First Time

Again, again

Chapter 4: Again, again

It was Saturday morning when Toni arrived at the Queen home to pick up Jade for their girl day, surprising Jade who thought they were going to be meeting up in the afternoon since it was what they orginally had planned. When asked about the sudden time shift Toni replied that she couldn't wait, she desperately needed to get something off her chest and- That's when Roy entered the room and Toni jumped as if she had seen a ghost. She eyed the red head warily with pursed lips, something Jade found odd and she awkwardly went to go fetch her purse so they could leave quickly. This "something" that Toni had to tell her was obviously serious and private, so Jade suggested they go to the park.

Toni drove them there, and during the ride Jade pried for clues that were brushed off with nervous laughter and distractions; such as inquiries about Lian and a stop for coffee. By the time they reached the park and had claimed a bench Jade had given up on trying, thinking that perhaps she over analyzed Toni's behavior before and that this "something" she couldn't wait to tell her wasn't serious at all.

"So how have you been?" Toni inquired, lowering her cup of coffee from her lips.

Jade smiled. It was always refreshing when someone took the time out to see how she was doing. "I've been great. A little lonely though since Roy's back in school, but mostly I've been thinking about what Lian is going to be for Halloween. I'm thinking-"

"I cheated on Alain!" Toni blurted, her eyes going wide after the words left her mouth and she clapped her hands over her lips.

Jade was stunned. "... You cheated on Alain? With who?"

Toni hung her head shamefully and told Jade everything, starting with the first day of school when she saw Isaiah and how jealous Alain had gotten. She told her how she had hopes that the two would be friends, that she honestly thought it was something that would be accomplished easily judging Alain's nature. Then she told her about Alain and Joey and all the trouble they had caused Isaiah and the fight they got into. Most importantly, she told her about the kiss-she scratched that and corrected herself-make out with Isaiah in the staircase.

Jade didn't know what to say. "Wow... Just... wow."

Toni buried her face in her hands. "I know, I know. I'm terrible."

Jade rubbed her back. "You're not terrible. It's not like you planned this."

"But it's not like I stopped it either," Toni pointed out, looking at her friend.

There was a pause before Jade broke it. "Why didn't you?"

Toni pinched the bridge of her nose as she desperately searched for an answer to Jade's question. "I don't know what came over me... it all happened so fast."

"Do you have a picture of this guy?"

Toni snorted. "I do actually," she replied sourly, mad at herself as she passed her cell over to Jade. She shouldn't have pictures of other guys on her phone, it wasn't fair to Alain; especially when the guy was an ex of hers.

Jade studied the picture on Toni's phone intently. "He's cute."

"He's also an insensitive asshole."

"Is that what you like about him?" Jade asked as she handed Toni back her phone.

"No!"

"So then what do you like about him? There's got to be something or you would have never dated him way back when."

Toni scratched her head, her cheeks pink in embarrassment. "Okay... so maybe I do like the fact that he's a bit of an insensitive asshole."

Jade nodded sagely. "Like them bad boy types, huh?"