Love's Crazy Twists (6 page)

              As Julie pulled into the Stomping Ground, she looked around for Jen’s car. When she didn’t see it she assumed that she hadn’t arrived yet. She parked and went inside to wait for Jen. As she walked through the cloud of smoke, she glanced around to see if anyone else was there who she might know; mainly Matt or Shane. Through the neon lights she could see a small group of about five girls hanging around the jukebox staring at the guys playing pool. In the far corner of the bar were a few older guys, probably in their 40s, playing poker and smoking cigars.

              In the back playing air hockey were a couple of guys, one was a guy named Ryan who she had met a few times. They weren’t exactly friends but whenever they ran into each other they would always chat for a few. He was a good looking guy. He was of average height and build. Approximately five feet eight inches tall and one hundred and fifty pounds. He had light brown hair and green eyes. The greenest eyes she had ever seen; they looked like emeralds. She debated on whether or not she should go say hi, then the idea faded and she headed towards the bar in the center of the room. She glanced out on the dance floor and saw a few small clusters of people dancing. When she got to the bar, she found a spot and climbed onto a bar stool.

              As Julie was sitting at the bar, she decided to order a drink while she was waiting. She noticed the bartender across the bar in the corner making out with her boyfriend, Jeff. This was typical behavior for Charity, she really loved her boyfriend. It was as if she couldn’t get enough of him. Charity was a nice person, she was outgoing and friendly. She was a beautiful woman of roughly twenty-eight years old. She had long reddish brown hair that hung down below her shoulders, brown eyes, and a body to die for. Her waist was thin and her curves were ‘kicking.’Her boyfriend, Jeff, was pretty cute too. He was around twenty-two years old. He had dark brown hair, a goatee and blue eyes, and he had a great body! Nice muscular arms and a flat stomach...not to mention a nice hard ass.

              Julie waited a few minutes for Charity and Jeff to come up for some air to order her drink. But a few of the guys at the bar started complaining and interrupted them. Charity got up off Jeff’s lap and walked back over to the bar to wait on her “drunks.” Julie noticed that she was wearing a really cute outfit: a little black miniskirt with high heels, and a sheer black blouse with only a black bra underneath. It really made her body get noticed...not to mention probably helped her with her tips for the night. When she was finished tending to the obnoxious men she went over to Julie.

              “What can I get ya?” The usual?” Charity asked.

              “Yeah, thanks.” Julie answered.

              When Charity returned she handed Julie a whiskey and Coke.

              “Thanks, Charity.” she said as she paid for her drink.

              “Sure thing, Hun,” she said as she headed back to Jeff. She and Jeff started kissing once more.

              Everyone at the bar saw Jeff put his hand on her ass as she was going to sit on his lap. Someone somewhere yelled, “Take it off, baby!” And another said, “Hey! Get a room!”

              Julie looked away and glanced around to see if her friend had arrived yet.  But there was no sign of Jen. Julie sipped at her drink. She looked around again and although it wasn’t Jen she did see a familiar face. It was Shane! He was making a beeline right for her.

              “Hi, Jules! What are you doing here?” he asked as he threw his arms around her.

              “Hi. I was just waiting for Jen,” she reported.

              “Oh.” He paused and looked around. “You are alone right now, aren’t you?”

              “Yeah, why?” she asked.

              “I thought that maybe Matt was with you or something.” He said as he looked around again.

              “No.” she said with such an attitude that Shane knew that something was wrong.

              “I’m sorry, I just thought.” He said.

              Julie just looked at him. She didn’t want to tell him about what she had seen earlier that day.  She wasn’t sure what he wanted from her now that they had had sex.  She knew that he had feelings for her and she knew that she had feelings for him too, but she also decided to try to work things out with Matt. She knew if she told Shane that she had caught Matt in bed with Chelsea he might think that this was the perfect time for him to swoop down and rescue her. And she didn’t know if she needed rescued or not.

He picked up on her vibes. “Hey?” He asked sincerely, “Is something wrong?” Is there something I should know?” When she didn’t answer right away he continued, “You didn’t tell Matt about last night did you?” He asked as if this would be the end of the world.

              “No, I didn’t tell Matt about last night.” She snapped, a little annoyed by this line of questioning.

              “Didn’t tell Matt about what?” She heard from behind Shane. It was Jen!

              “Jen!” Julie yelled. “I am so happy that you are finally here. What took you so long?” She asked as she hugged her friend.

              Jen was Julie’s absolute best girl friend. She was a cute little thing, a little shorter than Julie’s 5’6” frame.  Jen had short blonde hair and pale blue eyes.  She was certainly a wild child.  She used to chase her boyfriend all over the place because she was convinced that he was always cheating on her. (But in her defense, he did cheat on her…a lot!) She would go so far as to sniff his neither regions when he got home to make sure that he wasn’t with another woman!  Tonight she had come into the bar wearing a pair of little short denim shorts and a red halter top that showed off her petite curves and dainty body.

              “I had to stop and get gas.  I didn’t think you’d be here yet.” She looked at Shane, “But I see that you had someone to keep you company. Hi, Shane.” She said.

              “Hi, Jen. How are ya?  I haven’t seen you for a while.” Shane asked her.

              “Fine. Just fine.” She answered.

              Jen stepped up to the bar and shouted, “Hey Charity!  How about some service?” She laughed.

              Charity looked up and again had to get up off of Jeff’s lap to wait on a few customers.  “what can I get you, Jen?” She asked.

              “How about a bottle of beer?” She said.

              “Yeah, me too.” Shane chimed in.

              Charity came back and delivered the beer and went back to Jeff.

              Jen sat down in the bar stool to the right of Julie, “So, what didn’t you tell Matt about?” She asked.

              Julie glanced at Shane and then back to her friend.  “I can’t really talk about it right now.” She said in a voice that her friend would recognize as the ‘I’ll tell you later voice.'

              “Oh, OK.” She nodded.

              Julie set her glass on the edge of the bar so that she could get a refill, but Charity was gone.  Jeff came over to her.  “What do you need?” He asked.

              “Whiskey and Coke.” Was her reply.

              “OK I can handle that.” He said.

              When he returned with her drink Julie asked him, “So, where did Charity go?”

              “I think she’s in the bathroom.” He said and walked away.

              Jen looked at Shane and then at Julie trying to figure out what was up with them.  She thought that maybe…but then, nah.  “So what did you do last night?” She asked. “I tried to call you.”

              “Oh I went with Matt to Keith and Karen’s wedding reception.”

              “They finally got married?” She asked.

              “Yeah, they went to the J.P. and then had a big party afterwards.  I wasn’t having much fun until Shane dropped in and saved me.”  She said while smiling at Shane.

              “Really?” She said in a voice that meant to be all knowing.

              “Yeah we went for a ride and then he took me to my car and I found Matt passed out in my car!  So I had to fight to get him out of the car when I got him to his place.” She stated the facts.

              “Well, when did you get home?” She asked.  “I think the last time I called it was like 2AM.”

              “It was a little before that, but I didn’t get any messages from you.” Julie told her.

              “Jules, you know I hate those things.” She laughed.

              “Yeah, I know.  But you could at least say ‘Hey, its me, give me a call.’or something.”

              “Yeah, I know.  When I called at 2 it was busy.  Who were you talking to at 2AM?”  She asked.

              “Shane.  He called to make sure I made it home.  Then I was fighting with Matt and didn’t want to hear any more so I took it off the hook.”  She explained.

              “Oh.”

              “Hey, I gotta go to the bathroom, I shall return.” Julie said.  Then got up to walk to the bathroom.

              Shane took this as his cue to vamoose.  “Jules, I’m gonna go mingle, I’ll talk to you in a bit. OK?”

              “Yeah, that sounds good.” She said.

              He gave her a hug and walked away.

              Julie walked into the two-stall bathroom and her mouth about hit the floor.  Right there in the middle of the floor was a girl that didn’t look old enough to even be in a bar with some random guy having sex!  The girl was on top of this man, bare naked.  Her breasts were being cupped by his hands and mouth.  She was moaning so loudly that Julie was amazed that no one outside had heard and came in to see what was going on.  The girl looked up at her with such a look of astonishment.  Julie turned around to leave and paused as she got to the door.  She turned around and said, “Next time you should lock the door.”  And then she walked out.

              She figured that she would just go get Jen to guard the door to the men’s room and go in there.  When she walked out she saw Shane walking in her direction, so she grabbed him.

              “Shane, I need you to do me a really big favor.”

              “What?” He asked.  Not sure what to expect.

              “I really have to go to the bathroom and I can’t go in the women’s.  Will you guard the door for me so I can use the men’s?” She pleaded.

              “Sure.  Let me see if it’s clear for you to go in first.”

              “OK, thanks.”

              Shane tried to open the door and it wouldn’t open.  “That’s weird.  I think it’s locked.”

              “Hmm, that’s strange.” Julie said.  Just then the door opened and out came Charity.  “Charity, what are you doing in the men’s room?” Julie asked.

              “Well, there is something going on in the women’s.” Charity said.

              “You saw that too?  So did I!” Julie said.  “You’d think that they would have locked the door after you walked in on them.”

              “Yeah, you’d think.  Well, I got to get back to work.  Oh yeah and the coast is clear…you can go in.” Charity said and then walked away.

              “OK, go in.  I’ll watch the door.” Shane said.

              “Thanks.” She said and ran in.  She turned to lock the door but it was a slide lock and it was at the top of the door and Julie couldn’t reach it.  But she didn’t really care Shane was, after all, watching the door and he certainly wouldn’t let anyone in.

              She had just finished going to the bathroom and was washing her hands when the door opened.  She flung around to see who it was, because obviously Shane wasn’t doing his job too well.  She was shocked to see who it was.  It was Shane!

              “What are you doing in here?” She asked.  “You are supposed to be watching the door.”

              He turned to the door and locked it.  “I don’t need to, there is a lock, remember?” He said, smiling.  “I really need to talk to you about last night.” He told her.

              “Is this really the time and place for that?” She asked.

              “There is no time or place like the present.” He told her.

              “Shane, as much as I’d like to talk about it, you have to remember that Jen is out at the bar alone.” She looked at him for a second, all the memories from the night before were coming back in a flood.  “And it would be rude for me to leave her alone after I invited her out.”

              “Well, I still want to talk about it.”  He said walking closer to her.

              Her heart was racing because she knew that he was going to kiss her.  And if he did she didn’t know if she would be able to resist him.  She looked him up and down without making eye contact, and then she tried not to look at him at all.  She couldn’t resist it anymore and looked right at him, “Can we talk about it later?”  She asked.

              He was right in front of her, there was no way to avoid eye contact unless she closed her eyes.  Then he did it.  He put his arms around her waist and pulled her closer to him, he leaned down and then placed his lips on hers and began kissing her.  Her body was melting.  She must fight off this temptation.  She was going to work things out with Matt.  She mustn’t… her thoughts drifted off as she was consumed with joy.  Her mouth explored his as it had done the night before.  She wanted him again.  And she wanted him now.