“Mark…what you did was really fucked up.”
“Yeah you’re right. What was I even thinking? Sorry. I’m gonna go calm down Jenna before she makes some employee cry. Have a good time.” He never once looked back. Damn was seeing Mark Houston sad something else.
I looked at my phone, it had already been a little over an hour and that meant that Suzy was definitely done with Jason. She was probably giving him the third degree about anything she could get him to squirm about. I guess it was time to go check on them.
As I got in the car, I activated Siri.
“Call Dingus” It was a total of 10 rings before my call was answered.
“How’d you fuck it up already Johnny?” Kenny sounded like he was stuffing his face. “Do you need me to come hug you and make you feel better?”
“You’re hilarious. I was calling to tell you how it went with Jenna.”
“You’re alive? I thought she would have torn your balls off if you got anywhere near her.”
“Yeah, she might have but Houston vouched for me for some reason and instead she flipped out on him. I’m still hella confused.”
“Mark Houston, the guy who-”
“Yes Ken let’s not talk about it again it happened over 7 years ago at this point.”
“I’m just saying you do what he did to Jason and you’d think he would even acknowledge Jason’s existence.”
“We’ve talked about this a million times can we get back on topic?”
“Alright Johnny don’t get all pissy now.” He took a large chug of what I imagine was water before continuing. “Is Suzy done with him yet?”
“I’m gonna find out now. She’s probably getting gossip out of him to tell my stupid sister.”
“Karen Han hoo boy.” Ken loved to talk about how much he wanted to get with my sister even though she was 3 years older and already graduating college via an accelerated program.
“Can you fucking not? I swear you Jesse you have the attention span of a cockroach.”
“Ok lemme make this easy. Do you have the reservation?”
“Yes.”
“Did you book that steakhouse like I told you to?”
“Yes.”
“Did you get the tickets for the show?”
“Yes.”
“Well then bucko, just turn on the ol razzle dazzle and Jason should be yours by the end of the weekend.”
“I’ve never been so nervous in my life dude.” I was pulling up into the parking spot by the mall so I had to get a bit more encouragement out of my best friend before I went radio silent for the weekend.
“Johnny Han. You’ve dunked in the face of 6′ 2″ dudes. We made it to Finals last year off your legendary performance and you’re going to tell me a stupid weekend trip makes you nervous?”
“Well I mean….”
“If anything my dude, you’re the catch here. You got this. It’ll be a cakewalk. Now listen, I gotta go, there’s a lady calling my name and her name is NBA 2k13.”
“You fucking nerd. I’ll talk to you when I get back.”
“Or sooner, I’ll be your emotional support if you really need it. All weekend just for you.” He made sure that sounded as sappy as humanly possible.
“You’re such a piece of shit. Love you bud.”
“Love ya too.”
I ended the call and looked up at the ceiling of my car. I was really doing this. I was in love with this guy and was doing a whole show and dance to woo him. It was time to save him from my cousin and get on the way. It’s a four-hour drive to Atlantic City and we had a reservation at 9 so we had to get moving.