Ephram Brown looked longingly out the living room window to the busy street
below. Julliard provided better living conditions than he had first
expected, but the apartment he lived it felt more like a hotel room.
Sanitary, and bare, like a room at a Hyatt or Holiday Inn. It was home
though, so he dealt with it. At least he wasn't alone in the big, "dull"
apartment, his roommate Chase, (a junior trumpet player at Julliard) was
always there, as well as Alicia, Ephram's new girlfriend. Alicia was nice,
and pretty, but in a way, she was just his rebound girlfriend that had
ended up lasting longer then he meant it too. She was a little too needy
for him, and kind of pretentious. Being around Alicia made him miss Joe,
even though he'd never admit that he still wasn't over her. In a way,
Alicia was just like his apartment, sanitary and dull. Chase was pretty
cool though. He was a year older then Ephram, and new all the ins and outs
too college life, so he was somewhat useful. Plus, he had pretty much the
same taste in music as Ephram, and also didn't like Alicia much. But then
again, he wasn't the one dating her. Ephram envied Chase's ability to have
relationships with no strings attached, just easy and casual. With each of
Ephram's girlfriends, there was either an immense amount of pain, or some
sort of price to pay.
"Hey Ephram," Alicia said, barging into the apartment, "There's a new art exhibit up at the Metropolitan, you wanna go?"
"Not really," Ephram replied, turning to her, "I was thinking of maybe staying in tonight, I've got a final coming up for one of my classes, and I really need to study for it."
"Oh okay," Alicia said looking disappointed. Lately she had felt as if Ephram was trying to distance himself from her. Maybe she was right. She sighed to herself, and moved her long red hair away from her face and walked towards the door. Suddenly the door flew open and Chase walked in, almost knocking her over. Chase glared at her, his dark brown eyes squinting.
"God, what's wrong with you, you nearly killed me!" Alicia yelled at him, brushing the fake dust off of her skirt.
"Alicia, don't you have other things to do? Like corrupting children or something?" Chase shot back, setting his books down on the kitchen table.
"At least I'm not a big, talent less, jerk!" Alicia replied.
"Skank," Chase said back.
"Dork," Alicia responded.
"Bitch," Chase kept the game going.
"Okay guys, you finished?" Ephram asked, a sheepish look on his face as he joined them in the kitchen.
"I'll stop if he does," Alicia said folding her arms.
"Whore- sorry, I'm done now," Chase smirked. Alicia muttered something under her breath and frowned at him, "Well anyways, I got a job today."
"Whoa, who knew, Chase can do something besides just sit on his ass," Alicia said rolling her eyes.
"Shut up Lucifer. I'm going to be a bartender at that new club on 5th Avenue," Chase explained.
"What's new club?" Ephram asked, "And since when do you know how to bartend?"
"That really pointless, poorly constructed, shitty excuse for a club. Only a hick who's on crack would be seen there," Alicia fired back, a grin forming on her face, "But wait, Chase is both of those, so he'll fit right in. That, and I hear the waiters dress up as a theme every night. It's a theme club."
"Wait, you work at one of those places?" Ephram questioned, trying to suppress a laugh. Unfortunately, he failed, and burst out laughing, along with Alicia, "Isn't that going to make you look a little....I don't know, fruity?"
"No dude, think about it. Chicks love all that kind of stuff. Have you ever been to one of those places? They're full of girls," Chase smiled, happy with his logic.
"Drag Queens probably," Ephram laughed.
"No really, you should come and see for yourself. Grand opening is coming up in a week or two, you should come," Chase replied.
"I'll come too," Alicia blurted out. After hearing about how many "chicks" we're there, she didn't want her boyfriend going there alone.
A/N: Here's the second chapter. Hope you like it, and as always, I want to know what you think! So before there is another chapter (even though I'm updating right away after I post this) I will no update unless I get 4 reviews (per chap), which means, only 4 people have to review twice! Or eight people could once.either way, reviews= updates!
"Hey Ephram," Alicia said, barging into the apartment, "There's a new art exhibit up at the Metropolitan, you wanna go?"
"Not really," Ephram replied, turning to her, "I was thinking of maybe staying in tonight, I've got a final coming up for one of my classes, and I really need to study for it."
"Oh okay," Alicia said looking disappointed. Lately she had felt as if Ephram was trying to distance himself from her. Maybe she was right. She sighed to herself, and moved her long red hair away from her face and walked towards the door. Suddenly the door flew open and Chase walked in, almost knocking her over. Chase glared at her, his dark brown eyes squinting.
"God, what's wrong with you, you nearly killed me!" Alicia yelled at him, brushing the fake dust off of her skirt.
"Alicia, don't you have other things to do? Like corrupting children or something?" Chase shot back, setting his books down on the kitchen table.
"At least I'm not a big, talent less, jerk!" Alicia replied.
"Skank," Chase said back.
"Dork," Alicia responded.
"Bitch," Chase kept the game going.
"Okay guys, you finished?" Ephram asked, a sheepish look on his face as he joined them in the kitchen.
"I'll stop if he does," Alicia said folding her arms.
"Whore- sorry, I'm done now," Chase smirked. Alicia muttered something under her breath and frowned at him, "Well anyways, I got a job today."
"Whoa, who knew, Chase can do something besides just sit on his ass," Alicia said rolling her eyes.
"Shut up Lucifer. I'm going to be a bartender at that new club on 5th Avenue," Chase explained.
"What's new club?" Ephram asked, "And since when do you know how to bartend?"
"That really pointless, poorly constructed, shitty excuse for a club. Only a hick who's on crack would be seen there," Alicia fired back, a grin forming on her face, "But wait, Chase is both of those, so he'll fit right in. That, and I hear the waiters dress up as a theme every night. It's a theme club."
"Wait, you work at one of those places?" Ephram questioned, trying to suppress a laugh. Unfortunately, he failed, and burst out laughing, along with Alicia, "Isn't that going to make you look a little....I don't know, fruity?"
"No dude, think about it. Chicks love all that kind of stuff. Have you ever been to one of those places? They're full of girls," Chase smiled, happy with his logic.
"Drag Queens probably," Ephram laughed.
"No really, you should come and see for yourself. Grand opening is coming up in a week or two, you should come," Chase replied.
"I'll come too," Alicia blurted out. After hearing about how many "chicks" we're there, she didn't want her boyfriend going there alone.
A/N: Here's the second chapter. Hope you like it, and as always, I want to know what you think! So before there is another chapter (even though I'm updating right away after I post this) I will no update unless I get 4 reviews (per chap), which means, only 4 people have to review twice! Or eight people could once.either way, reviews= updates!