Chapter 10: Dad and more
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John's POV
I decided to take Mark's advice. During lunch Steph wasn't there cause she had that doctor's appointment.
"Hey Amy" I said as I sat across from her.
"Hey John. Where's Steph?" she asked
"Doctors appointment"
"It's about time"
"Ya… I got a question for you"
"OK"
"Can you keep it JUST between you and me please?" I asked her
"Ya. Of course I can. What's on your mind?"
"How does Steph feel about me?"
"You're her best friend" Amy answered, that's what I thought.
"Anything more?" I asked, hoping there was.
"Ummm… Well, ya"
Wait, what? "You're kidding?"
"No, but the thing is; she has feelings for you John, but she has more for Jeff, she loves him" That's better than nothing.
"So do you think I would have a chance with her?"
Amy looked like she was about to go off on me cause I know Jeff is like her brother. "If and that's IF they break up. But don't…" I cut her off
"Don't worry Ames; I would never purposely break them up. I care too much about Steph to do that and I wouldn't do that to Jeff either. This conversation doesn't leave us two, OK?" I asked, to make sure.
"OK" she said, then we shook hands.
Steph's POV
I guess first I should tell you that my doctor's appointment was a joke. He told me that I have insomnia, I kinda figured that. He started to prescribe me some sleeping pills but I told him that I refuse to take them. So he just told me some ideas to try to get me to fall asleep, that I should try them to see if they work. And I've read all these ideas… online. That appointment was a waste of time and money, but atleast it got me out of school. But today is Sunday; John, Randy and I are flying to Dallas, Texas. Bob and my dad are gonna pick us up at the airport over there. But Jeff and Amy are driving us to the airport here, so we don't have to pay to keep one of our cars here all summer.
They just announced that our flight was boarding. Now to say the goodbyes, I gave Amy a hug and said "I hope you have a good summer with out us. Sorry we have to leave you with Jeff" I teased
"I think I'll survive" she smiled
"Hey" Jeff sounded appalled
"Just teasing" I told him "Babe, I'm gonna miss you" I gave him a kiss.
"Ya, me too" he sounded mad
"What's wrong?"
"You're gonna be gone all summer"
"Ya, to see my dad" I didn't see why Jeff is mad about that.
"With John too"
"And Randy" I reminded him
"But I'm not worried about Randy" What is he talking about?
"What?"
"It's just… Never mind" he tried to dismiss it, I don't think so.
"No, something is bothering you. Spit it out"
"You've been a little close with John lately"
"So, he's my best friend"
"No, a little too close"
I got what he was trying to say, but I want to hear it from him. "What are you saying?" I asked
"I just get this feeling that something's going on" OK he said it.
"So you actually think that I would cheat on you?" I raised my voice a little.
"I don't know" he raised his voice a little too. That's it.
"You don't know?! You think that I would go behind your back?" I yelled
"Have you seen you two around each other?" he yelled back
"It doesn't matter how we are around each other. The fact is that you actually think I would cheat on you" I was pissed, I would never even dream about doing something like that.
"Steph, you gotta see where I'm coming from" he wasn't yelling anymore but his voice was still raised, he tried to reason with me.
"I don't care; you actually think I would cheat on you"
"Steph…"
I cut him off. "No, you know what? Call me when you want to apologize" I turned around and went to walk away. "Where's my journal?" I yelled when I noticed I didn't have it, I was still pissed.
"Right here" Jeff said, holding it up. I grabbed it and got on the plane. I was livid. OK, ya I have feelings for John, but I love Jeff. I would never do anything to intentionally hurt him. It just hurts so bad that he thinks I would cheat on him. 5 minutes after I got on the plane John and Randy sat on either side of me cause for some reason I had to sit in the middle.
"Steph, are you OK?" Randy asked sympathetically
"Guys, just leave me alone, alright?" I asked. I just want some me time.
"OK" they both said. About 10 minutes later I fell asleep.
I woke up to what I usually wake up to if I fall asleep around Randy and John. Both of them were rubbing my head. "Hey, wake up" Randy said still rubbing my head.
"Ya, we've landed" John added, also still rubbing my head.
"You guys are gonna mess up my hair" I stated
"What hair?" the both asked
"I don't know" we laughed.
I got up and stretched, then all of a sudden I woke right up when I realized that I would be seeing my dad again in just a short while. I put my problem with Jeff to the side for the time being. I was getting antsy.
"Are you OK?" Randy asked, looking at me weird.
"I get to see my dad" I smiled
"Duh, Randy" John said
"Shut it John" I told him
"Ha ha" Randy laughed at John.
"You too" I told Randy, then John laughed. They are such kids. "Can you guys get my bags, so I can find my dad?" I only had two bags, it shouldn't be a problem.
"Ya" John said
We got into the airport and I spotted Bob, and my dad was right next to him. I ran up to my dad and jumped into his arms.
"Uhhh Bob, who is this?" my dad asked, he didn't recognize me. I lost my hair only a couple years ago. He hadn't seen me with no hair.
"That's Randy and John's best friend Stephanie" Bob answered
"Stephanie?" dad questioned as he put me down. He looked at me hard. "Stephie, Princess?" Those are the two names he used to call me, either Stephie or Princess.
"Ya dad, it's me" I smiled, he hugged me again.
"What?" Bob was confused
"Bob, this is my daughter. Remember the one that used to always play with Randy?" dad stated
"I never realized it. If I did, I would have told you"
"Don't worry about it" he said to Bob, then looked back down at me "Your mom actually let you come see me?" he asked
"Nope" I stated, matter-of-factly.
"Stephie" he scorned
"I don't live with mom anymore. I live with Darci and Kim"
"Why?"
"Cause she would beat Steph if she asked about you" Randy said as he came up beside me.
"Or if she walked into Steph's room and saw all the posters of you on her walls" John added and stood on the other side of me.
"What?" dad was pissed
"Ya, she did dad" I confirmed as we started walking out of the airport and to the car.
But he put that to the side, he couldn't do anything about it now. "Are Darci and Kim treating you good?"
"They are treating me as if I was their own. The way you'd be treating me. Did you know that mom never told anyone that you're my dad?" Now I can find out why mom hates him so much.
"That doesn't surprise me. Your mom hated that I traveled all the time. She accused me of cheating on her, which I didn't do. I fought tooth and nail with her about it. But she never believed me. That's why we got a divorce and she's hated me ever since" I hope that doesn't happen with me and Jeff.
"That sucks"
"So has life been better with Darci and Kim?"
"Yes, a lot better. I actually have friends and I have a boyfriend"
"What's his name and when do I get to meet him?" dad automatically asked, like it was a reflex.
"His name's Jeff. We had a little argument before we left; he thinks that I would cheat on him with John. But it's just an argument; I plan on staying with him though"
"John" dad said as he glared at John.
"What is it dad?" I asked
"Nothing" he said to me "John, you and I will have a talk later"
"OK" John said. That was weird. Then we went to the hotel. John, Randy and I are sharing a room all summer. The room will always have 2 twin beds and a couch. We rotate on who has the couch.
"You guys can stay here for tonight, we have to meet up with some of the guys" Bob said
"Alright. We'll see you guys in the morning" I gave dad a hug. Then we went into the room. "That's bullshit" I said as I put my bags on a bed.
"What is?" Randy asked
"They're going out to party and we have to stay here" I complained
"Ya" John commented, like it was no biggie.
"Well guess what" I said as I walked over to one of my bags.
"What?" John asked
"Darci and Kim would let me get trashed as long as they were home and I didn't leave. Amy stayed over once and lets just say I have a whole bottle of Smirnoff Vodka left over" I said as I pulled it out of my bag, I was surprised that I was actually able to sneak it. "Wanna play quarters?" I asked
"Sure" Randy said
"I'm in" John stated
"Wait, go knock on dad and Bob's door, make sure they're gone" I said and John did.
5 minutes later "No one answered" John said as he shut the door behind him.
"Alright, since we don't have a shot glass, let's use those little cups from the bathroom. Grab 2; one to drink from and one to bounce the quarter into" I told Randy
"Wait, this should be fun and all but Steph, why do you want to get drunk so bad?" Randy asked as he came out of the bathroom with the cups.
"I've had a stressful day… Until I saw my dad. But still" That was my excuse.
"You can't drink the problem with Jeff away" Randy informed me
"So you don't want to drink?" I asked
"Whatever, who's first?" he knew he wasn't gonna win the argument. Just let me have a fun night and I'll deal with my problem in the morning. I'd try to anyways.
After the first turn, which was me, I made each one of us take a shot, (which is called a social) I'm pretty good at quarters. Matt called.
"What is it Matt?" I asked, dreading what was coming.
"What happened with you and Jeff?"
"He didn't tell you?"
"No"
"He thinks that I would cheat on him with John"
"You wouldn't do that"
"I know, but he seems to think so. And I got pissed, I told him to call me when he's ready to apologize"
"Are you guys broken up?" Matt asked
"No, I don't plan on breaking up with him. It was just an argument, we'll get through it"
"I'll talk to him"
"Thank you Matty"
"No problem Steph. Have fun"
"I will, bye" I hung up and set my phone on the night stand. "Your turn Randy" he went and missed. "You haven't played quarters before have you?" I asked him
"Nope" then John went and made it.
"But I have, my brother's taught me. Drink up Steph" then he shot again and made it again so Randy had a shot, then made it again and we had another social. Now it's gonna be easier to get drunk cause these aren't regular sized shots. Each shot is one of those little cups that you find in the hotel bathrooms, those are pretty nice sized. A couple hours later Randy passed out, it sucks for you when you aren't good at quarters and everyone around you is. John and I kept going back and forth. I don't remember much after we carried Randy to the couch.
But I do remember waking up the next morning with a killer hangover. But also thinking 'that was fun'. I looked over and saw Randy still asleep on the couch and smiled. Then I looked over at the other bed at John and guess what, John wasn't in the other bed. Guess what, he was in my bed. Guess what, I look under the covers and we were both naked. I went into panic mode.
"Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god. No no no, this couldn't have happened, I'm only 16, he's 17" I said to myself just sitting there, I grabbed my shirt and underwear and put them on and got back into bed. Then I realized, "Jeff" I said a little too loud.
"Huh? What?" John sat up quickly "Oh" he held his head and laid back down, hangover.
"John, get up" I said, still panicky.
"No, I don't want to" he moaned
"You have to put some clothes on"
"I have boxers on" he stated
"No you don't" I whispered. He put his arm underneath the sheets and then sat right up; he looked me dead in the eye. Looks like he was about to go into panic mode too.
"Did we…?"
"I didn't have this on when I woke up" I stated
"Oh shit" John said, then grabbed his boxers, put them on and laid back down in the other bed.
"You're telling me, what do I tell Jeff?" there was a couple minutes of silence.
"You don't" John said
"What?"
"We can't tell anyone. Nobody can know"
"I agree with you 100 percent, but what about Randy?"
"He's still asleep, he was passed out last night, remember?"
"Ya but he still maybe woke up in the middle of the night"
"Just don't say anything about this ever again, to anybody. Not even me"
"We just pretend like nothing happened. We can't let this come between us. I mean, we don't even remember it. OK" I said. I love the friendship we have, I don't want that ruined.
"OK, it won't" John said and turned the tv on as I went and took a shower. I came back out of the bathroom.
"Your turn" I told John
"You didn't take all the hot water did you?" he teased
"I probably did, you know how much it takes to wash my hair"
"True. You and your hair, I don't know what you'd do if you didn't have any" he said as he walked into the bathroom. Things haven't changed between us. I always joke about my hair (lack there of) and so do my friends. You can't let having alopecia get you down, I never did.
Then I heard Randy wake up. "Hey there Sleepyhead"
"I am never drinking again" Randy said
"Ya you will, trust me. Did you have fun?"
"No" he moaned
"That's because you suck at quarters and passed out"
"So"
"You just need to get better at quarters"
"OK, so what did you guys do after I passed out?" he asked as he sat up. He doesn't know, good.
"We carried you to the couch, then we continued playing quarters until we had enough. Then we went to sleep. I woke up about half an hour ago and took a shower, and now John's in there. When he's done…" the room phone rang.
"Hello" I answered
"Stephie?"
"Ya dad"
"Meet us downstairs for breakfast in half an hour"
"OK, see ya then" then I hung up the phone. "When he's done you can jump in cause we have to meet our parents for breakfast in half an hour. Here, take these two aspirins, you should feel better afterwards. They can't know that we drank"
"No shit Sherlock" Randy said as John got out of the bathroom.
"John, do you need aspirin?" I asked as Randy went into the bathroom.
"No, I'm fine"
"OK cause we have to meet my dad and Bob for breakfast in half an hour"
"Maybe I'll take a couple just to be safe" he did and so did I.
"Just thought I'd tell you but Randy doesn't know anything" I whispered
"Good"
"So how was you guys' night?" Bob asked us as we sat down at the table.
"Good" I told them
"What did you guys do?" dad asked
"Played cards, watched movies, told jokes" John said
"What we normally do when the 3 of us hang out" Randy added
"And what did you guys do?" I asked, smiling
"Just boring stuff for work" Bob said
"Whatever" John, Randy and I all said.
"OK fine, we went to a bar and had some fun" dad admitted
"See, I told you guys they did" I stated
"We're grown adults, we're allowed to drink, you aren't" dad teased
"What if you guys were there to make sure we didn't so anything stupid?" Randy asked, testing them.
"That would be different" Bob said
"So we could?" John asked
"We'll have to think about it" dad said
A/N: SO, THIS IS THE LONGEST CHAPTER, WHAT DID YOU THINK? A LOT HAPPENED. I'VE GOT A LOT OF IDEAS FOR THIS STORY SO IT IS FAR FROM OVER :D PLEASE LEAVE REVIEWS, I WOULD VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT