Love's Crazy Twists (8 page)

              “OK, I will.  Oh and if you find her please call me or have her call me, I am worried.  One more thing, she is still really pissed at you, so don’t press your luck.  Bye.”  She said and hung up.

              Matt jumped up and grabbed his car keys and took off out the door.  He had to find Julie, he had to know that she was all right.  If something had happened to her he would blame himself for all eternity.

              He pulled into the driveway and she wasn’t there.  He was frantic.  He tried to call Jen’s cell to see if she found out anything, but there was no answer.  “Of all the times to not answer your phone.” He said to himself.  He sat on the porch and waited for her.  The porch was off to the far side of her house, as was the front door.  He lit a cigarette and waited.  After all what else was there for him to do?  Nothing.  Then he fell asleep.

              He was awakened by the sound of Julie’s voice.  It only took him a minute to realize that she wasn’t alone.  He thought with all optimism that Jen had found her and convinced her to ride with her.  He sat up and just as he did, he saw Julie staggering around the corner and Shane was leading her!  Matt’s anger rose to an all-new high!

              “Shane, I’m fine!”  She was saying.

              “Is that so?  Then why am I walking you to the door?”  He asked.

              “So I don’t have to crawl.”  She said with a laugh.

              “Jules!  That is not funny.”  He said.

              They didn’t even notice Matt’s car parked in the driveway.  They came up onto the porch and didn’t seem to notice him sitting there either.  Shane had the key and opened the door.  Matt was extremely pissed off that they would just walk right past him.  So he stood up.

              “Julie!  Where have you been?  I’ve been so worried.”  He said as he walked right past Shane ‘accidentally' pushing him out of the way.  “I’ve been trying to find you ever since Jen called.”

              “What?  What are you talking about?  Jen called you?”  She asked.

              “Yeah, she was worried about you.  Said that you were really drunk and wouldn’t let her drive you home.  I thought that you were hurt somewhere.  That’s why I came here looking for you.”  He looked from Julie to Shane and back again.  “I guess that I see you are OK, so I’d better go so that he can have his way with you again!”  Matt yelled.

              “Matt, listen.  I don’t know what you are talking about, all I did was find Julie passed out in her car, door wide open and since I am her friend, I thought the friendly thing to do was to make sure she got home in one piece.” Shane assured him.  “That is all.  I have no other intentions for her.”  He finished.

              “Oh is that so?  Is it?”  Matt challenged.

              “Yes, Matt it is.  Do you think that I would even try anything with her when she is so much in love with you?”  Shane said sarcastically.

              “Well I know that you are a man and I know how men think. So I wouldn’t put it past you to try!”  Matt yelled and shoved Shane backwards.

              “Well, let me tell you something
pal
!  I am nothing like you!  If Julie were my girlfriend, I would worship her.  I would do any and everything for her.  And I certainly wouldn’t cheat on her like you did!”  He said and pushed him back.

              “That is none of your business!  That is between her and me!  So I suggest that you keep your nose out of it!”  He yelled as he pushed back again.

              “Oh is that how you want to play?”  Shane said as he stepped closer and bumped his chest into Matt’s.  “It is my business when it involves an asshole like yourself, hurting my best friend in the whole world.  Then yeah, I’ll step in with more than my nose!”  He paused and looked at Matt momentarily before finishing.  “If you want it…bring it on!”  He coaxed.

              With that Matt swung at Shane just as he ducked and Matt hit the beam in the porch.  This made Matt even angrier and he began swinging again.  Shane stepped to the side and then tripped him, and Matt fell flat on his face.

              “You bastard! I’m going to kill you!”  Matt shouted. “If you are man enough to try, then here I am.   Hit me!  Come on, hit me…right here!”  He said pointing to his mouth.

              Matt swung and this time he made contact with Shane’s jaw.

              “Come on Matt, you hit like a girl!  You can do better than that, can’t you?”

              Matt took off running full speed right at Shane, and pushed him right off the porch.  They both hit the ground with a thud.  Matt was on top pounding Shane then they rolled over and Shane was on top hitting Matt.  There were fists flying and legs flailing.  Accusations being shouted and profanity flying around.

              Julie, who had been in the house, half asleep finally became aware of the fight and stumbled to the door.  When she looked out and saw Matt and Shane fighting she didn’t know what to do.

              “What the hell is going on here?  Stop it, right now!”  She shouted.  No one seemed to notice her.  “Matt?  Shane?  What are you doing? Stop it!”  She shouted again.  She suddenly sobered up and ran down the steps of the porch.  She tried to pull them apart.  “Come on, knock it off!”  She said as she tried to stop Matt’s hand from striking Shane’s face.  Then she tried to pull Matt up off the ground.  Nothing seemed to work.  Finally she screamed at the top of her lungs.  “Go ahead and kill each other, I don’t want to see either of you ever again!”  Then she turned and walked back up on the porch.  She could see that they were beginning to stop fighting.  When she saw Shane stand up and walk away she went into the house.

              Matt lay on the ground for a few minutes trying to catch his breath.  Then he got up and went to the door.  “Jules, come on open the door.  I didn’t come here to fight with you or anyone for that matter.  I just came to see if you were all right.”

              “I am fine!”  He heard through the door.  “Will you just please go?”

              “I am going to leave as soon as
he
does.”  He said.

              Julie opened the door.  “Where is Shane?”

              “I don’t know.  He went that way.”  Matt said pointing towards the driveway.

              “Matt, why did you have to start a fight?  You know that he is my best friend.”  She said.  “You better not have hurt him.”

              “Why?  Because you love him so much?  What about me?  Don’t I look hurt?”  He asked.

              “Well, you are bleeding a little, do you want to come in and clean up?”  She asked.  She was so used to taking care of him, that she was doing it again.

              Matt went into the bathroom and started to nurse his wounds.  Julie went outside to look for Shane.  She walked out into the driveway and sure enough, there he was sitting in his car.  She walked over to him.  He was sitting with his head hung down not doing anything.

              “Shane?”  She asked.  He looked up.  “Hi.”  She gave a little smile.  “Are you all right?”  She wanted to know.

              “Yeah, I’ll be fine.”  He said.

              Julie looked at him and could tell that he was hurt deeper than he was letting on.

              “Why did you have to fight with him?  Why couldn’t you have just walked me to the door and left?”  She asked.

              “Julie.  You know how I feel about him and you know how he feels about me.  It was inevitable.  I do apologize to you though.  I am sorry.”  He said and hung his head down again.

              “Shane, let me look at you.”  She said.  He looked up at her with those eyes that made her heart ache.  “You don’t look so good.”  She said, seeing the blood seeping from his forehead and the corner of his mouth.  “Why don’t you come in and get cleaned up?  I assure you that Matt won’t say a word, OK?”

              He shook his head then opened the car door and got out.  Julie looked at his torn shirt and the dirty pants and felt awful.  She stood in front of him and held out her arms.  He know what she was doing, and he held his out too.  They stood in an embrace for a few seconds, “I am so sorry Shane.  If you wouldn’t care so much about me none of this would have happened.”  She almost started crying.  None of this was her fault but she felt awful.

              “Jules, this isn’t your fault.  If it’s anyone’s fault, it’s mine.”  He assured her.  “But I am fine…really.”  He put his arm around her and started walking toward the house.

              She walked ahead of him into the house to tell Matt not to say a word to Shane.

              “Why is he coming in here?”  Matt demanded.

              “He is hurt too, and needs to get cleaned up.  If you can’t be civil then you’d better leave.”  She said point blankly.  “I know you came over here to make sure I was OK.  That is really sweet of you and I appreciate it very much.  I do.  But, one nice gesture doesn’t mean that you are completely forgiven.  I do want to forgive you for cheating on me but I will need to regain my trust in you.  And checking on me once doesn’t erase all the hurt that you caused me.  So, I am going to tend to my friend.  If you can’t handle that, then I suggest you leave.  I will call you in the morning.  OK?”  She said.

              “I don’t trust him here with you all alone.”  He protested.

              “Matt, I am going to let him get cleaned up and then he is leaving and I am going to bed.  OK?  That’s it.  End of story.”  She said.  “Good night.”

              “OK, I’m going.  Call me in the morning.” He said.  “Good night.”

              “Thank you.” She said, and he walked away.

              Shane was sitting on the porch waiting for the coast to be clear before he dared step inside the house.  When he saw Julie and Matt come out he was prepared for another fight.  Then Matt walked away and Julie told him to come in.  he walked into the house and went to the bathroom to wash up.

              “How did you get him to leave?”  Shane asked.

              As much as she hated to say it, she did anyway, “That’s easy, he trusts me.”  Then under her breath said, “Even though he shouldn’t.”

              “You can’t blame yourself for what happened between us.  It’s not your fault.  Honey…listen to me.  I blame myself.  If I wouldn’t have come running over to check on you none of this would have happened.”  He said.

              “No!”  she said firmly.  “I will not allow you to blame yourself!  It is not just one person’s fault.  We did it together.”  She looked away from him and continued, “And it was wonderful.”  She blushed.

              He reached to her and spun her around.  As he looked longingly into her eyes, he could feel a familiar tightness in his jeans and he could feel his heart beating wildly as he looked at her beautiful face.  He couldn’t help himself.  He needed her again.  It was if she was his life source, and he’d surely die without her.  She sensed that he wanted her and she was a little nervous.  She knew it was wrong the first time and if she did it again, it would be wrong this time too.  She tried to pull away, she wanted to pull away, but her body wouldn’t budge.  She was paralyzed when he looked at her that way.

              She could feel her heart begin to race and her knees became weak.  She didn’t know what to do.  She must not betray Matt any further.  Then Shane leaned in and kissed her on the mouth.  She gave in to her impulses and kissed back.  It was the same kiss she had with him the first time.  It was full of urgency.  He didn’t just want to be kissing her, he needed to be kissing her.  His arms were wrapped around her and holding her tight.  His hands slid down to cup her ass and squeeze firmly.  She let out a playful squeal.  Her arms were around his shoulders, pulling him closer to her.  He swung her around and picked her up into his strong arms and carried her off to the bedroom.  He put her down gently on the bed, and helped to remove her clothes.  Once she was completely naked, he stood back and just looked at her, taking in her beauty and femininity.  She truly was a sight to behold.

              “You can’t just strip me and leave me here.”  She complained.  “Unbutton your pants.” She instructed him. And he did as he was told.  “Now, unzip and pull them down.” She continued.

              “Yes, Ma’am.” He said, as he obliged.  “What else?”

              “Your shirt.  Unbutton it…slowly, and then drop it to the floor.”  She told him.

              He did exactly as she told him.  After he dropped his shirt to the floor in a heap, he looked at her.  Waiting to be told what to do next.

              “Come to me.”  She demanded.

              He went to stand in front of her near the bed.  She reached out and touched the waistband of his boxers and then stopped.  She sat up and turned to face him, her feet on the floor, her legs slightly apart.  She reached up and nudged him on the shoulders so that he would know to kneel down on the floor in front of her.  Once he was on the floor, she kissed him hard on the mouth and reached one hand down inside his boxers.  She found that he had become instantly hard by her touch.  She smiled.  She took one of his hands in hers and showed him where to put it.  She placed it between her legs.  He knew what to do.  He began by rubbing the hair down there and slowly circling around and around.  She lay back and pulled her feet up onto the bed so that her legs were spread wide.  He took both hands and began to touch her all over.  One hand went to her breasts and the other was still on her private place.  She raised and lowered her hips and then he leaned down and kissed her right on her sweetest, juiciest spot.  He ran his tongue up and down and all around.  It was sending her into orbit.  It felt so good that she wanted more.