Slow Burn

Chapter 3

September 2015, The Crack House

Brit has been talking to this guy from her church. Perks to her because he an older boy. *Mentally high fives Brit*. He is tall, dark hair, blue eyes, and mysterious. However, he is way too sketchy for my liking. 

"Simone take me to meet Jared, please? Only to College Town." Brit asks me Friday in the afternoon. 

I give her a wtf look before I cave in, If she has the opportunity to get some, I'm gonna be a good person, and help her. 

"Fine, but Camille is coming so it's not awkward, and I'm not third wheeling." I tell her. 

"Deal." 

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In the evening I decide to do a full face of makeup,  I mean I am meeting up with college boys. I check if my gas tank was nice and good before I drive to pick up Camille and Brit. 

"He told me to meet him there at around 9:30, but we have to leave now since I told my parents we are watching a movie at your house." Brit informs me as they enter the car.

"And what time are you supposed to be home?" I ask. 

"10:30, but it's fine, I've come up with something before we will be fine." 

I glance at the car seeing it's 8:30pm, and we all mutually decide to get food. We go to a food place in this popular shopping center. Yet, tonight it was more skeevy then popular. 

"Hey ladies!" A guy in this thirties winks at us. His beer belly and thinning hair was doing him no good at all. "You girls are walking the wrong way!" He continues to yell at us. "What are you not old enough to get in?" 

We keep our heads down as I yell back, "I guess not." Then we sprint into the sub shop laughing at what just happened. As soon as we walk out we sprint to my car laughing again in case the man comes back out. 

We enter the car and turn up the music as we start driving towards College Town. My 2nd oldest brother attends college here, so I drive my way to his fraternity to wait for Jared's text. 

"Can we go in?" Camille asks. 

"I don't know, but I wouldn't mind going in." I wink and laugh at myself. 

Text to Joe: Are you at your frat house?

Text to Simone: Nah sorry.

Text to Joe: It's fine :/

As soon as I send that text, I see Joe walk out of his house with his friends. I mentally shake my head and take note that I need to talk to him about this later. 

"What the fuck!" Brit yells tears welling in her eyes.

"What??" Camille and I ask at the same time looking at her with concern. 

"Jared said he's not here? He tried to make me sound like I was the stupid one for coming down here, when I swear he said he was down here." 

I face palm myself, we drove 40 minutes out to come and meet him and he's not even here. Plus, I've been holding in my pee for a good hour and needed to let my bladder go. 

"Where is he?" I ask Brit. She showed me the address, and that was almost an hour away from College Town.

"Are you shitting me? Do you still want to go? Your dad wants you home by 10:30, and it's already 10pm."

"Yes! Please Simone! Let's go!" 

We sit for the next 20 minutes waiting anxiously for Jared's text so we can leave and meet him there. On the drive there it was quiet and tense as Brit's anxiousness increased. Looking at the scenery, it looked like we were getting closer and closer to... water?