Till You Come Back Home

chapter 9

It'd been a while after Matt left the house in a fit of rage. There was good news and bad news. Bad news was, Matt wasn't quite happy with me. Good news was, Riley and I were developing some sort of a friendship. I'd met his friends, I thought it was just Noah, but no. It's a while army!
I wasn't in position to make them all because quite frankly, I couldn't.

It was Saturday and I was cleaning up my room, Nia was coming over a bit later, she was going out on a date. I didn't even know who she was going with.
It was getting a bit hot so I headed downstairs for a drink.

As I was getting it, however, in came Riley and Eric. I didn't really know Riley's friends properly, I knew Eric because, well, he wouldn't stop pushing it until I knew his names by heart. I just decided to quickly take for the hills. He knew my friends, he'd even bedded majority of them. But I wasn't as familiar with his.

"Hey, Billie!" Eric called.
I sighed. Just as I was about to start climbing the stairs.
"Yes, Eric? How many I help you?" I said as I turned around .
"Damn, mama, I could listen to you speak all year!" Eric said.
I laughed.
Eric was black. I liked him. He seemed genuinely nice. He was funny and he actually had a bit of decency and regard for other people's feelings. A bit.

"Thanks for the compliment, Eric, but I'm sort of busy right now," I said, still trying to escape.
"In simpler English, Eric, she wants you to leave," Riley said.
"Ouch!" Eric said pouting.
" No! No! No! It's not what I meant! " I exclaimed.
"She just meant she doesn't have the time for you," Riley said again.
"What in God's name is your problem?" I asked Riley, he laughed.
"Hey, Billie, what's a guy gotta do to convince you to come to a party?"

"Strip and do the renegade," I laughed. Riley laughed too.
" I'll do it, " Eric said, clutching his belt.
"He'll fucking do it," Riley assured me.
My eyes widened when I saw him start, or pretend to start pulling his pants off and that's when I decided to run upstairs laughing, leaving behind a laughing lot of hooligans.

That evening, Nia's date came over to pick her up. He looked like a duke and I'm not even bluffing. He had a chauffeur and a big car, he almost made this house seem ...cheap. Nia looked beautiful, and I just hoped it went well. Before she left, she told me to stay home and expect a call from her to pick her up if things went south. That made me think. That's how boring my own life was..... I was almost a chauffeur for Nia.

It was late and I was hellishly bored. I couldn't help but think, maybe I should've accepted Eric's offer.
I wondered if the offer still stood. It was dark out and a little weekend partying for the first time ever in America wouldn't hurt, right?
I walked over to Riley's room and knocked.

He opened the door almost immediately.
I looked at him, black shirt, jacket slung over his shoulder, jeans and overall his great scent.
I took a deep breath.
"Take me with you," I said .

"And where exactly is that?"He asked me whilst putting his jacket on.
" You tell me, " I said looking up at him, square in the eye.
"Well, I don't really think that would be your best scene.." he started.

"You wouldn't know what my best scenes were even if I told them to you everyday. Stop making assumptions and just take me with you," I snapped. He rolled his eyes.

"Fine but hurry the fuck up. Take any longer than twenty minutes, and I swear I'll fucking leave," he said angrily, shutting his door and leaning against the wall.
"Hurry up doing what?" I asked. He looked at me, amusement all over his annoyingly handsome features. "You're not going to get changed or anything?" he smirked.

"No... what's wrong with what I'm wearing?" I asked looking down at my white converse, ripped jeans and tank top. "You're sure you'll go without a change?" he asked again. "Yes, I'm sure," I said. He scanned me and laughed lightly.

"Clearly Nia hasn't taught you everything she knows yet," he commented holding back laughter. "What?" I yelled. I'm guessing he sensed anger and hurriedly walked off. I wasn't really angry, the comment just caught me off guard. So much so that I chased after him yelling. I wasn't mad, though, I just wanted to chase him.

"What did you mean by that?" I yelled as I walked to him. I could hear him laughing and it sounded very attractive. How disgusting! We ran all the way to the car and I was panting like a dying animal. He opened the passenger door for me and I quickly sat .

"You seem worn! Need some water?" he teased. "Shut... up," I breathed. Running down those stairs was deadly. Scientific fact. My breathing started to normalize once he started the car.

"Where are we going?" I asked as he drove. "To get something to eat," he said flatly. "Aren't we going to be late?" I asked. "It's good to be late, keeps them waiting on you, makes you the centre of attention," he said matter of factly. "Oh please, that's just for a few people," I mumbled. I heard him laugh and decided to quickly change the subject. "Is there no food at the party?" I asked.

"Never trust the food or drinks from those kinda places. It has all these weird drugs and shit in it and all that other nonsense," he said.
" Oh? Okay then, " I said. He eyed me.
"I'm serious, Anderson. You wouldn't know what people put in there!"
"Okay, okay!" I mummbled .

After our meal, I was very surprised at how much we'd eaten. Was he trying to fill me up so much I wouldn't have space for any drink?

When we finally got to the party, there were a lot of people I knew, some of which I'd seen at school and the vast majority, I didn't know.

"So what're we to do?" I yelled through the noise.
" What happens at parties, Anderson? Go fucking crazy, " he shouted back.
He led me to his friends and of course Stephanie was there. If looks could kill, I'd have either died a hundred deaths or been overly killed.

I took a seat next to Noah's girlfriend, who's name I could almost never remember. All I knew was she had pink, black and turquoise coloured hair and it looked gorgeous on her.
"Ayyyee! Look who's here!" Eric yelled excitedly .
I smiled.
"What made you come?" He asked me.
Just as I was about to answer, he answered himself by saying,"Did Riley promise to give you dick after this?"

I internally gagged while the idiots around me laughed, all except for the one who thoroughly hated me. ..take a wild guess.
"Even if it were the only way to save my life, I swear I wouldn't," I said to him.
That earned more laughter too and an eyeroll and middle finger from Riley. I smiled with glee. The mutual annoyance we had for each other was just too real, it was funny.
I watched as Eric continued to make his peers laugh with his sexual jokes and everything while they devoured drink after drink after drink while others just made out almost all night.

I hadnt even realised Riley had disappeared until he had just come back.

"Where were you?" Stephanie demanded, standing up.
" Don't worry about it" he said quietly.
"You're cheating again?" She yelled.
"Stephanie , calm the fuck down" he said calmly again.
The calm demeanour he was putting on didn't suit him. Made it all quite suspicious.
She shot me a glare and he grabbed her arm and they walked away.

That's when I decided to grab myself a drink and as Riley had said, go crazy.