Wasted Time (Sequel to "Untitled")
Rated: None.
By: Ashley
Luke got up and walked over to the table where his baby sister had been sitting alone for about the same amount of time that he had.
“So, Barbara” Luke said before taking a seat. “Where’s Baldwin?”
“I don’t know.” Bobbie replied before looking around nervously. “Where’s Laura?”
“Good question.” Luke said taking a drink of Scotty’s scotch.
“You think we were shafted?” Bobbie asked
“That’s a very good possibility, darlin‘, the question is, what do we do about it?”
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Well I don’t want to see you waiting
I’ve already gone too far away
I still can’t keep the day from ending
No more messed up reasons for me to stay
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Laura and Scotty emerged from the bathroom, still holding hands, with Laura’s head resting on Scotty’s shoulder. They came out to a long line of 20 or so women waiting to use the bathroom.
Each and every woman looked at them oddly and a few shot them dirty looks, not that they cared. They headed into the dining area. Bobbie saw them first.
“OH MY GOD!” she tapped Luke on the arm so he’d turn around.
Laura and Scotty held their heads up high, not feeling sorry for what they did.
Luke’s clear blue eyes turned cloudy with rage.
He got up and began to scream. “LAURA, HOW COULD YOU?!!? AND WITH HIM OF ALL PEOPLE! THERE’S TONS OF BUSBOYS AROUND AND YOU CHOOSE BALDWIN TO SLEEP WITH?”
That’s when Bobbie reached out and slapped Scotty. He smiled and caressed his throbbing jaw.
By then everyone in the restaurant was staring.
“I though you loved me!” Bobbie yelled out.
“I never said I loved you Bobbie, you just assumed.” he replied.
Bobbie raised her hand to slap him again and Laura caught her wrist.
“What the hell do you think you’re doing?” Bobbie asked.
“If you hit him again, you’re going to have to deal with ME.” Laura said in a low voice.
“Oh, I’d LOVE to deal with you right now. In fact, Laura, I’ve wanted to put you in your place for years.”
Bobbie was just about to take a swing at Laura but Scotty jumped in front of her and Luke grabbed her by the waist and pulled her back.
“We all need to talk.” Scotty said.
“Yeah, you betcha, loser.”
Scotty grabbed Bobbie by the elbow and led her to the bar while Laura and Luke took off outside.
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Well this is not for real
Afraid to feel
I just hit the floor
Don’t ask for more
I’m wasting my time
I’m wasting my time
You can’t stop the feeling
And there’s no reason
Let’s make the call
And take it all again
Whoa, again
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Bobbie leaned against the bar for support, Scott really did mean a lot to her.
She turned around and looked at him, tears glistening in her eyes.
“How could you do this to me?”
“Bobbie…..” he reached out to grab her hand, but she pulled away.
“How could you do this?”
“It just happened.”
“But how, how? I thought you were SO over Laura?”
“I said I was, well, I was over her. But I don’t know, something tonight brought back all that I felt for Laura.”
“Sex?”
“No, it wasn’t just sex. It was the way she looked, the light in her eyes, the way her voice floated, the way her looking at me caused shivers and her touch caused little shocks. It was all of that. It was the way we talked to one another, the conversation with out words………it was the connection we have.”
Bobbie looked at him go on and on about Laura and realized that Laura was who he loved. She felt sick to her stomach.
“Go, go to Laura.”
“Bobbie…..”
“No, I need time, just………I need time. Bye.”
And with that Bobbie took off. Once outside she felt the tears hit her cheek. She lost him, she lost him to Laura once again.
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Months went by with us pretending
When did our light turn from green to red?
I took a chance and left you standing
Lost the will to do this once again
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“Laura, how could you do this? I thought you loved me! I thought you left Baldwin for ME?”
“I thought I did too.” she said sadly.
“You thought what?”
“I thought I loved you but I don’t. At least, I’m not in love with you anymore. And I thought I left Scotty to be with you, but the real reason was………”
“What?”
Laura didn’t answer.
“What, Laura, what?”
“I left Scotty because with him I can’t pretend.”
“What?” Luke asked, not following.
“With you I can play along to your image of me. Your Angel, your Laura. With Scotty, I have to be me. And I was afraid of that.”
“Why?” Luke asked, genuinely concerned.
“Because, he wants to know about me, all about me, not just the part of me he’s interested in. He wants no secrets and he wants all of this other stuff emotionally from me that up until now I wasn’t ready to give, but now I am.”
“And I have more of a physical need for you, right?”
“Yeah, and that’s fine, but I need more Luke because I have more to give.”
“So I guess you’ve made up your mind then?”
“Yeah, I have.”
“I do love you, you know that, right?”
“Yeah, I know that.”
Luke touched the side of Laura’s face before taking off.
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Well this is not for real
Afraid to feel
I just hit the floor
Don’t ask for more
I’m wasting my time
I’m wasting my time
You can’t stop the feeling
And there’s no reason
Let’s make the call
And take it all
I’m wasting my time
I’m wasting my time again
Whoa, again
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Luke passed Scotty who was walking out to meet Laura.
Scotty looked at him hard, and Luke did the same.
“Just take care of her, Baldwin.”
“I always do.”
Luke took off, broken hearted. Not a good night for the Spencer siblings.
Scotty stepped out into the crisp night air where Laura was standing alone. She turned around right then and their eyes met
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See you waiting
Lonesome, lonely
See you waiting
I see you waiting
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“How’d did Bobbie take it?” Laura asked
“Not good, but I think she’ll be alright, she understands.”
Laura nodded in agreement.
“And Spencer?”
“He wants what’s best for me, he understands too.”
“Good.” Scotty said.
Laura walked forward and placed her hands on Scotty’s chest, caressing. She nuzzled his ear for a second before looking in his eyes, he knew what she wanted.
“Let’s get out of here.” she said in a low voice.
“OK,” Scotty agreed, taking her hands in his, “But if we leave together we need to have a talk before anything else.”
Laura stared at him, a little afraid, a little excited. She felt a little of everything.
“Ok.” she said in agreement. She placed a quick kiss on his lips before taking off with his arms wrapped around her waist.
Well this is not for real
Afraid to feel
I just hit the floor
Don’t ask for more
I’m wasting my time
I’m wasting my time
You can’t stop the feeling
And there’s no reason
Let’s make the call
And take it all
I’m wasting my time
I’m wasting………