One-Shorts

Best Party Ever (Jack Barakat)

“Do you need cab fair?” I asked the girl I picked up tonight as she started to get dressed, she didn’t say anything to me just shook her head and left. I sighed as I sat up on my bed, it’s been a few days since the guys and I have been back from tour just relaxing before we  head out on ‘The House Party Tour’ with a few of our friends. I was just doing the normal thing I did, fuck and drink nothing really has changed during these past years I’ve been in the band. Alex keeps telling me that I can’t go on forever like this but honestly I kind of enjoy it, yeah it sucks that I don’t have anyone to call mine at the end of the day or to snuggle up too when I get home from tour or just a long day but I get over it with a good fuck. I rubbed my eyes a little as I  looked over at the clock it was still early in the night so I decided to call Alex to see what he was doing, I think he was at some party tonight he did invite me but I decided to call up an old friend anyways.

“Jacky!” He yelled into his phone causing me to place it on speaker, and set it next to me.

“Alex, where are you? There is so much background music?” I asked as I took note of the loud music behind him, he must still be out tonight.

“A friend of mine just moved into Baltimore and she’s having a party! Why don’t you come by! You and her would be great friends!” He laughed; I pulled my boxers on seriously thinking about this I mean I have nothing better to do tonight anyways.

“I’ll even come pick you up!” I heard Alex say before I could answer him, I shrugged my shoulders. Free ride, probably free food and drinks might as well and Hell maybe if I’m lucky I’ll get another girl tonight.

“Yeah, let me get ready” I smiled to himself as I heard him cheer on the other line and announce to everyone he was going to get me, it sounded like a pretty big party but who knows it might just be the music.

I finally got finish getting ready, just throwing on a shirt and some jeans. I didn’t do much with my hair it was only 11 o’clock I don’t think anyone is really going to care what I look like as long as I am having a good time I suppose.  I grab the bottle of Jack from my cabinet and took a swig before sitting on my couch waiting for Alex, nothing like a pre-game drink! While waiting for Alex I got to notice how quiet my apartment really is, I shared it with Alex but sometimes he would be out with his girlfriend so it was mostly pretty lonely. I was fine with it sometimes but lately I have just been getting this weird lonely feeling more than often and it was starting to be bothersome, of course I was just going to continue what I was doing already I mean it’s worked out this long. I never use to be this alone, I did have a girl well she wasn’t really my girlfriend but she could have been; she ended up going to college and well the band got big so I went off touring we haven’t talked since then, she was awesome we were almost a like in every way and everyone believe that she was going to be the one even I did but it didn’t happen and we lost contact, I usually never think about her but it’s times like these when I do because I could always just call her up and we would go out to a movie or she would come over with some taco bell and we would just have a night with the two of us just relaxing; we never had sex with each other, I kissed her once that was before she left to go off to college and I left for tour.  I remember it like it was yesterday, I walked her to her gate and she set her bags down on the ground and wrapped her arms around my neck giving me a big hug; I remember not wanting to let her go the feeling in my chest just killing every part of me but I knew I had too. Once she pulled away I went for it, I kissed her full on and to my surprise she kissed me back too, tears falling from her eyes and then once we pulled away she hid her face with her hands and grabbed her bags walking away from me. I stood there with my arms to my sides, just silently sobbing to myself as I watched her walk away from me and that was it; that was the last time I ever got to hold her, see her smile, hear her soft voice, even her laugh that was the last time and to this day it still drives me crazy how everything happened.