One Night Stand(Erik Killmonger Stevens)

1: Hey Princess

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I grin to myself as I sit on the bed in my small apartment looking at all of the books that I spent thousands of dollars on as I enter them on eBay. Finally done with finals! I quit when I hear loud knocking on my door and a voice screaming "Bitch get out of your room. It's time to party!" I smile as I walk over to my bedroom door and see my best friend, Loren, looking straight at me.

I get out of the doorway so she can come in as she plops down on my bed and turn towards me. "Ugh Zahria, I'm so tired of being stuck on this campus full of white people. It's time for us to go out. I need me a strong chocolate man instead of a Wyatt."

I roll my eyes and laugh at Loren. "Loren, weren't you the one who was sure that Wyatt was 'the one'." Loren throws one of the pillows off of my bed before I block it with my hands. "Zahria shut up, that's besides the point. I came here to basically drag you out of bed since you've been a hermit crab for like a month,"

I sit down beside Loren and say "I've been studying. That's a pretty good reason to be a hermit crab. Some of us actually CARE about school Lo," Loren huffs before saying "Blah, blah, blah. I don't care. I just want to go out. And it's not the same without you," Loren looks at me pleadingly.

Now I know what you're thinking that I'm just a big nerd who never goes out, but no. My freshman year of college I was actually known as the party girl and a piece of that is still in me, but now I know how to balance out school and fun. It's a miracle that I even passed my freshman year not to mention I go to one of the best universities, Massachusetts Institution of Technology. By looking and Loren and I you would've never guessed that we go here, we just look like 2 black girls that are lost honestly. Loren and I met my freshman year and honestly it wasn't that hard to find each other since we're a few of the only black people that go to MIT, but that's enough of our background.

Loren looks at me pleadingly before saying "Zahria, I will literally get down on my knees and beg you to go out. I need to get out of this place." I shake my head at how dramatic she was being before saying "Oh my god Loren. You're such a drama queen. You know that I'll go out, especially since we're done with finals." Loren screams and jumps on my before smothering me with a bunch of thank yous.

***

Loren and I spend the rest on the time in my apartment primping and getting ready for the club. As I start to put my heels on Loren says "You know people are going to be all over you tonight Zar. It's been forever since you've been out and clubs just haven't been the same." I smile at her but choose not to say anything about it. What can I say? I'm kind of a party legend here.

I wait on Loren as she finishes her makeup and check myself out in the mirror before getting my phone and calling an Uber. Loren looks at me questioning who I'm calling and I put my hand on the phone before saying, "We both know neither of us will be able to drive tonight," Loren smirks and lets me finish up and by the time the Uber comes were both ready.

***

It takes a few minutes for us to get down town but once we finally do the party begins. Before we even get to the club we stop at a nearby bar and have some celebratory shots for finishing up this year. "To us!" I shout as I throw the shot back and flinch as it goes down.

Loren and I finally finish up our shots and start walking to the club tipsy already. As we get closer and closer to the club we can feel the music vibrating our whole bodies. Loren and I quickly walk to the front of the line, much to the disagreement of those waiting in line and I smile at the bouncer. "Zahria!" He yells out to me and brings me in for a hug, "I haven't seen you in forever. I was getting kind of worried," He says before letting Loren and I in without any hassle.

Once we actually get inside Loren and I go straight to the bar and take a few more shots. Once I get tired of sitting down I pull Loren up before screaming, "Let's dance!" Loren smiles and says "That's the Zahria I know and love," And we both go out on the dance floor.

As we're having the time of our lives I notice a man from the bar staring at us. I have to admit that he's gorgeous, but that's not the reason I noticed him, he's one of the only black guys in here.

As I look at him he doesn't look away and soon it's a contest of who would look away first. I finally give up when Loren pulls my arm. "Earth to Zahria! Dance with me, a cute group of frat boys just came here," I roll my eyes at Loren and say "I'm going to get another drink," Loren just shrugs and keeps dancing as I walk.

I walk over to the guy staring at me before sitting down right beside him, but instead of looking at him I look at the bartender and ask him for a drink. As he's making my drink I turn towards the dance floor to make sure Loren hasn't slipped off with some frat boy already and as I'm looking for her a deep voice greets me.

"Hey I'm Erik," The man beside me says as he reaches his hand out. I smile and shake it before saying "Hey, I'm Zahria." Erik nods his head for a bit before saying "Zahria. You know your name means Princess in Amharic right?" I smirk at him before saying, "Yeah, I'm aware." Erik just smirks back and says "Are you a freshman here or something? I haven't seen you around much?" I raise my eyebrows, "I'm a junior actually. I didn't know YOU go here. You don't sound like you're from here."

Erik laughs and says "How come? Is it because I sound like I'm from the hood." My eyes go wide and I shake my head quickly and say "No, no, no that's not what I mean. I was just saying-" Erik cuts me off by saying, "Nah it's all good. I'm not like ya'll here. This year was actually my first one here. I'm here for grad school." I open my mouth and I see he can tell I'm shocked. "Well congrats on that," I say as I lift my glass up and throw the shot back.

Erik laughs at me a little as I say, "Yeah if you were here my freshman year you would've definitely known who I am. I'm the 'party girl'." Erik looks at me skeptically before saying, "Then why aren't you partying?" I lick my lips out of habit, "Because I'm talking to you,"

***

Around an hour later Erik and I were still talking and as the night wore on I kept drinking and drinking developing more confidence. I can tell my limit is creeping up and before I know it I could end up black out drunk and I don't want to do that in front of such a cute guy.

"Earth to princess," Erik snaps his fingers in my face. I roll my eyes at the nickname Erik has so generously given me. "Yes Erik," I say in a whiny voice. "What do you say, you come home with me tonight?"

I suck in air quickly and look at him in the face. I would be stupid to say no, so incredibly stupid.

I quickly jump off the bar stool before turning to walk towards the dance floor, Loren has to be here somewhere. Erik grabs my arm and asks "So is that a no?" I shake my head and say, "I have to tell my best friend where I'll be for the night," Erik smirks at me and I start searching for Loren.