A Gypsy Oath

When trouble keeps dancing on you

Bo-

My father sits with me, we watch the pile turn to ash before us and he tells me that I just need to be still, and let Laila heal. That she will forgive me and come around before long. Once the fire is dead and the bedding is ash, I take the hose and soak it just to be safe. My father leaves me alone with the pile of ash and Metal pieces that didn’t burn to ash. I walk into the house to get the keys to my truck when I find Laila in the living room, curled in a ball again just looking at me. I go and get my keys off the kitchen bar where I left them, when I make it to the door she finally speaks.

“Where are you going”

“Into town”

“Are you going to come back”

That question makes me turn around and face her.

“Why wouldn’t I come back Laila”

“I don’t know”

She’s lying, she is looking at floor and I know there is more to it then she don’t know.

“Yes Laila I’ll be back I’m just going to buy a née bed then I will be back”

“Oh ok”

“I think if either of us should be scared that the other one might leave for good, it should be me”

“I told you all along I wouldn’t leave, so why would you be scared Id leave”

“Because Laila it’s clear I don’t make you happy any more, all I have done is guck everything up. Hell I even hurt my own feelings, so at this point I wouldn’t even blame you for leaving me.”

“That’s not true”

“What’s not true”

“That you don’t make me happy”

“Oh so you have been happy in the last two days”

“No but that doesn’t mean you don’t make me happy. Marriage isn’t about always being happy, you have to take the good with the bad, right?”

“I guess”

“Well this is the bad that goes with the good”

“Laila the only time we haven’t been at each other or hurting each other has been when we are f*****g that’s not normal”

“Oh”

“I’ll be back later”

“Ok”

I turn and make it all the way back to the door when she hits me again.

“Is that what you feel we have been doing just f*****g, is that all it is to you, when your with me”

“Laila really right now”

“Your right, never mind”

She gets up and goes to the kitchen and starts pulling stuff from the fridge. When I walk in it looks like the makings of a dinner she’s pulling. I sit on a bar stool and just wait. She doesn’t speak, she just goes to work prepping everything. Finally I broke the silences.

“Laila will you please talk to me”

“About what”

“About whats going on here”

“I’m getting dinner ready to go into the oven so it will be done by dinner time, you want to talk about that?”

“I meant with us”

“Nothing is going on with us, everything is fine”

“No it’s not”

“Yes it is”

“Laila”

“It’s fine Bo, I romanticized things into something they aren’t, ok. I get it now and everything is fine”

“It’s so far from fine it isn’t even funny”

“I don’t know what your talking about”

“Yes you do Laila”

“No I don’t ok, you want all the fighting snd everything to stop, I’m stopping it. I thought there was more to this but I get it now. I understand that I was holding on to a little girl fantasy of love and happily ever after when in the real world that’s not what your get but that’s fine, everything is fine ok”

“Ok Laila everything is fine”

“Yes, it sure is”

“Laila I’m sorry, I do love you and I never meant to hurt you. When I’m with you it’s not just f*****g, it’s so much more. My life with you is more and I’m sorry”

“Nothing to be sorry for and you don’t have to say nice things to me to try and make me feel better it’s alright”

“No it isn’t”

“Im not a little girl any more Bo I can handle the truth, even if I don’t like it”

“Laila I’m telling you the truth, I know I say s**t that isn’t right, I know things don’t always come out the way I mean then but Laila I love you and I’m sorry for messing up”

“You didn’t mess up Bo you just said what you felt, and that’s ok your allowed to feel that you feel. I love you to and I should have dinner done but he time you get back”

“Really”

“Really really”

“Your going to poison me aren’t you”

“No, why would I do that?”

“Because you hate me, because I have spent the last twenty four hours hurting you, because I’m an ass. There is a million reasons I can think of”

“No poison just pork chops”

“Laila please talk to me, please stop all this and just talk to me”

“We have talked, I promise it’s all ok”

“It’s not tho and this bullshit is driving me up a wall”

“Fine you want to talk about it then talk”

“Laila you know you mean more to me then a simple f**k”

“I never said I didn’t”

“No you didn’t”

“No I didn’t, you did”

“I get it I messed up, I’m sorry”

“I told you it’s fine, I forgive you”

“And that’s it just an ok that’s fine I forgive you and that’s all”

“Yes”

“Your not gonna throw something at me or

Hit me”

“Nope”

“Why not”

“Would it change anything”

“No”

“Then what’s the use”

I nod and grab my keys and leave. I don’t bother going anywhere but the first bar I see. I’m five rounds in when Macy rounds the bar snd sees me. She comes and sits next to me and orders us another round of what ever I’m having. The bartender pours two glasses of whiskey and slides them to us.

“Rough day Bo”

“I don’t know devil why don’t you tell me”

“That’s a touch dramatic even for you Bo”

“Oh and faking a pregnancy, and calling my wife to tell her that’s not dramatic”

“Maybe a little bit can you blame me, just look at the prize that’s up for grabs”

“I’m married I’m not up for grabs, I’m already won”

“Sure you are, but you don’t wear a wedding ring . That wife of yours is never around and for a newly married man here you sit alone in a bar looking sad and lonely”

“Because of you”

“Some marriages just aren’t meant to be Bo, when are you going to accept that and cut your self free”

“I don’t know, when are you going to accept the fact that I live my wife and wish you would go take a long walk off a short cliff”

“If you love that wife of yours so much why are you here with me and not home warming her bed”

“Cause I set her bed up in fire”

“Oh so your telling me things was so hot between you to that she burnt up in fire and that you just happen to be here because she’s the be st thing ever”

“Something like that”

I wave the bartender over

“Just give me the bottle Steve. Save your self the pacing March of madness”

He hands me a full untapped bottle and cracks the seal for me. I fill my glass and take a good long drink. The burn going down feels good, at least it’s something warm at this point.

“Bo why don’t you let me kiss you broken pieces and make it all better”

“Why don’t you go back to the other side of the tracks to your junkie dad and brothers where you belong “

“Stop being nasty Bo, come on with me I’ll make you feel good, I’ll make you feel real good”

“Ya know what would make me feel real good right now Macy”

“What Bo, what would make you feel real good tonight?”

“If you would f**k off”

“Oh I’ll f**k something tonight”

“Well why don’t you go find it and leave me alone”

“Oh cause I already found it”

A song comes on the speakers and Macy starts dancing and moves to the dance floor. I roll my eyes and go back to my drinking, my phone buzzes in my pocket, when I pull it out Lailas name slides across my screen with a picture I took of her in Key West, we was on the beach and she’s laughing. I slide the little green dot across the screen and answer.

“Ello”

“Bo, are you ok? Where are you”

“A bar”

“Are you drunk”

“No but I’m trying to get there”

“What bar are you at I’ll come get you”

“I don’t need you to come get me, I can get home just fine when I want to come home. Everything will be just fine remember just fine Laila”

Before anything else can be said Macy comes over to the table I’m now hiding in and as loud as she can be says

“Come on Bo come dance with me lover man”

“Who was that Bo?”

“A demon from hell”

“Where are you?”

“I told you a bar”

Laila hangs up on me, and I go back to my drinking. There isn’t much left in the bottle, so I flag Steve down. When he comes over and I ask for another bottle he ask “really Bo you don’t ever drink this much why don’t I make some coffee and we talk about stuff maybe if I sit with you for a bit Macy will leave you alone”

“Maybe if you would man up and f**k her she would stalk your ass and make your life a living hell and leave me alone”

“We all know that isn’t going to happen”

“My God man just go over there and bend her over and pop that cherry”

“Bo we all know Macy isn’t a virgin”

“I was talking about yours Steve”

“Your an ass Bo”

“Ya that’s seems to be everyone’s thought of me today”

Steve walks away just in time for s**t to really hit the fan. The door to the bar flys open and Laila comes walking in, she’s in a pair of black jeans and a black tshirt, hair in a knot on the back of her head and no Jewlery on. This isn’t good, when a gypsy girl comes out like that there is going to be blood. Lailas eyes find me just in time to see Macy come shaking herself over to the table I’m sitting at. I try to jump to my feet but my drunk ass stumbles and falls onto Macy who catches me and takes it all the wrong way. Macy starts laughing and telling me how she’s going to make me feel good, when I get my feet to work right I push her back and try to make it to Laila but she side steps me so quick it takes me a second to catch on, when I spin around the whole room spins, when it stops it’s just in time to see Laila haul back and punch Macy between her eyes, she goes flying back and Laila jumps on top of her and starts wailing on her. Landon and Lucas comes running in and grabs Laila and pulls her off, while they are trying to hold her back Avery comes out of no where and scream “hoe be gone” as she jumps on Macy and starts punching her her. Lucas goes to grab Avery and pull her off when Laila get lose and goes back in for Macy again. This time I grab Laila and pull her off Macy and into me.

“Laila baby stop please”

“Let me go I’m gonna kill her”

“Baby please Steve will end up calling the sheriff I don’t want you in trouble please”

“Let me go Bo cause I’m done with this b***h, I’m gonna end her now”

“Your cute when your jealous baby”

“Your drunk now let me go”

“And your jealous over some other woman wanting your man”

“Ya so what”

“So you admit I’m your man”

“Are you serious right now Bo”

“Admit your jealous, and I’ll think about letting you go”

“I’m jealous, now let me go”

“Kiss me baby”

“What, will you let me go”

“Never”

She twist in my hold and kisses me

“I love you Bo”

“I love you to but I’m not letting you go”

“Oh you don’t have to but know I’m really sorry”

“For what”

Before I know what happens she hails off and knees me in the crotch so hard my eyes cross and I can’t breath, I sink to the ground like a sack of potato’s and Laila runs for Macy, Steve jumps between Laila and Macy, he grabs Laila by the shoulders and pushes her back, Landon sees his sister get pushed back and goes after Steve and decks the poor nerd that goes flying across the room. Laila grabs ahold of Macy and starts punching again. As soon as I can gather my wits and get my sorry ass off the floor I go for Laila but some strangers have now joined in on this fight and hits me, he doesn’t do much damage but I punch him back and he grabs ahold of me and me him. Everything’s gone to hell in the devils hand basket as George Strait sings about a girl in a west Texas town. Every body freezes when gun shots ring and we all look towards the door of the bar to see the sheriff standing looking as sour as ever. The sheriff ask as loudly as he can

“what the hell is going on here”

Daisy of all people is sitting on a bar stool right next to the door with a glass of Coke that she is drinking. She looks to the sheriff and sets her drink down

“Well it’s about time you got here, I called you a whole ten minutes ago. The police station is only two red lights a way. What happen did you get stuff in five o’clock traffic?”

“What”

“Oh my God, ok look see that Macy girl over there”

She points at a beat soft Macy who has two eyes that is going to be black and swollen s**t soon and is covered in blood. While Laila and Avery stand and looked as if they have been wigged around but other then messed up hair, you can’t see any stains thanks to the black clothing.

“Ya I see her”

“Ya well she started it, this is her fault”

“Is it now”

“Yes and you should arrest her cause my minor sister and her friend would like to press charges against her”

“For what”

“Oh she grabbed them by the hair and made threats, I don’t think she knew that they knew how to defend them selfs.”

“Are you trying to tell me this started over Macy?”

“No, this didn’t start over her, I’m telling you she started it. I witnessed it officer”

“Did you now, so why does Macy look like the victim”

“Because she took on two girls who know how to defend them selfs. You see we are from New York City, very unsafe place. Our parents sent us to self defense classes so we wouldn’t end up being a statistic at some point in our life’s”

“Is that so”

“Yes, would you like to see our certificates where we passed our courses, I have them here on my phone”

“No, what about all these other people how did they get involved in this”

“I don’t know what their problem is, I think it was just the hillbilly coming out. I think they seen one person fighting snd just joined in”

“I can’t even say that sounds wrong cause it’s most likely what happen”

“Really, well then there you have it”

“Bo DeClare isn’t this the young woman you just married?”

“Yes sir, that’s my wife”

“and didn’t you have a fling with Macy not to long ago”

“Oh god why did you have to bring that s**t up now”

“So that’s what this is about”

“I didn’t say that”

“Bo DeClare you have been a pain in my ass since you started walking, you wanna tell me what this was about if it wasn’t about you being able to keep it in your pants”

“It was about Macy lying”

“What she lie about”

“She called my wife Laila and said I got her knocked up”

“Oh Lord”

“Yep”

“Get your wife, her friends and their witness over there and get back to your ranch before I throw all your asses in the drunk tank”

“I’m the only one who’s drunk tho sir”

“Bo”

“Ok, alright we are going”

We all make our way to the door when Macy scream

“You’ll be sorry for this, my daddy isn’t gonna let this go”

The sheriff cuffs her as we exit the bar.Laila puts me on my truck and circles around to the driver seat and jumps in. She starts the truck up and then let out a huff of air. Everyone else had loaded up and left already, Laila looks around the truck and then looks back at the wheel.

“The R makes it go backwards, you just put your foot on that fat peddle and press down and then pull this little bar thing to get it to then R”

“Shut up Bo, I know how to drive I just never drove anything this big before”

“I know you know how to drive cause you been driving me crazy baby”

“Oh my God how drunk are you”

“Just a itty bitty bit why”

She rolls her eyes and puts the truck in reverse and pulls out of the parking spot and right into a yellow concrete poll.

“Oh s**t, I’m sorry I told you I wasn’t no good as this”

“Baby I don’t care”

“You will when you sober up”

“No I won’t, he’ll you can wreck all the cars, I don’t care about them I care about you baby, your my woman and I love you”

“I love you to Bo but you will be upset when you sober up, your drunk and sweet right now but I think I just killed the back end of your truck”

“I can get a new truck, can’t get a new Laila”

She rolls her eyes and puts the truck in drive and starts to drive us home, we are about five miles in total from the ranch so we make it back quickly. The second we are on my property I tell her to pull over, she does quickly. She throws the truck in park and starts fussing over me.

“Are you ok, are you going to be sick? What’s wrong”

I reach over the seat and pull her out of the driver seat and over the center divider and onto my lap

“Bo what are you doing”

“I’m kiss my perfect wife, then I’m gonna make love her right here right now so she knows how much I love her and want her and then she won’t be jealous no more”

“Your so drunk”

“Your so sexy”

I kiss her like the drunk fool I am and she laughs. I try to get her jeans unbutton but I can’t seem to get it done, she on the other hand has no problem getting out of her pants. I recline the seat back as far as it goes and flip us so she under me. I get my own pants down just far enough and I find my way into her.

“Oh baby you feel so good”

She doesn’t say anything she just pulls me down and into a kiss. Our tongues battle each other as the windows fog up, at some point Laila got us flipped around and she’s now on top of me, I sit up and kiss her again as we both c*m at the same time. When the fuzzy haze of s*x starts to fade a little I ask

“Is there anyway to make that s**t not work?”

“I don’t know, I don’t think so”

“s**t”

“Why”

“Cause I wanna get you knocked up really bad”

“What happen to us having fun together and it rushing it”

“f**k that I want you barefoot and pregnant now”

“Oh do you”

“Yes I want your belly big and round with my baby in it”

“I think your drunk”

“I think I want a family with my wife”

She rolls her eyes and starts to put her jeans back on. Once she is redressed she turns on the defrosters and the windows start to clear and she drives us back to our house. She gets me inside and parks me on the sofa and goes to the kitchen and starts a pot of coffee, I don’t remember anything after that.