molly "Fuck you!" I screamed at my assailant. "Let me go you fucking ass hole!" With that I kicked my foot backwards, bringing it into sharp contact with his shin.
molly Shit!" said the man behind me as his hands dropped from my waist to rub his injured leg. "What the fuck is wrong with you?" There was something about that voice that made me turn around. My heart almost stopped when I saw the familiar face wearing a mixed expression of confusion and pain.
molly "Oh My God!" I exclaimed. Then, a little softer, "Rob, I'm so sorry. I thought you were Eric, and you just snuck up on me, and I was afraid that..." All of the emotion relating to my ex-boyfriend that had been building up ever since our breakup suddenly came pouring out. I could not stop the tears that flowed unbidden from my eyes. An expression of surprise and concern spread across Rob's face as he took me into his arms.
molly "Shhhhhhh," he whispered. "It'll be ok, really. Don't cry. Please?" I looked up into the gorgeous blue eyes and felt as though I could just stand there and stare into them forever, forgetting everything else. And for a few minutes, that's exactly what I did. Then, exhausted from the whole thing, I slumped heavily against Rob who didn't seem to mind at all. After a few minutes of standing like this, Rob bent down and rubbed his injury. I felt him wince as he did so, and when he stood up, bent down myself to look at the damage I had caused.
molly "Holy Shit! I did that?" Rob's leg was turning various shades of purple and blue, and was already starting to swell.
molly "Yeah, I guess you did." He said sighing. "That would make two times you've tried to hurt me." He smiled down at me where I was still kneeling in front of him on the ground. "Are you trying to tell me something?"
molly "They were all just accidents, that's all. I'm not trying to kill you, really." I smiled back and for a moment, our eyes locked again, and I melted inside. The fact that I now knew Rob personally did not alter the response he had always caused me to have towards him, even if it had only been through pictures and music before. Now, if anything, the response was stronger because of my closeness to him at that moment. My heart began to race and I decided that I had to say something.
molly "Can you walk ok?" I asked him, silently praying that he could because there was no way in hell that I was going to be able to carry Rob Thomas. "Let's go inside so I can get you some ice."
molly "Ok," he agreed with a nod. "But first I have to give you your present. Come on." Rob led me a little ways down the street to where his car was parked. I couldn't see it from the house, so I hadn't imagined that it wasn't there. As we walked, Rob put his arm around me "For support so I don't fall on my ass." he had quickly explained. I was now standing close enough to smell his CK1 cologne, and I quickly fell into a dazed state, still not believing any of this was happening. Rob was saying something to me, but the words seemed to be in another language.
molly "What?" I asked, snapping out of my trance-like state.
molly "I said you're really going to love this present that I got you."
repeated Rob. We finally arrived at the car, and Rob reached his hand into his pocket and removed his keys. Then he opened the trunk of the car and took out something, handing it to me. When I got a good look at what it was, I ran and gave Rob a huge hug.
molly "Thank you so much." I said. "I love it." He had given me a poster-sized picture of Kyle, Adam, Brian, Paul, and himself. On the back, each band member had signed his name and written a happy birthday message, all in different colors. They all looked better than I had ever seen them before. They obviously had gotten done up for the occasion. I resisted the urge to start crying again and instead gave Rob another hug. "This is so incredible.!" I exclaimed. "Everyone looks so gorgeous. I've never seen this picture before."
molly "I had the guys take it today just for you." He said with a smile.
molly "That is so sweet of you." I stared up into his face where I could see small traces of pain. His leg must have really been killing him. "Let's go get you that ice." I finally said. "You can lay down in my room if you want to, but we really have to go back now. After all, it is my party, and everyone's probably wondering where the hell I am." With that we started towards the house. I helped Rob, who was limping slightly.
molly "Are you sure you're ok?" I asked, my eyes trailing down to rest on his leg.
molly "Yeah, I'll be fine once I sit down."
molly We at last reached my house. The music was louder than it had before seemed. Briefly I wondered if I should turn it down so the neighbors wouldn't call the cops. I quickly changed my mind though. Our neighbors were really nice and I was sure they didn't mind.
molly "Brace yourself and prepare to be ambushed." I said, opening the door and allowing the sounds of laughter and Busted drift out into the still night air. "I'll try and sneak you into my room without anyone seeing, but I'm not making any promises."
molly "Kinky." Rob said in a sexy voice. "And then what happens?"
molly "You're sick, you know that?" I asked, playfully punching him in the shoulder.
molly "Thanks," he Said. "I try."
molly Rob and I entered the house and I motioned towards the stairs that led into my room. "Hurry!" I commanded. Rob went to the stairs as quickly as he could with me following right behind. We narrowly escaped Sadie's eyes. I was pretty sure that she caught a glimpse of the back of Rob's head, but she probably had had one too many drinks and thought nothing of it.
molly "This is really scary." Rob commented as he entered my room and his incredible blue eyes took in all of my Matchbox 20 pictures. "I don't like the idea of me watching myself."
molly "Yeah, but I like the idea that you're always watching me." I replied, plopping down on my bed beside Rob. He moved closer to me, his leg just barely touching mine, and I shivered. I knew that if I didn't get up and go downstairs right now I'd never be able to pull myself away from his captivating gaze. Jumping up maybe a little too quickly, I explained, "I'd better get you that ice." Not daring to look directly at Rob, I raced from the room and took the stairs three at a time. I was stopped by at least thirty people, with various comments about how great the party was going. I found Sadie dancing in the living room, looking like she was having a great time. Stopping to talk with her for a few minutes, I told her how surprised I was about the turn out of the party. Before moving towards the kitchen, I added that I had to talk to her later.
molly "Come on," she said to me. "Dance and have a good time. You deserve it. It's your birthday after all." She examined my face curiously. "You look happy. That's good." Her face lit up suddenly. "I almost forgot. I swear," she said excitedly. "I saw Rob before. That would totally rock, Rob at your birthday party. What more could a girl ask for? That is, except for Paul." I just gave her a big grin.
molly "Yeah."
molly Finally, I managed to make it into the kitchen and grab a towel, which I quickly filled with ice and put into a ziplock bag. Then I darted for the stairs, and collided with someone coming from the opposite direction.
molly "Shit!" the person shouted at me. "Watch where the fuck you're going." I ignored the drunk girl, only one thing on my mind.
molly "I'm back. " I called softly into the room. There was no reply. I stepped inside and carefully closed the door behind myself and glanced at the bed. Rob was tucked under the covers, his head tipped slightly towards the door as if he had fallen asleep waiting for me to come back. "Yeah right." I mumbled to myself. I knew that I was making a bigger deal out of this whole thing than it actually was. Why would Rob Thomas, who could get almost any girl he wanted, be interested in an average, city girl who is definitely no super model. I sighed longingly as I glanced at the still, sleeping form and wondered what he was dreaming about. He obviously doesn't have nightmares, I thought to myself.
molly Remembering the real reason I was up there, I rolled up the blanket at the foot of the bed and the left leg of Rob's pants. The bruise looked very painful. I touched it tenderly, then pressed the ice lightly onto it. Rob shivered and winced in his sleep, letting out a low groan of pain.
molly "I'm sorry." I whispered softly. I walked to my dresser and picked up my hair brush, combing out the tangles that had materialized over the past three or four hours. Then I shut off the light and left the room. Resisting the urge to crawl into bed next to him had been so hard that it almost hurt. As I walked back downstairs to join my party, I reviewed the day's events. This had been the best day of my life, and definitely a birthday that I would never forget.
molly After I had mingled for about two hours, had a couple of drinks, and some ice-cream cake, people finally started to leave. Sadie said good night and went to bed, obviously forgetting that I had wanted to talk to her. I didn't mind. There'd be plenty of time for that tomorrow, I told myself. Sadie had left me with the awful task of waking up the various people crashing on the floor and the furniture. I gave up the idea of finding a place to sleep downstairs and ran back up into my room. I grabbed a pillow and blanket from the hall closet and threw them down beside my bed. Then, I went to my closet and took out some pajamas. It was light enough in the room for me to see what I was doing, and I quickly got dressed, not bothering to change in the bathroom because it really didn't matter with Rob sleeping. On my way to go lay on the floor, my legs brushed the side of the bed, and I felt Rob's arm slip around my waist.
molly "You don't have to sleep on the hard floor." he murmured. "There's plenty of room up here." He pulled me onto the bed beside him and I snuggled against his warm body and fell asleep with his arm still tightly around me. It was the happiest I had been in a long time. However, the feeling of safe joy that filled me and warmed my entire body was soon replaced by one of panic and fear wen sleep crept over me, This time the nightmare was different.
molly Rob and I were walking down a deserted road talking. Rob had his head turned away from me so that I could not see his face clearly. Then, all of a sudden, he stopped walking and turned towards me. It wasn't the almost hypnotic blue gaze that I saw, but instead angry looking brown eyes.
molly "I told you that I would find you." the person who I had thought was Rob, really Eric, said to me. "And this time you're not going to get away."
molly I turned and ran, but it felt as though I was walking under water. The knarled branches of trees reached out to grab me while vines suddenly appeared across my path and attempted to trip me. Eric did not have to try very hard to catch up with me. In no time at all he was right behind me, his breath on my neck. I decided that the best thing that I could do would be to turn and fight, but when I turned around to face my ex, I caught the bright glint of a sharp metallic object in his right hand. A knife! "No! Please!" I begged him. "Please! I don't want to die. Rob!" I screamed, not knowing what else to do. "Rob, help me! Don't let him hurt me! Please! Nooooooooo!"
molly "Summer, Summer," Rob called shaking me. "Wake up." I opened my eyes, the awful images disappearing, and the first thing I saw was Rob's face. I started to cry, not really knowing the reason. "It's ok, it's over. Just a nightmare." He pulled me to him and I rested my head against his chest.
molly "I'm ok." I said, knowing this to be a lie. "I have nightmares all the time, it's just that I've never told anyone about them before. It's the worst fucking feeling in the world. I don't want to live my entire life in fear of something I can't even prove is there." I knew Rob had no idea what I was talking about, but he seemed to understand anyway.
molly "Just try and calm down a little and tell me what is going on with you." He rubbed my back and his eyes searched mine, burning right through to my brain and reading my deepest secrets, or so it seemed. In those questioning eyes there was so much concern that I couldn't help but tell him everything right from the beginning. I told him about Eric, our breakup, the threatening messages, my real point of moving to Orlando, and the fact that I was pretty sure that I had seen Eric last week. Then I explained about the nightmares and the reason I had flipped out on him that night. It felt good to share the burden of fear with someone who seemed to care so much.
molly "Where is he?" Rob asked a little angrily. "I'll kick his ass." I couldn't help butt giggle. I felt much better after opening myself up to Rob and now that the nightmare was over.
molly "BY the way," Rob quietly said. "You were really great last night. The best.. I bolted straight upright in bed.
molly "What the hell are you talking about?" I demanded, suddenly wondering if I had had more to drink than I originally thought. Rob chuckled, pulling me back down beside him.
molly "You're so fucking gullible." he teased, his deep voice vibrating in my ears. I smiled at him in the semi-darkness and moved closer.
molly "You're such an ass hole." I sat up again, feigning anger.
molly "I know." He returned, a flirtatious note coming into his voice as he too sat up. He then leaned close to me and I knew what was going to happen next. My heart began to race with anticipation as I closed my eyes, then thought better of it. I wanted to see his expression when I kissed him. His lips met mine and suddenly the room felt two hundred degrees too hot, but I didn't care. The only thought that crossed my mind was Wow!. Rob made a noise in his throat that assured me he felt the same way. The kiss seemed to last forever as Rob ran his hands up and down my back, stroking my hair. This sent shivers through my entire body. I put my arms around Rob's neck, pulling him even closer than before. I didn't want it to end, but I was running out of air. We both pulled away at the same time, and I collapsed onto my back, every muscle in my body becoming useless. The same sentence repeated itself over and over in my head: I just kissed Rob Thomas. It had been exactly what I had needed. The nightmare was long forgotten.
molly "Shit!" Rob finally said, breaking the silence that had settled over the two of us.
molly "Yeah." I agreed, knowing exactly how he felt. Rob laid back next to me and turned onto his side, giving a low groan of pain as he did so. Suddenly recalling his injured shin, I turned over to face him. "Are you ok?" I asked in a worried voice. "I totally forgot about your leg in the... uh... excitement of things."
molly "It's fine. Just hurts a little."
molly "Do you want some Aspirin or something?" I didn't want him to have to suffer and not get any sleep.
molly "Nah. I can take the pain. I don't want to make you get up and wake everyone else up." Thank God for that, I thought relieved. I didn't think that my legs would hold me up for very long.
molly "Hey Rob," I changed the subject abruptly, looking at my clock-radio. "look what time it is."
molly "It's 3 am. I must be lonely." Rob sang softly. I closed my eyes, totally relaxed and content, and soon fell into a deep, fitful sleep.***
molly The next morning, I awoke to the sun shining brightly in my eyes. I groaned and buried my head under the blanket. I didn't want to wake up yet. For once I had slept with no disturbing nightmares to haunt me. I stretched luxuriously and gave a small yawn. There's no chance I'm going back to sleep now, I finally concluded after ten minutes of fruitless trying. I crawled out from under Rob's arm. He gave a protesting moan which I ignored. I had to talk to Sadie before Rob got up. Making sure that Rob was still sleeping, I picked out an outfit, changed, and hurried down the stairs. Everyone except one person, some guy I didn't know, had already left, thank God. I went over to the guy and woke him up. He was pissed at me for doing so, but I didn't really care. I was walking on air, my problems forgotten for the moment. The mysterious guy went out the door mumbling incoherently to himself. I heaved a relieved sigh and headed down the hall to Sadie's bedroom door. After knocking several times and not getting an answer, I just barged in.
molly "Sadie!" I said excitedly. "Wake up. This is important." When there was no response from the lump under the covers, I proceeded to jump up and down on the mattress. Then I got an even better idea.
molly "Fine," I said walking towards the door. "I'll just tell Paul that you're too busy sleeping." At the mention of Paul Doucette, the short, spiky-haired drummer of Matchbox 20 and Sadie's equivalent to God, she sat up rubbing her eyes.
molly "Paul? Where?" she demanded. I couldn't help but laugh at her.
molly "I knew that'd wake you up. But really," I said, sitting down on the foot of the bed. "What I am about to tell you has a lot to do with Matchbox 20." I went on to inform her of yesterday's happenings. By the time I had finished, the shocked look on her face was priceless. I smiled, happy my words had had the desired effect. "And he's upstairs sleeping in my room as we speak." I concluded.
molly "Yeah Right." she said rolling her eyes. I could understand what she must be thinking. The whole thing sounded crazy even to me. "You expect me to believe that Rob Thomas spent the night in your bed? Prove it."
molly "Hey baby, how you feelin?" called a voice from behind me. I turned and looked up at Rob, who was wearing the biggest smile I had ever seen.
molly "Look," I joked, "It's the cripple. And what are you smiling about?"
molly "Oh nothing. Just in a good mood I guess." He came and stood beside me, lightly draping his arm around my shoulders. "Well aren't you going to introduce me?" he asked.
molly Sadie's expression was something to say the least. "You've got to be fucking kidding me." she finally got out. "You're... you know..." In her excitement, Sadie was obviously finding it difficult to make a complete sentence.
molly "Rob," I began, "This is my cousin Sadie."
molly "And let me guess. You have Paul Doucette Syndrome." It wasn't hard to figure out who Sadie's favorite matchstick was. Framed pictures of the adorable drummer with a different hair color in each one, hung everywhere. "I don't blame you." Rob went on, "Paul's a pretty fine lookin man." Sadie couldn't contain herself any longer.
molly "You're telling me this?" she practically shouted at him. "Do you live with him? What's he like? Is he as funny as he is in all of his interviews? Does he have a girlfriend? Can you tell him to call me? Can he come over here right now?" Sadie fired the questions one after the other at Rob, not even bothering to pause for Rob to answer or to take a breath.
molly "And this is before her morning coffee. I remarked to Rob with a small smile. Then I turned back to Sadie. "Calm yourself. How's Rob even supposed to tell you anything if you don't even stop long enough to breathe? I'm going to make breakfast now while you calm down and get dressed, then we can talk about Paul." I turned and went down the hall into the small kitchen where I began to make french toast, hashbrowns, and coffee. Then, while everything was cooking, I went over to the sliding doors which looked out onto our overgrown backyard. Though our house was far from being a mansion, it was good enough for me. While I examined the yard, trying to predict what the weather was going to be like, I became aware of something creeping up the back of my shirt. The very thought of an insect crawling on me made me shudder. A low male voice behind me said, "Gotcha!" and Rob came up beside me. I should have known.
molly "Very funny Rob." I said sarcastically.
molly "I thought so."
molly "you would. Don't you remember what happened last time you used that line on me?" I turned and went to the stove to flip the french toast.
molly "How could I forget?" Rob rubbed his leg and sat down on the counter. It took me a little while to gather up enough courage to ask him the question whose answer I both did and did not want to know, but I finally forced the words out of my mouth.
molly "So what's the plan for today? " I asked, somehow managing to sound nonchalant.
molly "Hmmmmm," Rob scratched his head thoughtfully. "I'm supposed to pick up Paul in an hour. You and Sadie could come with me if you want."
molly "Can't Paul drive himself?" I asked.
molly "His Jeep's in the shop." Rob explained.
molly Sadie emerged from the bathroom closely resembling her old self except for the expression of faint disbelief that seemed to have been permanently engraved into her face.
molly "Hurry up and eat so we can go pick up Paul." I told her.
molly "So we can what?" Sadie's composure was again shattered. "Are you serious?"
molly "I swear," Rob complained. "you girls need o get your hearing checked or something." He laughed at Sadie as she examined her clothes disgustedly.
molly "I can't wear this to meet Paul. And my hair is a mess." I sighed. At this rate we definitely were oing to be late picking up Paul, but I knew how much Sadie wanted to look her best, so I simply told her to get her ass moving if she wanted to meet him. I too was excited about meeting Paul, but I was ready.***
molly "We had been driving for about twenty minutes and I was beginning to get car sick. "Are we there yet?" I asked Rob in a childish voice from my seat beside him.
molly "Almost. Like five more minutes." Just As Rob had promised, we pulled into the driveway of a really nice and really big house. Rob cut the engine and jumped out of the car.
molly "Paul lives here all by himself?" Sadie asked. "Seems like a lot of space for a little guy like Paul."
molly "I live here too." Rob told her, opening the door, which was unlocked. "Damn him. I told him to lock the doors. One day he's going to get kidnapped when I'm not here, then he'll learn."
molly We walked through the front door with Rob calling, "Paul, where are you? We've got company." There was no reply, so Rob told us to wait in the living room while he ran upstairs to wake up Paul.
molly "Hey Summer," Sadie whispered excitedly as soon as Rob had gone.
molly "We're actually going to meet Paul. Please tell me I'm not dreaming."
molly "I don't think you are, but I'm still trying to figure that out myself. If we are, I'll kill you if you wake me up."
molly "Don't worry," Sadie assured me. "I won't."
molly "Just be happy that you are lucky enough to have a cousin like me with the mad phat connections." The sound of footsteps on the stairs cut off our conversation and I looked out the living room door. Rob was decending the stairs in the usual fashion, but Paul slid down the banister. Then his face appeared in the doorway, wearing a goofy grin.
molly "Whoa mama!" he remarked seeing Sadie and I. "Nice job Rob. Which one's mine?" Rob punched him good-naturedly and walked over to stand beside me. I glanced over at Sadie to see her face. I could tell that she was trying really hard to keep herself under control. I knew the amount of difficulty she was probably having. All she ever talked about was Paul, Paul, Paul, and now he was standing only about six feet away from her, looking a bit disheveled, but still his cute self. Paul came over to me and shook my hand. I gave him a smile, thinking how lucky I really was. Then he turned to Sadie. "Bonjoure Madam." he said kissing her hand. Sadie, unable to walk to the couch, sat down on the floor.
molly "This is pure fucking craziness." she said. Paul was obviously flattered by the fact that she was so happy to meet him, and he sat down on the floor in front of her. Then he began to wave his hand in front of her eyes.
molly "When I snap my fingers and count to three," he said in a hypnotic voice, "you will awaken and speak to me." Sadie smiled an focused her eyes on Paul's face.
molly "Sorry, this is just so fucking amazing. I mean, Paul Doucette is sitting right here." she waved her hand is Paul's direction. "I don't know what to say."
molly "I know. Sometimes I have a hard time talking to myself too. I'm just like whoa, what am I supposed to say to a rock star?" His grin widened. I felt like I could fly. Not only had I made it possible for Sadie to meet the man of her dreams, but I had at last found a guy that treated me like a human being. It was a great feeling to finally be doing something right.
molly "What are you thinking about?" Rob asked me quietly.
molly "Nothing, just how happy I am right now." He squeezed my hand and said, "Let's leave these two alone. I'll give you the grand tour of the bachelor pad." He grabbed my hand and pulled me from the room. The house was even bigger than it looked from the outside. There were four bathrooms, three bedrooms, a big kitchen, a living room, and a room with video games and an air hockey table. Each of the rooms was extremely large, especially the bed rooms.
molly "And this one's mine." Rob said, stepping into the biggest of the three bedrooms. It had a big-screen TV with a VCR. His scent filled the room. I walked over and sat down on the comfortable-looking bed, feeling a little lightheaded. Rob came and sat beside me, placing his arm around me and pulling me closer to him.
molly "Let's finish what we started before you went and fell asleep on me last night." he whispered. For some reason, the thought of sex scared me. I didn't want this relationship to turn out the same way my last one had. I couldn't just jump into bed with this guy who I had met only twenty-four hours ago, even if he was Rob Thomas.
molly "I can't." I said quietly with some reluctance.
molly "Why not?" he asked, not even attempting to hide the disappointment in his voice. "Don't you want to?"
molly "Hell, you have no idea how much I want to. But I just can't, not now." I stood up. "I'm sorry Rob." I turned and ran from the room. Then I stood at the top of the stairs, contemplating whether or not I wanted to go back with Sadie and Paul and interrupt the laughter and conversation drifting up to my ears. For a few seconds, I was amazed at how quickly they had connected. I was glad that they were getting along so well and wished I could be as relaxed and layed-back as my cousin. What's wrong with you, I asked myself. With the way you've been flirting with Rob ever since you've met, what else do you expect? Did I want Rob or didn't I? What I needed was to get my priorities straight. No. What I needed was something to drink and a cold shower to clear my head. As I raced down the stairs, I slapped on a smile so that I wouldn't have to answer any questions about what had happened. I hated answering unnecessary questions and considered them a waste of everyone's time.
molly Paul and Sadie were engrossed in a game of Jenga when Summer entered the living room unobserved.
molly "Jenga! Jenga!" Sadie chanted as Paul attempted to pull one of the wooden blocks out from the bottom of the stack.
molly "Shut up!" Paul shouted at her. "You're wrecking my concentration." After he had said this, Paul got this look on his face like he was about to sneeze. "Oh shit!" was all that he could manage before the powerful sneeze shook his arm and the entire tower of blocks collapsed, flying in every direction. Paul looked devastated. Summer attempted to hold back her laughter, but it was useless.
molly "Where the hell did you come from?" Paul turned, for the first time noticing Summer's presence.
molly "You should have seen your face when the thing fell. I wish I had a camera." she told him. Sadie was rolling on the floor laughing and for a few minutes she was unable to say anything.
molly "What the fuck are you laughing at?" As if he didn't know.
molly "I'm sorry Paul," Sadie finally gasped out. "but you looked like some little kid who just broke his favorite toy or something. you were so serious and you're just like. "You're wrecking my concentration." and then you..." Both Summer and Sadie collapsed with laughter again.
molly "Paul, you are so damn funny." Sadie told him. Paul took this as a compliment and his grin returned.
molly "What can I say? I like making people laugh."
molly "You're pretty good at it." Sadie responded.
molly "That's not all I've been told I'm good at." His grin widened. Then, without warning, he leaned over the table and kissed Sadie, a real kiss. A look of shock crossed her face.
molly "Go Paul! Go Paul! Go Paul!" Summer called from the doorway. The kiss was intense and lasted for a long time. When Paul finally pulled back, it was his turn to laugh. Sadie had the funniest, most indescribable look on her face that Paul and Summer had ever seen. A bright red flush quickly crept onto Sadie's cheeks and he began to pick up the Jenga pieces from the floor to hide her embarrassment. It was then that Summer became aware of the fact that she was incredibly thirsty.
molly "Paul, can I grab a drink from the kitchen?" she asked, not wanting to just walk in the kitchen and start looking through cabinets.
molly "Yeah, knock yourself out." She left the room and Paul returned his gaze to Sadie, his face becoming serious. "What do you think happened between Summer and Rob? Its not like Rob to get a girl into his room and have her leave five minutes later. Believe me. My room's right down the hall from his." Sadie just shrugged.
molly "I have no clue. Even if I've lived with her for a while, I still don't understand her, and I don't know anything about Rob." Before Paul could respond, Summer returned, a glass of apple juice in her hand.
molly "Better not let Adam find out that you're drinking his juice." Paul remarked.
molly "He lives here too?"
molly "No, but he has to have apple juice everywhere he goes. It's kinda scary, but since Adam's such a cool guy, I don't bug him about it...much." The three talked for a while longer about nothing in particular.
molly "So, what are you two doing tonight?" Paul asked Summer and Sadie.
molly "I don't know." Sadie said with a sigh. "I think we may have hot dates with these two guys."
molly "Damn! I guess that means that you're not available then, Huh?" He looked disappointed.
molly "I think that we could arrange something." Sadie said. Paul did not even try to hide his eagerness.
molly "Really?" he said smiling. "Yes, yes, yes!" He began jumping up and down. Then he stopped abruptly and said, "I mean, I'll have to check my schedule, but I think it's doable." Sadie and Summer laughed.
molly "Hey Paul, you think that you could give us a ride home so that we could get ready?" Summer looked a little too eager to leave.
molly "I don't know. Rob doesn't like when I use his car because when he gets in it after I used it, he can't even get in cause the seat is too close to the steering wheel."
molly "I'll drive." Summer told him.