Eye for an Eye

Chapter 4

"you wanna use the bong again or a blunt wrap?"

I blink my eyes open and sit up in Malani's bed. I rub my eyes and let out a yawn, looking over at the clock on her nightstand and it reads "8:42AM". I feel my head starting to pound and exhale. Malani lifts my chin up and looks me in the eye.

"you okay?"

"yeah, I just have a slight headache"

"I have some pain reliever in my bathroom, or we can smoke this weed and that'll do the trick" she said grinning at me. I nodded my head and she started rolling up, going with the blunt wrap instead of the bong. She lit the blunt and pulled two drags of it and passed it to me. I inhale the smoke and instantly feel my headache go away. I take another quick drag and pass the blunt back to her. we continue smoking until it's gone and I lay back down. Malani puts the ashtray on her dresser and gets up from the bed.

"im gonna make some food, you want something?" she says as she puts some joggers on. I open my eyes and look up at her red eyes.

"no and I don't know how you eat so early, I don't have a proper meal until 1pm"

she shrugs her shoulders but doesn't respond. I turn over and pull the cover over my body completely and resume resting my eyes. I start to think about the night before.

After simba dropped me off at my building, I went up to the 5th floor to Malani's apartment. I knock on the door and wait for her to open it. after a couple seconds, the door swings open and my nose fills with the smell of weed. Malani puts her hand on her hip and squints her eyes at me.

"you walked over here or what? you said you were on your way at 10:30pm and it's" she pauses and turns to look at the time. "12:03pm. it's only a 30 minute train ride and a 5 minute walk, what happened?"

"can I get inside and explain?" she rolls her eyes and steps aside to let me in. I walk in and take off my shoes by the door and put my belongings on the couch. I ask Malani for some shorts and a top so I can get comfortable. she nods and goes into her room. she comes out and throws me a pair a orange shorts with a black top and I quickly change and plop down on the couch.

I scroll on my phone for a couple minutes until I start to feel eyes bore into the side of my head. I look up from my phone and see Malani with a her eyes wide open.

"wellllll...spit it out"

I put my phone down and let out a breath. I lean towards her coffee table and pick up a bag of cheddar cheese ruffles and start eating them. I swallow and begin talking.

"I got a ride from a co worker." I continue eating the chips and grab the remote to start flipping through the channels on her tv.

"which co worker is this? I feel like most people take the train or uber. who really drives in NYC?"

I nodded my head. "I agree. we have a new asm, his name is Simba. he offered me a ride and i'd rather be in a car then be waiting 30 mins in a hot and smelly train station" Malani starts laughing. "is this the lion king? what was his mom thinking when she birthed him? let me guess, his dads name is Mufasa?"

I roll my eyes. "haha, so funny. but he doesn't know his fathers name because he isn't in his life if you must know." she nods her head. "it was nice he gave you a ride home though, what the hell took so long?" I look away and tilt my head, thinking about our car ride.

"Drop top Porsches, I'm so used to this. Smoking out the pound, I'm so used to this" I sing as my phone is connected to the aux. I look over at Simba and see him drumming his fingers against the steering wheel. "2016 was the best year ever" he looks up and nods his head in agreement. "no summer has topped that one yet" the song ends and "silver tongues" by louis tomlinson starts playing. simba looks down at the radio screen and turns up the volume. I look over at him with a smirk.