It's eerily dark outside as I pull into an open parking space at Frankie's apartment. It's fitting, being that it's Halloween night.
Nicki is already upstairs, Frankie picked her up to help decorate hours ago. I'm sure they've been drunk for several hours at this point.
I make sure the provisions I brought for this evening are all tucked safely in their bags before I grab them from the backseat of the car and turn to head inside.
As I turn I catch a glimpse of my reflection in Lizzy's side mirror and decide I need a quick refresh before I go inside. I comb my fingers through my wavy ponytail that I tossed "effortlessly" on top of my head, I dig a hand into each of my bralette cups to perk the girls up before adjusting my very thin, long sleeve, pajama shirt. It hugs my figure nicely and looks very cute with my velvet sweat shorts.
Once I've made it up the stairs I knock quickly on the door, making sure it's loud since I could hear Thriller blasting before I made it up the second flight of stairs.
The sweat will come across as a glow, right? A healthy glow, not me sweating from 3 flights of stairs...
My heart rate increases from a mix of nerves and desire that rush through me when Santana opens the door.
Damn, he looks good.
Grey Nike sweat shorts? How is that fair!?
His golden skin is hidden beneath a sweatshirt and he looks effortlessly cool with his hood rested softly on the back of his head.
His dark brown eyes glow just a bit as they sweep over my body quickly, but slow enough for me to notice. His smile creeps up his face in time with his eyes creeping up my body.
"Hi Josie girl, nice of you to join us." He says while he reaches his long arms out to wrap me in a hug.
"Mmhm. It's my big night, how could I miss it?" I say into his shoulder.
We make our way to the kitchen while Frankie yells "Jo's here!" To announce my arrival to the small gathering of people scattered around the apartment. He envelops me in a hug from behind while dancing us around the kitchen island, leaving Santana to unpack the margarita supplies and snacks I brought by himself.
"I can't believe you really met our man. You touched his angel-like face. You made him laugh. He said your name. You fucking bitch, I'll never forgive you for meeting him before me." I laugh at Frankie while he mumbles at me with his head resting on my shoulder.
"I'm sorry, babe. It was my lucky shirt! Blame my grandpa and the cosmos, not me." I turn to kiss his forehead and he lets go of me, wrapping his scrawny arm around my neck and dragging me into the living room.
I hear the blender start and know that Santana is making drinks, so I sit down on the sectional and grab the remote, flipping it over to the right channel. "ITS SHOWTIME, let's go bitches!" Frankie yells from his spot next to me.
Nicki comes out of the bedroom with a guy who I think is named Pete? We've boughten various substances from him before, he's a nice guy but very quiet. I'm sure Nicki talks that poor man's ears off.
They join us on the couch and I definitely notice the not so subtle way that Nicki leaves space between us for a certain bartender. I roll my eyes at her and turn to Frankie, only to find his tongue is currently exploring the inside of Tommy's mouth. Back to Nicki, it is.
A few minutes later everyone has found their spots for the evening, Tommy is perched on the arm of the couch, Frankie has his head in his lap while he lays on the chaise lounge section. Santana is on the other side of me, with one around the back of the couch and his drink resting on my knee which is tucked up on the couch with my other leg. Nicki and Pete finish off the couch and Stacia, Ricky and Jay are all on the floor in beanbag chairs.
We spend the next hour and a half drinking margaritas, singing Halloween songs far too loudly, and commenting on the costumes and set design of each performance.
Camilla surprised me with a version of Banana Boat, the Beetlejuice song, Lil Nas X absolutely blew us away with his remix of Friends on the Other Side, Post Malone and Ozzy performed Superstitious, and Lady Gaga blessed us with Monster. We sang and laughed all night long. There were so many amazing performers, I was so blown away that I was a small part of that.
When the green lighting came up on stage, Frankie and I started to squeal as he pulled me off the couch. We pushed the coffee table out of the way and had ourselves a two-person dance party while Harry sang Monster Mash.
Who knew you could throw your ass back to Monster Mash?
He looked incredible, the lighting gave his skin the faintest green glow and his makeup was pretty perfect if I do say so myself.
He made the song completely his own, you almost wouldn't have recognized it. He turned the mellow, simple song into a bright, explosive song that you'd be excited to listen to.
I always loved the way he did that when he performed One Direction songs or some of his covers, he always made it his own somehow, I really admired that. It showed that he takes the time to care about the performance and make it special for whoever is watching, not just sing what everyone knows and call it good enough.
The special ended with a kick ass rendition of Time Warp that brought all the performers back out, and a Grand Finale of Thriller.
We're all reaching the very sleepy stage of drunk-ness by this point. Frankie is hauling Tommy off to his bedroom, Nicki is already asleep on Pete's shoulder so I hand them a blanket and move the other end of the couch to lay down.
"You could come stay in my room. I can take the couch if you want, my bed is much more comfortable." Santana says as he gently grabs my wrist to turn me around.
My mouth is suddenly very dry when I go to answer him,"Oh no, it's okay! I've slept out here a bunch of times it's not a big deal." I shake my head gently, looking to the couch instead of at him.
"Come on, Josie girl. You've slept in my bed before, it's not a big deal either. It's way more comfortable and I'd like to talk to you alone anyways." He mumbles that last part toward the ground and I tense a bit.
I really don't know what I want from Santana but I definitely know I don't want to talk about anything. I don't know what to say about it.
Did we have crazy sexual chemistry that night? Yeah. Were we also on drugs? Yeah. I probably would have fucked any person that touched me that night, but I don't KNOW that because I didn't fuck just anyone, I fucked my friend. And I liked it.
But I'm not looking to date anyone right now and I'm also not looking for a friends with benefits situation because those NEVER work out the way they're supposed to.
Thinking about this makes my heart rate increase and I feel my anxiety rise quickly. "Thanks Santy, really. I really appreciate it, but I think I'm gonna stay out here and make sure neither of these two swallow their tongues."
I try to lighten the mood but it doesn't seem to be working well. "Alright, Jo. Whatever you say, as always. Goodnight." He says lowly before retreating to his room.
My stomach rolls nervously. I can't believe I was so stupid, that I put our friendship on the line. I don't have many friends in LA to begin with, it was so beyond stupid of me to risk this one.
Aside from Nicki, Santana and Frankie are really the only other friends that I have. I met Frankie at the Salon and he convinced me to go out with him and his friends that night, you can never say no to him. He's way too damn loveable.
That night he introduced Nicki and I to Santana, Tommy and the rest of the gang. The four of us bonded instantly, we just gravitated toward each other and we've been hanging out ever since...I have no idea what I'll do if I lose Santana and Frankie.
My brain is running on overdrive so I try to practice some breathing to help calm me down and put me to sleep but nothing is working. I finally crack and get up to get my headphones out of my bag, I pop them in my ears and scroll to the app I'm looking for...
Look, I feel a little weird about it but it's not like I'll probably ever see him again...he's never gonna find out.
I close my eyes and curl into couch, pulling the blanket around me as I hear the sound that puts me to sleep without fail.
"Hello, I'm Harry Styles..."
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