From: jake_frost	Date: January 15th, 2011 05:17 am (UTC)		(Link)

“Okay, cool”, Jake was satisfied that Shelby would ask him for another cigarette if he wanted it. He took a long drag on his own cigarette and looked at Shelby as they walked; they were close to the same height, but that’s where the similarities ended. This was good. If there were any girls to be had, Jake and Shelby had totally different looks, so he figured they wouldn’t step on each other’s toes.

Shelby’s reaction to the car made Jake chuckle, “Yep, it’s all mine! Daddy even had a big green bow tied around it and a giant tag with my name on it. Oddly enough, my mom still bought me socks and underwear? Do they think we won’t wear them if they don’t buy them for us?”

Clicking open the doors, Jake offered, “Climb in, Dude! Let’s get to where the party is!”

	From: drummerboy	Date: January 18th, 2011 02:30 am (UTC)		(Link)

"Hell yeah man." Shelby laughed climbing into the passenger side. Sitting up in his seat before reaching for his seat belt he glanced around. He felt kind of like a rock star. "This car is ridiculous man." Shelby added again, turning to get a look at the rest of it.

He reached to turn up the volume dial, not really knowing what he expected to hear. "Hey what kind of music do you listen to?" Shelby questioned, trying not to mess with too many buttons of Jake's dashboard.

	From: jake_frost	Date: January 18th, 2011 12:00 pm (UTC)		(Link)

It made Jake feel good when Shelby praised his car, “Hey, glad you like it, dude!”, he chuckled. He watched his house mate stretch his neck to look around the interior and smiled, “You knowwww…I’d be cool with you borrowing it, if you ever needed wheels to go somewhere”, he offered.

“Music?”, he asked, “I’m pretty wide open there, as long as it’s good…rock, hip-hop, punk, metal…even some of the newer country.” He tapped the dash with his index finger, “Play what you like, man, and crank it up!”, he encouraged.

Jake peeled out of the school parking lot and headed for the lights and excitement of the Big Easy.

	From: drummerboy	Date: January 19th, 2011 10:31 pm (UTC)		(Link)

"Really man? That'd be fucking sweet" Shelby proclaimed pretty excitedly. --Although I don't actually have my full license yet." He laughed making a face, wishing he had just spent a little more time practicing in the summer and maybe a little less time getting high.

"Rap, I guess then?" Shelby shrugged, turning the radio to find a station, he wanted to try something with a good beat. Something old like Notorious BIG would have been boss, he thought. He figured a car this nice had to have a pretty amazing sound system.

He turned the dial till her heard something he liked and cranked up the volume just as Jake asked. In slouched back to enjoy the car and the music as they made their way into town.

	From: jake_frost	Date: January 19th, 2011 11:36 pm (UTC)		(Link)

“Hey, if you have a learner’s, can’t you drive with someone that has a full driver’s liscense?”, Jake wondered, “Just take a buddy or a hot girl along!” He chuckled, “…or just don’t get your fuckin’ ass caught!”

“Rap works, man!”, he exclaimed, watching as Shelby chose a station and cranked it up loud. “Yeaaaaaaaaaaah!”, Jake bopped his head and seat-danced along the road, singing along when he knew the words.

Making it to the city in no time, Jake pulled into a parking garage on Royal Street; climbing out of the car, Jake asked, jokingly, “Hey, Shelby! How we gonna split all the girls that want us? You want the blondes or brunettes? I figure we can just divide the redheads!”

	From: drummerboy	Date: January 20th, 2011 01:19 am (UTC)		(Link)

Shelby laughed, "Yeah that's true man. You'd really let me use your car though." Shelby was kind of stunned, he wasn't sure he trusted himself with such a nice car but if Jake didn't mind he wasn't about to pass up such a ridiculous opportunity. There was no fucking way.

"I don't know man." Shelby grinned adjusting his hat, tilting it to the side just slightly. "I say fuck splittin' em', all's fair dude. I just hope you brought your game." Shelby joked back.

Walking away from the car he asked Jake for another cigarette, remembering too late that he meant to roll up a joint while they were driving.

	From: jake_frost	Date: January 20th, 2011 01:04 pm (UTC)		(Link)

“Yeah, sure, why not?”, Jake shrugged it off. While such a car might seem to cost a small fortune to some people, it was pocket change to Jake’s family; he would never say such a thing to Shelby or anyone else, though, because his family’s incredible wealth was a little embarrassing to Jake.

“HAH!”, Jake, snorted, surprised and delighted by Shelby’s reply, “My game’s never been tighter, my man!” He pushed up the sleeves of his shirt and puffed out his chest, “Maybe I’ll send you my leftovers”, he teased, doing a comical strut.

Holding the pack out for Shelby to take one, Jake inquired, “When’s a good time for us to…ahem…partake of your special ciggy?” Maybe, he thought, Shelby wanted to save it to mellow out on the way home, after the partying, drinks and girls.

As they walked, Jake got more and more excited, “Dude, let’s head to this place where I know the bartender. It’s an Under 21 bar called The Hanger! You’ll like it…”, he grinned and winked, “…it’s a college bar, which means college girls!” Jake pulled out a cigarette for himself and lit it, “Oh, they play like Hip-Hop, Dance/Electronic, Top 40…sometimes they have live bands.” He grinned and pounded Shelby in the chest with the flat of his hand, “…but, duuude…college girls!”, he repeated.

	From: drummerboy	Date: January 23rd, 2011 12:03 am (UTC)		(Link)

"Oh really?" Shelby laughed back, watching Jake show off. "We'll see who gets the left-overs." He teased back, doing a little strut of his own.

Shelby grabbed one of the cigarettes from the back and stuck it in his mouth. The smoke was still hanging unlit from Shelby's mouth when he spoke. "Whenever you want dude." Shelby offered, his words kind of mumbled. He lit the cigarette and took a puff, "I'm pretty much ready whenever." He laughed.

"I've heard about that." Shelby exclaimed, "It's supposed to be a pretty cool spot." He laughed again, still puffing away on his smoke. Shelby was pretty excited to check it out, especially the girls. "Fuck yeah dude." Shelby grinned, giving Jake a little shove back in the arm.

	From: jake_frost	Date: January 23rd, 2011 02:15 am (UTC)		(Link)

Jake laughed at Shelby’s strut and clapped his hands, “Dude, the chicks of Nawlins don’t stand a chance with us in town!” He saw out of the corner of his eyes that he and Shelby had already drawn a few looks.

“Cool!”, Jake answered, happy that his companion was so easily pleased, “What do you say we smoke it after our raging is over with…you know, to mellow out?”

Things seemed to be pretty well under way, when they entered The Hanger, “Hey, Joe!”, Jake did a fancy little handshake with the bouncer at the door, “This is my bud, Shelby”, he introduced Shelby to the big man and moved on inside the crowded, neon lit club.

Walking around to the backside of the bar, Jake greeted the young bartender there, “Yo, Remy, dude!”, he called, with a smile. “Jake-boy! What can I get you?”, the bartender greeted. “I’ll just have a beer and take care of my man, Shelby here…run a tab, okay?”

The bartender handed the boys their drinks in paper cups and Jake moved away from the bar, so as not to draw attention. As long as you didn’t cause trouble, the cops never went out of their way to look for underage drinkers or to check I.D.s. Heading for a table in the back, a hot blonde was giving Shelby the eye and Jake mumbled, “Damn, first blood!”

	From: jake_frost	Date: January 28th, 2011 10:44 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Jake could never just come back from a club and crawl in bed, no matter how messed up he felt. He had to stumble into the shower and get that smoky, funky club stank off of him before he got into bed. As he lathered up his hair with cucumber & melon shampoo, he thought of the girls he and Shelby took for a ride in his car; his smile stretched from ear to ear, Oh, yeah, those chicks treated us like rock stars!

As he slid into bed for what was left of the night, Jake nuzzled into his pillow and felt contentment, knowing he and Shelby would have some great stories to tell the guys at CCI.