Chapter 11: Drinkopoly

NOTE: Thank you for all the reviews. Yes, the vocabulary just might be wrong. I tried to make everything more realistic and easier to imagine that's why I used my poor knowledge of dialects for Taide's speech :P I hope no one was offended or anything and I'm glad the story is still readable. Enjoy

Simon was trying to concentrate on his study when his phone rang. He rapidly stood up with the book with his gaze on the text and tripped on something and almost fell on the ground. The book hit the floor and Simon tried to pick up the book and answer the phone at once so the phone fell on the ground too. Simon cussed and picked up the phone that almost slipped out of his hands several times.

"Hello?" he finally answered.

"What took you so long?" he heard Will's voice on the other side of the wire.

"Is that the reason why you called?"

"No. I was wondering if you're coming to my place tonight."

"Yeah, whatever. I can come."

"Great. By the way, want to hear a funny story?"

Simon picked up the book and when he stood up he hit his head in the shelf with books and finally went back to the table and tried to find the page he lost when it fell. "Your stories are never funny."

"This one is hilarious."
"I'm ready to sacrifice few minutes of my precious time to prove you wrong. Go on."

"Earlier this day when we woke up Taide and Jay started nagging each other."

"She hates him and you're happy because of it?"

"Umm… no it was friendly nagging."

"She offered you a blowjob later."

"No! I told you its funny, not good news."

"Sorry, go on." He said and took a sip of juice on his table.

"And they started running around like crazy until he cot her and started, I dunno, tickling her or something. And then he got a boner."

Simon almost choked on the liquid and spit it out. "What?" he asked and grinned.

"Yes!"

"Seriously?"

"Yes! But don't tell anyone I told you."

"No, I won't'. What was she doing? Showing him her boobs or something?"

"No she just… slightly rubbed against him. And he was hard immediately."

"Who wouldn't be…?"

"Si!"

"Hey, admit it you would to."

"No I wouldn't."

"Whatever… are you jealous?"

"Why?"

"Because she was tickling with him instead of you?"

"Well…"

"I know you were. You want her."

"I'm not such a saddo."

"Hey, every single on of us wants to mark her one way or another."

"But you have Carli."

"Who says I can't look at other girls? Oh right, I forgot. Taide's yours."

"Shut up…"

"Whatever. See you tonight. Among with out friend boner!" he said with a high pitch voice.

"Boner!" he repeated. "I remember when he called you like that."

"I can finally get revenge." They both laughed. "See you later then."

"Sure, bye."

Simon hung up and grinned to himself. And the next thing he did, even if Will told him not to, he called Neil.

"Hey, Neil. You won't believe this…"

…

Jay was standing in the bathroom right after the shower looking at the image that appeared on the slightly opaque mirror. He ruffled his hair and then stroke them moments after. He looked at himself closer and the again from the same distance as before. He looked down.

"How could you…" he said. "Fucking shame…"

He meant the accident earlier that day. He felt so ashamed he was wondering if he should even go to Will's house or not. If he waits some time and avoids them they'll forget. Hopefully they will, they never forgot the friend with thumbs up thing. He made up his mind. He won't come. It was the best. Surely he changed his mind when his phone rang.

"Hello…" he said uninterested still looking at the mirror.

"Ariite. It's Taide."

"Taide!" he said shocked and happy to hear her, covering his crotch for no particular reason. "Hi. How are ye?"

"Fine. Listen, I was wondering if you have that movie Trainspotting. I forgot it back in Liverpool and I wanted to bring it tonight to Will's place so we won't get bored."

"Umm… I dunno I'll check. But I'll bring it if I find it. And don't worry, I'll make sure we won't get bored." He tried but she ignored him.

"Grat. Another thing, did you and the boys already watched Nightmare before Christmas?"

"Burton?" he grinned.

"Yes."

"Are you ten? That's… a stop motion cartoon for six years old! We're probably getting wasted tonight."

Taide felt a bit ashamed. Was she childish? "I thought… I thought you're into classics and stuff." She shrugged.

"Please… that's not even a movie. Besides, we won't have a movie night."

"I was just wondering."

He sensed a restraint and shame in her voice about which he was sorry the next second.

"See you then." She tried quickly to finish the conversation.

"Wait Tai-"

The beep silenced him. He looked at the phone and placed it back on the shelf under the mirror. Then he slapped his face. "Why do you have to be such a dick!" he yelled at himself literary being frustrated at his own image.

"What are you doing in there for so long? Get your bum out!" his father knocked on the door impatient. Jay winced.

"I'm on my way out." He said and quickly dressed up. He rushed out the bathroom directly into his room and shut the door behind. Maybe he shouldn't go to Will's place tonight.

And the irony wanted Taide to wonder the same. She was wondering if she should even come tonight. Suddenly, for no particular reason, she felt unwanted and redundant in the company of four boys. They probably knew each other for a long time and she's here only for few months. What if they invited her to join them just because they were polite? And since Jay was mean to her from time to time, and that bothered her a bit, it was maybe the best thing to stay home. But a soon as she decided she changed her mind. The fact was they were so relaxed around her she felt like one of them. She facepalmed herself.

"Why do you have to make simple things so complicated?"

…

Jay dragged himself to the door when the bell rang several times. That annoyed him even more than the whole situation.

"I'm coming!" he said crammed. He opened the doors and saw Simon and Neil.

"Are you coming?" Simon asked him.

"Sure… now that you're here. What's so funny?" he asked when he noticed they couldn't hold the laughter any longer.

"Sorry Jay, but I can't believe you got a boner because she slightly rubbed herself against you." Neil said.

"Oh Taide! I love you!" Simon said with a high pitch voice. "I'd like to be with you but my dick won't allow me." he continued. Jay wasn't in a mood to make a comeback line so he just wanted to close the door in front of his nose but Neil stopped him with his foot.

"Oh come on Jay. Don't be a twat. We were just kidding. But you have to admit it that it was hilarious. Poor Taide. I wonder what she was thinking."

"Lots of things I guess."

"I'd get a boner near her too. No matter fact she's dangerous."

"Why is she dangerous again?" Jay asked with no tone or expression.

"Because she's from Liverpool!"

"Oh cut it out with that crap. It's not even a stereotype."

"Are you sure it's not the image everyone has about them?"

"That's a stereotype."

"Sorry I'm not following you."

Jay rolled his eyes. "You can train your incompetence somewhere else you know."

"Are you coming?" Simon tried to convince him to come.

"Yeah whatever…" he said and quickly changed his shirt and took his jacket. "Mom, I'm off to Will's." he let her know and closed the door. After few minutes of walking they were in front of Will's house. Jay started ringing the bell like crazy until Will opened the door.

"I knew it was you." He said annoyed by the sound of the bell. Jay rang several times more. "Can you stop it?"

"Is your mom home?" Jay asked.

"No, why do you ask?"

"I had an appointment with her. In her bedroom."

"I doubt that. Get in."

They took of their shoes and threw their jackets wherever they could and went into the living room. Neil brought his play station and two consoles.

"Is Taide coming?" Neil asked while he was preparing the video game.

"Why do you ask? I thought you're freaked out of her?" Will asked back before he could answer.

"Doesn't really matter. Lately I realized she's really fit. I'd fuck her."

"Who wouldn't?" Simon grinned like it wasn't obvious.

"Jay wouldn't. His dick's too small."

"Fuck off." That was really 'original' but he had no back up lines. Other three burst into laughter. "Why am I even here? You dicks…"
"Because we love you Jay." Simon said with a high pitch voice. "No seriously," he continued with a normal tone. "We're just kidding. Don't be a dick about it."

"If you're planning to be a dick for the rest of the day, go talk to that wall over there."

"Ok, let's leave Jay until he'll be in a better mood. Who's for some pancakes?" Will announced.

"I'm in!" Neil quickly stood up. "Where are they?"

"We have to make them first."

"Oh, then I'll pass."

"I'll help you make them." Simon offered some help and followed him to the kitchen. On the halfway the phone on the wall rang and automatically answered. "Hello?"

"Give me that!" Will ripped the phone from his hands. "Hello?... Oh hello!... Yes we are…Aha… Yes," he looked at Jay and ten turned away. "He is. Is there a problem?" meanwhile he listened to the person on the phone he turned around once again and gazed Jay. "I see… Well- aha… Ok." He suddenly smiled. "Can't wait! Bye." And hang up.

"Who was that?" Jay asked almost offended.

"Umm… Taide." He said and headed to the kitchen.

"Were you talking about me?"

"Nope!"

Simon looked at Neil and Jay with a puzzled face. 'What was that all about?' he formed words with his lips. Both Neil and Jay shrugged.

"Is she coming around soon?" Jay asked almost worried and nervous hoping Will will confirm that.

"Why else would I be smiling?"
"Because you're bent?"

"Wrong."

"So she's coming."

"Yes! Don't get too excited about it."

"Why were you talking about me?"

"She wanted to know if you're here."

"Ok now tell me the truth."

"And if you found the movie."

"And you didn't answer her…"

"Because she wasn't interested in it anymore."

Jay could tell they were talking about something else but he rather let it go. He was really in a bad mood. He even refused Neil's offer to play PlayStation with him. From time to time they could hear Simon cussing from the kitchen when they spilled something or made something wrong. He came to the living room with flower on his face, shirt and trousers.

"Si! Don't walk on the carpet!" Will yelled from the kitchen.

"Did you sniff cocaine?" Neil asked.

"Do I look like an addict to you?" Simon rolled his eyes disappointed over the mess on his new shirt.

"We should wait for Taide to come. She's a girl, she knows how to cook." Will joined them in the living room full of flower himself. The bell rang five times in a row. "That must be her." The bell was ringing until he opened the door. "Hello!" he smiled to her. She continued ringing the bell and grinning. "Stop that, it's really annoying."

"What happened to you?" She asked and entered.

"We're trying to make some pancakes."

"Yeah right… Get back to the kitchen!"

"Take your shoes of!" he quickly said when he saw her dirty converse trainers moments before she stepped on the carpet. She turned around on one foot and threw them off.

"I'm used to take shoes off." She said and kicked them aside. "But I have seriously embarrassing socks." She pointed down and moved her toes. Will grinned and eventually laughed when he saw her pink socks with 'Lovely' written in yellow letters. She rolled her eyes and headed to the living room. "Alright." She said to everyone.

"Alright?" Jay and Neil said at once. Then they heard a loud sound from the kitchen that made everyone wince.

"Fuck!" Simon cussed and came in the living room.

"What have you done?" Will asked.

"Hi Taide."

"Hey there." She said back.

"Si, I asked you something." Will tried to get his concentration in vain.

"What? I wasn't following you." He said.

"What the hell happened? Can you try not to ruin my house? I still need a roof above my head."

"I was looking for the flipper."

"Flipper?" Taide asked confused. "Isn't it called spatula?"

"It's a flipper."

She grinned. "Flipper? What are ye, a dolphin?"

"What's wrong with flipper?"

"It's spatula!"

"I call it flipper since I can remember."

"I bet you never used a spatula before."

"I did."
"Then why do you call it flipper?"

"Seriously Si, it sound pathetic. Like your life." Jay smirked.

"Whatever…" Simon moaned. "Can you help us out? We're really lost in the kitchen."

"You're not able to make pancakes?" Taide asked enjoying their clumsiness in the kitchen. They both shrugged.

"Please," Jay said. "They're not able to walk and breathe on their own. How do you expect they'll be able to make themselves a proper meal?"

"Brilliant Jay…" Simon rolled his eyes.

"Come on you two." Taide said and went to the kitchen. "Oh…" she was shocked over the mess they've made. "We should clean up before starting all over again."

"All over again? But I've already killed the eggs and added sugar." Simon said proud of himself.

"Not really worth of a Nobel prize if I'm honest."

Meanwhile they were trying to fix the mess Simon and Will made before, Jay and Neil were in the living room playing Tekken.

"Come on Jay! You're not even trying."

Jay didn't respond. He lost the fifth round in a row but didn't really mind. He was really passive. Neil pause the game and turned to him.

"Are you on your period or something?"

"Yes, of course. First day and I'm running out of tampons."

"Oh my god!"

"I was being sarcastic Neil!"

"Oh…"

"I think I love Taide." He suddenly heard himself. Neil's expression was suitable to the statement. Even Jay himself was surprised.

"What?"
"I mean… I'd love to fuck Taide."

"She's not that desperate and you're not that lucky."
"Are you kidding me? She's practically begging me to nail her."

Neil leaned back and looked in the kitchen where she was. "Nah, I don't think so."

"I'm gonna fuck her."
"I'd do it too…"

"I'm gonna do her tonight."

"In Will's mom's bedroom?"

Jay grinned. "Won't be a problem."

"Yeah, since you got a boner because she slightly rubbed herself on you."

"Fuck off…"

He quickly straightened up when Taide entered in the living room and sat on the sofa. "I finally explained them the simplest recipe on world so they'll be busy some time." She said.

"Why are you sitting over there? Scared? I won't bite you. Unless I won't be able to resist."

"I'll bite you back."
"Whoa, she's fierce. Told ya Neil."

"Told him what?"

"Nothing."

"Jay…"

"I told him… nothing. I forgot. I'll tell you when I remember." The lie was pathetic, just like how he felt now. The pancakes they were trying so hard to make were finally made. Simon and Will proudly brought the plate with rolled pancakes and something in it.

"Voila!" Will said proud of what he did.

"They actually taste pretty good." Neil commented with his mouth full. Taide also took one and took a bit. Her eyes widened and she covered her mouth with her hand, shocked.

"Are you ok?" Simon asked.

"Is this Nutella?" she asked like she was afraid of it.

"Oh, you're worried you'll get fat." Jay said. "You're fat anyways…" he said even if that wasn't true and he didn't mean it.

"Oh god…" she said and rushed in the kitchen. Jay and others followed her. She was washing off her mouth with water.

"I thought everyone like chocolate and nuts in pancakes." Neil said.

"Of course everyone does! Except the fact I'm allergic to all nuts including hazelnuts." She said shocked.

"Oh my god, she'll die!"

"I won't die. Luckily I realized it was Nutella soon enough."

"So you'd start suffocating?" Will asked.

"Something like that."

"Like little seizures or something?" Neil asked. "Cool."
"It's not cool."

"I knew that…"

"So, you can't eat those." Will said.

"No drama. I'm cool."

"We have vodka." Jay said.

"Yeah we should open it now!" Neil said and took it out the cupboard where it was hidden.

"I have an idea." Taide said. "Do you know the rules of Drinkopoly?"

"Sure." Jay assured even if he had no idea about it. "Well, I forgot it since the last time I played it…"

"You never played Drinkopoly." Simon said and grinned.

"I did!"

"Good, let me explain. This is our way how we played it; the game is similar to the basic idea of Monopoly just that you have drinks, tasks and confessions. Bring few more drinks, beer, whiskey or something." Taide said. Will found Aperol Spritz, whiskey, wine, and some beer. "Cool, the deal is that the stronger drinks will be mixed with cola or juice. I don't wand anyone to die."

Then she went to her bag and took out the board and the cards with tasks she and some of those few old friends she had wrote. There was some pretty nasty stuff written in there, most of the she already forgot. That was the problem. She spread the board on the floor and placed the cards on the positions. Each field had something written on like: the green or red or any other figurine drinks, take a card, jail and similar (I won't explain the rules because they're too long.)

"Oh nice, strip club." Jay said. It was obvious that'll be the first thing he noticed. "I wonder what happens there."

"What do you think?" Neil asked and they both grinned. They started playing. It didn't take them long until Simon reached the field to take a card from the pile.

"You and your right neighbour drink." He read out loud. His right neighbour was Will. Everyone laughed. They made a deal they drink one glass (1 decilitre) every time the card says so, except that they were mixing vodka and whiskey with juice. Will made a grimace as he swallowed the last sip of jegger mixed with cola. They were getting pretty loud after few rounds. It was Taide's turn. She, ironically, reached the strip club. All four of them, except Will was calmer, started to exclaim.

"No!" she said and covered her face grinning.

"Come on, three shots or clothes." Simon said.

"Clothes!" Neil and Jay said at once.

"Very well then." She slowly took her shirt off but they were disappointed when she had another shirt under the first one. She laughed at them as they were yelling for more. "No, no, no. one piece of cloth at time."

"We can do it slow. I like it slow." Jay said.

"I'm not doing this for you."

"That's what you think."

They continued playing as Will had to make an embarrassing confession. "Alright! I never had sex with Charlotte!" he finally spited out. They all started laughing and moaning like they were disappointed. The next one to take off the clothes was, ironically, Jay. Took of his shirt so he was topless.

"See Taide? We're almost done. Let me take off my pants and we can do it." He said.

"I think I'll pass." She said temptingly. And then it was Neil's turn to pick a card. He read and his eyes popped out.

"Make out with your right neighbour!" his right neighbour was Simon. They both made a grimace as others laughed like crazy.

"Do it! Do it!" Jay exclaimed. Luckily Neil and Simon drank enough they were ready to do it. They closed their eyes and kissed each other which made Will sick even more. Then they quickly moved away and started wiping their lips frowning. The same task got Taide few rounds later. And her right neighbour was… Neil.

"Make out with your right neighbour." She read aloud and grinned as other exclaimed.

"Oh my god… my dreams came true." Neil said with a shocked expression. Jay suddenly wasn't laughing anymore. She slowly moved closer but Neil rapidly pulled her closer and almost French kissed her. Simon and Will laughed unlike Jay who had an almost worried face. When Neil tried to pull her even closer she pushed him away.

"Whoa, whoa! Enough for you." She said but still smiling. The next confession was for Jay.

"Well, well, well. I have to make a confession." He said with a grin.

"An embarrassing one." Will reminded him.

"Right… well…" he though.

"You don't have to think, we already know." Neil said grinning. "Boner!" Simon laughed with him. Jay frowned.

"How about that friend?" Taide asked with thumbs up making everyone laugh again.

"No, the small cock." Will added.

"Fuck off!" Jay yelled on them making them serious again. They felt a bit sorry about that. Neil cleaned his throat.