Chandin Whitten - Beautiful Misery

As I made my way down the hall to my office I heard Dylan say, “Suck dick, brother.”

I spent an hour arranging my office. Grabbing a box labeled pictures I opened it. Sitting on top was a picture of Jenna and me from my NFL draft. She had her arms wrapped around me and to anyone she looked happy, but I could see the emptiness in her eyes. She tried to be happy for me. She tried to love me. But, she couldn’t. The diamond on her finger caught my eye. She had her hand placed on my chest. Seeing this picture had my chest burning. I sat it to the side and grabbed the next picture. It was a picture of Evie and me. She was curled up in my lap, both of us asleep. That could be my life. I could have had Evie curled up with me every night if I hadn’t talked to Larkin. Why did I have to be the bigger person and give him a chance? I knew Jenna was in love with him. Of course she would choose him. I made my own bed and now I had to sleep in it. Alone.

I went through the last few boxes and ordered pizza before I walked back to the main room. I found Dylan and his friends setting the silver ice buckets on the tables with the white candles.

“Damn.”

All the boys stopped what they were doing and looked at me. Hunter asked, “Everything ok?”

Looking around I said, “I guess I just had an ‘oh shit this is real’ moment. It is looking just like I had imagined.”

Dylan smiled. “You’ve busted your ass bro, you deserve it.”

“I guess.” I shrugged it off and went on, “I ordered pizza for everyone. Should be here in about a half an hour.”

“Knock knock. We brought the party.” I turned to see girl after girl walking through the door. There was a few guys who followed them in.

Who the hell were they?

Turning back I looked at Dylan who lifted a shoulder. “We worked hard. We wanted a little fun.”

“You are so lucky I’m not a prick. And, they are fuckin’ hot.”

The girl who walked in first went straight to Hunter and wrapped her arms around his neck.

Hunter had a huge smile on his face when he said, “Hey baby. I missed you.”

Damn kid was eighteen and I was jealous of him. Fucker.

Looking back I saw Jenna’s little sister standing off to the side with another girl. Mac couldn’t take her eyes off of Dylan. She had grown into a beautiful girl, looking so much like Jenna.

I looked over at Dylan and saw him talking to one of his friends but his eyes kept wondering to Mac. Those two had been playing games with each other since junior high. I wish one of them would just grow a pair and tell the other how they felt.

Damn kids these days.

What the fuck? Was I sixty? Damn kids these days, really?

Shaking my head I walked over to Dylan. “Time you dickup and talk to Mac. You two have been driving each other crazy for years.”

Dylan looked over at Mac who was talking to her friend, her head thrown back in laughter. “I’ve tried. She said she doesn’t want a relationship. She’s focused on getting into college. I tried telling her I wasn’t looking for anything serious. Just friends with benefits sorta thing. She got pissed and hasn’t talked to me since.”

“Well no fuck. Why the hell would you tell her that? Even if you were thinking it, you keep that shit to yourself.”

“At least I was honest.”

Snorting I said, “Yeah. That worked out real well for you, didn’t it?”

Both Dylan and I were looking at Mac when her eyes flashed in our direction. Her cheeks instantly turned pink and she ducked her head.

“She’s a virgin.”

Choking on my saliva I coughed out, “How the hell do you know that?”

Dylan spoke as if I should already know the answer. “Girls in school are sluts. Mac isn’t like that. Many of us have tried and we all got turned down. I mean, I guess that’s cool. I couldn’t do it but whatever.”

“Good for her. Maybe you could learn something.”

Dylan laughed. “Nope. I like the pussy too much. But mark my words, I will fuck her one day. And, I will be her first.”

“You are one fucked up guy, Dyl.”

“Gage, this is Melody. My girlfriend’s older sister.” Hunter motioned to my side before turning and strutting away.

To my left was a gorgeous auburn haired girl. “What’s up?” I lifted my chin and gave her a smile.

“Hunter told me you play football.”

Sonuva bitch. She wasn’t very bright. Perfect. Just what I needed. Another brainless piece of ass. I’m sure that’s all she wanted so she could run off and tell her friends she slept with me.

“Yep.”

Dylan clapped my shoulder, “I’m going to go grab sodas from the kitchen. You have fun with this one.”

Tipping my head I smirked, “Thanks, cock jockey.”

“He also said you liked the ladies.” She ran her hand over my arm.

“Yep.”

“Well you’re in luck. I’m a lady.”

I was used to girls being easy and throwing themselves at me but shit, she was a whole new breed. This girl was pathetic.

What the hell. I needed something to stick my dick in to clear my head. It had been weeks since I had gotten any ass. Here was my chance. She was more than willing. Pretty sure if I told her to bend over right here in the middle of everyone, she would.

“No shit.” I looked at her out of the corner of my eye. I could take her to my office. No. She was more the bathroom quickie. “Follow me.”

I started walking toward the bathrooms and heard her heels clinking on the floor behind me. Fuckin’ knew it.

Pushing open the ladies bathroom door I let her walk in before shutting it and locking it.

“Pull your dress up and bend over,” I ordered as I undid my khaki shorts.

She giggled. Even her giggle was annoying. “Oh, Gage. I want you to fuck me. I want it hard. Play with my titties.” She pulled the front of her strapless dress down, revealing full tits. She reached up and rubbed her nipples to hard points.

Bitch was crazy.

“I don’t do touchy feely shit. I said pull your dress up and bend over. I just want to fuck. I get off then you can tell all your friends you fucked me. We both get what we want.

She yanked the top of her dress up and pouted. “Fine.” Turning around she lifted the back of her dress and bent over, grabbing the counter.

I pulled a condom from my wallet and slid it on before sliding into her and letting the world fade away. Forgetting all my worries and pain.

Cobie

Pulling my rental car into the packed parking lot I found a parking spot. Looking into the mirror on the visor I ran another coat of pink lip gloss over my lips and used my fingers to run through my hair.

Stepping out of the car I could hear music coming from inside the building, but what really had my attention was the gorgeous sun setting on the ocean. Jenna wasn’t kidding when she said Gage’s bar was on the beach. Running my hands down my light purple halter dress I took a deep breath and walked up the steps to the doors going into the bar. I stopped just inside the door when I saw a few people I recognized from Jenna and Larkin’s wedding.

Giving a small wave I went to the table they were all standing around. Trent looked like he was about to eat me alive.

“Hey.” I shouted when I got the table.

Sadie gave me a huge smile then pulled me into a hug. “I didn’t know you were coming or we would have invited you to dinner with us.”

“I just landed and drove straight here. I actually wasn’t planning on coming until early tomorrow morning but Jenna talked me into coming to Gage’s opening.” Looking around I said, “This place is pretty cool. Did he do all this himself?”

Tyler nodded when he said, “Most of it was done but he did the cosmetic stuff like the painting and changed random shit.”