High on you

Carry That Weight

"And then we just sort of sat on his porch for a while, listening to music." George shrugged and leaned against the counter. Brian flicked his hair out of his eyes and nodded his head. They were both curled up on the floor in the register area. 

"See! This is what happens when people take my advice. More people should listen to me." Brian smiled, proud of himself. And George nodded, completely understanding where Brian was coming from. He reached his hand into the open bag of crisps that sat between them and sighed. They'd smoked some of Brian's stash some amount of time ago and were feeling the after effects. "So, after you're 'date'..." Brian put air quotes over that "You...?" 

"Came over here." George shrugged and threw his palm over his mouth and dropped the crumbs of crisps into it. Brian had a look of honor on his face, like he couldn't believe that someone wanted bad enough to talk to him about something serious. George flashed a smile back at him and was about to say something else when his phone started to ring. He shrugged and pulled it from his back pocket. 

"Hello?" He asked as he swallowed the last bits of crisp in his mouth. 

"George! You heard from Paul since yesterday?" Came John's voice and George furrowed his brows. 

"No. Haven't heard from him...why?" He asked curiously though he was sure John was not going to answer him, at least not over the phone. John's end went quiet for a few minutes, apart from a few shuffling sounds. 

"No reason, look can you meet me at the charity shop?" John finally asked just as the store was flooded with headlights. George smirked to himself and pulled the phone a little ways from his ear, pointing his thumb at it. 'John's here' he mouthed to Brian, who nodded. 

The door  shook like someone was pressing against it. "Yeah sure, I'll be there-" George stood up just as John flung the door open and nearly jumped when George popped up from behind the counter with his phone to his ear. "Now." He smirked and hung up. John gave him a passive aggressive smile. 

"Funny, Harrison." He smirked and shook his head while George bounced on his feet and turned back to Brian, who was standing. John looked at him briefly. John was still being pretty allusive on Brian, having claimed he didn't exist for so long and having only come across him at that party and a limited amount of times afterwards.

If he was honest, George liked it that way. Maybe he was being a tad selfish but he wanted to keep his friends separate. He didn't want any repeats of what happened with Paul and John. Brian was a good mate and he sort of wanted him to himself.

"I guess I'll get some actual work done. Make things easier for you when you have your next shift." Brian shot a smile at John who nodded.

George turned to Brian again. "I'll catch up with you before I leave, Brian." He smiled and Brian gladly returned it and went off to his own devices. He turned back to John. "So what's got you all bugged out?"

"I'm not bugged out." John scowled and leaned forward on the counter. "Ok, maybe I am." He rolled his eyes and George's smirk.

"I broke up with Paul."

"You what?!" George shouted and John reached out slapped his hand over his mouth.

"Theres no need to yell." He scowled again and George slapped his arm away.

"I think the fuck there is." George wasn't exactly the most intimidating guy but the kid was scrappy and John was reminded of the time he'd gotten punched by George.

"Relax, George. Look, I think it's for the best." John tried explain himself but George remained unconvinced. "I don't know how but there's even more shit going on in my life, I don't feel like dragging him into all that."