Coffee and bacon

November 2002

I was hiding out at Vicky's last night and must have fallen asleep because I awoke on her couch to the smell of coffee and bacon. I sat up and tried blinking several times hoping I could get my eyes to water. Ever since I can remember I've been able to cry at the drop of a hat, never a full blown cry but enough tears to get me going. It was an odd talent if we'd call it that, however if I accidentally fell asleep in my contacts it came in handy.

"Morning sleepy head, want some coffee?" Vicky greeted me in the kitchen. Way too perky for me, I instantly freaked and checked the time thinking I overslept and was late to work. Nope I still had an hour and a half to get ready to leave.

"How are you so perky it's way too early." I grumbled as I poured myself some coffee. I sat across from her at the table and grabbed a piece of bacon. I am not a morning person but the salty meat was waking me up some.

"Honey when you get my age you actually enjoy waking up and getting a good start to the day"

"And reading about Ben and J.Lo is a good start to your day?" I nodded toward the magazine she was reading.

"It's for work, I look at the hairstyles and what's in, " she said winking. I inspected Vicky's look today, every week she was sporting some new hairstyle, sometimes she had extensions sometimes it was another color. Today it was wrapped into a puffy high ponytail and jet black. She had on a matching set of pearl earrings and necklace. Her makeup was thick today and topped off with bright ruby red lipstick. I couldn't see her full outfit but from the waist up she had on a pink cardigan with floral detailing embroidered on the neckline. 

"I'm seeing Frank tonight and he's got a thing about the 50's, we're going to some piano lounge he likes downtown." She answered my thoughts. Frank was Vicky's 3rd ex husband.  And just like the first two husband's she remained friendly with him. I don't get their dynamic but I've never seen Vicky down so something must be working.
"I should have you and Cal over one night this week for dinner, maybe Thursday night?" Great I guess I haven't had a chance to mention our split. I sighed and spilled the news.

"Well I can't really say I'm surprised." She told me after grabbing my hand with both of hers. Why does everyone keep saying that they're not surprised.

"I know you really liked him but hon the fire you two had when I first met him back in August, I haven't seen it in you for weeks. Fate will bring you back together if it's meant to be."  Vicky may still have benefits with her ex's but she also had a thing about destiny and everything happening for a reason.

We talked a little longer until I needed to get back to my place to get ready for work. I knocked and hesitantly opened the door squinting to avoid seeing anyone else naked again.

"Relax, Gavin isn't here and I'm fully dressed. " I opened my eyes to see Shelly sitting on the couch,  the cushion was back on it and she was dressed for work.

"What the hell Shelly, I didn't know you liked him?" I hoped I didn't sound too mad I wasn't really, just surprised. Also the fact he was friends with Cal wasn't helping my uncomfortable feeling.

"Listen I met him at a bar a couple weeks ago, he was a complete jerk and I tried to ignore him even though he kept bugging me. I had too much to drink and then he made a comment about the dress I wore to your birthday dinner and how sexy I looked in it. He said the yellow color really intensified my dark brown eyes." She paused and waited for me to say something,  every time I've been around Gavin he always says something self centered so I was a little surprised he remembered her outfit from September, but I stayed quiet.

"I couldn't believe he remembered my dress and it's the nicest thing a guy has said to me in months." She was now twisting her dark brown hair between her fingers and biting her lip, I could tell she was hesitant to continue.  "I went back with him to his dorm and we've hooked up a couple times since." She exhaled and looked at me trying to read my face.

All I could do was laugh, "well I think you could do better and I don't trust him, I've heard the way he talks about girls. But you're a big girl you can sleep with whomever, I can't promise I'll be nice to him though."

"Listen we're not together,  it's just sex, really good sex. There's something about his cocky attitude that really turns me on." Ugh I couldn't handle the dreamy face she was making so I hurried to get ready for work. I wasn't so sure about her hooking up with him but there was a part of me that hoped I would get to run into Cal. Maybe Vicky was right and maybe we would end up back together.



Today is a short post but I should have a couple more up by the weekend :) thanks for reading