The Boy Next Door

11 - Your cousin grows weed?

That evening, I took a dress as well as two tops and a black skirt along with some makeup and my black heals and dumped it into a bag.

I was waiting for Noah to pick me up, when my phone rang, it was Jenna.

"Hi sweety," she said.

"Whatsup," I asked.

"Uh, so I have this meeting all the way in the north of Queens. Its at like 8 in the evening. I thought Id book a hotel overnight and be back in the morning." She said.

"Oh...alright, All the best," I said.

"You'll be okay?" she asked.

"Yes, dont worry about me," I said

"Alright, see you then," She said.

"Bye," I said, hanging up.

Noah and Dylan picked me up in Dylan's maserati. He had a house not far from campus, so he could take the car out whenever he wanted. They showed me the way to April and Bella's dorm, and headed back to theirs.

April, Bella and I had a really good time too. We put on an episode of friends and helped each other with our makeup till about 10.

Another 20 minutes later, the door creaked open, "can we come in?" Noah asked,

"Yepp," April replied, and his head peaked through the cracks in the door.

His eyes met mine and he smiled playfully.

He walked in, Dylan tailing behind him, and Cole moments later.

Cole.

"We got the stuff," Noah said, placing a bag on the bed side table, and then slowly pulling out two glass bottles.

They all had changed by now, into something other than pajamas. Cole sat down on the bean bag, and shut his eyes with a baseball cap covering his face. I thought about confronting him again, but figured Id do it when the others werent around.

"Oooo what'd you get," Bella asked, walking towards the nightstand.

"There's Vodka, and there's rum," Noah said.

"Alright..." Bella said, opening the cabinet next to her.

"Cole you drinking?" She asked.

"I'm good," he replied,

"What's up with him," I whispered to Noah,

"Don't ask," he whispered back, casually.

"okay," Bella said loudly , placing 5 shot glasses on the table.

"I'll be back, I need to piss," I said, getting up.

I went to the bathroom and came back minutes later to see Dylan, Noah, April and Bella crowded around the small bedside table.
They turned around as I entered, and Noah handed me a filled shot glass with salt on the rim, and Bella handed me a small piece of lemon.

"Alright, shoot it down, lick salt, suck lemon," Bella said.

"right." April said. "ready?" She asked and I nodded.

"three, two, one,"

I tilted my head back pouring the liquid down my throat feeling it sting. I licked the salt off the room immediately, feeling the strong scent of Vodka wrap itself around my head.

"one more," Noah said, and handed me another glass.

I gulped the second round, feeling it scratch against my throat unpleasantly.
I let out a small cough and cleared my throat, feeling my eyes tear up.