Chapter 3

Even though I said that Adam was only staying a few days, it ended up being permanent. Adam got a job at staples and was splitting the rent. I didnt mind though, we were really good friends in high school, and Ive always wondered what happened to him. I tried to ask him how everything has been for him, and so far, he has been avoiding the question. I'll get him though, and if I dont, I know Ari will.


Man, that girl is a pistol. Shes 18 years old, fresh out of high school. She lives with her friend, Maggie...who I think is a cokehead. Ari is not afraid to speak her mind though, once you get her angry, her emerald green eyes will glare and her strawberry blonde hair will look firery...you will want to run away.

But when shes in a good mood she is perfectly plesant. She has been coming over every day and just hanging with us.



"So, I am having a party." Ari announced one day, her mouth full of oreo. I raised an eyebrow. "Oh yeah, says who?" "Says me. Its a big day for me tomarrow." She replied, polishing off her milk and flopping onto the couch. "Yeah, whats tomarrow?" Adam asked, walking into the living room, towel drying his hair. I saw Ari blush a little. "It's my birthday! And Mags and I are going to have a party Friday." She told him. Adam grinned. "Sounds cool. We'll be there, right Chris?" "What No! Chris cant come!" Ari exclaimed. Adam laughed while I narrowed my eyes. "Gee thanks" I said, sarcastically. "Well, I just dont think you will like it very much." Ari explained, a bit patheticly. (I have no idea if thats even a word lol)

That just made Adam laugh harder. "Dude, your cousin thinks you're a square." He said, claping his hand onto my shoulder. "I'm coming." I told her. Ari shrugged her shoulders, there were some arguments that just wern't even worth trying. "Fine. But just dont be suprised by what you see."
 
When we all finally got there, I must say it wasn't at all what I was expecting. Ari kind of made it seem like this was going to be a crazy party, but there weren't more than 6 cars there. I smelled the pot before we even got to the door. "Ready to party bro?" Adam asked me, looking a little skeptical about the whole thing. I just shrugged and walked in, my lungs immeadiately regretting the decision. Ari was sitting in the cornor looking pretty sulky. Adam made a b-line to her, which i expected. I look a look around, examining the croud. There were only about two people there, besides us that didn't look like complete burn outs. I made my way over to them, a guy and a girl, deciding to just make the most of this and have fun.


Within ten minutes I was two beers in and helping them finish off the newest joint. I was kind of surpised to see Ari take a couple hits. Even more surprised that Adam passed. This party was finally starting to look up though. I was having a blast, and the girl to my left, who i learned was Katelyn, wasn't too bad to look at either. "Man, I gotta be honest, this party is pretty lame." Katelyn remarked, glancing at me through the cornor of her eye. "I know. I blame Ari! We are way too cool for this party, i think." I replied, shooting a wink her way. "Oh shut up. It's Mags party, not mine!" Ari huffed. I saw the guy, Spencer, move his hand onto Ari's leg. I frowned but ignored it. Adam wasn't as graceful about hiding his dislike though. He was on complete defensive, arms crossed, hard stare. Yup, this night was going to be very interesting. "Well, you will just have to have another party to show her how it's done." Spencer replied. "Yeah yeah, blah blah. Pass the joint." Katelyn said. Magie suddenly jumped up, and started dancing her little heart out. It was actually a little disturbing. "This is the greeeeatest song! Spence come dance with me!" She practically demanded of him. He looked a little discusted and just shook his head. "This song is so mediocore it's painful." Uh oh. Breathe Carolina was playing. If I remember correctly, Adam loved them. I heard a gasp and sat back, getting comfortable to enjoy the show. "Are you KIDDING me?! They are the best band ever!! It's so unique!" Adam said. Spencer scoffed. "Really? Best band ever? Nirvana. Beatles. Rolling Stones. The Who. The Ramones. Those are bands. They revolutionalized music! They were real musicians. Breathe Carolina. All they are is noise and computers." Spencer shot back. "What?! Ok, I'm not saying those aren't good bands. Everyone knows that they liad the foundation for music today. But Breathe Carolina took it to the next level. They used all the technological advances to their advantage and made something amazing out of it! Saying that makes them less of a musicial is like saying the Jimmy sucks because he uses distortion! It's just ridiculous!" Adam was getting louder now. "You know, that just shows how commercial you are. If you can honestly say that they are good music, then you have no taste. You are just happy with mediocrity and can't appreciate the classics, REAL music, then you are just another drone." I shot up at that, seeing Adam about to do the same. "Great party guys, gotta go. Comeon buddy." I speedily said, and with a lot of difficuly got Adam out of there. I took one last glance at Spencer, and he still had that arogant look on his face. Tool.



Adam stayed quiet as He got into the car. But once I sped out of the driveway, all Hell broke loose.

"What an ass!" Adam started, while searching for a song on the radio. "He has NO Idea what he is even talking about! That guy is an idiot! 'You must be another media drone if you like Breathe carolina.' Oh, I'm sorry I like them...and they're not like 50 years old. Next time I'm searching for something on the radio, I'll make sure to go to the oldies station first!" I laughed at that one. "Yeah, he was kind of a jerk." I stated. Adam stared at me. "Kind of!?!? Are you freaking kidding me? He was a Total jerk! I swear, I will kill him if I ever see his ugly face again!"

When we got home, Adam was still on a rampage. But, I left him alone and went into the bathroom to take a shower. and then headed to bed.