coffee table and twisted her feet back and forth,
admiring her new shoes. Then she looked down at her dress. She realized that
everything on her body had set Kip back thirteen hundred dollars. The panties,
if she had bought them, would have put the bill at just over fourteen hundred.
She smiled at the thought. Her ex was an attorney, but not a good one. And her
work as a freelancer didn’t bring in much income. They had lived beyond their
means since the day they were married, and they didn’t live that well. She
could not imagine coming home with over thirteen hundred dollars
worth of clothes. The thought of it made her giddy.
Just then the door burst open and Jack barged in. His large
frame filling the doorway before it closed behind him. He bounced over to
Annie, who realized that the way she was sitting was giving Jack a great view,
which would explain the way his eyes were glued to her thighs. She adjusted.
“Hello Jack, come on in.” Annie smiled.
Jacks eyes finally met hers, having had trouble pulling up from
her short skirt. “ Hiya , Annie. Uh, where’s Kip?” He
looked around the room, then at the open door to his room. He started to walk
that way. “Kip!” he yelled out.
“I hear you Jacky, I hear you. The whole God damned floor of
the hotel can hear you,” sounded Kip’s voice from the room beyond.
“Yeah, well, I have some pretty amazing news. It’s worth
shouting about.” Jack said. He stopped just before entering Kip’s room.
“Alright, let’s have it then,” Kip said. “But if it’s about a
party, Annie and I aren’t coming. We have a date.”
Jack turned around and looked at Annie still sitting on the
couch. She shrugged and pulled her lips back into a smile.
“A date? Like a dinner and a movie kind of thing?” Jack asked.
Kip finally emerged from the room, he was wearing a suit.
Jacket and tie and all. His hair was slicked back, and he was holding a towel
to his neck, letting it suck up the blood from the nick he’d left there while
shaving.
“Yeah, Jacky, Like I said. A date.” He threw the towel over to
jack so that it would fall over his head. Jack pulled it off and started
spinning it in his hand, attempting to make it a weapon.
“And we’re about to be off” Kip held out his hand to Annie to
pull her to her feet. “So, what’s the big news?”
Jack turned away from them slowly and let his head fall in mock
rejection. “Well, if you’re about to be off and all, I guess it can wait until
tomorrow or the next day,” he said.
Kip shrugged and put his arm around Annie, leading her to the
door. “Okay, then.”
Jack spun around, “Hold on! Hold on! I was kidding. This really
is big news. You’re going to want to hear this.”
“Alright then Jacky, let’s hear it. Like I said, we really are
leaving. So spit it out.”
“Kip, I just took a message for you from Lydell,” Jack said.
Kip looked at Annie and explained who Lydell was. “Our manager.
He’s in California.” Annie nodded.
“The USO has asked us to do a concert in Afghanistan for the
troops that are still there,” Jack continued.
Kip was taken aback. Back
to the suckiness , he thought. He didn’t smile or
react in any way. His face remained like stone. He was thinking.
“Cool, huh?” Jack said, smiling, trying to gauge Kip’s lack of
reaction. “I mean, I know how patriotic you are. I knew you’d love the idea.”
Finally Kip’s mind came back into the room with the others.
“What did you tell Lydell?”
“Well, it’s your band, Kip. I told him I would have to run it
by you. But I did say that I thought you’d be onboard.”
Kip looked down at his feet, then over to Annie. “You ready to
go?” he said.
Annie nodded but looked concerned. She wondered why Kip was not
as happy about the prospect as she would have thought. Or as Jack would have
thought. Again, there was a lot going on inside Kip that almost no one was
privy to. She wished she had her notebook right now.
Kip
admiring her new shoes. Then she looked down at her dress. She realized that
everything on her body had set Kip back thirteen hundred dollars. The panties,
if she had bought them, would have put the bill at just over fourteen hundred.
She smiled at the thought. Her ex was an attorney, but not a good one. And her
work as a freelancer didn’t bring in much income. They had lived beyond their
means since the day they were married, and they didn’t live that well. She
could not imagine coming home with over thirteen hundred dollars
worth of clothes. The thought of it made her giddy.
Just then the door burst open and Jack barged in. His large
frame filling the doorway before it closed behind him. He bounced over to
Annie, who realized that the way she was sitting was giving Jack a great view,
which would explain the way his eyes were glued to her thighs. She adjusted.
“Hello Jack, come on in.” Annie smiled.
Jacks eyes finally met hers, having had trouble pulling up from
her short skirt. “ Hiya , Annie. Uh, where’s Kip?” He
looked around the room, then at the open door to his room. He started to walk
that way. “Kip!” he yelled out.
“I hear you Jacky, I hear you. The whole God damned floor of
the hotel can hear you,” sounded Kip’s voice from the room beyond.
“Yeah, well, I have some pretty amazing news. It’s worth
shouting about.” Jack said. He stopped just before entering Kip’s room.
“Alright, let’s have it then,” Kip said. “But if it’s about a
party, Annie and I aren’t coming. We have a date.”
Jack turned around and looked at Annie still sitting on the
couch. She shrugged and pulled her lips back into a smile.
“A date? Like a dinner and a movie kind of thing?” Jack asked.
Kip finally emerged from the room, he was wearing a suit.
Jacket and tie and all. His hair was slicked back, and he was holding a towel
to his neck, letting it suck up the blood from the nick he’d left there while
shaving.
“Yeah, Jacky, Like I said. A date.” He threw the towel over to
jack so that it would fall over his head. Jack pulled it off and started
spinning it in his hand, attempting to make it a weapon.
“And we’re about to be off” Kip held out his hand to Annie to
pull her to her feet. “So, what’s the big news?”
Jack turned away from them slowly and let his head fall in mock
rejection. “Well, if you’re about to be off and all, I guess it can wait until
tomorrow or the next day,” he said.
Kip shrugged and put his arm around Annie, leading her to the
door. “Okay, then.”
Jack spun around, “Hold on! Hold on! I was kidding. This really
is big news. You’re going to want to hear this.”
“Alright then Jacky, let’s hear it. Like I said, we really are
leaving. So spit it out.”
“Kip, I just took a message for you from Lydell,” Jack said.
Kip looked at Annie and explained who Lydell was. “Our manager.
He’s in California.” Annie nodded.
“The USO has asked us to do a concert in Afghanistan for the
troops that are still there,” Jack continued.
Kip was taken aback. Back
to the suckiness , he thought. He didn’t smile or
react in any way. His face remained like stone. He was thinking.
“Cool, huh?” Jack said, smiling, trying to gauge Kip’s lack of
reaction. “I mean, I know how patriotic you are. I knew you’d love the idea.”
Finally Kip’s mind came back into the room with the others.
“What did you tell Lydell?”
“Well, it’s your band, Kip. I told him I would have to run it
by you. But I did say that I thought you’d be onboard.”
Kip looked down at his feet, then over to Annie. “You ready to
go?” he said.
Annie nodded but looked concerned. She wondered why Kip was not
as happy about the prospect as she would have thought. Or as Jack would have
thought. Again, there was a lot going on inside Kip that almost no one was
privy to. She wished she had her notebook right now.
Kip
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