(James)
The next morning started rather peacefully. The sun had just risen and like clockwork, I was up with it letting out a yawn as I opened my eyes to see the beautiful girl sleeping beside me.
I smiled putting my hand on her head, closing my eyes again as I ran my fingers through her long blonde hair. Wait? Long? Blonde hair?
Snapping open my eyes again I saw the emerald eyes of Sophie looking back at my ocean blue eyes.
For a solid five minutes, we stared at each other awkwardly before finally reacting
"What are you doing here?!" We shouted
"What am I doing here? What are you doing here? This is my room" we questioned each other before Sophie looked around
"Why am I in your room?" She asked as we took a good look at each other finally noticing that we were practically naked dressed in only underwear to cover our bodies with the rest of our clothes littering the floor
"Did we?" I asked but she looked down before looking back at me
"We didn't," she said letting out a sigh of relief
"How do you know-?" I asked before suddenly I clutched my head. It felt like someone was ringing a freaking church bell inside of my head
"Ah" I screamed running to the bathroom as I felt something was coming up so soon I found myself face-first in the toilet vomiting.
After finishing I went back to my room to see Sophie getting dressed.
I locked the door before looking at her and she stared back at me.
"Why did...you lock the door?"
"Um...Betty-Ann" I said
We were both shy so we didn't say anything after that.
So after a solid five minutes of staring at each other, I tried saying something
"Um," I said
"Um," she said.
"So....this is awkward," I said and she nodded
"How far do you think we...."
"Did we what?"
"I mean if we didn't...you know...do that. Where did we stop?" I asked
I don't know why I found it so hard to say. I've had sex before but whenever I think about sex with Sophie I get flustered
"I don't know. Why would you ask me? Why would I know?" She said awkwardly
Her face almost turned as red as Rose's hair
"Yeah I guess you wouldn't remember anything that happened either"
"Not a thing," she said before we suddenly heard footsteps coming from down the hall
"What was that?" Sophie asked
"Someone's coming"
"Who could it possibly be at this hour?" Sophie said before a thought crossed both our minds
"Betty-Ann" we both whispered before the sound of the keys hit our ears
"You've got to hide," I said
"Where the hell am I suppose to hide Taylor?"
"Under the bed"
"I can't fit there"
"Fine. Just get in the closet" I said
"Seriously that's the first place anyone would look for a mistress"
"Well you're not my mistress so please just get in the closet," I said before pushing the half-dressed Sophie into the closet just in time for Betty-Ann to walk in
"Hey Betty-Ann" I forced a smile leaning on the closet door
"Hey," she said before pushing a glass of water and aspirin in front of me
"What's this for?"
"The hangover," she said before I took the pill
"How did you know I had a hangover? Did you come back last night?" I asked nervously as my hands shook
She stayed quiet for a bit before looking at the closet
"Something wrong?" I asked nervously
"Just wondering why you're blocking the closet"
"Um... I'm not" I said
"So why are you standing there like that?"
"Um...I'm not blocking the closet. I was just um" I said
"Getting dressed stupid" Sophie whispered causing me to look at the closet before looking at myself.
"Yeah getting dressed. I was just getting dressed. You know looking for something to wear"
"Oh really?"
"Yeah definitely"
"If you say so"
"So did you come back last night?" I asked again
"No" she smiled before I released a sigh of relief
"You seem happy about that"
"No. How could I be? We haven't talked about last night"
"I'm leaving"
"What?"
"Bye James," she said walking out
I sighed once she shut the door before moving from the closet allowing Sophie to come out
"That didn't sound good," she said
"What are you talking about?"
"That didn't sound like a see you later. That sounded like a goodbye"
"Goodbye?" I said confused
"You know you're really slow for a genius," she said, "Think about it"
"Good-bye? Goodbye? Goodbye!" I said finally realizing what she meant
"Got it now?" She asked
"Shit" I cursed running downstairs leaving Sophie in the room
I raced down the hall dashing down the stairs jumping the last three steps in hopes of catching up with Betty-Ann
Opening the door I was immediately greeted by the neighbors
"Good morning James," Mr. Sanders said
"Good morning, what are you guys doing here so early in the morning?"
"I actually brought the kids over to apologize and to clean up the mess they caused last night"
"It's actually fine. I was the one who agreed to the party anyway so don't worry about it" I said
"No they coerced you and they are the ones that should clean it up"
"Fine. I'm actually in a rush so just let yourself in" I said
"Did you guys happen to see a girl with short black hair?"
"Yeah, she looked sad," Tevon said
"Shit," I said running past them
"Um James, are you gonna down looking like that?" Roman said before I remembered that I wasn't dressed
"Shit" I cursed again running back to my room to see Sophie still in my room
"You're still here?" I asked
"Did you catch up to her?"
"No I'm gonna see if I can catch her on the road," I said searching for clothes
"By the way, I saw your watch glowing and I'm wondering what it was?" She said showing me the watch as I put on my pants
"Oh that's the lie detector figure I added to my phone," I said putting on a t-shirt
"So what does red mean?"
"That means someone has lied. It'll return to black automatically after 10 minutes. Or just press the button on the side" I said picking up my keys
"I might not be back for a while. Roman and the others are acting as the cleanup crew"
"Oh thank god. The thought of cleaning that myself was killing me" she said
"Yeah," I said before her phone beside my foot went off
"Can you pass that?" She said before I took up the phone
"It's Libby," I said passing her the phone
"Thanks. Oh by the way what are we gonna do about that Chem project due Monday?"
"Worry about it later. As long as we turn it in tomorrow we'll get full marks." I said running out
"What's up Libbs?"
Was the last thing I heard before running out of the house
(Sophie)
"What's up Libbs?" I asked
"Hey girl, just calling to check up on you after that happened at the party"
"About the party," I said as I entertained thoughts of telling her
"Yeah what about it?"
"Nothing forget I said anything"
"Huh uh I'm coming over," she said
"What? Why?"
"Your voice just cracked. And I have a feeling there's something you're not telling me" she said
"How do you do that?"
"It's my best friend superpower," she said
"Isn't it a bit too early?" I sighed
"Of course it is. So what we can have breakfast" she said
"Fine our neighbors are cleaning up anyway."
"Okay I'll be there in thirty" she hung up
I sighed before stretching. I had only just noticed I was still in Taylor's room so I walked out locking the door behind me
Deciding to take a quick shower to wash the smell of alcohol off me.
"Ah that feels nice," I said as the water ran down my body
I looked at my breasts and noticed some marks on my breasts before biting my lips
"What am I thinking about?" I said flustered
I tried to shake the thoughts out of my head but the more the water caressed my skin the more the thoughts of Taylor's hand on my skin surfaced
I could almost feel his soft lips kissing my neck and his arms wondering my body. Luckily before I could get too lost in my thoughts someone knocked on the door
"Hey, Sophie it's El. We don't know where the mops or any of the cleaning equipment are. Would you mind telling us?"
"Is it really the best time for this?"
"Sorry but we just want to get this place cleaned as soon as possible. Especially since I have to give that jerk Aiden a piece of my mind when I find his stupid ass"
"I'll show you when I'm done okay," I said
(Rebecca)
*RING* *RING* *RING*
"Ugh shut up. Shut up" I groaned trying and failing to hit snooze on my annoying alarm clock
"Shut up," I said picking up the alarm and throwing it across the room then getting off the bed. I stretched before I heard something fall on the ground.
"What was that?" I asked looking at Rose's bed which she was currently in The noise had come from outside so I decided to immediately go for my bat fearing it might be an intruder
I slowly walked out to the kitchen/living room to see the fridge open
Not wasting any time I swung my bat
"Owe," a masculine voice said falling to the ground
"What the hell?" He asked
"Intruder. Why are you in my house?" I said before getting a good look at him
"Aren't you that guy from last night?" I asked
"Yes, can you please put the bat down now?"
Why is he here? Wait a minute
"Rose!!" I yelled before she came out still half asleep
"Huh, what happened?" She asked rubbing her eyes before taking a good look at the situation
"Aiden? Why are you out here?"
"I woke up and came for something to eat"
"Did you eat my pop-tart?" I asked looking for my missing pop-tart
"Explain" I furiously demanded Rose
"Well, it kind of went like this. You see after Aiden saw his old man at the party so we snuck out and came back to the dorm to continue our drinking game. One thing led to another and he stayed the night"
"Are you crazy? What if the dorm mother saw you? You know how much trouble we'd be in?"
"Well she didn't so it's fine," Rose said before I felt like choking her but I restrained myself
"We have one rule Rose," I said
"It's fine Becca. He's leaving anyway"
"Um about that," he said before we looked at him
"What is it?" I sighed
"I can't actually go back right now"
"Why not?" I asked glaring at Rose
"Because I didn't go home last night so I'm guessing my dad's pretty mad and if I go home now I'm dead," he said
"And what's the difference between now and later?"
"His anger would have turned to concern. So can I stay for a bit? Please" he said giving me puppy dog eyes. I turned towards Rose who gave me the same eyes
"Fine"
"Alright let's continue our game"
"Sure. If you think you can manage it" he smiled
"No way. No more drinking. Rose don't you have an assignment" I said
"Oh, Shit! I completely spaced" she said running for her bag
"And you," I said
"Me?"
"Yeah since you're gonna be here you have to find something to do. Don't you have homework?"
"You see I have this thing about homework"
"What kind of thing?"
"A kind of I don't do it thing. It's a rule, you see. I can't break"
"Okay but you can't just do nothing"
"Then I'll just write my songs"
"You write songs?" Rose asked entering the room with her bag
"Yeah, I might need a pen and some papers," he said and Rose quickly gave him what he asked for
"Here. I want to see what you got" Rose said sitting on the couch opposite him
Admittedly curious as well I sat beside her watching as he wrote and erased line after line.
After half an hour he literally only wrote five lines
"I'm stuck" he sighed
"Okay let me see what you've got," Rose said
"Alright, any of you have a guitar?"
"No, but our neighbor does," Rose said getting up and running out of the room
We sat quietly waiting until she came back carrying an autistic guitar
"Here," Rose said giving him the guitar
He looked at it for a decent amount of time not saying anything
"Is it okay?"
"Yeah, It's fine. I'm just used to electric guitars"
"So you can't play it," Rose asked a bit disappointed but he only smiled
"Trust me beautiful, no matter the instrument I can play it. I'm just a little rusty when it comes to autistic" he said before he started tuning it
After that, he started singing. It was only a few words but they were sung so beautifully we were amazed.
His voice paid a major part in it as it was as sweet as honey and the words seemed to come from the heart. Those five lines seemed like the beginning of a love story that just kept you wanting more
"Wow," we both said as he put down the guitar
"So what do you think?"
"I have a question"
"Go ahead"
"Have you considered going pro?" Rose said
"I agree you're really talented," I said
We gave him our praises and he only laughed
"What's so funny"
"I'm actually already famous."
"Really"
"Yeah worldwide. Kinda surprised you guys haven't heard about us"
"Us?"
"Yeah, my brothers and I."
"What about the girls we saw perform last night"
"Yeah them too" he brushed it off before Rose took out her phone
"What's the name? Of the band" She asked
"Can't you just take my word for it?" he said
"Nope" we just smiled
"Fine, A.R.T.," he said before typing it on his phone and handing it to us
"That's so cool," I said
"So why did you guys stop? What fame was too much for you?" Rose asked
"Well at first our dad, Jake, thought we were going a bit overboard and decided to send us to school for the 'normal' school experience. That didn't last" he said smiling back at the memory
"So why did you guys stop again?" I asked before his smile faltered
"What? Is that not okay to ask?" I said
"No, it's fine. It's just you know what they say about family and business" He said before someone's phone rang
"Someone's phone's ringing," Rose said reaching for the phone
"Don't that's mine" he said before someone knocked on the door
"Roselia, Rebecca. Are you two up?"
"Shit" Rose cursed
"Who is that?" He asked
"Our dorm mother. Keep quiet" Rose whispered covering his mouth
"Are you girls awake?" She asked before I went and opened the door
"Hey Mary, how can we help you?"
"Some of the girls have been reporting noises from last night and I just came by to check it out"
"Noises? I don't know what they are talking about" I said quietly cursing Rose in my head
"Oh really I actually thought I had a masculine voice when I was knocked"
"Masculine? Oh that was Rose"
"Rosalia?" She said skeptically
"Yep," I said, "Well Mary, while I love talking with you we have a lot to do today. You know projects and all"
"Alright then," she said leaving
I sighed before turning around to see Rose and Aiden peeking from the corner
(James)
Just left the apartment I was driving around down to find Betty-Ann
I drove for half an hour before I found her leaving the Candy Shop
I parked in front of her and immediately said, "We need to talk"
"No, we don't. I told you it's fine" She walked away
"Betty-Ann I didn't mean to say it like that"
"Then what did you mean? Huh? Tell me what am I supposed to think after you said it was a mistake?"
"I didn't mean mistake as in mistake. Ugh, I can't explain. I just didn't think. It just came out" I said desperately trying to find a way to explain it
"That's the problem"
"What?"
"You didn't have time to filter your emotions. So that's what you really feel. You think it was a mistake"
"No I don't," I said before something clicked
Something seemed off. I'm not good at reading people and things like that but this seemed fake. She didn't seem angry. Well she did but not about this
"But that's not what you're mad about, is it?" I said before she looked nervous
"You're not telling me something. Why are you trying to break up with me?"
"James I...."
"What aren't you telling me?"
"I saw you"
"What?"
"I came back last night and I saw you"
"Oh shit," I said
(Martha)
It was a new morning, a new day yet Ebenezer still hadn't returned.
I was worried. He hadn't even called once and I couldn't find the packet of cocaine. Oh God I hope he hadn't done what I think he did
As concerned thoughts ran through my mind I searched the street going from hotel to hotel.
He didn't check in any of them. I was worried and my imagination was beginning to run wild.
WHAT IF HE GOT HIT BY A CAR. HE COULD BE IN THE HOSPITAL OR WORSE.... DEAD
No don't think like that I'm sure he's fine
I tried to make myself feel better and just as I was about to go back home and call the cops I saw a figure laying on the edge of the road.
I got out of the car and walked up to him and he looked horrible. He was bruised and had bottles in each hand. On his left was broken that he gripped tightly on the sidewalk and on the right was an empty bottle laying in a puddle of alcohol on the road
On his face was a white powder. It was just a small patch just below his nose
"Oh my God Ebenezer. You didn't" I said to myself as I started picking him up
He kept groaning as I tried to drag him back to the car.
"Ugh," he groaned as I dropped him into the back seat.
I went back into the driver's seat unable to do anything but cry and hit the steering wheel repeatedly blowing the horn before slamming my head on the wheel and crying into it
(Sophie)
"So girl tell me what happened?" Libby asked the minute we sat in the cafe
"Seriously. Not even a moment's rest" I said but was only met with a blank stare
"Fine, but you have to promise not to say I told you so"
"Spill it out"
"Promise"
"Fine"
"Alright. Last night after everyone left I might have gotten a little drunk"
"And?" She said interested
(Last Night)
I had just surprised Taylor with a kiss. We kissed for a while taking short breaks in-between.
We kissed all the way unto the bed before stopping
I laid on his chest staring into his eyes both of us catching our breaths
"I want you" I seductively whispered but he didn't say anything.
Before I knew it his hands were already at the hem of my shirt taking it off me
He stared long and hard at my breasts before pushing his face into them
I couldn't stop the moan from escaping my mouth as he sucked and bit. Not one to be outdone I started kissing his neck
Before long we flipped over he ran his left arm down my stomach moving down while his right hand gripped my breast
My hands weren't idle either they found their way to his belt buckle and started to open it.
Finding it difficult to get them off I flipped him over so I was on top before pulling down the zipper and pushing my hand in his boxers
"More" I whispered before he gripped my ass causing me to moan again as he pushed me against the wall and continued kissing my neck
I moaned loudly as his pants fell to the ground. He turned his attention back to my lips
The make-out session lasted for a while before we made it back to the bed