the powder.
“ Well those fuckers got it in the end didn’t they? Especially that chick!” Brent said, beginning to crack up.
“ Fuck yeah, they did , dude!” Mike said , turning around to give Brent a fist pound. A huge smile formed on Brent’s face as he slowly waved a finger in my direction.
“ Wayne, do I have a story for you, but first I think I need another hit.”
“ Take a hit with us , dude . It will make you feel alive ,” said Mike in my direction as he rolled a one-dollar bill into a tiny funnel.
I couldn’t believe how this evening was shaping up. An hour ago , I just wanted a beer or two with Lexie . Now I was trapped in a room with two coke addicts wanting me to unleash my inner Tony Montana.
I had also completely forgotten about Lexie. I hoped she was managing okay , since she was all by her lonesome. I needed to go find her and escape this indescribably insane situation.
“ Thanks , guys, but I need to find Lexie. I came with her.”
“ Wayne , come on, bro,” Brent said, as he tried to inhale the last morsels of coke from his nostrils.
“ Fuck her , man, bros before hoes. You need to take some of this shit,” Mike said, shaking as he nodded towards Brent’s desk. “Or at least listen to Brent’s story about how he fucked over some freshmen faggots. It’s classic!”
“ God, it is a classic , man,” Brent said, giving me one of his award winning smiles that I’m sure he’s used to swoon the women folk. I hated leaving Lexie alone, but I was intrigued. Screwing over freshmen, did not seem like something Brent would have done , or at least not something the old Brent would have done. I was mystified by the crazed cokehead in my presence because this wasn’t the Brent Crane I recognized. Then again, I was forgetting about Gavin. Brent screwed him over pretty good , no question about it. Why did I think he was incapable of further sin? I needed to stay and hear his story . Lexie could wait a few more minutes.
“ Sure man, I’ll hear this tale of yours,” I said, pulling out my cell phone. I flipped open my phone, and found one new text message. It was obvious that it had to be from Lexie.
“ I have your beer good sir. Where are you?”
With my dexterous little fingers, I quickly explained to Lexie that I was currently bonding with Brent and his pal. I failed to mention the part about the massive pile of cocaine still on Brent’s desk though.
Within mere seconds, my phone vibrated.
“ Gosh, about time you answered. Jaclyn showed up. We’re downstairs socializing. Come find us when you’re done.”
I quickly typed, “Will do!” and put my phone back in my pocket. Brent was texting as well but put his phone away when he noticed I was finished. Now having my full attention, Brent began his story.
“ You knew that the first Finance Club party was over at Sampson’s house, right?” Brent asked.
“ Yeah.”
“ Well, Mike and I show up at Sampson’s with some beer and a few bags of coke. We’re knocking a couple back in the kitchen and then we run into a few freshmen. Most of them were girls , and let me tell you, these bitches came to party.”
“ Fuck yeah, they did,” Mike laughed.
“ So we bring these three girls into one of the empty bedrooms and we start doing some lines. This one chick, I think her name was Deb,” Brent said, tapping his fingers against the side of the desk as he turned to Mike. “That sound right?”
“ I don’t know, dude, but she was one crazy bitch. We kept telling her to do more lines, and she’d do them. Her friends eventually had to pull her away from the table. It was fucking hilarious, dude. Fucking hilarious,” Mike said, with a shit-eating grin on his face.
“ The next day, we’re at some party in The Village and we hear about this girl who overdosed on coke and had to go to the hospital. Clearly, we know it’s the same