The Long Way Home (10 page)

"You could have killed him." Charlotte said helping Mike put on his overly damp clothes.

"The thought had defiantly crossed my mind." Grey was still angry at Mike. Jill was now coming closer to Grey she wanted all of this to end and she had an idea. She walked up to him and then kissed him un-expectantly. He was thrown off by this and didn't know what to say.

"Now Mike say you're sorry and Grey you accept his apology. Then you Mike apologized to Grey and you Grey you accept it." Jill was very certain in what she said. She was so certain that the boys quickly exchanged apologize like smitten children.

"Sorry man." Mike said reluctantly.

"Its okay I shouldn't have put you in a head lock, I guess I sort of over reacted. I'm sorry too." Grey said warming up to Mike again.

"Wait, why did you kiss me?" Grey all of sudden remembered that she had just kissed him.

"I was trying to show that you were missing out. That and I like kissing you." Jill said with a wry smile. For whatever reason what Jill said made perfect sense to both of the guys and they continued to get dressed. Just then one of the park attendants came into the rest room and saw all of them standing there. The attendant was taken by what he saw, he saw one girl putting a shirt on a guy who had no pants on. Then he saw the other guy peeling what looked like wadded paper towel off his face while the other girls was wringing out another wet shirt. The attendant was going to say something and everyone in the bathroom was expecting him to only he just took one final look and turned around and walked out.

They all laughed at the same time they could just imagine how they all must look.

The boys then got their clothes on and walked out with all the pride in the world out into the crowds. The girls were right behind them giggling at how dumb the guys had just been and how stupid they looked now. Because only Grey shirt was wet it had made his jeans wet but only from the waist to his just above his knee. Whereas Mike was soaking wet and even dripping on he was eating now Jill's funnel cake that she had left on the counter in the bathroom.

"I don't want to go on any more rides with puke boy over here. So why don't we go back home, change then all of us go out together. How's that sound?" Grey was addressing all of them. He hoped for the best, he wasn't sure if anyone wanted to stay or not. He also didn't want to ruin this day for anyone.

"No that sounds like more fun anyway. What do you think Charlotte?" Jill wanted Charlotte to agree with her she wanted a more intimate setting.

"I like that would be a good idea I don't want anything more to happen to Mike he has had a rough day." Charlotte was concerned for Mike and didn't want him to get into anything else. Mike sent an evil eye to Grey then got closer to his girl for protection.

"Good, with all of us in agreement then we'll leave." Grey said as he started toward the exit.

"Wait, isn't anyone going to ask me whether or not I want to leave?" Mike didn't really want to stay he just felt left out.

"Honey, you lost you're right to vote when you puked all over the place. And besides don't you want to be closer to me so we can cuddle? That is once you take a shower you smell like my garbage disposal." Charlotte was allowing herself as close as she could to Mike.

Even though Mike and Grey wanted to go a more rides they opted to go with the girls with a silent glance at one another.

On the way to the car Grey and Mike decided to let the girls dictate the rest of the day. They knew that the only important thing was that they were with the girls. They adored these girls more than anything and they felt that any time with them was better then anything so they didn't really care.

Once in the car they decided that it would be good just to go back Grey's house, get some pizza and just hang out.

The ride back was highly uneventful Mike and Charlotte fell asleep in the back and Jill wasn't really talking most of the way. Grey was starting to wonder if Jill was mad or something. He was used to girls just randomly getting mad at him for something he did but wasn't aware of.

What Jill was thinking was that she wasn't sure where this relationship was going. She knew that it was moving fast and was concerned that Grey might be interested in seeing more of her. She knew that she wanted to sleep with him but didn't know how to do it she never had before. She was nervous only because she wanted to, not that he was pressing her in anyway. It was because she wanted to and didn't want to make a fool of herself she was sure that she would. She did know one thing and that was she had every intention of doing. It was just a matter of timing she figured and getting rid of "thing one" and "thing two" in the back so she could get some time alone. She knew that wouldn't be a problem all she had to do was talk to Charlotte. She hoped that she could get the message across to Grey so he could take over.

They were getting closer to the exit to Grey's house when Jill made what she thought was a bold move. She reached across the console they seemed to divide them with more than just space and placed her hand on his lap. This move took Grey by surprise but he didn't let it show, he simply looked over at her and smiled. This made Jill glow from the inside out, if was confirmed before it was now she knew he was going to be her first.

They had exited the freeway the two love birds were still asleep in the back. Jill decided to wake them by blasting the music only this didn't work. Jill turned down the music then asked Grey to roll down the windows in the back to blow air on them this didn't work so then Jill started to call out Charlotte's name then Mike's. This didn't work either even when she was screaming at the top of her lungs. She then turned around and started to poke Charlotte in the leg then when Charlotte woke up annoyed.

"What! I'm trying to sleep." Charlotte said giving Jill the evil eye.

"Well, I wanted to tell you that we are almost there; that's all." Jill was defensive. For what she really wanted to talk to Charlotte about was getting alone with the boys and separating. Jill knew that her friend was an old hand at seducing men and needed her help and more importantly her reassurance.

"Oh, cool and you couldn't wake me up when we got there; instead you thought that it would be cool to wake me up before we got there. Thanks." Charlotte was laying the sarcasm on thick. Mike meanwhile was waking up to the bickering.

"Why is that you two can fight but Grey and I can't?" Mike was honestly asking. Both girls turned to Mike.

"Shut up!" They said in unison.

"That's the second time you two have done that to me. It's kind of creepy that you know when the whole same thing at the same time." Mike had an odd look of curiosity on his face. He sensed that there was something going on that he wasn't aware of. He decided that it was probably just him getting over having just puke all over one of America's theme parks, and that he needed to eat something.

"I'm sorry baby I didn't mean to yell at you. Just go back to sleep we are almost home now." Charlotte said as she was stroking Mike's hair. Mike suddenly felt warm and safe. He decided to take her advice and promptly fell back asleep.

Grey could feel the tension in the air as Jill spoke to Charlotte but couldn't register what it was. He recapped the events of being in the car with Jill as he pulled on to his street. First she was silent almost the whole time. Then she put her hand on his leg then when he was nearly home she desperately tried to wake up Charlotte. Then when she spoke to Charlotte she spoke with an uncommon urgency...Nope Grey was sure that he didn't understand what was going on with Jill. Now he wished he go to sleep like Mike but he was now pulling up to his front door.

They were walking to the house and Grey had a feeling like something bad was about to happen. He didn't know what it was but he somehow felt that Jill had come to some conclusion while on the way back. He knew that much and he knew that he had better brace himself for whatever was coming he just didn't know what was coming. He decided to prepare for the worse so was already depressed by the time he was turning off the alarm to his house. He tried not to show it as best he could.

They were in the living room now there was an odd silence between the four of them. Grey had one thing in mind even though he cleaned himself off in the bathroom he still felt sticky, so he broke the silence first.

"Mike, you can borrow some of my clothes and then take a shower in the guest bathroom. I am going to take a shower now I still have you're inner stink on me." Mike thought that this was a good idea, and couldn't understand why everything seemed so weird. But he had another good idea too. He turned to the girls who were headed to the huge flat screen TV in the center of the room.

"Why don't you guys order some food in? I am starving. That way when we get out of the shower we can eat and watch a movie or something." It was as if Mike had just turned on the lights in the room. The girls lit up like the little lights on a Christmas tree with this idea.

"Yeah, sounds like a good idea." Charlotte said.

"What kind of food do you want darling?" Charlotte said longingly.

"Oh, I was thinking maybe Chinese food. But whatever you pick I am sure would be just delish." Mike said as though he was proposing to her or something. Grey glanced over at Jill and she was rolling her eyes behind Charlotte. This gave Grey a chuckle and then he turned and went upstairs to the shower. Mike was shortly behind him and they went into Grey's bedroom. Grey started to go through his things looking for some that Mike could wear.

Grey knew that Mike hadn't one clue as to what was going on. Only because Grey himself had no idea, and he was awake during the whole thing. Grey picked out a pair of jeans and an old tee shirt for Mike to wear.

"Do you need anything else?" Grey was distracted but Mike didn't notice.

"Um, well some underwear. Mine are still wet." Mike said hopefully.

"Sure, just don't give them back okay." Grey said warily.

"Not a problem man." Mike now headed for the guest bathroom. Grey was still looking for clothes to wear. He was still wondering what was going on with Jill. He was sure that whatever it was she was definitely talking about it downstairs right now with Charlotte. He found what he was looking for and went to his bathroom troubled.

The girls were down stairs and sure enough they were talking. Jill was ordering Chinese food over the phone while Charlotte was looking through Grey's movie collection trying to figure out whether they should all watch a scary movie or a romantic comedy.

After Jill had ordered she was wondering what to say to Charlotte. Only none of the questions she thought of for Charlotte seemed worth asking they all seem stupid. But she knew she had to say something.

"Forest Gump, do you think the guys will like that movie? I like that movie it always makes me cry." Right then the Charlotte saw the movie she wanted to see.

"Ooh I've got it Steal Magnolias; this movie is perfect it will make anyone cry. This will be a good test to see if our guys actually have feelings." Charlotte said as she turned around to get Jill's approval. There was a silence and Jill seemed distracted. Charlotte knew that there was something going on with Jill and now she was worried as to what was going on.

"What's happening?" Charlotte said with honest concern she didn't want anything to go wrong.

"I was just thinking." Jill's reply was dry.

"You weren't just thinking I know you to well there is something going on and you aren't telling me. Is there some reason why you are not telling me?" Charlotte was a little offended by the fact that her best friend wouldn't tell her anything about what was going on.

"No it's not that it's just that I haven't figured out how to place it. I do want to tell you I just haven't a way of telling that would make any sense that's all." Jill was hoping that Charlotte would understand.

"Don't worry so much I say things sometimes that don't even make any sense to me. I just normally say the first thing that comes to my mind. Just let it all out I promise I won't laugh." Charlotte was being as encouraging as she could.

"The only thing is I don't know what to do and I need your advice." Jill felt that this was going to be easy and she was right.

"Wait, you have never wanted my advice on anything before. Normally you're the one I go to for advice, so this must be something big." Charlotte was getting excited now.

"Here's the thing... I was thinking that I wanted to go all the way tonight. Only I don't know how to... well I don't know what to do exactly. I don't know how to get the idea across to Grey with out sounding like a complete ass. I was wondering if maybe you could give me some ideas on how to do it. I am not saying you're an expert or anything in this area it's just that you have done it before and I never have I wanted to get some pointers..." Jill was rambling. She did that whenever she got nervous so Charlotte cut her off.

"I wish could help you but to be honest for me it just sort of happens I don't really think about it. One second I want it and the next thing I know I am doing it. I don't think that you have to put a lot of effort into these sorts of things they just sort of happen." Charlotte felt that this was the best advice that she could give. Frankly it was the only advice she could think of.

"Yeah thanks that's really helpful." Jill didn't want to tell Charlotte but that was the worst advice she had ever gotten. Jill wasn't the type to go and do something unplanned or unprepared for. Jill knew at this point she was on her own. Just then Mike came down the stairs, and she knew Grey would soon be on his way and she had to think of something otherwise she was just going to forget about it for now.