"You're my bottle of wine baby. Never good enough, and too sour, but I keep going back for more. Opposites attract, baby. Having you is a regret I will always have, but loving you isn't…" the words slowly crept over the lips of Craig Manning. Little did everyone know that he still wanted Quinn back.
Quinn turned around. She had seen the dimly lit fire over at Craig Manning's cottage. She was over at Cody's cottage. They were all sitting around the campfire, listening to Craig's newly written song. Ellie was laughing and throwing her head back. Craig stroked her hand.
"Quinn…you wanna go into town?" Cody asked her. He came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist.
Of course she was still staying at Craig's, but instead, slept on the couch. Rarely did she come home at night anyway to feel the familiarity that Craig Manning gave her.
"What are we going to do?" Quinn turned around gave Cody a quick peck on the lips. In the past four days, she had come to find out that he was quite the party boy. She had met all of his college buddies. Not only was getting drunk on the itinerary, but so was … other, new things, new things that she loved experiencing.
"You know, the…usual" Of course the usual had met something very fun, and something very illegal.
They sat down and she started rubbing his leg. She was up for anything with Cody. She was sure there night was going to be just like the others.
He started kissing her. "You wanna quickie before we go in?" Quinn looked over at Craig's. She was sure that he was just staring at her.
He was.
She shook her head no to Cody. "Just wait…you know, until we get to Ronnie's house" She looked over and smiled at him. They were officially a couple now. Cody had asked her last night. Surprisingly, she had remembered, seeing how it was quite wild. She wasn't sure if he did, but her mind, they were everything now.
Soon, Jesse, Morris, her, and Cody had all piled into the car. It was Cody's and it was a '99 black Dodge minivan. It wasn't the most attractive, but it was great for the late night drives. Morris had beaten her into the front seat, so she was sitting in the first back seat next to Jesse. He looked at her longingly. She had a tiny crush on him, but never would anyone know. She was so confused about everything right now, that she didn't know what she wanted…
Cody and Morris were conversing in the front, and Jesse started rubbing her hand. All she could think about was Craig. The day they had first met was replaying in her head. The locker, the post-it, and his stupid pick up lines. But she had fallen for it, she had fallen for it all. She wanted him back. She missed the way he felt, and the way his voice cracked when he got mad. She bent down to put on her flip flop and then Jesse went down right next to her.
"Meet me in the basement, tonight. Please?" his small hazel eyes looked so cute.
"Jesse, I can't"
"Why?"
"Cr…Cody. Because me and Cody are an item now!" she whispered
"That doesn't matter! Quinn, I like you so much!"
"But Jesse…"
"And I thought you liked me too"
"Jesse…"
"Fine. Meet me in his basement around 12. After I'm guessing you guys do whatever you do when you're upstairs"
And that was that. They swerved through the little town of St. Greggory and ended up at a huge house. It was a white Cape Cod and the shutters were blue. Quinn could make out no other detail, seeing how it was quite dark. Ronnie's parents were quite wealthy. Like Cody and Morris, he attended University and was on his summer break. This was their party spot for the rest of the summer. His parents were on vacation in Rome.
All of them piled out of the car. They all entered the house and Jesse went downstairs to watch T.V. The rest of them traveled up the stairs into Ronnie's bedroom.
His room was plastered with posters of 80's rock bands. The carpet was a light blue, and the walls were painted navy. Quinn was getting ready for a night of fun. She took off her white A & F hoodie that her sister had sent her, days earlier. She didn't like Abercrombie, but she was running out clean clothes. The air conditioning felt nice up against her sticky skin.
"Code man! My god, you got the goods?" Ronnie asked him
"I've got the beer and Vodka man, that's about it. Yourself?"
"I've got the reefer, you know how I do and the snow and the disco burgers, if that's what you're asking man!" It seemed like Ronnie was already high. Of course, Quinn knew what Reefer, snow and disco burgers were.
Weed, coke and Ecstasy of course.
Quinn poured herself a glass of Vodka. She drank it straight. It tasted it alright, since her taste buds were numb from the line of cocaine she had just snorted.
"Hey, hey, hey you guys. I'm going to go downstairs, mmkay?"
"Peace my lovely little sex pot" Cody said to her.
Quinn tripped once down the stairs, but she never felt it. The only pain she felt was coming from her heart.
"Jesse! Jesse!" She shouted as she made her way down to the basement, holding onto the handrail for dear life.
"Whoa, Quinn, are you alright?" He moved his head to get the hair out of his eyes. Quinn couldn't think right now. Soon she would, and soon she would go upstairs again.
"Oh my god, Jesse. Yes. I am. And, you know what, I love you, and I hope you love me back. Because, it would really suck to have sex with you and like, not have you love me" She was holding onto his shoulders now.
"Quinn. I really do. I never thought I could honestly love anyone in the short amount of time, but I really do. Quinn, I would treat you so much better than that creep. But we don't have to have sex. We can take this slow"
"It's always better slow, ya know!" She giggled.
He was completely oblivious to the fact that she was so, so high.
"You really wanna have sex? Are you ready for that?"
"Oh, sweetie, you must be a virgin! Oh my god, I'll be your first! The question is, are you ready for that?"
"Is it that obvious? Well, never mind that. Quinn, if we're ready for that, then I couldn't see why, sex is not an option" His eyes lit up.
She playfully knocked Jesse to the ground. He took off his pants and his shirt. Quinn started making out with him and he took of her shirt.
"Jesse, I just want to let you know, that man, you're the best I've ever had"
He slid off her shorts, and soon he was on top of her.
"Quinn, I love you"
The carpet was rough and she heard Morris upstairs humming to "Ohio is for lovers".
"Jesse! Do you know where Quinn is?"
"Morris! I'm down here!"
"Quinn! Come on! Stop!"
Morris came down stairs. His face now matched with his red hair. Quinn came up to him topless.
"You know, I've never had a threesome before!"
Morris, quite stoned, didn't know what to say. His eyes were locked on the site of Quinn's chest.
"Oh my god, Morris, you're totally getting a hard-on right now" She looked down at his shorts. She started giggling.
"Oh my god, Morris, come on!" she took him by the hand
"Nah, that's okay Quinn…" he jerked his hand back, his face now repulsed at the site of Jesse naked.
"Okay then! Well, Jesse, I'm going back upstairs, see ya!"
Quinn put her top and shorts back on and went upstairs. She lay down on Ronnie's bed.
"Cody, love, would you give me some E, please?"
"Anything for you sweetheart, but on one condition"
She sat up. "Oh my god, what, please! Tell me" She grabbed his crotch and smiled seductively.
"You know"
"Of course I do"
So, right there on the bed, they did it, right in front of everyone. It was wild, steamy and a bit risqué but it was fun.
Cody got dressed, while he kicked Ronnie, now, quite passed out on the floor. He went to the table and threw it to Quinn. Morris was smoking a joint while he was IMing someone on MSN on Ronnie's laptop.
"Here you go, my love"
"Thank you honey bunches"
"Anything for you sweetheart"
Quinn took her glass of Vodka and crushed it the ecstasy in it. She sipped it.
"This tastes wonderful, Cody. Try some"
"Leave me alone, whore"
"But Cody"
She walked over to Ronnie's couch where Cody was about to pass out.
"I SAID LEAVE ME ALONE, YOU WHORE"
Quinn, quite surprised on Cody's choice of names, dumped the rest on Ronnie and went down stairs. Cody was in the living room, watching Nick at Nite.
"Craig! Oh my god, Craig, is that you? How do you know Ronnie, well, anyways, I love you, and I wanna be together again. I wanna get married at the beach"
Jesse came up to her, put her arm around his neck, and carried her over to the couch.
"We'll sleep right here, okay?"
"Okay Jesse"
She put her head in his lap. It felt nice, and comforting. It felt like she was with Craig again.
"Craig, I love you"
Jesse sighed.
Quinn never knew that those past four nights, Craig had waited for her to come home. She never knew that he was going to ask her to take him back. She never knew that he wanted her back more than anything in the world. Quinn never knew one thing about this, for her mind was now cloudy, cloudy with thoughts of pain.
