Chapter ten.
A few days later we got our pay checks from Donovan. Abby decided to treat us out to a 'healthy' lunch at a fancy diner.
"Did you hear new girls were coming in from Alaska today?" Abby said as we waited at the table for our orders.
"No. Really?"
"Yeah, heard from Sean. He says they're real bad ass girls and he couldn't wait to taste them one by one"
"Pervert" I replied in disgust.
A waiter walks to our side with our food. Placing my plate of food in front of me, he said "here's for um..."
"Kelsey" I added for him.
"Kelsey," he smiles sweetly "Jimmy at your service ma'am" my eyes made a swift movement to the tag bearing his name on his chest before returning the smile. "Enjoy your meal, ladies" he added before turning to leave.
"Thanks" I replied after him, only turning back around to find Abby's eyes fixated on me.
"What the hell just happened?" She asked " it was like I wasn't even sitting here while the time stopped for the two of you"
Getting what she was hinting at, I replied jokingly "don't be ridiculous, Abby. Let's eat"
"I think that guy likes you, he was practically flirting with you"
"Abby, that is not flirting. That's just...a customer-waiter friendly thing"
"I saw how he looked at you, Kelsey," she almost got me choking on my glass of wine as she looked behind me to the counter where jimmy supposedly stood at "see? I just caught him staring at our table"
"Stop, Abby. Don't make him feel uncomfortable"
"Whatever. I know he likes you"
"We both know what guys like him want. You know that he just wanna flirt like you said yourself and probably get laid for the night which you know I'm not up for"
"I know but how come you always get the hot guys attention?"
I laughed lightly and scooped more vegetables into my mouth. I didn't know what to say. Abby would go on and on all day long about this jimmy thing till my ears fall off. Thankfully, she stopped talking about him after a while and the silence slowly drew in and we ate silently until a thought about something occured to me.
"Have you been seeing Diego lately? You know....after the fight with him last time" I asked her
"Not really. I've only seen him like twice after that. He's out most of the time" she replied.
"Okay. But I really think you should apologise to him. He was just concerned about you, you know"
"You're right, kelsey, I should really do that. Sometimes it's just..... really nice to have someone look out for you"
I gave her a liplined smile before scooping another food into my mouth. She places a hand over mine on the table and said "I'm sorry, kelsey.....about your dad"
"It's really nothing, Abs. I hardly think about it anymore"
"Did you check on him?"
I shake my head negativity, "I really can't, Abby. I'm scared. What if he really hits me this time?"
"Good thinking. I mean, he's always drinking right?"
"I'm just so concerned about him cause I can't make him quit drinking and his sickness is growing worse everyday. I'm scared that he's gonna die too"
"Don't think that. What's important now is that he's still here"
I sighed, nodding my head, "I'll be going to the hospital today. I need to get his drugs. Last time he said he didn't have his drugs anymore"
"Kel, are you sure? Babe, you just got paid today and now you wanna spend it all on his drugs?"
I shrugged my shoulders before replying "what am I working for, Abs?"
"I know but after all he did and said to you?"
"Don't worry Abby. I'll be alright. I just wanna get the drugs and ask Noah to give them to him"
"Noah?" She asked, surprise in her voice.
"Yes, he works as a nurse at the hospital"
"Okay, wow," she makes a face "I never knew you had a thing for male nurses"
I gasped, feigning hurt and replied "no way. In fact, it'd interest you to know that what I prefer is way more than that"
"Really," she rests her chin on one palm "tell me your ideal kind of man"
"Well, Abby," I interlocked my fingers and squinted my eyes towards the ceiling as if thinking hard "I like the bossy CEO kind of men"
"There are CEO kind of men now?"
"Don't interrupt. I like my CEO man with lots of killer principles and those hard biceps and skills...."
"Oh bed skills" I threw her a look "what? He should be good in bed too"
"Well you're right. I want him super skillful in bed" I joked.
Abby bangs the table with her fists and exclaimed "Bam! Now that's what I'm talking about!"
I laughed and continued "and I want the kind that's overly jealous, who wanna have his hands all over me all the time, who's downright romantic, who and I quote, "has deep black hairs""
Abby's face dropped instantly and the fries between her lips slacked downwards, and she said "seriously? Black?"
"Uh-huh. Black is sexy"
"You could've gone with blond, Kel but no, you had to ruin that perfect description. Kelsey, all that you've just mentioned can only be found in blond men"
"Okay why do I feel like you're just saying this because you're blond?"
"You bet" she winks at me.
"Oh....so this stephen guy, he blond too?"
"You bet again" she winks again before picking up her wine and drinking it straight up. I laughed, before continuing eating my food.