Chapter One – Eli
"Harder! Harder, Eli!" she screamed.
Oh, God... Who the hell would've thought she'd want me? This is, ugh, unreal... So good...
"Oh, Fiona," I said as I clutched onto her back. Fiona started to bite my shoulder and I was just about to hit the spot when we both heard his voice shout.
"Eli?"
We're so fucked.
"Fiona!"
"Adam!" Fiona rolled under the covers.
"What the hell is this?" Adam yelled, "You awful, awful bastards!"
"Adam, listen," Eli begged.
"I don't need this," Adam said. Then he was gone.
"Why did I agree to this?" Fiona says. She crosses her arms then really got uptight. "Well, get out!"
Not thinking, I tell her, "I just jizzed." I was too ashamed to even move. Adam is going to lose it.
"In my fucking bed. First, bed bugs, and now the famous Eli fucking Goldsworthy's creamed my bed's sheets. Just get out. I'm a lesbian, okay? Simple to follow. We're friends. Actually, scratch that. We're done! I don't want to see your face in my loft, ever again," she glares and points towards the door, "I'm serious, Eli. Imogen has been texting me all night."
"You know you want me, FiFi," I say, trying to feel loved again.
Fiona throws her dress back on and says, "I want you out before the party is over. I don't want you, Eli. You don't want me either. I was just curious. I only flirted to get you into bed and it worked and now I know how it feels. Great. You can pretty much fuck off now."
She stands by the door finishing a text message. Most certainly an apology to Imogen. She leaves and slams the door shut and I sit here, contemplating. What did I just do?
The next morning I decide to visit the Torres' house. Audra answers and gives me a scowl.
"I think you've pretty much enough, Eli," she says.
"Right," I choke, "I just, well, need to talk to Adam. Wait, did he tell you?"
Audra laughs. "About how you went down on the girl who broke his heart? Yeah. You listen to me. I don't have time for my son's friends that like to participate in reckless driving and erratic behaviour. Where do you get off to come here and talk to Adam after such a shitty thing you did? Who are you? You barely come here, Eli. I just hear about all the stories from my son who doesn't need his head messed around with any further."
The door's left ajar and I decide to wait until Audra goes into the kitchen. I run up the stairs and search for Adam's room. Wow. I really don't ever come here.
I see a Fast and the Furious poster and knew instantly that it was Adam's. I bust open and say, "Please don't yell. I need to talk to you but your mom..."
It was not Adam. I walked in on Katie and Drew, enjoying each other.
"Uh, sorry," I say, "I thought this was Adam's."
"It's fine, Eli," Drew tells me with a grin on his face.
I felt really awkward. I glanced at Katie who was staring at Drew intently.
"Katie? Could you go help out my mom in the kitchen? I want to talk to Eli."
"Sure thing, babe," Katie flirts.
Katie shuts the door and I swallow a lump in my throat.
"So, Eli... What can I get you to do so that this sex tape of you and Fiona isn't forwarded to the whole school?" Drew boasted.
I was baffled by this statement. Did we...? No. We did drink but we weren't drunk enough to film it...
"What are you talking about?" I asked.
Drew laughed and revealed a video tape. "I've got you, Eli. You want to pretend that it never happened? Sure, if you follow my rules," he says, "Although, Adam is still going to hate your fucking guts," he added.
"You... You videotaped us having sex?" I was astonished.
"Not on purpose," Drew admitted.
"You are an ass. What do you want? Money? Drugs?" I could give him my anti-anxiety pills and some weed... Hopefully he is an easily-persuaded guy. I've never really interacted with Drew.
Drew gets up and walks towards me. "Neither."
"So, what?" I question him.
"I want you, Eli, to dump Katie for me, because B is coming in 10 minutes," he said shyly.
"That's it?" I smile.
"That's just the beginning," Drew alluded.
Where is he going with this?
"Go downstairs. Talk to Katie and send her home down the back alley. Tell her that I have football practice. B and I have some unresolved issues to deal with. My dick's raging all the time and she knows what to do. You understand," Drew cajoled me without a doubt and I just didn't understand why he didn't ask for money.
"Do I break her the bad news by your mom, or...?" I questioned.
"Tomorrow," he says, "Katie ignores what she doesn't want to see. She knows I want B."
"That's awful," I exclaim.
"I'm sorry?" he inquires, "You think what you did my brother isn't just as bad? Do this shit for me, and I won't send the tape and I will smooth things over with Adam and Fiona."
I check my phone and I have received a text from Imogen.
"Party at FiFi's AGAIN! Totes cray, Eli Goldsworthy. Come & hang w us! :D We scored some special powder. ;)"
Fuck. Wait, strange. Fiona is letting Imogen invite me? What is this?
"I think you should talk to Fi, by the way," Drew exhorts.
I ask again, "Are you sure you don't want money?"
"I don't think will be a problem for now, but maybe later," he concedes.
I head downstairs and see Audra and Katie washing and drying dishes. I clear my throat and request Katie's attention.
"Do you seriously think you are allowed to walk into someone else's home like this, Eli? I said to leave," Audra affirmed.
"I know," I faltered, "Drew let me in. Katie, I need to talk to you."
"You're gonna snatch my other son's girl up too?" Audra was fuming the fire.
"It's fine, Mrs. Torres. I can handle it," Katie says.
Katie follows me out the back door and when she asks what is wrong, I tell her what I am supposed to tell her. Except that is when Bianca appears from behind Katie.
"Hey, guys," Bianca says nervously.
"What are you doing here?" Katie asks her.
Smooth, Drew. Send Bianca and Katie to the back alley.
"She came to help out Drew and Adam's dad, right, Bianca?" I say. Why am I lying? This is not my fault.
Bianca obviously feels less uninvited now. "Yeah! You know, summer job. Not like I'd get hired at Superstore. Haha!"
"Bull," Katie mutters.
"Katie," Bianca says.
"I'm sure Hooters would hire you in no time."
Bianca's jaw drops. That's when I step in. "Katie, that was uncalled for. Drew has football practice!"
"Shut up, Eli. Listen, 'B', I know you want Drew, and I know he wants you, but he isn't going to just give me up. I was there for him when you fucked his life up."
Katie really doesn't know what's coming for her...
Bianca is being mature. "You're right. I'm trying to change, though. No one believes in me."
"They can't find a good enough reason to," Katie says as she storms off, until she turns around and utters, "Slut."
I turn to Bianca who looks upset. "Rehab's a bitch," she jokes. Then she heads inside as I finally get to go home.
Bullfrog makes me take a nap but I can't sleep. I spend the whole day worrying about Adam and mine's friendship. What kind of a jerk am I? I don't even like Fiona. Why on earth would I have myself convinced I love her? Get yourself together, Eli. You just got in control for once and you do this?
Finally, the sun sets and I take a cab to Fiona's. As I arrive, I already see a flock of people gathering outside. This party could be bigger than last night's.
Drew isn't here this time, nor is Adam. No surprise there.
I meet eyes with Fiona and Imogen throughout the drunken crowd and head over.
Imogen hugs me, "Eli!"
"Hey, Imo!"
"Eli. My room. A talk," Fiona commands.
Imogen is twirling around in a circle to the music and doesn't notice us slip away.
Fiona closes the door and sits down. She sighs and looks up towards me.
"Drew talked to me."
"What?" My eyes open wide. "You too?"
"Yep," she says, "He is making me score him some of Imogen's MDMA powder."
I guess he already got Fiona for the drugs department.
"Oh, shit, Fiona. Your money..." I knew Drew would be a jerk.
Fiona's eyes begin to tear up, "My mom's financially insecure, at the moment. So, I'm screwed," she pauses to get a hold of herself, but fails, "I really did like Adam. I screwed that up, though. Now I'm with Imogen, and I screwed that up, as well. I screwed up my mom's money but spending it all on such stupid crap and using all of mine for that lame Frostival. Fuck. I just can't lose Imogen. I think I'm beginning to love her. I don't know. Does love make you sad?"
"Yeah," I say. I try to get Clare out of my head.
"Clare would..." Fiona starts.
"Fiona, can we just get this Drew situation under control?" I request.
"Sure thing, Eli. Sorry."
We both begin to cry and I sit beside her and give her a hug. "I'm so sorry for making you do what we did. I admit, I was trying to get you drunk enough to have sex. I'm so sorry, Fiona. I'm such a fuck up."
Fiona looks at me, "Eli, I relapsed immediately after school ended. My mom doesn't know. Holly J doesn't know. Just you and Imogen. Marisol pretended to care when I bumped into her at the club. She asked what I was doing with a drink. She can lay off! Imogen is always too high to care anymore. I drank last night like there was no tomorrow. I'm a failure. If I go to rehab again, it'll be my third time. My third time! What is wrong with me? Why do I always fail?"
"Fi..." I don't know what to say. I want to help so badly, but I can't.
Fiona gets undressed and goes into her shower. "Just come with me."
I am sitting here going blank. "I'm sorry?"
"Eli, take a shower with me."
I walk in and get undressed and I find her sitting down, staring at the wall of the open-spaced shower room. I sit down beside her and we just close our eyes and soak up the warmth of the water. Fiona turns her poor face towards me, leans in, and gives me a kiss on the cheek.
"Fiona?"
She smiles and tells me, "We're friends again, Eli."