vodka|l. gallagher|

1. Soph

"Karen Jackson blew you while you taught her ways to remember physics laws?" I laughed and sipped the beer Lip had previously had in his hand before he could object to me doing it.

He nodded and smirked at me before taking a hit off the cigarette we had been sharing, "You betcha'."

I stood up and walked to my dresser pulling open the top drawer and searching through it. I pulled out a joint and walked back over to the bed with the ashtray sitting criss cross.

"You couldn't be more of an idiot Lip."

He leaned a bit closer to me and looked me in the eyes, "And why is that Soph?"

I blinked a few times noticing we were inches away from each other and placed the joint in his mouth before holding the lighter up to the end and igniting it, "Maybe oral and 10 bucks isn't the best way for you to be working."

He inhaled and lay back on the bed looking up at the ceiling before laughing and exhaling the smoke, "I'm just waiting for more SAT jobs. "

"You're a genius you know that? You could be doing so much more."

He looked over at me and sat back up on his elbows taking a hit again before passing it to me, "You know, you are too, you could do so much more than work at Kash and Grab and sell weed on the side."

I shook my head, "I'm no genius. I have to do this to survive. I suppose you do to, maybe we are both just stuck."

He shook his head, "No-no  not stuck," he inhaled, "doomed more like it."

I leaned back and stared at the ceiling watching the smoke begin to fill the poorly ventilated room. I couldn't help but laugh and put a hand over my mouth, "Doomed. We are, aren't we? South side white kids with drug addicts for parents."

"Fiona is out at the club, most everyone is asleep and the van is clear." Lip hinted around and turned on his side brushing the hair from my forehead and leaning down kissing me where the hair once lay.

"Lip, once again you are unsuccessful in trying to get me into bed. Not after Karen Jackson was on your dick." I smirked and smacked his chest.

He placed the joint between his lips and took another long hit before placing it in the ashtray on the bedside table and leaned down pressing his lips to mine. My face got hot but I managed not to let it get bad. I slapped my hand against his chest and pushed him away laughing, "Lip! Quit it!"

He pulled away but kept our foreheads pressed  together, "Stop what Soph? I have no clue what you are talking about."

"You're a shitty liar Lip."

He smirked and kissed me again, this time with more force and placed his hands on either side of my face holding me there. I exhaled sharply and wrapped my arms around his neck pulling him down and running my fingers through his hair. Eventually I found the courage to push him off, "Fuck you Lip, get off."

I laughed and sat up looking at him before grabbing the joint and taking another hit inhaling long and hard. I exhaled and passed it back to Lip before getting up, "You staying here tonight or heading home?"

"You come stay with me. There is room on the top bunk," He stood up and grabbed his coat.

I laughed and nodded, "Yeah sure, why not? I'll have to head out early to my shift at Kash and Grab with Ian anyways."

I stood up and slipped on my hoodie grabbing my cigs, wallet and keys before slipping on my boots. Lip laced up his shoes and wrapped his arm around my walking me downstairs towards the door.

We walked to his house and chatted a bit, mostly silent. It was a comfortable silence though. Quiet wasn't weird with Lip. It was normal. When we were high we would just chat about whatever or we would stay silent and enjoy the other persons company.

It was silent in the house and the tv was going but no one was in the living room. Lip grabbed my hand and pulled me upstairs grabbing some of the clothes I had left there many times before and  tossing them at me. I walked down the hall to the bathroom and changed into the shorts and leaving my hoodie on before folding up my jeans and walking back to Lips room. I climbed up in the bed and moved as close to the wall as I could get before Lip pulled off his shirt and jeans replacing it with sweatpants and a shirt, climbing up behind me and laying.

I turned to face him and he wrapped his arms around my waist after pulling the blankets over us and resting his chin on top of my head. He fell asleep fast, lightly snoring. I pressed my face into his chest before falling asleep too.

I woke up to the door slamming  open downstairs and people laughing and talking. I sat up and smacked Lip on the shoulder.

There was a snort and a loud, "What the fuck," as he sat up and looked around, "What happened?"

I shushed him and listened, "You think Frank brought a bunch of assholes home?"

He jumped out of the bed and helped me down before we made our way down the stairs. Debbie and Carl had made it down already and when we walked down we saw it was Fiona, Veronica and there was a man sitting in front of her on the floor with blood on his face.

"Jesus, " he said looking around, "How many of you live here?"

"These are my siblings, Debbie, Carl, Ian, and Lip." Fiona was cleaning up and Lip walked to get a beer.

The guys eyes were still on me like I was supposed to answer. V spoke up, "I don't live here. I'm just the neighbor, well old man next door died, so I guess that makes us next door neighbors!" She laughed.

"I don't live here, just a friend." I said softly as I took a seat on the couch.

"Just a friend my ass," Fiona laughed which caused Veronica to laugh to.

Lip had walked back into the room and took his seat next to me, handing me the beer he had taken a drink out of, "What's so funny V?"

She shook her head, "Funny? Nothing. I don't find anything funny." She joked.

Fiona tossed a rag at Veronica and looked at us, "This is Steve."

Fiona barely had Time to get the sentence out before Kevin had busted in, "What the fuck V? Who is this?"

"This is Steve, he fought a bouncer to defend my honor at the club!" She was laughing.

Fiona scoffed and rolled her eyes, "More like defend my honor."

I smiled and laid my head on Lips shoulder getting sleepy again now that the initial adrenaline rush from the loud noise had gone away.

"No shit, man," Kev looked down at him, "What bouncer?"

Veronica spoke up before Steve got the chance, "Jimmy Clifton!"

"Respect man," Kevin stuck out his hand, "Put her here."

They began talking but it didn't take long for Fiona to rush us to bed. There were protests, mostly from Carl who was mad because it wasn't even midnight yet.

Lip took another drink from the beer bottle and passed it to Fi before pulling me up the stairs and to his bedroom

He climbed back in and wrapped his arms around me giving me warmth that I wasn't getting from the house alone, "Thanks Lip, you know you're like a hot box."

It didn't take long for me to fall asleep once he pulled the covers over us and pulled me closer to his body hiding his face in my neck.