devotion

fez

"Listen," Fez said interrupting her thoughts "imma need you to act cool okay, the guys coming up here ain't the type to be messing around with, okay? Just sit and don't talk to them" he said reaching into the couch pulling out a gun. Scarlett swallowed thickly and took a seat nodding.

She could see Ashtray standing in the corner of the room looking at her like she needed to take this seriously. She wasn't sure if she had ever seen a gun in person but she didn't like the way it made her feel. Fez, in her short time of knowing him, felt safe to be around. He felt very protective and she hadn't had time to think about what an amazing guy he had been for keeping her safe from Caleb. She sat there crossing and uncrossing her legs and nervously readjusting on the couch. The door opened and immediately the atmosphere changed. Scarlett tried to relax back into the couch folding her legs cross legged. A loud voice boomed through the apartment sending a shiver down her back.

"Fezco baby you ready for m-" his voice cut short, "well well well what do we have here fezzy who is this?" she looked up at the loud man to see a face covered in tattoos and a grimy smile. The mans eyes flicked from Scarlett to Fez and then back again. He then took a seat so close to her that his knee was touching her leg. It felt all too familiar but she wasn't going to scoot away, Fez had warned her to play it cool.

"This is my friend, Scarlett. She stopped by a little bit ago she was just leaving." Fez said cooly moving his arm to hang across the couch he was sitting on that was directly in front of them.

He met Scarlett's eyes but before she could get up to start to leave the man next to her said, "No I want her to stay. Maybe we can all have a little fun."

It was then that Scarlett looked up to see that the man hadn't come in alone, behind him was a young skinny white guy removing many baggies from his not-so-new briefcase.

"Alright here's the money I owe you." Fez said handing the man a large stack of cash.

"Alright, Alright. Don't be rushin' me out like that Fezco. 'Cause boy do I got some goodies for you. Aye Johnny, show Fezzy boy what we brought him." As he said this Scarlett watched the skinny man bring him a baggie of pills and a baggie full of white powder. Scarlett was no stranger to cocaine she just didn't really mess with anything other than weed and alcohol.

Back home most of her friends dabbled in it on the weekends but she just didn't enjoy it and wasn't interested in that kind of high.

"So ms.Scarlett which would you prefer?" He asked.
"Nah man she's good." Fez said.

"Hey! Let the lady speak for herself" he shouted cause Scarlett to scream internally.

"No, really I'm good. Thanks tho." She said as casually as possible.

"Im not doing this with you again man." Fez said "I don't like it when you do this shit."

"Oh yeah how is your little friend Rue, Fez. Did she like what I gave her?" The scary man asked.

Scarlett looked at Fez confused. Fez looked back angrily. At this point, she was understanding that Fez was a dealer and although that didn't faze her much, she was confused on why he was mentioning Rue.

How would a scary guy like this even know who Rue is? The girl who had barely sipped the water bottle earlier and who had declined a smoke when we were all walking together to the party.

"Okay," the man said "I'll pick for you" the man began to tap his finger on each baggie and when Scarlett looked at Ashtray he had a very blank expression on his face as he met eyes with Fez.

Fez gripped something in the couch. Scarlett knew exactly what that meant and she didn't want this happening.

The man giggled and said "my mother told me to pick the very best one and you are It". The man picked the pills and began to crush It up with the mug on the coffee table. Scarlett's eyes tried to meet Fez's but he wouldn't look away from the man.

"I'm not fucking doing this with you again man" Fez said.

The man just laughed in response.

She knew she couldn't let Fez do this again but, especially not with a guy like this. She wouldn't allow him to stick his neck out again for her.

The man licked his finger and stuck it in the baggie then leaned back into the couch rubbing Scarlett's leg and held his finger under her nose.

She had seen the amount. It was a lot and she had no idea what it was and from the look on Fez and Ashtray's faces they didn't seem too sure either.

Scarlett hadn't realized though that the man had been covering the baggie the whole time when the skinny man handed him the baggie, when he was crushing It up, and even as he held It to Scarlett's nose it was not facing the boys.

She didn't sniff. The man noticed.

He stuck his second finger in the baggie and lifted both fingers to her nostrils. He was blocking her view of Fez and Ashtray and she had no idea who had the gun or if It was still in the couch. Panic struck and she knew what she had to do.

She met the mans eyes and sniffed as hard as she could against both of his fingers.

"Wowza," the man said "that'll be on the House Fez no need to pay me back. I'll leave all the goodies here and I'll be back soon enough. Don't disappoint me man this is the good stuff and I want a quick turn around," he walked to the door with the skinny man in front of him and as they opened the door he laughed and said "I like this one fezzy she'll be extra fun for you tonight" and with that he slammed the door shut.