A Pleasant Story
Chapter Thirteen
Don On the Prowl



Don Lothario wasn't happy, even though he was looking in the mirror at his favorite person. He'd been dumped by Dina, dissed by Kaylynn, and broken up with by Cassandra, all in the course of a few days. It's not that he really minded losing a woman because he usually had no trouble getting a new one--what he didn't like was being dumped. He wasn't used to being on the receiving end.



The only woman who hadn't dumped him lately was Nina Caliente. He decided to give her a call and see if she was still interested.

Nina seemed pleased to hear from him and invited him out for that night. "I'm going out on the town with some friends like Carla and Kaylynn, and . . ."

"Whoa," Don interrupted. "Kaylynn Langerak? Um, I probably shouldn't see her."

Nina laughed and told him it was a different Kaylynn--Kaylynn Spitzig.

"Besides, "she explained, "we call her Kaylie. Do you want to go or not? We're going to P.U.R.E. -- the place with the hot tubs."



Don was very pleased when they arrived at the nightclub; it had awesome spouting flame pots in the front! He liked flame pots.



Don was a little hungry, so he decided to have a snack before going into the club. He'd already observed that Nina's friends Carla and Kaylie were really gorgeous, and he planned to put the moves on them before the night was through.



But first, a little quality hot-tubbing with Nina!



It would have been more intimate if that strange man hadn't kept staring at them, and ignoring their hints to leave the hot tub to them, though!

Nina said, “I need to go freshen up. Back in a mo'!”



Don took the opportunity to climb out and scope the other women at the club. There were many lovely possibilities, but when he saw Kaylie climbing out of the hot tub in her swimsuit, he decided she was worthy of being his next target.



He went into his smooth-talking routine and Kaylie stared at him, open mouthed.



She turned on him angrily.

"What are you doing? I'm friends with Nina, and I know you've been seeing her. Do you think I'd go behind my friend's back?"



Don looked down dejectedly as Kaylie stomped away, then realized he hadn't flirted with Kaylie behind Nina's back--he'd flirted with her right in front of Nina's front!



He was suddenly confronted with an angry Nina.

"Don!" she snarled, "What is wrong with you?"




"Oh! Nina! I was just trying to make friends with her! I wasn't flirting."

Nina gave him a bit of smack and said, “Don't give me that crap! I know you too well!”



“Baby, believe me . . . “ Don tried.

Nina snorted. "Oh give it up! I know exactly who you are Don--don't pretend you're innocent. But sheesh--could you have a LITTLE self-control? You JUST climbed out of the hot tub with ME! You're such a scoundrel!"



Don put on his most innocent face and answered, in a sultry voice, "You like me because I'm a scoundrel!"

Nina just laughed at him.

"Look, Don, we have fun together. I was hoping we could go on having fun together. But you're hopeless! You need to grow up and learn a little self-control. Why don't you give me a call when you're ready to have a respectful affair."

She turned and went to leave the club.



Don checked her out and thought, “Boy, she sure knows how to make an exit!” Then he hung his head. He hadn't meant to upset Nina--she was a lot of fun and he really liked hanging out with her. They were compatible in so many ways, and they both loved romance.

He smiled fondly when he remembered that Nina had been his first kiss. He felt bad for treating her so poorly.

Don turned to leave, and then noticed Kaylie back in the hot tub, with Carla.

"Oh!" he said to himself, "so THAT'S why she didn't like me! It didn't have anything to do with her not wanting to betray Nina!"



Don got his clothes on, and went down to the bar to get a drink. He was suddenly confronted by an angry Mrs. Crumplebottom, yelling at him.

"I know what you've been up to! You don't fool me Don Lothario! You need to get your priorities straight and stop acting like every woman in the world is in love with you! You need to grow up!"

Don buried his face in his hands. Even the town scold thought he was hopeless.



Don went home sadly and slept sadly alone. He got up and went to work the next day, but was surprised by a mysterious encounter with a sherpa and his llama in the emergency room. When Don chose to ignore them in favor of flirting with a beautiful woman, it turned out she was the daughter of the hospital's director, who showed up just in time to fire him.

When he got home, he immediately started looking for available jobs on his computer. He couldn't find anything, and gave up searching when he got hungry.



He ordered some Chinese food and a pizza, and then waited outside for them to arrive. As he watched the pizza-delivery driver unload her cargo, he observed sadly, "I've GOT to find a good job--I don't want to end up like THAT!"




“But she's pretty hot,” he thought. He gave her his most charming smile as he paid for the pizza.




He ate some pizza and most of the Chinese food, trying to fill the hole he felt in his heart with food. It didn't seem to work; he still felt empty.




He thought he'd try working out–that usually cheered him up! But today, it just didn't do the trick.



He decided to go to the mall and buy some new clothes, an activity that usually made him feel good. As he reached the mall entrance, he had a feeling he was being followed and stopped and turned back. Standing there on the sidewalk was the strange man from the hot tub!



Had he been following him? Don entered the mall and wandered around a bit, then saw the man again, buying something at the electronics kiosk. “Oh, I'm just being paranoid!” he thought. “He was just here to buy something!”



But then, when Don went to browse the clothing racks, there he was again!



He was about to confront the man when he realized he didn't even have enough money to buy a pair of underwear!

He walked back home dejectedly, not noticing whether he was followed or not. He wandered over to his exercise machine, but it just held no allure.

He suddenly yelled, "WHAT AM I GOING TO DO! I AM NOT CUT OUT FOR BEING POOR! I NEED SIMOLEONS!"



Don flopped down on his sofa to take a nap. He was awakened by the arrival of the cleaning service, but noticed they'd sent a different maid. He guessed that Kaylynn was taking time off while she was pregnant. He didn't think they usually came at night, but no matter. His place really needed it!



He got up to greet the new guy and introduced himself.

"Hello Mr. Lothario," the man said, "I'm Samael Abbadon. I'll be taking over for your previous maid."

Don was a little disappointed that his new maid wasn't a gorgeous woman in a skimpy costume, but decided that it was more important to keep his love-trap clean.



Don sat down to finish off his Chinese food as Samael cleaned his house.



He then said to Don, "I heard you recently lost your job. I have a friend who needs a delivery person for some items shipped into Pleasantview and was wondering if you'd be interested?"




It didn't occur to Don to ask how this man knew he'd lost his job. He needed simoleons!

He jumped up and asked, "It's not delivering pizza, is it?"



Samael laughed.