Parker
“Back to my favorite place on earth,” Chase shouts from the driver seat of our rental car.
He was here a month ago kicking off the new season for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Of course he ended the first race of the season driving past that checkered flag claiming his first win of the season.
“Time to do nothing but drink, go boating and have my dick shined multiple times a day by hot college coeds,” Vance says clapping his hands together as he stares out the window watching the scenery quickly change from the city of Daytona as we leave the airport to the strip of hotels and condos along the ocean.
He’s taken man whore to a whole new level since him and Reagan split up. They tried the long distance thing with her attending a community college in Myrtle Beach and him living in Charlotte. But it ended abruptly just before Christmas after he decided to surprise her by driving down to Myrtle Beach. He walked into her apartment and found her fucking some guy. The biggest shocker wasn’t finding his girlfriend with another guy. It was the fact that she was banging her gay best friend. I guess she forgot to mention the part where he was into both guys and girls. To say he was shocked would be an understatement.
Poor guy was even planning on dropping the big L-word to her for Christmas.
Relationships are scary territory. You never know what you are going to get when you open yourself up to someone. I’ve been lucky with Becca that she was willing to give us a chance even with everything going on in our lives.
Chase and Ashlynn have a weird set up going on. It’s like they’re together but not together. I can’t keep up. He constantly talks to her on FaceTime and they’re always texting, but then he’ll be out hooking up with other girls. Especially when he’s on the road. He’s always in the press now that he’s entered the Sprint Cup Series. All the women he’s taking out after the races are plastered across the front pages of every gossip magazine. But Ashlynn is the only girl he stays in contact with.
I imagine this week with them will be either great or a disaster depending on how Ashlynn can handle press and fans hassling him since we’re in Daytona where he is like king to this city. Especially being the grandson of the legendary Arnold Kenzington.
We definitely don’t deserve them, but I know I thank God every day that he brought a girl like Becca into my life.
“Well, while you’re busy being the Gigolo of Daytona Beach, I’ll be busy making up for the last month and a half of having to use my hand. I think it’s safe to say it’s the same for Chase. Especially since he was a douche and made Ashlynn spend Valentine’s Day alone.”
Reaching between the two front seats Chase punches into the back seat hitting me in the arm. “Shut up asshole. We had a FaceTime date for your information. I was too busy getting my car ready for Daytona to go to Athens. Plus, we agreed to keep things casual between us. If I had flown down there to see her it would’ve sent her the wrong message. We’re both too busy to do anything more serious than we are right now.”
Rubbing my throbbing bicep I glare at him. “I was there. Your FaceTime date and expensive chocolates and flowers were sweet and all, but I think me showing up to bring Becca out on a real Valentine’s date kind of screwed you. If you two have this crazy ass understanding where you’re together but not together, I think she still would’ve liked to have someone there to spend Valentine’s Day with her. If you keep blowing her off and banging half the country, that girl’s going to move on at some point and be with someone who can give her what every girl wants.”
“And what does every girls want?” Chase asks, glancing into the back seat at me. The hint of annoyance in his tone is evident. I’ve struck a chord with this whole Ashlynn thing.
Vance, suddenly feeling like the relationship professional chimes in, “I’ve learned the hard way that girls say they can handle long distance relationships, but the reality of it is they love having a guy there close to them to make them feel loved and wanted. They want to feel as if they are your number one priority. Girls love being showered with affection, over the top mushy shit and gifts. Especially they love having a dick ready and waiting for them whenever they want to fuck. If you’re hundreds, even thousands of miles away, she’ll settle for the next best dick. Sometimes in the rarest occasions she ends up falling for the guy, and a night of meaningless sex turns into multiple nights. Before you know it they go from just fucking to actually spending time together outside the bedroom. That’s when he’s able to swoop in and steal what you want because he is able to give her what you can’t. He is there whenever she needs him no matter the day or time. Sometimes that convenience wins over the feelings you two share.”
Chase makes a grunting sound brushing off my comment and drives turns onto the road leading to the condo we’re all staying at. “Ashlynn and I are not you and Reagan. We have a connection that no other guy or chick can replace. We’re happy with what we are for right now. After she graduates college things will be simpler and we’ll finally have our time.”
Vance’s words ring loudly in my head. He’s speaking my biggest fears out loud. I need to try to stay positive and trust that when I break the news to Becca, she’ll be able to support me on this decision and be faithful while she waits for me to return. Because losing her is not an option. The thought of her with another man makes my blood boil and my fists ache to punch something or someone.
I need to ignore the negative and try to focus on the positive or I’ll never get through this week.