Pat knew his hand. He'd been out before in groups like this. He knew how to pull strings, and he was also one of the only people sober enough to figure out what was going on. 

Jack, alone could go home with his brother, with someone like Layla, the only...

If it was under any sort of light she'd have seen him blush. He instantly became aware of how cold the metal railing they were leaning on was. His mind wished she was Layla, but another part of him was drawn to Charlene, he had lit her cigarette off his.

They...

To celebrate they'd all go to the bar. The bar had a band usually Saturday night it wasn't good, but it wasn't bad. It was made up of retirees or possibly some were still working, who did covers of old songs. 

If their dad was there, he'd be in the...

Jack acted quickly these episodes a common place in his childhood. Pat always came back they said. He cleared the chips from his mouth and made sure he was breathing. This all happened in seconds. It was something that he’d practiced many times. His whole house did when they were...

Layla and this guy were hitting it off. Patrick hated this, not that he was into her. He liked men if he was honest, but to most people he was bi. This left all the possibilities open in peoples minds. 

He liked Layla and his time so and he was...

“I got enemies got a lot of enemies got a lot of people trying drain me of this everyday.”

A man read out in quiet voice to the room.

It was a Friday and while most people were getting drunk Patirck was creating. 

It wasn’t his lines but he was saying them...

"So we got vodka, rum and whiskey." His brothers roommate told him, showing him the fridge. His brother lived with 6 other people. 

"Three of them are cool, three of them suck."

He heard a door slam upstairs, the other roommates were there. Were they not invited or just un-interested. 

"Check...

He got to his brothers house and he was already sweaty. He’d forgotten about the walk, and it seems like he’d forgotten deodorant too. 

“Fuck.” He said in his head. He thought of it in the way one of his friends used to say it. Very loudly so loudly that...

He had written the directions on his hand. It was near where a friend of his had lived, well his older brother, they went to a party once. It made him laugh thinking about it. It was the older brothers birthday, and he demanded country music youtube videos be put...

Jack had a strange feeling on that bus. It was like he had woken up or just briefly he was completely present. The bus seemed brighter or something all the blues were bluer and the oranges orange. People all around him seemed alive, there was a couple listening to music...