Love by Douglas R

Author:Douglas R. [R, Douglas]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, fantasy
Published: 2014-12-23T05:00:00+00:00

19

"You kissed her!" Sherri throws her arms up.

"I thought you'd do better than that," says Matty.

Sherri shoots him a glare and elbows his side. "Ouch!"

Blake watches his friends's reactions from the other side of the table at Five O'clock. Their Xtra-literature book for the year, The Hunger Games rests in the middle of their POP, chicken rolls and garlic bread.

"She got my camera?"

"Yeah," says Blake.

"Oh no," Sherri buries her face on the table. Her hands fall on her head.

"Awesome man!"

"Guys, is this right?" says Sherri. "Oh wait," she looks up and swipes a glance around them. "I'm asking the wrong people."

"What could go wrong?" says Blake.

"For starters you kissed her. Now she thinks you love her and who knows..." Sherri's eyes turn to slits, laser-focused on a fact she can't believe she missed was right there on his face. "... unless you really do like her!"

"Well..." Blake searches for a word to begin with but he can't defend the truth and Matty begins to laugh and point fingers while stuffing chicken rolls with his other hand.

"You should join the cast for Harry Potter and the Girl from Outer Space," Sherri takes her POP and drinks it all down.

"What's wrong with an inter-galactical relationship?" says Matty.

"Everything is wrong with that! Every darn spooky thing!"

"What about that movie... uh what was it..."

"The Girl From Mars." says Blake.

Matty snaps his fingers. "Yeah. The Girl From Mars. The dude had a crush on this alien girl who came to earth and they got married. See? There's nothing wrong with showing some love."

Sherri pouts and turns away. She stares back at the chicken rolls, eyes empty like she's lost her appetite.

"If it makes you better, there's no way she can come to earth. So you don't have to fret on that," says Blake.

Sherri stares out the glass wall. "That's all right. I already got my own pain in the ass right here."

When Blake turns to the window and sees Charlie sauntering toward the café Sherri is already out of her seat and heading for the door beside the counter.

"Sherri, hold up!" Blake races up to her.

"I've got to get back to my job, Blake. Can we talk later?"

He takes her hand and begins to lead her to the door. "No."

"Whatever, let's do this quick," she slides her beanie over the back of her head and follows Blake outside as Charlie waltzes right by them and takes a seat beside Matty.

"So?"

Sherri sighs, "Matty's splitting his time. Like now we were sitting together but when she shows up, I get to my job. It's better that way."

They slowly walk across the curb, almost as if eavesdropping on the customers on the other side of the glass.

"Doesn't seem like you like the plan."

"What else can we do? If Matty's gonna keep dating Charlie then this is the best compromise. I don't want him to do drugs again."

Blake gives her an empathetic look before turning to their blue truck. "Okay. Time for a blue truck talk."

It's something they've been doing for years.

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