Life Till Death

Chapter Six

Feeling pulling on my hair I awaken to one of the kittens playing with my hair. I really need to decide what i'm gonna do with them. Technically I'm not supposed to have animals in my apartment but I couldn't afford to get an apartment that allows it. Getting up I head out to the living room to see if Harper is still passed out. Surprisingly I find the couch empty with the blanket I gave her folded up. " Harper, are you sill here?" Waiting for a reply, I receive no answer. I'm assuming she has already left "Well, okay then.." After feeding the cats I head over to feed myself. Grabbing my phone I call my mom to see if she knows anyone that wants kittens. "Hello?" " Hey, mom. I wanted to know if you knew anyone who wanted any kittens ?" After a quick no, she starts talking about her job and how the people there piss her off. After 10 yeahs I finally hang up with her. I know I can't keep them.. it's hard enough hiding one cat. I'll just leave a post on Facebook and hope someone will adopt them and I'll make sure they get a good home. Hearing a knock on my door I head over to open it and see Harper. " Hey, what happened to you?" She doesn't even look hungover, her makeup is perfectly applied and her hair is done. "Oh I had to get going early for some job thing" She waves her hand as it's no care in the world. "But enough about that. Do you remember the guy I met last night at the party?" Staring at her for a second wondering what 'job thing' she was talking about. "Uh..yeah?" I hope she doesn't wanna do another party, we're not 21 anymore. " Well he proposed to me!" She says, while holding out her left hand. What the fuck? "And you said yes?" She gives me a glare "Well of course" She pushes passed me to come inside. I honestly don't know what she's thinking, she literally just met this dude. "I want you to throw me a bachelorette party! How fun is this gonna be?" She starts rambling on about planning the party and her wedding, while I'm sure I'm looking at her like she's crazy. I don't wanna be a downer but I think she's making a mistake. Interrupting her I asked if she's sure about this. "Of course I am, I've never felt this way about any other boy before. He's the one." It's her life and I'll support her no matter what happens, because that's what friends do. "Okay, I just wanna make sure." I give her a half smile and she pulls me in for a hug. After discussing the party some more we say our goodbyes. "I'll give you a call tomorrow, okay?" I nod my head and we hug and I go back to my depressing life. Seems Harper is the only interesting thing going on in my life lately.

After hours of binge watching YouTube videos I receive a text from Harper saying she's drunk at her house and I should come over to celebrate. Rolling my eyes mentally I reply with a simply 'no'. I am not in the mood to be around drunk people tonight, again. Today I feel like a zombie, I just wanna rot away in my bed. Hearing frantic knocking at the door I jump and walk over to see who's banging on my damn door. Looking out the peephole I see Harper. You gotta be kidding me? Swinging the door open " Heyyy, bitch! Go get dressed we're having a celebration." Barging her way in, she heads to my bedroom. Shutting the door I try and muster the courage to have to be around people tonight. Standing in my bedroom, I see Harper going through my clothes throwing ones she thought weren't good enough on the floor. Great now ill have a mess to clean later. " Uhh, can't I just wear some jeans and a plan shirt?" I'm not sure why I have to be dressed up just to celebrate with her. " Shh, go do your makeup. I'mma find you an outfit." Sighing, I head over to do my makeup. I only apply light coverage and some mascara. Walking back in the room I see Harper has picked a black mini dress she had bought me years ago, I never did wear it. " This is what you're wearing." She hands it to me and tells me to put it on. We finally finish my outfit and I swear I look like a hooker. "Are you sure you're okay to drive?" She didn't seem as drunk as I thought she would be but I wanted to still make sure. She nods her head and grabs my hand to leave. Walking up to her car I realize there's other people in her car. Wow, okay so she just left these people waiting for like 30 minutes. Seeing her boy toy in the front I go to sit in the backseat. Opening the door I'm surprised to see that guy, Damon? I believe that was his name. " Sorry, my hubby brought his friend" She gives a wink to him and looks back at me and gives me a look that says ' you should fuck him' I just laugh and hop in. After driving for a bit we arrive at some bar. Getting out we head inside. I understand why she picked out this outfit, looking around I see a lot of girls dressed just like me. After the bouncer checks our ID we head over to order some drinks. "This is my favorite spot." Damon leans into my eye to say. Oh I wonder why? I look at him and just smile "Cool" I give a thumbs up to him. He laughs and I just admire the view of his neck tattoos and his smile. "You're funny, kid." Oh, well at least he thinks I'm funny. Getting my drink we go to a booth in the club..it seems to seem more fancy than the area we were when we first entered. Harper leans into me "We're in the VIP section, lets just say my baby got money." She winks at me and an employee walks over to us with a bottle of tequila and shot glasses. Oh lord, Damon is sitting on the other side of me and I feel him brush against me to pour all of us shots and I feel my checks getting warm. I just know I'm gonna make a full of myself tonight. Raising our shot glasses we cheer and take it. I feel a burn and drink my mixed drink to hold it down. I hear Damon laugh and I turn to him "You can't handle a shot, kid?" Alright is he gonna call me kid all night? "Well I don't do shots, kid" I make sure to pronounce kid clearly. He chuckles " A little feisty, huh? I like that." Alright I liked him better when he didn't talk much. I just give him a glare. I notice that girls came over in skimpy outfits dancing around us. I start to get a feeling this isn't just a club as the one girl removes her top. Looking over I see Damon leaning back in his seat, looking at the topless girl. Looking over I see Harper on top of.. oh my god, I just realized I don't know his name. Well she's on top of her fiancé, eating each other's faces. Where has Harper taken me? I'm definitely gonna need another shot now. Reaching over I pour myself another shot. " Pour me one too, kid" Ugh I swear I'm gonna slap this guy. Doesn't he have a girlfriend anyways ? Why is he even here. I'm too nice to not pour him a shot, I hand him his and he holds it to me making direct eye contact with me, he give me a smirk and we clink our shots and take them. After he pours more for the group and after about 4 more shots, I start feeling light. The girls have made their way around the room and are all topless just dancing to the blasting music. " You should get up and dance with them" Damon says to me " Yeah, not gonna happen buddy. Why don't you get up there and dance with them?" He looks at me for a second and gets up and starts dancing with one of the girls while remaining eye contact, I watch as he glades his hand up her to cup her breast. My eyes widen and he gives me a little twitch of a smile. The girl seems completely fine with him touching her, I thought you weren't allowed to touch the dancers. Breaking the eye contact I look over to Harper and realize she isn't in the room with us anymore. Trying not to panic about being in the room alone with this psycho, I tell myself she probably went to the bathroom. Looking back at him, he's still looking at me and he pushes the girl a little to the side and walks over to me again. Did he really have to push the girl, she doesn't seem fazed though. She just goes right back to dancing. "Did you really have to push her?" He laughs " She's just a whore, who cares?"  Oh, so this guy is an asshole. "Well that's rude." I watch him pull out a cigarette and he starts smoking it. Looking around to see if anyone will say anything, no one even bats an eye about his actions. "You'll get over it, love." So now its love? " Where's your girlfriend?" She needs to come get his ass "She's not my girlfriend, just someone I fuck." Blowing his smoke in my face I cough and wave my hand to clear it. "Where's Harper?" He looks at me like I'm dumb " They're probably fucking in the room over there." He nods his head over to a door I never even noticed. "What?" He huffs at my confused state "We own this place, we take our whores to that room." Alright Harper and I need to get out of here. Getting up I realize I'm a lot drunker than I thought. Damon grabs my wrist to steady me. " Let go" He pulls me down to sit and pulls me into him. "I wouldn't disturb Hunter while he's doing business" I wiggly in his grip before I just give in "Fine, I'll wait then" He loosens his grip on me but keeps his arm around me. He waves a man down and whispers something in his ear. The girls are removed from our room and it's just us with the blaring music and I can feel my heart beating faster. I'm starting to wonder what Harper has gotten us into, does she know about all this?. A few minutes later a topless girl comes back in with some fancy looking drinks and sits them on the table in front of us, she doesn't look at us and hurries back out. "It's gonna be awhile so I got us more drinks." He removes his arm and grabs the drinks and hands me one. Now my mind is racing and I'm wondering if he told the guy to poison my drink. " Eh, thanks." Against my better judgment I take a sip and it's actually a really good drink. "Do you like it?" I nod my head, yes. Seeing the door open I see Harper and Hunter walk out, something seems off about her and I start to worry. She takes a sit next to me "Are you okay?" Having a close up to her face I notice a little powder under her nose, I try and think it's something other than cocaine because she's never taken hard drugs in her life. " Yeah, I'm fine" she slurs her words. "We're leaving" Hunter yells to us. Thank god, i don't wanna be here a second longer. Damon grabs my hand to lead me out the back exit. Yanking my hand out of his once we get outside "I can walk just fine on my own" I can tell my voice slurred the words. "Then keep up" He turns and walks with Hunter, they start talking and it seems they are arguing about something. I hold onto Harper and walk to our car. Harper sits in the back with me and we ride in silence. We arrive at a house I've never seen before "Where are we?" I poke my head into the seat between Damon and Hunter. "We're at my place" Damon says while getting out of the driver seat and opening my door. " I'm not going with you, i wanna go home." I sound like a kid not getting her way. " Too bad, we need to keep low for a bit." What the hell is this psycho going on about now. He pulls me out, not in a graceful way and I stumble into him. He tells me to walk up to the front door and wait. I watch as him and hunter talk while Harper is still in the car. Damon gives  hunter the keys and I watch as he drives away. Swaying on this strangers porch I begin to panic, I'm going to be raped and murdered. "Come on" Damon opens the door and leads me inside. Even in my drunken state I can see that his house is huge and beautiful. "You have a nice house" He just chuckles and grabs my hand to take me upstairs, we enter what I assume is his bedroom. I watch as he opens his closet to grab a shirt and reaches out to give it to me " Here, you can change in the bathroom over there." Grabbing it I go into the bathroom. I honestly wanted to get out of this tight dress and heels. Coming back out I see he's shirtless and wearing some sweat pants. He walks over to me and hands me water, which I'm grateful for. I watch him get into the bed and I awkwardly stare at him while siping on my water "Are you just gonna stand there all night?" Honestly if I wasn't so drunk I'd be running away screaming but I didn't have the energy. Slowly I walk over and try and lay as far away from him as I can. I hear him shuffle and the room goes black, I can feel my heart in my ears now. " I don't bite, you don't have to hang off the side of the bed." I don't know that, he seems like he would. I feel his arm wrap around my waist to pull me closer. "That's better" he mumbles into my hair. I allow him to cuddle me. He doesn't try anything and I feel my eyes getting heavy. Eventually I drift off to sleep with a strangers arms around me.