Hey so these are certainly getting stranger, they are kind of based on the exploits of someone I knew. Obviously there are some embellishments…so anyway thank you for your reviews!

Chapter 18 The Fable of Bryan and the Crack Whore

Tala huffed boredly, since they had decided to behave it had become markedly apparent just how friendless they now were. He scanned the room; the TV was turned off, the radio was on low in the corner next to Spencer who was sewing (Tala didn't ask), Ian was in the kitchen slamming cupboards and complaining loudly about lack of food, Bryan was sitting on the kitchen counter brain training on his DS and Kai was repetitively attempting to throw a cigarette into his open mouth (and failing).

Tala plucked the cigarette out of mid air and lit it taking a slow drag. "I'm bored," he moaned.

"Then do something," snapped Kai irritably. "And stop stealing my fags"

Tala nearly screamed in frustration when Kai proceeded to pull another cigarette from his pack and begin to throw. "It is so boring here! Now I know why you guys were all on drugs!"

Everyone paused and looked up.

"No we weren't," protested Ian. "Not really, nothing hard anyway."

"That's weird you know. You guys overdo everything else."

"Well have you heard the fable of Bryan and the crack whore? It's kind of the reason," Ian informed nodding.

"No," answered Tala boredom momentarily forgotten.

"Kai tells it best, he was there…kind of…"

Bryan didn't protest so Tala turned to Kai, Kai looked up having just caught his cigarette in his mouth by the wrong end. "Huh?"

"Bryan and the crack whore tell Tala." ordered Ian.

Kai shrugged, "Once upon a time when Bryan had just turned 18 and I was 17 I took Bryan to a club. You had run away a couple of months before and Bryan was just starting to try new things. In fact he would try anything as long as it was new."

"Hey" Bryan complained finally raising his head.

"Are you calling me a liar?" asked Kai calmly.

Bryan shrugged then looked down, "Shit now I'm gonna have a crap score."

"So a little while after we entered the club and I was otherwise engaged…"

"Shagging some guy in the toilets," Bryan in interrupted again.

"Sure some guy, why not? Some guy, good" answered Kai nervously, "So anyway I was busy when some guy gave Bryan some tablets. We think it was X."

"He kissed me and used his tongue to put them in my mouth."

"What why?" asked Tala.

"To loosen him up probably , better that than a Mickey." Kai dismissed.

"Says you." muttered Ian.

"So Bryan was out of it; dancing and generally out of his mind all night," continued Bryan. "When he started to fade a bit he went outside to get some fresh air and have a smoke."

"Contradiction in terms," Ian mumbled.

Tala giggled.

"So outside Bryan see's this girl sitting on the curb and she is obviously a crack whore. I mean scabby mouth, deathly pale, greasy hair and so skinny that rain water collected in her collar bone."

"Ew" said Tala disgusted.

"Exactly," agreed Kai, "But as Bryan, between the pills and the alcohol he had consumed was not in his right mind. When she offered to share the crack she was smoking he sat down next to her and smoked it."

"But…"

"Yep. So Bryan's sitting there smoking crack getting more and more fucked until they finish all she has. She assures him that she can get more and asks him to come with her."

"He didn't…" breathed Tala shocked.

" He did and she lead him right to her coke-head boyfriend."

"Coke-head?"

"Nervous twitch, high slightly shrill sarcastic laugh and everything," cut in Bryan holding his DS close to his ear.

"So coke-head pulls out a flick knife and asks for Bryans wallet, Bryan only has his card on him as he spent the rest on drinks…"

"I had 4p as well!"

"OK except for the 4p which they let him keep. So they took his bank card and tried to get his pin number off him so they can scratch on the back of his card when he suddenly sprung into action."

"Sounds impressive" quipped Tala sarcastically.

"It wasn't," muttered Bryan pulling up his sleeve to the shoulder and showing a rather impressive scar. "They stabbed me in the shoulder but I got my card back."

"So he stumbled blood covered back to the club having long since miraculously beaten his attackers."

"I pulled the knife out of my arm and stabbed the guy in the leg, then I told him to get to the doctors because my blood carried all kinds of diseases. He wet himself." laughed Bryan.

"Nice." muttered Tala his face disgusted.

"He managed to get past the bouncer," Kai continued the story unperturbed.

"He was chatting up some girl."

"Stumbled up to me."

"He was under some guy."

"And collapsed."

"What happened?" Tala exclaimed.

"Well luckily he regained consciousness a little before an ambulance was called."

"Couldn't risk them finding the drugs in my system."

"So I did some field medic crap from the Abbey and sewed him up when we got home."

"He was stuck by my bedside nursing me for the rest of the night."

"And day."

"So one trip to the clinic later."

"He shared something orally with that scabby mouth."

"Had to make sure I hadn't caught anything."

"He was lucky."

"I swore off all the hard stuff and the guys did the same," Bryan finished grinning at the screen. "Brain age 23 beat that bitches!"

"I got 21 this morning." gloated Kai.

"Screw you! You can't even throw a cigarette into your mouth!"

Tala leaned back amused and watched them bicker. "I have another question."

They all looked at him again.

"How come Kai's such a slut?"

Ian dropped his newly made bowl of cereal laughing and even Spencer was chuckling.

"Well that is a long story…" started Bryan.