9781618850638IfOnlyYouKnewBergman by Unknown

IF ONLY YOU KNEW
    Jamallah Bergman
    Copyright © 2011
     
    Chapter One
     
     
     
    “All I know is this, Superman can
beat Batman any day of the week!”
    I had to do a double take when he
said it because of all the stupid things to say that had to be the most stupid
of them all.
    “Have you gone mental man?”
    “Listen, the only reason you’re looking
at me like that is because of the simple fact that you know it’s true,” he said,
tipping his beer bottle then slowly coming back at me with that notorious smile
of his.
    This was one of many nights where we
would go to a bar with a couple of friends, or just us two, and we would talk
about the stupidest shit that anyone ever thought of.
    Tonight’s topic of discussion was
Cartoons and Comic Book Characters.
    “Don’t you know that Superman has a
weakness? Batman doesn’t have any weakness whatsoever, you nut!” I told him
while our friend Andrew came back to the table.
    “What did he say now?”
    “He said that Superman can beat
Batman.”
    Andrew started laughing as he sat
down next to Marie, “Come on, Marley, now you know better than anyone that it’s
Spiderman who could beat Superman. Batman has a weakness and that is his
identity. If anyone was to find out that he was Bruce Wayne, then the whole
concept of him being Batman would be null and void.”
    That’s when he started to laugh,
something that I always seemed to enjoy. He had a hearty laugh that seemed to
fill my stomach and make me just as full of laughter as he was. I don’t think I
had ever heard a laugh like his before and really, truly I hoped I never would.
    “Alright, alright, I have an
announcement to make. I didn’t want to say anything until I thought it was the
right time, but I think that it’s a good time now,” said Richard as he got up
from his chair.
    I looked up at him and that’s when he
looked down at me with those steely green-gray eyes. Yeah, I said it, green-gray.
Not blue-green or green-blue but I called them green-gray because when he was
happy that’s what color they were, but when he got mad or upset, they turned
gray like steel. I don’t think I have ever seen a color like that before.
    God, I could spend eternity looking
into those eyes.
    “Well, for some time now, I haven’t
been around you guys like I use to be; actually, this is like the first in a
couple of months since we have all been out together. The reason for that is
because, well, I’ve been seeing someone special.” Richard smiled.
    “So when are we going to meet this ‘girl’
of yours Rich?” Marie smirked, sipping her mixed drink as she elbowed my side.
    “She’s supposed to be on her way. I
told her I wanted you guys to meet because I talk about you all the time. She
is amazing and hot man, I swear to you, she is awesome as hell. You’re going to
like her, I promise,” he said.
    I could feel a pit slowly forming
deep within my stomach, yeah that’s what it was, a bottomless pit. God, why do
I have to put myself through this mess every single time he tells us that he’s
found another woman?
    “I told her a lot about you too,
Marley. Hell, she’s just excited about meeting all of you guys.”
    Well that’s just great, not only is
this woman happy to meet his friends, she’s excited about meeting me…hooray for
me!
    “So where did you meet her?” I asked,
downing my drink in one big gulp.
    “She came to my studio wanting some
shots done for her portfolio, and Bobby Packard told her to come to me. So, we
did some shots, she loved them, and I asked her if she wanted to go out for
lunch or something. She said ‘sure’ and well, it’s been a little slice of
heaven since.”
    “Well as long as you’re happy.” I
said. Smiling my “oh I am so happy for you even though I can’t wait to meet her”
smile.
    “Richard!” shouted a woman from the
direction of the front door.
    I didn’t want to look in that
direction, God only knew what I would see if I looked that way. If I did