“Well maybe it wasn’t the greatest
idea then that we brought more wine?” Richie said to him as he looked at the
two women that were laughing uncontrollably on the couch.
“Just put it over on the bar Rich
it still may come in handy. I think they drank most of what they had already.
Plus it might be fun sobering them up.” Jon said with a twinkle in his eye.
This was the first time in a long time that Richie had seen this in Jon. He
thought to himself this may be a good night for all of them to loosen up and let
off some steam.
“Ok girls so what’s so funny?”
Richie asked as he sat next to Sarah and Jon next to Karen.
“Nothing I was just telling her how
stupid she was that’s all.” Karen said laughing as she took another sip.
“Stop it will you. I remember
someone when she was in the fifth grade and she…” But Karen lunged at her to
keep her quiet and luckily Jon was able to grab her glass before it spilt.
“Bitch shut upppp! Or I’ll tell
them about you and Scotty Price.” Karen yelled.
“You wouldn’t DARE!” Sarah yelled
back.
“Yeah I like this. This is better
than us going at it.” Richie told Jon smiling.
Jon had to pull Karen off of Sarah
as he smirked at Richie. “Ok now girls knock it off. I think you two have had
enough to drink and before either of you say something you’ll regret I suggest
both of you just stop it right now.”
Karen looked at him and asked,
“Yeah who died and made you boss?” as she giggled uncontrollably again.
“I did. Got a problem with that
Baby?” he asked her as he looked at her with his deep blue eyes.
Karen wasn’t in a position to react
or refuse anything from him at the moment. After looking into those eyes and
knowing that she did have a crush on him and didn’t have her walls up at the
moment she melted. “No, no problem sweetie. he he he oh crap.”
Jon just smiled as he chuckled as
Richie smiled back at him. “Well I think you two need to sober up.” Richie told
them but Sarah moved in on him and said, “Nope.”
“Yeah we’re fine trust us we’ve
done this before.” She said patting Jon on his thigh. “So you guys don’t worry
about us. We’re professional’s.” Karen smiled.
“Kar but you really don’t drink and
neither do I that’s why I think I got into trouble in the first place.” She
told her giggling.
“Hey you did get sick on your
twenty-first birthday really bad. I was up with her (whispering now) all
night.” She told them shaking her and hands and making a gross face at them.
Jon and Richie were really trying hard now not to laugh at them but they were
adorable this way.
Jon looked at Karen and couldn’t
resist asking, “So just how bad was she?”
Karen looked at him and couldn’t
stop giggling now. “Oh my God we couldn’t leave the bathroom most of the night
she is such a wimp. But I did take good, good care of her thou. Because her
parents sure weren’t going too. They
weren’t even there that’s why we celebrated yourselves. You would think that
they would have given her a party or something right? Jerks.” Karen reflected
on that day that made her friend feel like crap.
The guys just looked at each other
and felt for Sarah as she just sat there remembering herself and feeling like
crap all over again. Finally she said, “Hey Kar you’re bringing everyone down
so knock it off not everyone are like your folks. Shit we’re all out I’m gonna
call down for some more where’s the phone I lost it.” She told them as she
started to get up but started to wobble and fell on Richie’s lap.
“Well hey there Darling having a
hard time standing?” he asked her smiling and chuckling.
“Ha ha you’re drunk.” Karen told
her laughing now and leaning on Jon without really knowing it.
“I am not I tripped Skunk Face.”
Sarah shot back at her. Karen just stuck her tongue out at her. Jon also looked
at Richie and shooked his head at him and made a hand signal that she shouldn’t
call for more booze. So Rich put his arms around her waist and tried to keep up
the conversation when Karen noticed the bottle of wine on the bar.
“Hey when did room service get
here?” she asked anyone who was listening.
Jon said, “I don’t think they did
why?”
“Well then how did that bottle get
here huh?”
“Oh that who knows.” He told her
with his arm around her shoulders as they were sitting on the couch.
Leaning into him she asked, “Well
why don’t yous open it?”
“How about no. I think you two have
had enough for one night and you’ll be hurting really bad in the morning.” He
told her smiling.
“I thought you two were really
cool. What now you guys are old farts?” she told them as she started to laugh
hysterically.
“Ok Rich I think we each need to
take one because they’re starting to get out of hand. So do you want Sarah or
Karen?” Jon asked him knowing damn well who’d he would pick.
“I think I’ll stay with Sarah
seeing that if she wakes up to you again she may just freak out for sure this
time.” He told Jon winking.
“Really? And waking up to you will
be any easier? That’s all she needs is to wake up to another Rocker Rich.” Jon
said a little insulted.
“Well one there won’t be a marriage
attached to it and second I’ll be out here on the couch.” He told his best
friend.
“Yeah sure you will. Just don’t
hurt her Richie ok?” Jon told him honestly.
“I won’t but she may not even want
anything from me just friendship. We’ll see. You, you have the feisty one. I
think you’re going to need it Kidd.” He told him smiling.
Jon helped Karen up to her feet.
“Come on Baby we’re going for a little walk.” He told her as Karen just looked
at him strangely.
“A walk? Where are we going? To the
store? Oh, oh, let’s go to the movies.” She
was jumping up and down and grabbing Jon on his arm and shaking him as he was
laughing.
“Ok we’re going come on.(turning to
Richie) good luck with your’s.” and he took her by the hand and they left.
Richie stood there awkwardly not
knowing really what to do. He really liked Sarah but he really hasn’t spent any
time with her like Jon had. He walked over to the phone and called room service
for a pot of coffee and some snacks to go with it seeing that he was hungry. It
didn’t take long for it to get there and he set everything up for the two of
them.
“Ok Sarah here you go try and get
some of this into your system?” Richie told her as he gave her the coffee.
“Ewe this doesn’t smell that good.”
She told him.
“Well I don’t care you need to
drink it and if you don’t I’ll force feed it to you.” Richie told her smiling.
“I thought you were the nice one?”
she said as she looked at him with puppy dog eyes.
“I am Darling now drink.” He told
her chuckling.
Sarah was at least taking sips of
it and Richie seemed satisfied by that.
“Richie how come Jon didn’t stay? I
mean why did he leave with Karen?” she wanted to know.
“Oh we thought it would be easier
to sober the two of you up if you two weren’t going at each other and giggling constantly.
Plus it was distracting us telling us stories so this way we can concentrate on
just sobering you up than laughing.” he explained to her.
“You seem disappointed that he
left? Am I missing something here?” he asked her a little disappointed.
Sarah was still a feeling the
effects of the alcohol so her inhabitations were still low. Sarah looked at
Richie as her mind was reeling now. She liked both of them but so much
differently. Richie she could really talk to and Jon well she was starting to be
able to talk to him now and she was attracted to him also. She was so confused
now. But was Jon also attracted to her best friend as well?
“What do you mean?” she asked him really
not knowing what he meant.
“Sarah I’m going to come clean and
ask you straight out. Do you like Jon? I mean have feelings for him? Because I
do have feelings for you and I think you know this.” He told her as he held her
hand and she sat there in shock.
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In Jon’s room he had also called
down for coffee and he was trying to get her to drink it also. Karen was on her
second cup when Jon had decided to put on his sweats and a T so when he came
out of his bedroom he was only in his sweat pants holding his t-shirt in his hand
and Karen nearly swallowed her tongue. Him standing there in just his sweat
pants and her staring at his hairy chest that drove her crazy and also being
under the veil of alcohol she tried her best to keep herself under control. Of
course he knew what he was doing and he dragged out putting on his t-shirt a
good five minutes.
“So Karen how are feeling now?” he
asked her sitting beside her on the couch.
Looking at him as if she could eat
him, “A little better. I wonder how Sarah is doing. She comes out of this well
not as good as me.”
“Really why is that?” he asked her
as he inched closer to her.
“She can’t hold her liquor that’s
why? Didn’t you get that when you woke up with her in bed that night?” she
asked him giving him a look.
“Well I can hold mine a little bit
better than she can and I ended up there too remember?” he said annoyed.
“Yeah you did didn’t you. You and
Richie both were knocked out right?” she asked him.
“Um yeah he ended back up in his
room where Sarah and I ended up in mine. Why?” he wanted to know.
“So someone had to drug your drinks
that night. We know Kyle drugged Sarah’s but either the waitress or bartender
had to drug yours. Did Mitch ever see if there was footage of the bar that
night?” she asked curious.
“You know I never asked him about
where we went that night. How do you know to think or ask these questions?” Jon
wanted to know.
“You’ll just think it’s stupid.”
She told him as she looked away from him.
Taking her face in his hand and
turning it back to him, “No I won’t just tell please.”
Sighing…”I watch a lot of cop shows
on t.v. ok? It rubs off on you. And it you laugh at me so help me…” she told
him but instead he moved in to try and kiss her. Taken aback she jerked
backwards and looked at a very shocked Jon. “What the hell Jon?”
“What’s the matter? I thought you
liked me?” He asked her confused.
“Oh my God I do I really do. But
you are so stupid.” She told him.
“Excuse me?” he said loudly.
“You really don’t get it do you?
Sarah likes you. Why do you think we got drunk. I had to loosen her up but she
finally admitted it to me Jon. You have done everything that Kyle has never
done for her. It’s not like she went looking to fall for you it just happened.
I can’t go for you knowing that she cares for you she’s my best friend. Besides
I thought you didn’t like me.” She asked him.
Jon sat there thinking what Karen
had said. “Well Karen you intrigued me with your spunk plus you’re really cute
so…and I thought Sarah was thrilled to get rid of me to be truthful. Plus I thought
she liked Richie. She seems to be able to talk to him a hell of a lot better to
him than she can me. You know I’m usually pretty good at figuring which girls
like me and which ones don’t. But you two well you two are driving us nuts.” He
told her chuckling.
“Yeah well we’ve been told that
before. It’s good to keep people guessing.” She told him smiling.
“Well we guys don’t like teases.”
he told her.
“Hey we are not teases. We just
like to keep people guessing that’s all. Oh and on that note we were talking
about what happened the night you and Sarah got drugged.” She reminded him.
“Oh yeah well what you don’t want to
play the Dating Game anymore?” he asked her chuckling.
”Jon! There is plenty of time for
that. We need to find out if there was a tape of that night.” She wanted to
know.
“OK I’ll call Mitch and see if he
has it. Hang on.” Jon went to the phone and called Mitch. Mitch said he had the
tape and watched it but didn’t see anything unusual. Karen told Jon that she
and Sarah should watch because they know a lot of people that they wouldn’t and
Jon agreed to that so they set up a time for tomorrow to see it. Jon hung up
the phone and asked Karen, “Ok so are you happy now?”
“Yes so I’ll go tell Sarah and you
have a wonderful night.” And she gave him a kiss on the cheek and left him
standing there alone in his room wondering how he had managed that.
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Karen had gone back to Sarah’s as
Richie let her in the room.
“Hey Darling what are you doing
here?” he wanted to know.
“Oh your friend and I had a nice
conversation and he called that Mitch guy and tomorrow he’s coming over with a
tape of the bar you guys were at so Sarah and I can see it so maybe we can
identify anyone in it. Then he tried to kiss me and I told him that I wasn’t
going to do anything with him seeing that Sarah has a thing for him since she’s
my best friend and he seemed stunned by that.” She told Richie.
“Yeah I found out tonight she told
me that you two talked about that and she wasn’t sure if she had feelings for
him or not.” Richie said sadly.
“Oh no she does Richie she just
doesn’t want to admit to it. I’m sorry because I know you have feelings for
her. I could tell that when I first met you, at the way you were looking at
her. It’s just that he’s taken care of her in ways that Kyle never has and in
their brief time together and I know Jon doesn’t think this, he can talk to her
and he has said all the right things to her. Oh hell my folks met and got married
all within six months and they been married now for twenty-six years. With Kyle
she’s known him for years and look what he’s done to her. So you never know.
Anyway we’ll see you tomorrow so you can go I’ve got her.” She told him. She
gave him a kiss on the cheek and he left for his room.
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Late morning came and Jon called
the girls to come to his room as Mitch was there with the tape. Jon was in a
mood as everyone could see and Karen and Richie thought they knew why but
couldn’t do anything about it. Karen didn’t have time to explain to Sarah what
happened last night at Jon’s so Sarah didn’t know why he was grumpy but if it
continued for too long Karen was going to take care of it for sure.
“Ok so you girls think you might be
able to recognize somebody huh? Well let’s see then.” Mitch said as he pressed
play. They started from the beginning of the night on a slow fast forward and
they were about an hour and a half when they saw Jon and Richie walk into the
bar and sit in a booth near the back. About twenty minutes later two women
walked up to them but they didn’t stay and saw the boys laughing. Karen looked
at Jon but he was sitting with Richie and they were talking about something
that she couldn’t make out when Sarah elbowed her in the ribs and she gave her
the evil eye back. Suddenly the phone rang and Jon got up the answer it.
“Hello?
Yes she is. Sure just a moment…Karen it’s for you the desk sent it up for you
because you weren’t in your room.” Jon told her.
“Oh thanks I’ll just take it over
here.” Karen told them.
She took the phone call off in the
corner so she wouldn’t disturb anyone. It was one of her friends back home that
she asked to look around for her on Kyle to find out what he was doing.
Apparently he was dating someone who had a grudge with a rock star and wanted
to get even with said rock star. So he
knew this girl he grew up with that was naïve enough that would fall for him
seeing that she did have a crush on him back in school. She asked her friend
who was this person Kyle was seeing and when she told her her name Karen nearly
choked. “Thanks I’ll tell the guys right now.” She told him.
“Karen who was that?” Sarah asked
her. “That was Kevin. He had some very interesting information about Kyle
Honey. He had a girlfriend all this time and you won’t believe who it is.” She
told her.
Sarah just stood there not knowing
what to say. Kyle has lied to her about everything. “Well who? Who the hell has
he been seeing Karen.” As she was almost demanding now.
Karen was almost about to tell her
but when she looked at the t.v. she didn’t have to. There in color was Kyle and
his girlfriend. “Quick pause that right there. There they are Kyle and his
girlfriend. I’m sorry Honey and I’m sorry to you too Jon. But it’s your ex
Dorothea.”
