Nice & Spice

Prologue

I'd been home from work 30 minutes, had a shower and was in the middle of a nap by the time I heard Eli welcome himself in through the front door of my flat.

"Hey, Laur." I heard from the other side of my bedroom door, followed by an 'oompf' from where he had flopped on the couch.
"Hi." Lauren answered in her usual monotone voice.

Eli wouldn't come round ours without dragging Liam along. So I wasn't surprised when I heard him grunt, "Hey."

There were five of us in total. Lauren and I had been best friends since middle school and as soon as we both reached eighteen, we moved to New York and into a little apartment, perfect for the both of us.

Eli had always come into my work; a little coffee shop around the corner. We had only been living here a week and the only company I had truly enjoyed was Lauren's. So we chatted and quickly became friends, with a little force and black-mail on Eli's part may I add. Now he's here, inviting himself into my home.

Eli then introduced us to his roommates, Liam and Jace. They lived in the apartment complex over the road. Jace was a nice enough guy that he didn't need to beg me to be his friend like Eli had. I'm positive that Jace and Lauren have hooked up more than a enough times for me to see him as anything more. Everyone knows they are sleeping together and they don't hide it. They're also not exclusive, which causes a lot of jealousy when the other even so looks in the direction of anyone else. No-one knows what their deal is about, so we stay out of it as best as we can.

Then there's Liam. We're only friends because we have to be. I hate to admit it, but that hasn't stopped us from getting together in the past. The first time happened after a drunken night out and we both regretted it in the morning. It happened again the week after, only this time we were both sober enough to know what we were doing. Soon it became a casual thing and I hate to admit that I actually enjoy having sex with him but neither of us can help it. Even on nights out, we both plan on hooking up with other people but we still wake up in bed together the next morning. No-one knows about us and we don't acknowledge it. Because the sex was some-what enjoyable for the both of us, we learned to put up with each other with our clothes on and in the company of our friends.

"What's A up to then?" Eli questioned Lauren.
"She's trying to get some sleep. Not feeling too well." I heard, followed by the sound of a magazine page turning.
Liam joined in next. "What's up with her?"
"Cramps and a migraine." She said before a few mumbles filled the room.

A few seconds of silence passed before her tone changed suddenly. "Hey, is Jace around?" she asked. I rolled my eyes knowing she figured that if both boys were out of their flat then that meant that Jace was on his own. Soon, a rattle of keys and the front door shutting proved my point that Lauren was going over to him.

The next thing I knew my bedroom door was flung open and I was struggling to breath as two elephants jumped on me. My duvet was thrown off my head and body. I could only thank the lords that I at least put underwear on after my shower. When I opened my eyes, Eli was stood in front of me smiling like a cheshire cat who just took a shit in the corner of my room. By now, Liam had rolled off me and was laying behind me smirking at his best friend. I swung my leg out and kicked Eli in the balls.
"Fuck off Eli! I feel like shit! Leave me alone!" I groaned, soon regretting it as my shout had hurt my head. He bent over cringing, holding the parts that hurt and quickly exited the room before I could inflict any more pain.
"I'm going out and getting ice for my injury. Thanks for that Laia!" The door slammed shut and I sighed knowing I could finally have some peace with no Eli around.

I closed my eyes again and bought the duvet back over my head, shielding any light from my sight. Then I felt an hand tuck under my bent arm and make it's way down to my stomach and resting exactly where my cramps were. I smiled to myself as the pain had subsided. I felt Liam's arm tighten round my hips and the other, round my shoulders, as he pulled me back so I was nestled into him. He bought his head closer and rested his chin on my head at the same time a comfortable sigh escaped his lips.
He kissed my head and whispered a cute, "Night."
Within seconds, sleep had consumed me.

~897 words~

Thank you for reading my first chapter. I'm new to this and don't really know what I'm doing but if you wish for me to carry on, please let me know! Don't be too harsh! xx