Heartaches

Heartaches

Chapter 12

By Kellyq

Carly looked at her watch and
turned her head when she saw Jack riding up in his motorcycle.
She stepped up and smiled, but it didn't reach her ears. Jack
scooted back and she sat sideways on the motorcycle. Jack handed
her a helmet as she pulled over her head. The blonde-haired teen
started the engine, and they were off. They came to a nice
restraint called "Neo Domino". Carly stared wide-eyed
for a moment and smiled at her date. Jack led her in and they
were waited on by a friendly man with spiky brown hair. The vest
he had on over his gray shirt was the same color. This man was a
little on the heavy side, but the look in his brown eyes said a
lot. He went by the name of Tank.

"Hey, Jack and ..."
Tank paused when he saw Carly standing there. She wore a plain
white dress and her spiral glass was the one thing, he noticed
the most, and the nervous smile she had. Carly blinked when she
realized that Tank was patiently waiting for her to introduce
herself.

Jack let out a grunt of
irritation. "It's Carly. And don't even start asking, Tank.
I'm not in the mood. Now bring us a menu."

He sat down and Carly sat down
too. She watched Tank get the menu's and came back, placing them
down. "Would you like anything to drink?" He asked,
holding a pad and pin in his hands.

"Water," Jack
answered.

Carly looked at the menu over
and 'hmmed'. "I'll go for a dutch chocolate shake."

Tank nodded his head, wrote them
down and walked around, attending to some of the other customers.
Jack opened the menu book and looked at what was good, not even
paying any attention to Carly. She sighed and opened her menu
too, and glanced at what was to eat. After a few moments, Carly
couldn't take it.

"Um .. Jack?" she
finally spoke. He looked up from the book. "Can I ask you a
question?"

"If it's referring to
anything on the menu, Tank will tell you what you need to
know," Jack answered.

"No, It's regarding to your
friend, Kiryu," Carly said, hoping that her date wouldn't
be more irritated than he was. "He said that Yusei didn't
accept him, but you got accepted. What did he mean by that?"

Jack closed the menu and placed
it on the table just as Tank walked back with a tall dutch
chocolate shake and water. The waiter placed the beverages on the
table.

"Are you guys ready to
order, or would you guys like more time?"

"We'll order now. I'm going
to have the usual, Seizer Salad with crab and Vinaigrette
Dressing on the side," Jack answered.

"I think I'll go for the
same thing but with chicken and Ranch on the side, please."

Tank nodded his head and wrote
it all down, took the menu and walked to another table. Carly
waited for a moment for Jack to answer her question, after a few
seconds, he finally spoke.

"We went to Satellite High
school together," Jack explained. "When you're there,
you're surrounded by friends to keep you company. I had
Yusei, Crow and Kiryu. We've known each other for a long time,
and we became a squad called Team Satisfaction, by the
time we went to Satellite. We had our own turf that we hung out
at."

By this point, Tank came up with
the salads and placed them on the table. He nodded his head,
turned and walked away.

Carly nodded her head. She took
her dressing and poured it over her salad. "Yeah. But that
still doesn't answer my question."

Jack let out a sigh. "To
give you the run down, Kiryu has feeling for Yusei, but he
doesn't feel that way, since we're going out."

"I see," Carly
murmured. She took a long sip of her milk shake looking real
depressed.

Jack sighed again. "I may
not like you in that way, but I'm still willing to be your
friend, Carly."

She smiled sadly. "Sure.
Whatever makes you happy."

Yusei smiled and pulled the
blanket over Rally's body. The clock struck midnight by the time
Yusei got him to sleep. The small child was wearing a long blue
nightgown and stockings over his feet. He lay curled on the
couch, his head propped against a soft cushion. Yusei sat there
for a moment until the door opened and Jack walked in, not even
paying any attention of how loud he was being.

Yusei rose to his feet, not even
noticing that the slightest movement of the couch woke up Rally.
He opened one eye watched Yusei greet his boyfriend.

"Hey, Jack," Yusei
murmured. "Keep it down. Rally's sleeping."

Violet eyes peered over Yusei's
shoulder and Rally closed his eyes tightly. Jack shrugged and
pulled his boyfriend into a heated kiss. Rally opened one eye
again and smiled, watching their display of affection toward each
other.

To Be Continued ...