I can't Hurt You - Marcus Lopez Arguello

11

I finished getting ready for the party and checked out my outfit in the mirror. I wore jeans and a plain black cropped shirt. I had some black sneakers paired with the outfit along with some winged eyeliner that I was surprisingly good at considering how rarely I do it, and I wore my hair down. It was casual because if we were just going for weed then it wasn't a big deal, right?

I walked out of my room and over to Marcus's.

"Hey loser." I said closing the door behind me and flopping onto his bed.

"Hey." He said still checking himself out in the mirror.

"You're wearing that?" I asked.

"Something wrong with it?" He asked as he looked back at me.

"Nope. You're still hot." I reassured him with a smile.

He let out a slight laugh and came up to me. He held out his hand and I took it. He lifted me up with it. Once I was stood up he put his other and on my waist and checked me out.

"You know you're beautiful." He said going from checking me out to making eye contact with me.

"You know you're cheesy?" I asked.

He rolled his eyes with a smile.

"Relax, Arguello. I'm kidding. I know I'm beautiful because you remind me." I said as I put my hands on the back of his neck and got closer to his face making our lips only inches apart.

He gave me a quick kiss and took his hand off my waist backing up. With our fingers still interlocked he went to open his door.

"Come on, we'll be late." He said dragging me out of his room.

I went after him with a stupid smile plastered on my face. We got to the entrance of the school to see Billy, Lex, and Petra waiting for us.

"Took you long enough, assholes." Lex said with his accent.

"Some of us don't want to look like complete shit at a party." I replied doing an impression of his accent.

The Rats chuckled and with that we were off. Shabnam's house wasn't too far from King's, just a little in the better side of town. It wasn't a long walk per-say, not with the Rats making jokes and our usual banter. Once we got to Shabnam's house we saw people packed inside and some even outside with music blasting.

"Jesus, I thought this was gonn be a small get together for weed." I said shocked.

"You really believed that?" Marcus asked with a smug smile.

We walked in and the music was even louder. I didn't know some songs that played, but I knew most because it was hip hop, my favorite type of music. People were drinking all types of alcoholic concoctions and the smell of weed lingered in the air. Others were dancing or playing games like pool or beer pong, and then there was Shabnam. He was cleaning after everyone that was throwing and spilling things during his own party. Need I explain to Marcus why this dude was lame?

"Who gets to see my penis tonight?" Lex asked the living room full of people.

"Oh, so the sores cleared up." Billy said with a sarcastic smile.

"No." Lex said with all seriousness.

"Dude, you should really get checked out for STD's." I said with my face scrunched up in disgust.

Lex rolled his eyes and threw us all beers. Guess this was a good way to start my night of drinking and getting high all at once. Saya then came up behind us.

"Ah, look who's gracing us with her Legacy presence and in public, no less." Lex said.

"Oh shut up, Lex." I said.