Exodus

Old Days

         I lay on my couch alone in silence. I think the boys may have fell asleep.

I turn the tv on to criminal minds, which I watch everyday at the same time. I hear a door open so I look down the hallway. Scrim makes his way towards me in only a pair of basketball shorts. scratching his raw chest yawning.

"Well good morning bum."
I say with a smile.

He smiles back.

"Fuck you."
He laughs, sitting next to me putting my legs on his lap.

"I don't remember falling asleep I laid down on that bed and after that it was a blur."
He says.

"Yeah that bed is comfy it better be, it costed me a pretty penny."
I say.

"I bet, it's way better than hotel beds."

"I bet."
I mock

"Shut up."
He laughs reaching out and poking me in the rib.
I wiggle.

"Don't even"
I say with a laugh.

"Don't even what? Don't do this."
He says as he begins tickling me.

I squirm around flipping so I'm on my stomach laughing uncontrollably. Scrim has never acted this way towards me.

"Stop I'm gonna pee."
I call out.

He stops, I breathe for a minute.

"Wanna smoke a blunt?"
I ask standing from the couch.

"Oh wow, little miss good girl smokes big blunts."
He says also standing up.

"You're dumb."
I say waking up the stairs.

He follows me.

"This is your room."
He says.

"No this is the kitchen."
I reply sarcastically.

"Oh yeah?"
He says picking me up throwing me over his shoulder throwing me gently on the bed he starts tickling me again.

"Scott! Stop."
I laugh.

"Calling me Scott that's one more minute of this."

"That's your name."
I ugly laugh.

He laughs too.

"Please stop."
I say about to pee.

"Okay I'll let you go for now."
He looks down at me and our eyes meet.

I think he's gonna kiss me.

"I'm gonna pee."
I say jumping up and heading to my bathroom.

"Aight."
He says, sitting at the edge of the bed.

"My stuff is in the bottom drawer of my dresser you can roll a blunt or I will either way."
I say Going into the bathroom, closing the door.

I look in the mirror wiping my eyes. I really hope scrim wasn't going to kiss me. That's so weird. I've never seen him like that and I don't think he's ever seen me like that.

I do my business and walk out of the bathroom.

"I decided I wanted to see your rolling skills."
Scrim says with everything in his hands

"Alright, prepare to be amazed."
I say with a laugh grabbing the supplies out of his lap.

I roll up a fat blunt, handing it to scrim.

"This isn't too bad."
He says examining it.

"Not too bad?"
I say

"Fine it's a really nicely rolled blunt but, how does it hit is the real question."

"Come on."
I say leading him to the balcony upstairs.

I sit in a chair, he pulls one next to me sitting down.

He pulls a lighter out of his shorts handing me the blunt and lighter.

"You're my guest you can hit it first."
I say not taking it out of his hands.

"No you go ahead I'm gonna go change it's fucking freezing."

"Alright."
I say taking the blunt laughing.

When he leaves I spark it up.

He comes back with grey sweats and a plain black t-shirt on.

"Here."
I say taking another hit than passing the blunt.

"Ruby's gonna be mad we're smoking without him."
I say, shoving my hands into the pocket of my hoodie.

"Well his fault he's not awake."
Scrim says.

"Y'all talking shit."
Ruby says stepping onto the balcony.

"Oh good morning sleepy head."
I say with a smile.

"Pull up a chair."
Scrim says.

"Y'all really woulda let me sleep through the blunt."
He says as he pulls up a chair.

"Well you had a long flight, I wasn't gonna wake you up."
I say passing him the blunt.

"Y'all remember when we used to steal Dustin's cigs and go under that big ass oak tree and smoke like all of em'"
Scrim says.

"Holy shit I can't believe you remember that. Remember when we would run around the neighborhood with BB guns shooting each other and we got in trouble."
I say taking a big hit and passing the blunt to Ruby

"Yanno, you never hung out with us much Scott but when you did we had fun."
I say looking at him.

"Yeah I know I thought I was cool cause I hung out with the older kids."
He says standing up and stretching.

"Are you going in?"
I ask, looking at him.

"Yeah I'm gonna go put my stuff away so I don't trash your room."
He says with a laugh.

"Well you're sleeping in it not me."
I say with a laugh.

"We'll see about that."
He says with a smirk.

He goes inside leaving Ruby and I out on the balcony. I look at Ruby he has furrowed eyebrows.

"Sometimes I miss the old days."
Ruby says spitting off to the side.

"Me too honestly, but I'm so proud of you Aristos."
I say seriously

"Oh wow, haven't heard that name in forever."
He says with cringe.

I laugh

"I've called you it forever and it feels weird saying it now."
I laugh again.

"Thank you Cher it means a lot coming from you. You've stuck by me through all this music shit."

"Of course, you're my best friend."

"Don't you forget it."
He says

"No don't you forget it, rockstar."
We both laugh

"Maybe you can come on tour with us."
He suggests.

"That would be an awesome vlog."

"I watch all your videos."
He says with a smirk.

"Oh god that's embarrassing."

"You're making it big too cher, people would wanna meet you. They'd be like fuck taking a pic with Ruby I want one with Cherry."

"You're dumb."
It starts to sprinkle outside.

"Ah shit c'mon, let's go in before we get wet."
He says grabbing my hand pulling me inside.