59Chapter Five
If I can make it there, I'll make it anywhere…
My bad feelings about this week diminish as I lie back on the large queen size bed in one of Lilly's spare bedrooms. I close my eyes and sigh. Rest and relaxation is exactly what the doctor order.
It seems as though Lilly has other things in mind for me though as she bursts through the door and smothers me with a hug.
"You're here!"
"In the flesh" I reply dryly.
Lilly had her last class for the semester today, so she had been absent when I arrived. Duncan and Logan were already at her apartment and had made themselves comfortable in front of the television playing Xbox. They were so engrossed they had barely acknowledged my arrival. Merely lifting their heads and grunting a hello.
"Are Duncan and Logan still playing video games?"
"I don't think they've moved since they got here this morning."
Lilly gets a determined look on her face and strides into the living room.
"Get up guys we're going out." Lilly says switching off the Xbox.
Duncan groans and puts his head in his hands. Logan just looks extremely irritated by the interruption
"Dude, we were in the middle of something." Logan yells at Lilly.
"Dude, you can play video games anytime."
Logan and Duncan look like crap and all I can be bothered doing is going to sleep.
"Lil, maybe we could go out tomorrow night. We are all pretty tired from the trip…"
She looks between Logan, Duncan and I. "Whatever, you guys can be boring. I'm going out, I have to meet some friends. If you get sick of being lame I'll be at Pink Elephant."
And just as quickly as she was there, she is gone. Duncan and Logan switch the Xbox back on completely ignoring the slamming door. Duncan seems almost relieved, as if he has just narrowly avoided something.
The sound of grunting from the Mortal Kombat characters envelopes me as I make my way back to my bedroom.
I wake up early in the morning feeling bad about the way things were left with Lilly. Surprisingly Logan is already up and brewing a pot of coffee.
"You're up early"
He is slightly startled by my presence and a tiny splash of brown liquid spills onto his skin. He hands me a mug of coffee.
"Routine. I try and be at the beach by six every morning."
I get a flash of Logan, in his wetsuit at Dog Beach. He and Dick had tried to teach Lilly and I how to surf one summer, we had both been exceptionally bad at it. He had denounced us as failures and completely un-teachable. I still have the aqua wet suit in my cupboard somewhere.
He looks at me strangely. I'm fairly sure his gaze has a lot to do with the fact it looks like a ferret slept on my head.
"Cute pajamas", he says smirking. I look down at my cartoon covered pants and I can feel a warm flush creep up my neck.
"Is Lilly still in bed?"
"Nope."
"She's awake?" I ask incredulously.
Logan shakes his head, "She never came home last night."
Panic seizes me. The telephone rings and a million different scenarios rush through my head.
"That's probably her right now," Logan says unworriedly.
The ringing comes from within Duncan's room. She is probably ringing Duncan to let him know that she is at a friends and not to worry.
I poke my head into Duncan's room and sure enough he is on the phone, but I don't think it is Lilly who he is talking to, "…Ok…right…I'll see you then…I'll make all the arrangement...".He doesn't sound irritated enough to be talking to Lilly, he sounds kind of depressed…. It must be Celeste.
I try my phone and find it is blinking that I have one new message.Crashd frnds. Meet tribeca grill 1:00 4 lunch. xoxox Luv Lil.
"Would you like another drink?"
I tear my eyes away from the torn up paper napkin in my hands. The waiter is staring at me waiting for my answer. He looks like one of those artsy types, dark stubble grazes his chin, long brown hair that is tucked behind his ears. I can't help but notice the unusual shaped scar above his left eyebrow. It's jagged and a silvery-white colour. Logan coughs, and I realize that everybody's attention is on me. Staring at the waiter. How awkward. "I'm fine thank you."
And if my embarrassment couldn't have gotten any worse, he winks at me. Winks! No joke. Now I have to sit through the whole of lunch with this sleaze giving me googily eyes because my gaze lingered for a second too long.
"I'll have a beer, Jeeves."
Before I can scold Logan for drinking so early in the day, Duncan who has been staring silently at nothing since we arrived pipes in, "Make that two."
My mouth gapes open and I'm positive I look like a fish.
I check my phone for the twentieth time since we arrived at the restaurant. The display reads 1:45, and still no Lilly.
"Do you think she is Ok?" I ask.
Logan rolls his eyes at me. But his non-verbal gesture was spot on as two minutes later Lilly bursts into the restaurant.
"Hey guys! Was everything Ok last night? I had the awsomest time last night. You should have come V, Colin was there with Skanky-McHoe, and he got me tickets to the latest premiere. Which isn't a big thing since I'm always getting stuff like that, but now we can all go," She doesn't stop, not even to breathe. I wonder for the briefest moment if she is high. "Oh, and the DJ was playing the best set, none of that shit euro-techno stuff, but good dancing music. We hit a few other clubs after and you will never guess what happened while I was waiting for a taxi….."
Lilly is right, I would never be able to guess. I would never be able to guess what is going on in her life. Not in a million years. And sometimes I think I would rather not know.
End Chapter Five
Anyone know of any fun, potentially romantic things to do in New York? I have never been so therefore am completely clueless. Ideas and reviews are much appreciated…and they make me smile!