Testing, testing, I'm just suggesting,
You and I might not be the best thing,
Exit, exit, somehow I guessed it right, right,
But I still want you, want you,
Don't mean to taunt you, If you leave now,
I'll come back and haunt you, (Marianas Trench - Haven't Had Enough)

Day

Tomorrow I will be returning to where I spent most, if not all, of my teenage years, the Republic. Eden received a job interview over there, so where my brother goes I go. First I need to tie some loss knots over here since it is very likely that Eden will get hired and we will move over there. So I spent most of the afternoon visiting the women I had relationships with and getting slapped in the face when I said that I wanted to end it. I packed my bags with swollen, throbbing cheeks. As soon as I landed I called Tess to see where her apartment was, so I could get directions. On the way there I passed a small restaurant and my stomach started to rumble, man was I hungry. So I told Eden to go ahead of me, I would be eating and would meet him at Tess's place.

It smelled great, my mouth started to water as soon as I stepped in; though the food smelled incredible the business was pretty low. Only a man and a woman were seated at a table, there was no one else. I got seated and started to look through the menu, then I heard laughter. It was bubbly, care-free, and sounded so cute. I looked from my menu to the table that was across from me. The woman was still laughing; her head was thrown back slightly and then she started to rub tears from her eyes. I have seen some pretty girls in my day, but she looked absolutely breath-taking. She had long milk chocolate hair that was tinted with wine red. She was wearing black shorts despite the temperature and a long sleeved sweatshirt that only reached to her ribcage. Across the sweatshirt was big bold letters that read Get some.

"Pascao, you got some soup juice on your face." She said in the most melodious voice I ever heard, and then she did something that shocked me. She bent over and wiped the soup from the side of his mouth and licked her finger. "Mmmm, tasty." She replied.

"Dammit June, get your own food. Haven't you done enough, because of you I am so sore that I won't be able to walk tomorrow."

She laughed again, "Don't act like you didn't like it darling." She replied flirtatiously and then winked at him. No wonder, there was no way a girl as beautiful as that didn't have a boyfriend.

"Whatever," he scoffed and then looked at the watch on his wrist, "Come on we are going to be late to Tess's, Birthday Girl."

"Argh, birthdays, why must I celebrate getting one year closer to death, I don't see the point." She grumbled as she got up. Wait, did they just say Tess, were they talking about my Tess, only one way to find out.

"Excuse me, I don't mean to be rude but did you just say Tess?" I asked them as they got up. The girl, June, turned around to face me.

"Yes we did, why?" she replied coldly while looking at me with her beautiful gold flecked, calculating, brown eyes.

"I, um," maybe this had been a mistake, but it was too late to take it back since their attention was now on me, "I have a friend named Tess that I should be visiting today, my name is Daniel and I just came back from Antarctica. So I was wondering if we both knew the same person."

"I'm sorry but I don't know you." June replied, then she turned to the man she was with and said, "Come on lets go, he is wasting our time."

He just ignored her and walked over to where I was sitting and slid into the booth, "Yeah, we are talking about the same person, Tess told me you would be coming over today. Why don't we all go together?"

"Sounds great." I answered. I finished the rest of my dish and clapped my hands together, "Let's go then."

Pascao sat with me in the booth and talked to me, June leaned against the wall and watched from a distance. Her eyes seemed cold and piercing, I could feel them on me constantly as I conversed with her boyfriend. Was it just me, or did she not like me? I don't know what I did though? This was bothering me so when me and Pascao walked together, June had left on her motorcycle and told Pascao she would see him at Tess's, I asked him what was her problem with me.

"Don't worry about it, she is just shy, that's all." He replied, though I had a feeling that that wasn't the case.