Good Things End

Chapter 4~

"I said that I'mma ride for my motherfuckin' nigga, most likely I'mma die with my finger on the trigger, I've been grindin outside all day with my niggas, and I ain't goin' in unless I'm with my niggas, my niggas, my niggas..."

The music played loudly as everyone sang along and danced to it. "here" Rodney said handing me a red cup with some alcoholic beverage inside it. "no thank you, I don't drink" I said kindly denying his offer. "oh right uh" he awkwardly looked around the area trying to figure out where to put the drink until he saw one of his friends Jordan and gave it to him "thanks bro" Jordan said taking a big sip of it as he continued walking to wherever he was going. "is there anything I can get you? we got soda?" Rodney asked "water is just fine, thank you" He nodded then left but not before telling me to stay right where I am. 

I did as I was told and stayed put greeting and having little conversations with people that kept approaching me. "omg Nyla, you know when Amirah told me she was coming with you I really didn't believe it, I know partying isn't really your thing but I'm glad that you came" Keisha a 'friend' of mine said. To be honest, sometimes I don't think she likes me. she is a bit of a weird one, her kindness is on and off and she sends mixed messages. "yeah I was really debating whether I should come or not" She opened her mouth to say something but then closed it when she noticed Rodney coming our way. 

She fixed her hair, although I think it was already fine and put on a big smile. "hey Rodney" she said giving him a half hug "hey, here's your water Nyla" I smiled a little thanking him. Someone started shouting Rodney's name from outside causing him to sigh looking kind of annoyed by it "I'll be right back" he told me before leaving. "I didn't know you drink," Keisha said watching me take a sip from my cup. "I don't, It's water"I informed her "that's what you think. you were not there when that 'water' was put in your cup, you don't really know what your drinking" she said putting quote marks around the word water. 

"we are at a house party filled with alcohol and drugs, it's your first time in one so you don't know what you should and shouldn't do but rule number one is to never accept a drink from someone" After she finished her sentence she gave me a half smile and left. Rodney would not spike my drink, he is not that type of person and plus what reason would he have for even doing such a thing? I understand what Keisha is saying, however, I think in this situation she has it wrong. "ooh look at you getting lit" Amirah chuckled walking over to me with Jacob walking behind me. "it's water" I think I will be saying that to people all night. 

"mhmm, I'll be the judge of that" Jacob said taking my cup from me and having some "oh, it really is water" he disappointedly said handing me the now empty cup back. I got my phone out of my back pocket and checked the time. 11:47. I've been here for not even a full hour but I am more than ready to go home. "lets go sit outside" Amirah said putting her arm around me and leading the way before I could say anything. "when I left you I thought you were with Rodney, where the hell did that nigga go?" Amirah asked me. 

"People kept calling him, after all, he is the man of the night" I shrugged showing that I'm not really bothered about it. There were some bean bags outside for people to sit on, we found two huge ones so Amirah and I sat on one and Jacob sat on the other one. Rodney came back after leaving me 30minutes ago " I got some party crashers" Rodney muttered sitting next to Jacob "really who?" Amirah asked. Rodney didn't say anything, he just pointed to the bbq stand where Dylan's brother Drake and two other guys were stood talking to some girls. "apparently, Dylan ran away from home last night and Drake came here thinking he would be here, as you guys can see he got distracted and he's now drunk and not leaving until he wants to" Rodney explained. 

"and you just gonna let him stay?" Amirah asked looked shocked by how Rodney is not making an effort to get rid of the crashers. "well yeah, look at them" They are pretty big guys and a lot of people are very afraid of them, Rodney clearly being one of them. "hey guys" Lula smiled walking over to us "hey boo, whats this i hear about Rodney running away?" Amirah asked. She could have started the conversation with a better topic but she is just so nosy. Lula sat down in between me and Amirah forcing us to move making room so that we could all fit. "girl he said he quitting school and he staying at his uncle Moe's house" 

The girls started talking more in-depth about it but I was not really paying attention, instead I was looking around the place, mentally complimenting peoples outfits and judging the people talking and taking pictures with the same people they claim to not like. I was doing this for a while until my eyes landed on a pair of dark brown eyes, he was staring at me and I know this because I was staring at him but the question is who's going to look away first. "oh hell no, i know you ain't staring at me him " Amirah said snapping me out of it. I closed my mouth that I didn't even know was opened and cleared my throat. 

"I was not looking at him" I said looking down starting to feel my cheeks heat up, the must be a light shade of red now. And I wasn't lying either because I was not looking, I was staring -Huge difference. An "mmhmm" of disbelief came out of Lula's mouth followed by a chuckle from her and Amirah. " let's do shots" Jacob randomly suggested standing up. Everyone but me agreed to the idea so I hope he comes back with 4 shots because I will not be participating. "um wheres your bathroom?" I asked Rodney. He was about to give the answer but then Jacob said I should follow him and so I did. 

We walked inside the house and I went to the bathroom whilst Jacob went to the kitchen to make the shots for everybody. After two minutes I was done and walked back out to meet Jacob who was pouring drinks from a Jack Daniels bottle into short glasses. As I got closer to him Keisha's face appeared, I didn't see her at first because of where she is stood. "Keisha's joining us" Jacob said lifting up the tray with 6 shot glasses but after taking a step or two he saw that the tray was not strong enough for all 6 glasses "I'll hold two" Keisha said, now holding a shot glass on each hand we walked back outside to the rest of the group. 

Once we were back with everyone Keisha started handing out the drinks to everyone like they were six year olds who could not help themselves. She then got to me and handed me my glass. "how many times do I have to tell you guys I do not drink?" I asked everyone who looked at me as if this is their first time hearing it. "Jesus drank wine" Jacob said and I knew that eventually, somebody was going to bring that up. "aaaand Paul commanded Timothy to drink wine" Lula added. "damn I didn't know there were a paul and Tiffany" Amirah muttered. "it's Timothy" I corrected making her playfully roll her eyes. "just one little shot, it won't do anything to you" 

Keisha assured me and everybody else nodded and said "yeah" in agreement. "Father forgive me" I whispered before quickly drinking it. Within 2seconds I felt a strong burning sensation coming from the back my throat and I couldn't help but cough causing everyone to laugh "that wasn't so bad was it" Amirah asked putting her arm around my shoulder and then drinking her drink. It was bad, it was more than bad, it was awful "I've gotta admit, i'm having a proud mother moment" Lula said with her hand on her heart and a grin on her face. 

"round 2?"