Midnight Movie: A Novel (13 page)

Read Midnight Movie: A Novel Online

Authors: Tobe Hooper Alan Goldsher

 

 

 
JANINE DALTREY:

Right after we established ourselves as a couple, Dave became this wishy-washy, indecisive guy. It was always,
I love you, I hate you, I love you, I hate you
. Our relationship was defined by blowout arguments and awesome makeup sex. But that’s not a relationship, now, is it? For a while, I thought it was. But that was when I was a freshman, and I didn’t know any better.

So naturally we broke up and got back together I-don’t-know-how-many times. It was always casual, so the breakups went down when we met somebody else, and the reunions happened when we were lonely. When he started calling me, I wasn’t lonely, and when his calls became more frequent and more desperate, I started screening them. I wasn’t seeing anybody, but I wasn’t lonely.

On the night of April 13, like around eleven thirty, I’m in my jammies, brushing my teeth, face covered in this blue exfoliating cream, ready to crash, and my doorbell rings. We have a security camera by the front door, so I checked out the monitor, and there’s Dave, looking wasted. I said, “What’re you doing here, David?”

He whined, “I miss you, Janine. Like soooooo much.” He tended to get needy when he was really drunk.

I told him, “I’m about to get into bed.”

He said, “Perfect timing!”

I said, “Not really. Why don’t you go home and sleep it off? How did you get here?”

He said, “I walked.” Still whiny.

I said, “I’ll call you a cab.”

He said, “That’s really nice of you. Can you come down and wait with me?”

I said, “Dave, it’s almost midnight. I’ve got my face shit on.”

He said, “Wipe it off and keep me company. I don’t feel good. My stomach hurts.”

He sounded like a five-year-old crying for his mommy. I’m such a sap that I said, “I’ll be down in a sec.” I called him a taxi, rinsed off most of the exfoliating crap—I missed a bunch of it, because I was in a rush to get down there, then get back up again—and met him on the front doorstep.

Dave’s a good-looking guy, but that night, not so much. He had that I’m-drunk-as-shit pink complexion—a regular thing for him when he gets his drink on; he’s part-Irish—but it was way worse than usual. I could tell his eyes were bloodshot, even in the dark. His long black hair was all stringy and dirty, like he hadn’t washed it in a while. I told him, “Sweetie, no offense, but you’re a mess.”

He gave me this weird smile, opened up his arms, and said, “You’re so pretty, Janine. Gimme a hug.”

A hug was not that big of a deal. I could handle that, no matter how sweaty or smelly he was—and he was really smelly, like he had booze and bologna sweat leaking from his pores. I put my arms around his waist, and he started squeezing me.
Hard
. Like so hard that I had trouble breathing and talking.

I kind of hit him on the back and managed to gasp out, “You’re hurting me, David. Let go.”

He said, “You hurt me, Janine.” He pulled me into him even tighter.

I said, “How … did … I … hurt … you?” I was getting light-headed from the loss of air and nauseated from his stench.

He said, “That night at the movie.”
Squeeze
. “That stupid zombie slasher movie.”
Squeeze
. “You looked so good.”
Squeeze
. “And you were talking with that writer guy.”
Squeeze
. “And that hurt.”

I started pounding him on his back and said, “Jesus … Christ … let … me … go …” It felt like I was going to black out. He gave me one last squeeze, then let me go, then reached out and pinched my nipples
hard
, something that, in the right
context, I thoroughly enjoyed. This was as far from the right fucking context as you could get.

He said, “You looked so good. You had on that short black skirt that I like so much, and that cute little red T-shirt, and those sandal heels, and all I wanted to do was hug you, and kiss you, and you wouldn’t even come inside the bar.” Then—and this is something that I never imagined I’d ever see—David Cranford started crying.

Of course my stupid nurturing instinct kicked in, and despite his obnoxious late visit, and despite the hug that almost broke my ribs, and despite the fucked-up nipple pinch, I wanted to make him feel better. I put my hand on his arm and said, “David, I’m sorry. I never meant to—”

Before I could say “—hurt you,” he took my hand and put it on his crotch. His dick was hard, but, like,
scary
hard. It had been a while, but I totally remembered how big he was. Still, this felt noticeably bigger. He ground my hand into his dick and said, “Squeeze it. Squeeze it
hard
. Squeeze it as hard as I was squeezing you.”

I tried to take my hand back, but he held it even tighter and pushed it even closer. I kind of started crying and said, “Stop it, Dave. Let me go.”

He softened, then loosened his grip, got down on his knees, and said, “Oh my God, I’m so sorry, baby. I didn’t want you to cry. I just wanted a hug and a hand job.” Then he grabbed me around the waist—gently, mind you—and buried his face in between my thighs.

I was so stunned that I couldn’t move; for that matter, I couldn’t even think. We stayed like that for probably a couple of minutes, both of us crying. A few people walked by, but none of them stopped; I’m sure that from the outside, it looked like we’d just had a fight and were in the process of making up. Finally, the
cab showed up. I told Dave, “Listen, your ride’s here. Go home and we’ll talk about this tomorrow. We’ll go to the park.”

He looked up at me with these pathetic goo-goo eyes and said, “You promise?”

I said, “I promise.”

He stood up, then said, “Okay. I’m holding you to that.” And then he walked to the cab, opened the door, and got in. Before he slammed the door shut, he checked his watch and said, “You know what, Janine? It’s twelve oh-three.”

I said, “Right. Past both of our bedtimes.”

He said, “But that means it’s tomorrow.”

I said, “David, go.”

He said, “And you promised we could go to the park tomorrow.”

I said, “Right. Tomorrow.”

He said, “It
is
tomorrow.” Then he told the driver to fuck off, hopped out of the taxi, and was immediately in my face. He yelled, “It
is tomorrow! We’re going to the motherfucking park!
” And then he picked me up by my hair and kicked me against the front door to my building like I was a soccer ball.

The next thing I remember, I’m lying in a hospital, both of my arms in traction, a breathing tube down my throat, and my little sister is fucking a doctor at the foot of my bed.

 

NARRATIVE:
On April 14, 2009, David Wilson Cranford of [REDACTED] in Austin, TX, was placed under arrest at [REDACTED] for a public attack on Janine Anne Daltrey of [REDACTED] in Austin, TX.

When I arrived on the scene at [REDACTED], Cranford was repeatedly kicking Daltrey’s prone body. She was wearing a thin white T-shirt and pink shorts. The shirt was ripped and exposed her breasts. Both items of clothing were covered in blood, but I could not immediately determine specifically where the blood was originating from. She had multiple lacerations on her face and arms, but the cuts were not gushing.

Daltrey was emitting a high-pitched scream, thus I knew Daltrey was conscious. I yelled at Daltrey to get her attention, but she was not lucid enough to respond. Cranford turned around and demanded I leave, then lifted Daltrey parallel to the ground and dropped her face-first, dislodging three of her teeth. I unholstered my weapon and gave him a verbal warning to stand down. Cranford advanced, so I fired my weapon, hitting him in the knee. Cranford continued moving forward. I fired at Cranford’s other knee, yet he continued to advance. When Cranford was arm’s length away, I removed my TASER from my belt and discharged it on his left temple. Cranford collapsed onto
the sidewalk, where I placed him in handcuffs and took him to the squad car. Once at the car, he began thrashing wildly and attempted to bite me. In order to contain him, I was forced to hit him on the head with the butt of the TASER.

Once Cranford was in the rear seat of the squad car, I radioed for both backup and an ambulance, then when Officers Rangold and Martinson arrived, I asked them to guard Cranford while I canvassed the area for eyewitnesses, of which there were several. Lucille Wharton of [REDACTED] in Austin, TX, said she witnessed Cranford dragging Daltrey along the concrete by her hair for approximately fifty yards. Michael D. McGee of [REDACTED] in Las Vegas, NV, added that Daltrey was facedown while being dragged and pointed out what appeared to be two teeth lodged in a crack on the sidewalk approximately twenty yards from the spot where I subdued Cranford. Dorian Stanger of [REDACTED] in Austin, TX, pointed out a trail of blood that led to Daltrey’s apartment building approximately two hundred yards away.

I gained entry to Daltrey’s apartment building, where I attempted to interview all the first-floor tenants. Marissa Robertson, whose unit is approximately ten yards from the front door, was the only tenant who was willing to speak. Robertson told me that at approximately 11:45, she heard Cranford and Daltrey conversing through the security system for several minutes, after which Daltrey came down to street level. An argument ensued, then Robertson heard a loud “crash,” after which she looked out the window. She witnessed Cranford lifting Daltrey from the ground. Daltrey hit Cranford on the chest, after which Cranford slapped Daltrey with the back of his hand. Cranford then dropped Daltrey onto the ground and kicked her in the ribs, the stomach, and the knee. Cranford then lifted Daltrey from the ground, threw her into the air, and, as she came toward the ground, kneed her in the chest. Cranford then took Daltrey by her hair and dragged her to the sidewalk. Robertson did not follow.

I returned to the arrest scene. After bringing Officers Rangold and Martinson up to speed, I entered the front of my patrol car and read Cranford his Miranda rights. Cranford spit at me several times, then tried to break the rear window with his head. After five attempts, he gave up. (Note: He remained conscious the entire time.) I then drove Cranford to the Precinct, where Officer Melvin took Cranford’s statement.

 

http://andidaltrey.blogspot.com

 

Andi-Licious

 

The Useless Musings of Sophomoric
Sophomore Andrea Daltrey

 
 

APRIL 14, 2009

 

UM

 

I went to visit Janine at the hospital and it was awful. She was beaten up, bloodied, and in a coma. There were tubes sticking out of everywhere, and the young doctor said she was going to make it, but he didn’t know when she’d get better.

He was so nice and cute that I wanted to thank him, so I stood up and gave him a hug and a little kiss on the cheek. Then, all of a sudden, I felt him get hard, and it was weird, because it wasn’t like I did anything sexy. I just kissed him on the cheek. I wasn’t wearing anything cute, just some sweat clothes, but he got really hard, he started breathing all heavy. It was nice.

He closed the door to the room, then asked me if he could kiss me on the mouth. I said okay, because I had to. I couldn’t help myself. So we kissed, and he got so hard so hard so hard. I had to touch it, even though I wasn’t good at touching, but I did anyhow, because I had to had to had to.

The second I touched him, he squirted all over the place. I’d never seen so much at once. He stayed hard, then
asked if he could touch me, and I said okay. I pulled off my sweatpants and my panties, then I leaned against Janine’s bed and spread my legs a bit. He rubbed me with his index finger, and the second he touched me, I got so wet, like I’ve never gotten wet before, and just like that, I had an orgasm. Now that I’d discovered orgasms, I wanted to keep having them.

I almost passed out, and he kept touching me, and I kept cumming and cumming and cumming. I grabbed him by his lapels and threw him against the closed door, then I wrapped my legs around him and put him inside me. I didn’t care about protection or anything. All I wanted was him inside me.

When I kissed him, he came so hard and so fast. When I took him out of me, his cock was shooting out this blue gooey stuff, and he passed out, and I didn’t care. All I wanted to do was fuck and fuck and fuck some more.

So I told Janine’s unconscious body that I’d be back soon, and I came back here to write this, and now I’m going back out to fuck somebody, and I’ll tell you all about it, I promise I promise I promise, because it gets me hot knowing that I’m getting you hot and now that I know what it’s like to be hot I’m going to stay hot.

Other books

Pixie's Passion by Mina Carter
Fly Away by Kristin Hannah
Faith by Michelle Larks