Poison

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hi guys, heres your update. :)

Maya, Asa, and I sit at the table on Friday night devouring two boxes of pizza. "This week sucked," Maya complains.

"Every week sucks," Asa corrects her as he basically drops half a slice into his mouth.

"True," I mumble back. I glance at my phone and roll my eyes before locking it again.

"What is it?" Maya inquires when she notices my look of annoyance.

"Kelsi texted me if I was down to go out tonight," I reply as I think about my old group of friends, if you'd even call them that.. "It's been over a month since I even texted them back; you'd think they'd catch on by now."

"Just ignore them," Maya replies.

"Block their numbers," Asa adds and I glance at him with slightly raised brows. He shrugs and takes a large bite of the crust. "I love blocking people."

"I don't doubt that," I mumble in response.

"Have you ever gone to a party with them and actually had fun?" she wonders as she eyes me curiously.

"Not really, no..." I answer in deep thought. Other than the time I met her, of course, but I don't think that counts.

"You deserve to have a good time and not be a babysitter," she concludes with a small pout.

"Yeah, I wouldn't be opposed to that..." I trail in thought. I liked parties in high school. Obviously college parties are very, very different. In high school, parties were much smaller. Plus, we were lucky if someone managed to convince their older siblings to buy a couple packs of beer. Not to mention, I pretty much knew everyone that I partied with unless I went to a neighboring high school's party, which were the really fun ones because my brothers wouldn't hear about anything that happened.

"We should go out," she suggests.

"Tonight?" I ask.

"Yeah," she answers with a careless shrug.

"Yes, go! Go out," Asa insists urgently. "And then stay at what's-her-face's dorm."

I narrow my eyes at him when I realize that I am 'what's-her-face' in the scenario. Before I can make an offhand comment, Maya turns to face me. "I'm down to go out. Zack can drive! He's alcohol intolerant so he literally can't drink even if he wanted to," she suggests with a growing smile on her face..

I stare at her and shrug. "Okay," I agree with a small grin. "That sounds good to me."

"So I get the apartment to myself tonight?" Asa asks hopefully.

"Slow your roll there, Asa," Maya calms as she turns to face him. "What are you so excited to do anyway?"

"Watch movies in my underwear on the couch," he answers as he grabs another slice of pizza.

"You do that every night," she replies.

"Now I can do it without someone staring at me." He turns his attention to me. My face begins to heat up as I slowly chew my food and struggle to think of a comeback. Maya lets out a loud howl of laughter as she looks between the two of us.

I gape at him and he just leans forward threateningly. I'm too shocked to move my lips to dispute his claims but Maya's having a grand ole time laughing at my expense. I finally manage to swallow the mouthful of food. "I don't stare at you!" I remark like an idiot. Everyone in the room knows it's not true.

"Sure, Ivana," he responds with a short scoff.

"That's not my name."

"Ivone?" he says with a slightly tilted head.