The Only Demon I Believe in is Myself

Jim Beam and Lake Dreams

I herd a rapid knocking at the door over the loud whistle of my tea kettle. I took it off of the hot burner and hastily made my way to the door. "Aerisa Collins?" He handed me a clipboard with a pen attached, sign on the line next to your name. I traded him for the large white box and retreated behind the door. Peeling the tape off it revealed a large bouquet of white roses with a card placed on top.
Phone books.
I'm pick you up at 7
~Alex
I Immediately picked up my phone
'7 missed calls- Alex"
I held the ringing phone next to my ear but it went to voicemail. After angrily setting it down i poured the steaming water into the black mug containing a tea bag. "it's what 3:57?" I confirmed out loud. I ran and fell flat out on my bed letting the sleepiness take over.

"I need an ea-" my phone rung before I quickly answered it pulling a strand hair out of my mouth. "Aerisa" I could practically hear him smiling.So I started towards the door. pulling it open to reveal him dressed in a nice button up and black jeans. "Go Away Alex!" I exclaimed "You ready?" I closed the door. "So you're not?" He asked through the phone.

I hung up and immediately dialed her "Star there's some creepy stalker at my apartment. " I hurriedly stammered "I'll be right down." After a few minutes she walked though my door "he's not leaving until you go on that date." She laid out on my couch. "Fine I'll call the cops." "Oh come on he's harmless, just go get yourself a fancy dinner." "he's a weirdo" I started dialing. "I'll smoke you up when you come back." She teased "come on " I whined " I'm not getting it till later so just go." "fine whatever."

I locked my phone and grabbed my purse walking towards the door. "hey" he smiled "I'm ready." I groaned "great lets go." He lead me out to a medium sized newer car and opened the door. I got in and he gently shut it. He started the car and pulled away slowly, "I've got mace and a knife if you try to pull anything." "Does it honestly seem like I'm gonna rape you?" He asked grabbing a bag from his back seat. "Uh yeah." "Well I'm not, you're just extremely beautiful and seem really amazing." " and you seem like a creep" "I'm not, I just kinda felt a connection yesterday." He started digging through it.

"Jesus can you keep your eyes on the road?" I questioned loudly. " sorry." He pulled out a small bag before placing the larger one in the back. "So I overheard that you smoke? I assume weed." " yeah, what about it." He gently tossed the bag full of blunts on my lap. "Start it?" He asked pulling out his lighter. "how do I know it's not laced?" "Because we're both smoking and I'm not an asshole." He explained.

I lit the end of one taking a hit before handing it to him. "So what type of music do you listen to?" He asked passing it back "Nirvana, Brand New, The Story So Far, stuff like that." I took a hit rolling down the window. "I actually know Parker." He laughed. at least his laugh was decent. "Lies." "No, I'm actually a musician and I had drinks with him a few times." He pulled out his phone and started scrolling.

"Let me guess you played a bar once or twice so now you think your some big shot?" "I do actually ,but a little bit bigger than what you think." "Is his voice as amazing as on the records?" I asked reaching out of window to grab a leaf off of a nearby branch. "I guess, light another." I grabbed the bag and the lighter. "Well, I actually planned on taking you to a nice dinner, but I think you might like a walk by this lake better." He suggested" yeah, but we should stop by a gas station, cotton mouth."

He stopped in front of a pretty decent gas station and rushed to open my door. "you don't have to do that its kinda weird" I walked up and swung the door open. I immediately walked over to the liquor section. "You could pass as 21." I commented looking him over "I'm 23, and you are?" he laughed. "17." "shut are you serious?" He seemed taken back "Na I'm 20, but that would have made you keep your dick in your pants."

He pulled up to a large lake "so I can't open your door?" "If you insist" he walked over pulling it open "carry me." "Okay." He sat the large bottle of Jack in my lap. "Your like my slave arn't you." He lifted me out of the seat and lived the door close. "yeah, to a degree." he pushed the tall weeds aside and sat me down on the dock.

"You see that raft over there?" I pointed towards the large thickets. "Yeah." He leaned up setting the half empty bottle down. "I'm gonna fix it" I walked over dragging it behind me along with weeds on top. I sat beside it tying the loose boards back before setting it in the water. I placed my foot on it and it remained floating.

"Can you at least swim?" He questioned "yeah" I threw my bag on the dock and started pulling off my pants. "Wipe that grin off your face if it doesn't float I don't want to get my clothes wet." I kicked them aside Where my shoes were. He stood up unbuttoning his shirt, "I'm not letting you go alone." he stated. I pulled my shirt off and sat on the raft. He threw his pants near mine before climbing aboard. I pushed it off and it sunk a few inches but mostly stayed afloat.

"The stars are almost as beautiful as your eyes." He said scooting closer, "you're cheesy" "so I take it you don't think I'm an asshole creep any more?" He questioned. " I do but not as much." "Good." He gently grabbed my face and pressed his lips softly against mine. He started to lean in further and we flew backwards into the lake.

"Um don't do that again." I said swimming towards the shore. I waited until he was back on the dock to take take off my underwear and clothe myself. He walked over boxers in hand "you ready to go?" He asked "yeah" I responded with a slight stuffer from the shivering. We walked back up and he opened the trunk pulling out and extra large hoodie. "here you're cold" I pulled it over and sat in the car.

"Wanna go back to my place and watch a movie?" He suggested "I guess, you have soft pants and a spare iPhone charger?" "Yeah." I declined the seat all of the way back.

After about 30 minutes we got to an array of condos. "You want me to carry you again?" "Yeah." I put my phone in my bag and waited for him to come and pick me up. We went up to the second floor and he opened the door to the right. "Pablo what the fuck are you doing here?" He loudly asked " the wife kicked me out for the night." "Dude" he sat me on the couch next to a large Mexican man. "Is this the hot chick with the dog bigger than her?" "Yeah probably." I responded leaning on his shoulder.

"I've got an idea, let's all have an orgy with Jim Beam." "Who?" I asked. Alex brought over three shot glasses and a large bottle with a white label. He handed me one and I knocked it back "pretty good." I said sitting the glass down. "Yeah why even bother with glasses." He took a quick drink before handing it to me "Alex takes pussy shots, just take as many as you can." He said patting my shoulder I threw my head back swallowing 8 large gulps. "She's a better drinker than you." He teased drinking a large portion.

He stood up grabbing the bottle of Jack "watch me down all of this." "You're not." He threw the cap and chugged the brown liquid until only a sip remained. "Now you're drunk and it doesn't madder." He gave me the empty bottle and I sat it on the table. "Alex?" I slurrishly snapped in front of him. "Ye-yeah" "I want pants." He stumbled into the back with me following.

He threw a pair of black and white plad pants which I changed into. I kept the sweatshirt on but took off my shirt. before getting under his blankets. He stripped down naked and tried to pull the sweat shirt off. "fuck off" I slurred hitting him with a pillow and taking my hair out of the bun. " night beautiful" he managed to make out before cuddling up to my arm.