Temptation

55 - Hero

These are friends that I do bad things with; worse than the friends that I have in LA. These are the friends that I find myself always making bad decisions and now, I'm waiting in my living room for them to show up with my innocent girlfriend, who gets drunk after two drinks and I have my drug addict friends coming into my home. And, if Madden thought the LA friends were punks, wait until she meets my London crew.

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Rex is a 6 foot 4" man, very lanky but scary looking. His hair black but he tends to dye it blonde so I'm not sure what to expect when I see him; he has an eyebrow and lip piercing and tattoos covering his entire body from the neck down--he could possibly have face tattoos since it's been months since I've seen him.

Skye is actually from Ireland but she moved here with her mum who met some big music producer here in London and she never wanted to leave Ireland so she went from a pretty in pink type of girl to the girl who hates everything about her life., especially her mum. Skye has bright red curly hair and she dresses like a skank--always wearing short shorts (if it's cold she wears fishnet tights underneath), a tube top and clunky black boots; almost everything she wears is black or red. On her face, she has a nose piercing and a small "S" tattoo under her eye which she got just to piss her mum off. Skye and I have history, sexual history which Madden is now aware of because I did not want that to be shoved into her face if things did not go well today but Skye tends to play around with Crispin so hopefully she'll lay off my dick.

Crispin is a dark haired man, shorter than Rex by a few inches and he is the dealer in our group. If we need drugs, we know to go to Crispin. Crispin is tattooed but not as much as Rex and he has a nose piercing and eyebrow piercing. Along with dealing, Crispin is the one known to make up bets to gain money and he always wins them. The bets are not good, they always hurt other people but we never cared about that, it was the thrill we gained from the bets that made our group fun.

Clementine is not as sweet as her name; we call her Clem because she hates her own name. Clem is the least tattooed and the least pierced of all of us yet she is the nasty girl I know. Clementine is bisexual and is always ready for a threesome--sometimes even orgies so I am more than prepared for her to try and get involve with Madden and I. Clementine also has a clit piercing and she likes to show it off, so I've warned Madden to avoid eye contact with her because she will a hundred percent show herself off.

Rhys is actually the local tattoo artist in London, he is very popular for a lot of his minimalistic artwork. We got to know him from constantly going to the parlour and he would tattoo us, even when we were under age. We took him as a cool dude, but he's actually a fucking arse. Rhys tends to bang women who come in to get tattoo, no matter their age and he takes photos of them during their intercourse and saves them in a shoe box that he locks in the safe in the studio. The women know about the photos and tend not to care because they are all tramps but it's just fucking gross. Rhys has tattoos covering his arms, legs and torso; none from his neck and up but he has piercings almost everywhere in his face unless he's taken some out since I last saw him. Rhys is the only blonde in our group and he likes to colour his hair weird colours so I don't expect any less of him now.

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Madden does not set up any fancy snacks or gets any alcohol out because of the last meeting she had with a group of my friends; friends I no longer speak to. "We are going to get caught up in their shite baby. It happens always." I know how these people are, they will beg and beg me to drink until I do and they may even get me to smoke some weed but that's not what I worry about. I worry about what they will ask of me, or want of me in front of Madden and the things I have done in the past when she wasn't around have been awful but she has forgiven me because she wasn't there but now she is and I don't think she could forgive me. My conscience is telling me to not be dragged into the darkness with them, to ignore their calls but my sanity knows that they are too consuming to ignore. Although, Madden is all so consuming; I am consumed by every inch of her body and by every word or sound that leaves her mouth. If I can stay focused on her, I can ignore them because she is my real drug, the one that can sedate me.

The door bell rings, shaking me from my thoughts and I go to the door, leaving Madden in the living room. All five of them stand there, looking high as shit. They barge in, with quick hellos as they do, and make their way to the living room. When I called Rex the day before, I him exposed my Madden to him, even though he might already have been aware because of the news but I didn't want the group to think that she is the maid like the others had before. When they walk into the living room, they are not at all surprised that she sits there on the couch with Bean, but Clementine, being the least filtered in the group; blurts out, "She is not your type," and she turns to me. I am ready to flip out but look past Clem, Madden is giving me the eyes she gives me to tell me to calm down. I've become very aware of her looks and can read her very well now. She stands off the couch, and I have never seen Bean act this way in the two years that I have had him but he stands off the couch and in front of Madden, growling at Crispin, Rex and Rhys when they step closer to introduce themselves to Madden.

Dogs can sense people's intentions because they have this intense sense of smell; Bean must be smelling bad intentions from the men. Madden pets Bean on the head, settling him and steps in front of him in order to introduce herself to the group. Bean does not leave her side. Phased by my dog's obedience to my girl, I stand there watching as Madden introduces herself to these men who have animated eyes for her breasts. The boys fist pump her rather than a hand shake and move on to sit on the couch, Clementine goes to Madden and twirls her hair in her hand, "You are very different in comparison to the other girls Hero and I have been with, but you will do." Madden says nothing to her and shoots a look at me, I shake my head no to confirm that I have never slept with Clem and someone else before. Clementine has red hair like Skye but she has slept with too many men and women so who knows what I could get from her. I grab Clementine by the arm and pull her to the couch, to sit with Rhys. Skye doesn't even give Madden a look and I only know that this is not a good thing; Skye is going to try to fuck with Madden.

Crispin takes out a joint and starts passing around a plastic bag with shrooms. When the bag gets to me, I take it and hand it straight to Rhys again, not even allowing Madden to touch the bag. Rex has raided my alcohol cabinet in the kitchen and has taken out the rum and vodka, pouring shots for everyone. Two shots deep and I can see how red Madden's cheeks have already gotten. She slouches against me, trying to use me to hold her up and Skye is laughing at how little alcohol Madden can take. "Shut up!" I snap at her.