had, her battery operated boyfriend
was not going to be able to provide any relief. Only Derek could quiet the storm churning within her body. She sighed quietly as they walked hand in
hand over to Alex and Izzy.
“Izzy I am so
proud of your restraint. Alex doesn’t
even have a hand print on him. Although
I would love to know why you had him pinned to the wall?” Roni knew she was poking the bear, but she
was in the mood for some cheap entertainment.
Izzy stood
tall, well as tall as she possibly could, shoved Alex out of her way and walked
over to them until she was nose to nose, well nose to chest, with Derek. “You should keep that thing you call a friend
in a cage instead of bringing him out. Not only did he try to molest me when I came out of the bathroom, he
cheats at pool!” Izzy was jabbing Derek in the chest with her tiny pointer
finger. To Derek’s credit, he was doing
a fantastic job not laughing at Izzy’s antics.
Roni on the
other hand lost it. Laughing so hard she
was doubled over, grabbing her stomach. Once she regained control she turned to her small friend. “So that’s what this is about! You could care
less if he molested you, it’s the cheating at pool that bothers you! Big
mistake Alex. Izzy takes games very
seriously, no matter what she plays. Cheating will set her off like nothing else. A little hint, it is better
just to let her win, when she loses it’s not pretty.”
“That’s not
true! I can lose, sort of. But this has
nothing to do with that, it has to do with how he was cheating! The walking hormone boy kept rubbing up against me while I was
lining up my shot and then the bastard grabbed my ass as I went for the
shot!” Izzy was glaring at Alex as she
spoke, her hands flying around with each word.
“Had I known
that your friend here would pin me to the wall with the stick that fast after
grabbing her ass I would have done it sooner.” Alex chuckled out. “That was one
of the hottest things a girl has ever done. And that is saying a lot considering the girls I have been around.” Alex
must be suicidal to stand that close to Izzy while he spoke those words.
Roni quickly
grabbed Izzy by the shoulders before she could draw blood. “Do you not see the murderous look in her
eyes? Or are you really that dumb?” Roni could not believe she even had to ask
Alex these things.
Derek burst
out laughing, “I feel so cheap here, and I thought I was special when you
grabbed my ass when we played pool. He
cheats at every game. Like Izzy, he
hates to lose and likes to stack the deck in his favor. Since the game you have been playing has been
tainted by Alex’s lack of ethics, let’s start a new game. Guys versus girls or couples? Your choice.” Derek was working hard to
diffuse the situation. Roni appreciated
his attempt. The other two seemed to want to do him in now that he had referred
to them as a couple.
“Sounds fun,
but we better separate them. I am adding the rule that the Neanderthal cheater
has to sit on one of the bar stools when it is not his turn. To eliminate temptation, and protect him from
Izzy ‘accidently’ beating him with her pool cue.” Roni suggested as she began
to rack the balls on the table. She
looked up to see Derek staring down her shirt and Alex and Izzy trying to kill
each other with a look alone. All she
wanted was a night out with her obsession and now she was stuck
babysitting. Maybe she should just let
Izzy quietly murder Alex so that Derek and she can get back to what they
started at the table.
“So, what’s
the bet?” Alex asked, hands in his front
pockets rocking back and forth on his heels. He did innocent well, but Roni had
a feeling he was going to ask for something outrageous.
“Do you mean
money?” Roni asked, knowing that this
was not going to be about money.
“No, we have
plenty of that, let’s make it
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