Luck and Misfortune

Chapter Two: Squads

2140 N.C.

I jerk awake from my nap when I hear the slamming of a door. Ugghhhh Ash why? I think, covering part of my face with my hand and sighing. I lay back down knowing I won't be able to go back to sleep. I check my phone for the time. It reads 3:15, so I get up and change my outfit. When I'm done I'm wearing a pair of black leggings with slight rips in them, a blue tye-dyed tank top, and tan jacket.I'm in the process of putting on socks when I hear a banging on my door.

"Lis, we're back!" Ash shouts as through the door

"I'm aware," I shout back. I hear her walk away from the door. After I finish putting on my socks, I walk out of my room and to greet them. Ash is already in the kitchen and Claire is locking the door and taking off her shoes. I go into the kitchen and wait for Ash to finish pulling out her snack.She pulls out some chips and salsa before reaching for the bowl for the salsa. She turns and sees me and jumps slightly.

"Goddess," she gasps, "Stop doing that silent thing."

"Sorry?" I say.

"It's fine but you need to stop," She says.

"Pay back for waking me up from my nap," I grumble.

"Whoops," she says, nonchalantly. She plops on the couch and turns on the TV. I watch her get comfortable from the doorway of the kitchen. Claire walks out from her and Ash's room and plops down with her.

"You still going out with Chris and them?" Ash asks.

"Yup but I'll still be back in time to hang with you two and the guys," I tell her, walking back into the kitchen, "What are we doing again?"

"Drinking and watching movies," she says.

"Cool guess I'm getting shit faced tonight," I say, opening the fridge.

"You gonna be drinking with the others?" Claire asks.

"Absolutely," I say.

"Not like she can get shit faced," Ash says.

"Sorry for having a high tolerance?" I say. I grab three drinks, a soda and two beers, and walk back to them. I drop the beers on them and open the soda.

"Read my mind," Ash cheers. Claire shake her head at her girl friend but proceeds to open her own drink. I look at the time on my phone and see it reads 3:39. I walk back to my room and grab my wallet, apartment keys, and headphones.

"Welp I'm off," I say to them.

"Okay bye," Ash says.

"See ya," Claire says, snuggling closer to Ash. I exit the apartment and lock the door behind me. As I walk down the stairs I hook my keys onto the clip of my wallet and slid them into my jacket pocket. I plug in my headphones to my phone and start to listen to some music and sip my soda. I walk down the street towards the nearest coffee shop, which happened to be on campus and fifteen minutes away. By the time I make it to the coffee shop it is 3:54 and there is at least five people inside and three people outside. I throw my empty soda can into the nearest recycling can.

"OOooo it's little berry," A voice calls out, loud enough I could hear it through my music. I pull out my headphones with a smile on my face.

"Wassup, Chris" I say, turning around to see the short male blonde.

"Nothing much," he says, bro hugging me.

"Where are the others?" I ask.

"They'll be here since we are kinda of early," He answers.

"You right," I tell him. We head into the coffee shop's outdoor seating and move tables around in order to seat ten people. After we move the tables we sit down ourselves and wait for the other eight.