Mako's Message: Here we go. Another moment you've been looking forward too(or at least that I have) marred by an imperfect chapter. But I had no idea how else to do it. So, hope you enjoy
I'm fucked.
And not in the good, "I lost my virginity" way. The "in so much pain you can't move while someone points a gun in your face" way.
See, today was Dave's Birthday. He turned 18. Which means it's now illegal for me to fuck him, not just morally objectionable. But that's not the problem. We do illegal stuff all the time.
Well, now that I think about it, I guess it is part of the problem.
So I go over to his house. Not much of a party, Todd is there, Katie, Erika for some reason, and Riley. (Dave needs to make more friends that I don't hate.)
The plan was simple, order a ton of pizza, wings, soda, whatever the place had, watch movies and talk over them.
It wasn't bad though. I think everybody had fun for the most part. Except for Todd. I have no idea what's up with him. He was sitting with his back to me when I came in so I decided to great him with a sneak attack.(What? The best greetings are always mid-air and high velocity.) He wasn't fazed though. He just said, "Hi" and kept playing his game.
I asked him what it was, since I'd never seen it and it looked old, and he said it was Game Boy Color. He then added, "I was feeling retro today." But I didn't really get much more out of him than that. I hope he snaps out of whatever funk he's in soon. I want the old Todd back.
Anyway, despite the fact that Katie was pretty much attached to Dave the entire time, I enjoyed it.
Until Riley came over to talk to me.
This was after we'd done the candles, and everyone was sitting around talking and eating cake. I went into the kitchen to get another piece, and Riley followed me in. She leaned against the counter and asked, casual as all hell, "So, have you told Dave yet?"
I just looked at her sideways as I put my cake on the paper plate and said, "Tell him what?"
She said, without any hesitation, not teasing, just completely straight and serious, "That you have a crush on him."
It shocked the hell out of me that she knew, though "crush" doesn't do what I feel for him justice, but I kept it together and just said, "I have no idea what you're talking about."
Then she said, "Oh, sorry, guess I was mistaken." And she stood up, walked out of the kitchen and then bounced over to Dave and glomped onto him and asked, "So when do I get to give you your birthday kisses?"
I don't remember what Dave said, but I do remember Riley pouting at him, and then while she was still hanging off of him, she looked into the kitchen at me and said, "Mindy, you're crushing your cake!"
And she was absolutely right. I'd smashed the cake and plate up into a little ball.
I did the only thing I could do. Threw it away, washed my hands and pretended it didn't happen.
Then when everybody was leaving, she came up to me again and said, "So, you know Dave and Katie aren't doing so well, right?"
I'll be honest, I hadn't noticed. They seemed just as attached as they always have and I told her so.
She shook her head and sighed, "You're not paying attention then. They've been on the rocks for awhile now."
I was whooping for joy in my head, but all I actually did was ask her, "So?"
She smiled and said, "So...you better step your game up and work quickly if you want to snag him for yourself," and then she leaned in and whispered into my ear, "because if they break up, I'll be playing for real." And the she stood up, called out a goodbye to Dave, who came over and gave her a quick hug before walking her to the door and saying his own goodbye.
How the fuck am I supposed to win Dave against her?
I'd rather fight D'Amico unarmed again.
