I'm Your Fool [Jeph Howard] |.008|

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"And that would be?" I asked.

He sighed before answering.

"Well, I'm... In a band. We're here this week on tour." I just stared at him and didn't speak.

I was waiting for him to finish, to tell me more.

"You remember when we were having dinner the other night and I was all of a sudden in a hurry to leave?"

"Yeah," I said slowly, still waiting for more information.

"Well, I was running late for sound check before one of our shows."

"Okay," I said startled. Not, worried like I'm sure he thought I might be. I mean, that was probably why he had avoided the subject for as long as he could.

"You see," He stared to say, throwing his hands in the air.

"This is why I didn't want to tell you. Girls always act weird when I tell them that. Next thing, you'll be avoiding my phone calls because I just ruined a great thing when I decided to tell you that. I knew I should have lied." He said frustrated.

"Jeph, please. You think that freaks me out in any way? You're crazy. That's amazing, to say the least. And any girl who avoided your calls because you told them that, has got to be in a mental institute by now. If that's even true. I hardly believe that you have a hard time meeting girls. You're probably the greatest guy I've ever met. I mean, you're so incredible." God, how I hoped telling him that wouldn't be used against me somewhere down the road like it seemed to have been before.

"Seriously?" He asked, looking stunned. "You mean, you're not freaked out in the least?"

"Not at all. Do you know how cool that is? It's awesome. I'm happy for you, that you get to spend your life doing that. Do you like it?"

"I love it, and that's the only way I can truly think to describe it in words." He flashed me a big grin.

"Well, even better. You get to spend your life doing what you love. I can't believe anyone would think differently of you because of that." I just kind of nodded my head as I said that, trying to push the fact that it didn't bother me a little deeper into his brain.

I sat there for a minute before a question popped in my head that I just had to ask. I was so stuck in my own head, that I didn't even hear what he was saying, and I certainly didn't notice I had interrupted until after I got it out.

"OH! Big question! What band are you in?" I think I started hopping in my seat and I probably looked like a five year old. That was how I tended to handle things when I got over excited.

He scratched the back of his neck. "Uh, The Used... You've probably never heard of us we're not that b--"

"Not that big?! The Used?! Are you joking?!"

"Uhm, no. Are you a fan?" He asked laughing.

"Yeah, well, no I mean, I don't exactly go searching for your music, but when I hear it on the radio I love it. And I don't know what you mean by 'we're not that big, that's such an understatement." I said, trying to sound like him when I quoted him.

I knew I was acting a little over excited, so I tried my hardest to tone it down. I'm not sure why I even got so excited. I mean, I liked their music, but they weren't my favorite. Maybe it was just the fact that I was pretty much in the presence of a celebrity and I was so stupid, I didnt know it until he told me.

"God, I feel like an idiot for not knowing." I said out of nowhere.

"Don't feel like an idiot. You're too cute to be an idiot." He said winking and flashing me the grin I was really starting to love.

"Okay, well I hope I didn't freak you out with the crazy antics."

"I don't think you could ever freak me out."

"Well that makes me happy."

"And that makes me happy." And yet again that smile appeared on his face. That smile I was pretty sure would be the end of me.

Just take me by the hand, we're close to the edge.


I decided to post a picture of Zeldie, because I didn't mention her in this update. ;[
But you can still see Jeph's beautiful arm. :]]
Jeebus, that dog is cute. Almost as cute as my dachsund. :]]