Page 141 of Black Flag

I even did a littlecheer, as did Nancy and Emma when he stepped out, waving to the live audience,regarding them nervously.

“Thanks for joining ustoday, Jameson.” Dave shook hands with him.

Jameson smiled taking aseat next to him on the brown leather couch.

“Thank you for havingme,” he said reaching for the water next to him. I was happy to see that he wasfinally hydrating himself. I hadn’t seen him eat or drink anything lately.

“First off,congratulations on the win yesterday,”

“Thank you,” he noddedleaning against the back. His legs were spread slightly and I found my eyesdrawn there.

I’m pathetic!

He was once againdressed like a walking Simplex billboard with a gray t-shirt that had the redand black Simplex logo across the chest. He was wearing his dark indigo jeansthat I loved paired with his white and black Puma shoes. He completed thisinsanely attractive look with a white Simplex baseball hat, his mess of rustyloops sticking out the sides.

“So Jameson, I see thewin yesterday has put you into second position right behind your teammate BobbyCole. Does this cause any tension between you two?”

“No, not at all,”Jameson laughed lightly. “Bobby and I get along great. He’s the best teammate Icould ask for. Bobby Cole and I have very different racing styles but thedifferences seem to balance out the team well and provide us with advantages.Where he’s stronger on road courses and superspeedways, I’m strong on the shorttracks and cookie cutters.”

“It definitely seemslike that. Now what about Tate Harris in third behind you—any tension there?Come on kid,give me the dirt!”

Another laugh fromJameson as he shifted his weight on the couch, “No, we all get along great. Iactually had dinner with Tate the other night.” He told him. “He’s a greatmentor in the sport and I learn a lot from him.”

Dave laughed, as heknew Jameson wasn’t giving up anything. “So you got engaged, right? Cause I sawthat live. My wife actually gave me crap. Something about not being romanticenough for her,” Dave shot Jameson a glare.

We laughed, as didJameson. “Yeah, I got engaged.”

“Now tell me about thisgirl of yours, you two grew up together, right?” Dave always had a way withtrying to get personal information out of his guests but he’d never had Jamesonas a guest.

“I met Sway when I waseleven, so yeah, we grew up together.” Jameson nodded. I could tell he wastrying to give them the brief version, not the version where we got drunk,slept together and decided to be fuck buddies that ended up creating a littleflailing adorable spaz. “I think I just realized at some point how importantthe people who have stuck by me through it all are and I realized she was theone. So I asked to marry me.”

“So no dating...you just said marry me one day?”

Jameson laughed againat Dave’s attempt for details. “Yeah, somethinglikethat. I just thought hey, she seems to like me, why not ask her to marry me. SoI did.”

“Well aren’t you solucky?”

“Or maybe she’s lucky?”He smirked raising his eyebrows slightly. “I’m quite the catch you know.”

“So I’ve heard from thefemale fans here with all those screams.” Dave laughed as Jameson nodded hishead arrogantly provoking the female attendees. Anyone that knew Jameson; knewexactly what he was doing in this interview; he was using his humor to get outof answering anything personal. “And you’re going to be a dad in March, right?”

“I think you know moreabout my life then I do.” He arched an amused eyebrow toward Dave. “Did youGoogle me or something?” Leaning forward again, he took another slow drink ofwater, which also distracted me.

Was he trying to killme here?

“Yes, yes,” Davesmiled. “IGoogledyou...”

The rest of theinterview they talked about racing and ended with Dave pressuring Jameson toinvite him to the wedding, which Jameson responded with, “If youGoogledme, how come you didn’t find out that I already gotmarried the other day?” he flashed a sly smile as the female crowd inattendance all said “No” at the same time.

“Where’s your ring thenstud?”

“Well, I guess you gotme there.” Jameson laughed.

It was good to see himin high spirits and joking around there but I couldn’t wait for him to comeback. It seemed since the accident, I’d turned into attachment Barbie.

It took three weekstotal for me to be discharged from that hospital in Loudon New Hampshire.

Three.Miserable.Fucking.Weeks.

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