Randy woke up Saturday morning with tears in his eyes and still tired. He had woken up from nightmares all through the night. Randy carefully put a shirt on but kept his pajama pants on and walked downstairs. He went into the refrigerator and grabbed a juice and then a breakfast bar from the cupboard. John walked and said, "Morning Randy." Randy jumped and spilled the juice on the floor, "I-I'm sorry. I was hungry. I-It-it's just a little thing. I won't get fat," Randy stammered. "Whoa, Randy," John said, "it's ok. You live here too. You can have whatever you want." John went to put a hand on his shoulder but Randy flinched away. John sighed and said, "Why don't you go watch tv? I'll clean the juice up." Randy nodded and headed towards the living room. What exactly did he put you through; he thought has he mopped up the juice.
After he was done cleaning John walked into the living room and sat with Randy. "Hey, Randy. That meeting is at 3 today. Were you up to going?" John asked. Randy looked at him for a minute and said, "Yeah, I guess so. It might be good for me to go." John smiled; he was glad that Randy had decided to go. He thought it would be good for Randy to realize that he wasn't the only one and maybe got to hear other's stories. They sat there for a while just watching tv. John looked up at the clock, it was getting close to lunch. "Do you want to go out and get some lunch?" he asked Randy. "Yeah, but where?"asked Randy. "Let's go to that restaurant you're old boss was talking about. He said that the owner would hire you. Maybe you'll be able to talk to him." John answered. "Okay," Randy said. They got ready and left.
They got to the restaurant and were seated. John ordered the House Club Sandwich which consisted of tomatoes, lettuce, turkey, ham, bacon and mayo with a coke. Randy had the Caesar Salad with a glass of water. After they were done John asked, "Why don't you go see if the owner is here? I'll wait here for you." So, Randy went up to the register and asked the girl if the owner was in. He was and the girl took Randy to his office.
When they got to the office door, the girl knocked on it and a young sounding voice told them to come in. Randy walked and saw a short dark haired young man behind the desk. The young man smiled and came around the desk with his hand out, "Hi, I'm Evan," he said with a friendly smile. Randy reluctantly shook his hand and said, "Hi, I'm Randy and I'm here about the head chef job." Evan smiled again and said, "A man that gets straight to the point. I like that and yes I talked to Ralph and got everything I needed to know from him. You have the job right after you get that cast off." Randy smiled slightly and said, "Thank you." Evan shook his hand again giving Randy a smile, "Your welcome. Now go home and get that arm healed."
Randy came back to where John was waiting about a half hour after he had left John. "So what did he say?" John asked. "I can start after I get my cast off and I will get the same pay as I was at the other place." Randy answered. "Cool," John said. "So, it's almost time for the meeting. You ready to go?" Randy nodded his head and they left for the meeting. They pulled up to the brother's house and John said, "Nice house." It was actually a small mansion. Randy just stared and nodded. He was getting nervous and he didn't know what to expect. He had never been to one of these meetings before.
Mark let them in saying, "Hi guys. Glad you could make it. " He shook John's hand right away, but Randy was slightly hesitant. They walked inside and saw quite a few people. There were some sitting in a circle telling their stories, some talking amongst themselves, some to psychiatrists, and some just sitting around. They found a couple of chairs next to each other so they sat in them. John noticed that Randy was just looking around. He didn't mind that at least he wasn't acting nervous. He knew that Randy probably wouldn't talk to anyone that night, but he hoped that after a couple of meetings Randy would feel comfortable enough to talk. John really thought that if Randy kept coming to these meetings it would really help him get over whatever Dave had put him through.
John saw Mark talking to some people, he looked at Randy and asked, "Would you mind if I go talk to Mark?" "No, go ahead," Randy said. John got up and headed for Mark. Randy watched him go and was kind of glad. He didn't want John to feel like he had to babysit him all night. He got up and went to get another drink while looking around not realizing that subconsciously he was looking for a certain person.
John walked up behind Mark and waited patiently for him to finish his conversation. Mark finished talking a couple of minutes later and turned around shocked to see John standing there. "Hey," John said, "How are you doing?" Mark smiled, "Fine. How's Randy?" he asked. "I think he's doing ok. He was nervous at first but now he seems fine." John said. "Good I'm glad. I hope he continues to come." "I hope so too. I think you're meetings will be good for him," John said. "Glen and I think so too," Mark replied. "Where's Glen? I haven't seen him since we got here," John inquired. Mark gave a small chuckle and responded, "Well, Glen is the same as Randy. He doesn't like crowds too much, so he usually shows up an hour after the meeting starts. Which he should make his appearance any minute now." John laughed at Mark's comment and agreed that Glen did seem like Randy. Mark watched John laugh and decided that he liked John's laugh. He thought that he wouldn't mind spending more time with John on a personal level. In fact, he was starting to think that maybe he should ask John out on a date.
While John and Mark were talking, Randy had decided to wander around the house. He ended up in the kitchen and decided to take a seat at the island bar to get a break from everybody. "So, exploring our home, are you Randy?" a deep voice that sent shivers down Randy's body asked. Randy turned around and stared at the man who had been his doctor. Most people wouldn't think that the big man was handsome but Randy did, especially dressed in tight blue jeans and a nice shirt like Glen was wearing now. Randy also thought that Glen had a nice body and he was starting to think that he wouldn't mind spending more time with Glen. "I'm sorry. I'll leave and go back to the meeting," Randy responded to Glen. "No, it's okay. I was just teasing you. Please, stay if you want," Glen said chuckling a little. So Randy stayed where he was and Glen sat next to him. They sat and got to know each other a little better.
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