Never Judge a Book By Its Cover
Chapter 28
"Dammit, I hate that little blonde bastard!" yelled Brian angrily as he bursted throught the front door of our house. He didn't notice the candles around. He took off his jacket and stormed over to the closet. I walked down the stairs from our bedroom, wearing the skimpy blue pajamas that Brian had bought for me on our anniversary. I took his hint and wore them whenever I wanted to "set the mood." "Listen to this shit," he continued, noticing me walk down the stairs. He reached over and turned the lights on. "He threatened to beat MY ass. Mine. Just because I was talking to him about 'his business' or some shit. Asshole, right? So then, he starts talking shit about you. You know how I am about that. He could sit there all day long and talk shit about me, and I could give 2 shits less, but when he starts talking about you, I get pissed. So anyway, I tell him to fuckin stop and he starts teasing me. Finally though, I got him to calm down and I told him that I had to run home to check on you and James and then I'd come back and talk about all this crap.
By this point, I was completely confused.
"Umm...so you have to go back to Nick's?"
"Yeah," he said looking at the still burning candles and my nightgown. "Where's James?"
"...He's over at Jenn and AJ's house," I said quietly. Everything finally clicked to Brian.
"Oh baby, I'm sorry," he said walking to me and wrapping his arms around me. "I'll call Nick and tell him I can't come back over."
"No, Brian. Nick needs you now, more then I do...Go and help him...we can do this another time."
"No, I wanna stay with you," he said bringing his lips down to mine. It took all I had not to jump his bones right then.
"No, Bri...I really think you should go back. Nick needs someone to talk to right now...That's the only way things will ever work out for him and Erika. I want them to be happy. They both love each other and deserve happiness...Nick needs help and you can help him...so I think you should."
Brian sighed and ran his hand through his hair. "I guess you're right."
"Of course I'm right."
"So, are you just gonna stay here?"
"No, I'll call Jenn and AJ and see what they're up to. Then I'll go get James and call Erika if Jenn and AJ are gonna do something."
"Just let James stay with Jenn and AJ for tonight. He loves them...and besides...maybe I'll be done with Nick before it gets to late, and we can go on with your plans," he said giving me that sexy smile that made me go weak in the knees.
"Ok, ok, you win. You know I can't say no to that smile." He smiled again and brushed his lips softly against mine. I wanted him so bad. Why did I tell him to go back to Nick's? Oh well, Nick really does need someone right now...but why can't it be AJ?....I'm being selfish. I just hope Brian leaves before I can't resist him anymore and throw him on the ground right here. Brian pressed his lips harder against mine and slipped his tongue into my mouth. As much as I wanted him right then...I pulled away. "Go before I jump you," I said pointing to the door. He smiled and leaned forward to kiss my cheek.
"Love you," he said softly. JUST GO!!!! I screamed in my head. He was not making this very easy on me!
"I love you too...I'll be here waiting for you when you come back."
"Ok. Bye love," he said and walked out the door. I smiled at the closed door, then began to put away all the candles.
--Next Morning--
I rolled over and looked to where Brian should be, but he wasn't there. 'Is he still at Nick's?' I thought to myself. As far as I knew, he hadn't come home last night. Of course I was sound asleep, so if I herd of cattle had run through the room, I wouldn't have known about it. I yawned and pulled the covers back, slipping out of bed and out the bedroom door. I walked down the hall towards the bathroom. I could hear laughing coming from downstairs. It sounded like James. I walked slowly down the stairs to see who was there. I turned the corner and into the kitchen and saw Brian at the stove, flipping pancakes and James on the counter next to him laughing as Brian made funny faces at him.
"Uh oh, I think we woke mommy up," whispered Brian, looking over his shoulder at me. "I think the only way she'll forgive us is if we go and give her a kiss. What do ya say?" James nodded his head and reached his arms out for Brian to pick him up. Brian did and carried him over to me.
"Morning mommy!" said James as he leaned over and kissed me on the cheek. I smiled and took him from Brian's arms.
"What, you're just gonna leave me out of the morning kiss fun?" asked Brian, frowning. I smiled and leaned in for a quick kiss. "Morning sweetie."
"Morning," I said, then turned back to James. "So J, did you have fun at Jenn and AJ's?"
"Yeah!!"
"That's good. I'm glad you had fun. What'd you guys do?"
"We played hide and seek, and we played with my cars, and we played horsie." Brian almost choked on the orange juice he was drinking. He had played "horsie" with James a million times, but he couldn't imagine AJ running around the house on all fourths, making horse noises. I had to bit my lip to keep from laughing.
"And AJ was the horse?"
"Yep! And me and Jenn got to ride around on him. Daddy makes a better horsie though," he said smiling brightly. He had that same adorable smile that Brian had. In fact, he looked more and more like Brian everyday.
"Daddy does make a better horsie, doesn't he?" I said looking over at Brian, smirking. Brian smiled and looked down, shaking his head.
"I'm gonna go play with my soldiers, ok mommy?" asked James tugging on my shirt.
"Yep! Go ahead!" I said putting him down on his feet. He ran out of the kitchen and crawled up the stairs.
"Come give daddy a real kiss," said Brian leaning against the counter. I smiled and walked over to him, wrapping my arms around his neck and pulling his lips down to mine. "Now that's what I'm talkin about!" he said and held me tightly around the waist.
"What time did you get home from Nick's last night?"
"I don't know..it was like 5:00 this morning. I came home, laid down and couldn't sleep, so I got up at like 6:00 and went and got James...AJ and Jenn were about to kill me might I add...and then came back and played with James for a while and then we decided to make you breakfast."
"You had an hour of sleep?" I asked, with wide eyes. He nodded, handing me a cup of coffee. "Thanks. You get upstairs right now and go to sleep."
"But mommy!!! I'm not tired!" he whined. I laughed at him. I was turning into my mother...it scared the shit out of me.
"Ok, you can stay up," I said and kissed his lips lightly. "So what's on the agenda for today?"
"We're going to AJ and Jenn's house later...Then...I don't know...You wanna go out tonight?"
"How exactly are we planning to do that?"
"We'll leave James with Kevin and Farrah...and then AJ, Jenn, Nick, and Erika can come with us. Kevin never wants to go out with us anyway...and he always complains that he doesn't get to spend enough time with James..."
"You think Nick and Erika want to spend time together?"
"Yeah, right about now, Nick should be over at Erika's mom's house, trying to get her back...I gave him all the techniques I used on you to sweep you off your feet," he said giving me that trademark cheesy-ass grin.
"Oh please..." I said, rolling my eyes.
--Later that night--
"Hey Rika!" I said into the phone. I heard her laugh lightly.
"Sup Kate?"
"Your mom."
"Why the hell are you in such a weird mood?"
"Couldn't tell ya. Anyway, did you talk to Mr. Nickolas Gene?"
"Yes I did..."
"AND??? Don't leave me hangin here!"
"And...we're gonna take things slow...he has to win his trust back from me. I mean, I love him to death, ya know that...but I'm not just gonna be the quiet little housewife, ya know? He hit me, and I'm still a little shaky around him...it'll get better eventually I'm sure.."
"Yeah...so are you guys coming with Brian, AJ, Jenn, and I tonight?"
"Sure, where ya goin?"
"Clubbing. I got a new outfit! I'm so damn excited! I need a night out, ya know? Between watching James, cooking, cleaning, and trying to squeeze some me and Brian time in there somewhere...I have like no time to do anything...and when I do I'm too exhausted. I can't wait to get a job."
"You're gonna get a job? You haven't worked since you were like 16."
"I know...but...I'm gonna go insane...This huge house...I'm alone here with James most of the time...Brian's always like at a meeting or something...and I'm like climbing up the walls...I'm a people person...I need to have human contact all the time. Especially when Brian goes on tour...I don't know what I'll do."
"He's going on tour? Like solo?"
"Yep. I've been pushing him since they decided to go venture off into the world of solo artists...and now he's finally gonna do it."
"And you and James aren't going?"
"No. Well, we're going to for a little while...and we might end up staying, but I really don't want to be away from home for that long."
"Oh. Well shit, I gotta go get ready. I'll talk to you later. Are you guys picking me up?"
"Yep."
"Ok. See ya later."
"Ok, bye!"
"Bye." I hung up the phone and stood up to go get ready.
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