“Of course bro, but you have to keep it down when you get here as I got my piece over,” he said laughing. That was basically a sign that he had a girl over and was going to be having sex with her. “I’ll leave the front door unlocked.”
“Thanks bro, good looking out,” I replied laughing. Signaling that I understood what he was about to do.
We were best friends since elementary school and practically brothers at this point. Almost everything we said while around each other was coded. From years of hanging out non-stop, we started speaking in codes so that we could talk about people right in front of them without them taking noticing. This was something we did when talking about girls. Although we went to different universities, we still talked regularly. I felt so grateful for him at that moment that I would have hugged him had he been near me.
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I arrived to his place without issue. Walking into his apartment had absolutely no warm home feeling. Everything was bare with no art and just the bare minimum of furniture in each room. I placed my jacket in the closet right next to the door and noticed It was completely silent in there. I made sure to tip-toe to the couch to make as little noise as possible. I sat down a heaved a sigh of relief. I placed my bag right next to my leg as I reached for the remote to turn the TV on. Making sure the volume was down, I aimlessly flipped through channels. My mind was racing as I was imagining the scenario that would play out when my mom told my dad about what happened, making it near impossible for me to sleep the first night. I had no doubt that my mother would tell him as she wasn’t one who would bluff or make empty threats, at least to my knowledge. I sank into the couch after I kicked my shoes off and noticed I had an alert on my phone. As I was checking my phone, I noticed it was three in the morning. Which meant that my dad was on the way home or already arrived depending on if he left right away. I went to my text messages and saw one from my dad. My heart fell straight into my ass as fear washed over me once again. I checked the message and saw he was asking if I was still awake. I realized then that he hadn’t arrived home yet. I replied telling him that I was awake but I was over a friends house at the moment. He wrote back saying never mind and left our conversation at that.
That night I was in what I like to call “cat sleep” mode. I could fall asleep, but the slightest twitch would pop me up like a mad man. I woke up springing to life at the sound of Kevin taking a piss in the night. I was in such a terrible state of mind and my nerves were shot. I had to try and sleep like that or else I would have no energy to start the next day with.
The next morning, I was awakened by the front door closing. Kevin’s “piece” had left and just Kevin and I remained. He came out of his room checking to see if I was awake. Once he saw that I was, he pumped his hips against the air as though it was an imaginary girl. Signaling to me that he indeed slept with her. We both giggled.