CHAPTER 10 - THE AWAKENING

                          I REMEMBER TURNING TO GREET JAKE'S MOM,

                                                 

and then...

the blackness settled in.

His mother is black?

Boy does he hide that really well.

I would have never...

I woke up so to speak,

looking I am sure gawjus as always...

ok, moaning and clueless.

Same as usual then.

"Jake?"

he was holding me in his arms 

on one of the couches in the great room 
and looking all worried and stuff.

"Jake?"

"Hey baby."

"What happened?"

"Nothing baby, you just fainted is all."

"OH GEEZ."

"No biggie, honey. People faint all the time."

"They do?"

"Yup. Sure they do. 
All the time, so it all be ok, okay?"

"NICE TRY," I thought to myself.

"Maybe people in your universe 
fling themselves to the floor 
constantly, 
but in MY world. 
Great little attention grabber though,"

I thought but didn't say.

"Here honey. 
I gotcha some nice orange juice,"

and he put the glass up to my lips 
as he held me. He keeps this shit up, 
I may just faint 

a whole lot MORE.

"Orange juice?"

I was actually thinking of a  vodka stinger, 
or would have had if I drank."

"Yeh sweetie. Supposed to be good 
for your electrolytes and stuff."

"Yeh?"

and he looked SOOO pitiful 
I thought I better just drink it 
even though OJ is not 
one of my fave juices. 
So I did. 

After a couple of good-sized sips, 
"I bet your mom just real upset, huh,"

and I figured running screaming from the house was probably the follow-up 
to my little fainting escapade.

Wonder she didn't snatch Jake 
and forbid him to EVER come back here.

"Nah. Your mom and I, 
we made her understand. She cool. 
You will like her baby."

"She went home huh,"

I asked hopefully. Lol,

but wrongly.

"Nope she in the kitchen with your mother."

"OH GOD, now I got two of them plotty?"

He laughed.

"Naw honey. It all be ok, see? You got all worried for nothing. They getting along fine."

"Your dad and my dad though, 
will despise each other on sight."

"They downstairs playing pool and laughing."

"WHAT? That won't last. Trust me. 
They be hiring hit men short of a week."

"HONEEEEEE."

"Your brothers. They will resent me.

Come unglued. Have nervous breakdowns 
both of them. Have to be put down. 
Or put away whatever."

"They downstairs watching movies 
and cannot WAIT to meet you."

"What is WRONG with you people," 
I whispered but forcefully.

"You're all nuts. Okay your sister. She will turn to prostitution ashamed of her family 
for liking my family. 
Not a pleasant ending either."

"Honey? Anyone ever tell you you have 
one HELL of an imagination?"

There was no avoiding this question either.

"Once or twice."

"They right you know."

"HMMM. 

I am going to get up now."

"You sure? You strong enough?"

"GEEZ JAKE. 
I only fainted for God's sake"

"And beautifully too."

"Good Lord," and I did the 
eye-rolling thingy this time.

"Didja catch me?"
HE GRINNED.
Big ass grinny too, the varmit.

"YUP. Sure as hell did."

"Carried me here like Rhett and Scarlett?"

"YUP," 
and the smug little SO proud of hisself 
cause he caught me 
goofus 
got all toothy...

and smoochy."

THAT caused a giggle fit from hell 
to erupt and did delay my arising 
from 
mah deff beddy.

BUT...eventually...

LOL.