Ruining Me (15 page)

We danced for several songs.  I had gotten a pretty good buzz
and
was
finally enjoying myself.  The band finally came on stage and the dance floor became packed.  Glancing around I
notice K
ane and I guess it was his brother
playing pool and several girls were gathered around.  Sweat poured down my hairline and
across my chest. 

Kyle’s mouth
was suddenly
on my neck and I didn’t like it.  I pulled away from him an
d he gripped my body tighter.  Pushing away from him
,
he
only
laughed and shook his head
no
while he
tried to pull me closer
.  I could feel the panic coming
over me, but before I could react
,
an arm w
rapped
around my wa
i
st and pulled me
away from him. 
  Kyle was staring behind me and
then I
heard a voice in my ear.

“Ja
y
, is this douchebag bothering you?”
I could tell Kyle could hear him.

“No problems here
.  We were just dancing, but I guess we’re done.” 
Kyle replied back and turned around to walk away. 

The music changed to something slow and sexy.  I turned around in Kane’s arms to face him.  His jeweled eyes were gleaming and he wasn’t smiling.  My arms
automatically
move up
and
around his neck.  We
start dancing
,
never taking our eyes off each other.  I’d never been more aware of another human being as I was right then.  He gripped m
e
and pulled me closer to him. 
I f
inally shut
my eyes and laid my head down on his shoulder.  He sang softly into my ear.   Shivers ran down my body and I sighed against his neck.  I could feel his body tighten against me. 
When the song ended h
e pulled back and looked at me. 

“I am so pissed at you Ja
y
.
”

“You’ll get over it,” I
said
.

He laughed at me and shook his head.  “
Yeah I guess I will. 
Come on.  I want
to introduce you to my brother,” h
e said as he pulled me
through all the bodies on the dance floor and
over
to
the pool tables.  When we got closer I watched his brother
turn towards us.

“So this must be Ja
y
,” he stated and continued, “nice dance moves.”  He laughed
to
himself. 
Kane looked at me and
shrugged
.
 

“Shut up Cole.  Ja
y
this is Cole.  Cole this is Ja
y
.” 

I glance
back at Cole and say
, “Hi.”  Kan
e sat down on a stool and pulls
me to
set on
his lap. 

Cole racked up the balls for another game and
asked,
“
So
my brother tells me you are a senior in high school.”
He had a smirk across his face.  I guess that was funny to him.  “Girls sure didn’t look like you when I was in high school.”

“Cole,” Kane warned.  His eyes were hard on his brother.

“What?  I’m just saying your girl is fine
,
brother.  A little young, but at least legal.”  He laughed.  I could tell that Kane was getting pissed.  His jaw was clenching again. 

Cole broke the balls then turned toward me again.  “
What are your plans for college?”

“I don’t have any at the moment,” I said to him.  That always stuns people when you tell them that and Cole
had
a
stunned expression on his face

“
So what,
you’re
not going to college?” 

“I have no long term plans
at this moment
.  We’ll see how everything goes.”  I could
tell he didn’t like my answers, but b
efore he could ask anything else, I turn to see Kip heading toward me.
 
Kip look
s
pissed
as he walk
s
right up to me.

“What the hell Jay? 
JT
is a fucking mess.  Did you know that
Coach
almost benched
him for
the first game this Friday
because he won’t tell anyone who beat the shit out of him? 
Coach even
called our parents and they have his ass on lock down. 
I know it had something to do with you so don’t lie. 
When I tried to talk to him he just mentioned that something had went down at your house.  Is this the fucker that beat the shit
out of him?
”
 

Kip
gla
red
at Kane behind me. 
I could feel Kane’s body tense beneath mine.  Kip is a big guy, but he had nothing on Kane.  Kane
pushed me from his lap and went to stand up behind me. 
I
needed
to diffuse the situation and fast.

“Listen Kip,
JT
and I had a misunderstanding. 
We were fighting and Kane mistook the
situation.  It wasn’t his fault.  He
thought
JT
was hurting me
.”

Kip kept glaring at Kane.  I heard Cole chuckle behind me and
open his big mouth. 

“Dude, you
really
don’t w
ant any of my little brother, the boy can fight.  I d
o like to be entertained though and someone trying to kick his ass is always funny.
”

I glare at Cole because he wasn’t helping the situation.

Kip turned toward me and said, “You know that
JT
would never hurt you.  He fucking loves you
,
Jay. 
It’s always been just you
for him forever
, but h
e’s going to
fuck up his f
ootball scholarship
if he doesn’t get his shit together. 
Don’t let your
stuff
bring him down, whatever
it
is.”

I stare at Kip for a couple of seconds.  I’ve seen Kip out several times over the past couple of years.  He never
really
brought
JT
up
,
so I was shocked that he was saying anything now.

“Kip, he came to my house and forced his way in.  I have told him repeatedly that we
are
over.”

He shakes
his head at me, “
You know
you’ll never be over until
you give him
closure. 
Can you not just give him that Jay
?
”  He turns
and walk
s
away. 

I could see Cole out of the co
rner of my eye staring at me.  He look
s
like he
is
trying to
figure out what his brother has
g
otten involved
with.  Turning toward
Kane
I
glance up
at him. 

“
It’s late
and I’ve got to go
.  I’ll talk with you
later.”  I start
to walk away, but he
pull
s
me back to him
.

“
You’ve been drinking. 
I’ll
drive you
home
in your car and Cole can follow us
.”
  He wasn’t asking.

“
Okay, thanks.” 

Kane
and Cole
follow
me out of the bar
.  Kane said something to his brother and then headed toward me as Cole went the other way. 
Neither of us said anything to each other.  When I reach my car
I g
ive him the keys and he opens
the door for me to get in
. 
We pull out and I notice that Cole was following behind us.

“Thanks for driving me home.” 

He nod
s
his head at me and turn
s
on the radio. 
Coldplay
filled the silence. 
I look out the window and thought about what Kip said.

“How long have you and that guy
’
s brother been broken up?
”
  His voice was low.

“For about two years.”  He turns his head t
owards me with surprise on his face. 

“Two years
?  How long were you with him?”

“Since we were in middle school I guess.  He was my first and only boyfriend pretty much.”

“Are you ready to tell me why you guys broke up?” 

“Not really.  No one knows
,
Kane.  I don’t ever talk about it.”  I turn away and look out the passenger side window. 

We dr
i
ve the rest of the way in si
lence.  He pull
s
into my drive
way and turn
s
the car off.  I look back and
see
Cole pull in
behind us.  We both g
et
out
of
the
car at the
same time
and he
walk
s
around to where I
am
standing.  I start
to tell him g
oodnight
,
when he gently cradle
s
my face with his hands and force
s
me to look into his eyes. 

“You pissed me off tonight.  I was just telling my brother about you over dinner and then we walk into the fucking bar and
you’re
on the dance floor with another guy.”

“I figured you wised up and decided to drop me like a bad habit,” I replied sarcastically. 

“I
should, but for some crazy reason I can’t get you out of my head.  I wasn’t going to call you all weekend and give
us
some
space
. 
I’m trying to slow everything down for you and give you time, but you’ve got to be on the same fucking page as me.  You frustrate the hell out of me. 
I’m working the next two nights at the bar.  Next
Friday night we are going on a date.  I’ll pick you up at seven
.”  It wasn’t a question. 

Looking
into his eyes
I
knew that right now he had me.  “I’ll be ready at seven.”

He grin
s
at me and says,
“Good girl.  I’ll train you yet.”  He laugh
s as I punch
him in the arm. 
He leans
down and presse
s
his lips against mine.  It was just a simple kiss, but it ignited my body.  I open my mouth and let his tongue touch mine.  It was
over before it got really good, because Cole chose that moment to honk his truck horn.