Shit Happens in Summer

fourth

I can see the light pouring from the window through my eyelids. Another body is laying halfway across my chest. I look around the room. I see the hollow Vodka bottle on the floor on the right side of the bed where my shoes were. It's about eight people in the room now, me, Javier, Daryl, Aja, two girls I didn't know, and Dominic too.

My arms are cradled around the body tight. When I look down it's Javier on my chest. I jump a little and he moves around, I don't even change my position for some reason. How the hell did this happen? I just stay there and carefully pull my phone out to find three texts from Loni.

Loni: where are y'all?
Loni: im ready to leave
Loni: nvm I'm leaving with Gia, she lives by me I'll ttyl

I slide Javier off of me, he moves around like he's about to wake up so I grab my shoes and hustle out. I snatch a little mouthwash from the bathroom on my way down stairs, out the house. I pace up and down two blocks while I thought about last night.

Nothing crazy happend.
Even though your pants were at your thighs...
Shit happens.
I think to my self while I make my way back to the house. As I'm walking up I see Javier sitting down on the concrete.

Zarion: are you okay?
I ask in concern.

Javier: yea it's just early.
I sit down beside him with my knees at my chest, and my arms locking around them.

Javier: are you okay?

Zarion: I'll be ight.

Javier: why what's on ya mind?

Zarion: im ok.
Javier gets up and signals for me to follow him into the car so he can take me home. I can put the seatbelt on by myself. We're quiet the whole ride home. I lay my arm on the middle console, then I feel Javier's fingers graze mine leaving a tingling feeling behind.

Javier: my bad.
I put my hands in my lap and I say nothing. Javier smiles the rest of the ride home. He's so careless and happy all the time.
When we pull into my parking lot I hurriedly walk to the porch.

Javier: wait!

Zarion: what?!

He trots over to me with my phone in his hand. He does his "hug-shake" with his hand lower on my back than last time. I open the door to my little brother watching cartoons. I shut and lock the door. I watch Javier speed off through the peep hole.

Zarion: what you doing up at 7?

Na'mir: minding my business

Zarion: don't get smart little nigga

Na'mir: where you was at?

Zarion: a party with my friends

Na'mir: you mean Loni and Javier

Zarion: yea
When I'm really friends with someone I talk about them to everybody.

Na'mir: you talk to Javier a lot, is he ya bestfriend?
I think about it and me an him are really close for me to have only known him for almost a week. I don't know what to tell Na'mir. "Kind of", I say as I walk into my room to fall asleep on my pile of soft covers and pillows. I go into deep sleep a minute after laying down.

When I wake up it's 4:27pm. I walk out of my to see my Ma and Armani just hanging in their room joking around.

Ma: hey son!
She says as I stand in their doorway.