Talania: A Trip down Memory Lane
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“Wait for the parents bro.” I gesture with my hand, walking into the kitchen to grab a beer.
“Evelyn is hungry tonight, so I think we will just throw some steaks on the grill.”
They all look at Ev, who just shrugs her shoulders and grins. “What? My body is handling the chemo better, and I’m starved.” She shrugs again, playing it off.
While we all sit around in the living room, Ev starts flipping through DVDs. I guess she wants to show the group how crazy we were. Either that or she wants to learn more of the past.
“Let’s see,” she sighs, flipping through them.
“Oh, look at this! ‘Pissed Tristan’,” she laughs, holding the DVD up for everyone to see. “What’s this babe?” She giggles.
I roll my eyes, screaming damn it in my head.
“Oh, we have to watch this one Sunshine.” Drake takes it from her, throwing a sly grin at me.
“Well, what’s it about?” she asks, leaning between my legs as she squirms on the floor, trying to get comfortable.
“It’s our first Thanksgiving one baby,” I groan.
I rub my hands over my face. She really pissed me off the first Thanksgiving we were together.
Drake pushes play and sits on the floor right next to us.
Drake and Ev are in his bedroom, and with a grin, she turns the camera on and turns it so that I can film them.
“Drake and I are going to play a very nasty trick on Tristan.”
Drake chuckles in the background.
“You see, we’ve been apart for three months and Tristan misses me,” Evelyn’s sweet voice answers.
“Yes, my brother is hooked on some Sunshine,” Drake grumbles.
“Shut up Drake! He loves me!” She has the cutest scowl on her face.
“I love you too Sunshine, but damn. He’s a damn idiot if he thinks you really wouldn’t come back.” Drake’s amusement comes over loud and clear.
“Shut up! He’s coming,” she whispers in a stern voice.
“Drake, where the hell are you? Evelyn isn’t f**king coming! She just f**king texted me. I’m so f**king mad at her.” My voice booms loudly through the speakers.
“Dude, go the hell away! I’m with a special girl right now. I’m naked dude!” Drake answers while holding back a laugh.
Adella loses it. She leans into Kyle and lets her laughter loose. Kyle sheds his normal quiet and laughs right along with her.
“Drake,” Evelyn hisses, “we are SO NOT NAKED!”
“I don’t care if you’re screwing a f**king princess; get the f**k out here now! We’re driving to their house! I f**king need to see her. This is bullshit man!” I yell through the door.
“Shit, Drake he’s really pissed!” Evelyn whispers and laughs. Still giggling, she hands the camera to Drake, giving him some instructions. “Focus the camera straight at the door; don’t miss his reaction. I mean it,” she whispers.
“Damn it Drake, I’m serious dude. Come on, you’re f**king going wi…,” my voice stops as Evelyn opens the door.
“Evelyn,” I whisper.
She leans her small figure against the frame, crossing her arms. “Miss me much handsome?” She grins at me.
For a minute, all I can do is stand there with my mouth open. Then my anger gets the best of me and I explode. “What the f**k is going on here? Why are you in my brother’s room?”
Evelyn drops her arms, standing straight in front of me. Uh oh, she is not smiling anymore. “Really Tristan? It was supposed to be a damn surprise, but apparently your mind goes straight to the gutter.”
She pushes past me with Drake scrambling behind us. He is still video tapping my idiocy.
“I’m sorry baby, I just thought that—”
She whirls around on me, causing me to swallow my words.
“You thought what Tristan? That I was with Drake now? Seriously, he helped me set this entire thing up. You’re a f**king idiot.”
“Drake, shut the damn camera off. I get it; I f**ked up,” I hiss to the camera.
“Gotta go folks. The big bad wolf is pissed,” Drake laughs in the camera.
“Dude, you were pissed off,” Kyle laughs.
“You have no idea. She was mad at me almost the entire break too.”
Evelyn is giggling and looking at me. She has such a smug expression on her face.
“What’s so funny baby?” I tease her, lightly rubbing her sides.
“I just realized that I can probably just bat my eyelashes and get anything I want. Can’t I?”
Shit! I groan. If only she knew how little it takes for me to give in to her.
“Oh Sunshine, you have no idea the things you could get away with,” Drake laughs, slapping his knee.
“Drake, you better shut up. She gets her way enough. Did you know she is making us start the band back up and take more gigs?
All eyes go to her to verify what I just said.
“Are you serious Ev?” Adella questions this in surprise.
Evelyn gets up, standing with her hands on her hips. “Don’t even try telling me no. My mind is made up. You have all given up enough for me already.”
They frown at her and she closes her eyes. That is not a good damn sign.
“Stop it right now and listen to me! You guys have already shaved your damn heads because of me. You do realize you all are sitting here with no hair trying to start an argument that you’re going to lose.”