His Life

I hate this story; I am just putting it on here b/c If I dont I will regret it for some reason. I am not very proud of it.

 

A teenage boy the age of 15 is walking down the street with his friends and a cigarette between his lips. His hair is died black. His skin is tanned. He wears a black leather jacket with a black shirt underneath and black pants with black shoes. His name is Jake; he is a real “bad boy”. His friends are all dressed the same and all had cigarettes in between their fingers.

            A group of girls walk by them and Jake, being the leader of their little group looks the girls up and down and whistles. The other guys start yelling thinks like, “Hey hot stuff!” one of the girls had a blow pop in her mouth, and Jake yells,

            “Hey baby you wanna suck on my blow pop?!”

            The girl with the blow pop looks at him and smiles. The girls continue to walk while Jake and the girl continue to look at each other.

            At school the next day Jake tells his friends he’ll meet up with them later. He walks outside to the court yard and finds the girl he saw the day before. He walks up to her and says,

            “Hey what’s up?” She smiles and Jake continues, “I’m Jake.”

            “Michelle.” Jake looks at her friends and sees that they want him to leave, he looks at her and says,

            “What are you doing tonight?”

            Michelle nods telling Jake that she’s free.

            “You wanna hang out?” Jake says nervously, Michelle smiles and says,

            “Yeah, right after school?”

            “Yeah that’ll be great!” Jake answers with excitement.

            Jake leaves the courtyard in a hurry so he will not be late for class. When the final bell rings Jake jumps up out of his seat and speeds out of the classroom, leaving his friends behind. He stands out front of the school and waits on Michelle. When she arrives they leave together walking around town. Jake takes Michelle to the park and they sit on a picnic table. Jake looks at Michelle and says,

            “Thanks for coming with me.”

            “You’re welcome I was hopin’ I’d get to hang out with you, even after yesterday.”

            Jake smiles and says,

            “Yeah, I’m sorry about that; my friends would have said it and been rude about it.”

            “You don’t think saying it at all is rude?”

            “Well it is but they would have made… gestures.”

            “Oh, I see, like wiggling their tongues or doing hand motions?”

            “Yeah, Like that.” Jake said smiling. Jake looks to the ground and laughs. Michelle looks at him and asks,

            “What’s so funny?”

            “I don’t know; I just never thought I’d be sitting in the park talking to the most beautiful girls in town.”

            She smiles; Jake rises up and looks at her. He moves closer and presses his lips against hers.

 

            10 years later, Jake and Michelle are married; they have two kids, a boy named Matt and a girl named Ashton. Jake is an attorney at a law firm called “Widener and Morrison. Michelle is a doctor at a local hospital. Jake and Michelle’s love is still strong as ever…or at least that’s what they thought. Jake has had doubts about his life with Michelle since the day they said, “I do.” But Jake wants it to work he loves her.

            Michelle isn’t innocent either, she has been cheating on Jake since the day they met, she loves Jake she just likes to have fun more. The day before their anniversary Jake comes home after work. The house is silent but the car is there. He knows that Michelle and the kids are there. He walks up stairs and opens the door to the kids’ bedroom. They are playing in the floor with their toys. Jake asks,

            “Where’s your mommy?”

            Ashton answers, “Mommy’s in the room with her friend.”

            Jake gets a bit worried he goes to his and her bedroom door, he listens and hears moaning. He closes his eyes and opens the door with force. Jake stands at the door way with his eyes open now and see his wife laying underneath another man whose shirt is off. The covers are up to his waist. His hair is short and he has a tattoo of a falcon and briars on his left shoulder blade. Michelle and the guy look at Jake and the man moves from on top of her she pulls the covers up to cover her breasts. She says nothing as Jake smiles and walks away pulling the door shut.

            He walks back to the kids room and walks in and says in a soft voice,

            “Hey you two, daddy and you are going to go stay at grandmas tonight and on the way we’ll stop for ice cream, okay? Does that sound good?”

            The kids say in unison with smiles on their face,

            “Yeah!”

            Jake says after them,

            “Yeah! Let’s get you some cloths and toys to take with you. Okay, you two pick out a few toys to take and I’ll get your cloths okay?”

            The kids nodded and went to get the toys as Jake got the cloths together. When they were ready Jake said,

            “Okay let’s go get in daddy’s car.”

            The kids ran out of the bedroom and into the hall. Michelle was on her way to their room when Jake walked out of the room. He looks at her and says,

            “We’re leaving to stay at moms tonight. You can get your stuff and leave.”

            “I’m not leaving! This is my house too, and you can’t take the kids!”

            “Whose name is the house under? Mine! And if you think I’m going to leave my kids here while you are bangin’ your boy toy then you’re crazy! We’ll set up a system some other time. Now I suggest you get your stuff and get out.”

            Jake walks around her, he isn’t mad that she cheated, he’s mad that she done it while the kids were in the next room. Jake walks down the stairs and gets the kids from the living room. As Jake is taking them out of the house Michelle runs down the stairs and says his name. Jake turns to look at her, tears are in her eyes and she says,

            “Jake, I’m sorry!”

            Jake turns back to the kids and says,

            “You guys go get in the car; daddy will be there in a minute to buckle you in.”

            The kids run to the car and open the doors and climb into the car. Jake turns back to Michelle and says,

            “Don’t apologize to me; I’ve known about him for years. I’ve sometimes felt like doing it myself. The flame between us has been gone for years, we’ve been fooling ourselves. I’m not mad at you for that. I’m pissed because you were doing it here while the kids were home, that was the end of me trying.”

            Jake walks out leaving the door open and leaving Michelle standing on the stair case.

 

            5 years later; Michelle married the guy she cheating on Jake with. They’ve been married for two years. She gets the kids on the weekends and Jake gets them on the weekdays. The guys name is Billy.

            Jake is now seeing a psychologist. He became depressed a few years after Michelle and he split up. Jakes life became a tragedy. Jakes mother died a week after his brother was murdered. His sister is addicted to drugs and in prison and his father is still a drunk. So he has no one in his own family to talk to. Jake lost his job at the firm when he went off on the judge in the middle of court. He was held in contempt for three days until his boss bailed him out and fired him. Jakes life has turned many pages since his teenage years. Now Jake sits in his car with it on and the garage door shut. Jakes life will be over in 20 minutes.

            During this 20 minutes Jake thinks back through his life, how he and Michelle met. How it felt when he slept with her, how he loved to see her smile everyday and how the happiness with her finally faded away. His love for her is completely gone now. He remembers when it all started. Jake and some of his friends from work went out to celebrate Jake becoming a partner. They all got drunk and this man came up to Jake and started talking to him. They laughed and joked and Jake had started to like him… too much. The guy asked Jake if he needed a ride home Jake says yes and they left the bar.

            In the car the guy asked Jake if he intended to pay him for the ride; Jake replied no because he didn’t say anything about it. Jake also said, “I can if you want!” and he pulled out his wallet and the guy reached over and put his hand on the wallet and says,

            “No, not with money.”

            Jake may have been drunk but he understood what the guy was talking about. He agreed. The guy pulled into a hotel parking lot and got a room. They entered the room and shut the door. Jake was a little bit more sober now and was a bit nervous. The guy went in to kiss him and Jake hesitated a little but let him continue. The entire time Jake did not think of his wife. He arrived home that night and went to bed. Lying by his wife he thought of nothing but that guy. He knew that his marriage was over.

 

            Jake sits in the car, his body not moving his eyes closed and he’s not breathing. Jake is found a few hours later by Michelle bringing the kids to him. She calls the police. She has a mental break down and three months later kills herself from guilt. She left a note telling her husband that she couldn’t live with the thought of causing Jake to kill himself. When all along Jake was more depressed over his life then he was losing her.

Author's Note

It sux!