Mindless Love

23: A Night We Won't Remember

*Serena Pov*

"Left"

"Right"

"Left is the best Craig"

"No, the right one is"

Craig and I were currently sitting on a bench in a park side by side, having our ongoing debate on the left/right twix controversy. There was no one else in the park considering it was after 11 o'clock at night. How we ended up here is actually a pretty funny story.

See, it all started when Craig dropped is phone in the toilet. We were at his house preparing to drive to nicki's rooftop hotel party, and it somehow managed to slip from from his hands as he was taking a piss. Why he even had his phone out, the world will never know.

Well anyway, neither of us knew where this hotel was, so we planned on using Craigs phone to get there. And since we were going to use his phone, I used up the battery on my phone playing candy crush. Dont judge me, that game is very addictive.

I had called Nicki to show us how to get there, but she had given us shit directions, so somehow we ended up in some sketchy looking neighborhood.

But here's the fun part.

There was a hitch hiker standing on the side of the crumbling road we were driving on, and Craig, being the kind fucker he is, stopped the car to pick him up, despite my objections. Once the stranger was in the back seat of Craig's car, he pulled out a freaking gun and ordered us to get out. I had to resist the urge to say 'I told you so.'

We walked untill we were finally able to find a gas station, but it was one of those crappy ones where you can't go inside. We only had enough money for a twix bar, and I suggested that we use the rest for a pay phone.

Wait, this story gets even better.

After wandering around for about half an hour, we were able to find a payphone. We only had two quarters, so we could only make two phone calls, and I was still desperate to get to Nicki's party. She was one of my best friends and I would be a shitty friend if I didnt show up. That and the fact that this party was probably going to be a party that everyone would be talking about.

I used the first quarter and dialed Nicki's cell number. She picked up after three rings, and could barely hear what I was saying due to the music blaring in the background. She must have moved to someplace quieter, because after a few moments I was able to hear her speak.

"Serena!" She slurred, stretching out the last letter of my name. "Why arent you here?"

Oh great she was drunk, which meant that she was most likely incapable of giving me directions.

"Nicki, I need you to give me the address of the hotel you're in right now."

"What hotel?" she hiccupped. "I'm sitting in a bathroom."

I did my very best to keep my cool. I knew what my friend was like when she was drunk, so all I had to do was be patient with her.

"Where you're having your party dipshit!" I yelled into the phone.

Okay, so I wasn't very patient.

"I have to get off the phone. Too much alcohol. I need to throw up." She said before hanging up. I hung up the payphone in frustration, and took the other quarter from craig. After I put it in the payphone, I waited patiently for an answer.

"Hello?" Leah said on the other side of the phone.

I breathed a sigh of relieft. Finally, someone that could actually help us. I dont even know why I didn't call her in the first place. "Yeah, hey Leah. I need you to give us the directions to the hotel."

"Sure. But where are you and Craig? its almost midnight and you still arent here. Ive been calling your phone, but it goes straigt to voice mail. " She asked, the worry clear in her voice.

"We're fine, my phone died, we got lost, and someone stole Craigs car. If you give us the address then well find our way over. "I assured her. Leah seemed satisfied with my answer, and went to go find nicki so she could give her the address. She returned a few minutes later.

"Nicki is currently throwing up in the bathroom, so ill just get Jake's car and pick you guys up. Where are you?"

"Well, im not sure where we are." I admitted.

"Just go find-" Then the phone turned off, signifying that out time was up. Craig had to physically restrain me from destroying the payphone.

So fast foward an hour and here we were, sitting on a park bench, arguing over twix bars.

"Craig, Im bored." I whined, once we finished eating our twix bars. He shrugged. "What am I supposed to do about it? I woupd suggest you play candy crush, but thats exactly why we're in this mess."

"How the hell is this my fault? Im not the one who dropped my phone inthe toilet!" I yelled. Craig let out a deep breath. "Im sorry okay? Can we just not fight?" He begged.

"Fine." I huffed, crossing my arms over my chest.

After a few moments of silence, I stood up and held out my hand for Craig to take. And we started walking side by side in the park. untill we came across what I was hoping we would find. Craig looked unimpressed.

"You really want to play on a playground? You are such a kid." He said. I shrugged. "Are you going to push me on the swings or not?" He rolled his eyes, but still followed me over ti the swing set.

After pushing me for a few minutes, Craig got bored and demanded that I push him. Then we took turns going down the slide. We now stood on opposite sides of the monkey bars, using our upper body strength to move towards each other untill we were face to face. "You know, if I had to get lost with someone, im happy its with you." I said.

"Are you sure you wouldnt prefer Jake? Surely he'd be more interesting than me." I laughed and inched closer to him.

"Well, I do love his hair." I replied, making him let out a laugh. When we were both done laughing, he looked straight into my eyes with a smile on his lips. "I really do you love." he said.

"I love you too." and with that, we began to kiss, still hanging on the monkey bars above our heads. When I couldnt hold on any longer, I pulled away from the kiss and dropped down onto the ground, and Craig followed suit.

I brushed myself off. "Well, Seeing as though we're not gonna get to Nicki's party, I say we go find our own party."

Craig agreed. "Here's to a night that'll be so crazy, we wont remember it in the morning."

****

I think its safe to say that last night was definitely so crazy that I couldnt remember anything when I woke up. The last thing I remembered was Craig and I wandering around untill we found a bar, using our fake ID's to get in, and we took a few shots. Apparently a few shots turned into us drinking up a whole damn bottle.

My head was pounding, and my hip was hurting like crazy as I sat up in a bed, have no recollection of how I got here. Craig was sprawled out next to me, dead to the world. The room we were in was very unfamiliar, so I got up to see if u coupd find out where we were. As soon as I got up I could feel vomit threatening to come up my throat, so I sprinted to a bathroom, and threw up everything but my memories. Excluding my memories of last night of course.

When I was done, I could hear my phone ringing, and I searched the room up and down untill I found it.

"Serena , where the fuck are you?" Leah screamed into the phone.

"Can you please stop yelling?" I asked, my head still pounding.

"The hell I will! Where the fuck are you?" She repeated.

"Calm your tits, Craig and I just crashed at a motel. I'll get the address and call you back."I said about to hang up.

"Okay, I'll come get you guys. But when I pick you up we have to go see nicki."She said. Suddenly I was hit with a wave a guilt knowing that I had missed her party.

"Damn, I need to apologize dont I?" he asked. Leah sighed, and her voice became calmer.

"You're the least of her problems right now."