F U T
U R E B A
R R I E R
( The 2nd
Novel )
Secret
Technology, Unrequited
Love, Absolute
Vengeance
© November
2014 Written by David
Wicker
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CHAPTER 13 - "The Morning After"
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Rated: TEEN
A
pleasant chime emitted from SAN's main speakers in Jeffrey's bedroom
signalling it was time to get up. He flopped the covers from over his
head and spoke blearily, "Time ?"
"The time is 8.15."
"Thank you, SAN."
He
then got up out of bed and stumbled into the bathroom to gaze into a
mirror holding his head mumbling to himself, "Gotta be a nightmare.
There's no way that sweet, charming, innocent -"
Then he saw the
smeared lipgloss all over his face and spoke more of the same sentence
yelling it now, "evil, arrogant, jealous, B***H ... " He was so angry he
couldn't finish. He put his hands in the sink's opening and they
started to tremble.
My God, he told himself, it actually
happened, and that means I must've ... He started smacking his forehead
rather painfully, "Stupid, idiotic !" he looked back in the mirror and
saw she really made a mess out of him last night, and apparently he DID
enjoy himself looking down and seeing a horrid mess of his underwear.
"How
on earth could I be so lame-brained to allow ... " he mumbled loudly to
himself as he reached to pull out a bath-cloth and new bar of soap
while stripping off his underwear which peeled off of him like Sara's
Wrap from being so sticky and tossing it in a different unit to be
washed on a POWER cycle.
"D****t !" he shrieked, and hopped in
the shower speaking, "50% gravity, skip sonic shower, use real water !
I'm gonna get CLEAN of this !"
SAN beeped acknowledgement and the
water ran. "Hotter !" he said and then the water became scalding which
he yelled angrily at but he stayed in and scrubbed his face and lower
midsection hard, eventually washing his hair, arms, legs, chest, back,
feet, and hands.
He STERILIZED himself in the ultra-hot water and
stepped out with a cloud of steam that clogged the whole bathroom. His
skin was slightly red but started to cool as he dried off. Then he
walked to the console still wearing his towel and picked up a phone
shaped piece of clear plastic, then set it down again. He lifted it
again, then shook his head and set it down.
He stamped his feet
in place, angry at his indecision, and picked it up again. Before he
could make a call, his own phone rang. Since he still had it in his
hands he answered, "Yes ?"
Sally's beaming face appeared on the
screen. She looked great dressed in a cute rainbow pastel colored
nightgown, obviously very pleased with what she did to him last night.
Jeffrey
shrieked in the receiver without giving her a chance to speak first,
"Whattyu want, you frocking b***h !? Listen up, it's your word against
mine, I swear from this point forward I am going to make your life a
living hell at work until you're forced to quit and wind up destitute
and living in the sewer sucking s**t for a living !"
"I'll
personally take you there myself - right now, get your purse ! I will
NEVER be your boyfriend, do you hear me !? Whatever happened last night
never did ! I'll deny every word of it ! You have NO proof whatsoever !
And I'm getting my lock changed ! Whattya think about that, you
goddamned frocking S**T !?"
She was prepared for this and spoke
quietly with conviction, "Now, is that any way to talk to your sweet new
best-girlfriend ? And after you had such a GOOD time last night too ? I
know you may be feeling a little confused right now which is why I
wanted to show you this great rated-G family video I got from the rental
last night."
And then she played back a bit of the video she
recorded the night before showing him working on her and WHERE he was
doing it. She didn't even show him the entire video. Then she smiled
back at him and her top teeth were showing as she slightly bit her
bottom lip knowing she had all the right cards now for a perfect
blackmail.
When he didn't say anything immediately because he was
speechless that she had the gall to record the marked event as well,
she added, "Rated-G for GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY !" and then laughed
cruelly.
A video like that in the wrong hands would ruin him completely !
Jeffrey
started stammering and the tone in his voice changed completely, "Now -
now. Sally, we're good friends, aren't we ?" and he fell down painfully
to his knees with his hands clasped before her begging forgiveness. "I -
really - didn't mean anything I said earlier."
Sally scratched
the side of her ears thoughtfully, "Living in the sewer ? The way you
acted with me last night, that wouldn't be much of a change for you
Jeff, but I'm sure I can think of something nastier for you later, if
you like."
"I was just joking !" he said frantically and his eyes
had tears in them from stark raving hysteria and he tried to laugh but
it sounded like an old car not able to turn over he was so upset right
now.
"Look," he said swallowing hard on his tongue, "I think we
can come to some kind of arrangement. I'll give you 1,000 credz for that
video. I'll - ah - hang onto it for safe keeping ? So we're even, you
get some nice pocket money and we can wash our hands free of the affair
and I won't EVEN hold anything from last night against you, deal ?"
Sally
rubbed her chin thoughtfully but answered back a little too quickly,
"Nope. 40,000 credz or I hand-deliver this directly to Jennifer this
MORNING, I was even gonna wrap it as a present, real pretty-like ! I
hadn't picked out a bow yet though."
He looked back at her
shocked as she continued, and then she put her pretty face against the
camera with a seductive smile, "I'm sure she'd like to know just how
much you've been craving after my SLURPOLICIOUS butt !"
* * *
His
face paled. Omigod, he thought to himself, she really DID want to
blackmail him ! He coughed for a moment and held his hands up so she
would see he was agreeing. Finally he spoke in a choked voice, "Ok,
whatever ! 40,000 credz !"
She stood up out of her chair and gave
him an odd look, then she put her hand on her head and twirled around
on one leg on the tip of her toe with the flat of her other foot
touching the side of her knee professionally like she was a little
princess from a music-box for a moment. She twirled twice in all and
looked quite graceful as she did it.
Then she sat back in her chair facing the videophone and then said, "Now you seal the agreement by twirling yourself !"
"What !? What do you mean, TWIRL, Sally !?"
"Just
like I did !" she said angrily and sat to watch him. When he didn't
move immediately, she said, "41,000 !" Jeffrey stumbled to his feet
noisily, the chair clattering over clumsily. "42,000 !" He tried to
twirl but fell down losing his balance and grabbed painfully at his shin
in agony. Sally opened her mouth threateningly ready to rise the price
again.
But he got back up in a scuffle before she could and put
his hand on his head and turned around rapidly with both feet in a
circle. "No !" she said angrily, "On one leg only ! 43,000 !" He tried
again and oddly enough on his first try twirled successfully by
mimicking her actions immediately. It wasn't perfect but he did spin
with his other foot balanced against his knee.
She watched for a
moment but didn't say anything. He wasn't going to give her a chance to
get a higher price on the blackmail so he twirled again and looked at
her to see if that was enough. She still looked undecided. So he started
twirling around as hard as he could. He was really quite agile and
stayed on one foot as he did it.
Suddenly Sally broke out in
peals of laughter and fell out of her chair, quite possibly painfully,
but she was still giggling on the floor, you could hear it in the
speakers.
Jeffrey didn't think he looked that funny and then he
looked down to see his towel had flung off halfway through his twirling
escapades so he was perfectly naked. Completely red-faced, he reached on
the floor to grab back the towel and tucked it back on and around him
again.
A hand reached around the table to the videophone and
Sally climbed back up in her chair. She was still tittering to herself.
Finally she spoke trying to stop laughing, "You looked really cute Jeff,
like a sweet little ballerina princess ! All except for that last part.
Ballerinas don't have that tiny dangling little - "
Jeffrey spat
angrily at the camera, "Sally ! We had a deal ! I've got your money
ready ! You and I both need to be at work by noon. Come on by NOW and
I'll hand it to you and YOU give me that damned video you recorded." and
then he tried to regain his composure and spoke quieter, "And that will
be the last we'll hear of this ugly matter, and we can be friends
again, okay ?"
Sally smiled and dangled the video in front of him
on the videophone for a moment as he stared at the single reason that
would break him up with Jennifer forever. "Ok." she said politely, and
then clicked off the phone.
Jeffrey ran back to the bedroom. He
was basically dried and sat in front of the mirror and spoke, "Work
clothes, pattern 14." Laser-lines appeared briefly on him and he was
dressed in a smart business suit with a pinstripe shirt, black shoes,
slacks, even two pens perfectly nestled in his shirt pocket.
He
went over to a hidden safe he had behind his refrigerator and opening
it, pulled out a plasteel box that had little plastic tokens the same
size and shape as domino chips. They had detailed writing over them and
appeared to made from some kind of synthetic miniature gold blocks. He
carefully pulled out 22 of them reading them carefully ensuring it was
the right amount.
After 5 more minutes there was a pleasant chime showing Sally was at his front door.
She
could've used his key to get in but didn't, so maybe that meant there
were no tricks and she was going to honor this agreement after all ?
Jeffrey could only hope. He closed up and hid his safe again, then went
to the door and tapped the side of it. Sally stepped inside, also
dressed for work in a beautiful flattering blue skirt, pink blouse, and
tan work shoes.
And she had the offending video wrapped up all pretty in gift wrapping paper with heart crepe paper.
"Hi Jeffrey !" she said innocently, "How ya been doooing ?" and she reached out to give him a warm hug.
"Fine." he said with an acidic tone, pulling away, and not wanting to play games right now.
"You
look - nice." He said trying to make small conversation, but it sounded
flat and unconvincing. Finally he added, "Is this it ?"
"This is your special present." she said quietly.
"Good." and he took it from her.
"Now wait just a minuette ! We gotta sing Happy Birthday !"
"What !?" he asked, the anger returning to his voice.
She was insistent and took it back from him, "You NEVER get to open a present without singing Happy Birthday first."
Jeffrey
sighed. MY GOD he wanted this day to end early. "Awright." he agreed
tiredly. There was a moment's silence and then Sally started singing out
shrill and loud. She only did the first few words of the stanza and
then glared angrily at Jeffrey so he would sing along with her.
He
shook his head disgustedly but started singing in his rich baritone
voice. After a minute he realized that Sally had substituted the word,
"You" for "Poophead." He ignored her and continued to sing the right
words until the song was complete.
Or so he thought, because then
she crossed her arms and stuck out her index and pinkie fingers over
each other like she was doing rap music, "So what is it that you wish
for, can bought it be by a store, if too much cake, you do eat, won't
fit through the door, HUU !" and she flung her arms out as if it added
to her improv.
If Jeffrey wasn't so angry with her right now, it
might've seemed funny, but he wasn't in the mood for games. He wanted
this terrible business OVER with. She then handed him the present,
"Happy Birthday, Poophead, I mean Jeffrey ! You'll NEVER guess what I
got you !"
END OF
CHAPTER 13
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