She's Trouble

Jonathan Hillstrand/OC

Chapter 13 – Not Alone in this Lonely Bar

Music pulled me out of my thoughts. Not just any music though. It was something that I recognized and that pulled me down memory lane. Our song.

The windows were rolled down on this sunny day, in his red Ford pickup truck. There was destination and no worries for either of us. His one hand lay on the wheel while the other lay on the back of the seat and around my shoulders. I rested my on hand on his inner thigh while the other played with the knob of the radio station.

"Babe, seriously, pick a station."

I narrowed my eyes at him, "If only it was that easy. There's nothing on!" I whined too him.

"Wait!" He shouted at me as I went to change the station again. "Leave that on,"

I lifted my hand from the knob and listened to what was playing. My Girl by the Temptations.

"Nah uh, you don't like song."

He nodded "I do. You wanna know why?" He asked and I nodded.

"Because you're my girl," He sang to me, verily badly might I add.

I started laughing, "No, stop."

He raised his eyebrows as a goofy smile came across his face, "Stop what?" He asked innocently.

"Stop singing you don't like this song let alone the band." I turned my body so that I could see the whole right side of him. I rested my elbow onto of his outstretched arm and played with the back of his hair.

"Would you be willing to get a haircut for me?" I suddenly changed the mood from fun and loving to seriousness in one quick question. I knew he liked his hair long but for some reason I liked his hair short. It made him look not only younger but hotter. There was something about running my fingers through his short hair that drove me wild.

He nodded his head "Anything for my baby." I smiled so happily at him then.

That smile crept back on to my face as the memory ended.

"Who's the lucky bastard?" An old man sitting a chair down from me asked. You could tell he was a crab fisherman, or at least a retired one by his deep set wrinkles and callused hands. Nobody in town looked like that except for the fishermen.

"Um, no one actually." I told him kind of awkwardly. I couldn't just tell him that I was thinking about my old ex-boyfriend who by the way is the father of my child.

"Then who's got you smiling like that?" He asked showing off his toothless mouth. You could see that he had lost quite a few teeth and that the rest in his mouth were soon following the others.

"Oh, um I was thinking of my family?" I questioned. Might as well lie.

"Sweetheart you might as well tell me the name of the lucky fellow because lord knows no one smiles like that if you're thinking about your family."

"Uh, I was thinking of my old ex-boyfriend." I told him very awkwardly.

"You let 'em go didn't ya?" He asked taking a swig of his beer and all I could do was nod.

"You should get 'em back before it's too late especially if he can make you smile like that from a memory." I nodded kind wishing I could get him back but right now he was probably off with some whore enjoying himself.

"I don't think-" Speak of the devil and the devil shall appear. Jonathan Hillstrand himself walked into the bar, alone. I for some unspeakable reason couldn't take my eyes off him.

"Sweetheart," It was the old man and he was leaning over so that I could hear him better "You'll never know if you don't try it's all about risk and that's what us fisherman do. Try it, give it a shot because I'll be dammed if that boy doesn't love you."

The old man got up out of his seat and exited the bar before I could say something or back down. Give it a try. Okay, I could do this. I told myself. I could do this.

I started getting up out of my seat with my beer in hand and headed for Jonathan Hillstrand on to quickly turn around and head back to the bar. I was wrong, he wasn't alone.

A/N:

So I'm terribly sorry that I haven't updated in foreverrr but school started and I'm trying to get into the groove of things and on top of that I had writer's block for this story buttt now I know where I'm going to go with this! Yay! (: Anyway, I hope you enjoyed!

Updates going to be quicker this time! I hope you forgive me!

Lots of Love,

-M