"Why don't you pregame with us?" Rafe asks me, a small smile forming on his face.
It's the night of the bonfire, and the Cameron siblings and I are sat around the kitchen island of the house.
"Nooo, pleaaaase pregame with us, Briar" Sarah begs, grabbing my arm in plea.
I look at Sarah, then to Rafe, then back at Sarah.
"Hmmm... yeah I'll pregame at the Chateau" I finally say.
I give Rafe a sorry look and he playfully flips me off.
"But I'll find you at the party for sure." I add, which cheers up the Cameron boy.
As I follow the girls upstairs to get myself ready to go to John B's place, Rafe shoots me a text from the kitchen.
Rafe:
Kelce is bringing some coke tonight. Lmk if ur down to take some too.
My breath shortens.
Coke? Like... cocaine?
My eyes are glued to the screen of my phone as I try to act normal walking back to my room.
I know a lot of people who would sometimes do coke in college. I personally never gave coke a chance, due to my philosophy of "only taking drugs that grow from the earth" aka weed or shrooms. Never did I think twice about doing coke.
But, it wouldn't hurt to try, right? I mean, everyone I know who's done it a few times has always told me that it doesn't have as strong of an effect as the movies and TV shows make it seem.
I hesitate for a bit, type on the keys of my phone to text him back.
Me:
Y'all cokeheads?
He takes a few seconds to respond, but eventually reply.
Rafe:
Helllll nah haha, Kelce buys them once a year for the bonfire. It's only a little bit.
I read his text and give myself a moment to contemplate.
Should it be a good idea? I mean, there's always one time for everything. Plus I'm confident enough that even if I do coke tonight I won't get hooked on it. Besides, it's too expensive of a drug, and I have way better things that I can spend on rather than dumb cocaine.
"I'm down then" I text back, and he sends me a ";)" in response.
The girls and I make our way to my room where we finish getting ready. Kie has the boys on a group facetime call as we figure out the plans for the night.
"So you're pregaming with us tonight?" Pope asks though the screen as I finish putting on some perfume.
"Yeah" I answer with a smile.
"LETS GOO" JJ yells, his fists punching the air in excitement. "You've been hanging out with Mr. Rafe Cameron TOO much, and not enough time with moi" he adds with a smirk.
"Don't make her regret hanging out with us because of your weird ass, JJ" Kie says, shooting a glare at him.
"Hey, I'm not doing shit" he shoots his arms up in surrender.
I laugh. "I didn't have the opportunity to hang out with you guys at Top's party, so I need to make that up to you guys."
Sarah hugs me and squeals. "Okay girlies, let's hit the road!" she exclaims as she twirls her car keys in the air.
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