Chapter 14

Jordan arrived at Shane's house a little over an hour later. The front door was left open so he let himself in.

Shane was slouched on his sofa watching MTV.

"Hey Catalano, you got the girls home safely?"

Jordan took his eyes off of the Madonna video playing and looked at his friend.

"Yea they're safe, Sharon was like bawling her eyes out man, it was..weird"

Shane sat up straight when he heard Sharon's name mentioned. "Yea? What she say?"

"Nothing man" Jordan replied. "She like wasn't happy that much I saw"

Shane sighed, he knew by the look on Sharon's face that the dick of a jock disgusted her. "So she's back with that Kyle dude. He's such a fuckin moron. I don't know what she sees in him man I really don't"

Jordan furrowed his brow and looked at Shane.

"You like her don't ya man. Admit it, you like her".

Shane shook his head as if trying to convince himself that he didn't have any feelings for Sharon. "No man, we got on well, she like laughed at my jokes. We had a good time Jordan, I don't know if anything would have gone further man. That Sharon chick is outta my league, she wouldn't look twice at a low-life like me"

Jordan started to get a bit mad at his friends self-loathing. "Shane, quit putting yourself down. You're a decent guy dude"

Shane started laughing at Jordan "Aw, you gay for me Catalano? I'm speechless, I didn't know you like felt that way about me man"

Jordan grabbed a cushion from the sofa and threw it at Shane. Through his laughter he chuckled "Fuck off, If you and I were the last fags on earth I wouldn't go near your anus"

Shane and Jordan were rolling around laughing.

Back at Sharon's house Angela and Sharon were talking in Sharon's bedroom. They were both wearing flannel Pyjamas and eating cookie dough Ice-cream from the carton.

Sharon was telling Angela about what happened between Kyle and Shane.

"So Shane headbutted Kyle oh my god!" Angela would have killed to have witnessed that.

"Yea he did Angela, thing is I know what Kyle is like and I knew that he'd get Shane into deep shit with the cops"

Angela looked at her friend with sympathy and held her hand tight.

"So that's why you agreed to go out with Kyle again. To protect Shane?"

Sharon started swirling her spoon in her ice-cream lost in thoughts about how she may have handled things differently.

"Yup, Shane just stuck up for me and I told him to go. He probably doesn't want to see me again now". She put down her ice-cream and threw herself into her pillows.

"Oh Sharon, you do get yourself into some messes sometimes". Angela jumped onto Sharon and gave her a huge hug.

"Ok Angela Chase, it's you're turn to spill. What happened with you and Jordan?" Sharon sat up hugging her pillow to her chest. She was expecting the usual 'oh we just kissed and talked' story.

Angela smiled and closed her eyes, she was back in the car with Jordan and replaying the whole scene over and over in her minds eye.

"I made him come".

Sharon sat bolt upright in shock practically falling off her bed. "Angela!! Did you guys like do it?"

Angela laughed at Sharon, she couldn't help it. Sharon's eyes wide open in shock and her jaw was dropped wide open.

"No we didn't. I think I would have had he not stopped. Oh Sharon, it just felt so right. I never knew he could make me yearn for him like I did"

Sharon puzzled "So Jordan like stopped you? wow! I never thought I'd hear that. Why did he stop?"

Angela started giggling " I took off my shirt, he had his hands over my breasts and then he came"

Sharon burst out laughing "OH MY GOD he came just by holding your tits! Angela he must have it real bad for you if that's all you need to do to make him shoot his bolt!"

Angela was laughing hard by now,thinking back to the look on Jordan's face. "Sharon you cannot breath a word of this to anyone ok?"

Sharon stifiled her giggles to reassure Angela that she wouldn't say a word "Ok , ok I promise.. it's our secret"

Angela thanked Sharon and climbed into bed. Sharon reached over to her night-stand and switched of the lamp.

"Angela"

"Yea?"

"Do you think that you'll like..have sex with him now?"

Angela didn't hesitate in answering. "Sharon I've never felt so ready"

Sharon smiled to herself and closed her eyes.

"You're about to hit a whole new level in your relationship Ang, you'll love it. Sex is great when it's with someone you love"

Angela closed her eyes , thoughts of her and Jordan filled her mind.

"I can't wait" she smiled.

Hallie Lowenthall sat in her apartment. She had been waiting for two hours for Graham to arrive. After drinking her fourth cup of coffee, she reached for her cellphone and dialled his number. She cleared her throat, ready to give Graham a piece of her mind.

Graham's cellphone rang and rang. Neal looked up from his newspaper and looked at his brother.

"Graham, you gonna answer that any time soon?"

Graham just stared blankly at the phone and mumbled "No"

Neal was beginning to get irritated from the constant ringing of the phone. "Graham what if it's Patty?"

He picked up his phone and looked at the caller id. He threw the phone back down on the table.

"It's not Patty Neal, why the fuck would she want to ring me after the stunt I pulled today?" He rubbed his weary eyes, picked up his phone and switched it off.

"I think I'm going to crash out Neal, I'm kinda beat"

Neal went to his closet and returned with a blanket and pillow for his brother.

"Sofa's all yours buddy. We'll sit down and try and sort this mess out tomorrow ok?"

Graham sighed. "I think this is going to take more than a day to sort out Neal"

He lay down on the sofa and thought of Angela and Danielle. He thought about the heartbreak on Danielle's face and the pure anger in Angela's. He then thought of Patty. The harsh words he had said to her, the very moment her heart shattered and the guilt he felt eating away at him.

His shoulders started to shake and before he knew it he was sobbing.