11 About Last Night (I)

JAMAL's POV

About last night (I)

JAMAL's POV

I tossed and turned as I slept in my bed. I got up and walked to the closet. Michael had already collected his things out of the room to the other room in the apartment. I cleaned the closet, then opened up my suitcases containing clothes. The apartment had two rooms, a gym, a state of the art kitchen, a wide living room with a dining area and a large balcony.

I stuffed my clothing into the closet as lucid images of last night popped up in my head. Even her presence gave me cold feet. I placed the last suitcase containing the envelopes into the last compartment at the bottom, untouched.

I walked into the living room and straight to the fridge. I opened the fridge up and it was rammed with all kinds of edibles, pineapple juice, bread crumbs, milk, a huge bowl of salad and a lot of fruits and it had an area that said 'fish food. do not touch'.

I took out a bottle of pineapple juice and two slices of bread. I sat at the dining area as I gulped down my pineapple juice and munched on the bread. Michael and Daisy snuggled on another sofa, ignoring my presence. My eyes drifted to Michaela who reclined on the big sofa. She was everything I could possibly hate.

The dim light in the room illuminated Michaela's defined cheekbone as her head rested on a throw pillow. She was in a big tee and she slept peacefully. My eyes settled on her beautiful neck down to her perfect curves. The hate I felt towards her fascinated me. And I tried hard to understand why she was so complex as vivid images of the night before flooded my mind. What on earth was wrong with her?

yesterday...

The moon shone in all its glory, shedding its light on everything beneath. I stared at the beautiful full moon as I thought about my mum. I hated my life so much, I wanted to die. What was life without the people you loved? I was depressed, all I craved was happiness. The happiness and joy I felt three years ago before all this began. Or even the little happiness I had left two years ago before my mum passed on. I killed her. It was all my fault.

The ringing and vibrating noises from my phone interrupted my thought. I checked and there were two messages from Noah.

Noah--"Are you ready, Jamal? It's going to be a long night."

Noah--"where is your hostel at?"

I read it and I understood what it meant. The night was going to be a long one. My phone screen lit up with Lucas' name. I swiped to answer the call.

"Hey man, where are you at?" He said with a sort of accent he certainly invented.

"I'm right in front of my apartment, lexis hostel and apartment". As soon as I answered, he hung up on me.

In less than ten minutes, I saw a blue Rolls-Royce parked in front of the building. This was the closest I've ever been to a Rolls-Royce and I admired it from afar. I became even more petrified, as Lucas and Noah stepped out of it.

"Whose car is this? Dude? Did you steal it?" I asked, taking a proper look at the car.

"I rented it, you know, all for the bitches" Lucas shouted a reply as he wiggled his waist.

"What about your car?" I asked.

"Come on, are you trying to make fun of me? I don't even want to think about it" Lucas said.

"I'm tired of chasing that car. I don't know why my dad refuses to get me a new car. You know Alice right? My new neighbour. This Thursday, I met Alice while I was driving and wanted to introduce myself to her. As soon as I got out of the car to greet her, the car steered itself away. And till now we're still searching for it. I knew my car was faulty, but I never knew it was a transformer."

We all burst into laughter as we enter the car and drove off. Lucas was an heir to one of the biggest corporations in the country "Pundita travel". But for some reason, he led a simple life. Noah also quit high school and was planning on opening a bar. They were my closest friends and I was glas I made such good friends.

We parked the car in front of a magnificent mansion and got out of it. The mansion had a lot of cars parked in front of it and I could feel the music vibrating from outside. We walked to the door and we were stopped by a muscular man who happens to be the party bouncer.

"Where are your tickets?" the man asked with a stern face. Noah moved closer to the man, whispered something into his ears and a few seconds later, we were being treated like kings. We normally called him "Noah the mysterious" since there was no place he couldn't get into. All he needed to do was to whisper and he was in.

"What did you say to him?" Lucas asked.

"I just threatened to kill him if he did not open up for me," he said. We all burst into laughter and pushed the door open. "WELCOME TO THE RAINBOW PARTY" was inscribed on the door.

As soon as the door opened, we were welcomed by the stench of alcohol and ear splitting music. The place was warm with a lot of tipsy teenagers walking around, some shouting and others making out. The place was just beautiful with dimmed light at the right corners.

My mum's death anniversary was a day the three of us always spent together, we always went to parties, drank so much alcohol till we dropped. We were minors when we started but Noah made it happen just by whispering.

"Today, you're not drinking more than two glasses," Noah said feigning annoyance, pointing his fingers at Lucas. "It's such a hassle carrying a grown man home. huh? No way I'm doing that today. Let's do something interesting this year". We walked towards a nearby sofa and took our seats.

"What are we doing now, huh?" I asked.

"I know what," Lucas suddenly raised his hand, nodding his head like a genius as he cupped his chin with his left thumb and index fingers, and finally said. "I know I'm thinking what Noah is thinking now".

"And what am I thinking? Noah asked.

"How would I know?" Lucas responded.

"Okay, so let's......" Noah was interrupted by a tipsy girl who suddenly sat on his lap.

"Do you want to make out?" she asked, looking into Noah's face while coiling her hair with her fingers.

"Do your parents know you are here?" Noah said with a stern face. Noah was a girl magnet. He was always surrounded by girls without even trying. I often heard we looked alike. We were both gorgeous but I guess they found Noah more approachable.

"Bastard," the tipsy girl said as she raised his eyebrow forming a crease. She got up hastily from his laps and left.

"I know, I got it. Let's make out with girls today. This is the day I've been waiting for all my life" Lucas said his hand raised high as he laughed loudly.

"You know I'm not interested," I said. Lucas was a virgin, Noah a whore. I mean he was the whorest whore. And I was in-between somewhere, the conservative/whore depending on my mood.

"I need to get it done today. What do you think the Rolls Royce is for? For the girls. Are we in 2000 and 1, I need to do this today and you're doing this with me, Jamal" Lucas said. "This whore got no problem with girls," he said, pointing at Noah.

"Okay, I'm in," I said.

"Let me search the internet for some pickup lines. Okay... I found a few" Lucas said, looking at his phone screen all amazed. "It's so easy, all you have to say is, you're the yin to my yang and you'll have her all to yourself"

"Okay, here is another one. If you are a car I would slam you all night. My doctor said I'm lacking vitamin u" Lucas said.

"OH MY GOD," Noah suddenly burst into laughter cupping his face with his palm.

"What?" Lucas asked.

"Nothing," Noah responded, still giggling.

"Let's give it a try. I'll go first," Lucas said.

Lucas called out to a girl. "Hello hottie" the girl turned around. He motioned her to come closer. "You're the yin to my yang," he said proudly, looking up and down several times.

"huh? I'm what? What does that even mean?" the girl asked.

"I mean, if you were a car I would slam you all night. My doctor said I'm lacking vitamin u" he said as he rested his hands on his waist smiling proudly. Noah sat close to me as he giggled faintly.

The girl's eyes scanned Lucas, up from the top of his head to the sole of his feet and walked away without a word. Noah burst into uncontrollable laughter not stopping to take a breath.

Noah then walked into the crowd, returning a few seconds later with a girl as they made out in front of us. I left their company and climbed the stairs. I walked into a room. I closed my eyes and drifted to sleep.

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