Sade's Return

VI

I eventually calm down and finish my shower. I decide to wear my fluffy robe and warm up some instant noodles. I go to the living room sit on the couch criss cross with my bowl of instant noodles to watch Batman the Dark Knight. One of my favorite movies of course. RIP Heather Ledger. Of course, I'm crying at the scene where Rachel is close to being rescued. It gets me every damn time. My cell rings and it's my friend Bethany. "Are you watching the Dark Knight again?"she asks.

"Uh, yeah why?"

"Because you have Rachel Dawes crying voice."she replies

  I giggle. "What the hell is Rachel Dawes crying voice?"

"Exactly what it means. Whenever it gets to that part, you get all choked up and sniffling." She replies and I can almost hear her rolling her eyes. I laugh once again. "So why'd you call?

  With a serous voice, answers "1. I want us to have dinner together 2. You need to meet Miles 3. I'm hungry and the most important 4. I miss you."

  "Oh so the boyfriend is the reason..." I tap my fingers on the counter top.

  "C'mon Sade! It'll be fun and it'll me make very happy. Pretty please." She begs.

  "Alright I'll meet you there. Which one?"

  "The one on Nickel St." She answers

   "Cool. See ya then." I end the call. I love my friend Bethany. She pushes me out of my comfort zone. She also suffers from a mental illness. She helps a lot of people out in the mental health community. I'm proud of her and I'm of being her friend. She deserves happiness and this guy seems to be treating her well from what I hear from her so far. I can't wait to meet him.

  I wear a black spaghetti strap short dress with knee high socks and combat boots. I leave my pink hair loose and wear my kitty ear plugs. I think I look simple yet cute. I wear my black leather jacket and get my backpack so I can leave. I lock my door and make way downstairs. Not very surprising the elevator is not working. Sigh. I run my fingers through my hair.

When I get outside I see it's dark so I order an Eride. The ride is about 5 minutes to the Chinese Restaurant. The moment we get close I see Bethany standing talking to a guy that's taller than her, thin with short blonde hair. Bethany also has blonde hair but is shorter with a petite body and I admit they look like the cutest couple. I step out and wave at them as I walk towards them . I hug Bethany and look at her boyfriend. Bethany introduces me to Miles, we walk into the restaurant and start looking at the menu.

I order my usual Sweet and Sour Shrimp. As we wait for our order we start talking. Miles tells me he's going to college to get his PhD and right now he's studying Modern History. Definitely an interesting man. Bethany has a keeper here.

I give Bethany a little nudge " He's cute and smart. You got lucky."

Bethany giggles and says "Yes, I knew it from the get go." She gives me a light nudge. We laugh together.

Miles asks about what I do, I tell him basically I have Bipolar disorder (I'm not embarrassed because he's Bethany's boyfriend and he's aware of her mental illness and isn't ignorant to it.) and I'm not working because I can't hold a job for the life of me.

"I am taking some art classes at the Art Factory."

"Oh the one on Main St.?" He asks.

" Yep that's the one." I say as I look at our waiter put our food on the table. "You and Bethany should take a class together."

"That sounds fun!" You can hear the excitement in her voice.

"We definitely should." Miles agrees.

We eat our dinner laughing and conversing. I need to use the restroom so I excuse myself. The lovebirds are way into each other that they both just hum in response. Shaking my head I find this so amusing. I have never seen Bethany like this.

I walk to the restroom and I'm thrown off a little. I see Jack standing in the hallway waiting for the restroom. Oh boy. "This is interesting. Usually it's the females' restroom with people waiting for it."

"Ha..yeah." He replies

I go to walk into the restroom but he grabs my arm and he's rubbing the back of his neck. He's quiet for a minute and honestly I don't like it when people just touch me like that but I let it slide and I wait for him to speak.
 
He shakes his head and laughs. "I like you" he holds me by the small of the back. Then a red head with a pixie cut and covered in tattoos walks out of the female bathroom and he lets me go. "I'm ready, Jack let's go." She grabs his hands to leave. He follows. My eyes widen in disbelief. When in fact I shouldn't be surprised. When all I attract are asses. I go and use the restroom.

When I come back to the table, Bethany and Miles are finished with their food. Bethany notices the change in my face. I shake my head lightly and she understands that I don't want to talk about it right now. "My stomach is a little upset I'm thinking of just heading back home."

"Well, that sucks because we we're going to the diner to have some crappy coffee." Miles states.

"Leave her be. She can have that crappy cup of coffee with us anytime. Her tummy is upset." She slaps him on the chest."

"Ouch. Okay." Putting his hands up in surrender.

I smile. "Well, I'm leaving, you guys have a good time. Bethany, call you another day?"

"Sure make sure you call me soon or I'll call you!" She replies.

I wave back at them and sit in the Eride. I hope this time the elevator isn't working because I can use the walk to distract myself.

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