Chapter 8
In the most innocent tone he could manage,Nolan asked,“Sorry for what?”
“I’ve been a dick.”
“Well,now that you mention it,you have been pretty dick-tastic.”
Cam smiled and tipped his bottle toward Nolan in a salute.
“No,seriously,”Nolan said.“Did I do something to make you mad at your dad’s?”
“It’s not you.It’s…He just pisses me off.You’re my roommate.You’re my friend,not his.”
“Hey.It’s not like that.You are my best friend.I don’t want you to feel like that.I really like your dad.”
“I know.”Cam was heading dangerously close to clamming back up.
“It’s more than I want to be his friend,”Nolan said.“I wish my dad were as cool as Rick.I want to be just like him when I grow up.”
“You just don’t get it,man.”
“No,but I’ll try to,”Nolan said.“For you.I really don’t want to piss you off.”
“Okay.”
“Hey,it worked by the way?”
“What worked?”Cam asked.
“You totally got my mind off Ashley.”
“Awesome.”
“But there’s one unfortunate side effect.”
“What’s that?”
“I’m horny as fuck,”Nolan said.“I haven’t been laid in weeks.So,let’s break up this little sausage party and see who’s in the mood to get freaky!”
Nolan and Cam parted ways.Nolan was scanning the crowd for girls who looked like they were down for a little fun when his eyes settled on Toni.
“Hey,Toni,”Nolan said looking at her but also around her,scanning the crowd.“How’s it going?”
“You know.Living the collegiate dream.”She lifted her nearly empty glass and slid the last ice sliver into her mouth before crunching it.
“Hey,”Nolan said.“Let me get you another one.”
Toni just shrugged and the two made their way through the dancing and laughing party goers to the kitchen.
“What was in your glass?”Nolan asked.
“Punch.”
“Punch?Was it spiked?”
“It didn’t taste spiked,”Toni said.“This isn’t a fucking sock hop from the fucking Fifties or something.If I wanted to drink,I’d drink.”
“Ooookay.”Nolan handed her a glass of punch and took a beer for himself.“So sorry.I didn’t realize you were suffering a urine overdose.”
“A what?”Toni frowned.“What in the fuck does that mean?”
“Well,”Nolan said.“By the number of F-bombs you’re dropping,I figured someone must have pissed in your Cheerios this morning.”
Toni just sighed deeply and rolled her eyes.“You wouldn’t understand.”
“Try me.”
“No,”Toni said.“And that was seriously one of the top three worst jokes I’ve ever heard.”
“Hey,”Nolan said excitedly.“Top three is pretty good.No,seriously.What’s wrong?”
“I’d honestly rather talk about your problems,”Toni said.
“You would?”
“Yeah.It make me feel like maybe I’m not so fucked up after all.”
Nolan gave her a playful shove.“Hey,that’s not cool,man.”
“Spill it,”Toni said.“I know something’s up.What’s going on?”
“Well,to get my mind off Ashley,Cam took me to his dad’s last weekend.I had a blast.His dad is like the ultimate man’s man.I learned so much about construction and stuff.It was one of the best weekends of my life.”
“What’s the problem,then?”Toni asked.
“Well,”Nolan said.“Cam got super jealous and wouldn’t even hardly talk to me.In fact,just a few minutes ago was the first time he’s talked to me,like really talked to me,in a week.”
“Did he say why he got so mad?”
“He just doesn’t like his dad after he and his mom got divorced.”
“Then why did he take you out there?”Toni asked.
“I don’t know,really.Cam was cool at first,but the more Rick,that’s his dad’s name,Rick,and I talked,the more Cam got pissed off.”
“Were you guys ignoring him or something?Making him feel left out?”
“We weren’t trying to,”Nolan said.“He kinda just made it happen on his own.”
“Weird,”Toni said.“Maybe he would talk to me?It sounds like I could really do a cool paper on his daddy issues.”
“Maybe.You could always ask.”
“Who’s your friend,Perm?”asked a dark-haired girl with a mocking sneer.
“Oh,fuck.”Toni dropped her face into her hands.
Nolan looked over and saw two girls,one blond and one brunette,dressed in matching tight tops and flirty short skirts.“Who are they?”he whispered.
“I’m Veronica,”the blond said with a flip of her hair.“And she’s Kim.”
“Who’s your boyfriend,Perm?”Kim asked.
“Perm?”Nolan whispered.
Toni rolled her eyes and said to Nolan,“I’ll tell you later.”To Veronica and Kim she said,“This is Nolan and he’s not my boyfriend.If you’ll excuse us?”
Veronica laughed,“No,we will not excuse you.”
Kim slid past Veronica and around Toni to stand close to Nolan.“You’re a fool,Perm.You shoulda locked this one down.He’s fucking hot!”
Nolan blushed and took a swig of his beer.
Kim laughed and leaned against Nolan,her arm slipping under his arm and going around his back so that she snuggled into him.“Mmm.And you smell so sexy too.”
Veronica placed a hand on Nolan’s chest and leaned forward to inhale.“Fuck yeah,he does.”
“You ladies might be a little drunker than I am.”Nolan drained the rest of his beer.“Let me get another to catch up.”
“Don’t leave us,Nolan.”Veronica’s hand had traveled down to cup Nolan’s crotch.“Let’s go upstairs.”
“Yes,”Kim agreed.“Let’s.”
Nolan was starting to get nervous.He looked to Toni for guidance but she only watched without comment.The emotion on her face was impossible for Nolan to interpret.
The thought of going from long-term girlfriend sex to a sweaty house party hook-up with not one but two horny coeds had the opposite effect than what Nolan had expected.Where his cock had been half hard when he started talking to the girls,it now seemed like it was trying to shrink back inside himself to escape Veronica’s greedy hands.
“You like to eat pussy,Nolan?”she asked.
“I…uh,no.I have to,uh,go.”
Toni turned sharply to leave the kitchen and narrowly avoided colliding with Cam who came rushing in before he reached between the girls to grab Nolan’s arm,pulling him from their grasp.“Dude,my dad’s here!”
“He showed up?”
“Hell yeah,I did!”Rick boomed from the kitchen doorway.
“Hey man!”Nolan grabbed Rick up in a hug.“Glad you could make it.Ladies,if you’ll excuse me?”
Veronica and Kim nodded but had already starting swiveling their heads around in search of other prey.