Neighbors

3

I run down stairs and look for Matt.

"Have you seen Matt?" I ask someone random

"No but duuuude I heard he was super wasted! I want what he's having" He slurs

"Duuude so are you" I say pretty sure he didn't know who Matt was so I kept looking

I finally spot Matt asleep on the kitchen floor covered in alcohol.

"Oh Matthew." I say as I walk over to him

"Emma?" He says waking up

"Yes Matthew?" I ask

"What are you doing here? This is probably the coolest party ever!" He yells

"Matthew I came with you to the party remember?"

"OH YEAH" He says while giggling

"Let's get you home" I say

"Why the parties just started Emma?!" He says

"You need sleep" I say

"Okay anything for you, princess" He giggles

"Excuse me?"

He looks at me and giggles

We finally get out to the car after 30 minutes of stumbling because of Matthew's inability to stand properly and head to my house. There's no way he's going back to his house drunk.

"Where's your phone?" I ask him sternly

"Why?" He asks

Before I get to answer he vomits in my lap.

You fucker. You're very lucky you bought me Misty's.

"Here." I say giving him my shirt that Macy peed on

"It smells like piss" He says with a disgusted look

I pull over into a driveway of a store. I don't look at the sign I just focus on getting to the back of my car and getting my extra pair of basketball shorts.

"EMMA! EMMA! EMMA!" Matthew yells

"What are you okay?! What's wrong?" I frantically yell

"Can we go inside!?" He asks

I look up at the sign wondering what store it was.

Misty's of course

"Yeah I guess" I help him out of the car and walk inside with my vomit jeans still on

Luckily the cashier that knows us best is here. At 2:34 AM

"Emma! What can I get for you?" She asks

"I know this isn't really your job but can you watch him while I change my pants?" I ask sitting Matt down in a booth

"Oh, sure what happened to your jeans?" She asks as she looks over the register

I don't say anything I just point to Matthew who is looking into a napkin dispenser's soul. I start to walk towards the restroom.

"Oh he wants the usual" I say

She starts to make the ice cream.

"Anything for you?" She yells

I can hear her from outside

These walls thin as hell.

"No I'm fine!" I yell

I finally get changed into the basketball shorts and walk back out to see Matt fast asleep.

"You still want the ice cream?" She asks

"Yeah, not Matt's usual though. Mine. Add lots of whip cream" I say

She hands me the ice cream and I start to help Matt up.

"Lions and tigers and bears!" Matthew yells

I finally get him into the car where he falls back to sleep

"Oh my." I whisper finishing his reference

The car drive was silent for the rest of the drive to my house. Which was probably only five minutes.

Before I get Matt out of the car I look around for his phone. I find it in his back pocket and grab it to text him mom.

"That felt nice" He slurs

"What?" I ask

"You grabbed my ass" He giggles

"Don't get used to it" I say

To: Mom O'Mine
From: Matthew (Emma)

Hey mom got home from the party around ten Emma and I have been watching movies ever since. I'm just going to crash here. –Matthew

I put his phone in my back pocket and bring him into my house.

Thank the lord no one is home tonight.

I sit Matthew on the couch and run out to lock the car.

"Let's watch Lion King" Matthew yells

Thank the lord my parents aren't home.

"Shh" I say

"Sorry" He whispers "Is this a good voice level?" He whispers even softer

"Perfect" I say. All these drunken kids are giving me headaches

Oh god I sound like my mom.

I turn on Lion King for Matt and get a text back from his mom.

From: Mother O'Mine
To: Matthew

Okay see you in the morning

Matthew falls asleep so I pick him up and bring him upstairs to my room. I put him in bed and just as he's about to fall asleep I climb in bed. He pukes.

The floor it is.