Chapter Two: Daddy Do right
Sometimes we discover things. We learn that we are bad parents. We learn things from people like us. And sometimes we learn to just have fun.
I stormed into the house. "Thanks for trying to see if I was all right at the funeral," I said angrily. "I did cremate a man against his family wishes after all. By the way, we will need to pay for his cremation. I feel it's only fair and plus I want to avoid a lawsuit."
"What the hell is your problem?" Brent demanded.
"My problem is you, Jackass," I yelled across the couch. "You are always the one who has to be better. You make fun of me for my career. It is your job as my husband to support me and help me not break me down."
"Oh, it's my job, huh?" He asked me. "Drew, you do the same thing everyday. Wake up, watch Maury, you shop till you drop, and come home sleep and do all it over again the next day."
"Well, I can't help the fact I am not having any luck finding a movie," I said with a shrug. "Apparently America can't handle a strong willed black man."
"You lit your set on fire when they cut your scene on that show," he said. I rolled my eyes.
"They had it coming," I said irritably. He scoffed.
"When is the last time we have had sex, Drew?" He asked me. "I am not talking about that thing where you sit there and make me do all the work. I mean full hard-core lick my ass sex."
"The last time I thought about Dustin was three weeks ago so that was the last time we had sex," I said sarcastically. He was about to retort when he looked through the window and saw a young couple walking up to the door. I followed his eyes.
"Who the hell are they?" He asked as we headed to the door.
"Can't be regulars because they look way to cheerful to be here awhile," I said opening the door. "Yes?"
"We are the Jonsons," The lady said to us. "I am Carmen and this is my husband Xavier. Say hello, Xavier."
"Hello," He said meekly. I gave him a weird look. His wife had to tell him to say hello?
"Hi," Brent says shaking Xavier and Carmen hands. "I am Brent and this is my husband..."
"Drew," I Said interrupting him and shaking their hand. "Nice to meet you Carol and Xavier."
"It's Carmen," She said pleasantly.
"That's what I said," I said to her. Xavier smiled but she flashed him a deadly look and he shut up.
"Forgive him he is a little..." Brent started to explain.
"Pissed," I said with a tight smile. "Come on in and we will talk." I led them in with Brent in the back.
"So Xavier what do you do for a living?" Brent asked.
"He is a househusband," Carmen spoke for him. Brent smiled, as I knew he would. He loved outspoken spouses who weren't his own.
"And what about you, Casey?" I asked her. She smiled tightly.
"It's Carmen," She said.
"That's what I said," I replied to her.
"I am a doctor," She said in a matter-of-fact tone.
'Really?" I asked her. "Looks like you and my husband would get along great. He is a senior partner."
"Looks like we are both the money makers in our family," Brent said with a look at me. I got up.
"Xavier, could you help me fix some stuff?" I asked him. He looked at Carmen, which bothered me. "You know, you do not have to ask for her permission, right?" He looked at me and smiled. And we headed to the kitchen.
"Forgive Andrew," Brent said to Carmen who looked upset at my rudeness. "He is spoiled and very bitchy."
Cameron lay in his bed depressed. Audrey had left him. It was just now hitting him. His closed eyes shot open as someone knocked on his door. He sighed and headed downstairs.
"Damn Solicitors," he said opening the door. He was shocked to see his mother standing there. "Mom?" Mrs. Moore pushed her way inside.
"Oh god I will have to sue that airport," She said throwing her purse on the couch. "They lost my luggage."
"Luggage?" Cameron echoed. "Um...I am glad to see you but...What are you doing here, mom?"
"I am here for the wedding rehearsal," She said looking at her son strangely. "Where is Audrey?" Cameron felt really bad at what he had to tell his mom.
"She...Um...She left me," Cameron said softly. Mrs. Moore lost all coloring in her face. "Mom, are you okay?"
"I am feeling a bit woozy," She said getting up to stand in front of her son. "What do you mean she left you, Cameron? What did you do to screw this up?"
"What do you mean what did I do? She left this morning and revealed to me that she has been having an affair with this rich old guy," Cameron explained. Mrs. Moore shook her head.
"She would not have left you if you made more money," She said heading back to the couch.
"Mom, I am a stockbroker," he said sitting beside her. "I do not know how much money I could have made to keep her happy."
"Could you get it up?" She asked her son directly.
"Mom," He said shocker at her bluntness.
"What?" She asked innocently. "Your father had male trouble but that Viagra helped out. Maybe he can loan you a few pills and..."
"Too much information, lady," He said still shocked.
"Are you one of those homosexuals?" She asked him. "Is that why she was unsatisfied sexually? Did that Andrew try to recruit you into his orgy of sin?"
"She was a gold-digging slut," Cameron said angrily. "And you would think that as my mother you would be here for me and not try to blame me for her cheating on me." Mrs. Moore sighed.
"You're right," She said grabbing her son hands. "I am being wrong. I just want you to be happy and not commit suicide over such a obviously wrong girl for you."
"Trust Me," Cameron said grabbing her hands. "I may be desperate and depressed over love but suicide is not in my plans. I saw on 20/20 this man shot himself in his head because his wife left him and lost all his memory except for the fact that his wife left him. Not to mention he can't control his own body functions."
"Good here because you know suicide will lead you into a life of hell," She said kissing her son on the forehead. "Just like that Andrew boy. Now we need to find you a female who is wife material and great in bed."
"Oh God," Cameron said with a sigh as his mother began to plot how to hook her son up. Hunter sat in a café with his old friend, Brandon. Corey was at school.
"So how is life treating you, buddy?" Brandon asked Hunter. Hunter thought for a second. He was arrested for "trying to shoplift", had not been in a serious relationship in a year, and had not had sex for two.
"Great," He lied and sipped on his mocha latte. Brandon looked at his friend.
"Everything OK with Corey?" He asked him.
"Yeah," Hunter said looking up at Brandon. He noticed a look on Brandon's face. "What?"
"I just figured that you could not handle him," Brandon said and suddenly realized what he said. "I did not mean it like it came out."
Hunter smiled tightly. "Are you trying to tell me that I can't raise my ten year old son?" He asked trying to keep his voice calm. "You do not have kids. Last time I checked you had one working testicle and you are having trouble getting Tori pregnant."
"Whoa Dude," Brandon said hurt. "I was not saying that you are a bad father. However, you are the one who did not want to spend time with him when he wanted to play ball with you so you let him watch "Finding Nemo" for nine hours."
"I was tired that day," Hunter said. Brandon shook his head.
"I think the only reason you fought so hard to get him was so that Amanda could not have him," Brandon said to a shocked Hunter.
"How dare you?" Hunter asked getting up. "This get together is so over." He stormed out of the café attracting the attention of some of the customers but walked back into the café and the table. "And at least when I cum I have enough sperm to get any girl pregnant and their mom."
Samantha dusted around the table in her living room and the entertainment center. She accidentally knocked over a stack of tapes.
"Damn," she said bending down to pick them up. She gasped when she saw that one of Taylor's dirty movies were in the stack. "That dirty son of bitch." She was angry and had an idea of how to get even.
Daniel Morzella stood outside his home enjoying the beauty. No, not the sun. The hot girl running down the sidewalk a ways down. Chris smiled because he knew that he could bed her by the end of the day. He was just that good. His smile faded when he saw Cameron step out to his mailbox and the girl stopped.
"Shit," He said hurrying down the street.
"Hey, I'm Tammy," She said shaking Cameron's hand.
"Cameron," He said noticing his mother standing in the window hoping that Tammy had not noticed her. Before he could continue speaking to Tammy, Daniel walked up.
"Cameron, how are you?" Daniel asked Cameron. They both knew it was forced because they hated each other with a passion.
"Great Dan and you?" Cameron asked him.
"Same," he replied. Daniel looked at Tammy. "Daniel Morzella."
"Tammy Curtis," She said shaking his hand. "Morzella? Is that Italian?"
"Yes, in fact, is," He said shooting a look at Cameron. Cameron knew why Daniel was over here and he wanted to get to know Tammy before Daniel could.
"Tammy, since you are new here how about I take you out and show you what there is to do here in San Diego?" He asked her.
"You're new?" Daniel asked her upset that Cameron could have time with Tammy.
"Just moved here from Tucson," She replied. "Hey, I have an idea. Cameron, how about you both show me around. You are the only two people to actually strike a conversation up with me and I have a feeling we will all be great friends. How does that sound?" Daniel did not want Cameron to be around on his time with Tammy but he did not want him to be alone with her. Cameron felt the same way. Both wanted to scream aloud but instead they said... "Sure." "Great." Tammy kissed them both on the cheek and headed back to her home. They shot daggers at one another.
I sat with Xavier in his house. I was shocked at how mirrored image our homes looked alike. Xavier, I found out, was a director who had a hard time after his last movie sucked.
"Well, X, I wanted to say that you really shocked me yesterday," I said.
"A lot of people are shocked at how much Carmen dominates me," he said sadly. I placed my hand on his.
"You know me and you are alike in so many ways," I said to him. "We are with people who claimed they love us but they look down on us because we do not have the same seniority as they have."
"How do you deal with it?" He asked me. I smiled at him.
"I am glad you asked that question, X my buddy," I said to him. "You deal by having an affair."
"You wanna have an affair with me?" He asked me. "I have never been with a male but anything to..."
"Xavier," I said holding my hand up. "I am already having an affair. With my husband's friend. You may not make money like Carmen but you can hurt her in more ways than one. Plus, you get off so it's a win-win situation."
"What if I get caught? She will kill me," he said nervously. "How do you not get caught?"
"I have been having an affair for almost a year and have not been caught," I said with a sly smile. "I make sure that the two are never together when I am around. I am pro at it."
"You wanna have dinner with Brad and Sarah?" I asked Brent. I sat down in shock.
"Yeah, me and brad have not had anytime to hang out," Brent said looking at me weird. "What? I thought you liked Brad."
"I do," I said walking to him. I sat in his lap. I had an idea. "But..We have not had sex in awhile." I kissed him and ground my hips into his lap.
"Oh, we can have sex now baby," He said pushing me onto the couch. "They will not be her for awhile and Sarah wants to cook.' He took his shirt off.
"Crap," I thought to myself. He was horned up and I knew he wanted to have sex. Damn it. He kissed my neck and unbuttoned my pants and made his way to my cock. As good as it felt, I was trying not to succumb to the pleasure. He sucked me up and down. "I spoke to your mother." He stopped and looked at me.
"What the fuck?" He asked me. "Why are you talking about my mom when I am sucking your dick, Drew?"
"I am sorry," I said with a shrug. "We can continue."
"Never mind," he said getting up and heading upstairs. I smiled at my work but then I thought about tonight. I was in some serious trouble.
Hunter watched Corey as he played gameboy. He thought about what Brandon had said.
"I am a damn good father and I love my son," He thought to himself. Corey shut the game off.
"I am gonna go outside to play," he said to his dad. "You wanna come, dad?"
"Not really," Hunter said. Then he thought about it. "Corey, come sit here so we can talk." He patted to a seat on the couch. Corey looked at his dad as he sat on the couch. "So...How was school?"
"Fine," Corey said simply. This was going to be harder than Hunter thought.
"Have fun at Recess?" Hunter asked him.
"Yep," Corey said.
"Lunch good?" Hunter asked.
"Dad, why are you asking me all these questions?" Corey asked. "Did I do something wrong?"
"No," Hunter said sadly.
'Well, you don't usually want to hear about school," Corey said.
"I know," Hunter said realizing that Brandon was right. And so was his son.
"Mr. Lopez and Joey invited me over for a sleep over," Corey said getting up. "I figured it would be O.K. so I said yes."
"OK," Hunter said trying to hold his tears back. His son enjoyed being at other's homes instead of his own. "Um..You go get ready for the sleep over and I will go fix you some snacks, buddy."
"Whatever," Corey said running upstairs. Hunter let his tears flow because he knew that because he harbored anger for his ex-wife that prevented him from wanting to spend time with his ten-year-old son.
"I rented 'The Aviator'," Lauren said to Taylor who walked into the house. He kissed her.
"Really?" He asked her.
"Yeah," She said handing him a beer. "Skylar, is at Lopez's house so we have the house to ourselves."
"Let's see the movie," He said turning the television on. Lauren placed the movie in and pressed play. Girls jumped up and down grabbing beads. "Oh my god."
"God can't help you now," She said to her husband. "You were suppose to throw them out. All of them"
"Why are you getting so upset that I am watching these movies? Taylor asked.
"Because, dumb ass, if you get pleasure from this then do you get pleasure from me?" She asked him.
"Yes, I always get pleasure from you," Taylor said.
"You are a voyeur," Lauren said. "You get off seeing women naked and women who are not your wife. That is why we are going to see a therapist tomorrow."
"Therapist? I am not going to go see a therapist," Taylor spat.
"You will be there tomorrow at 2 p.m. because if you are not I will leave you," She said to him. "If you do not believe me then try me." Taylor stared at his wife and knew he lost.
"Fine," He said with conviction.
Brad and I both sat nervously as Brent sat asking questions. Sarah had not been able to make it due to work and Brent all but threaten Brad to come to dinner.
"You wanna hear something funny?" Brent asked Brad.
"What's that?" Brad asked nervously.
"Drew, here, did not want you to come over for dinner tonight, dude," Brent said. I flashed him a look.
"I did not want you to come over here because that means that I would have to spend time with this ass hole over here," I said pointing at Brent. I lifted my cup up. "Cheers." Brent smiled tightly.
"BE a good husband and go fix us some drinks," He said to me. I rolled my eyes.
"It would feel so much better to shove my foot up your as but I may not be able to pull it out," I said getting up and grabbing the three glasses. Brad got up and got the plates and headed I behind me.
"Are you OK?" he asked me. I turned around.
"Am I OK?' I repeated. "Let's see, my husband hosts a dinner where the guy I am having an affair with is the guest. Yea, I am great.
"Drew," he said grabbing my hips.
"Get off me and carry this outside," I said handing him a dessert platter. **************************************************
Hunter went to answer the door. He knew who was there before answering it.
"Hey Brandon," he said pleasantly.
"This better be your lame attempt at an apology because I am missing a rerun of The partridge family," he said walking in and taking a seat on the couch.
"This is a lame attempt at an apology," Hunter said with a sigh. "Brandon...you are my best friend and I should've never said all those hurtful stuff."
"Why did you, Hunt?" Brandon asked. "I was only giving you my honest opinion about you and Corey."
" I know that," Hunter said tears forming in his eyes. "It's just...I have just realized that my son is slipping away from me."
"Hunter, you still have time to reconnect with your son," Brandon said to his best friend. "Cory isn't going anywhere anytime soon. I am sorry if what I said bothered you."
"Dude, you are right," Hunter said sadly. "I only fought for Corey so Amanda could not have him. And the sad thing is, my divorce from her caused us to be apart."
"What do you mean?" Brandon asked curiously.
"Corey looks a lot like Amanda and it got so hard to look at him because it would remind me of Mandy. So I pushed him away. Now Corey is obsessed with the guy across the street. I want to spend time with him now."
"Obsessed?" Brandon asked curiously. "You may have your very own Michael Jackson living in your neighborhood and you do not know it.
"Carlos would never hurt Corey," Hunter scoffed. " I would hope not." Hunter got up and started pacing around the floor. "Thanks for making me worried about my son."
"Then go get him," Brandon said with a smile.
"What? I can't do that?" Hunter asked incredulously.
"Go get your son and if he doesn't want to come home make him," Brandon said to his open-mouth friend.
Hunter walked across the street to the Lopez's. He looked back to see Brandon who stood at the door for support. He was seriously about to piss his son off. He kinda like this feeling he had in his stomach. He knocked on the door. Joey answered the door.
"Mr. Barham," Joey said shocked to see him. "What are you doing here?"
"I am here to pick up my son," Hunter said haughtily. "Where is he?" Joey pointed to the backyard.
"We were in the pool with my dad who was picking us up and dumping us," Joey said allowing him to come in. "I had to go pee and they are still playing."
"Wait a minute," Hunter said paranoid. "He's outside alone with your father?" Hunter pushed passed Joey and headed to find Corey on top of Carlos Lopez's shoulder. "What the fuck are you doing to my child?" He stormed over to the pool.
"Hunt? What's wrong?" Carlos Lopez asked confused.
"You have my eleven year old son on your shoulder, Lopez," Hunter screamed. "You're a child molester."
"We were playing a game that requires the four of us to split on teams," Carlos replied.
"Four of us?" Hunter repeated confused.
"Dad, what is going on?" Joey asked walking towards the scene. Hunter turned and saw Joey along with Taylor's son.
"Oh," Hunter said dejectedly. Corey leapt off Mr. Lopez's shoulders and stood in front of his father.
"You embarrassed me in front of my friends, Dad," he said in a hush tone. " I would watch my back if I were you." He gave his father a glare and stormed into the house and out the front door. Hunter turned back to a very angry Carlos Lopez.
"So see you at the poker game next week?" He asked uncomfortably.
Cameron and Daniel sat with Tammy in the new Greek restaurant, Aphrodite.
"Oh, this was fun right, guys?" She asked the two. "Except for when Cameron tripped over your feet and knocked the poor woman off her cane." Fun was not the word either would use for the night. All through out the night, Daniel tried to outdo Cameron. He even tried to be a Good Samaritan and forcefully paid for all three of their movies.
"It was great," Cameron lied forcing a smile. Daniel rolled his eyes as Tammy's cellophone rung.
" I gotta take this," She said looking at the caller id. "Excuse me." She got up and headed towards the bathrooms. Daniel looked at the ticket. His face drained as he saw their bill.
"Fuck," he said shaking his head. FUCK! FUCK! FUCK!"
"Hey Tourette's," Cameron said sarcastically. "You mind keeping those outburst to yourself?"
"Look at this bill," Daniel said sliding it to an irritable Cameron. Cameron gagged on his tongue.
"350?" HE asked in disbelief.
"I know," Daniel said in a hushed voice. "I can't afford to pay for that." He looked over at Tammy who was still on the phone. "She had to order the most expensive thing on the menu. I am gonna make her pay for her things."
"We can't do that," Cameron said exasperated. "If we do that she will think we are broke."
"We are broke," Daniel said to Cameron. "We can't afford to pay $175 each." Tammy walked over to the table.
"Sorry, I have gotta jet," she said flashing the two apologetic looks. "Lemme see how much I owe." She grabbed the bill up from the table. Cameron snatched it out her hand.
"We will take care of it," Cameron said ignoring the look of desperation from Daniel.
"What a sweetheart," She said kissing them both.
"Thanks," Cameron said as she walked out of the restaurant. "How do we get out of the paying?" Daniel looked around.
"I have an idea," he said looking around. He pulled a hair off his head and placed it on the caramel chocolate cake he was eating.
"What are you doing?" Cameron hissed. Daniel smiled evilly.
"Watch," he said. H e yelled loudly. "MY WORD!"
"Sir, is there a problem?" The owner asked Daniel.
"How dare you give me food with a hair in it?" He demanded. Cameron blushed furiously. "This is an abomination. Take this away from me." The man grabbed the plate.
"Sir, this hair color is the same as yours," The man said cautiously. Cameron decided to jump in.
"We come to your restaurant to eat and now you are trying to blame my friend for planting a hair in his food?" Cameron asked shaking his head. "How dare you? What are we trying to do? Get out off paying? We are god fearing people and we will have the news down here faster than you can say overpriced food."
"TH...There is no need for the news," The man said nervously. "The meal is complimentary."
"Thank you," Cameron said getting up and walking out.
"Here's your tip," Daniel said getting up also. "You might want to start making your employees wear hair nets because if I ever find hair in my food again I will personally drop-kick you ass. Got me?" The owner nodded and Daniel left. **********************************************************
Taylor and Lauren sat in their counselor's office.
"Why are we here?" Dr. Greg asked the two.
"Taylor is a voyeur who likes watching porn," Sarah said bluntly.
"That didn't take to long, did it?" Taylor asked irritably. "Look, thank you for penciling in this fifteen minute session but I really do not want to be here. My wife is just an insecure woman."
"MY husband is a sick dirty old bastard," She said with a tight smile.
"Mrs. Throckmorton, has Taylor ever watched the movie while you have been intimate or ever call another woman's name out?" Dr. Greg asked her.
"No, doctor," She said dejectedly.
"Well, if I can give my honest opinion and I will because you're paying me.... I think that this is healthy."
"You know what? I did not come here from some crock of a therapist to tell me I am wrong," Lauren said getting up. She looked at Taylor. "Throw the movies out or I want a divorce."
"Divorce?" Taylor asked in disbelief.
"Yeah, I found the porn on the computer also," She said to a blushing Taylor.
"I am not throwing the tapes out," Taylor said evenly.
"Well, I am going to divorce you. Good Day," She turned and ran into a bookshelf. She flipped her hair and stormed out.
I walked into Xavier's home. He had given me a key because I needed to pick up his dry-cleaning.
"Xavier? Carmen?" I asked from the bottom of the stairs. The more I listened, the more the moans sounded like two men. "X?" I walked up the stairs and I pushed the bedroom door open. I gasped at what I saw.
"Oh god," Xavier said shocked.
"Brad," I said as I saw him fucking Xavier doggy style.
"Drew, what are you doing here?" he asked me.
"I was picking up his dry cleaning to give to Jojobee," I said angrily.
"You're early," Xavier said pulling away from Brad.
"You're fucking the guy I am having an affair with," I countered.
"Actually, I'm fucking him," Brad corrected. I flashed him a dirty look.
"Drew, I did not realize that this was your guy," Xavier said walking over to me.
"I did not know you knew each other," Brad added. "But now that you do know each other.... How about a threesome?"
"Oh my...Threesome?" I asked him. "Xavier, break it off with him right now and we can move past this. Brad we are through."
"I can't do that, drew," Xavier said softly. "He is giving me something that Carmen can't."
"She can give you the same thing with a dildo," I said with disgust.
"It is not the sex," Xavier said with downcast eyes. "I am not attracted to him but I like the attention he gives me. Carmen does not give me attention like this."
"Go to oprah," I said pushing him. "I am so hurt that my pathetic-sorry-excuse-for-a-friend-and-let's his wife beat him is turning on me."
"Drew," Brad said shaking his head.
"I hope you two catch...that disease in Africa that gay men get a lot," I said flustered.
"Aids?" Brad asked.
"No," I said. "West Nile virus. If you will excuse me, I am going to go have sex with my husband who loves me and I will pretend to love him."
Hunter sat in his kitchen looking at a photo album. He felt really bad about his outburst at the Lopez's. Corey walked downstairs with his baseball glove.
"Corey, I want to talk to you," he said to his son.
"About what? How dumb you acted yesterday? How you always come to my games and cheer for the wrong team?"
"That happened twice," Hunter said exasperated. "Those uniforms looked alike."
"Whatever Dad," Corey said opening the door. "I am going outside to play with Mr. Lopez or are you going to call him a child molester again?"
"Go son," Hunter said forcing a smile. "Have fun."
"I will," Corey said shutting the door behind him. Hunter could sense the gap widening between them both.
Whoa! Hunter and Corey have some serious issues? How about Taylor and Sarah? Is she really divorcing him? Xavier, Brad, and Andrew are at odds. Who is going to get Tammy? Cameron or Daniel? In episode three: Cameron notices Tammy liking Daniel more so he does something drastic, Drew is bothered by Xavier and Brad and also meets a guy, Taylor and Sarah are forced to go out with a couple, and Hunter goes camping with corey and the lopez's.