Howlin' For You

Breakfast with Father Time

I went to sleep in my bed after cleaning up the house a bit and having some dinner. Gosh I'm tired. I jump on to my bed, oh god this is so freaking amazing it's like laying on a goddamn cloud! I slip in to the blankets and quickly fall asleep in a snap.

I pick my eyes open, knowing I have to pick up Alice. Then I'll have breakfast with . . . Danny? No! Dan! Yep that guitar player from the Black Keys. He was really nice. I get  up throw on some acceptable clothes and run out the door, it's eight a bit early but I was told by Alice herself to pick her up early because they had a very smelly dog that was let in the mornings. I don't even know how she figures this stuff out, sometimes she flat out lies and other times she finds out. She's going to be a detective someday I swear. 

I arrive at the above middle class suburban home, compared to my piece of crap car it looked like I live in the ghetto. 

I knocked on the door, I haven't really known them except Alice has stayed here a couple times. I think she just likes it to have a mom. Mrs. Baker is really nice, it probably reminds Alice of mom. The little girl is . . . bratty. I suspect she gets it from her dad but I've never seen him around.

I go up and ring the doorbell. Waited for a couple of seconds. 

"Hello?" It was a middle aged guy, which I didn't I recognize. I looked at him, he gave me the creepiest rapist smile ever, I instantly fell akward and nervous. 

"Uh I'm here to pick up Alice?" I say, nervously. God this guy is freaking creepy. 

"Oh yeah? Just come in she's aready in the kitchen waiting for you." He says. He waits for me standing by the door watching me go in, I can already feel him checking my ass out. Disgusting. 

"Alice?" I call out. 

"Cae!" Alice crys out and follows me, "You came early!" I nodded.

"Go get your stuff, okay?" I ask her she noddes and takes some of the stuff piled on the couch that's hers. 

"Well say goodbye okay? " I ask her to do so we can get the hell out of this guy's creepy looks.

"Why don't you stay for breakfast?" He asks, maximum creepiness.

"Uh I can't, we're actually going out to breakfast with . . . my . . . boyfriend." I say hope to slide out of here. I nudged Alice before she could say anything. 

"Oh well I'm starving. . ." He says suggesting something. Hell no! I'm not taking him to breakfast! "Why don't I come with you guys?" He ask, more like demanding. 

"What about your daughter . . . Katie?" I ask.

"Well Mrs. Baker is here so she'll watch her! Let's go, I'll follow you!" He says, nobody envited you!

Think get out of this! Uh lie, think of a lie. . . . 

"Actually, uh you can't go because Mrs. Baker will think your cheating! So bye I have to leave!" I say quickly and leave with Alice and all her junk, quickly get in the car, and head home. 

"I told you the stinky dog was here in the morning, that's why I wanted to leave." She said innocently. I laughed and smiled at her wits. I turned around, "I guess he was pretty stinky wasn't he?" Than I made a stink face, which she laughed at.

"Cae, I'm hungry."

"I know we're going to go out to eat with a friend." I say.

"Your boyfriend?" She asked.

"No that was an excuse, he's a friend. Okay? Now let's get changed."

We did excactly that and I dialed the phone number he gave me. Siting on the couch while Alice watches Yellow Submarine, it has her favorite villan in it, which she is wearing currently. Begged me for it when she saw it.

I watched the movie while the phone rang. 

"Hello?" I hear Dan's voice through the phone, he probably just woken up. 

"Hi, it's Caelyn from the bar. Sorry did you just wake up? I'll call later . . . " 

"Oh no no no, I just woke up before you called me, so is the breakfast thing still open?"

"Yeah, I was actually calling about that. How about we go toTina's it's a small diner. It's pretty good."

"Sure! Just tell me the adress, mind if Pat goes?" He asks, like if he invited a serial killer.

"Oh it's perfectly fine, it's at (insert fake adress here), see you in thirty minutes!" I hung up and saved Dan's number under Dan. Creative isn't it?! Made up the name myself!

We watch the movie for about five more minutes before I round up the little blue meanine to the car. We drive the short distance to the small diner, I see the mini-van already there and the bandmates get out. I pull out with a space in between them. 

"Who are they?" She asks, staring them down, and they notice. 

"Why don't you ask yourself?" I tell her. I get out and open the door for her. You might think she would be scared and bashful but no. She heads strait for them ready to question their inner being.

"Who are you?" She asks Pat.

"Patrick." He answers.

"What do you do?"

"I'm a drummer honey." He says it slowly like he's talking to a five year old, big mistake. She flat out punches him in the balls before I could stare her down or say no. After he quickly groans and his hands go to the area that was hit. 

"Don't you ever talk to me like a dog ever! I am a human being and I think I deserve some respect. Good day!" She stomps and goes into the restrant waitting to be seated, I run to Patrick. 

"Oh my gosh Patrick are you okay?! I'm sorry that's her pet peeve, do you need any help?" I ask, god I feel really bad, he groans agains than tries to regain his posture. 

"No thanks, I'm okay." He says and puts a forced smile which I accept. 

"Okay let's go in then." Dan adds in. 

We go into the diner and Alice is already seated with a old waitress that we know, Val. 

"Hey Val!" I call out, she smiles and waves to me. 

"Hey there Cae! So I've already got this younglin' seated so come and sit your asses down!" She smiles and leaves us with some menu's and a kids menu. 

For the next hour all of us talked and got to know each other, especially Dan and I. He's really good company, so is Pat in a smart ass kind of way. Alice forgave him slightly for what he did. We said our goodbyes and lived our seprate ways. Of course we talked but ocasionally, he was on tour so much it was hard to get a hold of him. I did buy all of their albums and listen to Dan's melodic voice and guitar and Pat's steady drums. But it wasn't until 2010 I saw them both in the bar ready to play. 

~Le Present~

"I don't get what your problem is, I'm here in the bar so what?!" She explains her predictament of how she should stay here in this godforsaken place. 

"It's not for kids! Go home!" I tell Miss fifteen year old Alice to get her ass home. 

"But it's boring! Anyways I hear your lover is going to play tonight!" She says and nudges my arm making that I-know-you-want-him face. 

"Be quite you!" I say to her, I don't like him I'm just really excited that's he's going to play tonight. 

"We all know you masturbate to his picture!" He says and starts moaning I laugh and playfully hit her to stop.

Speak of the devil, I look through the doors and saw Dan and Patrick, I looked Dan in the eyes and he looked at me back, this is the day I no longer want to see him as a friend. Then I look on to where is left hand is at . . . on another girl.