Chapter Three: The Rave
As Jimmy, Spinner, Manny, and Paige stepped out of the cab and began walking into the warehouse the Rave was taking place, Jimmy grabbed Manny's shoulder. She turned and looked up at him.
"Stay with me tonight, okay?" Jimmy asked. "Looking like that may get you in a little bit of trouble." He said with a wry smile as he looked down at Manny's attire. She smiled at him.
"You gonna be my bodyguard?" she replied.
"Something like that." Jimmy responded. "Come on, let's go."
Jimmy and Manny followed Paige and Spinner into the rave, and automatically Paige and Spinner went off on their own, dancing and whatnot. Jimmy and Manny, on the other hand, went to work.
They had made the rounds and had made around seven hundred dollars when a guy in his 30's approached Manny. Since most of the rave crowd were in their teens, the man stuck out like a sore thumb.
"Hey there, girlie." He said. "I'm Tim."
She looked at him dimly. "Um...Sara."
"Do you know where I can get any drugs???" he asked, looking at her. Manny looked at him like he was crazy.
"Are you kidding? Man, I don't do drugs! I'm just here to dance and maybe meet some boys, but I don't know about this place, they don't even play Britney Spears here and I love Britney, she's like soooo my idol!" Manny said with a girlish giggle.
"Are you sure? I'd really love some cocaine right now. I love to get high!" the guy said.
"I'll let you know if I see any, okay? I'm gonna go ask the DJ to play some Britney, I'll see you around!" Manny waved excitedly at him and then disappeared into the crowd. She franticly searched for Jimmy. He ended up finding her first.
"Hey! Did you find any buyers?" He asked.
"Find Spinner and Paige, we need to get the hell out of here." Manny said.
"Why?" Jimmy asked.
"Five-oh." Manny replied.
"Shit." Jimmy said. "Okay, let's find them."
Jimmy and Manny quickly found Paige and Spinner, and the four teens ran out just as the cop was making his way towards them.
"Oh god, that was so close! We almost got arrested!" Paige said, the excitement clearly heard in her voice.
"We're not out of danger just yet Michalchuk, so haul ass!" Jimmy yelled as he was waving his arms trying to hail a cab.
"Oh god, he's coming!" Manny said as she watched the cop exit the rave, scanning for them. "Hurry!"
Jimmy finally flagged down a cab, and the four teens crunched into it.
"Toronto Hilton, step on it." Jimmy told the cab driver.
Later...
"I can't believe we almost got arrested." Manny remarked when they were finally safe inside the hotel room.
"I can't believe we still have four hundred dollars worth of inventory left over. What the hell are we supposed to do with all of this???" Jimmy asked, dumping the different bags of drugs on the bed next to Manny.
"We'll just have to sell them on Monday." Manny replied. She grabbed one of the bags of cocaine off the bed and picked her nail file up off the bedside table. She scooped up a nice sized clump of it, held the file up to her nose, and inhaled deeply. She sniffled, wiping her nose. "Damn."
"We could do some of it." Paige said hopefully. Jimmy rolled his eyes and snatched the baggie out of Manny's hands.
"I don't think so. With a cocaine buffet spread out before you three, one of you is almost certain to OD if you even start." Jimmy replied. Paige, Spinner, and Manny groaned.
"Oh, come on, Jimmy! Give us something!" Paige exclaimed.
Jimmy looked on the bed and grabbed three baggies, each containing one ecstasy pill. He tossed the baggies at them. "Knock yourselves out."
"Sweet!" Spinner said. "Time to party!"
"Jimmy, aren't you gonna take one?" Paige asked.
"Nah, I'm cool." Jimmy replied.
"You mean you're gonna sit there sober while the rest of us roll?" Spinner replied. "Doesn't sound like much fun to me."
Jimmy sighed. Spinner had a point. He reached for another ecstasy pill.
"Alright, let's do this."
As Jimmy, Spinner, Manny, and Paige stepped out of the cab and began walking into the warehouse the Rave was taking place, Jimmy grabbed Manny's shoulder. She turned and looked up at him.
"Stay with me tonight, okay?" Jimmy asked. "Looking like that may get you in a little bit of trouble." He said with a wry smile as he looked down at Manny's attire. She smiled at him.
"You gonna be my bodyguard?" she replied.
"Something like that." Jimmy responded. "Come on, let's go."
Jimmy and Manny followed Paige and Spinner into the rave, and automatically Paige and Spinner went off on their own, dancing and whatnot. Jimmy and Manny, on the other hand, went to work.
They had made the rounds and had made around seven hundred dollars when a guy in his 30's approached Manny. Since most of the rave crowd were in their teens, the man stuck out like a sore thumb.
"Hey there, girlie." He said. "I'm Tim."
She looked at him dimly. "Um...Sara."
"Do you know where I can get any drugs???" he asked, looking at her. Manny looked at him like he was crazy.
"Are you kidding? Man, I don't do drugs! I'm just here to dance and maybe meet some boys, but I don't know about this place, they don't even play Britney Spears here and I love Britney, she's like soooo my idol!" Manny said with a girlish giggle.
"Are you sure? I'd really love some cocaine right now. I love to get high!" the guy said.
"I'll let you know if I see any, okay? I'm gonna go ask the DJ to play some Britney, I'll see you around!" Manny waved excitedly at him and then disappeared into the crowd. She franticly searched for Jimmy. He ended up finding her first.
"Hey! Did you find any buyers?" He asked.
"Find Spinner and Paige, we need to get the hell out of here." Manny said.
"Why?" Jimmy asked.
"Five-oh." Manny replied.
"Shit." Jimmy said. "Okay, let's find them."
Jimmy and Manny quickly found Paige and Spinner, and the four teens ran out just as the cop was making his way towards them.
"Oh god, that was so close! We almost got arrested!" Paige said, the excitement clearly heard in her voice.
"We're not out of danger just yet Michalchuk, so haul ass!" Jimmy yelled as he was waving his arms trying to hail a cab.
"Oh god, he's coming!" Manny said as she watched the cop exit the rave, scanning for them. "Hurry!"
Jimmy finally flagged down a cab, and the four teens crunched into it.
"Toronto Hilton, step on it." Jimmy told the cab driver.
Later...
"I can't believe we almost got arrested." Manny remarked when they were finally safe inside the hotel room.
"I can't believe we still have four hundred dollars worth of inventory left over. What the hell are we supposed to do with all of this???" Jimmy asked, dumping the different bags of drugs on the bed next to Manny.
"We'll just have to sell them on Monday." Manny replied. She grabbed one of the bags of cocaine off the bed and picked her nail file up off the bedside table. She scooped up a nice sized clump of it, held the file up to her nose, and inhaled deeply. She sniffled, wiping her nose. "Damn."
"We could do some of it." Paige said hopefully. Jimmy rolled his eyes and snatched the baggie out of Manny's hands.
"I don't think so. With a cocaine buffet spread out before you three, one of you is almost certain to OD if you even start." Jimmy replied. Paige, Spinner, and Manny groaned.
"Oh, come on, Jimmy! Give us something!" Paige exclaimed.
Jimmy looked on the bed and grabbed three baggies, each containing one ecstasy pill. He tossed the baggies at them. "Knock yourselves out."
"Sweet!" Spinner said. "Time to party!"
"Jimmy, aren't you gonna take one?" Paige asked.
"Nah, I'm cool." Jimmy replied.
"You mean you're gonna sit there sober while the rest of us roll?" Spinner replied. "Doesn't sound like much fun to me."
Jimmy sighed. Spinner had a point. He reached for another ecstasy pill.
"Alright, let's do this."
