Sitting on this small ass rinky dink plane Howie chartered is making me very nervous and very sick. All I can do is lay my head back, close my eyes and pray that we don't fall out of the sky. Big planes are bad enough but flying in something that is just a bit larger than my SUV is damn near suicidal. I am very much afraid of flying; to me it's unsafe no matter how many times people tell me it's less dangerous than being on the highway. More likely to die in a car crash my ass, flying thousands of feet in the air in something so heavy is beyond science to me. Then again, I never really learned science. However, it's not as bad as some people would like to think. I don't have to be physically put on the plane after being knocked out with drugs like Mr. T. I get fearful but it's not that bad. Of course, I have played it up to get the attention of a girl a couple of times. I even told Sarah she should leave with me tonight in order to comfort me.
It was something that just popped in my head during one of the many moments that I was staring at her. At first she said she couldn't because of all the work she would have to do with the foundation but I really wanted to see her and after all that time in LA with people around me and having all that fun I didn't want to be alone again. I wanted something or someone from LA to take with me to keep the good times rolling.
"What are you smiling about?" I rolled my head over towards Howie but I didn't open my eyes,
"Was I smiling?" I could hear him laugh,
"Yeah, you are. You still gloating over someone paying twenty five thousand dollars for you?" I couldn't help but laugh, it was so crazy to me that someone, especially such a beautiful woman, would pay so much for one date with me. I could see a hard up woman needing to buy a date but not Jill. Once the bids began to get pretty high I was beginning to wonder if I was going to have to have sex with the winner.
"Yeah, that was crazy. I wasn't expecting that." Tonight just wasn't my kind of night. I've been to my share of publicity events but they weren't like that. They were usually parties for the sake of having a good time and a few movie premieres but all those people seemed so different from me. Sarah, Rebecca and Brehan all enjoyed that kind of thing, that was their life. Me? I was waiting on someone to ask me what I was doing there and how in the hell I even got through security.
"So when is your date? Did you even talk to her?" Yep, I talked to her and she was great. She didn't seem very stuck up and she wasn't a fan, or if she was she hid it very well and kept her composure. She was just someone who believed in the cause and wanted to give.
"Yeah, her name is Jill." He nudged me,
"Well?" I frowned,
"Well what?" His eyes were stretched and he looked eager,
"When's your date?" I shrugged,
"I dunno. We exchanged phone numbers but we have Denver then Vegas so it'll have to be after all that." I could tell there was something more he wanted to say as he sat there and nodded his head over and over,
"So what does Brehan think of all this?" When was it ever going to end? Sometimes I think the guys care more about my personal life than the fans do,
"Howie, I am not dating Brehan. We are just friends." He was about to say something but I cut him off,
"I don't know what AJ is talking about. And whatever he says I wouldn't believe him, he's not the best when it comes to good information." Was that harsh? I don't know but I'm just tired of hearing about Brehan, it's never going to happen. She and I are different people and she's one hundred percent in love with a total asshole. Any woman that could be in love with a man like that is not the kind of woman I want anything to do with. Hell, she couldn't love me if she loved him, he and I are totally different. I must be opposite of everything she wants in a man.
"Look man, I know you all think that there is something between us but there isn't. I mean, I can't say I blame you. I never would have thought I would hang out with someone so beautiful and not at least try to get with her. But we really are just friends. I'm sorry I got a little bitchy." He shook his head,
"No, it's ok. I guess it is frustrating after people keep pushing the issue." Now he's made me feel even worse. I want to apologize again but I'm not going to do that becasue I hate when people apologize and apologize even after they've been forgiven. There was silence and I know Howie, he couldn't let it be for long. He could still feel the uneasiness in the air and that was killing him I know it,
"Tomorrow night-" He looked down at his watch,
"Well actually later on tonight there is a concert. A singer that I've worked with has a little concert in town. AJ and I are going, you wanna go?" I probably would have but Sarah was coming into town. And if it were anyone else I still would have probably gone and had her come with me but it's Sarah and I would rather hang out with her for a repeat performance of last night,
"Nah man, I have a friend coming into town." I looked over at him and decided to spare him the pain of asking because I know he wanted to know who was coming,
"No, it's not Brehan. Sarah is coming." He frowned at me,
"Sarah? I didn't know you guys were close." It didn't hit me until he asked that he didn't know Sarah and I had gotten a little closer.
"Yeah, she's cool and she has family or something in Denver or something like that." He nodded and seemed to accept it. Well, I know he wanted to know more but he wasn't going to ask and frankly I'd given enough information for now anyway. I turned in my seat,
"Do you still have a thing for Brehan?" He was quiet for a minute and I can only think that means yes,
"You said she has a boyfriend right?" I nodded, Steven was a very forgettable guy. I just wish she could forget about him,
"Yeah but he's an ass. You'd be much better for her." He seemed to get a little interested and I didn't know if it were because he wanted to save her or because he wanted to get with her,
"Why is he an ass?" Now my sense tells me that I shouldn't talk about private things Brehan tells me and things that I've witnessed but Howie is my friend and I trust him to not spread it around.
Chapter 86 contd
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