Drama Is Not the Word
Chapter 6
Courtney's POV
The Next Day
Today Heather and I were going to visit Alejandro. It's the first time Heather would be seeing him since the club incident. Heather was going to try to get Alejandro out on bail, but from what I gather Alejandro is in jail for more than aggravated assault. I got up from my bed and yawned. I got up only to have my stomach go up in knots. I ran into the bathroom and fell next to the toilet, and vomit. I sat on the floor next to the toilet. I had no clue what was wrong with me. I towered over the toilet and spilled my guts into the toilet bowl. When I was finished I got up and went straight to the shower.
I got dress in a simple pencil dress, and red blouse. There was no need in getting all dressed up for a meeting. I walked out of my room into Heather's room to see her all dolled up wearing a red dress, with a dark navy blue trench coat and heels. Her black hair was in a bun and she had dark red lipstick on. She looked back at me with a small smile.
"Do you think he will like it?" she asked me spinning around. I leaned against the doorframe.
"He loves you in anything, and you know that." I told her with a smile. She picked up her purse from the bed and walked out the door.
"Come on, let's go." She said as she walked down the hall. I followed.
"I have to tell Trent we're leaving." I told her as we walked down the hall.
"Relax, I already handled it." She said walked to through the living room and grabbed the keys.
"Oh, okay. Well lets go." I said following her out the door.
"Okay. So after Heather passed out what happened?" I asked him, ready to jot down any notes. He was looking at Heather with loving eyes, then turned to me.
"Well," he started in his thick Spanish accent "Once I saw he push mi Amor to the ground and she screamed in pain, I went to check on her. I saw that her shoulder was dislodged, and then I went and punch the douche in the jaw. Then I walked away, only to get kicked in my back. We started fighting then he pulled out a knife." He told me with totally seriousness. But his face had relaxed, and he leaning back in his chair. "So I pulled out mine, and stabbed him in the shoulder blade. It was purely self defense." He concluded with a smirk. I looked over at Heather, she was lost in her own world as she stared at Alejandro.
"So you say that the whole thing was self defense." I said writing that down on paper. I looked up at him, putting my pen down on the table.
"Okay, here is the thing. We are on criminal offense. Do you know what that means?" I asked him.
"No, I'm not aware of what that means." He said leaning on the table, interested.
"It means that you are being charged with assault and battery. You're innocent until proven guilty, but with charges like that it's going to be hard to prove your innocents." I told him simply.
"So you're saying that he is basically going to end up in jail." Heather asked annoyed. I sighed then turned to her.
"No. What I'm saying is that we are going to need hard, and I mean hard, evidence that will prove that Justin started everything. And most importantly that he pulled out the knife first. That will prove that all your actions were self defense. Because right now, Justin is on the defensive. He is going to try to make the jury believe that he is the victim. And he will probably get the jury to believe this because of the fact that he has a wound." I told them. Alejandro leaned back in his chair with a huge sigh as he ran his fingers through his dark brown hair.
"So in your terms I'm screwed?" He finally said after a few minutes of silence. Heather leaned against the table with a sigh.
"We just need hard evidence. That's what I'm saying." I told him.
"So what about bail?" Heather asked.
"Well the judge is wary about the bail, because he thinks Alejandro is a danger to society. Reason why I said we need hard evidence that Justin started everything." I informed them.
"So we can't do anything about him getting on bail?" Heather asked with a little sadness in her voice.
"Not what I said. The judge is wary. With a little persuasion I'm sure he will grant Alejandro bail. But until then, no there is nothing we can do." I said. Heather covered her face with a sigh. She started to cry and I placed a hand on her shoulder. I looked over to Alejandro. He understood what he needed to do. He got up and wrapped his arm her shoulder and started to whisper sweet nothings to her. I took this as my sign to get out. I got up and walked out of the room into the police station. I sat in the waiting room patiently, that was when I left a light tap on my shoulder. I looked up to be greeted by the same turquoise eyes I been trying to hide from since high school.
"I thought that was you." The woman said bring me back to life. I blinked a few times to register what just happened. She had the same eyes as him, but it wasn't him. She was a blonde woman, maybe in her 50s. She was smiling down at me.
"I'm sorry." I choked out.
"It's Pam. You remember Duncan's mother. It's so nice to see you again." She said with a smile. My heart started to pound in my chest. I forced a smile and stood up.
"Likewise. How are you?" I tried to stay calm. She rolled her eyes.
"Well good. Aside from Duncan causing trouble, I've been fine." She said with a bright smile. Pam was always the happy one, always smiling no matter what. I know that if I was in her position I would never smile.
"That's great." I said with a smile.
"So what brings you back here? Last I heard you left to go to college. How did that go?" She asked.
"Well it actually went very well. I'm actually back in town for a case." I said with a real smile.
"That's great dear. I'm happy for you. You always have been one of my favorite girls. You always had your life together." She told me. "Not that all the other girls were confused messes." She cleared up, I laughed at her bluntness. I see that is where Duncan got that from. But he was never polite enough to fix things that sounded rude. I was about to say something when her phone rang. She looked at the caller ID, and rolled her eyes.
"Speak of the devil." She said before answering the phone. She turned her direction so she wasn't facing me while she talked.
"Hey baby! I'm at the station... No we don't have any food at the house... No, you have a job go buy your own food... Duncan... Don't raise your voice at me, I'll come down there and bring you ass to the station. Then you'll have something to eat... You know what, you need to get your life together, like Courtney. She is a success lawyer. You need to grow up like her... Yes, she here with me at the station... Duncan where are you going? Don't do anything crazy!" She hung up her phone then turned back to me.
"That boy is something else" She said with a smile, she place her hand on my shoulder. "It was nice seeing you again, Courtney." She said before walking away. My heart started beating fast again. I had a feeling that I would be seeing that boy soon if we didn't get out of this place. I walked down to the room and looked inside the little window. They were having a conversation. I sighed knowing I was going to get a ear full for cutting their time short. I knock on the door, then opened it. Heather and Alejandro turned and looked at me. I gave them a sly smile.
"Umm, we have to go." I started. They didn't move a budge.
"Now." I raised my voice a little. Heather and Alejandro stated to snicker while Heather got ready to go.
"Why are we leaving so early?" Heather asked annoyed.
"Because the problem is coming." I told her, she looked at me and sighed.
"Are you really leaving this early mi Amor?" Alejandro said walking over to Heather.
"Yeah." She said before kissing him on the lips. I looked away from them.
"I'll miss you mi Amor." He said after the kiss.
"Miss you too." Heather said before we left the room. We walked down the hall into the lobby. Pam waved goodbye as we exited the building. That was when I saw it, Duncan's red Mustang with two black strips going down the middle. The car parked one car from to Heather's Viper.
"Come on, that's him." I said hurriedly as I ran down the stairs. I rushed over to the car and tried to not look over my shoulder as I heard the door open. I looked over at Heather so she unlock the door.
"I'm trying." She mouthing searching for her keys in her bag.
"Courtney!" I heard him yell. That's when I heard a click, I swung my door open and got in the seat. Closed the door and locked it. Duncan ran around the car that was between Heather's and his. But by time he reached my door, Heather was already pulling out. I watch as Duncan silhouette retreated back until I couldn't see him anymore. I glared at Heather.
"Thanks a lot Heather." I groaned.
"I was trying to find the keys!" she yelled.
"Yeah, yeah." I mumbled looking out the window. Well the one thing I didn't want to happen happened. Nothing bad can come from that. Right?
Later at the club
"I can't believe he would show up there." Heather said as she grabbed the shot from the bartender. I looked up at her as she handed me my drink. I took the shot glass, and poured the alcoholic drink down my thought. The drink burned my throat as it went down. I made a sour face as I handed Heather back the glass.
"What the hell is that?" I asked as she took the glass from me. She took her shot and made a face similar to mine.
"I told him to bring something strong." She answered as she put the empty glasses on the marble counter.
"Well, that sure was strong." I said trying to get the taste out of my mouth. I got up and smoothed out my purple halter dress. Heather grabbed my hand and pulled me to 'Our Spot' in the VIP section.
"Sit." She said pushing me onto the gold leather couch. She sat down next to me, and waved for some guy holding a tray of drink.
"Where is Trent?" I asked her looking around. She grabbed two drinks of the tray and handed me one.
"I told him where we were. He said he is with that one guy, and that they would be here soon." Heather told me sipping on her drink. I also took a sip of my drink. I haven't seen Trent all day. I couldn't help but think about what he was doing now.
"Hey. Stop thinking about him and come dance with me." She said grabbing my hand. She pulled me on the dance floor and we danced the night away.
After dancing the night away, I heard my name being call. I looked around, to see the green eyes I've been missing all day.
"Trent!" I yelled happily as I tried to get through the mass of people on the dance floor.
"Haven't seen you all day." I said as I gave him a hug. He hugged back.
"Just hanging around." He said with his relaxed smile. I looked to the side of him and was greeted with a wave from Jason.
"Hey Jason. You guys can go to the gold VIP room. That is where Heather and I are chilling when we finish dancing." I told them.
"It's cool. I'm waiting for a friend. You two can go though." Jason told me. I looked at Trent, he was still smiling, and pulled him to the dance floor. We started to dance, my arm was wrapped around his neck while the other one moved with the rhythm of our bodies. Both his hands were on my waist, as he pulled me closer. Our eyes were locked on each other, at this moment I felt like we were on a cloud. We were the only ones dancing in that club. The night was ours. We dance for a couple songs, when I heard Heather call my name. I looked over at her, she was motioning us to come over. I grabbed Trent's hands and pulled him over to the VIP section. We sat down and grabbed the drinks off the tray.
"You two looked cozy out there." Heather said with a smirk. Trent and I both blushed, while sipping on the drinks.
"Here comes your friend Trent." Heather said rolling her eyes. Jason came into the VIP section alone. I watched him sit down, with his own drink in his hands.
"Where is your friend?" I asked. He looked over at the bar.
"He's coming, he's just getting a drink." Jason said looking back at me. I made a 'O' shape with my mouth.
"So did you guys have fun today?" I asked the guys.
"It was cool. Played video games and basketball most of the day." Trent said.
"But hanging out with you two beautiful ladies makes the day a lot better." Jason said with a smirk. In a way Jason reminded me of Duncan. He had the same smooth charm, and I could tell he could be a real bad ass if needed. The scar under his eye proved that. I gave him a small smile.
"Well thank you Jason, but I think Courtney would appreciate it if stop hitting on her. You're not her type." Heather said winking at me.
"Like she has a type. She went with me didn't she?" I looked at the entrance to the VIP. My heart start to beat so hard that I thought it would burst. He was staring down at with his beautiful eyes that I hated so much, and that stupid smirk I despise. Heather got up and walked in front of him.
"You not allowed back here. So go Duncan." She said to him. He looked down at her with a scowl. Trent looked over at me.
"That's the Duncan?" He asked me, and I nodded.
"I'm allowed to be where ever I want sweetheart. Besides, my friends are in here. Right Jason and Trent." He said with a smirk, looked at Trent then me, with a wink.
"Hey Princess." He called out; he walked passed Heather and took her seat next to me. I glared at him, then got up.
"I'm leaving. Trent if you want you can stay." I said standing next to Heather. Trent looked like he was torn with staying with the boys or leaving with us.
"Come on Princess. Why are you being so hostile? Come sit with us." Duncan said to me standing up walking toward me.
"I would rather stick rusted nails in my eyes than hang out with a cheater dick like you." I growled before turning around and storming out of the club. I knew he would follow so I grab Heather hand and pulled her along. I knew if Duncan was to follow us, she would claw his eyes out. We made it outside the club and walked hurriedly to her car. Luckily he didn't follow us outside.
"This is the reason I did not want to come here!" I yelled once we started driving.
"Well how was I suppose to know he would come to the club?" She yelled back.
"I'm not saying this is your fault. I'm just saying that I don't want to see him again. And the only way that will happen is if I go home." Heather stopped on her brakes, giving me draggers.
"You can't go! My Alejandro is still in jail! You promised you would help." She seethed.
"I still am! Just from home. And I would come back on the court dates." I told her.
"It's just that, every day I been here I thrown up every morning. I've had headaches, and I'm tense! I need to go home." I continued. She looked at me then started driving. It was quiet in the car for a minute.
"Why didn't you tell me this earlier?" She asked me.
"I don't know." I said with a shrug.
"If you want to go you can go. You don't have to stay here because of me." She said quietly.
"Heather… You know I want to stay here with you. But I just can't handle being in the same city as him. I'll come back." I promised. She looked over at me.
"I know you will. It's just that, I miss you. You're my best friend and we can't even hang out in the same city because of some guy. He is old news Courtney! You have to get over what he did, or you won't ever be able to live you life the way you want to. " She told me honestly.
"Give it two day. I know you can get over this. You're Courtney Delmont! You can do anything you want." She told me. I looked over at her. She was right. Duncan is just some ass.
"You're right." I said quietly. She smiled to herself.
"I always am." She remarked, parking into her apartment parking lot.
Author's Notee
So yeahh ! Duncan was an actual part in the chapter. I think this chapter was good. It was interesting. Well I think so. Tell me what you think !
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