Colin Preston Rocked And Rolled by Murray Bert

Author:Murray, Bert [Murray, Bert]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, azw3
Publisher: Createspace
Published: 2010-12-13T16:00:00+00:00

2.

I FINALLY GOT Jasmine on the phone. She told me she’d been studying for her astronomy exam. I hoped she wasn’t with that asshole Jack. I wanted to surprise her. About 1 in the afternoon I stopped by.

In one hand I held a sunflower and in the other hand I held a white box with a blue ribbon on top that had the amethyst necklace inside. Jasmine opened her door wearing a pink bathrobe and nothing on her feet. She seemed surprised to see me and hesitated a second before completely opening the door. There was a troubled expression on her face and she seemed distracted.

I looked around her room. I saw the poster, over her bed, of Jim Morrison singing in leather pants. Her large lava lamp with its green and red wax blobs that continually changed their shape sat on top of her bureau. The lamp was a remarkable demonstration of chaos theory. It was totally Jasmine.

Also on her bureau were two white candles and her brass dragon incense holder. She was burning apple spice. I breathed in some of the incense and walked over and sat on her bed. After she closed the door, she sat next to me.

“Jesus, Jasmine. I’ve been trying to reach you for days. This is such a stupid fight. I love you,” I said.

“Colin, we need to talk.”

“OK. But first I have something for you,” I said, handing her the white box with the blue ribbon and the sunflower.

“I wish you hadn’t done all this.”

“I wanted to.”

She put the sunflower in a vase and went down the hallway to the bathroom to fill the vase with water. She came back and sat on the bed with me again.

I handed her the box. “It’s a surprise. Open it.”

She stared at the box for a couple of seconds and then took it from me. She undid the ribbon and opened the box. She lifted the amethyst necklace out and pressed it against her chest. For a second, I thought she was going to put it around her neck. But for some reason she changed her mind and put the necklace back in the box. Jasmine handed me the box. “It’s very pretty. But I can’t accept this. It’s too late now.”

I was confused. “Why not? What do you mean? It’s an amethyst. Your birthstone.”

She rubbed her chin. “It’s us. I think we’re spending too much time together. I don’t have enough time to hang out with my friends or study.”

I stood up and walked over to the tape machine. I picked up her Doors’ Greatest Hits tape and slipped it into the deck. The Crystal Ship sounded as calming as ever. Maybe Jim Morrison’s singing would soften Jasmine’s attitude. Jasmine stared at me. There was no sign of hope in her cold green eyes.

“Jasmine, what’s going on?” I asked.

“I told you. Aren’t you listening?”

“All you said was that you were busy.”

“Exactly. I need time to be my own person. I don’t want to be tied down to one person.

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