3 GUYS, A GIRL, AND A ROSE
Chapter Thirteen
Looking in the mirror, Christina realized she
had dark circles under her eyes from crying. She had been too upset to even be
at the pub last night. She just had to leave. This girl had only been in Jack's
life for two days, and Christina felt like she was being replaced. She thought
to herself that she'd have fun tonight. It'd be just her and her boys.
She covered the dark circles with makeup. She
knew they wouldn't stay there permanently, but she didn't want them to be
shown. She wanted to look perfect tonight, so she found a black skirt and a
black short-sleeved shirt. She put on her knee-high black leather boots. She
curled her hair again and placed a black rose in her hair. If Jack wanted a
rose, she'd give him one. She almost cried when she thought about the first
night Fabrizio, Jack, and she hung out at Underground. They had come to her
door with white roses. The same night they met Tommy. Five months had passed,
and they had formed a close circle of friends. Jack and her had grown to be
best friends. It wasn't until a few nights ago that they had shared their first
kiss. They had almost again last night, but there was a minor interference. Two
to be exact. When Rose had come unexpectedly.
Christina shook these thoughts out of her
head. She didn't want to ruin her makeup. She knew the guys would be here any
minute, so she threw everything she needed inside her purse, perfumed herself,
and applied lip gloss to her lips. Then she heard the door buzz. She went to the
living room and pressed the button to let them in the building. She checked her
room to see if she was missing anything but she wasn't. She heard three knocks
on the door and answered it.
"You boys are looking hot tonight!"
she said, looking at her three best friends.
"And so do you, my lady," Jack
said, kissing her hand.
"You're a prima donna tonight."
Fabrizio kissed her on her cheek.
"Hey, sunshine! You look
fantastic!" Tommy gave her a hug.
"Oh, you boys flatter me too much!"
"We can't help it!" Jack said.
"Any man would love to walk side by side
with the Spanish princess." Fabrizio smiled at her. He was happy to see
her smiling.
"Not every day you see a beauty walking
around with three young men. We await for your departure. Are you ready,
miss?" Tommy asked. Christina grabbed her leather jacket and put it on.
"I am now." The four friends left
her apartment building. She felt happy again. Just her and her three boys. She
didn't feel like shit like she had for the past three days. She was happy for
now, but she was in for a whole lot more drama.
*****
"Rose, I don't want you to leave! I
command you not to!" Ruth said to her daughter.
"Mom, I am leaving now! I will
personally call Cal myself and apologize for not being present for dinner this
evening."
"Fine. Go."
"Thank you. Good night, Mother."
She kissed her mother’s cold cheek and went downstairs. Ruth meant it when she
said she wasn't gonna let Thomas drive her. She gave him the night off.
Rose went downstairs and waited for a cab to
come by. It was chilly, so she decided to wear red leather pants with a black
sleeveless shirt. Her feet were killing her in her stiletto heels and they were
kind of getting cold. At least she wore her jacket. She was so nervous about
seeing Jack again. It had been two nights since she met him and she already
felt close to him. She really liked him. She hadn't had a crush this big since
her senior year of high school.
Rose waited ten minutes until she saw an
empty cab. She hiked her hand for him to stop and she got in the cab. She told
him the address and was on his way. She felt so nervous, unaware of what was
gonna happen tonight.
*****
Christina had been dancing happily with Jack
for the past twenty minutes. The first thing she did when they got to the club
was drag him to the dance floor. Fabrizio was trying to talk to these girls and
Tommy just sat at the bar.
"I'm gonna go dance with Tommy,"
Christina said, as loud as she could, to Jack. She let go of his hand and went
to Tommy.
"Come on, Tommy! Dance with me!"
she said.
"I don't know."
"I like dancing with you! You're an
amazing dancer!" She grabbed Tommy's hands and went to the middle of the
dance floor. She placed Tommy's hands against her stomach and start dancing
against him. He was going along with it and she felt great. She turned around
to face him and she felt a strange attraction to him. She just thought it was
the music getting to her, because she could have sworn she wanted to just make
out with him. Five minutes later they joined Tommy and Fabrizio at the bar.
"It looked like you two were having sex
with your clothes on," Fabrizio said. Jack laughed and took a sip of his
beer.
"Shut up, Fabri! Hey, I haven't danced
with you in a while."
"What? Ya wanna dance with me?"
Fabrizio asked.
"Why not?" Fabrizio just shook his
head and put his drink down on the bar. He followed Christina onto the dance
floor. Fabrizio was dancing like a jackass on purpose. Christina couldn't help
but laugh. She knew Fabrizio was just being a good friend. He just wanted to
make her laugh. They danced for a while, then went back to talk to Tommy and
Jack.
"You're a fucking dick, Fabri! You get
the prize for the best-looking dildo on the dance floor," Tommy joked and
gave those guyish hugs to Fabrizio.
"Yeah, you certainly are, and that's why
we love ya!" Jack said, continuing to sip his beer. Tommy got off the
stool next to Jack's for Christina to sit down on. She leaned her elbow on his
shoulder.
"Who doesn't love me?" Fabrizio
said.
"I don't love ya, Fabri! I abso-fucking-lutely
love ya!" Christina said. Fabrizio went over to hug her.
"That's my girl!" Fabrizio said.
"Damn right I am!" The four friends
continued to joke around. Christina felt even more happy because of her and
Jack flirting again.
"Hey! Jack!" She heard a familiar
voice yell. She wished she didn't turn around. But she did. To see her. Rose.
*****
"Ow! Ow! Ow!" Fabrizio yelped, as
Christina pulled his ear, dragging him by the bathroom doors where it was
quiet. "You're fucking ripping my ear off!"
"Good! I'm glad. What the fuck is she
doing here?! What happened to just the four of us? Why is she here? You told me
she wasn't gonna be here!" She punched Fabrizio's arm.
"Ouch! Stop hitting me! I didn't know
she was coming. Jack must have invited her. I certainly didn't know she was
coming. Tommy didn't know, because he would have told me and I would have told
you!"
"Get rid of her!"
"I can't do that, Christina!"
"God, I don't even wanna go back
there."
Fabrizio hugged his friend, who was on the
verge of tears. "Don't worry! You still got me and Tommy! Let's just go
back out there and have ourselves a good time! Pretend she's not there. Can you
do that?" Fabrizio's hands were holding her face. Christina nodded her
head yes and Fabrizio hugged her. He felt so bad. "Now be a good girl and
don't start crying." She just continued to nod. "Good. Now let's go
back out there." He put his arm around her shoulder and went back to the
bar. He thought maybe he helped and the rest of the night was gonna go
smoothly. But he was dead wrong.