Crave by Jordan Sweet

Author:Jordan Sweet [Sweet, Jordan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-03-05T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 6

My head hurts. I didn’t drink too much tonight, but for some reason it just hurts. The red walls in this bathroom probably aren’t helping. God, I have to get out of here.

I walk outside to the back porch and find Crash, Everett and Josie sitting at a table. Other people are milling around and there’s a calm buzz with the chatter and the night air.

“You’re turn,” Josie says, pointing at me and then at the glass.

Shots of some dark liquid are spread across the table, alongside the half dozen or so beer cans. “Nah, no thanks. I’m done for the night.”

“What do you mean done?” she questions.

“Just taking it easy, that’s all.”

Everett is looking at me, intently. I get the feeling that he likes the fact that I’m not a big drinker, or smoker, or anything else. I notice in the dim porch light that he is more handsome than ever. His eyes sparkle, more so than usual.

Someone is calling Crash. He gets up and Josie follows. Everett gets up too, but doesn’t go with them. He motions me to walk off to the edge of the porch with him.

We lean over the rail and enjoy the night view. The moon is out again, bright.

“Good night to ride the trains,” he says. “What are you doing tonight?”

“Ha-ha! I think I’ll keep my feet on the ground this time,” I respond.

“Yeah, probably a good idea tonight,” he allows.

“Josie was already talking about leaving anyway, and she’s my ride home.”

“Seems like you’ve been getting around okay without Josie’s help,”

“Yeah, I know, I’m probably better off not relying on her piece of shit car anymore. Thank god she has her dad’s ride tonight. I’m pretty sure that will get us there.”

“So, maybe you could just stay here,” he suggests. His look turns from playful to serious.

“It’s kind of cold up here,” I say.

He takes off his jean jacket and hands it to me. “You really ought to have just kept this. You need it more than I do.”

“Thanks,” I say, smiling.

“Listen, Cora, Crash gave me something. Something I’ve never done, something I’ve never tried. He and Josie did it, so I didn’t think too much about it and I did it too,” he says, inspecting me for my reaction. Something is different about him now.

“Did what? What do you mean? You guys did some more shots? I saw them on the table. No big deal.”

“Well, it’s not the shots. It’s this,” he says, opening a small napkin in his hand, revealing a small caplet. “He said these are pretty clean. Give you a nice light feeling. Won’t mess you up or anything. I was thinking you and I could… well, would you want to take one-“

“Seriously? What the fuck Everett, you too? I thought you were clean. I didn’t…”

All the horrors of my past come screaming back through my head. I can’t believe what he is asking me to do. How could he possibly be so insensitive as to ask that? Why can’t I get away from this kind of stuff?

I want to cry, and run off.

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