Selfishness
by Rikugou
Why can't I be selfish? Must be some sort of built in mechanism hardwired into my brain or something. My best friend would probably hit me over the head and tell me to be selfish for once, except this entire situation has to do with him so he won't *ever* say word about it. Not if I have anything to do about it at least.
Oh, he's looking. Give him a smile. Don't walk over. Don't walk ov--too late. You should be next to your new wife you doofus. What kind of husband are you?
"Hey," he says.
"Hey," I reply. I smirk at him this time, playfully jabbing him with my elbow. "Trying to get away from the wife already, Jack?"
He laughs. "Naw, just thought you looked a bit lonely. What happened with Lana? I thought you were coming with her?"
Who? Oh yea, my imaginary date. "She came down with the flu. You know it goes around like crazy this time of year," I said. "She insisted I come and stop worrying about her."
The wife comes over, a somewhat vacuous smile on her face. "Marie wanted to talk to you about the program you just finished, something about it crashing her computer."
"Her computer would fall over if you breathed on it," he sighed.
"You know that. I know that, but she doesn't," she said in a slightly whining tone, tugging on his arm.
"Go on already," I made shooing motions. Jack looked indecisive. I would too if I had to deal with Marie but he wanted to satisfy the little wife. I just dug up my reassuring smile and threw it at him. He caved. Worked every time. Score one for Alex the Great.
Jack let her tug him away and gave me a apologetic smile over his shoulder. As soon as he turned around, I was pinned by a pair of icy blue chips--the wife. Smile at her too, she can't do anything about you. Not yet in any case. Restrain the urge to wring her skinny little neck and lift your glass to salute her.
The woman turned away with a disdainful little look and tugged Jack's arm closer to her.
I think I'll be over there visiting the nice tower of champagne now. He won't be coming back any time soon.
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--Rikugou
Finished: 10.10.04