I decided to give myself a Valentines Day gift by putting a chapter from Damaged People on here that I haven't written yet.
I never planned to use it because even for me it's completely out there but since I'm writing it here instead of with the rest of it it'll be like an out-take scene at the end of a movie.
This little bit of fantasy was the result of a day lying in the sun getting high after yard work and then a steaming shower with a cold beer so please forgive and if you can understand.
Don't forget to get the beer frosty in the freezer or it won't stay cold while you're drinking it.
At least this will be out of my head now so I can make room for something else.
Some of the chapters in my head I hang onto for purposes that don't need to be discussed here but I can let this one go , it was a bit of fluff but it was fun and it ended well.
Disclaimer : No famous people were harmed in the writing of this story.
We join the story at a gathering of rich and famous people that Keanu has talked Amelie into going to promising she can leave as soon as she feels uncomfortable.
This happens as soon as she walks into the party but to be fair to Keanu she skirts around the edges looking for a drink and a quiet corner while he networks.
They hadn't been there long when Keanu noticed he hadn't seen Amelie for awhile. Curiosity got the better of him and he moved around the place looking for her.
He spotted her by the French doors and made his way over to her being stopped along the way to talk to people. When he reached the door she had been standing at he saw Adrien Brody moving with his posse directly towards her as she was waiting for a drink from the bartender.
He knew Brody , they had raced together , and he knew Adrien wouldn't be able to pass by Amelie without some form of bravado.
He slid behind a large plant and watched the scene unfold.
Sure enough Adrien sidled up to the bar and with a sideways glance at Amelie addressed the girl hanging onto his arm with the information that he had just purchased a new Hummer and went into some detail about the specifications. The girl he was with was oohing and aahhing but he wasn't getting Amelie attention and you could tell it bothered him a little. The bartender had finished her drink and as she reached for it Adrien pretended to be reaching for a napkin brushing her hand as he did so.
Now for some it was a smooth move but with the way Amelie felt about strangers touching her the effect wasn't quite the same.
She had her head turned to the side the way she does and Keanu could tell she was trying to figure out how to get away without being rude , which he felt was probably more for his sake than hers.
Then she did the damndest thing , she smiled at Adrien and said "Did I hear you say you
just got a new Hummer ?
Adrien puffed up a bit and said " Oh yeah it's the biggest one they make. I like the power they have. "
She gave him her brightest smile and as she gave him a slow up down , said seductively
" Well you know what they say about guys who drive Hummers. " then she slid around him and moved across the room before he had a chance to react.
Adrien's eyes followed her as she moved thinking to himself in a self satisfied way
" Well I got her attention didn't I ?"
Keanu was taking a drink when Amelie spoke and nearly choked when he realized what she had just done.
He flashed back to a conversation they had once while out in her truck and a big SUV had pulled up beside her. The guy in it looked over to see if he had been noticed and she held her hand up with two fingers barely apart with a smile. The guy smiled back and went on and Keanu a little miffed asked her " What was that all about ? "
She said" Haven't you ever seen a girl do that ? " He told her yeah but he didn't know what it meant. She laughed and said " It means he's got a little dick , you know the old saying the bigger the truck the smaller the dick. That's what the fingers mean , little tiny dick."
She said it so matter of factly , like it was something everyone knew and now seeing how she had just put Brody in his place and he didn't even know it , hell he thought she was impressed by him , he was beginning to understand that she had been taking care of herself for a long time.
She was pretty good at it too but Adrien was a nice guy , just a little full of himself and he knew there were some real predators here so he decided to follow her about a bit and make sure she was all right.
As he passed Adrien he waved and smiled seeing that the encounter with Amelie had made him feel good about his prowess while only Keanu knew how she really felt. It was like being let in on a secret getting to know her and her ways.
Their secret.
Just like other places the fact that she didn't seem all that interested in these people just because they were famous drew their attention.
They weren't used to it , especially from someone they considered to be a nobody.
She had ducked into a doorway and he heard Howard Stern before he saw him.
She tried to move right past him but in his usual style he planted himself in front of her looked her up and down and announced " Yeah okay I'd do you. "
Amelie drew herself up straight and gave him a quizzical look without replying.
All his cohorts were giggling like little children thinking here Howard had another one on the ropes.
Keanu started moving quickly to get to her as Howard said " Don't you get it , I said I'd fuck you. It's a compliment. "
Her head turned as she looked up into his face and said softly " Compliment " Looking down she shook her head a little and brought her eyes back to his and said quietly
" I've had better " then ducked her head and moved quickly away.
Howard stood there taken aback and some of his lemmings started snickering a little but still all he could mutter was " Who the fuck does that bitch think she is ? "
Keanu was sweeping past and said to him " Uh That would be a real lady Howard."
Howard said to his back " So that's what one looks like huh."
He seemed more bemused than offended which for Howard Stern was unusual to say the least.
Keanu was laughing to himself as he followed her seeing the devastation she left in her wake and they never even knew what she was doing.
He wondered to himself if she had ever done it to him.
He would have to watch for the way she turned her head to the side when she was considering how to deal with them.
He almost caught up with her when he ran into some men he was getting a deal together with and had to stop to talk to them. He kept her in sight as she moved out to the pool.
He lost track for a few minutes until he maneuvered them around and caught sight of her again only to find her sitting in a deck chair having a conversation with Bruce Willis of all people .
She was enjoying it too he could tell but there was no flirting that he could see.
Not that that meant anything , she had never flirted with him either.
She had fed him , held him when he cried , performed every sex act but intercourse on him but she had never flirted with him.
Then he felt like the room had gone quiet when he saw Bruce stand up and hold his hand out to her helping her rise to follow him across the patio and down the steps out of sight.
He was pulled back into the conversation but couldn't keep his train of thought.
All he could do was keep watching the spot where they had gone out of sight.
Finally he broke in and said "Excuse me guys , I'll be right back. "
Hurrying away he felt a burning inside and couldn't understand it.
He looked out from the steps they had gone down and saw a Pavilion like structure with an enclosure at the back.
That must be where they went he thought with a strange feeling in stomach. He started forward then stopped turning and moved back to the pool.
He was telling himself " I don't have any hold on her , I don't know what the fuck kind of relationship we've got if any. He was pacing back and forth and going thru this all in his head.
Finally he started down the steps saying to himself " Well fuck it , at least now I'll know where this stands and I can get on with my life. He knew in his heart that although he told himself all this shit about not having any claim to her if she was ever with someone else it would kill the feelings he had for her.
Maybe that's why he kept forcing her into these situations , testing her. He knew he didn't have the right to do it but he'd been so careful for so long he couldn't bring himself to believe that this was the one he could always count on to have his back.
He couldn't help but think if she was given the right opportunity she would take it.
They always had before.
He could feel his heart pounding in his throat when he reached the door. He heard what sounded like a harmonica playing. What the hell kind of music were they fucking around to ?
As his put his hand on the doorknob he hesitated and asked himself " Why the hell am I doing this , I should just go back to the party and pretend I never saw anything."
Fuck that , he had to know , he had to see it with his own eyes.
He eased open the door and saw them.
Bruce was sitting on a stool playing harmonica and Amelie was filming it and hitting a joint.
He slid into the room and closed the door quietly.
Bruce finished his song and laughing said " Did you get it ?" to her.
She put down her camera and handed him the joint saying " That was so wonderful , you never hear harmonica anymore. " Bruce gave his depreciating smile and said " Yeah well maybe there's a reason for that. "
Amelie took the joint saying " Oh no , it's a lost art form and it's sad because it gives the music life. I miss it so much."
Bruce said " So what makes you think Keanu would want me to play with him and his guys."
Amelie said " Well I don't until I ask him but I can't imagine he wouldn't like getting together sometime and playing. Especially for the benefit cd.
Bruce looked at her a little slyly and said " What the deal with you two anyway ? I mean are you guys dating or what ? "
Amelie laughed a little and said " I really don't know to tell you the truth , I''m just here visiting for awhile and then I'll be going back to the east coast. He was really kind to me and he's done some incredible things for me since I've been here. "
Bruce said " So nothing serious huh. "
Amelie handed him the joint as she was putting up her camera and said " I think when Keanu decides to get serious about someone they'll be a lot younger and able to give him kids. Isn't that what most men of a certain age do ?"
Bruce got off the stool , stood over her and said whimsically " Some do, some do , hell I did but how do you think he feels about you ?"
She was sitting on the floor cross legged and looking up at him and said " I really couldn't say , he's pretty guarded with his emotions and he hasn't made his intentions if he has any clear."
Bruce said bluntly" You either love a woman or you don't. "
Amelie's head was bent down and when she looked up she said " Well then I guess I have my answer."
Then much more softly Bruce asked her "How do you feel about him ? "
She dropped her head again and this time when she looked up Keanu could see tears shining in her eyes and his heart turned over in his chest as she said in a very quiet voice
" I can't see any man but him."
Bruce dropped to his knee and held his hand out to her pulling her up and into him.
He put his hands on her shoulders and leaned into her saying " Does he know how you feel ?"
She shuddered a little and said " Oh God no , I can't tell him that , he'll think I'm insane."
Bruce reached down and grabbed her camera pouch handing it to her and said
" Alls I know is that if somebody felt that way about me I'd wanna know."
She laughed and said " Yeah but we're both Pisces , feelings don't scare us the way they do other people."
Bruce said " Well little fish I hope you get the chance to tell him someday. "
Amelie handed him the last of the joint to hit and said " Even if I don't I still have this summer that I've had with him. No one can take away that. Besides we live in different worlds"
Bruce tossed the roach and said " So you make your own world."
Amelie laughed and started toward the door saying over her shoulder " Wouldn't that be a wonderful place to live. "
As she turned she saw Keanu standing there in the shadows and stopped dead in her
tracks.
Bruce almost ran into her and saw Keanu too. He looked back and forth between the two
with a smile and said " I'll leave you two alone. "
He nodded his head and murmured " Keanu " as he moved thru the door . Kenau nodded and muttered "Bruce" back to him and closed the door behind him.
Amelie leaned against the door and said casually " How long have you been there ? "
"I came in while Bruce was still playing. " he said in a low voice.
She seemed to shrink a little and said " Look Keanu , it's not like I talk about you to other people , I don't know why I opened up to him like that. It's not like me , I don't know what to say"
He moved over to her causing her to look up to him and took one of her hands in his and held it up to his lips and said " Tell me what you told him."
She was breathing a little hard and tears were forming again as she said " What do you mean ? "
He pulled her to him a little roughly wrapping his other arm tightly around her winding his hand into her hair pulling her head back forcing her to look at him and said in a husky voice " Tell me ."
Her voice shook a little when she looked him directly in the eyes and a tear rolled out as she said " I can't see any man but you. "
He kissed her then , their first real kiss.
The games were over , this was real now.
Today is Valentines Day and to have a bit of a play I put this fanciful little tale here for amusement purposes. It's so great that Amelie can do all the things we wish we would be able to but know we couldn't.
As for real life , it's been snowing since dawn and the skylights are covered so the light is different today. It always makes it seem strange.
Anyway it's fun to take the little things you now about famous people and weave a tale so completely out there.
Have you ever seen Bruce Willis play harmonica ?
Most people are in love with the John McClain Bruce Willis but the one who knocked me on my ass was the David Addison Bruce Willis.
The cocky , oh so self assured swaggering that only youth will bring Bruce Willis.
I would love to see him like that again.
I don't have anything against Adrien Brody just the fact that he drives a Hummer which I have a problem with.
Howard Stern , well he gets it even worse when Amelie returns to the house.
The best part is that he does it to himself.
I don't think much of Howard Stern but then he wouldn't think much of me either.
I was informed this morning that Mr. Wonderful has meetings so he won't be back until late. As usual he'll pretend he forgot it was Valentines day and I'll pretend it doesn't matter. That's what we do , pretend.
Is it really any wonder I prefer the land of dreams.
You can come along if you want , I won't tell.
I never tell...
Given the choice of two pretend worlds I'll take Damaged People.
They know me and like me there.
Cheers , Amelie
