Ape hung up the phone and walked back into the dining room. She sighed.
"What happened?" Dunn asked.
"Jess is on a flight to L.A. right now." she replied.
"Oh." Dunn went back to eating his chicken in silence. Novak didn't even bother to look up at Bam or Jenn. He stood up to go outside to smoke to get away from the akwardness in the room. Ryan started crying so Jenn went to check on him. Dico, Raab and Rake went to play pool so that left Bam, Ape, Phil, and Dunn at the table. Finally, Dunn went outside for some air. Ape and Phil sat there and talked. Bam wasn't paying any attention to them or the 3 guys playing pool and shouting random words. He finally decided to get up and talk to Novak. He walked out onto the deck and Novak turned to face him.
"'Sup?" he asked.
Bam sighed in the cold air, making his breath visible. "Nothin'."
"Cool." Novak took a drag and Bam sat down on the cold chair. Finally, after a few minutes, Novak turned and said, "Dude, I know something's wrong. I can tell." he put out his cigarette and sat down by Bam.
"I was just thinking..."
"About what?"
"Jenn and me. I don't know if it's gonna be the same since she was with Jess."
Novak sat up in his chair and payed attention as Bam told him what he was thinking.
"So, I'm starting to love her again but, it doesn't feel right." Bam finished.
"Well, I don't exactly know what to say cause I've never been in that situation so if I can cheer you up in any way, just tell me, okay?" Bam nodded and they both went back inside and started playing pool. Everyone had gone to bed. Bam got out some beer and they drank and played 5 games of pool. By that time, they were really, really drunk.
Novak swayed while trying to aim to hit the 8 ball in.
"Damn it, dude." he slurred. He pushed his stick foward and missed the winning ball completely and hit Bam's ball in. He stumbled over to Bam and ran into him.
"Oh, sorry, man." Bam said, trying to aim for the solid blue 2 ball. Novak watched in the chair as he mumbled to himself. Bam pulled Novak up by the shirt collar and sort of threw him to tell him it was his turn. Novak just bounced off the pool table and into Bam's arms.