My best stranger

10

"you have to come for this party. Loosen up a little" Lucas tells me then takes a bite out of his apple. He's planning on throwing a houseparty and I'm not sure if I'm ready to go back to Luke's wild parties.
"I don't know"
"Since you and Erica decide on remaining friends, you can find a new girl"
"No thanks."
"Well bring Erica, I'm sure she'll want to find a guy"
"What the.." I punch his shoulder and he laughs.
"I don't think she's into wild parties. She took me to a book club the first time"
"Book club" he repeats and laughs again.
"Just ask her. And you have to help me set up so your coming either way" he says and jogs off to God knows where, leaving me on the walkway out of the lecture hall. 

I get back home and decide to ask Erica so I call her.
"Heiiii" she picks up after the first ring.
"Hai. You don't have to say yes but Lucas .."
"Larry?"
"Lucas" she just doing that to get on my nerves.
"He's having a party. Wanna come?"
"Sure. His place right"
"Ya. Are you sure you want to come?"
"You know you want me to. And the fact that you don't feel I can be wild makes me want to come. Pick me up" she says and ends the call.

Dramatic much?

I meet up with Lucas and we both go to get drinks, snacks and pick up some drugs from crackhead lucy.
"Hey boys" she says and rubs her hands all over Luke's body. Thank God I'm not the one giving her the money.
"Thanks Lucy"
"I'm I invited" we both get in the car and Luke yells "sure if you can find the address" and laughs as we drive off.
"You can be as crazy as her you know?"
I point out.
"Nah, lucy is another level of crazy. She's just lucky she sells her drugs at a lower price than the others if not she won't have any friends"

We get back to his place and set up. People start coming and I go to pick up Erica.
I knock on the door.
She opens up and I take a look at her from her curly pink hair packed in a neat bun down to her white air force 1s. The corridor light illuminating her. She has a scarf tied around her chest making a triangle. Ripped high waisted jeans. The rips reveal her thighs and I honestly see no need for the trouser in the first place. The only decent thing she has on is her sneakers.
"Finally, you took so long"
"Don't tell me your going like that?"
"Don't worry I have you to protect me" she pats my chest and walks past me to my car. I look at her from behind and her back is barely, slightly covered.

"Your literally tying a scarf around your boobs"
"It's a shirt."
"Well it's not that hard for some rapist to rip off"
We get in the car but I refuse to start it until I get her to change.
"Try"
"What?"
"Try ripping it off"
I feel my cheeks flush a little. I yank on the end of the scarf and it doesn't budge.
"Doesn't mean anything. What of the jeans, did you wear it to fight a lion or something?"
"Hey that's racist, just cause I come from Africa doesn't mean I fight lions"
"Oh God. Don't try and change the subject"
She laughs at me.
"I have a hoodie at the back seat, you can use it"
"Uughhh, dad!!" She whines calling me her dad.
I reach for the sweater in the back seat and hand it to her. "Don't worry it's zip up so you can show pervy guys the front of your so called shirt"
I put the car on drive and head to Lucas' house. We get there and the music is already playing. We both get in and Luke immediately spots us.
"Noah, you came" he said and hugs me. Then turned to Erica he's eye gawking her before he actually says words "damn, come in"
I look at Erica and she has taken off the hoodie and has it tied around her slim waist.
"Oh my God. You just want to be stubborn"
She puts on an innocent face like she's a five year old.
"Did you see the way he looked at you, if he wasn't my best friend he'd be figuring out how to take you upstairs."
"Thanks?" She says and laughs. Lucas comes back with a party cup in his hand. He holds Erica's hand and says "let me show you around and introduce you"
He turns to me and winks. I mouth the words "I will kill you" as he walks away with Erica laughing. How I'm I sure he isn't figuring out how to take her upstairs.
I walk over to the dining and take a seat. I roll some weed and light it. Looking around, I don't see any trace of Erica or Lucas. But I do see an unpleasant surprise. It's Benita and her lover boy, Jay. I draw in a lot of smoke and exhale at the ceiling. From the corner of my eye I see Lucas walk back into the living room and I call him out.
"Whats up."
He's already pretty stoned.
"Firstly where is Erica, secondly did you invite those two" I say pointing at Benny and Jay.
"Well, firstly Erica is making friends, you should try it. And secondly which two?"
He squints his eyes desperately trying to navigate where my finger is pointing at although I'm pretty sure he can't make out any face.
"Benny and Jay"
"Oh those two, now I see them" he lies.
"I don't know who invited them. It was a 'bring your friends' party. But if you want them gone so be it"
He says and dramatically folds up his sleeves.
"Don't worry. We're in the same school anyway, I might as well just get used to them."
"Okay bro, have fun. Please" he says and walks, more like stumbles away. I roll another one and I feel the effect of the first start to take a toll on me. The room is spinning and everywhere feels wonderland like.
After the third roll I feel a slight touch on my shoulder. I look up and all I see is a blurry image. Its a she.
I try to feel her I place my hands on both sides of what I think is her hip and slowly go up.
"Noah, I didn't want to make such a big fuss about it but I think this is your third and you don't look good."
"Tomi... Tomiwa is that you? Did, did I get it right?"
I hear her gentle laugh and she says "yes it's me and yes you got it right."
She takes out the blunt from my hand and puts it on the table.
"I'm coming back, let me get water okay?"
I give her a thumbs up and look around and once again see a familiar face. I walk up to where Jay and Benita are seating and sit next to them.
"Hey bro" I pat Jay's head.
"Look, I'm sorry I punched you the other day, you were just being such a dick. I figured there's no point in having unsettled beef. I mean we've both fucked the same girl"
I hear people laugh around me, my vision is still blurry and I slowly start to forget where I am.
"And benny, we had a good run. I knew you were faking your orgasms. Just enjoy Jay before he finally admits his gay"
I hear another round of laughter then I feel someone drag me away from the scene.
"I said sit and wait, you couldn't just do that?"
"I said wear a hoodie to cover your sexy body you couldn't just do that?" I say to her and laugh expecting her to laugh with me
"Come on laugh, it's funny. Everyone else was laughing at my jokes"
"Drink the water. And plus I'm wearing the hoodie, your just to high to notice"
I try to drink the water but I spill it on my shirt.
"Oh no, I have to take off my shirt"
"No!" She exclaims and stops me from taking it off.
"It's just a spill, you don't have to take it off"
"What, your afraid I'll show to much skin and woo all the ladies. That how I felt Tomiwa."
"I think we should start leaving"

"Truth or dare in the living room" I hear a random guy yell.
"I want to do that instead"
"Oh Good Lord" I hear her mutter. We arrive at the living room around the coffee table where everyone is gathered.
I sit next to a dude and Erica sits next to me.
I hear people say out their dares or truths and Erica reads hers from the piece of paper.
"Take off your bra. I'm not wearing any"
The crowd goes "oooohhhh" and laughs.
Then it's my turn.
I pick up a scrunched up piece of paper from the bowl. I unfold it but I can't make out the words.
"Erica can you read it for me?" I ask with what I feel is pleading eyes.
"Last kiss and with who" she kind of chokes up on the last word making me laugh.
I lean towards her and whisper in her ear "should I keep your identity hidden?"
Theres no response.

Oh well.

"Uhmm, my pillow yesterday night." I say. They all laugh and move to the next guy.
I turn to Erica and wink. After a few more rounds it falls back on Erica.
"Give the guy next to you a lap dance" she reads out, she gets up and I realize I'm the guy next to her. Already high, I don't feel nervous or scared, I'm pretty excited I get a lap dance from Erica, her on the other hand seems shy.
"Don't worry tomiwa, you just have to put your back in it" I say and laugh.
She sits directly on my groin, her hips sway to the music in the background,moving in sync. Her movements are so fluid it feels like she's done it a hundred times. Best lap dance I've ever had and the high just makes the feeling two times better
"Did I make daddy proud?" She whispers in my ear and it instantly sends shivers down my spine, all I want is her right now.
"Damn, Erica where you a stripper in your former life?" I hear someone from the crowd say.
"Your turn Noah, stop drooling" someone else says.
Erica reads " get on the table and twerk" and laughs. Suppose that was directed to a girl. I stand on the coffee table and show off my horrible twerking skills. I sit next to Erica and she says "can we start going" I immediately agree. I'm looking forward to only two if us in a secluded area again.
We both get up not really bothering to notify the rest that we are going. I get to the door of the driver seat and Erica gives me a deadly glare.
"What?"
"I'm not going to die in your hands. Get in the back"
I don't bother arguing as I feel my eye lids start to get heavy. I lye in the back seat and she starts driving.
"Your the best stranger I've ever met Tomiwa"
"Your not so bad yourself" she jokes.
"When did you start doing drugs" she asks in a more solemn tone.
"Uhmmmm let me see, when I was 16. I've done cocaine and heroine but they're not my thing. I'll just stick to pot"
"I don't like the fact that you take drugs"
"Awww, you don't find that sexy?" I ask and laugh.
"I'm serious"
"Well I don't like it too but here we are"
I really don't want to focus on what's good and what's not good for my health, I just want to be happy.
"My dad died of lung cancer".
"I'm sorry"
"I don't want to loose someone else I care about to the same cause"
"What if I don't smoke it?"I laugh again.
"I'm serious"
"Well if you want to be serious, try telling me when I'm not high"
We get to my house and she offers to stay. "what of Tayo?"
"He's with Roxanne"
We are in the living room and I plant a kiss on her lip. She pulls back in shock and I just want to kiss her again. She comes in for a deeper kiss. My hand gets to her ass then she stops me.
"If I was to have sex with Noah it won't be the high one"
"But this is when I'm not shy, see I made the first move. And I can't stop thinking about it since the lap dance and you whispering in my ear"
She laughs and I can see her blush
"Let go upstairs then you can lay down. I'll stay on the couch"
We both walk upstairs and get to my room
I take off my shirt and joggers and lay in bed. She seems to be a lot more shy today. What happened to fierce, first move Erica. I guess I was the fierce first move one now and there can't be two of us.
There's a glass of water on my night stand and she raises it up to my face and tells me to drink it.
"Sit next to me"
"What"
"Sit next to me and make me drink it" I say to her "or I'll pour it on myself again"
"You couldn't read and now you can't drink water. When your high your really dependent"
She sits next to me and I drink the water. I place my two hands on her shoulder and slowly take off my hoodie exposing her smooth dark shoulders, I plant light kisses on her shoulder and go up to her neck. She rests her head back in pleasure. I wrap my arms around her waist and they make their way up to her chest then she stops me again.
"Noah, go to bed. If it makes you feel any better I'll stay in bed next to you"
"I'd rather not want something I want but can't have lying next to me"
I lay down and look up at the ceiling avoiding eye contact with her.
I hear her walk over to the door and say "good night Noah"
"Good night Tomiwa"
She closes the door and I hear her walk downstairs. My eyes slowly start to close and I fall asleep.

Author's note
I like high Noah, is it only me?😂. Pls tell me what you think of this chapter, I really love it.
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