British boy Vs the world

Night Out

"Be careful" Thomas said while holding my arm.

He always told me to be careful, whenever I went out or did anything.
I smiled at his request. "Of course love, when am I not?" I asked.
"When you go out with your friends and Kali's there" he chuckles.
I grinned and nodded my head, before pecking him lightly on the cheek and walking out of the apartment to meet my friends.
I got in to my car, it purred to life as I put the key in and twisted. I backed out slowly out of my parking space and headed off down the road to my regular hang out spot. A few minutes later, I was parking outside of 'The Cave' bar. As I got out of my car I hear a slight yelp from behind me, a smile starts forming on my lips just as I'm greeted by the familiar pair of arms being wrapped around my waist from behind. "Well hello there" I chuckled. Turning around to see the all too familiar face of my best friend. Kali Summers.
"Hello there fluffy" she says ruffling my hair. I smiled at her before seeying the rest of the gang come towards us.
Our friend group consisted of me, Kali, Oli Charles, Matthew (Matt) Rodgers and James Maughan. They walked towards us with a bright smile, Oli trotted to keep up with the boys's pace, due to their small figure and short height.
"Parkeeeer!" They chirped while running in to my arms and me lifting them up.
"Hey my little dude" I smiled and kissed their head, before turning to greet the boys.
"What? No Tommy tonight?" James said running a hand through his short sandy coloured hair. I shook my head. "Nah, not tonight. Poor kid is really stressed with university work and essays and god knows" I sighed.
James's hazel eyes softened as he nodded.
"Well I for one am in the mood for a drink" Matt said flipping his blonde hair out of his blue eyes. He held a benson between his fingers, taking small drags every now and then.
Whenever we went out to a bar or just to drink, Matt had the habbit of getting high. I've got to admit, I'm the one that got him in to weed, back when we were sixteen and fifteen. It's been almost three years since then, and he's still got the old habbit. Personally I only lit up a spliff if it was at home with some friends or at they're house. I try not to at home because of Tom, I know he wishes I would quit the stuff, but you'd be amazed how much it helps with pain and just sadness in general.
Matt kills the benson and throws it on the ground before stepping on it. He turns to us and straightens his black hoodie jacket before smirking. "We going in then?" He asks.
We nod, I sling my arm around Oli's shoulder as we walk down the small steps and in to the bar. We hear music blasting loudly once we get past the small hallway and through the double doors. The bar has a wide layout, a couple pool tables sat neatly in the right hand corner and the front, closest to us. On the left you had tables and booths, and then towards the back you had this huge bar, I'm talking Vegas type shit, iluminated by LED lights and neon signs. There was a platform used for dancing that seemed pretty packed at the moment, as music blarred and patterned lights shun and danced over the floor.
"What do you guys want?" Matt says turning to us. Oli orders a Jack Daniels and coke. Kali settles on a mojito, fuck knows why. I choose a vodka and coke, and James says he'll go with Matt and order at the bar. They shortly leave and head towards the bar, while the girls and I head to a small booth.
"So Parker..." Kali begins, taking the seat opposite me, "how are you and Tommy?" She smirks.
I blush a light scarlet and scratch the back of my neck, curling my fingers around my auburn hair.
"We're good, really good actually" I smile.
"Have you two had sex yet?" Oli asks, curious.
My redness deepens vastly and I shake my head.
"Not answering that. None of your business" I wink.
"Aw c'mon! We've known you for six years!" Kali whines.
"I give a flying fuck" I smirk.

Not soon enough, Matt and James return with our drinks. They set them down on the table and we thank them before I quickly put the glass to my lips, swallowing the liquid that now burns my throat.
"Woah, easy there Spidey" Matt jokes, patting my back. "Don't wanna get smashed to quickly now, do we?" He smirks.
I chuckle before shaking my head, already feeling slightly dizzy from the speed in which I consumed the alcohol.
"Nah, guess not" I said putting the glass down.
"Hey guys, only two more weeks until Christmas holidays!" Oli cheered.
I nodded, "yup, then you turn nineteen, then me, then Thomas, James turns twenty, then Kali turns nineteen and then Matty here does" I smirked at my friend.
"Remind me again why I hang out with babies?" James chuckled, taking a long swig of what I can only assume was Jack Daniels neat. I laughed at his comment as did the rest of the table.

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As the bar was closing up, we all headed out. I glanced at my watch to see that it read 02:30AM. Shit. I hope Thomas is asleep.
I walked over to my car saying goodbye to everyone, I offered Kali to take her home considering it's on my way. She gladly accepted, so after biding our goodbyes to everyone we climbed in to my car and backed out of the space, heading home.
"I had fun tonight" Kali chirps.
I nod in agreement, "yeah, it's nice to get out once in a while"
"Yeah...so how is Thomas?"
I smiled at the thought of him.
"Yeah he's okay. He's going back to LA for the holidays" I frown slightly, wishing I could stay with him.
"Aw man, that sucks. But hey, we're going back to Spain anyways" she shrugged.
It was true, Kali and I hadn't been back to Spain since we moved out here a few months ago to start university. I missed my parents and my siblings, though only slightly.
"Yeah I guess so, it'll be nice to see everyone. I just don't like leaving Thomas, ya know?" I said, keeping my eyes on the road. She chuckled.
"I know, I know. But you guys went two years without even meeting each other!"
"Yeah I get that, but now that we're together it's difficult for me to leave him"