You Give Love a Bad Name

Jarod was sitting on the couch. He was watching a movie and it
was getting late. His eyes were getting heavy. He
wanted to see how it ended before turning in for the night.
He wasn't alone and knew that. Miss Parker slipped in quietly.
She saw him sitting on the couch.

"Ah. I have him right where I want him now." she said to
herself. She moved closer like a cat fixing to pounce on a
mouse. As she got to couch when he changed the channel to
VH-1. "I'll wait a few more minutes." he thought to himself.
Then she reached out to touch him when he turned around.

"What took you so long?" he asked.

She looked at him confused. "What?...How did you...?"

"I knew you were coming." he finished her sentence. "I
wondered how long it was going to take a smart beautiful
woman like yourself to follow the trail I left you." She
looked at him and smiled. "I hope you didn't tell anyone
where you were going."

She shook her head no. "Come, sit." Jarod says. He reaches
over to kiss her. She pulls away.

"What do you think you are doing?" she asked as
she quickly moved.

"I just wanted to kiss you." he replies as he moves
toward her again.

"Wait a minute. I don't like this."

"What? Me making the first move. I didn't mean to catch you
off guard." he replies as he inches a little closer.

"Yeah. What you just said?" she says confused. 'I've never
seen this side of him before.' she says to herself.

Jarod leans back against the sofa. He goes for her hand. "I
just wanted to see you again. I thought you felt the same."

"Jarod." she says. Then she stops and looks over at him as
she walks across the room.

"What?" he asked.

"Nothing." she says as she shakes her head.

He gets up and walks over to her. He wraps his arms around
her waist. He whispers in her ear, "I missed you. I haven't
seen you since New Orleans."

She closes her eyes and licks her lips. She liked feeling him
next to her. She says, "You know we have to quit meeting like
this." She opens her eyes and turns around to face him. Their
eyes meet. Then their lips. Jarod's tongue enters her mouth
slowly. Their tongues both fight for the kiss. Then she pulls
away. "We can't do this."

"Why?" he asked.

"Because....I....I have already fallen in love with you." she
says slowly and softly.

"Then why are you pulling away? You are the one that keeps
coming to me." he says softly.

"I know." she whispers. She looks into his big brown eyes and
says, "But you make it so easy to find you." She walks back to
the couch and sits down.

Jarod hears.....

Shot through the heart and you're to blame

He walks over to the couch and sits down beside her. He
doesn't say a word. He listens to the song....

An angel's smile is what you sell
You promise me heaven, then put me through hell
Chains of love got a hold on me
When passion's a prison, you can't break free

He says, "You know this song fits you."

She looks at him and says, "I don't think so."

You're a loaded gun
There's nowhere to run
No one can save me
The damage is done

Shot through the heart and you're to blame
You give love a bad name
I play my part and you play your game
You give love a bad name

You paint your smile on your lips
Blood red nails on your fingertips
A school boy's dream, you act so shy
Your very first kiss was your kiss goodbye

"Then prove it." he says back.

She grabs him and kisses his soft, warm lips. She lets go of
him and he falls back. "Wow." he said.

She looked at him and knew she wanted him. She moves closer
to him and falls down on him pushing him against the couch.
She had him penned right where she wanted him. She looked into
his eyes and slowly went to kiss him again. With her
lips on his, she kissed him softly. His top lips then the
bottom one. Then her tongue enter his mouth. He licked the
roof of her mouth before his tongue met hers. He grabbed her
hand and held it. She pushed it down on the couch above his
head. He wanted to free it so he could explore her body. She
ran her fingers over his bare chest. Then kissed it
passionately. He went to roll her over and they fell on the
floor.

"Sorry." he said. "I hope I didn't hurt you."

She didn't say anything. She continued kissing him. As their
clothes flew across the room, she helped him find his way into
her. After awhile he laid beside her running his fingers up
and down her body. She heard another song begin to play
and she said, "I think this song fits me."

Why should we wait for some better time
There may not even be a tomorrow
Ain't no sence in losing your mind
I'm going to make it worth the ride
Don't you know, I won't give up until I'm satisfied
Don't you know, why should I stop until I'm satisfied

He looks up at her with a confused look on his face.

"Jarod, don't tell me you don't get it."

He looked at her again and she said, "I won't give up until
I'm satisfied. I thought you knew me better than that. I
don't give up UNTIL I am satisfied." She smiled at him and
rolled over on him. "What do you say, Jarod? I'm not
satisfied yet." she said with a smile. Then kissed him. He
wrapped his arms around her. They went after each other again.

**********

The next morning, Parker woke to the sound of her cell phone.
She looked around until she found it.

"What?" she answered.

"Miss Parker, where are you?" Broots asked.

"None of your business, Broots." she answers.

"Boy, your a grouch in the morning." he replied.

"Is Sydney there?" she asked.

"Yeah, he's right here."

"Let me talk to him." she said forcefully.

Broots handed him the phone and he said, "Hello."

"Syd, why did you let that idioit call me this early
in the morning?"

"It's not that early. Where are you?"

She looked around and said, "I'm in a hotel room in Montana."

"Why are you there?"

"I followed a trail on Jarod." She sits down on the bed where
Jarod is. He was still asleep or at least pretended to be.

"Why did you go alone?"

"I didn't want to bother you. The message came in late last
night so I headed out myself. I didn't want to take the
chance of losing him this time." she replied.

"Well, did you find him?"

She looked over at him and again. He rolled over and looked
up at her. "No. I have a few more places to look. I will let
you know what I find." She tries to hang up the phone when she
hears, "Miss Parker wait."

"What?" she answers.

"When will you be home?" he asked.

Jarod grabbed her hand and kissed it. She stares into his
brown eyes and says, "I don't know. A few days."

"Okay, be careful." he says as she hangs up the phone. She
lays it on the table and turns back to Jarod.

"When did we make it to the bed?" she asked.

"I carried you after you fell asleep. I didn't want you to
catch a cold in the floor."

"I guess you dressed me too." she replied looking at his
shirt she had on.

"Yeah." he answered. He reached for her lips again. They kissed.

She stayed a couple of days with Jarod before returning to
the Centre. As she walked in Sydney's office. He asked,
"Well, did you find him?"

"No." she answered. "Did you find something here?"

"No. I haven't heard from him in a while." Sydney answered.

"Well, keep looking. I will be in my office if you come up
with something." she says as she walks out.

As the day goes on, it's getting late so she heads for home.
Sydney walks in her office and says, "Can I walk you out?"

"Sure." she answers. "Give me a moment." She gathers up some
files and walks out with Syd.

She gets to her car. "See you tomorrow." she replies as she
got in the car to leave.

She drives home and unlocks the door. She enters her house and
sat her stuff down. Jarod comes out from the dark.
He says, "I missed you."

She jumps and says, "What are you doing here? Someone could
be watching." she looks out the window.

He walks over to her and says, "I don't care. I want you."
He kissed her neck.

"Jarod, it's not safe here."

"Well, I will leave tomorrow, but tonight I'm staying with
you." he says as he kissed her again. She wrapped her arms
around his neck and returned his kissed. He picked her up and
headed toward the bedroom. He laid her down on the bed and
looked out the window. "I don't see anyone." he whispered.

He kissed her again. She laid on her side and watched him as
he unbuttoned his jeans and pulled them off. She looked at
his glow-in-the-dark boxers which read, 'Yes.' "Jarod, are
you trying to tell me something?" she replied.

He looked down at his shorts and started to laugh. "I guess
so." He climbed in the bed and kissed her.

**********

They next morning she woke to the sound of the doorbell.
Jarod wasn't in the bed so she figured he slipped out. She
opened the door and saw Sydney standing there.

"Miss Parker, you're running late."

"What are you doing here?" she asked as she squinted from
the sunlight.

"I thought I would pick you up this morning."

"Syd, no offense but you never come to pick me up." she replied.

"Well, I thought I would this morning. I was worried about
you." He walked in and noticed clothes throw everywhere. "I'm
sorry I didn't realized you brought someone home last night."

"What?" she saw the clothes. "Oh, yeah." she quickly responded.

Jarod walked out of the bathroom and said, "Where do you
keep...?" He stopped what he was saying and stared at Sydney.
"Sydney." he responded slowly. "What are you doing here?"

"Jarod." he said with a smile. Then Sydney turned to walk
out. "I'm sorry. See you at work." he said as he headed out
the door.

"Syd, wait." Parker yelled toward him as she followed him out
on the steps. He kept going and didn't turn back.

Parker went back in the house. "Jarod, I have to go. I will
be home early. Will you still be here?"

He walked over to her and said, "I wouldn't leave for
anything." He gave her a kiss. She quickly got dressed and
headed out the door.

Sydney walked into the his office. Broots followed him in.
"Syd, what's wrong?" Broots noticed a surprised looked on
his face.

"Uh. Oh, nothing." he answered. He couldn't help but think
about Jarod and Miss Parker.

"Sydney, you look distracted." Broots replied.

"It's nothing, Broots. Have you heard from Jarod lately?"

"No." he answered.

Parker comes running in. "Sydney. We have to talk." She sees
Broots in there and stops in her tracks.

Broots looks at her then over to Sydney. "I have to go." he
quickly said. He knew something was going to happen and he
wasn't sure if he wanted to be in there.

Parker walked over his desk and sat down. "Sydney...."

"Parker, what you do is your business not mine." he responded.

"Sydney, would you please listen to me?"

"What?" he answered.

"What you saw....well....I don't know how to explain it. Come
over tonight and we can talk about it. I don't want to take a
chance of someone over hearing us here. Will you come over?"

He looked up into her blue eyes. "Okay. I will come over."

Broots opened the door. "Uh...Can I....Uh...Can I come in?" he
said as he peeked his head in the doorway.

"Yes." they answered. Parker hopped off Sydney's desk.

"This just came for you." he handed it to Parker. She opened
the envelope and find a note that read....

I miss you. Come home soon.

She folded it up and stuck it in her pocket. Broots said,
"Was it a note from Jarod?"

"No. Something else I have to take care of." She turned to
Sydney, "I will see you later." She turned to walk out.

Broots and Sydney looked at each other and went on about
their business.

*********

Later in the evening, Parker returned home. Jarod was hiding
in the back of her house.

"Jarod." she said softly. "Where are you?"

He didn't answer. "Great, he left." she said to herself.

"No, he didn't." he said as he came out to where she could
see him.

She smiled and walked over to him. "I told you I would be
here when you got home." he said softly. He put his hands on
her face.

"I know but I also know how you disappear a lot." she replied.

"Well, let me show you that I'm not leaving any time soon."
he said as he kissed her soft lips. His lips moved down her
neck and toward her chest. She let out a soft moan. Then the
door bell rang. He stopped and said, "Who can that be?"

"It's Sydney. I asked him to come over so we could talk to
him." she replied as she moved away from him and headed
toward the door.

"Wait. Just in case." he said as he went to her bedroom.

She opened the door and saw Sydney. "Come in." she replied.

Sydney walked in. "Have a sit." she said. He sat down in the
chair. Jarod came out of her room. "Sydney." he said.

"Jarod." he answered. Jarod sat down on the couch facing
Sydney. Parker said, "Sydney, I wanted you to come so we
could explain this to you." She sat down on the arm of the
couch beside Jarod. She took his hand into hers.

Sydney looked at them like he couldn't believe what he was
seeing. He always knew that fate would bring them together
but for him to see it right before his eyes. He still
couldn't believe it.

"I thought you knew." Parker said.

"Knew what?" he answered.

"Wasn't it you that sent me the tape?" Jarod asked.

"What tape?" Sydney asked.

"You really didn't know." she said.

"No, I don't know what you are talking about." he answered.

Jarod pulled out the silver case and pushed in the DSA tape.
Sydney saw Parker in Jarod's room at the Centre.
They were kissing.

"I've never seen this." Sydney explains. "I went to the tower
to find Parker when I saw her in your room. You were talking.
Broots came in and said that Mr. Raines was on his way down
there. And that is when I took off down there to warn you,
Parker. I met you in the hall, remember."

"Yeah. I do." she responds. She reached over and gave Jarod
a kiss on the neck. Then she added. "If you didn't send the tape
then who did." Parker saw Sydney looking at her. She
pulled away from Jarod and sat there not touching him. She
couldn't believe she let someone see her happy. Even if the
someone was Sydney.

"I know who did." Jarod answered.

"Who?" she asked.

"Angelo." he whispered.

"So, you two have been seeing each other ever since then and
didn't tell me." Sydney replied.

"I thought you knew." she answered.

"Yeah, I know what you thought but you should have told me."
he replied.

"I'm sorry, Syd." she answered.

"It's okay." he responded. He could tell by looking in her
eyes she wanted him. "I better go." he added as he got up
from his seat.

"Don't rush off." she answered.

"No, I have some things to take care of." he said as he
headed for the door. Parker followed him and saw him out.
"See you tomorrow." he replied as he waved bye from his car.

Parker went back inside. Jarod was gone. "Jarod." she yelled.

"I'm in here." he answered.

"Where?"

He came around the corner and said, "Right here."

"Would you quit doing that to me?"

"What?"

"Hiding." she replied.

"I'm sorry. I wanted to make sure the back door was locked."

She stood there and stared at him in a white tee shirt and
tight button fly 501 Levi's. "Why are you looking at me that
way?" he responded.

She bit her lip and said, "Jarod, how you ever seen that
movie, Top Gun with Tom Cruise?"

"I might have. Why?"

"Well, do you remember that part where they are in the bar
and Meg Ryan says to Anthony Edwards, 'Take me to bed or lose
me forever'."

"Yeah." he says smiling. "Show me the way home." he replies.

She walks over to him and take his hand. She leans him
to the bedroom.

**********

Sometime in the middle of the night she wakes to find him
gone. She notices a light on in the kitchen. She gets up and
goes in there slowly. She finds Jarod digging around in her
refrigerator. She walks up behind him and puts her hands on
his back. He jumps.

"What are you doing?" she asked.

"Looking for something to eat."

"There not much in there." she answers.

"I know. How do you eat?"

"I don't have time. You know, with chasing you and all."

He closes the door and turns to look at her. He sees she is
wearing his tee shirt. She backed him up against the
refrigerator door and starts kissing him. He licks her lips
with his and bend down to pick her up. She wrapped her arms
and legs around him. He carried her to the kitchen table and
laid her down. He climbed on top and kissed her again. She
calls out his name as he holds onto her.

***********

The next morning she woke to her bed again. She rolled over
to touch Jarod. He was still asleep. She kissed his chest and
he began to move. He opened his eyes and stared down at her.
She wraps her arms around his chest and sees herself in the
mirror. He has his big muscular arms around her like he is
protecting her. He looks down at her again.

"I have to leave." he says.

"I know." she answers. She looks up at him and says, "When
will I see you again?"

"I don't know. Soon. I hope." he answers.

"When are you leaving?" she asked.

"After you leave for work. If I wait until tonight I'm afraid
I won't go."

"I'm afraid I won't let you go." she says. "What if I don't go
to work today?"

"You have to or I'm afraid I won't leave."

"That's not a bad thing, is it?"

"No, but I can't stay here forever. Someone would find out
and they would hurt you. I couldn't live with myself if
someone hurt you." he answers.

She gives him a kiss and says, "I better get ready for
work." Jarod watches her leave the bed. He hated to leave her but
knew it was the right thing to do.

As she gets ready to leave she walks over to him, gives him
a kiss. "I'm going to miss you."

"I'm going to miss you too. I hope you catch me soon." he
responds. He grabs her hand and holds onto it.

"Me too." she says as she starts backing away from him,
letting go his hand. She turns to walk out and looks back at
him one time laying in her bed. Then she walks out. He hears
her car start up and drive off. He gathers up his things and
leaves.

The End!