Unchained Heart

Chapter 21

The club scene was crazy! I've never seen First Avenue so packed with people celebrating Billy. It was a fitting send off for him. Prince and I met everyone at the table and waited for this mystery person to arrive. It was nice to have all of us together again in joy and happiness. No one was crying or in ready for a fight. It was nothing but a good time. Morris being the inebriated toast master that he proclaimed himself to be he stood on a chair and raised his glass.

  "Attention fools! I just wanna make a roast....I mean.....toast. To my baby boy and his.....on again off again ex future wife and current girlfriend. Skip and Regan. May life bring you joy and and hell all at the same time. To good sex and good friends!"

Somehow we managed to laugh through his horrible drunken speech and raise a glass. Prince pulled Morris down from the chair by his jacket and snatched his drink from him.

  "You don't need any more alcohol tonight Morris." He giggled.

  "Hey man I ain't done with that!" Morris snapped.

  "Oh yeah you are!"

  "Stop playin and pass me my cognac!"

Prince looked at Morris with a devilish smile as he held the glass in his hand. I knew that look. Prince was about to make Morris very angry.

  "What are you gonna do with that man you know you don't drink." Andre said as we all watched.

Prince stirred the glass slowly and watched the ice swirl in the liquor.

  "Skip whatcha doin' man?" Jerome asked.

He never gave an answer. He just continued to play with the glass taunting Morris in the process.

  "Come on Prince! Stop it and give Morris his drink back!" Rene said to him slamming her hands down on the table to get his attention.

Prince was so far gone into the glass that it looked like he ha spaced out on us.

  "I know what to do to snap him out of it." I said as I got up.

Grabbing him by his face I planted a big wet kiss right on the lips. To my surprise that did work because he only pulled the glass closer to his body so that way Morris couldn't reach for it. He pulled away and downed the drink like a shot! What the hell! Me kissing him would make him forget everything around him! Why didn't it work. He began to squirm as he felt the burn make its way slowly down to his stomach. His eyes were clothes tightly as he put the now empty glass on the table.

  "That.....was.....awful!" He groaned out loud.

The pain on his face and the burn in his chest served him right for taking something he knew full well didn't belong to him. Let alone the fact that he was never a drinker from the start. Us girls got a good laugh out of his expression has his face went from a warm caramel tone to a bright pink within a few minutes. The guys felt nothing but Pitts for him. They were seasoned drinkers when it came to the drinks of brown variety.

  "You cool baby?" Dez asked him as he tapped Prince on his back a few times hoping that would give him some kind of comfort.

  "Yeah. I'm cool." Prince said in a rough voice as he shook his head.

  "That's whatcha simple ass gets!" Morris snapped as he took the empty glass and stood up.

  "Awww man where you goin'?" Jerome asked as he laughed at Morris.

  "To the god damn bar to get another god damn drink on Skip's god damn tab!" He huffed.

Morris pushed his chair away from the table and marched his way to the main bar.

  "So Skipper how ya feelin'? You look like you grew a few chest hairs!" I joked as I pointed at the opening to his shirt.

  "Cute mama but feel fine. How the hell can y'all drink that stuff?" He asked.

  "Just don't think about the urn baby! Just think about how you'll feel after it goes down!" Andre said as he took a shot of vodka.

Prince scrunched his face as he watched and shook his head.

  "I will never do that ever again." He replied.

His eyes were soon drawn away from us and to the other side of the room where security was manning the VIP section.

  "What's the matter Skip? You look like you saw a ghost." Dez said to him.

  "Sit tight i'll be right back." Prince said and stood up from the table.

Judging by how fast he was going he was definitely meeting up with a woman.

  "What's his damn deal?" Cat asked.

  "Not sure! Whatever it is he was in a rush to leave." I said as I tried to see through the crowd.

  "It better not be his new dancer. At her age she should still be on the bottle." Cat joked.

Rene and the guys seemed to get a kick out of her joke as I shook my head.

  "Oh stop it I'm sure it's not even like that." I said coming to this mystery person's defense.

  "I bet she still wears training bras." Rene giggled as she and Cat shared a high five.

  "You guys are just awful!" I laughed out loud.

  "What'd you expect Mouse? That's what y'all women do!" Andre said with a big smile as he sat back and took another shot.

  "Not all of us. Some girls just sit back and enjoy the show." I smirked and I shot a discreet look to Rene who was too busy downing her third martini.

  "I saw that!" Jerome shouted as he pointed at me.

  "Saw what Tricky?" I said in a faux innocent tone.

  "That look! I saw it!" He said as he took a sip of his drink.

  "You didn't SEE anything goofball." I giggled.

  "Don't play coy with us Regan! We know how you get down!" Dez laughed.

I shook my head and laughed along with them without Rene catching on. Just then Prince came back with a pretty curly headed Caucasian girl who looked a little younger than me. My eyes were in complete surprise as my smile got really big with excitement. I felt like I was going to explode from happiness. This was like a dream come true and the only person who knew that I wished to meet my undercover idol was Prince himself. Knowing that this was one of his artists made thing even more exciting. Prince brought the young girl closer to our table and took her by the hand as they approached us.

  "Regan I want to introduce you to-" was all he got out before I cut him off and let my excitement overpower him.

Jumping nearly three feet high from the table the shrill scream that came out of my throats was enough to break glass.

  "OH MY GOD! SHEENA EASTON!!!!!"

I don't think I've ever shed tears of joy like this since the day Prince asked me to marry him. This was definitely going to me a really good night.