She Said, Three Said by David B. Lyons

Author:David B. Lyons [Lyons, David B.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-01-29T06:00:00+00:00

22:10

Zach

She’s still laughing – hasn’t stopped – as the rickshaw guy races off Grafton Street, turning right at Stephen’s Green to make his way back towards Coppers.

I’ve used a couple of cheesy lines – not my normal approach – but they seemed to have worked. Though I’m still not sure if she’s into me or into Jason more. I decide to stop with the cheesiness; cut to the chase.

‘Your eyes are amazin’,’ I say. She doesn’t answer. Just stares at me, purses her lips in mock embarrassment before turning away. I’m sure she’s heard that line a million times before.

‘I’ve a feelin’ me and you are gonna hook up tonight,’ I say.

‘What?’ she says, turning to me again.

‘Yeah… I’m not saying that we’re gonna hook up right now, but at some stage tonight.’

I smile. Her mouth just falls open. Then she looks the other way again.

I’m not sure how to take that. Maybe she’s thinkin’ about telling me that my prediction is not gonna happen in any way shape or form. Or maybe she’s contemplating it; wondering if she should be pursuing me now, not Jason.

I allow the silence to remain between us. I’ve done most of the talkin’ anyway for the past ten or fifteen minutes. All she’s done is laugh. We’re about five minutes away from the club. I needed to let her know what I was thinking. Needed to do it before we got back, before she ran into Jason’s arms. I did the right thing, no matter how awkward I feel right now.

Tina’s face threatens to pop into my head but I don’t let it. Fuck that. She bores me. We’re just set in our ways. Our relationship is a necessity, because we have two kids, but it’s boring. I know it and she knows it. She doesn’t mind me going to the pub all the time, doesn’t mind me going to clubs. She’s probably aware I cheat on her, but she’s willing to turn a blind eye, just to keep the family together.

I don’t like being a parent. Have never been afraid to admit that. Once the kids came along, all the doors to my life closed. It meant I could never follow my brothers to other corners of the world; could never make life choices that I’d like to have had the option to make. Freedom becomes a thing of the past once you become a parent. It sucks. Plus, kids are annoying as hell. Who the fuck wants a poxy little six-year-old snotty-nosed high-pitched idiot running around their house anyway?

I’m pretty certain that lads only have kids because women talk them into it. And women only have kids because they feel that’s what they’re supposed to do. If anyone thinks it through properly, like really thinks the whole thing through, the world’s population would be a helluva lot smaller.

‘You got any kids?’ I ask. The silence has been going on too long.

‘Me? No!’ she says. ‘You?’

I shake my head. Stare up at the night sky as our rickshaw guy approaches Harcourt Street.

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