Chapter Sixteen

I was snapped out of my thoughts by Tevoris' voice. I shook my head and looked at him, to see him standing at the entrance of my apartment. "Biatch, what the fuck yo' dreamin' in tha middle o' tha day fo'? Are ya aight? Dis be a shizzle time fo' me ta be here?", he was asking me. I looked at him and then looked away. I removed my backpack and dropped it below the couch. 'Was I alright though?',I wondered.

'I am fine. Just had a stupid day at school", I answered with a sigh, turning around to look at him. He considered my answer and then replied, " Biatch, yo' r' not aight. I gave yo' a fuckin' joint five minutes back n' yo' r' still holdin' dat shit." I looked down and realized that what he said was true. The joint had almost burnt itself out. I put it in my mouth and took a few drags. The relaxation was coming in. I felt the calming effect at the back side of my brain.I could literally feel the warmth of the effect. I realized that this was exactly what my body had been craving for the past couple of hours.

"Well, I'll tell you all about it after we settle down. Tell me this, you are fucking early today. How come?", I questioned him after the assurance. " Twenty five years ago, my fuckin' mama pushed me outta her cunt this day", he answered keeping the package in his hand on the coffee table before settling down on the couch and putting both his feet up at the edge of the table. Realizing what he meant, I wished him, "Happy Birthday Teviee. Twenty-fucking-five? Boy, the treat's on you today!" I walked over to him and plopped down on the couch next to him and squeezed him into a tight hug. " 'course dat shitz on me", he replied and putting down his feet, he took the package and handed it to me. " There ain't nobody else in this craphole that I would wanna spend this day with, than with you. Thought you had school today though. Would have been a waste if I had to spend the day alone, you know". he told me with a wink, smacking his lips.

I took the package and opened it to reveal a bunch of lifesaving stuffs. Things that at that point, seemed like heaven; like a dream come true. Inside was a box of Marlboro cigarettes, a bottle of Jack Daniel Whiskey, blunts and joints. Just like I had been craving. I took in the sight before me till Tevoris tapped on my shoulder. "You look like a five year old who got all the gifts she asked Santa to get her", joked Tevoris. "Get two glasses, I'll call up the Pizzeria ", he continued before taking out his phone and punching some numbers.

Nodding, I walked up to the kitchen, opened the cabinet, took out 2 glasses and kept them on a tray. Walking up to the fridge, I took two bottles of Heinekan which I kept on the tray as well. With all this, I walked over to the couch, and kept the tray open the coffee table. "Open everything up, I'll just be back", I told Tevoris to which he grunted an approval. I walked over to my room, shut the door and went and sat at the edge of my bed. I felt numb but I couldn't understand why. I decided to kick off my shoes and decided to lie down for a few minutes.

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"Girl, wake up!!! Pizza's here, babes." I grunted and turned over. "Girl, Imma leave in five if you ain't getting up. I'll drink alone. I don't need to come over to your place to spend some alone time.", I heard. I tried mumbling that I was ready to eat but I couldn't hear my own voice. That's when I realized my eyes were closed and that I couldn't see anything but black. I tried opening my eyes and when I did, I felt disoriented. Tevoris was sitting on the floor at the foot of my bed with 2 pizza boxes on his lap. I tried lifting my hand, which felt like weights I couldn't lift, and placed it on his shoulder. He turned to look at me and said, "Girl, you haven't had even one drink yet and you passed out. I'll just leave I guess". "Teviee, no!!! You mad boy? I'm fine now. Just starving. Pass me that", I answered him before jumping out of bed to grab the boxes, ran with them to the living room and jumped onto the couch before checking the time. I had dozed off for almost an hour. 

He followed me and dropped down on the couch himself. I opened one of the boxes. Margherita. I took out a slice and gave it to him. He extended it to me urging me to take a bite which I did. Then I took out another slice for myself and did the same thing. Within ten minutes, we finished both the boxes. Burping and giving himself a nice tummy rub, he took out two cigarettes, lit them and offered one to me. I took it, kept it between my lips and took in a long drag. I proceeded to open the bottle of Jack Daniels and poured out a glass for each of us. He took one and clinked it against mine before chugging it down. I did the same. Deciding to outdo me I suppose, he filled another glass and downed that as well. He then lit a blunt and started smoking it. I filled another glass for myself, which he took from my hand, drank and gave the glass back. I narrowed my eyes at him and he smirked. That's how the competition began.