The Good Life

*Jack*

“Do you want to go grab lunch together or something?” I asked David. I came in today to do some last minute work before we released a new line of watches for Jagk. David usually took his lunch break around this time so I went by his office to see if he wanted to eat together.

“Actual Kendell is coming to take me to lunch today.” David told me. Kendell was his new boyfriend that he couldn’t go five minutes without talking about. And no I’m not jealous of his relationship. Okay maybe just a little bit, but I’ll never tell him that.

“Alright I’ll just eat at home… Alone.” I mumbled, but he didn’t hear me because he was texting Kendell.

“He’s here! How do I look?” David asked me. He straightened his suit and tried to fix his hair with his fingers.

“You look nervous, but handsome at the same time.” I smiled at him, but he rolled his eyes at me.
“’Handsome’ makes me sound like an old man. I was going for sexy or something.” He pouted. I didn’t answer him instead I just shook my head.

“Can I have the rest of the day off? I’m going to let Kendell have me for dessert.” David moved his eyebrows seductively at me.

“Ewwww!... Yeah go ahead.” I said and he laughed. I followed him out of his office and let him lock his door. We told each other bye and he left to meet his date while I went back to my office so I could pack up and leave too. There was nothing else for me to do here.

I went home so I could go lay in bed and fell sorry for myself.

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The Next Day

I’ve been feeling really lonely lately. Alex and I haven’t talked since he left three months ago. I know I told him to never speak to me again, but it still hurts. Surprisingly I haven’t ran into Alex anywhere, but that’s probably because I barely get out of the house. I can’t talk to my own sister because she has excluded herself from the entire family. I can’t talk to my mom most of the time because she has been taking extra shifts since a few nurses, at the doctor office she works at, have quit. David and I only talk at work because of his new boyfriend, Kendell and they’re in the honeymoon phase. Matt got the job as a tour manager for a band so he’s on tour with them for the next six months. I ate dinner with the Fuentes family a couple of nights because Vicki felt guilty about Alex and I’s break up. I told her dozens of times it wasn’t her fault, but she still insisted I came to eat with them a few nights. When Mike asked me where “Mr. Alex” went and I told him Alex and I weren’t friends anymore. Cassadee and I hung out once since the breakup, but when I was with her I couldn’t help but to think about Alex. For once in my life I truly feel alone. I need someone to love and care for me, I need attention or at least to give someone my attention. I hated having to do everything alone: shopping, eating, watching TV. I felt like I could feel all the life being sucked out of my body.

Today I was taking my car to get its oil changed, alone, I left early in the morning to get it over with. I had to go to the BMW dealership thirty minutes away from my house because my car needed a weird kind of oil in it.

“Hi I’m here to get my oil changed.” I told the women sitting behind the service desk.

“Okay I need your keys, you sign this, and I also need your Credit Card.” I immediately did everything she asked for me to do. “And you can sit in the waiting room. I’ll call you when it’s finished.” They lady told me. I smiled at her and went to have a seat in the waiting room.

I watched some game show on TV and read an Entertainment magazine while I waited. Fifteen minutes later a girl no more than twenty came in, checked her car into the service desk lady, and sat three seats down from me. Her hair was dark brown almost black and she had gorgeous brown eyes. My guess was that she was Hispanic because her skin looked naturally tan. She was on the phone crying her eyes out to someone. Usually I try not to eavesdrop, but I was so bored and her conversation was so interesting.

“He’s going to fucking flip out when I tell him.” She sobbed. I wished she had the person on speaker so I could hear what they were telling her. She nodded her head and kept agreeing with what they were telling her.

“I know, but with him and I being in college, we don’t have time for this.” She said and let the other person talk.

“NO! That is out of the question.” She started whispering towards the end so I couldn’t really hear what she was saying. Once she told the other person bye and hung up her phone, she got up to grab a few Kleenex on the table next to me. She was still sniffling and she looked so lost and broken.

“Are you okay?” I asked her after she sat back down. I didn’t want to intervene, but I also didn’t want her to do something bad without thinking.

“Yes…No. I just found out I’m two months pregnant and I don’t know what to do. I haven’t told my boyfriend yet, and I’m afraid of what he’s going to do when he finds out.” She said.

“It’ll be okay. He can’t be angry at you because it takes two people to make a baby.” I told her.

“I know, but he still will be upset. And I can’t support a baby, I can barely support myself.” She wiped her eyes with the tissues.

“What do you think you want to do?” I ask.

“I think adoption is my only choice. I can’t get an abortion.” She cried.

“I’m sorry.” I said. This had to be a sign that I should adopt now, or maybe I was reading too much into it.

“It’s not your fault.” She said shaking her head. “I wish there was another way.” She said and put her head in her hand. “All I want is for it to go to a good home, but it’s not like I can say ‘hey do you want a baby?’ and give random people background checks.”

“No, it’s not like you can do that at all.” I had to literally bite my tongue after talking so I wouldn’t beg her to let me adopt for her.

“I’m sorry for troubling you with my problems, it’s nice to have someone to talk to other than my sister. I’m Camila.” She said.

“It’s okay! it’s nice to actually have someone to talk to. Plus I like to help people out with their problems. I’m Jack.” I said enthusiastically.

“Oh! Are you a Therapist?” she asked.

“No I’m like an entrepreneur. What about you?”

“I’m a full time college student.” She smiled. Before I could keep our conversation going, the lady from the front desk called my name and told me my car was ready.

“Well it was nice talking to you, Camila. Hopefully we’ll meet again.” I smiled at her and forced myself to start walking away.

“It was nice to meet you too! And if you know someone looking to adopt a baby send them my way.” She let out a small laugh, obviously joking.

I nodded my head and tried to continue walking away, but I couldn’t move my feet. I know I might regret this later, but I was past the point of caring.

“Actually I do know someone.”

Notes

Sorry for the short chapter!