Chapter Three: Effy Withdrawal (Cook's POV)
"Fucking hell!" Cook glared at Naomi's door. What was taking the damn muff muncher so fucking long? Cook thought. Cook truly believed it was Naomi's mission in life to make him absolutely miserable. He truly did believe that.
"God bless it, woman! Hurry the hell up! We're late!" Cook wanted to get to Keith's as soon as possible to see Effy.
"For fuck's sake, Cook! It's not even 10:30 yet! Just because you wanna be fucking dry hump Effy in front of all of us doesn't mean we all wanna see it!" Naomi yelled through the door.
"Fuck off, Bitch! That's not true!" It kind of was, but Cook would never admit that to Naomi, of all people. He'd never hear the end of it.
"Whatever." Naomi shot back before falling silent again.
Sometimes Cook couldn't believe he was even friends with Naomi— or any of them, for that matter— and even though he couldn't believe it, he wouldn't have it any other way. He met JJ first in middle school and they became unexpected; but instant, friends. The main reason he was Freddie's friend was because the stoner fucking needed him. And Naomi … well, he didn't quite know why he was friends with Naomi. It probably had something to do with the fact that she was a raging bull dyke. Naomi was the only girl (besides Emily Fitch) he hadn't slept with at Roundview. He even fucked her slut sister, Katie.
Cook didn't like Katie Fitch too much for the main reason that she somehow made it her mission in life to make poor JJ's life a living hell. Freddie believed it was because she knew JJ used to have a major crush on her and she didn't want JJ, who she considered a freak, liking her. But Cook just thought it was because she was a massive fucking bitch, plain and simple.
Cook began banging on Naomi's door. Enough was enough! Time to go! He needed to see Effy. Sure, Cook knew he was falling hard for Effy, but he just wasn't quite ready to admit it yet.
"Naomi! Come on!" Cook stopped banging when Naomi stepped out with a massive glare on her face. "You're lucky my mum's here or I'd fucking kill you!" Naomi whispered.
Cook gave her a cheeky smile in return. Cook and Naomi walked downstairs to see JJ and Freddie in an all out thumb war. What the fuck? Cook thought and he could tell Naomi was thinking the same thing.
"What the fuck you two doin'?" Naomi and Cook said at the same time.
"Freddie challenged me to a thumb war. What was I supposed to say? No?" JJ responded with a distracted look on his face. Freddie was winning and that just could not happen.
"Will you two be seventeen for two minutes so we all can get the fuck out of here before Cook pops a vein in his pretty little face over his Effy withdrawal!" Naomi spat.
Cook simply glared at her.
"Yeah, let's get the fuck out of here!" Cook seethed.
"Wait!" Freddie exclaimed "I'm winning!" It was then that Naomi marched over toward JJ and Freddie and knocked Freddie's thumb off of JJ's. Freddie glared and JJ groaned.
"There! Nobody wins! Now let's fucking go!" Naomi was beyond annoyed. Cook needed to calm the fuck down before she punched his lights out.
"This is your fault, man" Freddie said accusingly to Cook.
"Yeah… Calm down before Naomi kills us all," JJ stated.
"Noted." Cook headed for the door.
Cook thought that it would get better by the time they all got to Keith's, but no god existed when it came to James Cook. Somehow Naomi became much more of a bitch in the last twenty minutes it took to get to Keith's. JJ went into himself even more than usual, if that was fucking possible. Freddie was feeling the tension and it was ruining his goddamn high. And Cook was going through Effy withdrawal. He literally sped to Keith's by the ten minute mark and then Naomi started yelling at him to slow the fuck down before he killed them all.
Cook never saw anybody move as fast to get out of a damn car as those four did that night: Freddie kissed the ground, Naomi kicked the van, and JJ threw up in the bushes next to the pub. Cook rushed to the front door, hoping to see Effy and he literally felt his heart drop into his stomach. Effy wasn't there!
Cook felt sick and soon joined JJ in the bush to throw up, after yelling to the others that she wasn't there.
Wow, he was really going through what Naomi called an Effy withdrawal, Cook thought. The last thing Cook remembered before puking in the bushes again was Naomi's hysterical laughing. Cunt!
TBC...