Larry came and picked us up. Jill was dressed in a pair of white pants, a black and white jacket that was waist high and a red silk like top. I wouldn�t have noticed but since she and I are going to hang out today it made me think about what I was going to where.
We were on our way back to my hotel so I can take a shower and get dressed while she waited for me.
�What are we doing today?�
�I don�t know. Anything you want.� It was concert day so I�m free until four thirty.
�I think we should go shopping.� I groaned lightly at her suggestion and she laughed,
�Shopping is fun with me. I promise.� She kissed me on the cheek, �It will be painless.�
�Somehow I just don�t buy that.�
**
I walked out of the shower with a towel around my waist.
�Are you trying to seduce me?� I moved towards her,
�Is it working?� She shook her head,
�Anything other time it would but its not working today. I�m horny for a new pair of shoes.� Can�t catch a break. But then again, why was I ready to have sex again? We had sex last night, we fooled around this morning and to be frank, he was having more sex than he knew what to do with.
I sighed, trying to look pathetic, �Well I guess I might as well get dressed.� My sweet charm wasn�t working on her,
�Yes, you might as well.�
**
I am just a bit uncomfortable. She was dressed so nice and I had a feeling we weren�t going to the mall so I had to be just as stylish. I donned my gray trousers and a Ricky Martin-ish red shirt. �Here, this is the first stop.� We walked through the doors and it all seemed to be very familiar theme.
�It�s Aladdin�s Desert Passage. In honor of our dinner last night.� It was a Moroccan theme bazaar with a lot of shopping. We walked around shopping, eating, and talking.
�You better watch it with all of that. You can�t be a size negative two in the modeling industry.� She laughed,
�That�s why I�m not a model.� She was beautiful. It was hard to believe she wasn�t a model. She was just as beautiful as Brehan and Sarah.
�You�re not? Well, what do you do?�
�I guess I�m a jack of all trades and master of none.� I looked at her and she went into detail, �I do a little acting, I do a little modeling, I do a little of everything. But it all changes soon when I become a full time host on my own TV show.�
�Really? That seems cool.� She nodded,
�Yeah, I�m not the next Oprah. Its on Style TV. It�s a fashion show about how to dress well, what to wear, what not to wear with what, and what are the hottest trends across the country. Like what's hot in New York, isn�t the in thing in Chicago. Its going to be fun, I cant wait.�
�Well, I know you�ll have a fan in my little sister Angel. She loves the fashion thing. She wants to be a model.�
�Really? Maybe we can have her on the show modeling the latest trends. We�re still casting. How old is she?�
�Sixteen.�
�That�s perfect, where does she live?�
�We live in the Keys.� She nodded and her mind seemed to start working,
�If she gets it are your parents willing to let her move out to LA?� She pointed and we headed into a jewelry store,
�I�m not sure about that.� We headed towards the counter where an eager salesman met us,
�May I be of service to you today?� People talked like that? I thought that was something out of a movie.
�We�re not looking for anything specific. We�ll call you when we�re ready to see something.� She looked back at me,
�Maybe she can be our main model when we do shows in Miami? Better yet. Because I�m not going to travel to all these places, every now and then we�ll have special area correspondents. Maybe she can be our Miami correspondent.�
All the talk about my sister�s career came to a halt when I saw a beautiful diamond angel pendant. It was very small and I immediately thought about her,
�Excuse me.� The sales man came over,
�Yes sir?� I pointed at the pendant,
�The angel pin. I�ll take one of those please.� I didn�t bother to ask in front of Jill. I just hope it wasn�t too expensive.
�Oh that�s so sweet. An angel pin for your sister Angel. You�re adorable.� She leaned over and kissed me on the cheek.
No need to rock the boat and tell her it was really for Sarah. Besides, now I feel like a heel because maybe I should buy something for my little sister. She should have been the one I thought of when I saw it.
That was the second time he used his sister to buy a gift for a girl; the first time was for Colleen. Before he left Vegas he was going to buy something for her.
�Will that be all sir?� I looked over at her,
�Oh don�t buy me anything. I don�t want to be in your debt.� I laughed at her and nodded at the clerk,
�That will be $1287.73.� I handed him the American Express and inwardly shook my head. Sarah and I were going to have to spend some more time together to make up for that.
**
�Where have you been all day?� I was instantly asked as I walked into the venue with Larry.
�Shopping� The only one that seemed to be interested was Howie,
�What did you get?� I held the small soft purple bag and handed it to him. He pulled the little black box out of the bag and opened it up,
�Wow Nick this is nice.� The other three came over and whistled and gawked,
�Who is that for?� What should he do? Should he tell them it was for Sarah? If he did they were going to ask him if it was serious. If he told the truth and admitted it wasn�t something permanent they would think he was stupid for spending so much money on someone who was more than a bed partner.
�Angel. She�s into collecting all these angel things now.� They smiled and nodded,
�That�s sweet Nick.� Brian patted him on the back.
�So what did you guys do today?�
�Brian, Kevin and I went to see Jeanette Lee today.� He could see the look on my face. He knew I loved her. She always wore black leather pants and a black top with her black gloves. She was the Black Widow,
�Hey, you're the one who went off shopping. You should have gone with Howie and his crew. You went shopping by yourself? That would have been a sight to see. A big black man and a big white boy shopping in a jewelry store.� I rolled my eyes at his stupidity that he considered a sense of humor.
�I was with Jill.� He frowned,
�Now who is Jill?�
�Jill is the person who bet on me and won. Didn�t we talk about this before?�
�So no one gets to see her?�
�Larry and Howie saw her.� Howie called out,
�Beautiful man. Fire red hair like Angie Everheart or whatever her name is.� AJ started to pout,
�We�re hanging out tonight. Why don�t you join us?� He quickly perked up.
�Great.� I laughed at his excitement and he shook his head,
�Damn, I need a woman of my own.�
That I could not disagree with.
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