I'm not sure what Brehan was expecting or wanting when she put me on the phone with Sarah. I was nervous at first but talking on the phone to Sarah has been one of the easiest conversations I've had with a female in months. I think the only other girl I've felt more comfortable with has been Colleen.
"Brehan is trying to get you to go out?" I nodded as if she could see me,
"Yeah." She laughed and it was the most feminine laugh I had ever heard if that made any sense,
"She can be very determined. She hates to hear no, in fact, she doesn't accept it." I may not have known Brehan as long as Sarah but I definitely knew that much about her. She seemed as if she was accustomed to getting her way and God help the idiot that tired to deny her what she wanted.
"Yeah but I have a concert tonight." I could hear her moan in my favor,
"You're probably going to be exhausted."
"It's not that really. I mean, I've gone out after concerts all the time but this is the third concert in a row tonight and I'm already feeling it." Being on the road was a tiresome struggle. Night after night something was always going on. Whether it was a concert or traveling. The times when we were able to just lie around and relax without any interruptions were rare and when we did have them leave it to me to fill those quiet hours with anything from a club to a girl back in my room. Four times out of five the last thing I was doing on a down day was taking it easy.
"So are you going to feel up to going to the gala tomorrow?" Between Sarah, Brehan, Howie and AJ I didn't have a choice when they tag teamed me the other night,
"I'll be fine. Just have to make sure we get to Denver for that concert or we're dead." I can't say I'm excited about this, I'd rather get to Denver Saturday and have time to wind down but I hate to tell people no.
"I have a cousin that lives there. I love Colorado it's so beautiful. Have you ever done any skiing?" I had to bite my lip to keep from laughing. When does she think we have time for skiing? Our schedules just aren't as relaxed as people would like to think.
"No, my family went a couple of winters ago but I was working so I couldn't go." My family always does a lot of things without me. I try not to but sometimes I still can't help but take it personal. They always just make their plans and if I can make it I feel their attitude is as if they don't mind me tagging along. At times I have felt almost like an intruder on something private and special. Just once I would like them to plan something around my schedule and not do something until I am able to go with them.
"We have a place in Vail. Perhaps we can get together and I can give you a few skiing lessons." That sounds like fun. I never seem to take real vacations anymore unless my family plans them. It might be fun to go off somewhere on my own without the usual. Things seem so different in my life. Before, I couldn't judge people well. I was unable to see when people were not the type of people I should be associating myself with. Now, I've met a few good people, not only people but girls and God knows I've been known for picking some pretty bad ones in my past. Colleen, Brehan, who I admit I was ready to throw back in the ocean, and now Sarah.
"Let me give you my number." I pulled out my cell phone and began to log her number in my phone book before giving her my number.
"Don't let her talk you into going out tonight." I turned and looked at Brehan as she and AJ were in the midst of what seemed to be an intense conversation; maybe he was going to get her yet.
"I won't." She laughed in my ear and I couldn't help but smile,
"Which means she's going to make me go out with her." Well I have to admit it was better her than me. I don't even feel like doing this concert tonight. Although once I heard that crowd and the adrenaline surged through my body I was going to give it all I had and leave it on the stage.
"What happened to not letting her talk you into anything?" I knew it was an art Brehan had. If you didn't fall for her looks you fell victim to her amazing presence and confidence.
"Oh I can rarely get out of anything when it comes to Brehan. The few bad things I've done in my life have all been because of her coercion. I'll catch you later, tell Brehan I said I'll see her tomorrow." Our conversation ended but I sat back and watched Brehan and for a little while longer. I truly didn't think he had a chance with her. After seeing whom her boyfriend was I figured her for the straight-laced type of guy not the semi-bad boy who wasn't so upfront and comfortable in his own skin. It seemed like all the guys and girls who had some hard "real" image all needed to take a step back and get to know whom they really were because I don't think anyone is really that way. I walked over and Brehan turned to me abruptly ending their interaction,
"You and Sarah seemed to have a good talk." I nodded,
"Yeah and we weren't the only ones." I looked over at AJ and smiled before handing Brehan her phone,
"She said she'll see you tomorrow." I did notice that AJ didn't seem to return my smile. I wonder if he got as far as he wanted to with her? It would surely be a surprise to me if he got to her. I would think she would go for Howie before AJ. No offense to him but I think she's a little too much for him. She doesn't seem the type to eat Chef Boyardee and right along with me, that was AJ.
From the moment we got in the car to head to the venue for the concert I had been on the phone with my mother. They had planned a vacation and I was actually going to be able to go. She wanted to make sure I hadn't made plans during my vacation after the MTV Video Music Awards. She said something about Mexico. Even though I wasn't being distracted I was half-ass listening to her. She is so used to being the manager, the planner that she plans things out to the tiniest degree. In all actuality all I needed to know was where I needed to be and when. I cut her off in mid-sentence about snorkeling when,
"Momma, I need to get going. I'll talk to you later. I love you, bye." AJ laughed slightly,
"What's Jane talking about?" I'm sure he thought it was something bad, something that she wanted me to do that I didn't want,
"She planned a family vacation to Mexico, the entire family and she was telling me all about it." He nodded his head and seemed to be a little surprised by it,
"Hmmm, nice. All you heathen ass kids? I feel sorry fro those Mexicans." I laughed,
"Whatever man." I wasn't in the mood to talk about the Carter family vacation with my mother and I was even less thrilled about talking about it to AJ.
"So you and Brehan seemed to hit it off." He shook his head,
"Dude, you are so full of shit." I frowned at him. I've been accused of that so many times that it means absolutely nothing to me,
"What am I full of shit about now?" He smiled and shook his head at me with a smirk as if he were the bird that caught the canary,
"Brehan spilled the beans on you two." A few more minutes of this and I was going to have a headache,
"AJ, what in the heck are you talking about?" Sometimes he was so out in left field he needed breadcrumbs to find his way back,
"Brehan told me she was into you." I was about to dispute that but how could I dispute what I didn't hear? Maybe he was mistaken and took something she said the wrong way.
"I knew you tapped her." I couldn't even worry about denying that. I've told him the truth every time and I've already given up on trying to set him straight. It was pointless and the more I protested the more he would keep it in his head that we were more than friends.
Chapter 77
Stranger Than Fiction
Stories
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