I knew I was going to miss Eve when she left. I just kept telling myself to live in the moment and enjoy her company while she was here.
Chapter 31 – That Was Some Show
Saturday May 3
MOM CALLED ME TO TELL me that my date for tonight had arrived. I told Eve and she was eager to go meet her. I figured it would be for the best to get this meeting behind us. I didn’t need a scene at Prom if it went bad.
We walked into my kitchen to find that someone had sent out an alert. Mom, Beth, Cindy, Suzanne, Angie and Greg were all there. Haley saw me and gave me a tight smile. I froze for a moment as Mr. Happy tried to wrest control of my body from the big brain. Wow, Haley was H. O. T. hot. I noticed Greg’s eyebrows go up; that alerted me that I’d better get my act together, and fast. I visibly shook myself and then walked over to Haley as she stood.
“Hi,” I said as I put out my hand to shake hers. I turned to Eve and added, “Haley, this is Eve Holliday, my girlfriend.”
Eve and Haley shook hands. Eve took my arm and patted it.
“David, go take a shower,” Eve told me, and I was dismissed.
“Go with your brother,” Angie told Greg.
It seemed boys were not needed for the upcoming conversation. Greg just got up and we went up to my place. When we got there, I needed some intel.
“So, what was that all about?” I asked.
“I think they’re vetting your new girlfriend. I know they’re going to have their hands full. She’s no shrinking violet.”
“What makes you say that?”
He blushed.
“Well, you saw her. I answered the door and ... ahh ... I fell into old habits. Let’s just say she made it clear that my advances were not welcome. I think the phrase ‘horndog brother’ was used. Of course, Angie heard that, and immediately liked her.”
“So she’s here five minutes and you have a new nickname?”
“I can still kick your ass,” Greg warned me.
I just gave him a dismissive wave and went to take a shower. When I came back out of my bedroom, Kyle was with Greg. Kyle saw me and reached for me, so I took him. I arched my eyebrows at Greg.
“We’ve been ordered out of the house until we’re called back.”
I just shrugged.
“I’m starved. Can I buy you breakfast?”
“Sounds good to me. Where do you want to go?”
“How about we go to Granny’s? Kyle needs to be introduced to the finer things in life.”
“Sounds like a plan.”
We loaded Kyle up and were soon there. Greg freed Kyle from captivity and I went in and grabbed a table and a high chair. Granny saw us and came over.
“So, who do we have here?” she asked.
“This is my son Kyle. David told me we needed to introduce him to the best restaurant in the area.”
Granny was beaming from the compliment. Kyle reached for her so she picked him up. He already was a flirt. Granny took him around and introduced him to everyone. He was such a chick-magnet. I think Greg could read my mind.
“Dude, Angie will kill you if you use him in your evil plans.”
“How did you know?”
“I’m your brother. I had the same plans.”
We both laughed. We never put an order in. Granny just started sending food out. Some of the locals joined us and would talk to us for a while, and then a couple more would come and replace them. Granny had a plate of her fabulous cinnamon rolls in the center of the table and a carafe of coffee. I think that’s what brought some of them over. I know it would have me.
Granny finally brought Kyle back. She told us that our meal was on her since we brought in a new customer. I left a twenty-dollar tip and Granny gave me a big smile. She would make sure it got divided up because all the waitresses had taken care of us. She gave Greg and me a hug and said goodbye to Kyle. I think he had a new favorite place to go.
While Greg was strapping Kyle into his car seat, Eve called.
“Where are you?”
“We went to breakfast. We should be home in about fifteen minutes.”
“When you get here, I need to talk to you.”
“That doesn’t sound good.”
“Don’t worry, everything’s fine.”
I just about believed that.
I GOT BACK TO MY HOUSE and Angie met me at the back door. She pointed to my apartment. Kyle saw his mom, and he’d had enough of boy time. I handed him over and went upstairs.
Eve and Haley were looking at my photos on the wall. When they saw me, they both smiled. I figured now would be a good time to shut up and listen. I sat down on the couch and Eve joined me as Haley took one of the side chairs. They looked at me and I just stared back.
“He can do this all day,” Eve told Haley. “Do you want to tell him?”
“Sure. David, I want to get to know you better. We’re going to spend the day together. That way Prom won’t be awkward.”
I just stared at them and waited for the other shoe to drop. Eve just chuckled and got up.
“Good luck; I’m not sure which of you is going to need it.”
I got up and kissed her. Eve winked at me and then left. I turned towards Haley and she smiled at me, got up, and kissed me. My eyebrows disappeared into my hairline.
“What are you doing?” I asked.
“Getting to know you,” she said as she took my hand and led me to the bedroom. “The girls said you’d hesitate to say yes. Don’t even bother. Let’s get this out of the way so you can focus on talking to me.”
What was happening here? Oh! She had Mr. Happy in a death grip. I was a goner when she took off her sweater and didn’t have a bra on. I just stared at the magnificent sight. She took my wrist and put my hand on her left breast. They were real and large.
“I think I like how you do things in LA,” I told her.
“Get undressed and let’s see if you’re any good at this.”
It didn’t take long to find out that Haley liked to be in charge. She was giving me orders to lick this and suck that. Everything came to screeching halt when she saw me get a condom out.
“You don’t need that,” she told me.
“Of course I do.”
She got mad.
“Are you implying something?”
“No, but like you said, neither of us knows the other. I would rather be safe than sorry.”
“I’m clean and on birth control. There’s no need for that.”
Stoplights were going off in my head. I put the condom on the bedside table and she got a little smile on her face like she had won something. I think she was used to manipulating guys. If I hadn’t just spent the night with Eve, I might have caved. But I had lost my apartment rights because of that very issue. I grabbed my boxers and put them on.
“What are you doing?”
I didn’t say anything, just put on my socks and t-shirt.
“Are you passing up sex with me?”
I grabbed my jeans, put them on, and found my tennis shoes.
“You’re seriously not going to have sex with me because I don’t want to use a condom? I thought that was every guy’s dream. Why are you leaving?” she asked as I got up.
It was a fair question.
“Two reasons. The first is that you don’t care enough about yourself or me. You’d endanger our health just to prove you can control me. The second reason is I don’t like feeling manipulated. Something isn’t right, and I’m not going to be a part of it.”
“Are we still going to Prom?”
I thought hard about it for a minute. She had flown in and spent her time and money to be here. I wasn’t that big a jerk. The plan had been for her to be a faux girlfriend. I was comfortable with doing that.
“Yeah, I’ll still go to Prom with you. What time are you picking me up?”
“Ah, six-thirty.”
I went downstairs to the house and Mom saw me come in. She took one look at me and pulled me into the office so we could have some privacy. I told her everything, and Mom was pissed. She was pissed at the girls for agreeing to the plan of letting her seduce me; she was pissed at Haley; she was pissed at me for allowing it to go so far.