Rescue Me

Chapter 8: Blade

"Dude why were you being such an ass to Juliet?" Jameson asks me from my passenger seat. 

I roll my eyes before responding. "I wasn't being an ass, I was just being blunt" which is true. I don't try to be an ass, it just comes out that way most of the time. 

"Whatever dude. Let's get some food I'm starving" he says says while typing on his phone. 

"You are always starving." I say before sighing  "We can go to the diner and get burgers, but you are paying" I don't bother looking at him because I already know he is making that fake shocked face he makes. 

"Why do I always have to pay?" he whines 

"Why do I always have to drive?" I shoot back at him. I don't actually mind driving and I would rather be in my car than someone else's but that was the only thing I could think of in response

"Touché my friend" I hear him chuckle before I turn the music back up. 

We pull up to the diner and I see it's packed. Not really a surprise  since this is one of the only hang out spots in this small ass town. We walk in and sit at our regular booth towards the back, not bothering to wait on being seated. Soon a waitress comes over and I roll my eyes at who it is. Stephanie Brooks. This girl has been trying to get with me since high school but she's not really my type with how she acts and dresses. She tries way too hard.

"Hey boys, what are we drinking?" she asks batting her eyelashes at me. 

"I'll have a Dr.Pepper" Jameson says smiling at her. 

"Water" I say maybe little too harshly. 

She walks away to get us our drinks and I see Jameson staring at me 

"What?"

"See what I mean, you are a total ass to everyone" he gestures towards Stephanie

"No. I am only an ass to people that bug me, and she bugs me" I shrug my shoulders. 

"How can she bug you? All she did was ask what you wanted to drink" I don't get why he cares so much.

"No, Stephanie has been trying to get with me since forever and I can't make it any more obvious that i'm not interested." 

Eventually Stephanie comes back with our drinks and takes our order. Jameson and I talk about work while we wait for our food. 

"I don't know man i'm kinda over the gym. I mean it's nice not having to pay for a membership but I hate working there." I tell him when our food arrives. 

"What? I love working at the gym, it's chill as hell and we get to watch chicks work out all day" he gives me an evil smile before taking a bite of his burger

I roll my eyes at him and dig into my own. 

After we leave the diner, Jameson suggests we go to Amos's house to play the new video game he has. I don't really care about video games but it beats going home so I drive us to his house not bothering to call him first. We are there pretty much every day anyways so I know he won't care. 

We pull up to his house and see him walk out of Juliet's front door. He notices us and shoves whatever he was holding behind his back as we get out of the car.

"Watcha got there?" Jameson asks while I lean against my car pulling a cigarette out. I really need to quit smoking but I don't have any real reason to stop, besides the possibility of getting cancer, but hey we are all going to die one day anyway. 

"Oh nothing, just some cookies Juliet made" Amos says before bolting to his front door with Jameson running after him. I don't follow, not caring enough about some cookies. 

After I finish my cigarette I put it out on the ground and make my way up the driveway to the front door. when I walk in I see Amos and Jameson fighting over the cookies. I roll my eyes at them, grabbing one out of the container that they are both holding and make my way to Amos's room.

"HEY!" I hear them yell. Soon after I hear them stomping up the stairs and enter his room. 

"Are you going to tell us why Juliet made you cookies?" I ask while staring at my phone

"Well technically she made them for all of us as a thank you for fixing her car"

"WHAT? And you were just going to eat them all and not share with us?!" Jameson shouts before snatching the container from Amos. 

Amos laughs and sits on his bed. "Well she did invite me inside and we hung out for awhile before you guys showed up" he says with a smug look on his face. 

"I don't know why you fools are bothering. You are never going to get with her." I say bluntly 

"Why do you have to be such a Debbie downer?" Jameson says with a mouthful of cookies. I just shrug my shoulders and go back to texting on my phone. Samantha, one of our coworkers at the gym, is trying to get me to come over to her place. She isn't the prettiest girl In the world but we've hooked up before and she's a decent lay. I send her a text telling her I'm on my way. 

"I'm going to head out. Amo can you give this asshole a ride home?" I ask pointing to Jameson

"Heyyy rude" Jameson says

"Yea I can" Amos says laughing. With that I walk out and make my way to my car. 

Once I'm in the car I glance over at Juliet's house. I don't know what it is about her that I find to appealing but I can't help but think about her. I know I'm a dick to her most of the time but that's only because I know I don't have a shot with her and it's better to be a dick to her than for me to try and get rejected. I am not use to rejection, nor do I like it. Most girls bend over backwards to get my attention. I know its because of my ice blue eyes and my nearly perfect body. Most girls bore me though and I only keep them around for a lay and that's it. 

Juliet is different though. I, of course, would kill to fuck her but for some reason I can't explain I actually want to know her and spend time with her. I know all the guys feel the same way and are all trying to get with her, betting on who it will be. I told them I didn't want any part of it because that's messy and even if by some miracle one of them manages to get with her, she will find out and that will be it for them. 

I pull my gaze from her house and start my car, making my way to Samanthas house. Maybe she will get my mind off the beautiful girl I keep imagining.