A Guardian Angel
Chapter 46
Twists and Turns
3 Months later
(6 months total)
A lot of people wouldn't assume it, but Ignitus was big on romance, he liked to be the initiator of the relationship, but never minded it when a girl was bold enough to ask him out, he actually liked it more than he would admit. There was no kidding anyone, he could be quite intimidating though he had to admit it's not like his looks made it any easier, in the last three months he'd let his hair grow out, he liked his Mohawk but his head was getting cold so he went with the fauxhawk instead deciding to keep it even though it was now the merry month of May and warm enough to keep his signature hairstyle.
It's not like he could find a girlfriend at work either, he worked at a liquor store, and not many reputable girls frequented the liquor store daily so he wondered if maybe he should get a hobby that wasn't his usual habits, he was a wiz at turning skeins of yarn into balls of yarn for his Nana…it was official, he needed a hobby.
Ignitus had been stacking the bottles on the shelf, and finished up by the time the first of the customers came in. They were all the usual customers, the homeless guy gown the street, the twin alcoholic men, the tween girl who tried getting liquor every Saturday morning and failed and the prostitute who would come in and buy exactly what the girl wanted along with a pack of camel cigarettes. He was pulling a double today because his boss had somewhere to be, as if he didn't on a Saturday night. He really didn't but that wasn't the point.
FP was sure if he tried hard enough he could find a party or something fun to crash, but before his thoughts could drift the jingling sound of the door opening caught his attention, and glancing over he spotted a girl with long straight hair so bleached blonde it was nearly white wearing a white shirt and light blue jeans that hung off her hips. She quickly walked off and glancing over FP was surprised to find that it was half hour to close, the day had flown by. Grabbing his clip board he began to do the inventory for everything behind the counter, and hearing the sound of tinkling glass on the counter he turned spotting the girl with a case of beer and two bottles of green apple Smirnoff.
"You know you have to be 21 to buy anything here. Can I see your ID?" He asked leaning on the counter, she looked way too young to be able to buy alcohol.
"Oh come on would I lie?" she asked looking up at him, her eyes were a silver color with flecks of blue.
"You tell me, ID." He said motioning with his hand. She sighed and dug through her purse pulling out a card and handing it to him. FP took one look at it and knew it was a fake; he'd worked here for more than a year now and knew a real ID when he saw one. So instead of calling her out on it yet he decided to chat her up, because the redhead had to admit, she was hot.
"So, where're you goin' with all this booze?" he asked still scrutinizing the ID watching as she anxiously bit her lip.
"College party that my room mate's throwing, you bring a bottle you get in."
"Really? So how do you plan to get a bottle with this? The expiration date's wrong, there're no IDs printed with that year yet so I know it's a fake." He said watching as her jaw dropped.
"Oh come on! Please, I just want to get to this stupid party. You look like you like having a good time, why don't you come with me? I have the money I'll buy you whatever you want in here just sell it to me." FP was actually considering it, it wasn't often that a party came to him, and leaning back against the wall he brought his hand to his chin in contemplation, it had been a while since he'd gotten drunk or went to a party, the last one he could recall had been prom and that was more than 7 months ago.
"So what's in it for me if you buy me my drink and bring me to this party? Why would I care about a college party?"
"Come on, you're a guy. To put it blunt you're kinda hot and girls dig that." She said watching as he smirked at her.
"Okay, I'll consider it, but first two questions."
"Shoot."
"You have a real ID?"
"Yup."
"Gimmie." He watched as she dug through the bag pulling out the real ID in a flash handing it over to him, and the first two things he checked were her name and age. "So Angel, only nineteen and you have a thing for drinking." he said handing her back the ID and ringing up her purchases.
"Is that your second question?"
"Nope, what made you think you could change my mind?"
"'Cause I'm a girl that gets what she wants, that's why."
"Interesting, what else do you want?"
"I'd like to take you to this party, I'm sure I could blow your mind." She said now leaning on the counter with a grin.
"Okay, I'll go to this party, and I could use a drink too. Give me ten minutes to close shop." He said watching as she jumped up sitting on the counter. He went through the night routine sweeping up doing inventory on the items of the day as he went feeling her eyes on him the entire time, and in no time he had everything from his locker and headed to the door. Angel jumped off the counter, her drinks in the bag watching as he pulled a bottle off the shelf.
"You're just gonna take that?"
"Nope, you paid for it, it's the ten dollar charge on your receipt." He said with a smirk shooing her out of the store as he locked the glass door and began pulling down the metal grates and locking them with the padlocks attached to them.
"You ready for a good time?" she asked with a smirk.
"I'm a tough critic but I dare you to impress me, you have till dawn to blow my mind." Ignitus said watching as she pulled out her car keys before heading to his own truck. This was a first, not crashing a party because he'd done that frequently, but the party coming to him…and something about this chick…she was bold, and he liked that about her, it was a mixture of her looks and attitude it was like good girl gone bad.
O0o0o0
They pulled up to a large house and parked on the street, Ignitus parking behind the blonde who quickly popped out holding her alcohol.
"I never even got your name."
"Ignitus."
"Sounds hot."
"That's not the first time I've heard that." He said shaking his head with a smirk.
"Well let's go." She said as they walked up to the house not even knocking and just waltzing in. it seemed that everyone knew her in some form, and because he was walking in with her FP could hear the whispered words even about him, not that they were bad, he just knew his regular impassive face was intimidating, he'd heard Ember talk about it once how she had "Bitch-face syndrome". It was when you looked angry all the time even though you weren't. Now that he thought about it, he did always look irritated about something and being a bit hot headed didn't help much, but that was in the past and couldn't be changed now.
It seemed that Angel was the life bringer of the party because when she arrived the music turned up much louder and it seemed that the entire group let go and just went with it. Hours passed and FP was amused though not thoroughly impressed like she told him he'd be, but after winning a game of Beer pong he was grabbed by the blonde who leaned into his ear.
"Are you ready to be impressed? Because I have something I think you'll like." She said in a teasing voice making Ignitus grin, grabbing his hand and leading him up the stairs and into the last room at the end of the hall. "You smoke right?" She asked closing the door behind them.
"That I do." He said walking across the room, which seemed to be some kind of office/bedroom, though it seemed that the large windows were what had drawn her to it, because moments later she opened them.
"Okay, this is the mind blowing part." She said with a smirk sitting down at the desk and pulling several things out of her purse before rolling up the joint. There were two small paper balls that she'd pulled out of the bag and handed one to him. "This'll make your high last forever, not really but I mean hours and hours." She said popping her own into her mouth and swallowing it before picking up the joint and lighting it. FP stared at the little wrapped piece of whatever in his hand, he wasn't quite sure he wanted to know what it was, or what it would do, so he stared at it unsure. Seeing his uncertainty Angel made her way over taking it from his palm.
"It won't kill you, you, know." She said with a smirk holding it up to his lips. "Just this once, and if you don't like it you don't have to do it again. I did promise you a mind blowing night after all."
"Just this once?"
"Unless you want to do it again." She said watching as he sighed opening his mouth as she slipped the wrapped piece of he-had-no-idea-what on his tongue. "Don't bite it, just swallow." She said and watched as he did as he was told before taking a sip of his drink. Angel walked over towards the window and sat in front of it relighting the joint, and deciding he might as well FP walked over and sat next to the blonde taking a hit before handing it back to her.
"This is way better than the crap I usually get." He said letting out a stream of smoke, it seemed almost smoother.
"That's for starters, to get the high going, in about ten more minutes you'll be golden." The blonde said looking over at the redhead and taking another hit and handing it to him. "This stuff right here is life changing, and it makes you want to have all the fun in the world." She said with a laugh. "What kind of fun do you like to have Ignitus?" Angel asked leaning her head on his shoulder feeling lighter than air.
"Depends on what you mean by fun Angel." The redhead asked feeling whatever it was that she'd given him kicking in, it was the strangest thing he'd ever felt and it was nowhere near unpleasant, he liked it a lot actually. He was more than surprised when she'd straddled his lap pulling the small remnants of the joint from his hand and taking a final hit on it before grinding it out. Blowing the smoke out of the window she leaned down and kissed him wiggling suggestively in his lap while doing so.
"I mean this kind of fun." She said pulling away.
"Nope, I've done it once and never again." He said not stopping her as she kissed her way down his neck.
"You've only screwed around once?"
"No, a one night stand only once, I'm not the type that usually does that, and I didn't know it was her first time either." Ignitus said closing his eyes as her tongue ran along the edge of his ear as she whispered into it.
"Well I'm no virgin, and what makes you think it would just be a one night stand? You like me, it's easy to tell from where I'm sitting." She said squirming again and listening to him groan. "…and I like you so who says we can't make this a regular thing? We hang around we get high we screw around, maybe get to know each other. Nothing has to be official but who says we're not allowed to have fun?" she breathed again squirming on his lap until he couldn't take it anymore. Quickly leaning forward she was on the floor below him as he kissed her fiercely feeling as she smiled.
"You always get what you want don't you?" The redhead asked staring at her, watching as she pulled off her shirt.
"Of course I do." Now it was Ignitus' turn to grin.
"Well not with me." he smirked kissing her neck sucking near her collarbone as she let out a groan. "You're used to getting what you want, when you want it." He said pulling her upright so they were standing now leaning against the desk as she sat on the edge of it straddling his legs as she unzipped his sweatshirt pushing it off his shoulders and pulling his t-shirt over his head which he allowed before kissing her again, his hands leaving no trace of her pale skin untouched.
"What's the problem with that?" Angel asked her arms hanging off his shoulders.
"Because, I do things my way, and I have things my way. I let you change my mind once, but when my mind's truly set on something there's no changing it. I'm stubborn like that." He whispered in her ear making her shiver.
"And I'm really really turned on. You're not gonna change your mind are you?" she said with an annoyed sigh watching as Ignitus grinned.
"Nope. Sucks not getting what you want huh?"
"Bite me. Can I at least ask why?"
"Don't tempt me because I really would, and sure. I don't know you, I know absolutely nothing about you, and as much as I really do want to do this, I want to know the real you. Not this front you've been putting up this whole time of party girl extraordinaire." He said watching as she scowled before smirking.
"Okay, you want things your way, and I want what I want, and I get what I want, so how about this? You ask a question and you get an answer that satisfies your need for knowledge. Then you do something to me that makes me a happy girl, deal?" Hearing his Ignitus smirked leaning close as he whispered into her ear.
"Deal. What do you do?" he asked watching as she blinked at the question.
"I'm a full time college student, I grew up in the suburbs living an extremely sheltered life and all I want is a little fun before I die and I get it where I can." Hearing this FP pushed her hair away from her neck as he began kissing it once again, his hand running the length of her leg and after a few moments he stopped.
"Who are you really?"
"Angel Garde, I was a cheer leader in high school and I always got straight A's. I was never allowed to get out and be my own person and who I am now is the result of being shut in for eighteen years by my parents, I've been on my own for a year now and I'm just living." She said through short breaths as he continued what he'd started, his hand now moving along her back unclipping the hooks of her bra leaving it kept on by only one hook as she whined. "What more do you want to know?"
"Is this going to be the last time I see you?" he asked his hand lingering near the back of her bra. Now this time she smirked.
"Only if you want it to be." She said feeling as he pushed the straps down her shoulders before unhooking the final clasp letting the bra fall off as he kissed her, leaning over the blonde and unbuttoning her jeans. "No more questions?" she asked feeling as her high only continued to get higher.
"None." He breathed feeling his hormones getting the better of him.
O0o0o0
The night passed by in a blur and the next thing he knew it was morning, and he was severely hung over. Opening his eyes Ignitus winced at the bright sunlight in the room, but as his eyes adjusted he first noticed the face of a sleeping blonde across from him, her lips were pink and pouty and across her nose was a dusting of freckles. He watched as her eyelids flickered before slowly opening, her silvery eyes glazed with sleep slowly focusing on him before she grinned.
"Hi." She said softly.
"Hey."
"I told you I get what I want, and I was not disappointed." Angel said with a small laugh.
"I think I'm still high, what the heck did you give me last night?" Ignitus asked sitting up and rubbing his head, Angel still lying on her side wrapped in the blankets.
"My pot guy got it for me, he said it's Molly, it's kind of like a super pure ecstasy or something. Either way it certainly does its job. Besides you'd do that again wouldn't you?" The way she'd said it had been more of a statement than a question.
"I don't see why not." Ignitus said with a shrug, the experience reminded him of when he'd first gotten high, just that calm and very relaxed sensation.
"Good, we can double dip next time, that makes everything way more intense and vivid." She said lighting up a cigarette and climbing from the bed completely nude she walked around the room tossing her clothes in the hamper before going through the drawer and pulling out fresh panties and a tank top. Turning she paused catching Ignitus staring at her.
"Am I putting these on or are we gonna mess around some more?" she asked cocking her hip and waiting for his response.
"Uhhh I want to, but I have to go to work."
"Okay." She said simply pulling on the panties and the tank top glancing over at him.
"You're all cute and flustered." She said bending down and tossing him his own boxers and jeans from the floor watching as he dressed under the blanket before standing to put his jeans on and stooping to grab his t-shirt. Ignitus had no idea what to think of this girl, this wasn't ending like a one night stand, and she seemed beyond interested in continuing what was going on at the moment…the drugs and the drinking were only small stuff that he'd already been doing…at least the smoking was but that other stuff didn't seem so bad, heck if anything all it did was make him higher…that and make him really want to get to know Angel in a much more intimate fashion. He was lost in his thoughts until her voice snapped him back to reality, her words making him blush severely.
"You know the next time we decide to do this…I want you to have me up against that window." She said with a smirk. Hearing that it took every fiber of his being not to just go and do it now, glob it's like she knew every single way to get a guy hot and bothered, and it most certainly didn't help to calm him down by how she looked at him either. It was like a fight with his body, like she was some kind of succubus. Grabbing his sweatshirt he pulled it on.
"You're making me want to stay but I have work." He said writing his cell number down on a piece of paper on the desk. "Call me when you want to hang." The redhead said trying to get his mind out of the gutter and away from all the possible things he could be doing…with her…to her right now.
"Later Hot Stuff." She said watching him walk from the room.
O0o0o0
FP had lied, he didn't have work, he just needed to escape, he couldn't think right around that girl, a chick he'd known for less than 24 hours and already had a let's get high and screw each other arrangement with. Nope, hell no his Nana would drop dead of a heart attack if she found this out, Ember would probably beat his ass in defense of all woman kind not even including the beating he'd get for the Molly, and his parents would just further disown him, and oddly he still cared what they thought of him. The more Ignitus thought about it the more he came to the conclusion that he could not tell anyone about this.
Like what would they become? Friends with benefits? And if they became more what then? His friends didn't do stuff like this, honestly Ignitus was sure that neither Fionna or Mo even knew what marijuana was, and if he brought Angel around them would she want to smoke with them assuming that they did that kind of thing? That was just his thing only because he'd never force it on any of them and because it didn't do any harm to anyone either, the most that would happen was fuzzy focusing abilities and a severe case of the munchies.
With a sigh he climbed out of his truck and headed into the apartment building pressing the elevator button for the 5th floor waiting as the small box he was in slowly went up. There was going to be a lot to talk about, there had to be boundaries and rules for something like this. With a ding of the elevator he walked into the hall making his way over to their apartment unlocking the door as he entered.
"Iggy, where the hell were you, I was worried!" Ember snapped as he shut the door behind him.
"I got invited out after work and ended up crashing at their place, no biggie. Sorry I forgot to call." He said knowing what would appease his sister.
"It's okay Ig, just let me know if you'll be staying out, you know I worry."
"Sorry Emma, how'd yesterday's audition go?"
"Awesome! I mean I'll be in an Old Navy flier in their sucky clothes that lack my flare and style but it's a paying job!" she said excitedly.
"That's awesome Em. I'll be in my room if you need me ok?"
"Sure thing!" With that FP walked to his room shutting the door behind him as he flopped on the bed. Now he was thinking, coming up with rules and all sorts of stuff…this subject need a lot of thought…but maybe not that much, it's not like it was going to affect his life in a major way though…
This is about as M-Rated as this story's going to get, the first actual M-rated chapter that can be requested will be the next upcoming chapter.
DON'T DO DRUGS DAMN IT!
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