The Party

*hustle and bustle**clank of cups and bottles* Jennie entered the room to see Chris lifting a bottle to his lips. Jennie greeted him with a smile. “Hey there, what’s up?” He looks away from the bottle and lowers his eyes to her half-sinister smile. Jennie and Chris have always had a weird past of feelings never stated aloud. Chris isn’t the sharpest tool in the shed and has shown this over and over again in his complete emotional denial. “Hey” he responded in a low voice. Jennie loves the thrill of forcing conversation with Chris. He tries so hard to just avoid her while sober but when buzzed he’s a real gem to talk with. He has always been more honest with his intentions when his asshole tendencies are drowned.

Jennie smiles and sits down to the couch with Chris. “So how ya been Champ?” she said with a half giggle. “Alright I guess just living” he responded. Jennie was starting to notice the avoidance was still there so she went right for the heart of all touché subjects “so dating anyone?” She knew full well that if he were she would know about it. “No” he said sharply. “I don’t really know what to say when talking with girls” Jennie bites her lip all while thinking, “your telling me”.  “see now I don’t thinking it’s talking with girls that’s the problem,  you know how to talk you just seem to miss the signals women throw back at you” he looked puzzled at her. “Let me show you” she smiled. Jennie deviously thinking all the flirting techniques she had used on him that he missed. “Um ok” he replied hesitantly. “Women are touchy feely obvious flirts when they like someone; they flip their hair, laugh and touch you. That kind of stuff. We like the whole use of touch” She smiled again falling back into that place in her heart where she had intense feelings for him. She has always been drawn to his tough exterior despite her fear of his size over her.

As she begins to explain, she falls victim to her own explanation and places her hand on his knee. “Stand up” he looked at her laughed and did as she said. She stood up as well, and used him to steady herself. “Whoa” she laughs, “I guess the alcohol is kicking in”. He smiles and places his hands on her shoulders. “You know I should be sober when I am trying to teach” “I like you better this way” he remarked. She pushed him, laughed, “Jerk”. As she tried to hold her balance she noticed her Mary Jane's had come unbuckled and bent down to refasten them. All while doing so she questioned him “am I making sense though? You starting to follow what I mean about how simple it can be, you just need to take chance and feel a girl out and see where it goes” she stood up closer to him all of a few inches away and looked up at him. She wavered a little he grabbed her hip, placed his other hand on her back, and kissed her passionately. Her mind spun with thoughts and fears of returning to these feelings and her mind stopped when she heard a familiar voice speak as whomever it was stopped dead in their tracks “Um……?!?!?!”

It was Dave standing there dumbfounded at the sight of this girlfriend and one of his best friends kissing. Jennie just stared and sobered instantaneously. Dave turned and walked away. Chris went after him. Jennie soon heard some yelling and followed the noise out the back door to the patio to where the two men were yelling. All she heard was Dave saying, “she’s my girlfriend” in the moral tone that shook Jennie to her core. Chris starts to argue with Dave. Jennie interrupts “Chris go inside” he looked at the fire in her eyes and left.
Dave turns away and learns with his elbows on the handrail facing the dimly lit yard. “Dave can we talk” Jennie asked cautiously. Dave just looked at her briefly and looked back into the yard.
“It didn’t mean anything, you should know that”
He looked at her and replied “and why should I know that?”
“Because you should,” she replied quickly
“Good answer” he said in an angry voice. And the conversation hit a deep silence and Dave began to walk away. “Because” she started to say slowly “I love you”, at this point her heart said something her head was petrified to admit to but truly meant. He stopped walking and turned to her with tears in his eyes. He grabbed her up in his arms and held her as if he would never let her go. He looked into her eyes and said “ you know if you were anyone else I would just walk out of here but I know in my heart that would be biggest mistake I would ever make”