Running to the Edge of the World...

KaBoom-KaBoom

Chapter 3: KaBoom-KaBoom

As the months went by, my presence at Marilyn’s house and his favourite hang outs became more and more frequent, with several nights out on the town – both with, and without, the band - and private meetings slipped into our free time. We’d become quite close… and I could tell I was falling for him.

This epiphany came to me late one Saturday evening as I sat at home flicking channels. It was so quiet in my house, as I sat there pondering this latest development in my feelings towards Marilyn, that I nearly flew off the couch in fright when the phone rang, rather loudly, beside me.

Shakily, I picked up the receiver. “Hello?”

“Hey Shan,” it was John. What was he calling this late for? “Listen, we don’t care what you’re doing, just get your butt over here now and have some fun with us! We haven’t seen you in weeks, we miss you…especially Marilyn!”

“Johnny… are you high?” I asked, sceptical of the reply I would inevitably receive.

“Pffft! No! Perhaps a little drunk, but I’m not high.” He replied. “Just, come over! We’re having a fire in the back yard!”

“That’s not a good idea John-”

“Then come over and stop us!” he taunted.

“Fine, I’m coming. Don’t start without me.” I rolled my eyes and hung up.

This should be interesting…

***

The front door was open when I arrived at Marilyn’s, so I knew I’d assumed correctly when thinking they’d be here. There was a distinct smoky smell in the air as I walked through the house, shaking my head as I made my way towards the backyard.

“Guys?” I called out in annoyance.

“She’s here!” multiple voices shouted in excitement from somewhere out the back of the house.

I shook my head at their idiocy. I was nearly at the back door when Pogo came inside, grinning absurdly.

“Marilyn!” he shouted over his shoulder. “Your girlfriend’s here!”

I felt my cheeks flush. I wasn’t his girlfriend. I was just a girl who happened to be his friend. There was a difference. I liked being his friend. However, I wouldn’t object to actually being his girlfriend.

“Shan?” I heard Marilyn’s voice ask through the door. ‘Ok, just act normal…like hell.’

“Here.” I smiled brightly as I stepped outside and looked at the pit fire they’d created. “You know…that’s not done right…”

“It’ll do.” John waved at me to join them by the fire, his thumb wrapped around a half empty bottle of vodka in that same hand. “Come! Sit.” He commanded, patting the empty chair between himself and Marilyn.

I hesitated momentarily, but did as he said, declining the bottle of vodka he offered me as I sat. He merely shrugged at me and took another swig. A small smirk crossed my face as I closed my eyes for a moment and shook my head at him.

“So what brought this on?” I asked, nodding towards the fire and then the large pile of empty bottles that must have recently held one form of alcohol or another. I tried counting how many of them had once contained absinthe, but quickly gave up.

“We need a reason?” John asked, then continued. “We just wanted to get you out here and have some fun. You’ve been cooped up at your place the entire time you’re at home, and you work indoors too. You needed to get out, so we provided an excuse.”

“Ah-huh.” I raised one eyebrow at him, not entirely believing him. He merely grinned and took another swig from the bottle in his hand. “You know… you could’ve just said you wanted to hang out…”

“You would’ve found an excuse to stay curled up at home.” Marilyn said softly, closer than I’d anticipated. I turned to look at him to find him smirking wickedly at me. “And I doubt you would’ve wanted all of us to come and kidnap you, hmm?”

My own mischievous smirk fell into place. “Oh honey,” I replied, my voice more sultry than I’d ever deemed myself possible of. “You can come and kidnap me any day…”

He leant in closer, his lips brushing against my cheek as he whispered. “I may have to take you up on that.”

We both leant back from each other at that point, with me blushing and mischievous smile adding a playful and distinctively flirtatious glint to his eyes. Little did I know that he was, at that very moment, planning my kidnap and seduction.

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