My Clients Daughter

Tattoo Incident

We pull into the driveway of the parlor and fumble out of my car. The bell rings as I open the door and walk in. Breathing in deeply,

"I love the smell of sanitation when I walk into these parlors!"

"May I help you Miss?" A tall man about our age questions

"Yes sir, I would love to get a tattoo"

"Do you know what of?"

"Yes, I want a dream catcher type deal, but where the 'weaving' of the dream catcher is supposed to be, I want a Yin-Yang symbol."

"Do you have a picture"

"Of course" She squeals grabbing her phone and showing him the image.

"Sounds like something I can do, where would you like the placement?"

"ooh, on my thigh, of my right leg"

"Alright take a seat I am going to sketch this up, and get my station ready for you."

"Sweet!"

Ryan POV

We go and sit down in the lounge area, Jeff is looking through magazines, and Adreus is walking around looking at all the sketches on the walls. The door bell chimes as a group comes in. All of a sudden my breath is caught in my throat when I see Breanna, and all her girl friends. Adreus turns to meet their eyes and is given a death glare when she notices Jeff is with us.

"Hey babe, what're you doing here with these losers?" Breanna states her nose in the air. Adreus looks stunned for a second.

"Losers? Babe? Jeffrey what is she talking about?" Adreus looks baffled, giving the same look I give my math homework.

"Yes, he is MY babe, and looks like that makes you and afro-man the losers" All of her followers laugh, and I continue to stare at the coffee table as if nothing is happening.

"Excuse me, but I would watch who you are talking to bimbo, you are close to crossing that line of either walking away with that 10 pounds of makeup on your face, and walking away with your blood cleaning it off as well."

"Psh, like your tattoos and piercings scare me, c'mon lets be-"

Before she can finish her statement I see Adreus' hand come in contact with her nose, the nose she just had plastic surgery on about a year ago. After seeing that, I flipped my phone out and started recording. My laughter and her screams erupt in the parlor. Didn't take long until Jeff was pulling Breanna away, and the tattoo artist was grabbing Adreus.

"That's enough ladies, you, rich kid out of my shop, & you miss fighter stop squirming." The tattoo artist states, "Mr. Photographer, you need to stop recording and leave my shop too."

We all leave the shop, I turn to look at Adreus and she gives me a half smile, her knuckles are split but that seems to be the only damage that she has received on her body, as for Breanna, her face was so bloody it was literally washing her makeup off.

She was screaming her head off as Jeff drove off with all of the girls hovering over her trying to clean her up.

"She will regret this when my parents find out."

I shrug it off, I am sure she will, I think sarcastically. I begin to walk home, blaring my music in my ears. It only takes me about an hour until I walk in the door.

*Adreus POV*

"How dare she call me a loser? How dare she judge me. Ugh! How dare HE not tell me he was with some bimbo! Ugh I just want to tear my hair out!!"

"Hey now, calm down, I've seen her before, she is very snooty, her parents own half the town, so I would be careful how you talk to her"

"I am so not even worried. I want my tattoo, are you ready"

He chuckles at me, and I kind of like his laugh, its deep and kind of reverberates in the room. "Yes ma'am I am ready, have a seat"

I slip into the chair and grab the stress ball out of the pocket, and start to squeeze it. I look at him and he is staring at me, I immediately turn as I feel the heat rush to my cheeks. I pull my hair over my face and lay back chuckling myself.

"Are you ready?" He states as I feel him cleaning my leg.

"Ready as I will ever be."

The stinging starts harsh, but I quickly get used to it. I lay back in the chair and drift off to sleep. I am awakened by a shove on the shoulder, I look up and see the tattoo artist hovering over me, gazing into his eyes I can see that they are blue as the sky with touches of gray.

"Goodmorning beautiful, check out your tattoo" he states smirking at me.

I look down at it, and it is beautiful, by far the best tattoo I have ever seen in my entire life. "It is beautiful, I absolutely adore it!" I look up and realize he is no longer looking at my tattoo but into my eyes instead. "I should go, how much?"

"How about this, let me take you out, and this will be free"

"Take me where?"

"Well my friends are having a bonfire this weekend, I think it would be nice to have you with me as well."

"Well, this may come as a surprise but I don't drink, however I do smoke."

"I don't drink either but smoking is a passion of mine."

"So it is a date, I will meet you here? What time?"

"How about 8 p.m. on Saturday night, would you like me to come to your house, meet your parents before you go off with some stranger?"

"Oh, of course, where are my manners, my name is Adreus by the way, what is yours?"

"Jerod, Here is my number" He hands me a piece of paper, I stand up and begin to walk to my car, I can't believe it is already dark out. I turn to see him walking me to my car, he opens my door for me.

"See you soon gorgeous"

I bite my lip and start my car, he shuts my door, I roll down my window. "I will be calling tonight"

"I will be waiting."

All I can think about is that today was so stressful and already turned itself around I drive home. I walk in the door to see the cops sitting on the couch, my dad with his hands on his lap, Bimbo, Jeff and Ryan. All I can say when I see the scene in front of me is "Shit"