Drag Me Under (on long term hold)

Thirsty Layla

Pushing two mattresses together on the floor in the living room we all got comfortable. Me, Kenny, Noah, Ryan, Vincent, Dave, and William huddled together telling gossip. It was as if we were a group of girls.
"Did you see Layla? She's getting big isn't she! It's hard to believe she's due in three months. A baby at seventeen, man that's got to suck." Vincent sighed. Layla was his ex-girlfriend from sophomore year, they had been more like fuck buddies really, not serious.
"Rumor has it that Nicoloes is the father but won't own up to it." William added taking a bite of the brownie Ryan had brought me earlier.
"What a douche bag." I can't stand people like that! Seriously, if you get a girl knocked up you fucking better take responsible!
"I know right!" William howled. "Poor Layla has to raise that child all by herself! Her parents kicked her out and now she's living with her grandparents. How messed up."
"She shouldn't be such a thirsty hoe. I mean they should have used protection. It's just as much her fault as it is Nicoloes." Dave preached. "I mean, Nicoloes has a record of giving his ladies prego scares but she shouldn't have had sex with him without protection."
"Touché." Kenny chuckled typing away on his phone, probably to Cammie.
"Do you know if its a boy or girl?" I asked rolling onto my back.
"I think she said its a girl?" Vincent sounded unsure.
"It is and she's naming her Zella." William chuckled. "That's a funny name. Zella!"
"Okay, enough of that." Vincent who sat next to him quickly took the brownie out of his hand. William didn't even try to fight him he simple smiled like a moron.
"My mom would probably strangle me if I told her I got a girl knocked up." Dave chuckled. "I don't know how Layla mustered up the courage to tell her parents she was prego. Id be scared shitless and probably stutter so badly they wouldn't know what the fuck I was trying to tell them."
"God, your mom would go ape shit on your ass!" Kenny burst out laughing. We all knew Dave's mom was crazy. Once when Dave came to a birthday party of Kenny's and she came with him, she slapped the shit out of him for hugging a girl at the party. She said hugging leads to babies. Dave was ten years old.
We all laughed at the mental picture of her kicking him into next week.
I had to admit these guys did a good job of distracting me. I hadn't thought of Sebastian since Ryan came over earlier. But now that it was getting closer to midnight the fear of sleep slowly wrapped around my mind.
"Guys, can I sleep down here with you?" I asked looking up at the popcorned ceiling.
"Of course." Kenny reached over and ruffed my hair. "Don't worry, if you start having a nightmare we'll wake you up. I promise."
I had told him that I've been having some really disturbing nightmares but I didn't give him details. How could I? I mean the very idea of what Sebastian is or what he can do is purely insane. Not that it's not real, it's way to real for comfort. But I felt safer knowing I had someone to wake me up before things went to wrong.
"Thank you." I smiled thankful to have such amazing people in my life.