Valerie || The Weeknd

House Of Balloons

Abel:

The moment we got to Toronto, I was full of excitement. I had missed my hometown more than anything. New York was awesome and I needed to stay there for a few weeks in order to experience new things and get inspired for the album I'm working on.

But nothing was like home. Everything started here, in Toronto. That’s where I met my best friends, that’s where I adapted to the life I’m living now. I usually never bring girls with me to a trip but I wanted Valerie to come to this party. I wanted to see what she was getting herself into.

She seemed anxious, I don’t blame her since she had no idea what was about to happen. She would stay with me, at my house I shared with some other friends. I called it “the house of balloons”.  And that’s where the party was going to happen.

Once we got to the house, my friends were there waiting for me. I was so excited to see them. Unfortunately, they couldn’t come with me to New York but at least I had the guys that were able to follow me.

I helped Valerie inside and told her where to leave her things. Many girls would be here tonight so I didn’t want her things stolen. We hid them at a safe place.

V: “When is the party?”

A: “Around 11pm. That when everyone will be coming.”

V: “Will there be drugs?”

A: “Not only.”

I didn’t want to tell her what she was about to experience cause she would just chicken out. She had to wait and see for herself.

Valerie:

Abel brought me to a really sketchy neighborhood. I didn’t know if I wanted to feel safe but Abel said he wouldn’t let anything bad happen to me. What was going on with that party anyway?

I made myself comfortable at his house and talked with his friends for a while. I’m pretty sure by the questions they were asking me they thought Abel found a new girlfriend but I was just another girl he wanted to fuck.

A: “Sooo, how do you like Toronto?” He sat next to me.

V: “Not that I’ve seen many things but it seems nice. I think I’m about to regret it tho given the fact that the party you are so excited about will be full of drugs.” I could already see pills and coke on tables around the house.

A: “I’ll be with you the whole time. Nothing’s gonna go wrong.”

V: “I trust you.”

He gave me a smile and went back inside to get ready for the party. I decided to take a shower and get ready as well. I had no idea what I was supposed to wear for this “party”. I guess a red tight dress would be fine.

I was done with my shower and ready to get dressed. Abel was in the room with me.

A: “Take off that towel.”

V: “We can’t have sex noooowww.”

A: “I just wanna see your body. It’s called teasing.”

I dropped the towel and let it hit the floor. He was looking at every inch of my body and made me smirk. I wanted him on top of me but as he said, a bit of teasing isn’t bad.

V: “Happy now?”

A: “Very.” He said while smirking.

He made me chuckle. I don’t know why but all this was kinda cute to me. He was the kind of man every girl would want. And I was lucky to have him although I was sure he was fucking other girls too.

I put on my dress and brushed my hair. I took my makeup bag out and put on some red lipstick so it would match my red dress.

A: “You look stunning.” He was eyeing up and down.

V: “Thank youuuu.” I smiled and kicked his cheek.

Should I have done that? I had no idea why I did that. I hope he didn’t mind.

A: “Let’s go, people will start coming.”

We finally went to the living room where everyone else was. Some of his friends were already smoking and some others were drinking. The room was full of drugs.

A few hours later, the house was packed. There were so many people here. There were many guys with hard drugs and guns all over the house and girls were dancing either on guys’ laps or just dancing.

I was with Abel and some of his friends. He was getting higher and higher, drug after drug. How could they do that without passing out?

I wasn’t given much attention, he was only doing cocaine and talking with his friends about hoes. I decided to go around the house and see what else was going on.

The music was blasting out and the rooms were full of smoke. I was high without even smoking anything. Some were playing an extreme game of truth or dare, other ones were doing body shots. I’ve never been to a party like that before.

Other people were messing around with their guns, acting like they were going to shoot someone. That was really concerning for me, they were high, who knew what could they have done?

I got back to Abel and his group of friends. They were all overdosing, I had lost Abel too. I was alone and panicked. Drugs was the only solution to calm down.

V: “So?”

A: “What?”

V: “Won’t you get me high too?”

A: “You seriously want the drugs we are doing?”

V: “Yes. Why did I agree to come all the way here after all?”

A: “Are you sure?”

V: “Yes.”

A: “Do you want cocaine?”

V: “Weed too.”

I saw him organizing a line of coke for me. He then gave me a 100 rolled dollar bill and told me to go for it. And I did. After lying back on the couch, he passed his joint and I smoked it.

A few minutes after, I started not being able to control my body. I started coughing really hard and my body was shaking. I shouldn’t have done that, not that kind of drugs all together. I started to panic even more. Why did I put myself in such danger?

V: “Abel, no. It was a mistake, all this. I wanna leave.”

A: “Shhh, relax. This is normal, your body is just not used to it.”

V: “But everything is dangerous in here and we could get killed and I have no idea what you just gave me.” I wanted to cry.

A: “Valerie, stop panicking. You need some fresh air.”

V: “I can’t even stand up.”

A: “See? Your mind wants to leave but you can’t go. This is where you are supposed to be. This is a happy place.”

V: “Am I going to pass out?”

A: “No, calm down. This happens during your first time. Nothing’s going to happen. We’re all happy here.”

V: “You do realize if James finds out I’m not back home my family’s going to kill me, right?”

A: “Valerie, please. You are the one who said yes to my offer, you were the one who said you wanted to try this lifestyle. Don’t put the blame on me cause you wanted to have fun.”

He was right. It was all my fault. I was so scared yet I wanted to stay. I didn’t wanna go back to my old, miserable life. I wanted to have fun in a happy place.

Valerie is slowly getting used to his lifestyle, do you think this will be good or not?

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