Crack baby
Emily flung herself down on the sofa, propping her feet up in Ashton's lap. Liam rested his head on his shoulder. Ash stiffened, the contact didn't bother him, but it surprised him.
"Relax," Liam said, handing him the joint he had just made. Ash took a drag and passed it to Emily.
- Shit, I'm sure I'm failing physics now.
- Yeah, I am failing math for sure. I hate numbers. Ash, which do you prefer numbers or letters?
-Obviously letters. Although I'm going to fail this entire course, including physical education.
-No shit man, you don't even try. I've seen you sleep through practically every exam.
- How did you pass the last course?
-I used to study but I guess I've lost interest.- sounding a bit sad.
-Why?
-Fuck Emily have a little more tact-
-It’s fine, don't argue. I was alone and thought no one cared. So I guess I started to think that it wasn't worth putting in the effort if I was going to end up with no future anyway. He had no money, family, or friends. I will tell you more another time, now I just want to smoke and forget about the rest of the world.
"Well said!" Liam took the joint from Emily to taste it himself.
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Neil entered the apartment.
-Ashton! Ashton! Are you here?!
He looked all over the place but Ash wasn't there. He communicated it to the rest of the group by message.
-We are waiting for Aaron to finish his classes and we will meet you home. Keep your phone alive rabbit.- Andrew replied.
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- Do you ever think about death? Like we're alive and suddenly we don't exist anymore.” Emily was completely stoned now.
- Shhh, we don't want to go into deep topics. We are alive and everything is great.- Liam interrupted her. - You just look at the lights.
"I'm hungry," Emily said, getting up to get food from the kitchen.
Liam started stroking Ash's hair. - It's as soft as a puppy.
- Haha, shut up, I'm not a dog.
-I said like a dog. You are cuter.
Ash couldn't help but laugh, Liam got even more mellow when he was high.
-Stop flirting on my couch. You make me horny.- Emily throws herself on top of Ash with a packet of cookies in her hand.
- But yeah, you're cute. -She said, giving him a kiss on the cheek.
- Please don't do it in front of me.
- Jealous?
- Yes, you make me feel lonely. - Liam said, pouting.
"Ohh, poor thing." Emily came over and gave him another kiss on the cheek.
- Don't feel lonely Liam. -Ash said hugging his friend, apparently he was more stoned than he thought.- We are here, together, alive.
- Love you guys. - Liam hugged them.
"Are we going to have a threesome or something?" Emily asked out of nowhere.
- Eww, no.
- Hahaha, don't worry, it's clear that you're gay.
- You are gay?- Ash asked, kind of surprised. They hadn’t talked about their sexualities yet.
- You don't have any problem with that, right?
- Of course not. I'm actually bisexual.
- Well, I'm straight.- Emily said.
- I am not sure sometimes, but only about girls and sure about boys.- Liam continues explaining. - Please don’t tell anyone. I don’t know how my friends will react.
- I don't know them well enough to criticize them. But the way they talk about school girls is disgusting. They don't have any respect.- Ashton said.
- I know, I usually try to go unnoticed when they start talking.
- Why are you still their friend?
- I have always been with them since we were little. Tyler has always been my best friend. It's true that he's an idiot now but I've known him all my life. We are childhood friends, my parents and his were friends from university. His father was the lawyer that defended my brother during his trial, they’ve done a lot for my family. His family has money and mine doesn't, so we spent Christmas at his house. He basically sneaks into my house without knocking, my mother adores him. Sometimes I think he is the son she never had. I don't know how he would react if I told him that I like guys.
- Damn I thought we weren't going to talk about deep topics.- Emily said.
- Don't worry, Liam, now you have me.- Ash said, caressing his cheek unconsciously.
- I know.- Liam smiled widely.
-I'm so hungry.- Emily who was more focused on the food than anything else.
- Give me a cookie.- Ashton was also very hungry.
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The monsters were sitting in the living room of the apartment. Except for Aaron who kept pacing around the room restlessly. Andrew kept moving his leg nervously too, although Neil's hand was linked with his he couldn't think about anything other than Ashton.
- Let's just wait here. Let's not start jumping to strange conclusions, most likely he is with his friends in a park doing teenage things. - Nicky was a little nervous but mostly it was because of the twins' behaviour.
- Teenage stuff? Like sex? Do you think he's having sex? Should we give him a talk or something? Isn't he too young to have sex?
- Well, he's sixteen years old, it could be. At what age did you lose your virginity?- Nicky asked curiously. Aaron's face went from concern to disgust to realization.
- Oh no, we have to educate him. We have to know that he is being safe.
- Sixteen? Is that a normal age?- Neil asked.
- Well Josten, not everyone saves it for marriage.- Aaron said, grinning.
- I don't know what you're talking about Aaron because me and your brother...
- Enough! No sex talk.- Kevin interrupted, completely red.
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Ashton opened his eyes. Emily was asleep on top of him and Liam was holding him while he snored. His body was completely numb. He sighed, sitting up, moving away from the mass of bodies. He looked out the window, there was not as much sunlight as before.
-Shit.- He looked at the time on his cell phone, it was very late and he had calls from his entire family. Ashton panicked. I grabbed his things and ran.
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The apartment door slammed open. Ashton appeared through the door. Everyone stood up. Ashton had come running, he crouched down trying to catch his breath, it looked like he had just played a match. His hair was all messy from the nap he had taken. Aaron inspected him, cringing at the idea his baby brother could have been having sex.
Andrew didn't wait for Ash to say anything, he grabbed him by the shoulders, pulled him closer and looked him up and down to see if he was hurt.
Ashton just looked at him in confusion.
- Where were you? School called us? You can't disappear without saying anything.
- I'm sorry.