The musty old smell of the bar wafted past me as I opened the door to the pub. It was one of those local pubs where all the college kids met up on Fridays to get drunk before hitting the clubs. Looking around, I spotted Dustin in the corner, he was wearing a pair of dark blue jeans, and a light blue polo with an old beat up leather jacket. His dark brown hair was slicked upwards slightly. He seemed sort of nervous as he kept tapping the bar and checking his watch.
I walked towards him, after quickly checking myself over, to make sure I looked half decent. I had worn a light blue tribal pattern tight fitted skirt with a plain white V-neck, topping it off with a small necklace and a pair of strapped black high heels.
Dustin and I had grown up together, he had been my next door neighbor and we had been best friends since before I could remember. He was only 2 years older than me. We never fought, that was the best thing about our friendship, except for us bickering occasionally, we had always gotten along.
When I reached him, I lightly tapped his shoulder to catch his attention. He whirled around in his bar stool and quickly got up and pulled me into a giant bear hug, slightly lifting me off the ground. When we both had exchanged hellos and sat down, I ordered a pint of beer. This was the great thing about pubs in New York City, whenever there was a college crowd they never checked I.D.
“I am so glad you called, we haven’t talked in forever, you left for the big city and forgot about everyone in our small town,” I teased him lightly.
“I did keep in touch with the important people though,” He muttered smirking slightly, revealing his little dimple which he only had on the left side of his face.
“Oh, shut up, I was your only friend back there, you were such a loner, you stayed at home and did homework on Friday nights.”
“If I recall correctly that was you. You took every AP class the school offered and I used to have to drag you out of the house on Friday nights.”
“Well, I just wanted to get out of that hell hole, living right next to you sucked, I knew that if I studied I could get far away from you.”
“Obviously your plan worked perfectly,” He replied chuckling slightly. He grabbed his drink and chugged down the rest of his beer ordering another.
It was nearly 2:00 A.M. and the bar was closing finally. I was completely wasted and I could barely walk straight in my heels, tripping every few seconds. We had spent the rest of the night just catching up and teasing each other, it had been a really long time since I had that much fun.
We stumbled out the door hailing a cab, I was clutching Dustin’s arm as if it was the only thing keeping me alive. He was somehow still completely sober, even after 5 beers, but I on the other had couldn’t stand up still with only 3 beers. As I climbed into the cab he got in right after me, holding the door open for me.
“NYU, Founders hall please,” I slurred at the cab driver before sitting back in my seat.
Within 15 minutes we were at my dorm and I stumbled out of the taxi. I heard the other door close and I looked around and noticed Dustin had climbed out of the car with me and was now paying off the cab driver.
“There is no way in hell I am letting you walk back to your room alone, you’re so drunk you are probably just going to crash in the fucking bushes.” He explained when he noticed my confused look.
I glared at him but I didn’t reply knowing he was right, I could barely stand up straight. After the cab left we made our way to the front doors of the dorms. After about two steps I began tripping again. I sat down on the grass and began unbuckling my heels, not only did they hurt but they made it impossible to walk in.
Once I had both my shoes off I dramatically laid down on the grass sighing out in relief. “Let’s just go to sleep here,” I tried to compromise like a little kid, not wanting to even move 2 feet.
“There’s no way I’m letting you sleep on the grass, you’re 18 and you’re drunk, if the cops come here and see you passed out on the grass I am damn sure you’ll be in trouble. Get on my back, I’ll carry you to your room.”
Groaning angrily, not wanting to move I jumped up onto his back and when he began to move I squeaked. “Wait, no my shoes,” I pointed at them.
Dustin grabbed me tighter under my thighs and leaned over to pick them up, muttering something incoherently. I rested my head on his shoulder and closed my eyes, enjoying the cool autumn weather. As we walked into the dorm halls I guided him to my room where he rested me gently back onto the ground so I could unlock the door.
As I opened the door, I flicked on the light wincing slightly at the brightness. I had specifically gotten a single dorm room in college knowing that with my habits at night of not being to sleep I would have just burdened my roommate. Also in situations like this it was nice, not having to explain what I was doing out so late. I had a roommate briefly when I started college a couple of months ago and it had not worked out. It was much nicer having my own room.
I stumbled around my room trying to find my bed and before I knew it Dustin had his hand tightly around my waist guiding me into the bed and pulling the blankets over me.
“Goodnight,” He whispered as he silently backed out of the room.
“Wait, stay here, it is way to late for you to be walking around alone anyways. There’s plenty of room.” I was still slurring slightly but I scooted over in my bed and patted the space next to me.
He seemed hesitant for a moment but eventually he slid into the stop next to me. I looked over at him while he got comfortable. Once he stopped squirming around he looked up at me, our faces only inches apart. In my drunken haze, I leaned in and kissed him, ever so lightly. Our lips brushed against each other just for a brief moment and before I realized what was happening it was over. I quietly whispered a goodnight, barely able to keep my eyes open and I drifted off into a peaceful sleep.
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