Chapter 8
After witnessing the birth of a rare golden tabby tiger cub and getting to name it, I thought that nothing could top that. But again, it seems that fate had more in store for me.
"OH MY GOD JEFF!!! That was amazing!!! How did you even manage for us to see that?"
"Well Savannah my dear, Nothing is to good for you. You deserve to see something like that and I'm just glad that I got to share it with you."
"Well thank you Jeff. That is something I well never forget and it's all thanks to you."
As we walked through the park we caught up with the others.
"About time you guys showed up." Adam said "Where were you?"
"Well Jeff had a surprise for me" I said.
"Oh yea what was the surprise Skittles?" Matt said
"Something for only Savannah and I." Jeff said "And don't call me skittles.
"Well guys I have to go and powder my nose. Savannah wanna come with?" Amy said
"Yea sure Amy"
As Amy and I walked away I heard one of the guys say "Dude why do chicks always go to the bathroom together?"
"Ya know Savannah, Jeff really likes you." Amy said, looking at her reflection.
"Really I don't see why." I said, washing my hands,
"Savannah, come on its not that hard to see… you're beautiful sexy, devoted, and hard-working. Not to mention you have a great head on your shoulders, and you know how to have fun every now and then."
"Oh come on Amy I don't have fun. I stay in my room and study non-stop, the only reason I leave my room is to eat. It's like a self made prison." I said, looking at her.
"Yea but Savannah you gotta understand. Jeff's not the party type. He would rather stay home and read or watch a movie. Oh by the way in case you wanna know… the devil's rejects is his new favorite movie. Hint-hint" Amy said as she left the bathroom
I followed her and we met back up with the guys.
"Well I'm in the mood to go party! Who's with me??!!" Adam said
"I am" Matt said
"Count me in." Amy said "What about you guys?"
"Well I gotta get back to my studying" I said
"Yea and she needs a ride back to the hotel so I guess I'm the man." Jeff said
"Well Jeff if you wanna go out with them it's no biggie I'll just call a cab" I said looking into Jeff's eyes
"NO…I mean No friend of mine is going to take a smelly cab, besides I have something I need to do back in town." Jeff said
"Well ok if you guys say so We're gonna hit the town" Matt said.
"Yea I think that's what we're gonna do" I said
And with that we walked back to Jeff's car.
As we were driving back to the hotel, I turned to Jeff
"Hey Jeff would you mind if we stopped somewhere.""Yea sure anywhere you wanna go."
"Could we go to like a CD store or a place that sells movies?"
"Yea sure why?"
"Because I wanna"
"Oh ok sure."
We pulled into a local FYE store.
"Excuse me, do you have a copy of a movie called 'The Devil's Rejects?"
"Yea sure which kind would you like, Widescreen, fullscreen, gold or platinum edition…"
"Just give me the best one you have."
"Ok that'll be the titanium edition, it comes with a limited edition CD of Rob Zombie's unreleased…"
"Whatever, just give me the DVD… please."
'God what a hassle just to buy a movie' I thought to myself as I walked back to the car.
"So what did you get?" Jeff asked excitedly
"Something good."
"Like what?"
"Like something…now let's hit the road skittles"
"Ok…but don't call me skittles."
We drove back to the hotel in silence, with only the ambient sounds of Spineshank to keep us company. As we rode up in the elevator we watched a young couple make out right next to us. We just looked at each other and knew that we were thinking the same thing: 'god that looks like fun' Jeff walked me back to my room and before I went into my room I turned to him.
"Jeff I had a really good time today…thank you again."
"Well like I told you Savannah, nothing is too good for you."
"Well I got you a little something just to say thank you". I handed him the DVD
"WOW oh my god I love this movie how did you know?"
"Well a little bird told me."
"Savannah this is so sweet thank you so much" he said as he gave me the tightest hug that I didn't want to end.
"No problem Jeff, you deserve it." I turned to go back into my room when I heard Jeff
"Hey Savannah?"
"Yea Jeff?"
"Have you seen this movie?"
"No I haven't"
"Well do you want to watch it?"
"Um… yea sure do you want to watch it in here or in your room?"
"Well I'd like to watch it in your room. For some reason the rooms that they give the girls are so much nicer than the rooms that they give us meatheads."
"Jeff this is a Hilton hotel…all the rooms are nice."
"Well my room doesn't have you in it…now does it?"
"Well I guess not" I said, blushing a little bit, as I opened the door wider so Jeff could come in.
As we sat there watching the movie, we slowly started to cuddle up to one another. It felt so nice…it was everything I've ever wanted.
"Hey Savannah?"
"Yea?" I said sleepily
"Are you tired?"
"No I'm fine, I'm just very relaxed…you?"
"Ditto"
"Can I get you anything, like a drink or some popcorn?"
"No I'm good, especially with you in my arms." Jeff said
"Ok well let me know if you need anything ok?"
"Ok no problem"
I started to feel myself fall asleep when the doorbell rang, waking me up. I looked over at Jeff who was fast asleep, and smiled. He was a really great guy. 'but are you ready to give your heart away again Savannah?' I asked myself as I got up to answer the door. 'no probably not, just gotta keep focused on my school work and not on love…love always ends bad in the end.' I answered the door and there was the bellhop, Gary, again. I had gotten to know Gary very well, what with all the flowers I had been getting.
"Thanks Gary, how are the kids?"
"Oh they're good Savannah. I'm gonna miss bringing you your flowers everyday when your gone."
"Yea I know. I think that we leave in a day or two. I can't remember."
"So Savannah… have you figured out who's been sending you all these flowers?"
"I dunno Gary, but I know that housekeeping is not gonna be happy when I leave and they have to clean up all these flowers." I said as I looked around my room. It looked like a flower shop. I must have had at least a few dozen bouquets of flowers.
"Who's that Savannah?" Gary said as he saw a sleeping Jeff on the couch
"Oh that's just my friend Jeff. He's a wrestler just like my brother."
"Oh I see, well have a good night Savannah, I'm sure I'll see you tomorrow."
"Ok Gary bye."
Just as I went to shut the door, Adam came bursting through the door
"Hey Savvy ready to go?"
"Go for what?"
"Your meeting, remember? We have to be there in ten minutes."
"Oh Shit! I totally forgot. I'll be right out." I said trying to shove Adam out the door
"Hey hey wait who's that?" Adam said spying the body on the couch. "Is…is that JEFF?"
"Yea why?"
"Wow you guys are getting along really great huh?"
"Yea we have a lot in common." I said, trying to shut the door
"Yea it's gonna be a bummer when his vacation comes up and he's not on the road with us for like 3 months." Adam said, not getting the hint
"What?"
"Oh yea" Adam said "There's an angle in the story that Mark, you know Tanker, beats the holy hell out of him so he can go on vay-cay"
"Oh I didn't know that" I said looking down at my flowers. "Well get out so I can get ready so we can go."
"Ok well I'll meet you downstairs in the lobby"
"Yea ok" I said shutting the door 'I wonder if he was going to tell me about his vacation' I said to myself as I put my flowers on what little free table space I had left. 'well let me go wake him up'
"Jeff…Jeff come on you gotta wake up."
"Oh hey Savannah…oh man what time is it?"
"It's almost 7, you gotta go I have to go to my meeting."
"Oh ok well do you want me to drive you?"
"No it's ok, I think Adam would get mad. It's one of the few things that we share together."
"Yea…sure I understand. Call me in my room when you get back ok?"
"Yea…whatever."
"You ok Savannah?"
"Yea I just got a bit of information that I'm not to happy about."
"Yea like what?" he asked
"Oh it's no big deal… I gotta go I'll talk to you later." I said walking him to the door.
"Ok have a good night I'll talk to you soon." Jeff said giving me a soft kiss on the cheek "Bye love"
"Bye"