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- Story Listed as: Fiction For Adults
- Theme: Drama / Human Interest
- Subject: Love / Romance / Dating
- Published: 05/16/2022
Aimlessly Ailing Allen Julius
Born 1973, M, from Ocoee, Florida, United StatesTall and slender with poor posture stood Allen Julius Junior. Never athletic or health conscious, his frame held little muscle tone, only pale skin over brittle bones. A large, pointed nose, bushy brown mustache and black horned rimmed glasses adorned his oddly shaped face. From his oral cavity spewed the foulest odor, the combination of poor oral hygiene and dehydration. Words of deceit and manipulation preceded the ill olfactory sensation of his heated breath to the dismay of whom ever he spoke to. As an adolescent he was never very popular with the opposite sex. A withdrawn introvert he became suffering from a severe lack of self-esteem. He thought himself unworthy of companionship and would never find love... until it found him.
A fixer was young Karen always gravitating to the runt of the litter. She was drawn to young AJ's shyness and uncertainty. He was nonthreatening and unassuming, the perfect blob of clay to mold and shape. Coworkers, fast friends they became, Karen led the way. She had to pursue him because he had no confidence to ask a girl out. That was just the reason she liked him. If he had pursued her, he would have been rebuffed. His romantic ineptness was the draw for kindly controlling Karen. Two years later they were married, two weeks after that a baby girl was born.
The couple earned their living in the hospitality industry, servers in restaurants. The job helped Allen Julius to come out of his shell and being married to Karen offered him confidence and self worth. Late nights on their feet often led to late nights at a local watering hole or coworker's home drinking the shift's pains away. Party hard, party long, party done. The birth of their daughter rescued Karen from the party but AJ lived and worked for it. A wandering eye he developed, after hours engaged in the party. AJ was learning to be the aggressor when pursuing passion.
Portly females with loose morals, lacking in self esteem and lowered inhibitions from the consumption of drugs and alcohol offered AJ partners in debauchery. Karen didn't stand for his dawdling dalliances for very long. Gossip traveled quickly through the restaurant and Karen quickly learned of any and every one of AJ's transgressions. She forgave him twice but the third earned him divorce papers and a speedy separation. A heartbroken Allen Julius retreated into a bottle and other substances. The party was beginning to consume him. He once worked to secure a better life and future for his young family. Now he worked to secure the favors for the party so that he could get favors from his female coworkers. AJ despite being more confident than he was as an awkward teen was still a very odd looking fellow. He couldn't pick up a chick at a club or bar but if they worked together he had days and weeks to wear them down. AJ had no problem plying them with treats so that he might trick.
Irresponsible behavior with his finances led to AJ suffering loss, repossession and eviction. Never suffering for a lack of transportation to and from work because AJ was always holding. Who didn't want to drive the guy who held the party? When he lost his lodging things got a bit tougher, the party didn't solve everything. At rock bottom, he returned to Karen's door step with his tail between his legs. Precipitation fell from the Florida sky as tears fell from his eye, what an ugly cry. There he was again the lost little puppy that Karen loved. No longer filled with arrogant hubris he was once again vulnerable and down right pitiful. Housing she offered him, his bed the couch. Eventually he worked his way into the bedroom. When the tears dried up, the party took over once again, placing his reconciliation in jeopardy. After six months of infantile infidelity, Karen removed AJ from her home.
Bags and belongings on the curb he found after a lengthy night of the party. Being numb helped to ease the pain of his latest loss. Loading his few possessions into the trunk of his latest tryst's car it dawned on him what a mess he had made of his life. The thought quickly dissipated as he inhaled another bump. Couch surfing once again, he paid his fair with party favors. Living shift to shift, check to check suited Allen Julius just fine. He didn't mind at all just as long as he had the party and some soft honey to dip into, no matter how thick.
Unfortunately for Karen, AJ left her with a few things before he departed her home. She realized first that she was pregnant and secondly that she had contracted a sexually transmitted disease from him. HPV left her with genital warts and the possiblity of cervical cancer in the future. He took no responsibility, questioning his fatherhood and where she may have contracted the disease from. An infuriated Karen felt disgusted that she allowed her ugly little ex to come along and ruin her life. AJ just moved along to dealing with his chubby coworker and renting a room from his reluctant auntie. She felt obligated to assist her deceased brother's son.
AJ dubbed his chubby concubine his best friend to avoid having to claim her as his girlfriend. She found their time together more meaningful and their relationship more serious. AJ's pursuit of sexual conquest was beginning to cause a problem in the workplace. Outburst, arguments and unprofessional behavior were the results of lies, the party and fornication. Management grew tired of the disruptions in the restaurant; the workplace was becoming toxic. Both employees were written up and transferred to separate stores. The “best friends” were no more but AJ couldn't resist returning to his old stomping grounds. Before he started at his new store, AJ decided to stop in for dinner and visit some of his ex-coworkers. Inebriated, he sat in a booth trying to strike up conversation with every server that passed by him.
“Hey Natalie. How's it going?”
The cheerful twenty year old stopped to say hello and inquire about how AJ was holding up.
“It's kind of slow tonight. How are things with you?”
AJ slurred his response and Natalie showed genuine concern. Then, without warning, AJ leaned in and quickly kissed the young lady on her lips. Instantly repulsed she wiped her mouth, stood and marched off. The act was witnessed by another employee who spoke with Natalie in the “back of the house”. She expressed how upset she was at what happened but pulled herself together and finished her shift. She did not go by AJ's table again.
Days later Natalie was still shaken. The incident quickly escaped Allen Julius' pickled brain. The witness coworker explained to AJ his transgression and he, now sober, was quite embarrassed. He attempted to speak with Natalie on the phone but she wouldn't answer his calls. He left messages of apology and contrition but the damage had been done. Word traveled quickly around the restaurant as it always did and the Managing Partner got wind of the incident. He insisted on getting written statements and and issuing them to the human resources department. It would have been irresponsible of him not to. The report coupled with previous write ups led to AJ's termination.
The party was over and the employment that brought him esteem, female companionship and funding for the party was done. He now found himself on Auntie's couch, broke with a new child support case opened up against him and no woman to comfort him.
Disillusioned degenerate now dumbfounded that the steamy nights of the party were done. Dastardly Deadbeat dad he had become while having so much fun on the run. Ironically, the things he thought brought him pleasure actually offered the most pain. Aimlessly Ailing AJ, risked all that he had with so very little to gain.
Aimlessly Ailing Allen Julius(Cam Rascoe)
Tall and slender with poor posture stood Allen Julius Junior. Never athletic or health conscious, his frame held little muscle tone, only pale skin over brittle bones. A large, pointed nose, bushy brown mustache and black horned rimmed glasses adorned his oddly shaped face. From his oral cavity spewed the foulest odor, the combination of poor oral hygiene and dehydration. Words of deceit and manipulation preceded the ill olfactory sensation of his heated breath to the dismay of whom ever he spoke to. As an adolescent he was never very popular with the opposite sex. A withdrawn introvert he became suffering from a severe lack of self-esteem. He thought himself unworthy of companionship and would never find love... until it found him.
A fixer was young Karen always gravitating to the runt of the litter. She was drawn to young AJ's shyness and uncertainty. He was nonthreatening and unassuming, the perfect blob of clay to mold and shape. Coworkers, fast friends they became, Karen led the way. She had to pursue him because he had no confidence to ask a girl out. That was just the reason she liked him. If he had pursued her, he would have been rebuffed. His romantic ineptness was the draw for kindly controlling Karen. Two years later they were married, two weeks after that a baby girl was born.
The couple earned their living in the hospitality industry, servers in restaurants. The job helped Allen Julius to come out of his shell and being married to Karen offered him confidence and self worth. Late nights on their feet often led to late nights at a local watering hole or coworker's home drinking the shift's pains away. Party hard, party long, party done. The birth of their daughter rescued Karen from the party but AJ lived and worked for it. A wandering eye he developed, after hours engaged in the party. AJ was learning to be the aggressor when pursuing passion.
Portly females with loose morals, lacking in self esteem and lowered inhibitions from the consumption of drugs and alcohol offered AJ partners in debauchery. Karen didn't stand for his dawdling dalliances for very long. Gossip traveled quickly through the restaurant and Karen quickly learned of any and every one of AJ's transgressions. She forgave him twice but the third earned him divorce papers and a speedy separation. A heartbroken Allen Julius retreated into a bottle and other substances. The party was beginning to consume him. He once worked to secure a better life and future for his young family. Now he worked to secure the favors for the party so that he could get favors from his female coworkers. AJ despite being more confident than he was as an awkward teen was still a very odd looking fellow. He couldn't pick up a chick at a club or bar but if they worked together he had days and weeks to wear them down. AJ had no problem plying them with treats so that he might trick.
Irresponsible behavior with his finances led to AJ suffering loss, repossession and eviction. Never suffering for a lack of transportation to and from work because AJ was always holding. Who didn't want to drive the guy who held the party? When he lost his lodging things got a bit tougher, the party didn't solve everything. At rock bottom, he returned to Karen's door step with his tail between his legs. Precipitation fell from the Florida sky as tears fell from his eye, what an ugly cry. There he was again the lost little puppy that Karen loved. No longer filled with arrogant hubris he was once again vulnerable and down right pitiful. Housing she offered him, his bed the couch. Eventually he worked his way into the bedroom. When the tears dried up, the party took over once again, placing his reconciliation in jeopardy. After six months of infantile infidelity, Karen removed AJ from her home.
Bags and belongings on the curb he found after a lengthy night of the party. Being numb helped to ease the pain of his latest loss. Loading his few possessions into the trunk of his latest tryst's car it dawned on him what a mess he had made of his life. The thought quickly dissipated as he inhaled another bump. Couch surfing once again, he paid his fair with party favors. Living shift to shift, check to check suited Allen Julius just fine. He didn't mind at all just as long as he had the party and some soft honey to dip into, no matter how thick.
Unfortunately for Karen, AJ left her with a few things before he departed her home. She realized first that she was pregnant and secondly that she had contracted a sexually transmitted disease from him. HPV left her with genital warts and the possiblity of cervical cancer in the future. He took no responsibility, questioning his fatherhood and where she may have contracted the disease from. An infuriated Karen felt disgusted that she allowed her ugly little ex to come along and ruin her life. AJ just moved along to dealing with his chubby coworker and renting a room from his reluctant auntie. She felt obligated to assist her deceased brother's son.
AJ dubbed his chubby concubine his best friend to avoid having to claim her as his girlfriend. She found their time together more meaningful and their relationship more serious. AJ's pursuit of sexual conquest was beginning to cause a problem in the workplace. Outburst, arguments and unprofessional behavior were the results of lies, the party and fornication. Management grew tired of the disruptions in the restaurant; the workplace was becoming toxic. Both employees were written up and transferred to separate stores. The “best friends” were no more but AJ couldn't resist returning to his old stomping grounds. Before he started at his new store, AJ decided to stop in for dinner and visit some of his ex-coworkers. Inebriated, he sat in a booth trying to strike up conversation with every server that passed by him.
“Hey Natalie. How's it going?”
The cheerful twenty year old stopped to say hello and inquire about how AJ was holding up.
“It's kind of slow tonight. How are things with you?”
AJ slurred his response and Natalie showed genuine concern. Then, without warning, AJ leaned in and quickly kissed the young lady on her lips. Instantly repulsed she wiped her mouth, stood and marched off. The act was witnessed by another employee who spoke with Natalie in the “back of the house”. She expressed how upset she was at what happened but pulled herself together and finished her shift. She did not go by AJ's table again.
Days later Natalie was still shaken. The incident quickly escaped Allen Julius' pickled brain. The witness coworker explained to AJ his transgression and he, now sober, was quite embarrassed. He attempted to speak with Natalie on the phone but she wouldn't answer his calls. He left messages of apology and contrition but the damage had been done. Word traveled quickly around the restaurant as it always did and the Managing Partner got wind of the incident. He insisted on getting written statements and and issuing them to the human resources department. It would have been irresponsible of him not to. The report coupled with previous write ups led to AJ's termination.
The party was over and the employment that brought him esteem, female companionship and funding for the party was done. He now found himself on Auntie's couch, broke with a new child support case opened up against him and no woman to comfort him.
Disillusioned degenerate now dumbfounded that the steamy nights of the party were done. Dastardly Deadbeat dad he had become while having so much fun on the run. Ironically, the things he thought brought him pleasure actually offered the most pain. Aimlessly Ailing AJ, risked all that he had with so very little to gain.
Lillian Kazmierczak
05/25/2022That was a story of repeated bad choices, and not just AJ's! That was a food for thought read.Written well and enjoyable. Congratulations on short story star of the day.
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Cam Rascoe
06/09/2022Thank you and yes, bad choices were made by all. I want my young ladies to beware of the AJs of the world.
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Shirley Smothers
05/25/2022Good story. Sad that this is often too true in real life. The ugliness was not in AJ's face, but in his heart.
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JD
05/24/2022Not a pretty portrait you have painted of this character, but definitely a cautionary tale for the wise to ponder. Thanks, Cam. Happy short story STAR of the day.
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Cam Rascoe
06/09/2022I greatly appreciate the honor. Thank you so very much. Cautionary indeed, we should all be careful to not lose our love while longing for lust.
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