Teddy's Baby

Chapter Four: Teddy's Mistake

I was a promised a shopping date with Teddy. Teddy knew how much I loved to shop. It didn’t matter who I was shopping for. I lived for it. It was one of my favorite past times. I mean growing up in Clearwater; we didn’t do a lot of shopping. Everything I wore were hand me downs from my cousins that my mother would sew back if it got too patchy. We didn’t exactly have that much money growing up. Well – We did have some money, but my father didn’t believe in spending it on materialistic things like clothes. We were supposed to appreciate what God gave us. Clothes are exactly what got Adam and Eve in trouble is what he used to say.

I think it was just an excuse for my father to walk around the house stark naked whenever he felt like it.

When I moved to the city, the first thing I did was buy myself new wardrobe. I had spent all of my first paycheck on it. Then of course when I met Teddy, he would splurge and buy me things all the time. Thus, my love for fashion grew, and so did my taste for expensive things.

You wouldn’t catch me shopping at the Gap ever.

The morning that Teddy had promised me our shopping date, I was on top of the world. Teddy had been wearing last season suits for much too long. I loved dressing him up, and I couldn’t wait for us to spend some time together. We barely did anything together anymore. He was always so busy.

“Theodore,” I called out as soon as I hopped out of the shower. He didn’t respond. I walked into our bedroom to see him arguing on the phone. I gripped my towel around my waist as I walked over to my drawer to pull another pair of boxers on.

I let out a loud sigh as I dropped my towel to the ground, glancing back to see if Teddy had noticed. Of course, he hadn’t. He was still screaming into his cell phone.

I cleared my throat as soon as he hung up. I knew he had hung up because had thrown his blackberry against the wall shortly after. I pulled a pair of boxers on as I walked over towards Teddy, resting my hands on his shoulder.

“Everything okay?” I asked as he stood up from the bed.

“No Colin,” he huffed. “Isn’t that obvious? I have to go into work. My father is being a real jackass.”

“You don’t have to be an asshole,” I retorted folding my arms across my chest. “And I should have known better than to think you’d keep any of your promises.”

Teddy groaned, glaring at me. “What? What now, Colin? What have I done to piss you off now?”

I shook my head. “Forget it, Teddy. If you can’t remember, then it’s obviously not important. Maybe you should check on your stupid blackberry. I’m sure I’m penciled in somewhere in there. Oh wait! You broke it.”

Teddy rolled his eyes, scowling at me. “I don’t have time for this. I don’t have time for you and your petty games, Colin.”

Before I could even come up with a witty retort, Teddy opened up his wallet, and threw his master card at me. “Here. Take it. Go splurge on something.”

Having said that, he walked out of the bedroom, slamming the door shut behind him. I could my feel my chest burn up. I couldn’t believe he had forgotten about our date. This was so typical of him. Everything was about his father and his stupid job. He thought he could just fix everything with money.

I’d show his dumb ass. With hot tears dripping down my face, I pulled scissors out of his drawer and cut his card into pieces, spreading them onto his pillow. I didn’t stop there either. I walked right into his closet and cut a few of his suits up, his underwear and even his shirts. I had completely lost it.

I knew this would only add gasoline to the fire, but I honestly didn’t give a shit at this point. It made me feel much better. When I was finished, I walked into the kitchen, cracked open a bottle of wine and had a few glasses to cool off.