Standing in front of the large group of people that were his inferiors, Chris stood tall. Clearing his throat for maximum speaking power, he said, "Okay, about an hour away there is a customer down in Springfield. They've been having recent trouble with their shipment of paper and I need my assistant, Geoff, a sales rep. which would be Duncan, our Quality Assurance Officer, Dj and my human resources rep. Owen to go and deal with these people. You can take the company van. Good Luck!" He said tossing Geoff the car keys before disappearing in his office.
The four boys stood up and grabbed their jackets, heading for the door. Geoff awkwardly approached Bridgette, "Um, well. I'll be back soon... I'll um.. tell you about it later." Then opened his mouth as if to say more, he left and went out the door. Bridgette shrugged as if she didn't care about Geoff's recent attention towards her, but Courtney the ever nosey receptionist saw her grin. Duncan looked over before heading out and saw Courtney eyeing him as if waiting for him to say something to her.
"Yes?" He questioned strolling to her. Courtney became uneasy and began to move around in her chair. "Were you just leaving?" She asked. He smirked. "Yeah, I was. Why? Are you expecting something? Like a goodbye kiss?" He teased, making kissy noises. Courtney's meek grin, changed to a look of disgust. She wrinkled up her nose and frowned, "No, of course not! I was just happy you leaving for a few hours. Thats it, now go." Courtney instructed.
Duncan looked through her with his strong teal eyes, "Okay, I'm going. But just so you know.." He leaned close to her ear and Courtney wiggled in her seat a bit more. "I'll miss you." He finished, before abruptly standing up and walking out the door. Courtney smiled to herself, she could practically smell his minty breath on her. Bridgette gave her friend a knowing smile which Courtney returned with an eye roll.
Heading down the stairs the guys entered the parking lot Dj turned to Duncan, "How do you do it?" Geoff turned to listen in and Owen leaned on the car snacking on a burger that magically appeared in his pocket. "Do what?" Duncan smiled, but knew very well what Dj was talking about. "How do you talk to the girls, especially Courtney, like that?" Dj explained. Duncan's smile turned to a smirk. "Well, boys." He said addressing all of them.
"You've got to put it in your head that you know they want you, even if they actually don't. You've got to have confidence and soon they'll come to you." Owen squinted at Duncan, obviously confused. "But Courtney doesn't come to you?" Duncan nodded, "Princess, is a special case. That's what's make is all the more entertaining."
"So you don't actually like her, you just want to screw with her?" Dj asked, shocked. Duncan shook his head and looked at his suddenly amusing sneakers. "I never said that." Geoff noticed a hint of embarrassment in his voice and said, "Let's get going while we still have the sun." He hopped in the car, taking the wheel. Duncan had shot gun, with Dj behind him. Owen was next to Dj. Duncan pushed the conversation off of himself and handed it to Geoff, "Besides man, what about Bridgette, we all know you have the hots for Malibu Barbie." He joked.
Geoff was turning into a busy intersection and shrugged. "Well, yeah. But y'know. I'm taking it slow, dude." "Real slow." Duncan muttered. Geoff smiled and took a right, "Hey Dj, what about you? We all know Owen and Izzy are practically together, but who are you seeing and liking?" Dj looked uncertain on how to answer the question, then,"I don't know really. I though that we're not supposed to have office romances." Owen snorted. "Dude, feel some freedom! We are in a world where it's okay to say 'No!' to the man!" Owen rolled down his window and poked his head out yelling, "Say 'No' to the man!!" This caused two men standing at a bus stop to hoot and holler.
Geoff rolled down his too and have the guys a thumbs up. Duncan was nodding, "Owen's right. No one cares." He then turned on some loud punk music and leaned back, leaving Dj to think about things. The boys continued on their journey, for another half hour. They got together well and never said a cross word. Owen was always eating and being the most entertaining, Geoff was the one who wanted to stop off at the busiest bars and pubs. Dj refused to go and kept them on their way, Duncan was the one to go with the flow as long as he has some loud music blowing his brains out.
Soon enough they were late, and the four guys were getting agitated with each other. At this exact moment, pphhhfffft! Owen had landed a stinker, cut the cheese, did the nasty, turned some musical fruit into die hard gas, whatever way you want to put it. He farted. The van erupted in groans and windows were opened within the minute.
Owen laughed, "Oops, sorry." Five minutes later, "Guys.. I gotta go." Duncan frowned "No way, we're late as it is." "Duncan, I can't postpone Mother Nature, she's a-comming wether you want her to or not!" Owen protested. Geoff sighed and turned off at a gas station. Jumping out of the van Owen cried, "Make way, for cattle want to run free." The guys back in the van rolled their eyes. Dj laughed to himself and looked at cars passing by.
Directly across from them was a large forest. The vegetation grew strong and he could just see birds and squirrels jumping to and fro on the branches. This gave him an overwhelmingly clam and happy feeling. He watched car by car speed by and noticed something small in the middle of the highway. I was brown and flat on the pavement. Dj's eyes became wide and he gasped. His prior happiness fled him and he frowned. Geoff noticed a sudden change in Dj's mood and went over to him.
Geoff noticed the roadkill and frowned too. "It's okay, bra. I know it ain't right." Dj's eyes watered, "Ugh, it's just so sad." He said before jumping back into the van. Duncan sighed, but felt bad for Dj. Owen came back into the van looking better. "Hey guys, wait.." He said noticing their sad faces. "What happened?" Duncan shook his head, "Nothing man. Nothing."
Further up the road Geoff noticed a bar, it was near and he drove them there. "C'mon guys, admit it. We need a 'pick me up'." They nodded and walked in. The bar, Los Muertos , meaning The Deads, was packed with dozens of different people who seemed to have nothing in common except just being there. The moment they entered girls flocked towards the four bachelors, even Owen. They winked, they blinked, they shimmied and swayed but, Geoff and Duncan especially, they stood there not responsive to the girls. "What's up?" Asked a blonde, Duncan shrugged walking past, "Taken." He whispered to himself. The guys followed and took a seat in the middle of the room. There was a tv close by and they watched, their moods lifting by the second, either it was the t.v, the time together, or the beer.
Geoff glanced at his watch and saw that they only had 10 minutes until the meeting and still a half hour to go. He stood up, shakily, and pointed upward. "Back to the van." Owen stood up too and nearly flipped over the table. "Yes! Mush!" He said the two drunks wiggled their way back to the car. The only non drunks, Duncan, who had twice the amount of Geoff but said to be immune to the stuff, and Dj who didn't have any alcohol pushed the two into the back and Duncan drove with Dj in shot gun.
Duncan swerved, and 'put petal to the metal'. Dj held on the his life and his nose as Geoff and Owen rambled on talking and revealing their stink breath. "Um, Duncan. I was thinking about what you said and Owen said about.. the man." "And?" Duncan asked, kind of interested.
"Well, I do like a girl. So, maybe I should say no to the man.. y'know?" Dj asked hesitantly. Duncan smiled at Dj as he ran a red light nearly hitting another car. He was beeped at several times. "Sure, go for what you want." Duncan said. "You sure?" "Hellz yeah! You see.." Duncan continued to drive, but turned to Dj. He looked serious and Dj was ready to believe anything Duncan said, even if it was that he was from mars.
".. You can find a connection in the weirdest places.. even work." Duncan stated. Dj thought about this. "Is that what you and Courtney have? A connection?" Duncan smirked, "Yeah, I just have to get her to admit it." Dj continued to think and drained out Geoff's and Owen's rants about quitting their jobs and starting a gay bar. Duncan turned on the radio and Dj even found a way to tune that out.
10 minutes and two gay bar diagrams later, they arrived at a small lawyer firm. Duncan parked and turned to the guys in the back. "What do we do with them?" Dj grinned, "That I know." He jumped out and climbed into the back of the car. Then poured water on their faces and slapped them around a bit. Dj asked a few common knowledge questions (ie: What's your name? Who am I?)And kept asking them the q's until they were right. If they got them wrong he would slap them a bit more.
Another 5 minutes and they were good enough to pass as sober. They guys ran into the building and said to the receptionist. "Meeting.. late.. so sorry.." She directed them the the first room on the second floor. They took deep breaths in the elevator and Duncan grinned, "Game time." He said was the elevator doors opened.
A/N: Yup, I'm back. Go to my profile for full details. I'm back for the summer, and then will probably mysteriously disappear by the time school starts. So tell me what you think!! I missed you, do you miss me??
Who do you think Dj should date?? How do you say someone farted?? Next time will be what happens at the office while they're gone. : P R&R