Dangerous Liaisons

3. Changing Minds

Some days later, Johnny was woken up by his cell phone. He grabbed it, pushed the button to reject the call, turned around in his bed and wanted to sleep again, but the caller seemed to be very stubborn because he called again. So Johnny picked up and yelled a grumpy ‘What’ into the phone.

“Where the hell are you?!”

Johnny frowned. It was early in the morning, too early to remember anyone’s voice.

“Who is this?” he asked yawning.

“Geoffrey, you idiot.”

Johnny opened his eyes. He had completely forgotten about the old man. He had been having so much fun with Orlando that he really forgot about Geoffrey and his immoral games.

“Oh, hi there.”

“Shut up and tell me where the fuck you are! I’ve been calling you at home all the time but you just wouldn’t pick up and your cell’s off all the time.”

“I’m in London.” Johnny explained.

“What? What the fuck are you doing in London?” Geoffrey asked, forgetting about Orlando living there.

“Well actually, I’m lying in Orlando’s bed, he’s sleeping on my chest and I promise you, he’s not so cute after all.” Johnny grinned. He had to tease the older man.

“Haha, very funny.” Geoffrey said. “What the hell are you doing in London when you are supposed to be here caring about Keira?”

“I’m winning my bet, Geoffrey.” Johnny said simply. Keira wasn’t in London? Well, how was he supposed to know that, usually she’s living in England.

“You could’ve at least called to tell me.”

“I was meaning to, but then... I simply forgot.” Johnny explained. He could sense that Geoffrey was very mad at him, but he didn’t care. After all, they were on different continents, so he couldn’t come over and hurt him somehow, which was all that mattered to him right now.

“So, have you made up your mind?” Geoffrey asked.

“Yes.” Johnny replied.

Geoffrey waited. When Johnny didn’t say anything further, he barked: “So??”

“No. I’m not doing it. You can find someone else.”

“Why not?”

“Because I’m busy here. It’s taking all my strength to seduce Orlando, so I don’t have time to care about someone else at the same time. Well, I’m sorry to interrupt this very pleasant phone call, but I’ve gotta go. Byebye Geoffrey.” Johnny said and hung up. Then he switched of his mobile and crawled out of bed. He was hoping to find Orlando in the kitchen, he always looked so goddamn cute when he had just gotten up. Unfortunately he seemed to have overslept as he couldn’t find his precious anywhere which meant that he had already left for his morningly jogging-trip through the city. So Johnny had to wait until he got back to see him all sweaty and sexy. He was looking forward to that look.

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Only some days later, Johnny was starting to become a bit desperate. He had been there for over three weeks and still there was no result to see. He was making all kind of comments that every ordinary person would have interpreted as flirting, but Orlando really seemed to be blind. He didn’t realize that Johnny was always suggesting things that were so obviously ambiguous, but he didn’t seem to notice. They had been going out almost every night and Johnny was getting tired of looking at that beautiful man without being able to touch him. So there came a night when he was so desperate that he dialled Geoffrey’s number...

“Rush?” said the older man’s voice on the other end of the line.

“Hey... um Geoffrey.” Johnny said. He hated to do this, but as already said, he really was desperate.

“Well, well, if that isn’t Johnny Depp.” Geoffrey said and Johnny could clearly hear the smile in his voice.

“Yeah, it’s me.”

“So, why are you calling? No, let me guess, you want Keira’s number.” He grinned. Oh, how he hated that man. If he could, he would just grab something and hit him until... welll, anyway.

“Well, actually... yes.” Johnny said not being able to find an excuse so quickly.

“I knew it, I knew it. Fortunately I couldn’t find anyone else who would do the job, so you’re free to do it.” Geoffrey grinned. “Oh, and you’re lucky as our victim happens to be in London in just this moment.”

“Oh really?” Johnny asked, wanting to get over with that phone call as quick as possible.

“Yep. So, when do you wish to see her?” Geoffrey asked again.

“Well, actually I was thinking about... tonight?”

“Great. That’s the Johnny I like.” Geoffrey grinned and told him Keira’s address. “Why did you change your mind so suddenly? Isn’t it going according to plan with your beloved Orlando?” He chuckled.

“Everything’s fabulous, don’t you worry. You’re still loosing your bet, it just takes a little more time than I thought.” Johnny explained looking at the piece of paper where he’d written Keira’s address. “Any wishes as to how I do it with Keira?”

Geoffrey considered it for a moment. “Hm... no, as long as you do it, I’m fine with whatever you choose. You’re the master.”

“Great, well see you then.” Johnny said wanting to hang up, when Geoffrey told him to hang on a moment.

“You do now that it’s the girl’s birthday tomorrow, so don’t forget to congratulate her.”

“Right. Thanks.” Johnny said and hung up. He couldn’t stand Geoffrey’s voice one more second.

After hanging up, he dialled Keira’s number. After some seconds, she picked up the phone.

“Hello?”

“Hey Lizzie.” Johnny purred into the phone putting on his biggest grin.

“Captain Sparrow?” She asked excitedly. “Is that really you?”

Johnny laughed. “Yes, it’s me. How you’ve been?”

“Great! And you? It’s such a surprise, I didn’t expect this.” She said.

“I’m great too. Well I was wondering if we could meet up tonight. I heard it’s your birthday tomorrow, so we could throw a little pre-party, what do you think of that?” Johnny suggested.

“Really? But aren’t you in LA?” Keira asked.

“Nope, actually I’m in London for a while. So if you’d like to see me, this is the perfect opportunity.” Johnny grinned.

Keira agreed. “Okay, my friends have no time for me anyway, so I’m sitting here at home all alone, wasting slowly away in front of the telly. I’m happy you’ve called.” She said thankfully. This was going to be so easy. But it was what Johnny needed right now. He wasn’t a very patient man and wasn’t able to wait until Orlando wanted him.

“Brilliant, well then I’m gonna show up at your place in about an hour. I’m gonna bring some bottles of champagne and then we’re gonna celebrate.” He grinned and hung up.

He put on some clothes that he considered himself hot in, looked quickly into the mirror and got out of his room, running straight into Orlando who had apparently wanted to come to him.

“Slowly, luv.” Johnny grinned.

“Sorry.” Orlando said. Looking at Johnny’s outfit, he looked at him questioningly. “Are you going somewhere?”

“An old friend called me and asked me to come over. We haven’t seen eachother in ages. I’m sorry, but we’ll have to shift our plans to some other day, if you don’t mind.” Johnny lied. He looked at Orlando apologizingly which worked every time.

“Oh, okay, no problem.” He smiled. “I’m going to see the boys tonight, so if you feel like dancing a little later on, you know where to find us.”

“Sure, I’ll show up if it’s not too late.” Johnny promised.

“Great. Well, have fun then.” Orlando said smiling. “See you later.”

“Yeah, bye, you too.” Johnny said exiting the room. Outside the building, he grabbed a cab and told the driver to stop in front of a little shop. He quickly got out and hurried into the shop to buy three bottles of champagne. As he knew Keira she’d already be drunk with one or two glasses, but he wanted to be absolutely sure. He paid for it and rushed back into the taxi, next stop being Keira’s flat.

Tbc...