Happiness Doesn't Come Easily
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Adult
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12
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3,243
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9
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Chapter 6
Chapter Six:
The next morning was a flurry of activity, as Abi and Tierra were getting ready to leave. They only had four bags between them, but it seemed like there were a thousand.
“Tierra get your ass down here! You’re going to be late! You’re going on a plane, NOT to a club. You don’t need to apply any make-up!” Dominic yelled up the stairs to the 19 year-old who was slowly applying her make-up.
Tierra rolled her eyes and yelled back, “What if there are cute guys on the plane? Anyway, I’m finished.”
‘Finally!” Vince said as he lugged the last of the suitcase to the cab.
“Why won’t you let us take you to the airport?” Mia asked Abi.
“Because you can’t afford to close the store or the garage.” Abi replied as Tierra finally came outside. “Woman, I almost left your ass here.”
“Sorry.” Tierra said, not sounding at all sorry. Abi sighed and shook her head as she pushed Tierra towards the cab.
“No hugs. Just get in the cab!” Abi said as they got into the cab. They waved bye as the cab sped out of sight.
“So tell me what the apartment is like?”
“Well… it’s not an apartment per say. We’re staying with my boss.”
“Is he cute?”
“Down girl. You’re NOT to tease him and he’s NOT to make a move on you, ok! I’m not losing this job because you slept with him and then acted like a bitch towards him afterwards.”
Tierra sighed, “You're no fun.”
“Sorry, but I’m not budging on this. You can find yourself another guy.”
“Oh, fine.”
They got to the airport, boarded their flight and several hours later, and landed in Tokyo. Once they got their stuff, they hailed a cab and Abi gave the address back to Han’s garage. They reached the garage and pulled their stuff from the car. They could hear muffled music coming from inside.
“Damn it! I was hoping there wouldn’t be a party tonight! Looks like were going to have to be sociable tonight.” Abi said as she opened the door. As they walked in, Tierra’s jaw dropped at the sight of Twink’s car.
“Who in the HELL would have that done to their car?” she said as she dropped her bags and ran over to the car. She started walking around and as she got a peek in the window she cracked up laughing. “Abi there’s purple fur inside it!”
“I know.” Abi said as she walked up the steps and over to Twinkie. “Hey man. I think my sister likes your car.” Twinkie nodded as Abi walked away. She stopped Sean and headed over to say hey.
“Hey bro. What’s up?” Abi asked.
“Han taught me to drift. I’m living here now, too. Where have you been?”
“He taught you to drift. Cool. Wreck anymore cars learning how? You’re living here? What did Dad say about that? I’ve been in L.A. See that girl down there checking out Twink’s car? That’s my baby sister. Not really my sister, but you get the idea. Anyway, I had to fly back there to pick her up and stuff. I got to see my baby again too.”
“Your baby?”
“Yeah. My fully restored ’67 Shelby GT Mustang. I restored her myself. I’m going to have her shipped over here in a few weeks.”
“What color is she?”
“Smoke grey with two black stripes running over her.”
“Sweet.”
“Yeah. So what car you drifting with?”
“See the red Evo down there? Han gave me that car.” Sean told her as he pointed to the car.
“Nice! Have you seen Han anywhere?” Abi asked as she looked around for him.
“I think he went outside.”
“Thanks.” Abi said as she went back downstairs and out the back door. She didn’t see him outside so she was getting ready to head back inside when a small noise caught her attention. Abi turned back around peered into the darkness. Still not seeing anything, Abi turned back around again and started back into the garage, but out of the corner of her eye she saw something move, so she turned and looked again closely. What she saw mortified her. She saw Han leaning against the wall with a race rat on her knees in front of him. Abi quickly turned back around and went back inside.
She couldn’t believe it. She had thought once she’d got back to Tokyo she’d let things progress with Han if he was willing. It seemed like he liked her before she left, but as soon as she was out of sight, she was out of mind. She knew now that she wouldn’t make that mistake again. From now on, it’s just one night stands, just like all the other racers out there.
Abi walked back upstairs and sat down on the couch with a beer in her hand. She decided to get extremely drunk tonight. It would take a hell of a lot to erase that image from her head. She quickly downed her beer and got up to find something stronger. She found what she was looking for in a full bottle of Jack Daniels. Grabbing the bottle Abi went back to the couch and sat back down. She opened the bottle and took a healthy swig.
“God that’s great!” she muttered to herself as she took another drink and then another and then another. By then a fourth of the bottle was gone and she wasn’t stopping there. She never noticed that Sean and Twinkie were watching her. They didn’t think too much of her drinking, until they saw her set the bottle down for a second to look up at Reiko as she said something to her, and they noticed that it was now half-gone.
“Man I think you need to get that bottle away from her.” Twink said.
“Why should I?” asked Sean.
“You’re her brother. She won’t kill you.”
“Hey, wait a minute, both of you. I wouldn’t go take that bottle away from her, unless you want to get beat up. Abi doesn’t like anyone to touch her bottles when she’s drinking to forget, and that is what she is doing, my friends.” Tierra said as she looked at both of the guys.
“Who are you?”
“I’m Tierra, Tie for short. I’m Abi’s best friend.” Tie said as she stuck out her hand.
“Hi. I’m Abi’s brother, Sean, and this is Twinkie.” Sean said as he shook her hand. Tie looked back over at Abi and shook her head. Something set off this drinking binge. Knowing she wouldn’t get an answer from Abi tonight, Tie went back to mingling, until she saw the most gorgeous man walk into the room with a skank on his arm.
Tie looked back up at Abi and noticed that she was staring at this guy. Tie noticed that there was a hurt in her eyes that wasn’t there this morning. She was taking a wild guess in assuming that this was Han. Tie could very easily figure out what Han and that skanky bitch were doing outside. Judging by the look in Abi’s eyes, she saw them and it brought up to many old memories for her and instead of dealing with them, she’s trying to drown them out of her head. Tie couldn’t blame her for that. She had a few idiosyncrasies herself.
Abi had just finished taking a drink when she saw Han walk back into the garage with that race rat on his arm. She couldn’t believe that he had the balls to do something like that. She quickly downed the rest of the bottle and tossed it on the floor at her feet. She got up and went back to find more booze. She wasn’t nearly drunk enough to stop the memories. Not finding anymore Jack Daniels she pulled out a bottle of Sake. She opened the bottle and took a drink of it. It wasn’t too bad. She shrugged and went to sit back down, but she bumped into something hard.
She looked up into the eyes of Han. “Hey! When did you get back?” he asked as he hugged her. Not feeling her return the hug, Han stepped back and looked at her.
“What’s wrong?”
“Nothing.” Abi said as she stepped around him. He grabbed her arm and pulled the bottle away from her. “What’s wrong?”
“I told you nothing, Now let go of me, damn it!” Abi said as she struggled to get away from him.
“Not till you tell me what is wrong with you.” Han said as he tightened his grip a little bit.
“It’s none of your business. Why don’t you go back to your skanks and leave me the hell ALONE!”
“No.”
“If you don’t let go of me right this instant I’ll be forced to kick your ass.” Abi said as she twisted her arm once again and got it loose from his grip and walked away.
“Abi!” Han called after her. She just ignored him and grabbed her bags and walked outside and over to the house next door. She opened the door and set down her bags. Groping for the light, she finally found it and flipped it on.
“Typical bachelor pad.” Abi muttered as she looked around for her cell phone. She quickly dialed a number and waited for an answer.
“Hello?”
“D.K.?”
“Yes. Who is this?”
“Umm…I’m not sure if you remember me, but you offered me a ride home last week and I blew you off and then the next night you raced my brother.”
“I remember you. What do you want?”
“I was kind of hoping that maybe you’d come pick me up? I’m supposed to be staying with Han, but he’s pissed me off and I need a place to crash for a couple days.”
“On one condition.”
“What’s that?”
“I get your name first.”
“Abi.”
“Well then, Abi. I’ll be by in ten minutes.” D.K. said as he hung up.
Abi hung her phone up also and looked around for a piece of paper and a pen. She wanted to leave Tie a note letting her know not to worry. Finding what she wanted, she scribbled a quick note and grabbed her bags and went back outside. A few minutes later, D.K. pulled up and smiled at her. Abi threw her bags in the car and hopped in with him.
“Thanks so much. I just couldn’t deal with Han, or any of them anymore.”
“No problem.” D.K. said as he drove away.
“Why did you call me?”
“Because you were the only person I could think of that wasn’t in Han’s garage, and before you ask, Reiko gave me your number.” Abi said as she sat back and watched the lights go by.
“I have some things I have to finish at my office, do you want to come with me, or do you want me to take you to the house?
“I’ll just go with you.”
“Alright.”
Five minutes later, D.K. pulled up to the back of a warehouse and got out of his car. Abi got out also and walked over to him. He led the way into his office, where Morimoto was waiting on him.
“Who’s this?”
“The name’s Abi. Who are you?”
“Morimoto.”
“Takashi, why is she here?”
“Why don’t you ask me instead of him?” Abi asked as she went to stand in front of Morimoto. He wouldn’t look at her, but over at D.K. Abi sighed and waved her hand in front of his face, “Yo, dumbass, I’m over here!”
“Did you just call me a dumbass?”
“Yeah I did. Got a problem with that?”
Morimoto said something to D.K. in Japanese. D.K. replied back and Morimoto packed his stuff up and left.
“Sorry about him. He doesn’t trust people he doesn’t know. Now, just give me a couple minutes and we can go.”
“It’s ok. I’ll just sit here and wait for you.” Abi said as she sat down at the table in the middle of the room. D.K. quickly finished up his report for his Uncle and put it away in the safe.
“Finished. Let’s get home.”
“Great, I need a shower badly.” Abi said as she stood up and followed D.K. out to his car. They got in and he drove another ten minutes to his house. Abi got out of the car and reached in to get her bags, but D.K. got them before her. She wasn’t about to argue with him and just followed him into the house.
“This is going to be your room. The bathroom is the third door on the left. I’m right down the hall, if you need anything.”
“Thank you so much for doing this for me.” Abi said as she wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him. She pulled away from him and walked into her room and closed the door.
The next morning was a flurry of activity, as Abi and Tierra were getting ready to leave. They only had four bags between them, but it seemed like there were a thousand.
“Tierra get your ass down here! You’re going to be late! You’re going on a plane, NOT to a club. You don’t need to apply any make-up!” Dominic yelled up the stairs to the 19 year-old who was slowly applying her make-up.
Tierra rolled her eyes and yelled back, “What if there are cute guys on the plane? Anyway, I’m finished.”
‘Finally!” Vince said as he lugged the last of the suitcase to the cab.
“Why won’t you let us take you to the airport?” Mia asked Abi.
“Because you can’t afford to close the store or the garage.” Abi replied as Tierra finally came outside. “Woman, I almost left your ass here.”
“Sorry.” Tierra said, not sounding at all sorry. Abi sighed and shook her head as she pushed Tierra towards the cab.
“No hugs. Just get in the cab!” Abi said as they got into the cab. They waved bye as the cab sped out of sight.
“So tell me what the apartment is like?”
“Well… it’s not an apartment per say. We’re staying with my boss.”
“Is he cute?”
“Down girl. You’re NOT to tease him and he’s NOT to make a move on you, ok! I’m not losing this job because you slept with him and then acted like a bitch towards him afterwards.”
Tierra sighed, “You're no fun.”
“Sorry, but I’m not budging on this. You can find yourself another guy.”
“Oh, fine.”
They got to the airport, boarded their flight and several hours later, and landed in Tokyo. Once they got their stuff, they hailed a cab and Abi gave the address back to Han’s garage. They reached the garage and pulled their stuff from the car. They could hear muffled music coming from inside.
“Damn it! I was hoping there wouldn’t be a party tonight! Looks like were going to have to be sociable tonight.” Abi said as she opened the door. As they walked in, Tierra’s jaw dropped at the sight of Twink’s car.
“Who in the HELL would have that done to their car?” she said as she dropped her bags and ran over to the car. She started walking around and as she got a peek in the window she cracked up laughing. “Abi there’s purple fur inside it!”
“I know.” Abi said as she walked up the steps and over to Twinkie. “Hey man. I think my sister likes your car.” Twinkie nodded as Abi walked away. She stopped Sean and headed over to say hey.
“Hey bro. What’s up?” Abi asked.
“Han taught me to drift. I’m living here now, too. Where have you been?”
“He taught you to drift. Cool. Wreck anymore cars learning how? You’re living here? What did Dad say about that? I’ve been in L.A. See that girl down there checking out Twink’s car? That’s my baby sister. Not really my sister, but you get the idea. Anyway, I had to fly back there to pick her up and stuff. I got to see my baby again too.”
“Your baby?”
“Yeah. My fully restored ’67 Shelby GT Mustang. I restored her myself. I’m going to have her shipped over here in a few weeks.”
“What color is she?”
“Smoke grey with two black stripes running over her.”
“Sweet.”
“Yeah. So what car you drifting with?”
“See the red Evo down there? Han gave me that car.” Sean told her as he pointed to the car.
“Nice! Have you seen Han anywhere?” Abi asked as she looked around for him.
“I think he went outside.”
“Thanks.” Abi said as she went back downstairs and out the back door. She didn’t see him outside so she was getting ready to head back inside when a small noise caught her attention. Abi turned back around peered into the darkness. Still not seeing anything, Abi turned back around again and started back into the garage, but out of the corner of her eye she saw something move, so she turned and looked again closely. What she saw mortified her. She saw Han leaning against the wall with a race rat on her knees in front of him. Abi quickly turned back around and went back inside.
She couldn’t believe it. She had thought once she’d got back to Tokyo she’d let things progress with Han if he was willing. It seemed like he liked her before she left, but as soon as she was out of sight, she was out of mind. She knew now that she wouldn’t make that mistake again. From now on, it’s just one night stands, just like all the other racers out there.
Abi walked back upstairs and sat down on the couch with a beer in her hand. She decided to get extremely drunk tonight. It would take a hell of a lot to erase that image from her head. She quickly downed her beer and got up to find something stronger. She found what she was looking for in a full bottle of Jack Daniels. Grabbing the bottle Abi went back to the couch and sat back down. She opened the bottle and took a healthy swig.
“God that’s great!” she muttered to herself as she took another drink and then another and then another. By then a fourth of the bottle was gone and she wasn’t stopping there. She never noticed that Sean and Twinkie were watching her. They didn’t think too much of her drinking, until they saw her set the bottle down for a second to look up at Reiko as she said something to her, and they noticed that it was now half-gone.
“Man I think you need to get that bottle away from her.” Twink said.
“Why should I?” asked Sean.
“You’re her brother. She won’t kill you.”
“Hey, wait a minute, both of you. I wouldn’t go take that bottle away from her, unless you want to get beat up. Abi doesn’t like anyone to touch her bottles when she’s drinking to forget, and that is what she is doing, my friends.” Tierra said as she looked at both of the guys.
“Who are you?”
“I’m Tierra, Tie for short. I’m Abi’s best friend.” Tie said as she stuck out her hand.
“Hi. I’m Abi’s brother, Sean, and this is Twinkie.” Sean said as he shook her hand. Tie looked back over at Abi and shook her head. Something set off this drinking binge. Knowing she wouldn’t get an answer from Abi tonight, Tie went back to mingling, until she saw the most gorgeous man walk into the room with a skank on his arm.
Tie looked back up at Abi and noticed that she was staring at this guy. Tie noticed that there was a hurt in her eyes that wasn’t there this morning. She was taking a wild guess in assuming that this was Han. Tie could very easily figure out what Han and that skanky bitch were doing outside. Judging by the look in Abi’s eyes, she saw them and it brought up to many old memories for her and instead of dealing with them, she’s trying to drown them out of her head. Tie couldn’t blame her for that. She had a few idiosyncrasies herself.
Abi had just finished taking a drink when she saw Han walk back into the garage with that race rat on his arm. She couldn’t believe that he had the balls to do something like that. She quickly downed the rest of the bottle and tossed it on the floor at her feet. She got up and went back to find more booze. She wasn’t nearly drunk enough to stop the memories. Not finding anymore Jack Daniels she pulled out a bottle of Sake. She opened the bottle and took a drink of it. It wasn’t too bad. She shrugged and went to sit back down, but she bumped into something hard.
She looked up into the eyes of Han. “Hey! When did you get back?” he asked as he hugged her. Not feeling her return the hug, Han stepped back and looked at her.
“What’s wrong?”
“Nothing.” Abi said as she stepped around him. He grabbed her arm and pulled the bottle away from her. “What’s wrong?”
“I told you nothing, Now let go of me, damn it!” Abi said as she struggled to get away from him.
“Not till you tell me what is wrong with you.” Han said as he tightened his grip a little bit.
“It’s none of your business. Why don’t you go back to your skanks and leave me the hell ALONE!”
“No.”
“If you don’t let go of me right this instant I’ll be forced to kick your ass.” Abi said as she twisted her arm once again and got it loose from his grip and walked away.
“Abi!” Han called after her. She just ignored him and grabbed her bags and walked outside and over to the house next door. She opened the door and set down her bags. Groping for the light, she finally found it and flipped it on.
“Typical bachelor pad.” Abi muttered as she looked around for her cell phone. She quickly dialed a number and waited for an answer.
“Hello?”
“D.K.?”
“Yes. Who is this?”
“Umm…I’m not sure if you remember me, but you offered me a ride home last week and I blew you off and then the next night you raced my brother.”
“I remember you. What do you want?”
“I was kind of hoping that maybe you’d come pick me up? I’m supposed to be staying with Han, but he’s pissed me off and I need a place to crash for a couple days.”
“On one condition.”
“What’s that?”
“I get your name first.”
“Abi.”
“Well then, Abi. I’ll be by in ten minutes.” D.K. said as he hung up.
Abi hung her phone up also and looked around for a piece of paper and a pen. She wanted to leave Tie a note letting her know not to worry. Finding what she wanted, she scribbled a quick note and grabbed her bags and went back outside. A few minutes later, D.K. pulled up and smiled at her. Abi threw her bags in the car and hopped in with him.
“Thanks so much. I just couldn’t deal with Han, or any of them anymore.”
“No problem.” D.K. said as he drove away.
“Why did you call me?”
“Because you were the only person I could think of that wasn’t in Han’s garage, and before you ask, Reiko gave me your number.” Abi said as she sat back and watched the lights go by.
“I have some things I have to finish at my office, do you want to come with me, or do you want me to take you to the house?
“I’ll just go with you.”
“Alright.”
Five minutes later, D.K. pulled up to the back of a warehouse and got out of his car. Abi got out also and walked over to him. He led the way into his office, where Morimoto was waiting on him.
“Who’s this?”
“The name’s Abi. Who are you?”
“Morimoto.”
“Takashi, why is she here?”
“Why don’t you ask me instead of him?” Abi asked as she went to stand in front of Morimoto. He wouldn’t look at her, but over at D.K. Abi sighed and waved her hand in front of his face, “Yo, dumbass, I’m over here!”
“Did you just call me a dumbass?”
“Yeah I did. Got a problem with that?”
Morimoto said something to D.K. in Japanese. D.K. replied back and Morimoto packed his stuff up and left.
“Sorry about him. He doesn’t trust people he doesn’t know. Now, just give me a couple minutes and we can go.”
“It’s ok. I’ll just sit here and wait for you.” Abi said as she sat down at the table in the middle of the room. D.K. quickly finished up his report for his Uncle and put it away in the safe.
“Finished. Let’s get home.”
“Great, I need a shower badly.” Abi said as she stood up and followed D.K. out to his car. They got in and he drove another ten minutes to his house. Abi got out of the car and reached in to get her bags, but D.K. got them before her. She wasn’t about to argue with him and just followed him into the house.
“This is going to be your room. The bathroom is the third door on the left. I’m right down the hall, if you need anything.”
“Thank you so much for doing this for me.” Abi said as she wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him. She pulled away from him and walked into her room and closed the door.