*Bret & Carissa Pt. 5*



When Carissa woke the next afternoon, Bret was gone, she got dressed & looked thru the house (it wasn't very big, two bedrooms, a living room, kitchen & bathroom) Rikki was on the couch, alone, he looked & smiled,
"Hey, Bret had to go to work, he asked me to give you a ride home, unless you wanted to hang out & wait til he gets home-" she was a little uncomfotable, suddenly feeling like one, out of a dozen girls that had been brought to the house & left there without a word- she told Rikki,
"I'd like to go home if you don't mind-" he stood up,
"Not at all, you ready ?" she nodded, following him outside- when they got to her loft, Rikki said,
"I'm supposed to get your phone number-" Carissa shook her head, "Tell him last night was a mistake, I shouldn't have been there-" Rikki frowned,
"He really wanted your number, what's it going to hurt ?" she shook her head,
"Tell him I had a fun time, but I shouldn't see him again-" Rikki was surprised,
"Ok, this has gotta be a first-" she got out & went upsatirs to her loft, feeling like an idiot- she showered, & thought about last night- she did have fun, but she wan't into being just another groupie, or someone for fun, then tossed aside.
Lynn called, as soon as Carissa picked up the phone, she asked,
"Girl ! I've been calling you for hours !! You weren't out running were you ?" Carissa sighed,
"No..." something in her tone made Lynn ask,
"Oh no, what'd you do ?" Rissa took a deep breath, "I slept with Bret last night-" dead silence, then,
"Rissa, what the hell're you thinking ? If Jesse finds out, he'll go nuts !" "I KNOW !!" Lynn asked,
"What're you going to do ? And why the hell did you sleep with him ?" Carissa sighed,
"I don't know...We started talking about Jesse, and you were right, don't say it, I know it's true now-"
"Why is it you believe it now, when I've been telling you for months ?"
"Bret said he's seen him, many times with other girls-" she laughed,
"Do you think he might have said that just to get you into bed ?"
"Yes, I thought of that, but with what you've always said, and he seemed like he really saw..." she trailed off, she was just trying to justify sleeping with him,
"Carissa, what're you going to do ?" she thought for a second, "Breaking up with Jesse, that's for sure."
"What about Bret ?" Carissa smiled, remembering,
"I told Rikki to tell him we shouldn't see eachother, he wanted my phone number-" Lynn was shocked,
"And you sleep with the guy, then say YOU don't wanna see him again ? This has got to be a first !" Carissa tried explaining,
"I don't want to be one in a million, That's not me-"
"I know it's not, that's why I'm so surprised you did it !" Carissa sighed again,
"I don't know how I'm going to tell Jesse-" ----
Lynn came over to talk more about it, they sat on the couch, legs crossed, eating grapes & talking, Carissa couldn't help talking about Bret, and how much fun she'd had-
Lynn stared at her, shaking her head- A knock at the door startled them, then it opened, making them both jump, it was Dea, she came in,
"Hey, I have company with me, is it cool if they come in ?" Carissa nodded, Bobby walk in after her, , then Bret, her heart jumped into her throat, almost choked the grape she was eating, Lynn looked at her, whispering,
"Oh shit." Dea was grinning,
"You guys remember Bobby & Bret ?" Lynn nodded,
"Hi." they all said hi, Bret was staring at Carissa, after some small talking, he said,
"Carissa, can I talk to you for a minute ?" she stood up, feeling grungy in her holey jeans and and t shirt, she walked over to him, "Can we go somewhere private ?" the way her loft was layed out, it was pretty much open, except for the bathroom,
"I guess outside-" they went out in the hall where the stairs that led down were, he looked at her,
"Why wouldn't you give Rikki your number ? I really wanted to get together with you again-" she looked down, looking him in those eyes, was to hard,
"I just think it would be better if we just stopped things now rather than later-" he leaned his head down, trying to see her eyes,
"Why ? We had a great time, it's not your boyfriend , is it ? Didn't you say you were going to break up with him anyway ?" she nodded,
"Yes, but I haven't yet- And even when I do, I think we shouldn't see eachother-" he frowned,
"Why ?! Is there something I'm not getting ? Because the chick I was with last night had a hell of a good time-" she looked up at him,
"I did, but I don't want to be just one of many- I might as well stay with Jesse if I'm going to do that-" he shook his head,
"We can start off dating, doesn't have to be exclusive, and see how things go-" she had a habit of biting on her lower lip when she was nervous,
"Come on, we can go to a movie or something- " she wanted to just take him inside & screw the hell out of him, but she knew she shouldn't-
"Have you had dinner yet ? We could run down & get some food and come back here & just talk-" Carissa couldn't help thinking that Lynn would say he was doing some fast talking, but she couldn't help herself,
"Ok, let's get the others-" they started to go back inside, but he backed her up against the wall, kissing her before she knew what was happening-
she couldn't help responding, her arms went around his neck, he pushed up against her, really getting into it- the way he kissed her made her insides flutter, he whispered into her mouth,
"Let's just get rid of everybody-" he kissed her some more, when he let up, she said,
"Why don't we order in some pizza and everyone can have some, we won't have to go anywhere-" he groaned,
"But they'll be here forever !" she pulled him towards the door,
"I can't tell my friends to leave, come on, it'll give me a chance to know Bobby-" a thought occurred to her, "Why is Billy filling in for Bobby ? what's wrong with him ?" Bret laughed,
"Bobby fucked up his wrist the other night, so he's just filling in this weekend-" she smiled, wondering if Dea had anything to do with why his wrist got messed up-
Everyone was into ordering pizza and hanging out, Billy & Tish showed up, Billy saying,
"Rickie said I'd find you here- What the fuck's going on ? Anything worth hanging around for ?" Bret smiled,
"I'm here, that's enough isn't it ?" Billy flipped him off, "Eat me, bitch-" Bret laughed,
"You wish !" Billy gave him a look,
"Don't make me kick your ass in front of everyone-" Tish spoke up, "Bret, you can't "eat" Billy, he's mine ! And Billy, you stop offering yourself out !" she was smiling, Billy put his arm around her, kissing the top of her head-
Everyone sat around, bull shitting, drinking beer, the story of how Bobby hurt his wrist came out, he & Dea were having some "fun" and they fell off the bed, his wrist twisted when they hit the floor, it was just sprained, but was a funny story.
Carissa learned that Bobby & Bret were from Penn., Rikki too, and had come out to L.A. to try their luck here as a band. They were having more luck than they had back home, the clubs were keeping them busy, it was just getting the record labels to get interested-
Alot of band talk most of the night, Lynn pulled Rissa aside once some of them started leaving, "What's going on with you two ? I she staying ?" Rissa looked over at him,
"I don't know-" she told her quickly what they had talked about outside, Lynn shook her head,
"Jesse is going to freak-" Rissa frowned,
"Don't make me more nervous about it than I already am ! You've been wanting me to do this forever !" Lynn nodded,
"But I didn't tell you to sleep with someone else BEFORE breaking up with the asshole !" Rissa shrugged,
"He's doing it and has been, right ?" Lynn rolled her eyes,
"What a difference a good looking lead singer has done for you !" Rissa smiled, elbowing her,
"Oh stop !" they both looked at him, talking to Bobby & Billy before they left, "I can't seem to help myself around him, he's so damn good looking, and sexy as hell..." Lynn laughed,
"Well, whatever gets you away from Jesse, just don't jump from the pan into the fire Rissa-" Carissa nodded,
"I know, I'm going to try and keep my emotions out of this-" Lynn laughed,
"Yeah right !!" Tish & Dea were talking, Rissa and Lynn went over & joined them, it took a half hour of bull shitting to say good bye and everyone out of the loft-


TO BE CONTINUED......


*Bret & Carissa Pt. 6*

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