ELEVEN: LIPSTICKS LESBIANS
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On the television, a shrink named Dr. Isabel de Obaldia picked up the telephone and spoke, “This is Doctor de Obaldia returning his call. I’m in session for the next forty-five minutes.” She hung up the phone. Another gorgeous, younger woman, a British woman named Helena Peabody, was sitting across from her. Dr. Obaldia then said, “We need to talk.” 2
Helena smiled, “Isn’t that why I’m here?” She took off her jacket, and for some odd reason, it was making Dr. Obaldia nervous. 3
“Please don’t do that.” 4
She glanced back up at her, frowning. “What am I doing, Isabel?” 5
“You know exactly what you’re doing.” 6
Helena sat back, crossing her legs. She stared straight at her. “Are you ashamed of what happened?” 7
Dr. Obaldia looked away. “It was profoundly wrong,” she answered quickly. “I...I could lose my license.”8
“I would never do that...” 9
“I have a responsibility to you,” She spoke, “And I abused that responsibility.” She hesitated for a moment before finishing with, “I’m sorry.” 10
Helena smiled. “I’m not. HOW is it wrong—” 11
“It’s absolute wrong!” 12
“—To act on desire! When we’re both suffocating from it?” she grinned quite seductively. “When it harms NO ONE...when it’s so fucking...EXCRUCIATING?!” She slowly walked to her, seductively. 13
Obaldia appeared VERY nervous now. “But...I have done you a great disservice.” As Helena walked ever so closer, Obaldia continued, “Please! I am asking you to sit back down.” But Helena leaned over and kissed her neck. Obaldia sighed in ecstasy. Unable to resist Helena any longer, Obaldia stood up, grabbed her ass. Helena wrapped a leg around Obaldia and they kiss hungrily. Helena began to take off the woman’s jacket and... 14
Loud, booming drums paved wave for an upbeat pop song and opening credits. A woman started singing, “Girls in tight dresses who drag with mustaches! Chicks driving fast, ingénues with long lashes!” The loud song woke up David, who was lying on the couch. He looked up and saw Loc Dog watching television. He then looked at the shots of gorgeous women on the television. Those women looked familiar. 15
“Loc? You watching my L Word DVDs?” 16
Loc looked and saw David. “Hey man! Did I wake you?” 17
“No, but that did.” 18
“Talking, laughing, loving, breathing, fighting, fucking, crying, drinking, riding, winning, losing, cheating, kissing, thinking, dreaming! This is the way...It’s the way that we live…It’s the way that we liiiiiiiiiiiiive......And loooooooooooove!” The music ended. 19
“God that song’s starting to get annoying,” David muttered. 20
“Yeah, well I heard you got these so I decided to borrow them.” 21
David looked at it and saw the title, which was “Lynch Pin.” He glanced up at Loc and frowned. “Loc, this is episode four, season two.” 22
“So?” 23
“Why don’t you just watch the beginning? You won’t be as confused. I have season one, too.” 24
“What do you mean?” 25
“The storyline.” Awkward silence filled the room as Loc stared at him, confused. David then sighed, “You just want to watch the lesbian sex, do you?” 26
“Yep. I love lesbians.” 27
“......” He then glanced at the ceiling. “Lipstick Lesbians.” 28
Huh? “What?” 29
“They’re feminine lesbians who only like other feminine lesbians.” 30
“Oh. So...they’re not doing any butch lesbians? Just other hot women?” 31
“Pretty much.” 32
“Alright! That’s even better!” Because every man loves hot steamy lesbian sex. Lipstick Lesbian sex, that is. 33
“Right. Everyone still asleep?” 34
“Nope. At the diner. Those ladies are serving pancakes.” David suddenly looked up at the cubbies inside Fieldy’s bus. And speaking of which, Fieldy’s cubby was empty as well. David frowned and buried his head back on the couch. Suddenly events from last night clouded him. He wanted to cry again. But since Loc was right beside him fast-forwarding to lipstick lesbian sex, he had to hold it all back. He also realized that he was dreaming about the first time he laid eyes on Fieldy, their first kiss, the first time they fucked...and then the first time they made love. And all the drama in-between. “They’re actually good. The pancakes. Better than Denny’s,” Loc said, snapping David from his thoughts. “You should go.” 35
David sat up. He slowly nodded. “You know what? I should go.” 36
“Just don’t scare off Dana.” 37
“What do you mean?” 38
“Last night Jonathan had this porno—” 39
“Oh god, do I really want to know?” 40
“Not really, but this video really scared her. And now she’s all freaking out, quasi-insane even. Now there was this other porno where this woman—” 41
“Noooo!! I dun wanna hear it!!”
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Most of everyone was at the diner, eating pancakes, as Loc had said. Yen, Carl and Zac sat on one table. Next to them, was a very distraught Dana. One of her eyes was twitching... 43
“You think she’s okay?” Carl whispered to Zac as Dana continued to stare in deep space. 44
“I dunno.” 45
“She was doing fine until we saw that video of that girl getting jumped by those men,” Yen stated. “I’m horrified by that myself, but...” 46
“Well, Jon said he apologized to her about that video. Said he never saw it before.” 47
Carl scoffed, “Sure he did. And Tina’s not bisexual.” 48
“Huh?” Zac was puzzled. “Who’s Tina?” 49
“The L Word. Dah-veed’s got DVD collections from the show’s first two seasons and had tapes he recorded of the third. Well, Tina’s one of the characters, who been in a relationship with another woman—Miss Bette Porter—for eight years. Had a family together and all. And then she finds out she still likes men!” 50
“Oh.” 51
“It’s a really awesome show,” Yen said. “Great storyline, as well as hot steamy sex scenes. I don’t think Jenny’s a psychopath.” 52
Kalen was just walking to his table when he found Dana staring into deep space. “Dana? You all right?” He snapped his fingers in front of her face. “Earth to Dana! Yoo-hoo! Hel—” 53
“YAAAAA!!!!!!” She suddenly screamed, scaring the shit out of everyone. She grabbed Kalen by the collar. “THEY’RE GONNA RAPE ME!!!” 54
“What?!” 55
“RAAAAPPPPEEEEEE!!!!!!!” 56
“...Dana, that was just a video—” 57
“NO IT WASN’T!!!” she screamed in a demonic voice. “THEY’RE GONNA FUCK ME IN THE ASS AND MAKE ME SUCK THEIR COCKS AND JERK OFF ON MEEE-HEEEEE!!!!” She sobbed on the floor. Fieldy was just there when he saw her sobbing. 58
“What’s wrong with Dana?” he asked Kalen, concerned. Kalen, however, simply stood there, completely paralyzed. 59
She looked up at the guys. “OH MY GOD!!! NOT AGAIN!!!” And then she ran to the bathroom. 60
“I’ll talk to her...” 61
“No, I’ll talk to her,” Yen spoke up and walked to the bathroom. 62
“I think we as men should try to not be near her for awhile,” Rob sighed. “Because she’ll think we’re trying to do stuff to her.” 63
“What do you mean?” Fieldy asked. 64
“You weren’t with us, last night, were you?” 65
“No.” 66
“Well there was this one video...”
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A half hour later... 68
“I didn’t know that video was like that,” Jonathan sighed. Munky was with him, walking into the diner. The small bell rung as they opened the door. 69
“Sure you didn’t,” Munky replied. “Remember that porno I had that was really a gay porno?” 70
“No.” 71
“Well it happened.” 72
“And this is all just because I cast that evil voodoo spell on those bus plushies.” 73
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*Record Needle Scratch*75
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Munky became pissed. “For the last fucking time, it wasn’t VOODOO!” They were walking to the buffet for the pancakes, scaring the waitresses as they argued. Actually, the two were arguing about it the night before, too. 77
“What?! Yes it was!” 78
“No it wasn’t! It was the bad roads from the fucking rain that ruined my bus and David’s!” 79
“No it wasn’t!” 80
They ended up arguing about that until a whistle silenced them. It came from Fieldy, sitting right behind them while eating. 81
“Hey Billy,” Jonathan calmed down as he and Munky sat by him. 82
Fieldy glared at Jon. “Oh don’t even talk to me Jonathan. Thanks to you, Dana’s going insane.” 83
“You think I don’t know that? I haven’t even seen that video and some dude gave it to me. I’m sorry Dana saw it. To be honest I knew she really didn’t want to watch all that stuff. And besides, you and David wouldn’t let her in.” 84
“That really was a fucked up video,” Munky muttered. “That and the one where some girl was peeing in that guy’s mouth.” 85
Fieldy grimaced and looked at Munky, annoyed. “Dude! I’m friggin’ eating.” 86
“Sorry. Anyway, that one dude needs to finish the busses and soon.” He meant Virgil. The bell ran as the door opened. Munky looked up. “David!” And Fieldy almost choked on his pancakes. David then walked over to the guys, not sitting down yet. 87
“That’s Mr. Wally Balljacker to you,” he replied. 88
“They got pancakes here over there,” Jon said, pointing at the buffet. 89
David looked at the buffet. “So I’ve noticed.” He tried not to even look at Fieldy. 90
“Well, well, well!” The guys looked up and saw Shirley, who was eyeing at David. “You know, you look like one of the characters off of Queer as Folk.” Fieldy let out a dry laugh. 91
Munky looked up at David and then back at Shirley. “Holy shit he does. Creepy. Right Jon?” 92
“Shut up, I’m eating,” Jon replied. 93
Shirley looked up at David, making him a little uncomfortable. “So, do you like the V or the D?” Fieldy looked up at that. See, V was “vagina” and D was....you know... 94
David simply smiled and answered, “Well, what do you think?” He heard Fieldy mumble something. 95
Shirley blushed a little. “You’re cute, honey,” and then she walked away. 96
Munky then spoke in a falsetto voice, “Well, what do you think?” He and Jon started laughing. “You cease to fucking amaze me, Dave.” David however was glaring at Fieldy. 97
“Do you hate me so much that you had to mumble ‘faggot’?” David spoke to Fieldy. 98
Fieldy then glared daggers at him. “Excuse me?” 99
“You heard me.” 100
Munky then looked at the two. Oh crap... He did not wanting any fight between them. He knew the two used to fight a lot back in the day, and recently things have cooled over the last two years, but now it looked like it was starting to heat up again. “C’mon people. Let’s just enjoy breakfast. And hope to god we leave out TONIGHT. C’mon........pancakes!” 101
“You know, I’d like to try banana cakes one day,” Jon looked up. 102
David looked away. “Yeah, I can’t wait. Then I won’t have to share his fucking bus anymore.” He meant Fieldy. 103
Fieldy laughed dryly. “I really don’t know why you should be upset David. You got what you wanted.” 104
“Reg I can never have what I want from you.” 105
“Then why did you fucking RUIN MY LIFE?!” And in frustration and rage, Fieldy FLIPPED the whole table at David, some of the food hitting the drummer, and stormed out of the diner, leaving everybody shocked. David then stormed to the bathroom. 106
Jonathan and Munky, however, simply stared at their breakfast, now scattered on the floor.
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David kicked the trashcan and screamed, “FUCK!” The man almost smashed the mirror, enraged. And it had nothing to do with his shirt being stained with syrup, either. No, it was the fact that David DID ruin his life last night. He wanted to tell him that he was sorry. But the damage had already been done. He only wanted to show how much he still loved him. Deena was never on his mind when he did what he did. He sobbed silently. 108
“Please don’t rape me...” It was Dana...from one of the bathroom stalls. David quickly wiped away his tears. She slowly opened it up and saw David. 109
David, surprised, asked, “Hey Dana. What are you doing here? I think you’re in the wrong room.” 110
“Uh, no I’m not,” she muttered. “We’re in a unisex bathroom.” 111
It all made sense. There were the urinals, and there were the stalls. And by the sinks were two tampons machines where you could by a tampon for twenty-five cents. And it looked girly. “Oh...” He then took a piece of paper towel, wet it, and tried to clean off his shirt. “This is um...awkward...” He let out a nervous chuckle. 112
“Tell me about it,” she replied. She washed her hands with David and then sighed. “You know, that girl was in a unisex bathroom. That’s how all those men were able to...rape her...” her voice began to break. 113
David looked down at her “Hey, are you okay? Was it that bad?” 114
“Two men fucked her in the ass, two men shoved their dicks in her mouth...and the other two just JERKED OFF on her!” she sobbed again. “And when they were done six other men did the same thing!!” 115
David’s eyes widened at that. “The hell kind of video were you guys watching?!” 116
“Jonathan, he said he didn’t know it was like that.” 117
“Yeah right.” He extended his hand. “You really don’t look so good. I’ll take you back, okay? You’ll be all right— ” 118
“Please don’t touch me.” 119
“Sorry.”
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He had hoped Deena wouldn’t call. He wouldn’t have the guts to talk to her. Fieldy stared at his cellphone. Almost noon. This would be a long day. Suddenly... 121
“I think I need a lobotomy...” he heard Dana say. 122
And to his dismay, he heard a “So do I,” from David, the last person he really needed to see. So he hid next to the garage, where Munky’s and David’s buses were. As he saw David’s face as David and Dana went inside Fieldy’s bus, he felt so dead inside. Not only because what David did to him, but also because he himself loved it. But he knew now, as bad as it was, that he was attracted to David. Fortunately, David was the only guy he was attracted to (and back then), so that meant (in his opinion, at least) that he was never actually gay. He didn’t know about being bisexual though, because, to him: being bisexual meant you were attracted to men and women. He found all women beautiful and even sexy, and he would be attracted to them. 123
But still, throughout his life, he was only attracted to one man—David. None of the other men he met and saw ever had any effect on him. David wasn’t even attracting to him after they broke up, until now... 124
Maybe there was a name for people like him. He’ll find that word later. And actually, even though he was a Christian, he wasn’t against homosexuality and gay marriage, and within the last five years, he wasn’t disgusted by it. He knew God loved everyone. Fieldy just didn’t want to be gay or bisexual. 125
But that didn’t matter. He cheated on Deena, his wife—who was carrying his baby! He had committed adultery. He did it before, cheating on Sheila with a bunch of whores, but back then he wasn’t a Christian and he wasn’t concerned with burning in Hell for it. Hopefully, Deena would forgive him. Sheila did eventually. If the same thing happened with Deena (and if she still loved Fieldy—like he still loved her), he would forgive her. He really wanted this marriage to work. 126
His thoughts kept faltering as sultry R&B music filled the garage. And then, Virgil appeared. He smiled. “Oh hey...‘sup little man? Got a good night’s sleep?” 127
Fieldy, who forgot all about this crazy man, then muttered, “Not really.” 128
“I hear ya.” Fieldy stared at him as Virgil went to wash his hands. Dude must work out a lot. “So what can I help you with, here?” 129
“Nothing,” he looked away, “I just stopped by that’s all.” 130
“Well, I’m done with the other bus.” 131
Fieldy, surprised, replied, “Seriously?” 132
“Seriously.” 133
“Just working on this one.” Virgil then smirked, “Wanna do something later?” 134
Fieldy glared at him. “Dude! I’m not gay! I told you that.” 135
“I know,” he replied, rubbing his bandaged nose. “I’m just playing with ya.” Fieldy saw that. 136
“Well, maybe I went overboard by punching you and stuff,” Fieldy said quietly, walking closer. “Sorry about that. I mean, I’m not really that homophobic, you know. It’s just,” he showed Virgil his ring. “I’m married. To the most beautiful woman I’ve ever met. I had a bad marriage before and I want this to work.” He stared at Virgil as he spoke this to him. 137
Virgil stared at the ring, holding Fieldy’s hand. He replied softly, “Beautiful man.” 138
“It is.” 139
And then, to Virgil’s surprise, Fieldy kissed him. Virgil pulled back. Fieldy stared at Virgil, shocked at what he just did. They stood there for a few moments. And then they progressed in heavy, hungry kissing. Virgil thrust his tongue in Fieldy’s mouth, causing them both to moan. 140
Unbeknownst to them, David (who was checking by to see his bus) saw them, Virgil’s hand on Fieldy’s rear as they kissed each other’s neck hungrily. Shocked and upset David simply turned around and walked away. 141
Virgil slammed Fieldy on the wall, and bit his neck, grabbing his member. Fieldy gasped and let out a loud moan, grabbing the man’s dreads. Virgil then pulled Fieldy’s hoodie over him. He then grabbed Fieldy’s ponytail and pulled the rubber band out, letting his hair down. Meanwhile, Fieldy was unzipping Virgil’s pants. Virgil stopped him. “Oh no...lemme do you.” Next thing Fieldy knew, his pants and boxers were down. 142
He grabbed Fieldy to a room where his bunk was and laid him down on it. They frantically took off the rest of their clothes. Virgil then traced kisses over Fieldy’s tattoos and licked his nipples, making Fieldy gasp. And then his mouth went back on Fieldy’s member again, this time for good. His mouth began to go up and down on Fieldy, and the sensation became so great, Fieldy began moaning loudly and arching his back. “Oh god...” he could only say. Virgil could see the expression on Fieldy’s face. An expression of both pleasure and shame. 143
“I’m gonna come,” Fieldy whispered. Virgil then decided to go even faster, until Fieldy climaxed in his mouth. Virgil sat up and wiped his mouth. He then laid on top of Fieldy again, kissing him, letting Fieldy taste himself. Fieldy kissed his neck, and when Virgil sat up, Fieldy began kissing and licking the man’s neck, chest and nipples. And it felt so good to Virgil that he turned Fieldy over. Virgil leaned over to a nightstand, pulled out a condom and put it on. 144
“You ready?” Virgil whispered, sucking one Fieldy’s earlobe and earring. 145
“Yes...” Fieldy whispered. “Just fuck me already.” 146
And Virgil thrust himself inside, causing Fieldy to whimper. He sat up and grabbed Fieldy’s waist, so that only their hips would move as he moved in and out of Fieldy. They both moaned at the thrusting. 147
“Harder...” Fieldy moaned. 148
“Harder?” 149
“Yeah.” 150
Virgil then thrust very deep in Fieldy, causing him to scream. Virgil simply groaned loudly at the tightness, even though Fieldy was somewhat lose. As Virgil thrust harder and harder, making the head of the bed hit the wall, he threw his head back and whispered, “What’s your name baby?” 151
“Reggie!” Fieldy moaned out loud. 152
“You feel so fucking good Reggie...” Fieldy could only respond with a soft moan. 153
Virgil then began to go faster, soon reaming Fieldy. The sensation became so great that Fieldy almost screamed in pain. He then began to cry out, “Oh god! Deeper!” And Virgil slowed down and thrust him oh so deep in him. 154
“You like that, baby?” 155
“Oh yes!” As Virgil moved in and out of him, Fieldy began chanting, Yes!” over and an over Virgil wanted to go faster again, so he began to increase his pace drastically, reaming Fieldy once again. Fieldy began to shouted, “Yes!” and Virgil’s name over and over in ecstasy, while Virgil moaned loudly, calling out Fieldy’s real name. 156
Fieldy came first. Virgil soon after. They both collapsed on the bed, quivering in pleasure. Soon, however, Fieldy’s eyes began to water...
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David walked back to the diner. He decided to get Fieldy out of his mind as much as possible after seeing him in the arms of another man. He heard his own stomach growl. The man didn’t even get a chance to eat and breakfast had probably ended. He went up to the buffet and asked Shirley, “Breakfast over?” 158
“Pretty much,” but then she looked at him and shook her head. “I don’t know why that man did that to you, ruining your little shirt and whatnot.” She smiled. “I’ll make you two extra pancakes for you. Free! How’s that sound?” 159
David smiled a little, “You don’t have to...” 160
“I insist!” 161
He finally accepted her offer. And only did he turn around hen he noticed something strange about the diner. See, it was almost empty and quite. The only people still there were Jon, who sat alone, STILL looking down the floor. Where his breakfast was scattered on. Then there were Yen, Carl, and Zac Baird at another table. He walked up to Jon. “Why are you still sitting here?” 162
“I dunno,” Jonathan muttered. 163
“He didn’t mean to mess up your breakfast you know.” Jon looked up at that. “Why can’t you just go and ask for another? Where’s Munky and everyone else?” 164
“Oh, someone blurted out about a strip bar behind here.” 165
(Strip Bar)
*“Push It” by Salt-N-Pepa plays as strippers shove their asses at the guys* 166
Kalen: Oh YEAH! *takes out fifty dollars* Here’s your candy!! 167
Munky: Whoo!!!!168
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“Oh,” was all David could say. 170
“So he decided to go get his pancakes and he ran out with the others.” 171
David rolled his eyes. “Then go get yours. Geez!” 172
Jon glared at him. And then he muttered, “Fine.” And then he mumbled something along the lines of, “still was voodoo though.” 173
Yen spotted David. “Sit with us!” 174
“No, DON’T sit with us,” Carl muttered. 175
David sat by them anyway. “I’m sitting with you Carl,” he smirked. “Wha’cha gonna do about it?” Carl responded by giving him the bird, making Zac laugh his ass off. 176
“I heard Marlee Matlin’s going to be a new cast member on the show,” Yen said. They were talking about the L Word... 177
“She is. But, um...who is she again?” 178
“She’s that deaf actress from the movie ‘Children of a Lesser God.’ Have you seen it?” 179
David shook his head no. “I’m a little worried about Cybil Sheppard being in it though.” 180
Zac looked at the three. “Wow, you guys really are fans of the show.” 181
David changed out of his blouse back in the bus to a white shirt that read “I’d Go Gay for Shane.” “You bet.” 182
Carl simply stared at his shirt. “You’re a guy, so shouldn’t that say, ‘I’d go STRAIGHT for Sh—’ ” 183
“Shut up! I know what it says. Just pretend I’m ‘Lisa’ and shut up!” David’s also got shirt saying, “Marina Mania.” And after what he did, he might remind you of her, too. 184
Suddenly someone tapped on the window. Shirley looked up and gasped. “Monika!” Shirley grinned. Monika was a tall, slender, African-American woman. She simply waved back and moved on. Afterwards Jon sat by the group, waving to everyone. They heard the bell rung and in came Loc, who was eyeing at Monika. 185
“Who is she?” Loc asked, probably getting a hard-on. 186
“She’s probably married, dude,” Jonathan answered. 187
David smirked. “Or maybe she’s a lesbian.” 188
Yen grinned. “Lipstick Lesbians!” And the two laughed their asses off. 189
Jon, confused, asked, “Lipstick Lesbians?” 190
“They’re girly lesbians who only like other girly lesbians. Like one of the porno we saw. You know...NOT butch,” Carl muttered. 191
“......Oh.”
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Virgil stared at Fieldy, who was facedown on the bed. He could tell Fieldy was regretting what they just did. He even heard sniffling from him. He decided to speak out. “Maybe you should take some time finding yourself.” 193
Fieldy, who didn’t even look up, muttered, “What are you talking about?” 194
“Because it’s obvious that you’re confused.” 195
“I’m not confused.” 196
Virgil sat up. “Bullshit! You say that you’re not gay, and next thing you know...well, you know...” 197
“Virgil, this wasn’t supposed to happen.” 198
“Well...” 199
Fieldy finally looked up, his disheveled hair all over his face. “Maybe I am confused, I dunno. I thought that I just like women...and...” 200
“It’s called being bisexual. Geez. This is what I hate about bi people, they’re SO confused—it’s like they’ve never heard of bisexuality.” Fieldy looked away, hurt. Virgil sighed, “Sorry, dude.” 201
“No you’re not.” 202
“Yes I am. I’m bi myself. You know, people need to embrace their sexuality. There’s nothing to be afraid of.” 203
“Yes there is! First of all, I’m married. I can’t tell her that I cheated on her with two men and—” 204
“Wait, you slept with some other dude?” Fieldy slowly nodded. “Do you still love her?” 205
“Yes.” 206
“You still find her beautiful?” 207
“Hell yes.” 208
“Then, you’re not gay. You’re bi. There. It’s finished.” 209
“But I don’t want to be bi.” 210
“You don’t have a choice, now do you?” Fieldy buried his face down on the pillow again. 211
“I still cheated on my wife. She’s pregnant, you know. And everyone knows adultery’s a sin.” 212
“Well...look...if you still love her, I think she’d forgive you.” 213
“Yeah, but a friend of mine cheated on his ex-wife years ago and they’re divorced.” 214
“Did he love this woman?” 215
“I dunno.” 216
“Well, the way I see it, man, is that as long as you love her and as long as you’re sorry, she’d probably forgive you. And if you ask God to forgive you, he would. That’s what my mom told me.” 217
Fieldy whispered, “Really.” 218
“Yep.” Virgil got up of the bed, grabbed his briefs, and put them on. He turned to Fieldy as he sat up. “I really should finish those buses you know.” He leaned down and gave Fieldy a small kiss. Fieldy just happened to look at the doorway. Then his eyes widened, and then he pushed Virgil away. Before Virgil said anything, Fieldy pointed his finger at the doorway. Virgil turned, only to see a very shocked Monika. Virgil could only chuckle nervously. “Hey, baby. Um...where did you come from?”
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“Well, Dana started freaking out when I bumped into her in the bathroom, so I told her I’d leave,” Loc stated. 220
“I hope we can help her,” Yen said, drinking her smoothie. 221
“I dunno...” Carl added. “For some odd reason, I can see her acting just like an almost insane Charlotte Perkins Gillman.” Yen stared at him, shocked that he would say that. “What?” 222
All of a sudden, they all heard screams from outside the diner. You see, Monika had a bat in her hand, ready to whack Virgil. Everyone stared at this, shocked. 223
“What happened?” Jonathan asked. 224
Shirley walked by them and saw the fiasco. She shook her head. “I knew it. I KNEW it. I knew he was gonna cheat on her and that he was gonna get caught.” 225
“What do you mean?” Yen asked. 226
“They’re married.” 227
*Record Needle Scratch!*228
Yen stared at Shirley, her eyes widened in horror. “Married?!” 229
“Yeah. They were married a year ago, but I knew that Virgil couldn’t last. Crazy ass man.” 230
“..........married?!” 231
“Wait,” Zac whispered. “I’m hearing something.” They all stayed quiet as Zac listened on their argument. “Okay, she’s like, ‘How could you do this.’ ” He paused again. “And he’s like ‘I’m sorry.’ And she’s saying...” He listened. Then his eyes widened a bit. “She just called him a fucking fag.” Everyone gasped. Except for David that is. 232
“Get out!” Shirley exclaimed. “Virgil...GAY?!” 233
“I think so.” 234
“Are you serious?! I see that guy flirtin’ with that young waitress,” Loc stated. 235
“It’s called being bisexual,” Jon muttered. “Geez.” 236
Carl thought about something for a moment. Then he said, “Reminds me of Jenny, Marina, and Tim.”
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Fieldy, with his disheveled hair, unbuttoned pants and shirt (he didn’t have time to get his hoodie), frantically opened up the door to his bus and ran inside, scaring Dana. 238
“GAAAH!!!!” she screamed, but Fieldy ignored her and ran to the bathroom. 239
After locking himself in the bathroom, he simply sat on the toilet seat. He buried his face in the palms of his hand, wanting to cry everything out. He was even more confused than ever. I mean, all that talk Virgil was saying about Deena forgiving him...and yet Virgil cheated on his own wife. Now he was sure he fucked up really bad. He decided that he was going to call her. He wasn’t going to tell her what happened. No, he would just tell her that she is still his one and only. 240
He took his phone and dialed the number. He waited for the phone to ring. His voice message machine came on. 241
“Hey yo! This is Field-Dog! What up! I can’t make it to the phone right now seeing as I’m jamming with the band or having a life. So gimme you name and phone number and you know I’ll get back to you. Peace out.” *beep* 242
And so Fieldy took a deep breath and, “Hey Deena, this is your Frankie, here. I’m sorry I had to leave in a sudden last night, it’s just that...well...we’re having a freaking baby, you know. That’s really shocking, right? I just want you to know that I’m happy. For us, you know? We’re having a family! It’s weird, you know. I just want to be by your side right now. I’d rather be with you right now than out here. I know you’ll say, ‘but you need to be with your fans.’ You’re important too. 243
“I’m running out of time, so I’ll take this home. I love you, Deena. I love you so much I wanna cry right now. You’ll always be the one for me, no matter what happens, okay? I miss you. Please call back, all right? I wanna know that you’re all right with something of mine growing inside you. 244
“Love you baby. Bye.” He hung up the phone. He was somewhat relived she didn’t answer the phone, otherwise, this would’ve been more awkward and scary to him. 245
He stood there for a moment, hoping that he had said the right words to her. And then he decided to change his clothes.
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Later that night... 247
The television was turned up way high as the people in the diner watched the long-awaited fight between Bunifa Latifah Halifah Sharifah Jackson and Sheneneh on the Sivad Nahtanoj Show. They both were getting ready to take off their fake nails. Gurrrl, it was on. Dana simply sat there with Yen, Loc, and Zac, watching the episode. Carl had gone to the bathroom. Jonathan and David simply sat there at the back, also watching the episode. David snickered at Jon for shouting at the television. Clearly he was rooting for Bunifa. Even some of the waitresses stopped and laughed at what was going on. The other guys came back from the strip bar. 248
Dana looked at them. “Where did they come from?” She asked as commercials began to air. 249
Zac shrugged. “Strip Bar.” 250
“Oh.” 251
Loc looked up, somewhat surprised. “Hey Carebear!” 252
Dana looked up, shocked. “Where did you come from?” 253
Carebear shrugged. “The author forgot that I was here with you all so she put me here.” 254
“Oh.” (Ba-zing!) 255
Loc nodded, “Makes sense.” 256
Kalen saw the television screen. “You guys watching something special?” 257
Jonathan looked up at him, having a shocked look on his face. 258
“....What?” 259
“The Sheneneh and Bunifa episode,” was all David said. 260
“WHAT?!” 261
“Oh man,” Sleepy sat down with them. “Forgot this was on. Y’all know I’m rooting for Bunifa. Hey Dana!” 262
“What?” She looked at him. 263
“Who are you rooting for?” 264
“......you know I’m only here because Fieldy got all mad so I had to leave the bus. Now leave me alone.” 265
“......” 266
Then, a less disheveled Fieldy slowly walked into the diner, not wanting anyone to notice him. Of course he forgot that the bell rang every time someone opens the door. Munky looked up and saw him. “Hey Field-Dog!” 267
Fieldy mentally cursed himself as he walked to his bandmates. “ ‘Sup?” 268
“I got to go to a strip bar.” And Munky grinned like the Cheshire Cat at that... 269
While David continued to stare at the television (you know why), Jon glared at Munky. “You know, just because you got to go there doesn’t make you any better than the rest of us.” 270
“Uh, actually, yes it does.” 271
“Anyway, you two missed something very hilarious.” 272
“And what was that?” 273
Jon nudged at David, smirking. “Tell ‘em what happened.” 274
David muttered, “Why do I have to tell them?” He did not want to look at Fieldy, for obvious reasons. 275
“Because, the show’s back on, and I’m gonna move closer to the television.” And at that he walked up and sat by Loc. 276
David sighed, staring at the television, “Virgil’s wife caught him with a dude, who probably was just as retarded as he is.” 277
Munky looked up at him, a little shocked, “Seriously?” David nodded. “Well, you act like it wasn’t even funny.” 278
“It wasn’t. Those two deserve it.” 279
Munky then said, turning to Fieldy, “That’s kinda...” Fieldy had left them, walking by the television. “...weird...” 280
Fieldy walked by Jon and asked, “When’s the next commercial?” 281
“In a few minutes.” Jonathan replied. “Why?” 282
“Because I have an announcement.” 283
“All right. We’ll hear your announcement...” Jon muttered. “It had better be good, too.” 284
“Trust me, it is.” 285
Rob walked inside. “Hey everybody!” They all looked at him as he smiled. “I got some great news.” 286
Kalen grinned, “You’ve just saved a bunch of money on—” 287
“Kalen, shut the FUCK UP!” Rob P. shouted while Carebear laughed his ass off. He did not want to hear that old ass joke anymore. 288
Rob started at the two. “Um...actually, that guy was able to fix the buses....so we can leave now.” 289
That news made everyone happy! Carl and David even hugged. ‘Cause David and Carl won’t have to share the bus anymore. Ain’t it great?! 290
Yen smiled dreamingly. “I can see Chino again!” 291
*Record Needle Scratch!*292
The guys stared at her at that. 293
Yen had to come up with a distraction quick! “......um...........I...ehrm...erhm........Dana!” She turned to her. “Isn’t this, um, cool we get to leave?” 294
“As long as no man will take advantage of me,” was Dana’s reply. 295
“Wow,” Loc whispered to Kalen. “Next thing you know, Yen’ll have thoughts about Lacey Mosley.” 296
Kalen had a faked shock look on his face. “Naaaaaawwwwwwww really?!” 297
“You know what this also means? Drinking binges!” Munky grinned. Jonathan simply stared at him, annoyed. “What?” 298
“........Apparently you haven’t learned your lesson.....” 299
“What lesson?” 300
“Back in Hohelm...you were too drunk when we played Hollow Life? Then you threw up and I had to carry you back to your bus. Did you forget that already?!” 301
“.....Look, I said I’ll cut back on the beer until after the show....” 302
“You need to cut back period....” 303
“Plus,” Loc added, “when you got no shirt on, you got a huuuuge beergu—” 304
“Okay!” Jonathan cut him off nervously. “Um...thank you for that Loc! Heheheh....” 305
Munky just stared at them. “It’s not like there’s gonna be a headline that says ‘KoRn Guitarist Got So Drunk That KoRn Bassist Filled in for Him on the Family Values Tour’...” 306
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(Somewhere Else.....) 308
Newspaper kid: (waves out a newspaper) Extra! Extra! Read all about it! KoRn guitarist got so drunk that KoRn bassist filled in him on the Family Values Tooooouuuur!!!309
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“......” was all Jon could say. 311
“Um...” Fieldy called out. “I have some news, too.” 312
Kalen grinned, “You just saved—” 313
“Kalen!” Rob P. shouted. “SHUT THE FUCK UP!” 314
“I know!” Dana shouted, “No one wants to hear that raggedy ass joke anymore. It’s old. OLD! GAAAD!” 315
Loc held her hand, “Hey...hey...it’s all right, lady...it’s all...” 316
“Why the hell are you touching me?” Loc immediately let go of her hand at that, and held his hands up to show her he meant no harm. 317
“So what’s the news?” Munky asked Fieldy. 318
Fieldy mentally smirked at himself. He was going to make David pay for what he had done to him physically and emotionally. What better way than to make him feel even guiltier? “Deena called me after we had left Hohelm, and...well...we’re gonna have a baby.” 319
Everybody answered with, “Awwww...” 320
“Really?” Shirley asked. “Well best wishes, sonny! Is this your first child?” 321
“No, I have two older daughters from a previous marriage.” 322
Dana walked to him and embraced him, smiling. “That’s just so sweet. I hope you have a boy, because a girl ain’t safe in a man’s world. And I hope Deena doesn’t end up insane after giving birth, either.” Fieldy raised an eyebrow at her at all that. 323
Fieldy glanced at Carl, confused. 324
Carl spoke, “Post Partum.” 325
Fieldy nodded. “Oh.” 326
“You’re not gonna end up like Tom Cruise, are you?” 327
“........dude......” 328
Jonathan and Munky then pat him on the back, congratulating him as well. 329
No one knew that David had left the diner.
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David slowly walked outside. He saw his bus standing next to Munky’s. He slowly unlocked the door and went inside. The bus was still a mess on the inside, but you could sleep in there again. He sat on the couch. He grabbed a pillow and held to his chest as tears began to fall down from his eyes. He didn’t sob or anything, he just sniffled. Part of him loved Fieldy; another part of him hated him for doing what he had done in the diner, especially because it was working. 331
He couldn’t believe he was fucking Fieldy the night Fieldy was told that he and Deena were going to have a baby. What could David do to make Fieldy forgive him? Maybe there was nothing. Fieldy would never forgive him. He never felt this bad since the night they broke up over sixteen years ago. 332
The strange thing was, it was David who didn’t let go. Especially since Fieldy would constant insult him throughout the years after that breakup. The only time he cared less about the shit was when he was with Shannon. 333
And so he made a vow: To go and date someone else, just so he can forget about Fieldy. He didn’t know whether that would work this time. 334
One thing he knew was that no one can replace one’s first love.335
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TWELVE: HOW RENEE GOT HER GROOVE BACK
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Saratoga, New York...339
“LA-LA-LA-LA-LA! LA-LA-LA-LA-LA! LA-LA-LA-LA-LA, LA-LA-LA-LAA!”340
“Loving You,” was a very sweet, soft, feel-good ‘70s song by the late Minnie Riperton. If you can take sweetness (like honey and sugar), you would love this song. However having Dana blasting the song repeatedly from Fieldy’s bus...well...that was getting a bit annoying. Especially the singer’s high notes. Everybody was practically developing diabetes... Did you know the singer’s daughter’s a cast member on SNL? Yeah, so was Keenan. Everyone had to sit through it. Even the other bands could hear it. Oh yeah, the KoRn crew are back with the other bands again.341
Carl and Yen were sitting just outside the bus. Yen tried to cheer up Carl. “You know...it is a sweet song.”342
“It’s giving me diabetes,” was his reply.343
“LOOOOVING YOOOUUU. AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!”344
Kalen sat some feet away from him. He could hear that song all the same. “That song......is driving......me nuts!” He turned to Fieldy, who wasn’t as agitated by this as the others. “How the hell can you sit through this?”345
Fieldy shrugged. “I get used to it. Besides, there are very worst songs.”346
“Like?”347
“Candyman.”348
“......”349
Suddenly, they heard a knock on the bus. It was Loc. He had had enough. Fieldy looked up at him. “C’mon, Loc. She’s going through a tough time, right now.”350
Loc scoffed. “Reg, we can’t even sleep at night.”351
“I know! I know!” He sighed miserably. And then he looked up. “Oh. ‘Sup, Corey?”352
Oh-Em-Effing-Gee! Is that really Corey Taylor?! You know...that one blond guy who sings in that one band and actually sings in another as well. Like Maynard! “Yeah, you could tell your hairdresser to turn the damn song off, please.”353
Suddenly they heard Yen shouting, “Carl! No!!” She was clinging on to Carl who, despite Yen’s efforts, stormed to the bus and banged on the door. Just then the music stopped. Then they heard stomping.354
The door slammed open. “WHAT?!” Dana shouted, her hair unkempt, which was total irony right there.355
“Dana...” Carl began, “Minnie would not be happy to hear someone blasting her song non-stop.”356
“...so?”357
“So?! The song is driving us nuts!”358
“Sorry, Dana,” Loc added.359
“Why couldn’t you play something better…like…Joy Division.”360
Yen slowly glared at him. “The hell is wrong with you Carl?! That would scare her!”361
“At least she’s not playing Limp Bizkit.” Everyone turned around and saw Chino.362
“That bozo ain’t got nothin’ on Minnie,” Dana said. No one noticed that Yen stood there, her eyes wide open at Chino. “In fact I find him shallow and pedantic.”363
Kalen turned to Fieldy. “What does pedantic mean?” Fieldy could only shrug. No one heard a small thud.364
“Look, just try and turn it down, please,” Carl muttered. “I mean, really. You’re giving us diabetes. And then we’ll end up doing commercials like that old fat dude with diabetes. Man! What was that guy’s name?”365
Dana threw her hands up in the air and retorted, “Well, then listen to your iPods, dammit!” She then looked down. “And Yen fainted again.” Carl turned around, while the others simply saw Yen, face down on the ground. Carl shook his head and simply picked her up.366
Chino spoke, “She okay?”367
Carl replied, “It’s your fault.” That obviously confused him.368
Munky, who saw the scene from afar, walked over to them and whispered, “Is she sick or something?”369
Loc snickered, while Fieldy replied, “Oh, she’s been like this ever since we were getting ready to leave the diner...”370
Yen (wearing a somewhat revealing red dress): Fieldy? Do you think Chino will like this?371
Fieldy: Um...372
*373
Yen: Dana! I need girl advice!374
Dana: You really WANT that guy to rape you, don’t you?375
Yen: O.O376
*377
Yen (wearing a reveling pink bikini): David! Do you think he likes girls in bikini?378
David: Not pink.379
*380
Yen (wearing an outfit similar to Christina Aguilera’s): Do you think this is too revealing?381
Kalen: …………..excuse me. *goes to the back to take care of some...business*
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One of Munky’s eyebrows was raised at that.
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The show was a success as always. Cliché thing to say in a KoRn fanfiction, but this isn’t about them playing in shows, now is it? Some of the fans got a chance to see the band. Some hot chick wanted a shy David to sign her ass. Yeah, Fieldy shook his head in shame at that. Munky whispered, “Lucky...” Jon and Fieldy stared at him at that and then Fieldy walked away. Munk-dawg followed him, because she wanted Jon to sign her ass, too.384
“I personally think it’s disgusting,” he muttered.385
Munky glanced at him, a little surprised. “Oh, don’t start acting like Brian and all holy, Reg.”386
“I’m not! It’s just...”387
“The baby, right? You’re a little nervous.” 388
“How can I be nervous? It’s my third child. You’d think you’d be used to it by now.”389
Dana, Zac, and Carl were standing by Fieldy’s bus, smoking. Dana was a little calmer than she was lately. She looked up at the night sky. “Now I know how mom felt.”390
“Post-partum?” Carl replied.391
“Oh yeah. Though I haven’t had a baby yet. I don’t want to. I might kill it.”392
“No, you wouldn’t, Dana,” Zac said.393
Meanwhile, Yen was giggling with David. “You were so lucky. To have a girl ask you to sign her ass.”394
David ran his hand through his very short hair at that. “Oh this happens all the time. Usually, though, it’s just Jon signing the asses.” He then smirked at Yen. “You wanted to sign her ass, too...” She blushed at that.395
Carl saw Dah-veed “getting in Yen’s pants.” He spoke angrily, “Oh, just look at him trying to get in her pants.” See, I told ya.396
Zac looked at him as if he were insane. “No, he’s not! They’re just friends. And besides, isn’t he married?”397
“No.”398
“Who’s married?” The three looked and saw Fieldy and Munky.399
“Oh, I thought David was married,” Zac said.400
“Nope, he’s single,” Munky replied.401
“Carl thinks he’s trying to get in Yen’s pants.”402
“Between you and me,” Fieldy began, “he probably gets into everyone’s pants.” Before anyone can say anything, Fieldy went inside his bus and shut the door.403
Munky then spoke, “David’s a gentleman. He wouldn’t do such a thing.” Obviously Fieldy knew better.404
Dana glared at Munky suspiciously. “How do you know that? How do you know he won’t try something at me?”405
“...”406
“In fact, how do I know you all won’t try to cop a feel at me?!”407
Zac raise his finger to say someth—408
“Don’t even say anything. You all leave me alone, rapists!” And at that, she ran inside. The guys just stared at her at all that...409
*Static*410
Renee Perez. Single mother. Thirty-three years old.411
Friend: Oh, c’mon, girl! Thirty is the new twenty!412
Renee: *sighs sadly* No, Thirty is the new Forty.
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Friend: That’s it, girl. Get a babysitter for Nathan. You and I are going to—413
(scene: Paris)414
Renee: Paris?! No, nonononono. I can’t possibly go.
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Friend and Renee: Bonjour Paree! WHOO!
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Renee soon meets the love of her life.415
(enter: a dashing young red-haired man)416
Friend: He’s twenty.417
Renee: I know, but...418
Friend: …he’s twenty.419
Renee: Dammit! I know that!420
Friend: Hey! I’m just saying...
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Young man: I am Pierre. Et tu?421
Renee: (shyly) Je m’appelle Renee.
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They go through everything, good or bad...422
(scenes: Renee and Pierre enjoying dinner. Kissing. Renee crying)423
Friend: If you want this to work, let go of your past.424
Renee: (sniffles) But how do I know he won’t leave me?425
Friend: You’ll just have to believe in yourself.426
Jude Law, Margaret Cho, and introducing Renee Perez in427
“How Renee Got Her Groove Back.”428
Rated PG-13 for language and some sexual content.429
*Static*430
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There was a carnival near Cleveland. Wouldn’t it be fun to hang out there and meet some fans? Plus, Dana needed some fresh air. Seriously. In fact Fieldy had persuaded her into coming with him.432
“You know you like cotton candy,” he told her. “Authentic even.”433
Dana looked at him as if he was retarded. Because he forgot that she liked candy apples. And besides, you can get that on some the booths around the stages. Suddenly, Jonathan came in Fieldy’s bus, looking weary. She spoke, “Did the ghost of Francis try to hunt you, too?”434
Jonathan stared at her at that. Then he answered, “Um, I did have a strange dream last night. Something about Renee appearing in a movie similar to ‘How Stella Got Her Groove Back,’ only she was in Paris...with a younger French guy named Pierre.”435
“Oh yeah...isn’t the man Taye Digg’s character was based on...isn’t he gay?” Dana looked up. “I read that on the news somewhere.” And then she started laughing her ass off. Jon didn’t find that funny. At all. “You know, I wanna interview that lady. No, I don’t want to interview her; I just want to go like Nelson and shout, ‘HA-HA!’ ”436
“....”
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So there they were. At this amusement park. With only a few roller coasters. Most of everyone liked roller coasters. But one caught their eyes. The 350-feet high, a mile and a half long Stomach Turner! Guaranteed to blow your fucking mind and literally turn your stomach! Literally!438
“Oh, I’m so fucking going on that ride,” Jon muttered as he, Kalen, Yen and some others stared at it in awe. Yen looked around for a moment...and then...439
OMFG!! Chino was there! He just got a teddy bear we wanted to give to his wife, whom in Yen’s mind doesn’t exist. She tried to freshen herself up, when a kid started whining.440
“But mommy!” the kid cried out. “I wanna go to the STOMAAACCCHHH TUUUURRRRNNNERRRR!!!!”441
The mommy shouted, “YOU ARE TOO FUCKING LITTLE TO GO ON THE FUCKING RIDE!!!”442
The dad shouted, “Stop CUSSING AT THE FUCKING KID!”443
“Oh do SHUT UP, HOMO! You’re not even his real father!”444
“Whadaya mean I’m not his father?! I’m the only man you slept with in your entire life. What are you a slut?”445
“Oh that’s it!!” She then jumped him, beating the crap out of him and landing multiple blows to his soon-to-be-inert balls. That dad had a cup of punch on one of his hand. The mom knocked it off him...and it landed right on...446
*Record Needle Scratch!*447
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Yen Tiang.449
Now everybody stared in shock as Yen’s outfit and hair was now dripped with red fruit punch. It took her awhile to realize she was in that condition. Carl ran to her and said, “See what happens when you try to dress like a whore for you-know-who?”450
That did it. Yen tried to jump him, but Loc saved Carl and carried the cussing Yen to the bathroom, to get herself cleaned up. Fieldy and Dana stared at all this.451
“All of a sudden I want to go on the Ferris Wheel right now...” Dana said.452
Fieldy turned to her and replied, “I’ll go with you if you like.”453
“Well...” She spotted David, who was looking at the enraged Yen. “Oh Dah-veed!” She waved. David turned around and walked to them.454
“Hi, Dana.”455
“Would you like to go on the Ferris Wheel with us?”456
David smiled, “Sure. Anything for you, Dana.” Fieldy mumbled something and rolled his eyes.457
“Yeah, he’s only saying that to get in your pants,” he muttered. Before David could say anything, Dana scoffed.458
“He’s a gentleman!” She turned to David. “Ain’t that right, shnookums?” Fieldy said nothing as Dana hooked her arms with his and David’s. “Hooray! Now I got two handsome men to protect me from rapists!” And she dragged the drummer and bassist with her on the Ferris Wheel.
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Another person had to sit with the trio. I don’t know his name. I don’t care. The only thing that matters is that David sat on one end and Fieldy sat on the other. Ah great. The unknown man wants to say something. “You know, this is my third time on the Wheel today.”460
David muttered, “Really? I haven’t noticed.”461
“...”462
“Oooh! This is fun! I’m going up! Way up in the sky!” Dana beamed. “Yes, I’ve started taking my happy pills again. My god, I go any higher and I might see Jesus. No offense, Fieldy.”463
“Don’t worry about it,” he replied. “I told you this’ll be fun.”464
“I haven’t been in a Ferris Wheel since I was eight. That was of course before Mama went crazy.”465
“...” 466
Fieldy heard David mutter something bad...something along the lines of, “and I’m the one who’s flirting...”467
“You say something, David?”468
David looked at him right in the eye....well, in Fieldy’s sunglasses. “Yeah, you’re mad that I’m trying to ‘get in her pants’ and you’re doing the exact same thing!”469
“WHAT?!”470
Dana gasped and stared at Fieldy, shocked. “You’re MARRIED!”471
“Right Dana, so why would I try and do that to you?”472
“Well...what about Dan from Fatal Attractions?”473
David looked up, “That guy had it real bad. Anyway, married people cheat all the time.”474
“It was your fault,” Fieldy muttered. David heard that.475
“God! I know what I did was wrong, okay?! I couldn’t help myself!” And he narrowed his eyes at Fieldy and smirked. “You couldn’t either.”476
That did it. “You son of a bitch.”477
“Excuse me?” The unknown guy spoke up. “Can I enjoy my ride?”478
“NO!” The two shouted.479
“What are you guys talking about anyway?” Dana spoke up. “You guys aren’t fighting over me, are you?”480
The two stared at her at that.481
Suddenly...482
The Ferris Wheel shook somewhat violently and then it stopped all together. What the fuck? All the passengers looked down to see what just happened.483
The man operating the machine looked in horror to see that the machine broke down. Oh boy. He spoke on the PA. “Um, problem guys! I think there is something wrong with the Wheel. I’m afraid until some help comes over you’re all stuck up here.”484
A woman on one of the seats screamed in horror, pulled out a gun and...485
*BLAM!*486
David, Dana, Fieldy and the unknown guy stared at that in horror while others screamed. Dana started going nuts again.487
“Oh god...someone GET ME DOWN FORM HERE!!!”488
The unknown guy then spoke up, “Don’t you mean ‘get me down from here’—”489
“GO FUCK YOURSELF!”490
At the ground everyone suddenly huddled by the Wheel, including Jon, Munky, and the group. Carl then looked up. “Hey look! It’s Dana!” He then shouted “DANA! WE’RE DOWN HERE!”491
She grinned when she saw him. “Carl!!” And then what she shouted next was undecipherable because she was way up in the air.492
“What is she saying?” Munky asked. 493
Jonathan can only shrug. “I see David and Reg trying to hide from us, though.”494
“Why did I talk myself into this?” Fieldy asked himself as he and David hid behind Dana and the other guy. “I hope Deena isn’t watching this or anything.” David couldn’t say anything about that.
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Two hours later (since I don’t feel like writing the rest of that scene)...496
The show was about to start in fifteen minutes for KoRn. Fieldy told Dana not to worry about his hair. In his bus, he spotted Carl working on his laptop. He sat by him. “What are you doing?”497
“Oh, I’m thinking about submitting this to ‘America’s Funniest Home Videos.’ Neat, huh?” See, all along, Carl had recorded the scene on Yen’s digital camera with the couple fighting and the cup of punch landing on Yen. Fieldy raised an eyebrow at that. “Don’t worry, I blurred you guys out.”498
No one saw Yen (who had changed her clothes and was drying her hair) watching the video in complete horror. 499
Zac peeked in and said to Fieldy, “Show’s starting.”500
“Cool,” Fieldy got up and walked out the door with Zac. 501
Dana then sighed, “What a fucking day.” She turned around and saw Yen, seething in rage at Carl. Her fists were white. And Carl noticed that.502
He slowly moved away from her. “Now, now. The audience needs to see this, and Bob Saget, too.”503
That did it. Yen pounced Carl and began beating the shit out of him, going as far as screaming in Korean. And when Yen screams in Korean, you KNOW she has lost it.504
And Dana? Dana was ignoring them by listening on her iPod to the talented Jill Scott.505
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THIRTEEN: CHARLIE MURPHY!!!
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"MOTHER FUCKER! YOU HIT ME IN THE DICK!" The Tourette's Guy screamed.509
"Sorry!" His son replied.510
"You lucky it wasn't hard!" Pause. "I mean this thing not my dick!"511
Yen laughed her ass off at the Tourette's Guy vid on Youtube. Dana couldn't understand it. Why is this funny? "Yen, why is this funny at all?" See? "I mean we're making fun of a man with Tourette's."512
Yen simply grinned. Then she replied, "A cousin of mine has Tourette's. I think it's okay to laugh at this." Suddenly, Zac, David and Fieldy entered the bus. Yen grinned, "How was the show?"513
Zac raised an eyebrow. "You guys weren't there?"514
"Yen wanted me to watch these videos on Youtube," Dana muttered.515
Fieldy then spotted Carl, who had a broken neck, a black eye, and some other things I won't mention. "What the heck happened to him?"516
Yen replied casually, "Oh I just beat the shit out of him and stuff."517
Fieldy raised an eyebrow at that and David simply said, "Cool."518
Carl then uttered something along the lines of "cereal."519
Yen turned to him and answered, "Oh, we got some Total in the cabinet."520
"I didn't know we have Total," Zac stated.521
Carl narrowed his eyes at Yen and tried to sit up. "Total? All we have is fucking Total?!"522
Yen stared at him. Then she calmly walked up to him, grabbed a monkey wrench and beat the shit out of Carl with it. "Don't*BANG*talking fucking*BANG*SHIT about*BANG*TOTAL!!!"523
Obviously that scared them all.
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There was a hotel with a club. It wouldn't hurt for the bands to hang out there, as long as they didn't do anything bad. Fieldy decided to rent a room and stay there instead. He didn't get a chance to read some verses from his Bible today and now was a good time to do so. Everybody else in the band and crew stayed at the club, even Jonathan, who was just hungry.525
Yen and Dana in their best outfits stepped inside. Dana grimaced at some of the party goers. She can't be the only one who noticed they might have stepped into a time warp back to 1980....she can't be!! David waved at the girls. He was sitting by Kalen and Loc. After the girls sat by them, Dana said, "I think we we're back in the year 1980."526
"Oh that's because it's the Last Days of Disco Night," Loc replied. "That's what one of the bartenders said..." Suddenly, a song by Rick James started playing. Awesomeness.527
Carl finally entered the club. Don't ask me how he suddenly look better after all the beatings he took from Yen. Anyway, he stared wide-eyed at the scene. Lacey Mosley just happened to stop by and spotted him. "You're not the only one who realized we took a time warp back to the year 1980," She smiled. 528
Munky was there as well. "What happened to your eye?"529
Carl simply glared at him. And then he was about to turn the other way when someone shouted.…530
"CHARLIE MURPHY!"531
*POW!*532
The man who shouted that punched Carl in the forehead with a ring that was engraved, "Unity." Apparently he also looked like Rick James... While Lacey helped Carl up, the Rick James impersonator continued, "That was," and then he sang, "Cold Blooded!" He was laughing his ass off and some of the party goes laughed as well.533
Munky went up to Rick James. "What the fuck man?!"534
Rick James only responded with, "Unityyy!" Munky couldn't really respond to that...535
The band and crew stared at that, completely shocked as Rick James shouted, "I'm Rick James, bitch!"536
And then David laughed his ass off. And then Dana muttered, "That is SO old, now."
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"Maybe you should press charges," Jonathan told Carl.538
"Not until I find out the guy's real name."539
"You're never gonna get the guy's name with him going around all crazy," Chino muttered, jerking his thumb at Rick James who was hanging out with some women.540
He licked one woman's side of her face and then said, "I'm Rick James, bitch." Cue laugh track.541
Yen meanwhile was staring at Chino, sighing dreamingly. What she didn't know was that some man was eyeing her. The man looked....well...I don't want to say retarded, but if you're wearing a sweater with one of the pant sleeves rolled up to the knee, and you're wearing a doo-rag, prepared to meet with raised eye-brows. Anyway, he started saying, "Excuse me can I talk to you for a minute?"542
Yen didn't hear him.543
"Excuse me can I talk to you for a minute?!"544
Slowly she turned around and her eyes widened slightly at the sight. "Hello."545
"Yeah, I just wanna say, the back of yo head looks ridiculous." (......)546
"Oh...um...thanks."547
"Yeah, you welcome!" Unfortunately he sat next to her and asked, "So what's your name, Miss Dragonfly?"548
".....it's, um, Yen."549
"Oh that's nice, Yen. My little dragonfly Yen. My name's Darrell. It sounds like Deh-ral but it's pronounced Deh-rayl."550
"...yeah..."551
Awkward moment of silence....552
Then he spoke, "So listen um--CANIHAVEYANUMBER?"553
"Uh..."554
"Can I? Can I have your number? Can I? Can I?"555
"Um..." This guy is so desperate.... she thought. "I have a boyfriend."556
"Oh."557
Awkward moment of silence...558
"So I can't have it?"559
"See? That's my boyfriend!" She was pointing at Corey Taylor and then started running of toward him.560
"Oh okay! I'll see you around, Miss Dragonfly." Pause. "I love you." He then turned around and saw Dana there. He decided to talk to her. "Excuse me. Can I t—"561
"Get yo motha fucking UGLY ass out my face!" Dana snapped and walked on.
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A very gorgeous woman spotted David drinking his sixth beer. She simply walked up to him and tapped him on the shoulder. He looked up and saw a gorgeous red-head wearing the skimpiest outfit. "Hi," David simply smiled shyly.563
"I've never seen you around here before."564
"Oh, well I really don't live here; I'm traveling."565
"Well, that's nice." She extended her hand at him. "Clarice."566
"David."567
Jonathan looked up and saw David leaving with Clarice. But then again he had more important things to think about. "So what are you going to do?"568
"Well," Carl paused for some time. "I'm going in, soldier." He stood up and walked to where Rick James was...behind a bar. Carl took a deep breath and walked over there. Rick James spotted him.569
"Oh! Charlie Murphy everybody! Whoo! Darkness everybody!" He shouted, motioning to Carl. Carl had no choice but to go over there now. "Ey, listen man, I gotta joke for ya. Listen to this!"570
"...okay..."571
"What do the five fingers say to the face? Hahaha!"572
Carl was puzzled. Then he realized something. "Wait, didn't I see this on the Chap--"573
"SLAP!"574
Everyone gasped and jeered at that. In case you having noticed, he just slapped Carl. Oh yeah, this mother fucker done lost his mind. No man slaps another man. Even when it was fashionable in Paris (where you would slap a man and challenge him to a duel), there would be a gunfight after that! Somebody gots to go!575
Now where was I? Ah yes.576
He watched Rick James walk out with his bitches. Loc walked to Carl. "You want me to handle this, man? I mean, no man should ever be slapped by another man."577
"Oh no," Carl muttered. "As soon as I find his room number, it is ON."
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David looked up at the number of the room Clarice stayed in as she led him to her room. It was very pink with floral decorations. "I love pink and flowery stuff if you can't already tell," she said. "I think all the rooms are like this. At least on this floor." David shut the door behind him. He looked around and then saw twin beds.579
"You have a roommate?" He asked.580
She looked at the beds and then she giggled, "Oh, no." She pulled him closer and whispered, "We're all alone here." She took his arms and wrapped them around her waist. David leaned down and kissed her. Pretty soon they were both on the bed. She slowly took off her top and begun pulling David's shirt over his head, tossing it on the floor. She then leaned down and ran her tongue around his neck.581
David could help but stare at the ceiling and think about Fieldy while she was groping him down there. And these thoughts weren't sexual thoughts. He merely wanted to know what Fieldy was doing in his room alone. What kind of verses his Fieldy reading? What is he thinking about? Is he thinking about Deena? That night by the diner? Will he ever forgive David?
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Well, Carl finally found the room Rick James stayed in. He was finally going to beat that ass. 583
"You sure you want to do this?" Carl turned to Mike Jochum. You know, the back up band member no one give a shit about.584
Carl replied, "Look what he did to my face!" Yeah, that "UNITY" mark was still on his forehead. "And he slapped me! Besides the Chappelle Show act is old now, okay."585
"I personally like Mind of Mencia better."586
Carl knocked on the door, and they were let in. Sure enough, Rick James was laughing his ass off with his bitches. That really pissed Carl off. Really. Then Rick spoke, "So then, thst fool came in here and I said, 'Look bitch, I'm Rick James!' " He suddenly spotted Carl. "Oh! Charlie Murphay!" Rick suddenly locked into a fighting stance to bop Carl one again. But this time Carl wasn't taking that shit. 587
Carl went, "HA-YAA!" He gave the man the roundhouse kick. POW! Right in the kisser! Rick was sent flying and was slammed to a mirror. Everybody stared at that in complete shock.588
Rick got back up and shouted, "SECURITY!" Suddenly two men jumped up at his call. One of them had very crooked eyes.589
Mike asked that guy, "How can you see with your eyes like that?"590
"Now Darkness!" Rick James said, backing up by the window. "The tables have turned!" He then said to his bodyguards, "Do whatever you like."591
"You assholes take another step, and I'm kicking this joke out the fucking window!" Carl shouted.592
"You assholes don't take another step, 'cause he'll kick me out the fucking window!"593
"Look what you did to my face, ASSHOLE!" Carl pointed at the "UNITY" mark on his forehead. "And stop calling me Charlie Murphy or Darkness! Do I look B—"594
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Rick James then sighed and said, "I'm sorry Charlie. It was an accidnt. I was having too much fun."598
"Yeah, well..."599
"I'll offer you a truce—a stckiest of icky. Wanna smoke?"600
"I'm not a smoker."601
"Now that you mention it, I am bleeding inside my chest. But I got the remedy." He turned to one of the women and shouted, "BITCH! Come over here and have sex with Charlie Murphy! I'm Rick James Bitch!" His bitch cane and took the slightly amused Carl somewhere else. Mike sighed.
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It was more quiet back in the club. Jonathan sighed, "It sure is boring around here."603
Loc replied, "Mah Boi. This quietness is what all true warriors strive for."604
"......."605
"....Look, blame the author man. She's been watching too much crazy stuff on YouTube."606
Munky came up to Jonathan. "I feel like bothering Fieldy. Wanna come?"607
Jon and Loc both snickered at that....and then Jon smirked, "You said 'come'."608
"........."609
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David quietly shut Clarice's door to avoid waking her up. And no sooner than that did he hear, "What do we have here!" He turned around and saw Munky (who said it) and Jonathan smirking at him.613
"Eh....you might wanna lower your voice or she'll wake up."614
"...."615
"Anyway," Jon said, "we're gonna bother Fieldy, see what he's doing. Wanna come with?"616
David didn't know if he was ready to face Fieldy again. But he blurted out, "Sure."617
As they walked to Fieldy's room, Munky spoke, "That Rick James guy was NUTS."618
Jonathan replied, "Yeah, I'm gonna have to ask you to NOT talk about that, please."
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Fieldy was on the bed, closing his bible and stretched out on the bed. He knew it may seem weird to the others, but reading the bible made him feel better. He knew that Brian felt the same way. There was a loud knock on the door. Now who in the world could that be? It was probably the guys wanting to bother him. He slowly opened the door.620
"What's up, beech!" Munky grinned.621
"Wow, you ARE drunk..." Jon muttered at him.622
Fieldy just smiled. "I was wondering when you were coming up." He then stepped back and opened the door wider so the others could come in.623
Davis looked up at the room and whistled at how luxurious it was. "Very first class, Fieldy," he said quietly, not looking at him.624
"Thanks." Munky pounced on the bed.625
"All right, men, we—oh my god....I think I'm getting busy..." he said to himself.626
Jonathan sat on the bed after him. "You mean, 'dizzy'."627
"Whatever."628
"So what happened down at that club?" Fieldy asked as he and David sat down on the bed.629
Munky sat straight up. "Oh man! There was that dude that acted like Dave Chappelle as Rick James and he was beating up on Carl and shit and—"630
"Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa waitaminute........Dave Chappelle?"631
"Some guy that was reenacting that episode from the Chappelle's show was bullying Carl," Jonathan said, "so Carl went up to...take care of things." Jonathan hit the palm of his hand with his fist to show Fieldy what he was talking about.632
Fieldy suddenly glanced up at David. "Is he okay or something?"633
"Reg, you are asking the last person who really gives a crap about Carl," David muttered.634
Munky's lips turned into a very sheepish grin at Fieldy. "This man was with some woman." He turned to David. "What was she, a hooker or some—"635
"What?! She's a writer."636
"A writer who dresses like that?"637
"For erotica."638
"Ah."639
"You know..." Jon began, "This reminds me of the time when Alyssa lied to David and said that she was sixteen."640
"She was sixteen," David said.641
"No she wasn't, she was fourteen......pedophile."642
"What?! I'm not a pedophile! I was fifteen. And besides, all we did was make out, Jon. You came to the room and scared the shit out of me and I ran out. I never touched her since."643
"Oh, but I managed to." Munky snickered.644
"............anyway...." Jon continued.645
"What?! She was pretty attractive. And she wasn't the only person...what was that girl's name that was hanging out with you, Wally?"646
"It was Melissa," David was surprised he remembered her.647
"And you never hit on her once?"648
David stared at him, and then he sighed, ".....all right! She didn't want me to tell anyone this, but since it's been almost twenty years since then and she's probably in New York or Los Angeles where she might be accepted more—"649
"What do you mean, accepted in New York or Los Angeles?" Jon asked, who never knew Melissa.650
"She's a lesbian."651
Munky and Fieldy both had eyes widened at that. "She is?" Fieldy asked.652
"We made out once and I found out she was looking at an old Lita Ford poster I had, and then she confessed that she liked girls. She made me promise not to tell anyone. And she was a popular girl at my school, too."653
"....wow..." Munky could only say. "Is she open now?"654
"I don't know. I applaud her if she did come out. She's probably in some artsy place, in charge of everything....but then again I've been watching the L Word too much."655
"What is that show about anyway?"656
"It's about a group of lesbians and bisexual women in Los Angeles. Very Hollywood-like."657
"I see....oh man! I forgot about that geeky girl that used to bother Brian."658
"I think her name was Natalie," Fieldy answered. Then he started grinning. "It was so hilarious when he used to run and scream for help because she was running after him. He was like,” and then he shouted in a falsetto voice, “ 'Help! Help! Mommy!' " He was waving his arms in the air. The others laughed.659
"Ironically, they ended up dating within a year or two...it was SOOOO adorable it was nauseating."660
"I didn't think it was nauseating," David said. "You don't see true love in teenagers like that very often. I fell in love when I was thirteen." He stopped right there, hoping Fieldy wasn't looking at him at that last sentence.661
"How could you have fallen in love at thirteen? That's like, way too young, man."662
"How do you know, James?"663
"Most people at thirteen don't even think about love, and if they do, they're actually just infatuated," Jon said. Was it love David felt, or was it pure infatuation?664
"When I was thirteen," Munky grinned, "I was still watching He-Man."665
Fieldy grinned, "So did I."666
"Okay, fine. It was ALL pure infatuation." It pretty much upset David that they would demote his love for Fieldy. It was real love to him. He wanted to change the subject now. "I wonder what Brian's doing right now."667
"Who knows," Jon muttered.668
"It really doesn't feel like we're a whole without him."669
Jon, who was still somewhat angry with Brian, changed the subject. "Well, I've been writing music for out next album."670
"You have?" Munky asked.671
"Yeah, I can show you guys later."672
"Sweet. So is it gonna be a girl or a boy?" The others were confused for a moment. "I'm talking to you, Reg."673
"James, it's too early to find out—you'd have to wait three or four months until then."674
"I was just wondering."675
David stared at Fieldy the entire time. He really wanted to know what was in his thoughts. Did he feel intimidated that David was sitting across from him? Because David himself felt really intimidated by Fieldy’s presence. Suddenly he felt the need to use the bathroom. Good thing, too. “Is there a restroom here?”676
Fieldy pointed to the door adjacent to the balcony doors. “Right over there.”677
“Thanks,” and at that, David quickly ran to the restroom.678
After that, Munky then chuckled, “Boy, I gotta tell you, David...”679
“What about David?” Jonathan inquired.680
“He used to be such a scrawny little kid. Now he’s all muscle.”681
“I used to be scrawny too.”682
“Yeah, but something else happened to you.”683
“.......”684
“So,” Fieldy began, “I’m thinking about naming the baby.”685
“Isn’t that too early?”686
“Of course not. I talked to Deena earlier and we both decided that I’ll name him, or she’ll name her.”687
“What if you get twins?”688
Fieldy grinned, “Same thing. I’ll name the boys, or she’ll name the girls.”689
“What if the twins are both a boy and a girl?” Munky asked.690
“Like I said.”691
Jonathan’s phone—I mean Helio—rang. “He picked it up. “Hello? Hi, Nate.” He stepped out from the room to talk to his eldest son.692
Munky muttered, “I wonder if he had forgotten about that time I called it a phone.”693
“Probably not,” Fieldy muttered.694
“You know, when we were back in the diner, he insisted that he caused the accident with voo-doo.” Munky rolled his eyes as he said, “voo-doo.”695
Fieldy shrugged.696
“David’s taking an awfully long time at the bathroom.” Munky then smirked. “I bet he’s masturbating...”697
“To whom?” Fieldy looked down.698
“Probably that girl he was with.”699
Suddenly the door opened and in came Jon again. “I heard you call my Helio a phone, James.”700
Munky threw his hands in the air. “Oh for the love of god!!”701
“Yeah, and it WAS voo-doo.”702
“......what the fuck does Deven ever see in you?”703
“I really don’t know. What the fuck did Stephanie ever see in you?” Fieldy couldn’t help but laugh at the two.704
Jonathan’s ph—Helio—rang again. He sighed and picked it up. “Jonathan.” Pause. “What?! Carl and that Rick James guy are having a knife fight?!” The two others looked up, shocked. “I’m coming.” He hung up the Helio, and turned to Fieldy and Munky. “That was Mike. I’m gonna go and see what’s up.” Well, Rick James is (was) a habitual line-stepper. He must’ve done something stupid to Carl again.705
“I’ll go too,” Munky said, getting off the bed. “That Rick James guy is getting on my nerves.”706
“I’ll just stay here,” Fieldy spoke. “I don’t think I wanna see what’s going on there.”707
“Well, tell David that we’ll be over wherever Carl’s at, though I doubt he’ll care.”708
“Actually, he’s more likely to root for the Rick James guy.”709
“Right.” At that, Jon and Munky left the room.710
Fieldy was alone in the room for a moment, before David finally emerged from the restroom. David looked around trying to avoid seeing Fieldy. Fieldy looked up at him and then turned away. “Hi.”711
“Hey. Where’s everybody?”712
“Carl’s having a fight with that Rick James guy you guys were talking about, and I think it’s getting more than a little serious. The two went to see what was going on.”713
“Oh.” Neither of them said anything fore a moment. “I should go, too.” David laughed nervously, looking down and lightly kicked the air with his feet. “I’d like to see that guy beat the shit out of Carl again.” David turned to go. He quickly opened the door.714
However, halfway through he heard Fieldy say, “Wait, David.” David’s eyes widened and he stopped right there. “Shut the door,” Fieldy continued. David obeyed him, slowly shutting the door. After a moment of silence, Fieldy spoke, “I...think we need to talk.”715
David then turned around to face him, leaning against the door. He couldn’t believe this was happening to him. He suddenly felt bitter and that almost never happens with David. He shrugged and frowned. He replied in a soft voice, “What is there to talk about Reg? I mean, you hate me because of what I did to you back at the diner.” He stood somewhat closer to Fieldy and continued, “I was sorry before about hurting you and Deena, but I’m not sorry anymore. At least I was being true to my feelings. That’s why I did what I did, because I love you, Reg.”716
It took a moment for Fieldy to get that all in before he responded, “How...how can you be so damn selfish?”717
That angered David so much that he almost laughed in disbelief. “Wait, I’m selfish?! What the hell were you doing with that guy, knowing you would cheat on Deena?!”718
“I didn’t know what I was doing! But you did.”719
David sighed. “Are you finished? Can I go?”720
“No, I’m not finished David!” Fieldy sighed, “Well—”721
“Spit it out!”722
Fieldy glare at him for a second and then continued. “I don’t hate you David. In fact I forgive you.”723
“Why?”724
“What good will it do if I don’t forgive you?”725
“I dunno Reg.”726
“Maybe...” Fieldy swallowed hard. “Virgil said that I might be bisexual.”727
David asked him, “Well, are you?”728
“I don’t know, I mean, I was attracted to him...and to you.” David’s eyes widened at that. “But I still love Deena with all my heart. I really messed up with Sheila. I want it to work with Deena. I want my life to work again.”729
“And I messed it up for you.”730
Fieldy looked up at him, more compassionate this time. “No, you didn’t. I mean, you did, but it takes two, you know. I realized that I was...am...attracted to you, I let you do what you did to me; why did you think I declined to hang out with Jon or James? I don’t even care anymore that you’re a guy; I’m still attracted to you. It’s probably the history we have together; you were the only person back then who loved me. But I still want to be with Deena and the baby, and I’m not letting anyone ruin that, not you, not even myself. And I know I’m not completely gay because I still find women beautiful—especially Deena.”731
“Really.”732
“And...” Fieldy paused. “We’ve only been getting along recently since I stopped drinking. I love being friends with you, you know—I’ve known you since we were teens. I don’t want to be enemies with you anymore. I’m sick of that.”733
“You know the only thing I wanted since we broke up is to remain friends with you, but you just kept avoiding me.”734
“I was upset.”735
“You think I wasn’t?” David didn’t realize that he was sitting on the bed next to Fieldy, or that he took his hand (and Fieldy didn’t push his hand away). “I wanted to share my thoughts with you, wanted you to share your thoughts with me. Do you have any idea how much I wanted to tell you I was going to be a dad for the first time?”736
Fieldy just started at his brown eyes. “No...”737
“And, when I saw you just wasting your life away, it hurt me more than when we saw Brian wasting his life away. I mean I was worried about him, but more so with you, because you were gonna die and...” He cupped Fieldy’s face, “you were going to leave me.”738
“You had Shannon...”739
“Yeah, and I loved her, but...I don’t think I ever stopped loving you. I think that’s why she and I divorced, because I was so worried about you and was...well...jealous when you met Deena...that I was distancing myself away from Shannon.” There was a moment of silence after that. David then continued, “I’m willing to accept your friendship if you’re willing to accept my love for you.”740
“I already accepted your love for me, David. Seriously, if I’ve never met Deena, you’d be it.”741
David’s eyes widened a bit at that. “Really?”742
Fieldy nodded and, to David’s surprise, he leaned over and kissed his forehead. David couldn’t take it anymore. 743
“I want to kiss you so bad, Reggie.” One last kiss as a lover and the first kiss as a friend. “Please?” Surprisingly, Fieldy leaned over, cupped David’s face, pulled David towards him and brushed David’s lips with his. David returned the kiss, making it full of passion. He wrapped his arms around Fieldy’s waist and Fieldy wrapped his arms around David’s neck. Both of them had felt the warmth that neither of them felt in a while. It felt like they been at it forever.744
Suddenly...745
“Hey guys! You should’ve...” Jonathan and Munky stopped right in their tracks, eyes widened in horror, while Fieldy and David quickly pulled away from each other, horrified that their friends have caught them. No one said anything for a moment. Then, Jonathan and Munky, eyes still wide, mouths opened wide, and in total shock, quietly backed out of the room and quietly shut the door.746
It took David and Fieldy awhile to sink that all in before. Then Fieldy suddenly uttered, “Oh god...” His hands grabbed his hair almost in desperation and he began breathing rapidly. “Oh my GOD...”747
At that moment, David quickly sat up. “Wait...Jon!” He almost called out, running to open the door and run after them. Explain to them about what they saw, that it wasn’t what they thought. Who the fuck was he kidding? Of course it was! Neither Jon nor Munky were anywhere to be found. David sighed and shut the door. Then he turned to face Fieldy, who simply sat there looking down and fidgeting with the end of his wifebeater, clearly nervous.748
“I’m sorry Reggie,” David whispered, his voice shaking. Fieldy said nothing. David sat by him, saying nothing for a moment. What else could he say? “Jon and Munky wouldn’t tell anybody, I know they won’t. Especially Jonathan. He’s just not the type to go all homophobic all of a sudden.”749
Fieldy replied, “But neither of them are gonna look at us the same way again.”750
“I’ll take care of that.”751
“What are you going to do?”752
David stood up. “I’m going to tell them...I dunno...that I was the one that kissed you and had nothing to do with it? Fuck.” Fieldy looked away. David sighed. “You regret it.”753
Fieldy suddenly looked up at him. “No, I don’t regret the kiss. I don’t. I’m serious.” 754
“I don’t want you to suffer, Reg.”755
Fieldy said nothing for a moment. Then he said, “I want to watch a movie all of a sudden.”756
“Hmm?”757
“A movie.” He jerked his thumb at a television set.758
David didn’t know what he was getting at. “Um...does it have cable?”759
“Yeah, I think so.” He got up and turned on the television. He surfed the channels until he grinned. Liar Liar was on. “Holy crap! I haven’t seen that movie in a long time.”760
David sat on the bed again. “Meh, I prefer the Mask.”761
Fieldy sat next to him. He then smiled a very gentle smile. “Watch this movie with me?”762
David then smiled. “Sure.”763
And for the rest of the night, the two laughed their asses off at Jim Carrey’s antics; Fieldy almost wet himself in one scene.
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Jonathan and Munky sat back at the club, even though it was closing. Neither of them said a thing.765
Then Munky spoke, “Okay, just to make sure we’re not hallucinating or anything, that was Fieldy and David...” He didn’t finish his sentence, making hand gestures of two people kissing. Jonathan nodded. “Okay.”766
Another awkward moment of silence. “They’re still our friends,” Jon said quietly. “I’m not gonna think any less of them just because I’ve seen them kissed.” Munky nodded. “Though I am surprised that Fieldy...” he didn’t finish the sentence.767
“Hey folks!” The two looked up and saw Kalen.768
“Hey. Where were you these past two chapters?”769
“Wouldn’t you like to know? You guys look very disturbed.”770
Munky sighed, “Well, to tell you the truth, we saw two gu—”771
“—girls kissing.” Jonathan finished.772
“Huh?” Kalen looked puzzled. “Why is THAT disturbing?”773
“...they...um...”774
“They were obese,” Munky finished. “Like, 400 pounds, morbidly obese fat. Even if one of them was a man, it’ll still be disturbing.”775
Kalen scoffed. “Fat people need love too.”776
“I guess.”777
Insert the Seinfeld theme and laugh track.778
