Lost

Chapter 4

I guess I heard him wrong. He didn't ask us if we wanted to smoke some weed, did he?

"You know I don't do that shit" Joanna says.

Ok, question answered. He did.

Niall laughs. "It's a joke, beautiful."

I relax a bit. He is not dealing drugs or something. Lucky me.

"Where's Josh, anyways?" Joanna asks Niall.

Who is Josh?

"Devine is back home and lies in his bed with a very bad headache" Niall laughs and winks at us in the mirror. Why is he in such a good mood?

"Uh, you're in a good mood today" Joss says and I ask myself if she can read my mind.

"Yes, I am. It's because the frat party is today" he says and Joanna starts to smile.

"I would come, but I can't" she tells him.

"Not? I thought that's why you are here?" Niall wonders and stops the car at a traffic light.

"No, she is new here and I want her to meet.. some.. people" Joanna says and presses her lips together like she needs to hold back some words.

"Sure" Niall rolls his eyes "You don't want her on a frat party, correct?"

She doesn't say anything and I wonder if he is right. Joanna's expression says he is.

"Well, you really should come to our party" Niall says "It's the best. We always do the best frat parties and parties generally at Hazard."

Hazard? What is he talking about?

"I will go with Joanna" I tell him and look over to her.

I don't know the both of them, but I will trust Joanna more than this boy. Well, not that I trust any of them. I will not be that foolish. It is bad enough that I am in that car with them.

Niall glances at me in the mirror. "You sure? Because you'll miss the greatest party ever."

"I am not that much into parties anyways" I say and shrug my shoulders.

He grins and looks at Joanna. "You really should come to our party!"

"No" Joanna says again "We'll just go to that club you'll bring us to. It's the one we visited at our first meeting."

Niall nods and then drives along the road. Joanna hushes all the time. Why is she being so quiet? She was talking all the time before and now she just keeps her mouth shut. It would be less awkward when she would be as much talking as before. But no, the punker girl needs to be quiet.

When Niall stops, Joanna and I jump out of his car and Jo thanks him. Niall winks at her and then makes his way down the street. Behind us the music booms.

"What is it with him that you are shy?" I want to know.

Joss looks into my eyes and swallows. Then she sighs. "You better stay away from him and the other boys. Josh's ok but you better not lay a finger on the others."

"Who are the others?" I want to know. "About whom are you talking?"

"The boys from Hazard." Joss sounds pretty cowed.

There is the word again; Hazard. What is Hazard? It means something like risk and danger. But they use it more as a name instead of something like danger.

"What is the thing you call 'Hazard'?" I question.

Joanna clears her throat. "It's a commune. A very big one. Like a hotel. The owners are mostly five boys, which you should really stay away from, but ten other people live in there as well. They always do those big parties and some people try stay there over night. Some of the biggest parties happen to be their parties."