How Many Ways Can You Spell Rejection?
AJ was sore after his match with Matt Bentley. He got the super kick and it was dead on.
"Wanna go for a drink?" Chris asked.
"Sure," AJ said cracking his neck. "I could use something stiff."
"I'm not going to that kind of bar," Chris said laughing.
"Oh I assumed you were asking me out," AJ said rolling his eyes.
AJ left his car at the arena and went with Chris. They wound up at a small bar. They ordered two shots and two beer. They both downed the shot in no time.
"I need to get laid tonight," Chris said.
"Thanks for informing me," AJ said.
"Let's play a game of pool," Chris said.
"No way," AJ said. "I'm not bending over in front of you."
"Shut up and play," Chris said tossing him the pool cue.
The game was almost done. AJ was lining up his shot for the eight ball when he noticed a girl. She was getting yelled at by a man who was obviously her boss. As he walked away she rolled her eyes and walked behind the bar. AJ took his shot and sank the ball. He quickly downed his beer and walked back over to the bar.
"Where have you been all my life?" An older man asked the young girl.
"Go away," she said rolling her eyes again as she wiped the bar down.
"Not until you tell me where you've been all my life."
"I probably wasn't born for the first half," she said and smiled. Then she looked at AJ. "Are you stalking me?"
"Not the last time I checked," AJ said to her. "I didn't even know that I knew you."
"You were talking to me outside of Central Florida University gym," she said.
"Oh! You're Amber!" AJ said remembering her.
"Way to play it smooth," Chris laughed as he walked away.
"So you work at a bar for a living?" AJ asked her.
"No," Amber said. "I'm actually a female impersonator."
AJ looked at her. "You're doing a fine job."
"Thanks," she said getting a beer for another guy.
"I'd like to give you a call sometime," he said to her. "What's your number?"
"It's in the phone book," Amber said looking around.
"But I don't know your last name," AJ said to her.
"Yeah, that's in the phone book too," Amber said laughing.
"Are you a lesbian?"
Amber laughed.
"God I hope not," she said wanting him to just leave her alone.
"C'mon, what are you doing next Friday?"
"I'm gonna be tired next Friday," Amber said to him.
"Alright, fine," AJ said giving up.
"Come on Janessa!" AJ yelled from the stands.
This week Janessa's Rattlers were playing the Diamondbacks.
"You are stalking me!"
AJ turned around to see Amber sitting behind him.
"Have we met before?" AJ asked her acting as if he didn't know her.
She was going to be pretty confident, she had about three or four other girls with her.
"Yeah we have," Amber said getting louder. "I'm the receptionist at the VD clinic. You came in with that whole itching thing."
Everyone looked at the two and were trying not to laugh.
"You're funny," AJ said to her.
"Yes, I commend myself," she said laughing.
The two watched the rest of the game without saying anything to each other but after the game they say each other again.
"Why don't we just go out for coffee quickly?" AJ asked her.
"You know, now that I'm thinking about it, I think I just might," Amber said. "You seem like a nice guy. Pretty sexy."
"Nice to see that you're finally starting to see the light," AJ said.
"Oh! Shit," Amber said. "I just remembered! I have to buy doughnuts for my Singles with STD's group meeting tonight."
She walked away trying to comprehend why he wanted to go out with her so badly. She turned around to find him still looking at her.
"What are you looking at?" She asked.
Just then Janessa arrived on the scene.
"He thought you were good looking," Janessa said. "He was obviously mistaken."
Amber scowled at Janessa. But instead of having it out with Amber Janessa just got into the car and waited for AJ.
AJ walked up to Amber.
"Would you quit asking me," Amber said. "I wouldn't go out with you if you gave me a hundred reasons to!"
AJ sat at home for days and wondered by Amber's response was always the same. Something didn't click. Most girls couldn't keep their hands off of him but she was trying her best to stay away.
Did it have something to do with Janessa? No, that couldn't be it. Amber didn't even know that he was related to Janessa. So what was her reason? There had to be something.
AJ had asked his sister about Amber and learned that her last name was McTavish. She went to another university in Orlando but lived off campus. He found out where she lived and he decided to drive there on a Thursday night. It didn't take him long to find out which apartment she lived in.
By instinct he picked up a tiny stone and chucked it at her window, and then another. It didn't take many before she came to the balcony.
"Are you serious?" She asked laughing.
"Okay this probably constitutes stalking or something like that but those other times were purely coincidental," he said to her.
"What do you want?" She asked annoyed.
"I found your reasons," he said to her.
"Are you drunk?" She asked.
"No, I'm not, at least not completely anyways," AJ said. "But can I have another chance to convince you?"
"You're not going to leave me alone until you do so go ahead, try to impress me," Amber said.