mixed hearts

chapter 2 The Function

David entered the overly crowded stadium with five minutes to spare. He scanned through the crowd for Krystal hoping to land a seat next to her but to no avail. It suddenly dawned on him why not call her since he saved her number on his phone. He quickly swiped out his phone and started to search for her number when someone tapped him on his back and shouted, "hey dude" David was startled his phone feel from his hands and hit the concrete floor, "noooooooooo" he screamed, the whole stadium went silent. He pick up his phone to see his screen was shattered, he felt awkward as eyes nearby was starring at him. He turned around only to see Troy. "What the flick dawg you screwed my phone!" He said lowering his voice. "Sorry bro it was an accident". "You don't understand Krystal's number is on this phone". "Krystal who?" Troy asked. Realizing he had not told Troy anything he refuse to confess. He paused for a moment as Troy looked at him. "A friend OK". "A friend? Does Britney know about this friend?" "Welllllll sort of, what are you doing here anyways?" David ask changing the topic. All the while Krystal was a few rows down from where they stood, she had notice the two guys and decided to go over to meet David and find out what the commotion was about. "I was invited by a "friend" as well", Troy said as he raise his both hands and gestured the rabbit ears with his fingers. David watched him with a straight face. "Relax dude, Troy remarked. Just put your sim card in my phone, find her number, store it to my phone and you can call her". "OK" David agreed. Troy dipped into his pocket and pulled out his phone, as he was about to hand it to David Krystal appeared "hey guys!" Troy turned around, "holy sh....." he muttered as he was surprised at who he saw. "Your the lady from the restaurant". "Yeh I am, and your the one who works there right?" She asked. "Welllll am, David stepped in and said "its OK bro she knows the truth." "Wait, wait, Troy uttered with a lost look on his face. "Troy this is Krystal, Krystal Troy". "Nice to meet you Troy". "Same here, so your Krystal, OK." He shocked his head, looked at David and walked off. "Hey come on bro, I'm sorry OK," David apologized as Troy walked away. "What was that all about?" Krystal asked. "Well I sort of didn't tell him about you and as you know he was kind of interested in you," David replied shamefully. "Oh, yeh, I would have been angry as well," Krystal replied. "Oh come on, I didn't mean to hurt him and to-be- sides he just told me he met someone," "So your saying it's great that he did not end up with me?" "No I'm not saying that is just that he..... "I'm just messing with you silly," Krystal said as she giggled. "Ha, ha, ha," replied David with a straight face. She then pulled him saying "come let's go I saved you a seat." They both smiled and walked to their seats. As they were settled Krystal dipped into a bag to the side of her and pulled out a bowl then a bottle of juice and finally a zip lock bag filled with neatly sliced fruits and handed it all to David. "This is yours" she said with a smile on her face. "Awwwwwww, you really brought lunch for me thanks so much," said David. "Your welcome" Krystal responded. "I wonder where my friend is, she told me she was going to be here", Krystal said in disappointment. "Which friend?" asked David. "You don't know her; I'll introduce you when and if she gets here replied Krystal. As soon as she was finish speaking her phone rang, as she looked at it she saw it was her friend Rachael. She tapped David on his lap and said, "It's her" with excitement just before answering her phone. A conversation between them ensued. "Hey, Rachael where are you?" "Hey Krystal, I'm almost there come meet me by the gate." "ok no problem I'll be there". Krystal hung up and told David she was going to meet Rachael. "Ok" he responded. Not long after Krystal arrived at the gate Rachael pulled up in a taxi. "Hey" they both said as they embraced each other. "Where have you been?" inquired Krystal. "Girl I started worked early just so I could be here on time but my boss just won't let me leave, you know how it is with bosses."- Rachael worked as an assistant manager for the largest post office in Trinidad. "Yeh girl I know how it is, I had to sweet talk my boss all of last week just to get today off," replied Krystal. "Talking about sweet, is Mr Sweetness here?" Rachael inquired. "Who David? Yeh he's here he's sitting with us," replied Krystal. "Shut, up!" Rachael uttered in surprise, so you guys seeing each other?" "No what's wrong with you he's married and I still love Rick, David is just a friend OK," said Krystal in an upset tone. "OK, OK, gezz. Anyways two things, one; I picked up your mail there you go and two I met someone." "Really who is he?" asked Krystal. "Don't worry he's here you will meet him, in fact he told me to call him when I get here, so I'll call him, tell him meet me here and we will all sit together," suggested Rachael. "Great!" Replied Krystal. Rachael quickly dialled his number and asked him to meet her at the gate. "He's on his way", she exclaimed to Krystal. "Great I can't wait to meet him," Krystal replied. She turned to take in some of the programme, before long a voice behind them echoed saying "hey babe!" the voice sounded familiar, she turned around in hast only to see Rachael locking lips with someone, the individual looked like someone she knew but she still could not get a clear picture of him as she was getting a side view image. They eventually unlocked lips. Rachael slowly turned him towards Krystal and said to him, "Hun I want you to meet someone, Krystal, this is Troy, Troy, Krystal, she's my best friend." Their eyes made four; they both paused for a while but before Rachael could suspect something were up Krystal uttered, "nice to meet you Troy." "Same here Krystal
," Troy responded playing along. "Ok, shall we?" Rachael exclaimed gesturing for Krystal to lead the way back to their seats. They all arrived at their seats, Krystal sat next to David, Rachael sat next to Krystal and Troy sat next to Rachael. As they were seated Krystal whispered to David, "Hey this is Rachael my friend I was telling you about." "Nice to meet you," said Rachael. "Same here," David replied. David had not recognized Troy until Rachael introduced him. Before she was finished with the introduction David blurted out, "bro am sorry for what happened earlier." Troy quickly said, "Its ok bro we're cool," before Rachael could pick up what was taking place. "Wait, you guys know each other?" questioned Rachael. "Yeh we do, he's my good friend, small world rite!" Exclaimed Troy. "Small world indeed," said David as they all smiled. "Please open your folders to page three under the heading A Great Design," the speaker announced. David quickly passed two folders down to Krystal and Rachael and said, "They handed these out when you weren't here, but I only took two I didn't know Troy was sitting with us." "It's ok bro I'll share with Rachael," Troy suggested. The function was entitled Building Better Homes. David attended because he was an architect and Krystal was there because she worked in real estate but Troy and Rachael went along as moral support. At the end of the programme the speaker invited all to stand and applaud those who made the day a success. Just before they all stood, Krystal took her mail she had received from Rachael and placed it in the folder she received. They all took up their bags and folders and got ready to leave the stadium. "Hey David you can drop Troy and I will take Rachael with me is that ok?" "yeh no problem," replied David. Rachael kissed Troy goodbye, and as they left Krystal said, "It was nice being with you guys take care." "You to," Troy and David replied as they went their separate ways.

"What do you think about Rachael?" Troy asked David as they headed to David's vehicle. "She's nice," he replied. "Just nice!" Troy said with an upset look on his face. "Bro I don't know her like you do OK I'm sure she's great." "Damn straight!" Shouted Troy. David dropped Troy at his apartment and headed home. Soon as David entered into his house, Britney greeted him by saying, "where the hell have you been!" as she placed one hand on her hips and the other pointed violently at David. "Good evening babe," David uttered calmly. "Don't you good evening me where have you been? The invitation said the function ended 4pm it's now 5:30, it only takes 30 minutes to get here, so where have you been for a whole hour! If you have some slot you sleeping with you better let me know you nasty pig!" "Wow really, that's what you think of me?" David shouted. "If you must know, I met my good friend Troy there and I offered him a lift home OK, here ask him yourself said David as he pulled out his phone, dialled Troy's number and handed it to Britney. "Hey bro," said Troy as he answered the phone not knowing it was Britney. "No its Britney," she replied. "Hey Brit, what's up," uttered Troy. "I just called to make sure you were in safely." "Yeh I am thanks to your husband he dropped me straight in front my apartment." "Ok great, well you take care," replied Britney shamefully. "Ok you to, and tell David I said thanks again, bye." Feeling ashamed and sorry Britney slowly handed David back his phone. Upset and hurt David exclaimed "you happy now!" as he walked off. "Babe wait," shouted Britney. "What now?" asked David. She quickly walked up to him held him by his hands and said "look, I'm sorry ok it's just that I love you so much and I can't stand loosing you." "Why would you lose me babe?" uttered David. "It's just that my dad left me and my mom and started a new family and that was hard for both of us, so I'm afraid that would happen to me as well," said Britney in sad sobs. David placed his palms on both sides of her face and declared, "listen, I'm not your dad ok, I love you so much babe, I will never leave you, you understand." "I'm so sorry for how I reacted," said Britney as tears ran down her face. "It's ok Hun" said David as he held her face against his chest. "You know what, I'm going to pour us some wine," David remarked as he pulled Britney into the kitchen. David and Britney sipped on their glass of wine while standing in the kitchen. Britney eventually placed her glass on the kitchen top, walked up to David and slapped him on the left side of his face. "ouchhh, what was that for?" Asked David with a confused look on his face. "People say love hurts so I did that just to show you how much I love you," said Britney giggling. "Wow that sort of got me going a little, David said flirting. "Really?" replied Britney flirting. She held David by his love handles and jabbed him against the kitchen cabinets. David moaned in a satisfied tone. "Rough, me likeee," he remarked. He quickly placed his glass down which he had already spilled and grabbed Britney and started stripping her, she followed his lead. He took off her top and started kissing her; she started unbuttoning his shirt but she found it was taking too long so she pulled it apart making all the buttons scatter on the kitchen floor. She kissed him from his neck then chest as she passed her hands through his abs. David quickly lifted her but slipped on the wine that had spilt and fell flat on his butt with Britney sitting on his lap, they both laughed. David tried once again carefully lifting Britney and took her up to the bedroom. He opened the door and threw her on the bed where they continued making love.

5am the next morning David was awaken by the sound of his phone ringing. He woke up grabbed his phone from the night stand to see who was calling him at this ungodly hour. David looks at his phone only to see Krystal's number. Britney whispered in a sleepy tone "who is it Hun?" "Huh?"Replied David, as he didn't know what to say.