Chapter 2: The Fortune Teller
The party was on Saturday night. It was some sort of a theme thing with a fortune-teller and waitresses dressed as gypsies. The place was crowded and noisy and Jared had been right: there were lots of stunning women. However, Jensen wasn't looking at any of them. He couldn't help remembering Danny and the wonderful days they'd spent together. It was all over now, though. He just had to accept it and move on.
Jared approached him with a drink and saw how upset his friend looked.
"Hey, having fun?"
"Yeah, sure," Jensen replied, though it was obvious he wasn't having any fun 'at all'.
"Here, have a drink," Jared added offering his friend a glass of whiskey.
"Thanks."
"So, seen Natalie yet?" asked Jared, clearly teasing him.
"Jay, I told you to drop it."
"Okay, 'kay, doesn't have to be 'her' anyway...so any other prospects so far?"
"Oh, please, Jared."
"Fine. I'll drop it. Promise." He said looking dead serious and crossing his heart.
Jensen couldn't help smiling at the look of his extremely large friend acting as if he was a ten-year-old kid or some boy-scout. Jared smiled as well seeing that the expression on his friend's face slowly started to soften.
The two men were drinking and chatting when two young women suddenly approached them and stood next to them.
"Hi, guys, long time no see!"
"Hi, Natalie."
"Jared, this is my friend, Amy."
"Hi, Amy."
"Hi!"
"Hello, Jensen," Natalie said as she suggestively fluttered her lashes.
"Hey," he replied dryly.
Natalie approached Jensen and before he could react, he had her arm around his waist. Jensen didn't look particularly pleased with it and Jared could feel his angry look practically burning through his skull. Jared was amused, though, but he knew he had to do something to break the tension that was building up in the blonde.
"Listen, why don't we go see the fortune teller?" Jared suggested.
"What? A fortune-teller, seriously, dude?" Jensen replied, annoyance showing in his voice.
"Yeah, it might fun, come on!" the girls said smiling in unison.
"Yeah, come on! It'll be fun!" Jared said immediately looking at Jensen with pleading eyes.
"Ok, let's go," Jensen gave in and agreed reluctantly.
They walked across the room and found a woman wearing brightly colored clothes sitting at a small round table. She had a deck of cards and didn't look too happy about being there. The lady then looked at the four of them and asked, "So, who's going first?"
Jared didn't give anyone time to even try to answer that question and immediately replied "He is" pointing at his friend. Jensen looked back at him and was about to say something, but Jared had already pulled out a chair for him. Seeing there was no way out, Jensen sighed and decided to play along so he sat down and tried to look as agreeable as possible.
The woman looked at him and instructed him to shuffle the cards. He complied and, a few seconds later, placed the deck back on the table. She then picked it up and began placing the cards on the table one by one next to each other, looking really focused on what she was doing.
Jensen looked at Jared and whispered in his ear, "This brod is nuts and this is just stupid!"
The woman looked up at them and from the look in her eyes, her glare actually, they could tell she'd heard Jensen. He tried to hide his embarrassment and pretended to be interested in what she was doing, though, doing his best to break the tension.
And then, she finally began her reading.
"So, what do you wanna know?" she said looking at Jensen.
He was about to speak, but this time it was Natalie who didn't give him the chance to do it and replied for him.
"Love! How about his love life?"
"Natalie, please."
"Oh, come on, Jensen, it'll be fun!"
