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“Welcome back bro, I’m so glad you finally decided to take the job,” Robert said to his brother Justin.
Justin wasn’t happy to be back, it felt like a failure. This wasn’t what he’d imagined when he graduated from high school ten years ago. He’d been a high school hero and all the great colleges had offered him scholarship. Although college baseball had been a lot harder than High School baseball he’d still been successful enough to land a professional contract the minors after graduating. Now at 28, the team had decided that he was too old and had decided to give his spot to someone younger and more talented. He’d tried to get a contract somewhere else, but no one wanted to take a chance on a washed up 28 year old.
“Taking the job means I failed, but thanks anyway,” Justin said, knowing it wasn’t fair to his brother. It wasn’t Robert’s fault that he’d failed. It wasn’t anyone fault really, but it didn’t stop him from being bitter about it. Now he felt lost and he’d started drinking. He had some cash over from his career, but they would run at some point and the job his brother offered was better than anything else he could’ve hoped of landing.
Now he was back in his home town and he hated it. When he left people had looked at him with admiration, but now he was just a has-been. Everyone around him knew what they wanted with their lives, but he was lost. Playing baseball player had given him a purpose and an identity and now he didn’t know who he was anymore.
It’d been a month since he moved back and Justin was starting to settle in. Robert and his wife Lisa had helped him find a nice apartment and they had been there for him all the way. He knew they wanted him to be happy, but he wasn’t. It felt like his life had been on pause during his entire baseball career and he was now ten years behind everyone else. He missed the glory days and wondered if he’d ever be as happy as he was in high school.
He still went out a lot, but it didn’t feel the same as it’d been when it was all new. It had lost it novelty and he even though he got older the girls stayed the same age. He felt like he was slowly turning into an asshole and he didn’t like that change.
Justin had taken a few beers before making it to the party and he was late, but he didn’t care. He expected everyone to talk about their jobs and families and other things he had no interest in talking about. He hated that he wasn’t a baseball player anymore and he hated all the questions people asked. He needed to figure out his own life before could answer them.
“What kind of party is this anyway?” Justin asked his brother. He hadn’t expected it to be a full blown house party, but this didn’t seem like much of a party at all.
“It’s a dinner party, with our closest friends and their significant others.”
Before Justin got the chance to say just how much he hated dinner parties Lisa arrived to greet him.
“I’m so glad you could come, even though you are a bit late…” Lisa said and gave him a disapproving look. He liked that she always spoke her mind, but he could really live without some of her advice. She wanted well, but he didn’t want to listen to more harsh truths from her. He knew that he needed to get a grip on his life and he didn’t need someone else to tell him that. At least she was better than Robert who’d started treating him with silk gloves ever since he moved back. They both meant well and he trusted them with his life, but they still got on his nerves.
“There is someone here that we want you to meet, a very nice girl from work,” Lisa said waking him from his thought.
“What the fuck Robert, you know how much I hate blind dates,” Justin said and got an angry stare from Lisa. She gave Robert a look that told him to fix this and excused herself. Adding a blind to the mix really pushed him over the edge. He knew he shouldn’t be as upset as he was, but he’d been in a foul mode the entire day.
“It was too late to stop it when I found out I’m sorry, but she’s your type and you’ll love the way she looks,” Robert said.
“You could have told me before I got here.” Justin said.
“But then you wouldn’t have showed up, would you?”
“I’m not a complete failure you know. I’m still better at women than you ever will be.” Justin was still in great shape and he’d always gotten looks from women. It was the one area he didn’t need any help with. He could accept that they were helping him with his job and apartment, but he couldn’t accept that they thought he needed help finding women.
“Honey, dinner is starting now,” Lisa shouted from the dinner room.
“I can’t take it with everyone looking at me like I’m some kind of charity case. I’m not Robert, I’m not a charity case and I don’t want anyone to think that. Please tell me we’re not the only singles here.”
“No one thinks you’re a charity case. We just want what’s best for you and you know Lisa loves you just as much as I do. You two are the only two who aren’t a couple here, but Lisa thought you would connect. We love you and we want you to stay, it would mean the world to us, this will be the only time I promise.”
He hated how his brother played on his feelings of guilt, but it worked. It didn’t stop him from being mad at them.
“Fine I’ll stay,” Justin finally said giving into his brother’s wish.
“And give her give her chance too Justin. You two might hit it off and it’s the least you could do after I got you a job.”
Justin hated his brother for playing that card. Part of the reason he accepted the job was for his brother’s sake. He hated being the less successful brother and it was something he still was adapting to. Hearing Robert reminding him of it pissed him of even further. They didn’t know how hard it’d been for him to accept the job and he’ll be damned if he was going to let them use it against him. Part of him still wanted to run away and everything behind him, but he he had to grove up someday.
“I took the job for your sake too, don’t forget that.”
“I understand that you’re angry, but try not to take it out on your date. It wouldn’t be fair.” Robert tried to calm his brother down.
Justin hadn’t planned on taking it out on the girl, but after hearing his brother beg him not to. It made him want to do just that. Taking it out on her would certainly teach Robert and Lisa a valuable lesson and it would more or less ensure that he wouldn’t have to worry about another blind date ever again. He smiled as the plan formed in his mind. He would take it out on his date and there was nothing his brother could do about it. The worst thing that could happen was that they stopped inviting him to their stupid dinner parties. His brother would never fire him for something like this. He was too considerate to something like that, especially if thought he was partly responsible for it.
“So where is this girl you’ve been talking about? I can’t wait to see her,” Justin said smiling at his brother and who started to look a bit uncomfortable.
“I’ll introduce you, but I know that look and I beg you please don’t do anything stupid,” Robert said, but Justin had made up his mind.
He followed his brother into the dining hall. Everyone was already sitting at their place and they seemed to know each other really well. He looked over to the end of the table and saw the person who had to be his date. She was stunning and he could tell that she knew it too. People had probably told her how beautiful she was her entire life. She had a bored look on her face and it looked like she wasn’t any more interested in this blind date than he was.
“Megan this is my brother Justin, Justin this is Megan,” Robert said introducing them to each other.
Megan barely managed to get up to greet him and did nothing to hide her discontent. He wondered why she’d even agreed to show up if that was how she felt. Justin hadn’t planned on giving her a fair chance, but it still bothered him. He was used to women giving him looks, but Megan didn’t even bother giving him more than a glance. He’d always been able to rely on his good look to get the interest of women and being a ballplayer hadn’t hurt either, but he didn’t play baseball anymore and his good looks wasn’t going to last forever either. Still he was going to fuck this date up.
“You seem like a bitch,” he whispered in her ear as he greeted her with a hug. “Nice to meet you,” Justin continued this time loud enough for his brother to hear and he began to wonder if he was actually going to enjoy this evening as he gave his date his best smile.
Justin wasn’t happy to be back, it felt like a failure. This wasn’t what he’d imagined when he graduated from high school ten years ago. He’d been a high school hero and all the great colleges had offered him scholarship. Although college baseball had been a lot harder than High School baseball he’d still been successful enough to land a professional contract the minors after graduating. Now at 28, the team had decided that he was too old and had decided to give his spot to someone younger and more talented. He’d tried to get a contract somewhere else, but no one wanted to take a chance on a washed up 28 year old.
“Taking the job means I failed, but thanks anyway,” Justin said, knowing it wasn’t fair to his brother. It wasn’t Robert’s fault that he’d failed. It wasn’t anyone fault really, but it didn’t stop him from being bitter about it. Now he felt lost and he’d started drinking. He had some cash over from his career, but they would run at some point and the job his brother offered was better than anything else he could’ve hoped of landing.
Now he was back in his home town and he hated it. When he left people had looked at him with admiration, but now he was just a has-been. Everyone around him knew what they wanted with their lives, but he was lost. Playing baseball player had given him a purpose and an identity and now he didn’t know who he was anymore.
It’d been a month since he moved back and Justin was starting to settle in. Robert and his wife Lisa had helped him find a nice apartment and they had been there for him all the way. He knew they wanted him to be happy, but he wasn’t. It felt like his life had been on pause during his entire baseball career and he was now ten years behind everyone else. He missed the glory days and wondered if he’d ever be as happy as he was in high school.
He still went out a lot, but it didn’t feel the same as it’d been when it was all new. It had lost it novelty and he even though he got older the girls stayed the same age. He felt like he was slowly turning into an asshole and he didn’t like that change.
Justin had taken a few beers before making it to the party and he was late, but he didn’t care. He expected everyone to talk about their jobs and families and other things he had no interest in talking about. He hated that he wasn’t a baseball player anymore and he hated all the questions people asked. He needed to figure out his own life before could answer them.
“What kind of party is this anyway?” Justin asked his brother. He hadn’t expected it to be a full blown house party, but this didn’t seem like much of a party at all.
“It’s a dinner party, with our closest friends and their significant others.”
Before Justin got the chance to say just how much he hated dinner parties Lisa arrived to greet him.
“I’m so glad you could come, even though you are a bit late…” Lisa said and gave him a disapproving look. He liked that she always spoke her mind, but he could really live without some of her advice. She wanted well, but he didn’t want to listen to more harsh truths from her. He knew that he needed to get a grip on his life and he didn’t need someone else to tell him that. At least she was better than Robert who’d started treating him with silk gloves ever since he moved back. They both meant well and he trusted them with his life, but they still got on his nerves.
“There is someone here that we want you to meet, a very nice girl from work,” Lisa said waking him from his thought.
“What the fuck Robert, you know how much I hate blind dates,” Justin said and got an angry stare from Lisa. She gave Robert a look that told him to fix this and excused herself. Adding a blind to the mix really pushed him over the edge. He knew he shouldn’t be as upset as he was, but he’d been in a foul mode the entire day.
“It was too late to stop it when I found out I’m sorry, but she’s your type and you’ll love the way she looks,” Robert said.
“You could have told me before I got here.” Justin said.
“But then you wouldn’t have showed up, would you?”
“I’m not a complete failure you know. I’m still better at women than you ever will be.” Justin was still in great shape and he’d always gotten looks from women. It was the one area he didn’t need any help with. He could accept that they were helping him with his job and apartment, but he couldn’t accept that they thought he needed help finding women.
“Honey, dinner is starting now,” Lisa shouted from the dinner room.
“I can’t take it with everyone looking at me like I’m some kind of charity case. I’m not Robert, I’m not a charity case and I don’t want anyone to think that. Please tell me we’re not the only singles here.”
“No one thinks you’re a charity case. We just want what’s best for you and you know Lisa loves you just as much as I do. You two are the only two who aren’t a couple here, but Lisa thought you would connect. We love you and we want you to stay, it would mean the world to us, this will be the only time I promise.”
He hated how his brother played on his feelings of guilt, but it worked. It didn’t stop him from being mad at them.
“Fine I’ll stay,” Justin finally said giving into his brother’s wish.
“And give her give her chance too Justin. You two might hit it off and it’s the least you could do after I got you a job.”
Justin hated his brother for playing that card. Part of the reason he accepted the job was for his brother’s sake. He hated being the less successful brother and it was something he still was adapting to. Hearing Robert reminding him of it pissed him of even further. They didn’t know how hard it’d been for him to accept the job and he’ll be damned if he was going to let them use it against him. Part of him still wanted to run away and everything behind him, but he he had to grove up someday.
“I took the job for your sake too, don’t forget that.”
“I understand that you’re angry, but try not to take it out on your date. It wouldn’t be fair.” Robert tried to calm his brother down.
Justin hadn’t planned on taking it out on the girl, but after hearing his brother beg him not to. It made him want to do just that. Taking it out on her would certainly teach Robert and Lisa a valuable lesson and it would more or less ensure that he wouldn’t have to worry about another blind date ever again. He smiled as the plan formed in his mind. He would take it out on his date and there was nothing his brother could do about it. The worst thing that could happen was that they stopped inviting him to their stupid dinner parties. His brother would never fire him for something like this. He was too considerate to something like that, especially if thought he was partly responsible for it.
“So where is this girl you’ve been talking about? I can’t wait to see her,” Justin said smiling at his brother and who started to look a bit uncomfortable.
“I’ll introduce you, but I know that look and I beg you please don’t do anything stupid,” Robert said, but Justin had made up his mind.
He followed his brother into the dining hall. Everyone was already sitting at their place and they seemed to know each other really well. He looked over to the end of the table and saw the person who had to be his date. She was stunning and he could tell that she knew it too. People had probably told her how beautiful she was her entire life. She had a bored look on her face and it looked like she wasn’t any more interested in this blind date than he was.
“Megan this is my brother Justin, Justin this is Megan,” Robert said introducing them to each other.
Megan barely managed to get up to greet him and did nothing to hide her discontent. He wondered why she’d even agreed to show up if that was how she felt. Justin hadn’t planned on giving her a fair chance, but it still bothered him. He was used to women giving him looks, but Megan didn’t even bother giving him more than a glance. He’d always been able to rely on his good look to get the interest of women and being a ballplayer hadn’t hurt either, but he didn’t play baseball anymore and his good looks wasn’t going to last forever either. Still he was going to fuck this date up.
“You seem like a bitch,” he whispered in her ear as he greeted her with a hug. “Nice to meet you,” Justin continued this time loud enough for his brother to hear and he began to wonder if he was actually going to enjoy this evening as he gave his date his best smile.
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