The Good Life

Jack

"Cass please tell me you can do my hair for me today!!" I begged Cass through the phone. There was a social tonight for some big name clothing designers and I waited to the very last minute to decide I wanted to go. I don't know why they planned for Friday night instead of Saturday night. I was probably going to have to sell my soul to get Alex to go with me.

"Actually if you can come right now that would work for me." She suggested.

"Oh thank you! I'm going to my car now." I said and hung up.

I quickly sped to the hair salon, luckily not passing any cops. Fifteen minutes later I was walking into the salon. The receptionist knew I was one of Cass's regulars and told me I could go back to her room.

"Hey!" Cass greeted me.

"Hi! Thank you again for fitting me in." I said as I sat in her chair so she could began washing my hair.

"No problem, but why are you in such a rush?" She asked.

"There's this social party thing going on tonight and I decided I should go since it could give me more networking opportunities." I told her.

"Oh I'll make sure you'll look perfect!" She giggled.

"I'll appreciate anything you do. But how have you and Rian been?" I said trying to make small talk.
"Okay I guess." She sighed.

"Oh no tell what happened."

"No no it's nothing with us. It's mostly Austin like I didn't mind him staying with us at first, but it's been so long. Plus a few days ago he asked if the kids could stay also while he fights Alan for their house back. I'm just used to Rian and I in the house alone so them all being with us will probably drive me crazy." She sighed.

"Oh yeah that does sound annoying." I agreed.

"And I don't want to be rude but I can only take maybe two more weeks before I start making subtitle hints." She laughed to herself. "But how has Izzy been? Alex told us she missed school at the beginning of the week because she was sick again."

"Yeah she was throwing up that morning. She was supposed to go to the doctor this Monday but she told me she felt better last night. I don't know what's up with that girl. I think it might be her time of the month."

"Yeah it could have been. I'm happy she feels better now." Cass said.

"Me too. But did I tell you I had lunch with Alan this week?" I asked as she turned on the water and began washing my hair.

"No what was that like?"

"Weird. It was normal at first you know just us talking about our lives, but he was ordering hard alcohol in the middle of the day; like Tequila and Jameson. It was a good thing I picked him up because he wasn't good enough to drive by the time we left." I told her.

"Ugh I know, I had lunch with Hannah a few days ago and she told me Oli saw him drinking himself away one night at a bar. I'm really scared for him." She said.

"I'm scared for him and his kids. He's literally an alcoholic now." I said.

"Do you think we could have an intervention for him?" She asked.

"That seems so dramatic." I laughed.

"I know but come on we should at least try to do something to help him before he seriously hurts himself or someone else."

"I guess so. How do you think we should go about doing it?"

"Maybe we could have a dinner and invite everyone over and then while we eat we can slowly try and ease into a conversation with him."

"He's just going to run out on us." I stated.

"It won't hurt to try."

“Alright if you say so.”

"How does next Saturday sound?" She asked.

"Good enough for me."

***

"Hey baby!" I greeted Alex as he walked in our bedroom from work. I needed to gage his mood so I would know how much convincing it would take to get him to come with me. I had a feeling he would be in a good mood since it was Friday.

"Hey." He smiled.

"How was my big man’s day at work?" I asked as I walked over to him and undid his tie.

"It was normal." He said suspiciously.

"Oh that interesting. I missed you today. All I could think about, when you left me this morning, was how much I needed your big strong arms around me." I whispered seductively in his ear. I leaned over and began to kiss down his neck as I unbuttoned his shirt.

"What do you want, Jack?" He moaned.

"What makes you think I want something?" I said innocently as I ran my hand up and down his chest.
"Because you're not usually this sexual when I come home from work." He chuckled.

"Why can't I just want to please you without anything in return?" I started palming his through his dress pants. I kissed him to stop him from talking and thinking. I undid his pants and pulled them down. I pulled away from the kiss and got on my knees in front of him.

"You definitely want something." He said kind of flustered.

"Yeah I want you in my mouth." I attempt to pull his boxers down but he grabbed my chin and made me look up at him.

"What is it?" He raised an eyebrow at me.

"Fine! I got an invite to a social thing that’s tonight with designers like Vera Wang and Marc Jacobs. And I want you to go with me and actually pretend like you want to be there." I begged.

"No." He laughed and tried to pull his pants up and I stopped him.

"But Alex everyone else is going to have their husband or wife there and it’s going to look like I'm pathetic and alone if you don't come with me." I complained.

"Just tell them I'm sick!" He groaned.

"No I don't want to lie. I want you to be there with me!!" I whined.

"When did you get the invite?" He sighed.

"Two weeks ago." I said ashamed.

"Why did you wait til the day of to tell me about it?!?" He said annoyed.

"Because you were going to change your mind by now or hide out somewhere if I told you then." I said.

"Jesus. Why can't you take Izzy with you?"

"Because you have to be at least eighteen to go. Can you please just go with me! We'll be there no longer than two hours." I lied. We were going to be there for at least three hours actually, but two sounded more appealing.

He groaned in defeat and laid down in bed, throwing his hands over his face. "What time does this stupid thing start?"

I smiled victoriously and continued to pull down his boxers.

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