Chapter 236: No need to apologize
River POV
"Actually Randy I would like to dance with you as a thank you for your invite, when your able of course." I say taking Kraizen's arm and following him to the dance floor. Kraizen leans in after we turn the corner "Nice. He'll be here in a minute."
Kraizen and I start dancing a minute later Randy taps on his shoulder asking to cut in. Kraizen nods and heads over to where Jackson and Silvia are taking.
"Thank you for the invite Randy." I say taking his hand and placing the other on his shoulder as he wraps his creepy arm around my waist and he moves our hands to his chest.
"I didn't think your men would let you come. I don't think they like me much." He says with a little snicker in his voice.
"We don't really have the type of relationship where we have to ask each other's permission to do things. I just happened to be available and decided I would come, so again thank you for the invite." I say try not to be rude but he's kind of pissing me off.
"Sorry I didn't mean to offend you. I just wasn't sure how those kinds of relationships work." He says sweetly.
"That is why I always ask a lot of questions." I say laughing a little. "Like Randy do you often have dinner parties that end up with you dancing in your bare living room often?" I asked looking around.
He laughs at deep little laugh. His laugh almost makes him sound human. We talk about how he likes to throw parties cuz he gets lonely living in this big house by himself. He's some kind of stock guy that sounded kind of boring. I guess he takes people's money and moves it around to different stocks to make money. He talks more about himself then he asks me questions but that's fine that's what we're here for.
The song ends and I pull away from him "Thank you for the dance." I say "You're different when you're relaxed and not trying so hard." He kisses my hand and gives me a real smile which makes him a lot less creepy. If this is the Randy that I met in the beginning I think maybe we could have been friends. He's funny and it sounds like he likes to do a lot of adventurous things, like he said he's going bungee jumping next week. He says that's where he meets a lot of people and it's fun to get together and just catch up. Kraizen quickly comes back to my side when the dance ends.
"Want to go to the bar and grab a drink?" Kraizen asks putting his arm out for me to loop mine threw. He's been doing good all night remaining neutral not touching me anywhere that would set Randy off.
Kraizen looks around to make sure he's out of earshot as he leans closer and says "How awful was that?" He asks with a laugh.
"Honestly it wasn't that bad." I say still surprised wondering if a little bit of his true self slipped out or if that's a facade he's using to sweet talk me.
"Really? What did you guys talk about." He says.
"Nothing much he just told me about what he does for work and some of the things that he goes out and does like bungee jumping and skydiving where he meets people and then he has parties so everybody can meet each other and hang out I don't know." I say taking my shot and asking the bartender for another, this time I get a lemon drop.
"Hurry and take your shot my feet are killing me so let's go dance." I tell him pulling him to the dance floor.
He grabs my arms and puts them around his neck. As we start dancing he starts to run his fingers down one of my arms. I put my head on his chest as we move. I hear a little commotion over towards the dining area, as I start to turn my head Kraizen says quickly "Get ready to leave. Things might get a little bit weird just tried to go with anything I say the best you can.
"Where the fuck have you been?" A female voice says loudly and pretty drunk by the sound and look of her.
"Hi Liz, nice to see you again. This is my friend River." Kraizen says not looking at her or stopping our dance.
"River huh?" She says looking me up and down with a scuzzy look on her face.
"She don't look all that great to me." Liz says with a snort heading to the bar.
"Nice to meet you to." I yell out to her trying not to laugh. Kraizen laughs pulling me in closer.
"Randy's wife or girlfriend. Not sure how he's going to explain that so we'll just go with whatever or we can pretend that you didn't catch on." He explains quickly as Randy is storming up.
"Is everyone okay over here? I seen Liz come by and say something, she can be a real bitch. I do apologize for her."
"No need to apologize. I've had some shots and I'm feeling good so I didn't get everything your ex I'm assuming that's who she is, was trying to say." I say with fake smile. He laughs some "That's why I like you angel your not fazed by the weirdness." He says " I might have to be glued by her side to keep her calm. So please come say goodbye before you go."
"I will. Thank you Randy." I say putting my head back on Kraizen's chest.
"Okay last song then shots and shoes off." I say to him.
"Thank you for coming with me River." Kraizen says softly as he caresses my back with his fingers.
"You're welcome. Your my new best friend now, which means you never have to go alone to party's with free booze." I say laughing as I partially run to the small bar on the other side of the living room.
I take a few more shots laughing as I take my shoes off.
Randy walks up to us with that Liz girl on his arm "Kraizen, River this is my friend Liz." He introduces her to us.
"Okay apparently I'm just a friend. Nice to meet you both." She says finishing her drink in her hand.
"Oh dang I need a refill I'll be back friend." She says ramming her tongue down his throat making eye contact with me the whole time before she walks off. Oh sweetie I don't want your man. I don't know what she thought she was accomplishing but I'm pretty sure it wasn't me trying to reswallow the vial that's coming up from that disgusting display.
"We are heading out, again thank you for the invite." Kraizen says shaking Randy's hand.
He takes my hand and kisses it "Randy thank you, I actually had a better time then I thought I would." I say blushing when I realize that came out little mean.