Sick Little Games (Zack Merrick)

• Trying New Things •

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"Alex, Mariah, Jenna and Lisa are meeting us down here," Oli told us, playing with the sand next him "Vic is busy or something, not answering his phone."

"You guys are always so quiet." He carried on when nobody said anything, I'm betting he's probably glad that the others are coming because he's not wrong, we are always quiet. I saw the others walking towards us in a small group and Oli stood up to greet them, firstly giving Alex a 'bro hug'.

"Have you got Vic's number?" I asked Zack, turning to look at him slightly. He sat next to me when we got here.

"Yeah, why?" He asked, grabbing his phone out of his pocket.

"Can you text him and see if he's okay? Just if he's not answering..." I trailed off seeing his smile widen and him shake his head, almost laughing at me. "What?" I asked.

"You worry too much Jess, I know where he'll be, don't worry, he's always sneaking off. They just don't care to ask where or why." He motioned to the group and I didn't reply as they all sat down. Mariah leant over to hug me and then she leant back into Alex.

"Anyway," Lisa was scowling for some reason but she managed to smile as everyone looked at her "I brought the party today."

Confusion ran through me as she rummaged through her pocket, until she finally pulled out a small tin box. She opened it and showed us all something I can only describe as a joint, obviously rolled by hand because of the size.

"We're getting high? It's like 4 in the afternoon." Jenna frowned, but everyone suddenly started disagreeing with her and laughing.

"Come on Jen, if you're being like that just don't have any." Oli laughed, helping Lisa lite the thing. She scowled at him and shook her head.

"You don't have to have any Jess, don't worry about them." Zack suddenly whispered next me to and I turned my whole body to looked at him and face him.

"I kind of want to try it." He grinned.

"Good because so do I." He twisted his body around to face me too, and grabbed the joint off Oli who was breathing smoke into Jenna's face and teasing her. "Ladies first?" He asked hopefully, holding it out to me. I laughed and shook my head. No way.

He grinned before putting it to his lips and taking a deep breath, making him quickly pull away and cough out smoke whilst half laughing. Everybody in the group cheered. He passed it to me, still letting out small coughs and I hesitantly took it from his hand.

Oh god, I brought it to my lips and from the corner of my eye I could see a few of them watching me. Zack, still sat in front of me, stuck his tongue out at me making me smile stupidly. I breathed in slowly, unlike Zack and took the thing away from my lips, breathing it back out.

"She's a pro!" Oli stated, and then laughed when I started coughing hysterically, smiling because I almost did it. Everybody kept passing it around until there was barely anything left. Zack and I got it last as the others started getting into some deep conversation.

At this point I think we're all very high, and I'm surprised because it didn't even take that long to kick in. There's only enough for one more breath on the joint is the first thing I noticed as Zack grabbed hold of it. He looked at it and noticed too, then smiled stupidly at me with a glimmer in his eye.

"Can I try something that I've always wanted to try?" He asked me, and I nodded boldly, still smiling from the effect of the drugs. He shuffled closer to me until our knees were touching. "Close your eyes." I did, this time getting dubious but brushing it off.

Everything is so amazing right now, I should do this more often. I feel like I'm floating or something and without a care in the world.

Suddenly I felt his lips on mine, they were surprisingly rough. He forced my lips open with his and blew the familiar smoke into my mouth. I inhaled, taking it all in and briefly felt his hand on my neck before he pulled away with a cheeky smile. I leant my head up and slowly blew the smoke into the sky watching as it slowly faded away.

"I think that's the hottest thing I've ever seen." Someone suddenly stated and I looked to see the whole group gaping at us. Alex winked at me telling me that he said that. I just laughed, still feeling that amazing weightless feeling and dreamily wondering what the hell just happened.