And The Walls Come Tumbling Down

My friend BD is supposed to fly in at 7 pm. His flight is delayed so I head to the bar with Dorothy before hand. Sam and Gloves meet us up there. Joy is eyeing Gloves as he and Dorothy hug. The first chance Joy gets she pulls Dorothy aside and asks her why they were hugging. Dorothy tells her that they are friends. Joy lets Dorothy know that she and Glove have been involved. Her exact words are “I’ve been there many, many times.” Dorothy doesn’t know what to think. I tell her Joy is a whore and to ignore her. MOB enters and makes his way over with a hug when he sees me talking to Gloves.

I make my way over to Sam and tell him what Joy told Dorothy and that it was pretty uncool. I look over and see Joy hanging all over MOB now. I make a face and Sam laughs. “Oh you didn’t know? That’s a happy reunion over there. That’s old news.” My heart sinks. Joy and MOB? But she’s the bar slut!

I find Freak Mama and ask her if she knows anything about it. She is as surprised as I am. I’m fuming inside. I make my way back to Dorothy and Gloves, watching as Joy tries to spread some holiday cheer with MOB. BD calls and I have to go pick him up. I tell Gloves I’m going to pick up my friend. He asks if we’re going to come back to his house and meet up with everyone. I say it depends on how my friend feels since he’s been traveling all day.

I pass MOB on the way out and tell him I’m leaving. I ask him to accompany me to my car for a quick second. He does and I ask him about Joy. He laughs. He says she once gave him head but that it never went any farther than that. I don’t believe him. “Whatever, it’s none of my business anyway. Happy Thanksgiving.” I start to leave. He fills me full of bullshit about how much he loves me and would never do anything to hurt me. He was with Joy before he ever even met me. I leave.

As I’m driving to the airport to pick up BD, Sam calls. He starts bitching me out because he and Glove just figured out that BD is a guy. I don’t see why it matters. He’s pissed that I didn’t tell them. Again, I did say it was a guy and it’s not like that. He’s just my friend. Nothing more. But apparently they don’t believe me. I hang up on Sam. I just can’t take this shit right now.

BD and I head back to the bar for a drink. Dorothy, Sam and Glove are gone by this point. Joy is even more wasted than when I was there before and is hanging all over MOB. I can’t even watch. MOB makes his way to me and asks what’s going on after this. I tell him BD is tired and we’re going home. He asks if he can come over. I tell him he can. He says he will.

As BD and I are walking out the door I hear Joy calling MOB’s name in a loud, drunken slur. I know he’s not coming over.

Sam and Gloves keep calling but I don't answer. Finally Dorothy calls and asks if I'm coming to the house. I apologize but right now, behind MOB and Joy, Glove and Sam are the last two people I want to see.