Lawful Overdose (3 page)

“Ready for an unforgettable, yet hopefully
forgettable night?” I ask Piper.

She laughs, “You do know that statement makes no
sense.”

“It make sense to me, and that’s all that matters.”
I lick my wrist and shake a little salt on it. Then I hand it over to Piper and
pick up my shot glass. She follows my lead and does the same.

We hold our shots up in the air as I toast, “To
getting smashed, finding the hottest guy at the party, and rocking his world.”

“Mazel Tov.”

We clash our glasses together and do our shots. I
lick the salt off my wrist, throw back the tequila and feel the burn as it goes
down my throat, then I suck on the lime. The first tequila shot of the night is
always the worst, but tequila is my favorite poison.

I decide to chase it down with my vodka and fruit
punch concoction.  As soon as the delicious liquid hits my lips, someone
places their hand on my shoulder from behind me.

I stiffen until I hear his voice whisper in my ear,
“I was waiting to see if you’d show up.”

I turn around and am face to face with Jaxon. I
can’t seem to get my lips to move, so I decide to take another sip of my drink
to stall my response. Jaxon looks down at the counter and sees my empty glass,
and then looks back up to meet my eyes.

“I see you started shots without me. I want in on
the next round.”

I smile up at him, “Next round’s now.”

His hand at my shoulder moves down my arm slowly.
My body is on instant alert and my mind will only let me think dirty things
about this man. When his hand reaches mine, he pulls my red cup out of my hand
and places it on the counter. He looks around the room until he spots his
friend, Ryan. He signals for him to come over and then he looks towards Piper,
who is still standing next to me.

“Hi, I’m Jaxon Wyatt,” he nods to her.

Piper smiles at him, flirtatiously. You’d think she
was a fourteen-year-old girl.

“I’m Piper. I’m best friends with your girl,
Tessa.”

Your girl? I wasn’t his girl… well hopefully I was,
but just for the night.

“Nice to meet you, Piper. Can you grab a handful of
limes and the salt, and follow me?”

He didn’t wait for her to answer. His friend Ryan
joined us and Jaxon passes him a full bottle of tequila. Still holding my hand,
Jaxon picks up four shot glasses and starts walking me out of the room.

“Follow me.”

If he wasn’t so hot and I wasn’t desperate to get
in his pants, I would have been turned off. But his voice commanded attention,
and I was willing to give him that.

Jaxon walked us out of the kitchen, through the
hallway, and into a spare bedroom. Piper and Ryan followed right behind us.

This is what I love about Piper. A complete stranger
brings us into an empty bedroom at a party, and she doesn’t even question it.
If I go, she goes, and vice versa.

Jaxon closes the bedroom door behind Ryan and turns
to meet my gaze.

“This is better. Much quieter for what I have in
mind.”

“And what’s that?” Piper chimes in. “If you plan on
kidnapping or killing us, I have something to tell you. I’m a biter and I feel
joy when I kick a man in the balls.”

Piper meant to be serious, but I couldn’t help the
burst of laughter that leaves my mouth from her statement. Jaxon looks amused
as well.

“That’s hot. I’m into biting, if you know what I
mean,” Ryan says, as he looks at Piper like he wants to devour her. Piper
ignores his statement and is looking at Jaxon.

“I came in here for three reasons. The first is to
get to know Tessa. The second is to be able to hear Tessa as I get to know her.
The third is to drink Tequila.” Jaxon walks over to the bed and sits down. “If
you’re down for that, then let's drink. If not, you know where the door is. No
hard feelings.”

Without even a second thought, I walk over and sit
next to Jaxon on the bed. It’s a large king-size bed, with floral sheets and a
quilt lying across the bottom. I look around the room. It’s scarcely decorated.
The walls are white; no art is hanging on them. The only other thing in the
room, besides the bed, is a small wooden dresser.

As soon as Piper sees my decision, she follows me
onto the bed, with Ryan following behind her. The four of us sit casually on
the bed, Jaxon next to me. Across from us, Piper is next to Ryan. We’re handed
our shot glasses and Ryan fills each one to the top.

“Not to sound cliché, but I find the best way to
get to know one another while drinking, is by playing
I’ve Never
. You
ladies down for playing
I’ve Never
?” Jaxon asks, looking at Piper and
me.

I shrug my shoulders in approval and turn to Piper,
speaking for both of us. “We’re in, but Piper starts. You know, ladies first
and all.”

“Sounds fair,” Jaxon says from beside me, and Ryan
agrees. “But Piper, remember, I’m trying to get to know your girl here. Help me
out a little.” I watch as he tries to discreetly wink at her

Jaxon places a small bowl with cut up limes, and a
saltshaker in the center of the bed. We all look anxiously at Piper, waiting
for her to start.

“I’ve never...” She pauses, still thinking of what
she’ll say for her first round of play. “Oh, I know, I’ve never made out with a
girl just so the guy I slept with the night before will leave me alone.”

“I can’t believe you went there,” I say as I
prepare to take my first shot of the game. Salt, tequila, and then lime, and it
still went down burning, but not as bad as the shot in the kitchen.

“I want to hear about this,” Ryan says from next to
Piper.

“What’s to tell? I hooked up with this guy; it was
a one-night thing. He had a hard time coming to terms with this and followed me
around, for like a week. I was finally fed up with him because he wouldn’t
leave me alone at this party… so I grabbed the nearest girl and we started
kissing. It started to get out of control, so I broke off the kiss, turned to
the guy and told him it would never work out between us because I liked
chicks.”

Piper is now laughing so hard; tears are coming
down her eyes. “That’s not even the best part," she says in between her
laughter. “The show she put on got rid of the guy, but then she had a new
problem. The girl wanted to continue where they left off.”

Now Piper is sprawled out on the bed, holding her
stomach, laughing uncontrollably.

“It’s not that funny, Piper. It took me twenty
minutes to convince her that it was never going to happen.”

“You must be some kisser,” Jaxon whispers huskily
into my ear.

I turn to face him and our lips are inches apart.
“What can I say, I have magic lips.” I inch closer to him and our lips are
almost touching, “If you’re lucky, maybe you’ll get to find out how great I am
with them.”

His breathing becomes unsteady as his eyes drift to
my lips, and then down to my chest, and then up to my lips again. Right before
I’m about to throw myself at him, Piper finally stops laughing and sits back up
on the bed.

“Your turn, Tessa.”

I turn to face her and smile widely. Payback's a
bitch.

“I’ve never gone into an adult sex shop, and had
the guy behind the counter recognize me from a video he saw online.”

In true Piper form, she rolls her eyes, as if the
secret I just spilled is no big deal. She takes her shot, and surprisingly, so
does Ryan. Piper and I both stare at him with our mouths open in shock.

“What?” He asks nonchalantly. “I was eighteen and I
thought making videos and banging endless amounts of chicks was a dream job. I
only did it for a few months before it got old."

“Okay, but mine was online without my knowledge. An
ex-boyfriend sold it for some extra cash. I wasn’t doing porn for a living,”
Piper says as she looks around the room. “Not that there is anything wrong with
doing porn, it’s just not for me.”

“I’d hardly call it porn. It was in a friend’s
basement and you can watch it online for free,” Ryan clarifies.

Time to change the subject. These questions need to
start getting a little more innocent. I want Jaxon to like me, not to think I’m
a slut.

“I think it’s Ryan’s turn.”

Ryan puts his shot glass down and thinks for a
minute.

“I’ve never fucked my dealer right after buying
from her,” he slurs as he looks straight at Jaxon. Apparently, Ryan was
drinking before we met up with him.

Then what Ryan says hits me. They do drugs.

I am very accepting of almost anything, except
drugs. Not after my sister’s death. My blood runs cold and I realize this room
is the last place I want to be.

“Dude, that is not how it happened. I just so
happened to be dating the girl who sold to me. It wasn’t a random fuck and I
don’t do that shit anymore.”

“Doesn’t matter, you’ve still got to drink up.”

Jaxon takes the shot glass and sips it slowly, he
doesn’t even finish the shot before putting the glass back down.

“That’s not fair. You’ve got to do a shot, not sip
the glass like a little girl,” Piper yells.

“I’m the DD, I can’t drink tonight.”

This comment breaks my train of thought.

I look at Jaxon questioningly. “If you’re the DD,
why did you choose to play a drinking game with us?”

The words come out harsher than I planned them to,
and Jaxon looks at me worriedly.

“You were drinking and I wanted to get to know you.
I figured this was a good way. I hoped you wouldn’t notice the lack of alcohol
flowing past my lips, I guess I was wrong.”

I roll my eyes and look over to Piper for some
help. She smiles at me knowingly, and looks over to Jaxon. “Your turn.”

I wait to see what he’ll say, but I’m not in the
mood to play anymore.

“I’ve never accidentally bought heroin from a cop.”

That’s it.

My face goes white and I start hyperventilating.
Why did he have to say heroin? I try my best to avoid anyone who incorporates
drugs in their lifestyle, but because I’m horny, and looking for release, I let
this dumbass and his friend invade my drug-free bubble.

“I didn’t know, dude, it was a lesson learned. I
will never buy from a stranger again.”

With this knowledge, I move and get off the bed.

“I’m out,” I yell and make it two steps before
Jaxon grabs my arm, and turns me around.

“What’s wrong?” He asks me, concerned.

“Nothing,” I say calmly, while avoiding eye contact
with him.

“It’s obviously not nothing. You were having a good
time, and then all of a sudden you’re not.”

I try to pull my arm away, but he doesn’t let me
go. We’re at a standoff. I briefly contemplate showing him that I like to kick
guys in the balls, too, but Piper starts talking before I get a chance.

“Tessa has a thing with drugs. She hates them and
doesn’t associate with anyone who does them. You just announced you do them, so
as Tessa announced, she’s out.”

Perfectly said, Piper.

“Hey,” Jaxon leans down until he is at my eyes
level. “That was in past tense. I did drugs… a few years ago. I don’t do them
anymore. I swear, you can ask Ryan.”

“It’s true,” Ryan says from behind me. “Jaxon’s
tried it a couple times, but he’s clean now. I still do my own thing, but if
you're hanging out with Jaxon, I’ll make sure to keep it away from you.”

I wasn’t happy with Ryan’s declaration of truth,
but when I looked into Jaxon’s eyes, I can tell he’s not lying. I take a deep
breath of relief and look at him apologetically.

“I’m sorry I freaked out on you. I just… I lost
someone really close to me to drugs, and I avoid anyone who uses because of
it.”

I play with my fingers in front of me and bite my
lip. “If you still want to, let’s keep playing.”

I get a sexy grin from him as he says, “That’s my
girl.”

We sit back down on the bed and continue the game.

One hour and six shots of tequila later, I’m
feeling good. Good as in drunk off my ass, and thinking of all the ways I can
get Jaxon alone. Piper and I are happy drunks, giggling while making sexual
innuendos every few minutes. Ryan’s a bold drunk. He’s been making plays at
Piper the last hour, and she isn’t turning him down. I’ve seen his hands on her
ass, stomach, and neck. His hands are currently groping Piper’s breasts, as he
talks to Jaxon.

I can hear the music blaring through the walls. I
decide it’s time to start moving this night in the direction I need it to go. I
jump up from the king size bed, ignoring Piper and Ryan, and move to the door.
I crack it open so the music can travel through the room.

“Dance with me,” I slur, as the alcohol rolling
through my veins makes itself known. I make my way over to the bed, pour some
tequila in a glass, and tip it down my throat. No salt or lime needed at this
point. I pull Jaxon up from the bed, and wrap my hands around his neck.