The Devil You Know

Chapter 19: Out With Brendan

Me and Brendan were out drinking with Tess. I guess she was okay, Brendan seemed to like her a lot. I'd hope that Jade was okay by herself. Brendan and Tess were very talkative and I just sat there and drank some whiskey. Brendan didn't seem to mind that I was drinking, pretty much, the whole bottle. To be fair, he wasn't paying attention.

I'm not sure why he brought me with him. I was basically third wheeling. Eh, I guess I didn't really care. I got all the alcohol. We sat out here, at a park, looking at the stars, for about 3 hours. They talked, I drank. Something in the back of my head told me we needed to get home. I drank the rest of the bottle, pretty drunk by now.

"Brendan, I think we need to head back." I almost slurred. "Yeah, it's getting late." Tess said, agreeing with me. "Alright, alright, fine. I'll see you tomorrow, yeah?" Brendan said, kissing her before getting up. I got up, nearly stumbling. She got up and drove off in her car. Me and Brendan started making our way home.

As we got closer I noticed Jade sitting on the side walk outside. She looked over at us and stuffed something in the pocket of her jacket. I was to tired and drunk enough to forget to ask. We both ran up to her and sat next to her. "Jade what are you doing out here?" Brendan asked her, a bit concerned. She didn't reply. She looked pretty blank. She didn't seem like normal Jade. Maybe she was just tired. She wasn't getting the much sleep lately.

We all got up and we took her inside. We all went upstairs and she went to her room first before comming into ours. It was a bit odd but I didn't question it. I layed down in my bed, throwing my hat off and taking my shoes off. Brendan plopped down on his bed and Jade layed next to him. I started dozing off, but I don't think Jade ever went to sleep that night.