After I get done paying for my clothes it's about ten minutes till we have to be there, we start walking and I quickly think of the reason I didn't want to go eat out. I turn to Drew and urgently talk to him
"Hey I know sushi houses have sake and drinks and stuff can you make sure I don't drink too much?!" he looks at me like I am crazy
"Do you not do well with alcohol or something?". I look away embarrassed and nod my head "Alright I will be your watchout for the night!" I give him a thankful smile
"Oh, and please don't mention it to anyone" he chuckles as he nods his head. I look up and see everyone wait for us in the front of a traditional looking sushi restaurant, they all smile as we walk up to the door. Jack pulls Drew aside as we walk in
"Hey you guys go on ahead! I need to talk to Drew" he says with a evil smile on his face.we all go in anyway and we walk over to a booth in the corner of the restaurant, we start to fill in the booth with Paul on one side of me and Mark on the other. I start thinking to myself, what a great combo, both the supposed pervs on each side of me! Only a few minutes pass until Jack and Drew come into the restaurant then they quickly scooch into the booth. Surprisingly there is a lot of room in between us and I give a sigh of relief. Apparently everyone noticed and looked at me with concern
"I'm okay" then everyone nodded and went back to looking at the menu. For some reason Jack's call comes back to me and I can't help but ask "Hey Jack, how did you know we were coming here?" he continues to look at the menu
"Because this is where we go for drinks every so often" I nod in amazement.
***
Soon a waitress comes up to the table and asks what everyone would like. They all order one by one while I am rushing to find something I can understand. I start to panic and Mark takes notice, he inched closer to me and pointed at a sushi platter
"We can share that if you want, it's got a variety so you can try many different things" I can't help but notice his long slim fingers as they point to the menu
"Um sure , if you think it will be good" he smiles then orders it for us. I look over the table to look at everyone, I see Drew looking happy as ever then I look over to Jack as he plays with a knife and fork like a little child then my attention is turned towards Paul, for some reason he looks angry and I look in the direction of his eyes and see he is glaring a Mark for some reason. I whisper over to Paul
"Hey you okay?" with some concern in my voice. Then he looks down at me
"Yeah I'm fine, can i order your drink? I think I know one you'll like!" I look back at the menu with hesitation.
"I think I will just get a cola" once the waitress leaves I find everyone staring at me
"What? Did I do something?" Jack chuckle at my comment
"Yeah, your plain! Lets have some fun it is a friday night!" I give Drew a worried look but we don't say anything. Jack calls the waitress back over and whispers something in her ear then turns his attention back to us
"Alright that should get things started!" then Drew interjects,
"What did you order?". Jack laughs and loudly announces he ordered the most alcoholic margarita on the menu, I feel very unsettled at his announcement and look over to Drew. just then paul says
"Nobody get drunk tonight, I don't wanna wind up taking you ALL home" and laughs lightly. Mark taps me on the shoulder and whispers into my ear while I'm drinking my water
"Do you have a thing going on with the boss?" I wind up shooting water out my nose at his sudden remark. Paul quickly grabs one of the napkins and hands it to me. I take it and thank him as I'm wiping my face along with the table. As soon as I'm done I turn back to Mark and whisper as low as my voice will go
"I guarantee you nothing is going on" then he looks at me with a smile. I start to have a bad feeling about this so I scooch toward Paul a little more and that's when the waitress comes with our food. Soon after she returns with a couple margaritas in both hands, she passes them around the table and I just stare at the huge cup of margarita in front of me, I notice mine is the only tropical looking one suddenly jack looks at me
"I thought you might like mango better than pineapple" I nod with a little bit of joy and a little bit of regret. I turn to take a piece of the sushi soon after everyone starts to eat, I am not sure how to use chopsticks so I grab my fork and stab one with a mango looking piece in it and Mark just stares at me and gasps. I feel embarrassed as he stares so I slowly put the piece of sushi in my mouth and he continues staring with a look of shock. I finally look away from Mark to see everyone else doing the same thing. I look at them with a stupid look on my face
"What?" Jack is the first one to speak up
"I'm assuming you don't know how to use chopsticks?" I shake my head in response and finish chewing my current piece of sushi. Before I can say anything else Paul picks up a piece of sushi with something that looks like salmon in a set of chopsticks and holds it up to me
"What? I hope you don't think I am going to eat that" everyone starts laughing and Mark straight up says
"Wow you got turned down faster than I can believe!" as everyone finishes up their laughter I quickly get ready to leave and I say in a rushed voice
"I need to go, please move" as I turn toward Paul and Jack they hesitate for a moment
"Move! I need to leave!" that's when they quickly got up and let me out. As soon as I'm free I grab Drew by the wrist and pull him out of the booth, he gets up quickly and follows behind. I feel like I can trust him, he is the only one who didnt tease me at all tonight. As we exit the restaurant I free his grip and start walking in the direction of the house, I stop for a second to look back and see Drew standing there as I look at him I feel tears streaming from my eyes I scream out
"I know you don't know me and I know i'm a stranger but will you please walk me home?!" with exasperation. He runs up to me and hugs my shoulders, we start to walk away and I realize I left my phone back there but I don't feel the need to go get it. By the time we arrived at the house I stopped crying and for a while we were talking about our hobbies and fun stuff we like to do.
"Well we've arrived, would you like to come in for some juice?" Drew nods his head and follows in after me. I run into Paul's kitchen, grab the carton of orange juice and two cups.
"Come on I'm not allowed down here" Drew quickly comes up to me and grabs the glasses from my shaking hands. We go up stairs and I turn into the empty room with the juice still in hand "This is my spare room, sorry we cant stay downstairs my housemate is a real jackass but at least I still get the whole upstairs!" we both giggle a little at my comment. Drew finally speaks up
"So who is your house mate?" I look at him dead in the eyes and tell him
"Just so you know before I tell you I am totally drunk from that margarita so don't tell anyone, got it?!" he nods in anticipation "So you know the guys at the office right? Well I can tell you it's one of them! Hehehe" I giggle to myself when I say it. We finally decide to sit down, he sets the glasses beside each other and I start to pour the juice when I feel light headed and suddenly black out.