Skins: The Worst Guys

Episode 4: Mike

Where do I start?

Amped?

That's too subtle.

Hype?

Too simple.

No words could describe the sensational, excited feeling that I was experiencing as I stood in the parking lot of Humber College. It became a habit for me to reach inside my pocket, and rub the phone number I got from that girl between my index finger and my thumb. Soon, Jay would arrive and bring us to Lia Thompson's party. Not only that, but there would be an extremely attractive woman riding in the car with us. I couldn't take the chance of being the "scrub" and sitting in the passenger seat this time. That would leave Justice or Jett able to charm her.

No.

This was my night. And I'll be damned before I let it start with one of those negroes taking the girl I had a plan for. I had already given her a call, and she said she was on her way to our meeting spot.

"Mike would you stop playing with that?" I heard Jett say. Barely even knowing what he was talking about, I turned to him.

"Look at this guy, smiling. I think you're a bit TOO hyped." Justice said, shaking his head. I hadn't even known it, but I noticed I had a huge smile spread across my face. The weird thing was that I couldn't do anything about it. Thats when an idea popped into my head. It was time to start the night.

"Alright guys, lets get this started!" I said, digging into my other pocket. I remembered that I had a capsule of weed in there. I was planning to save it for when we got to the party, but we had time to spare while waited for Jason.

I saw Jett's eyes widen with delight while Justice sighed.

"You got any skins Jett?" I asked. Jett laughed.

"You WOULD use a line from that show now, wouldn't you?" He said, taking out rolling papers from his pocket. I took the papers hastily, and took a seat on the curb to roll the weed. I actually had never done this before. I guess I looked like I was struggling, because I heard a voice call me out on it.

"You need help with that?" I heard the voice say. It was a girl's voice. More importantly, it was a familiar girl's voice. I looked up slowly, only to see the girl of the night standing ahead of me. The only difference was, this time, she was spruced up. She wore a black belly top, and blue capris. Her blonde hair was straightened, and I swear to God she was sparkling. I scanned my brain for something clever to say.

"Only if you take a hit with us." I said, feeling the grin come back on to my face. The girl smiled, and sat down beside me, reaching for the rolling papers and weed. As she was rolling it, she looked so professional, that now I knew I must have looked dumb trying to do it before. As she licked the paper, she would glance at me, her smile still showing. This girl wanted me. Bad. I could feel it.

Finally, she was done. Before she could say another word, I whipped out my lighter and handed it to her. She gave me an admiring look, and lit up the spliff. She motioned for me to come closer. It only took a second for me to understand what she was motioning for. We both cupped our hands around the spliff, and I started to inhale. I felt the rush of the heat and smoke flowing down my throat, as i took a deep breath and held it there. Eventually, I blew the smoke to the side, where I noticed Jett and Justice's jaw wide open, looking in awe.

"This is some high quality shit!" The girl said, passing the spliff to Jett.

"I only get the best," I said, getting a kick out of my friend's shocked faces. "Hope you're ready to get totally, totally fucked tonight." I said to the girl, accidentally letting my terrible british accent slip out again. The girl laughed. Was she actually impressed? Looks like my techniques were working.

We sat for a few more minutes talking, exchanging the spliff amongst each other when I noticed that it was already almost 9, and there was no word from Jay. Then again, I wasn't really surprised.

"So when is your friend getting here?" The girl asked, clearly anxious. There were many things that could ruin my night. The guys bringing up the past, David showing up where I least expect him, and even losing in Marvel Vs. Capcom 3, but nothing would ruin my night more than Jay flopping tonight. There was too much at stake.

I pulled out my phone to call Jay, when i started to notice the effects of the spliff kicking in. I slowly started to phase out the incoming disappointment, and instead have faith in my dear friend.

Wait.

Dear friend? I was definitely fucked. Luckily, before i started my internal conflict, I heard the screech of tires rip down the parking lot to where we were waiting. I heard Jay's voice shout:

"YOU NIGGAS READY TO GET FUCKED UP TONIGHT!?"

I cheered, along with Jett and Justice, as we ran towards Jett's car. The girl followed behind us, catching Jay's eye. I gave Jay a warning look, as he gave me a devilish smile.

"So who's this?" Jay asked, getting out of the car to greet us. The girl smiled and went to go shake Jay's hand.

"I'm Heidi, nice to meet you!" The girl said. "Thanks for giving me a ride". Jay shook his head.

"No problem, the more the merrier… As long as you're willing to pitch for gas." Jay's smile stretched even wider. We all laughed for a bit, which got gradually slower and quieter as we realized he wasn't joking.

I walked over to him and put my hand on his shoulder. "Jay, really?" I said, not feeling impressed at all.

"Sorry man, my tanks running on empty, and plus i'm DD'ing for the night so…" Jay said slowly. Something inside me flinched as I, along with Jett and Justice reached for our wallets and pulled out a 10 dollar bill.

"Thanks guys!" Jay said, giving his signature grin.

"Fuck off, Jay." We all said in unison.

Finally, it was the time for my plan to go into action. The guys already knew that I always fought for the front seat, but this time, things would have to change. I quickly darted for the back seat, which Justice had just opened.

"What the hell, Mike? I thought you wanted to be the scrub?" Justice asked. I shook my head.

"Nah, man. This time, I'll let you have your leg room at the front for your tall ass." I said, motioning for him to sit in the front. He gave me a suspicious look, as he moved for the front seat. Now nothing was in my way.

As we packed into the car, Jett's phone rang. He looked at who was calling, quickly shoving the phone back into his pocket. We all knew who it was.

"Jett, why don't you just tell her you're not about it?" Justice asked, looking back towards him. Jett shrugged.

"Because I know I'm gonna be bitched at by Tayler if I do." Jett said, annoyed.

Tayler was a classmate of Jett's who just happened to be Major Mack's best friend. She often partied with us, and it was her who hooked the two of them up in the first place.

I noticed that Heidi was confused by what we were talking about, so I decided to change the subject by breaking out my secret weapon. I once again pulled out my bag of MDMA pills, and flashed them to Heidi. By the look on her face, i could tell she was about it.

"How hard do you guys party?" She asked, clearly impressed. Without saying a word, we all smiled, as I plugged my Ipad into the car's speaker system. I turned it to Childish Gambino's The Worst Guys, as Jason sped us down the road to the party.

"Jay, mind if I light another spliff, yeah?" I said, as Jay, bumping his head to the music nodded his head in between. I pulled out another "Heidi certified" spliff, as the music echoed in my head. Soon, I lost all control of my head, as it bumped to the rhythm of the music on it's own.

About 10 minutes later, we had finally reached Lia's house. Somehow, the music coming from the house managed to overpower the music that we were blasting in the car. Through the windows, I could see girls dancing, guys taking shots, and people smoking both inside and outside the house. Finally it was time.

"Okay guys, are you ready for this?" I asked, barely containing my excitement. I handed MDMA to each one of my friends, minus Jay, as we took a deep breath and popped the pills into our mouths.

Let the games begin.

-SM77