From: jake_frost	Date: January 11th, 2011 07:04 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Jake had finished updating his files, taken a long hot shower and even spent some bonding time with Silk, his Bengal cat. His roommate was out again, as usual, and Jakob was becoming bored. He needed company or he would go mad; he was tired of listening to the running dialogue in his head. Maybe he should run down to the common room; that was hit or miss. Sometimes there were a few study groups down there and sometimes there were just lots of bored people, like him, hanging out, socializing. He checked his hair in the mirror, grabbed a breath mint and hoped for the latter.

Entering the Rienzi common room, Jake immediately zeroed in on Shelby Ginnish; the funny boy was in a few of his classes and he always wanted the chance to talk to him. Shelby seemed like a lot of fun; actually, Jake wondered if the comical boy were on drugs of some kind. Look at him, savagely drumming away without a care in the world or a notice to anyone else in the room.

Plopping down in view of Shelby, where he could, supposedly, watch the television, Jake tapped his foot along with the demented drummer and threw a smile his way.

	From: drummerboy	Date: January 12th, 2011 04:08 am (UTC)		(Link)

Shelby wasn't really paying attention to much of anything, but happening to glance up from the table just as Jake smiled. He pulled off his headphones to say 'Hello', still tapping his drumsticks on the table.

"What's up dude?" He grinned.

	From: jake_frost	Date: January 12th, 2011 04:18 am (UTC)		(Link)

"Hey!", Jake replied with a smile and a wave, "Shelby, right?", he patted his chest, "Jake. We have like 5 classes together!"

He shrugged at Shelby's question, "Nothin' much, just enjoyin' your drumming. Bored outta my skull in my room!"

	From: drummerboy	Date: January 14th, 2011 02:54 am (UTC)		(Link)

"That's me dude." Shelby shrugged with a smirk, turning down the music still blasting from his headphones just slightly.

"Yeah man." He glanced Jake a slightly confused look and laid his drumsticks down on the table. "There's not much going on down here either man, bored as shit!" Shelby lauged, shrugging his shoulders once again.

	From: jake_frost	Date: January 14th, 2011 01:27 pm (UTC)		(Link)

"Well, damn, dude. If you're bored and I'm bored, why don't we find some fun?", he asked, "'Cause this certainly sucks!"

Jake looked around the room and wondered at the other students there; certainly he and Shelby couldn't be the only people in the whole school who were bored?

	From: drummerboy	Date: January 14th, 2011 03:24 pm (UTC)		(Link)

"Yeah sure man. Got anything in mind?" Shelby shrugged leaning back into the chair a bit.

Shelby noticing Jake look around the room shifted his eyes in all directions. Maybe he'd see Charlie or somebody to buy some weed off of "Hey what ya lookin' for?" Shelby asked kind of stunned.

	From: jake_frost	Date: January 14th, 2011 04:07 pm (UTC)		(Link)

"Hmmmm, well, we could take my car into new orleans and check out some of the clubs...", he threw his legs over the arm of the oversized chair he was sitting in, "...there are several that underage teens can go into. Only problem is...", he shrugged, "...no alcohol, but I have plenty of that." He knit his brows and looked side to side, "You didn't hear that, by the way."

Jake grinned at Shelby's stunned expression, "I was just scoping the room. Wondering what everyone else was doing and why they weren't bored shitless too."

Taking a good look at Shelby's face for the first time, Jake smiled, thinking how cute the boy was; he dated mostly girls, but being bisexual, he did throw in a boy every now and then. This, however, was a mute point, because he was pretty sure that Shelby was straight, so he wouldn't ruin a possible friendship by doing something stupid.

	From: drummerboy	Date: January 14th, 2011 04:45 pm (UTC)		(Link)

"Yeah man sure I'm down for a club." Shelby nodded his head. "I don't really drink though man. Fucks the blood sugars." he revealed, pointing to his insulin pouch sticking slightly out of the bottom of his shirt. He shrugged, it kind of sucked but he has gotten used to it.

"I dunno man. They all look pretty bored too." Shelby noted the room, only seeing a few people sitting quietly throughout it. The majority of them just reading or talking. "Hey you smokes?" he asked suddenly, grinning slightly but not being too specific.

	From: jake_frost	Date: January 14th, 2011 05:52 pm (UTC)		(Link)

“Sweet!”, Jake exclaimed, sliding up to sit on the arm of the chair, “This is gonna be wicked!” Looking concerned, suddenly, Jake commiserated, “Oh, sorry about the blood sugar, man” He thought it was rather sad that a boy as full of life as Shelby had to be bothered by such a lousy thing as Diabetes.

Nodding his head, Jake agreed that most of the room did look pretty bored. “Smokes?”, he asked, reaching for the Camels in his pocket, before he realized that Shelby wasn’t talking about cigarettes. Grinning back at the boy, he whispered, “You’re not talking about cigarettes, are you?” Looking around, to make sure no one was listening, he continued to whisper, “Believe it or not, I’ve never tried the other.”

	From: drummerboy	Date: January 14th, 2011 07:37 pm (UTC)		(Link)

"No not exactly." Shelby smirked, "but I will take one of those though, if you don't mind?" Shelby smiled, remembering he still had a small amount left from New Years. It would be enough for at least one joint? He thought.

"Really never dude?" Shelby asked dropping his mouth open a little in shock?

	From: jake_frost	Date: January 14th, 2011 10:20 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Jake removed his pack of Camel Silvers and offered one to Shelby first, only taking obe for himself after the boy selected his, "Hope Camels are okay. They were the first cigarettes I ever tried so I kinda stuck to them, y'know?"

Shelby's wide open mouth tickled Jake to no end; after snorting out a loud laugh, he repeated, "Nope, never! Think it would make me act crazy?", he chuckled, "I mean, crazier?"

	From: drummerboy	Date: January 15th, 2011 01:42 am (UTC)		(Link)

"Yeah no problem dude, I smoke whatever." Shelby grinned, leaning forward to take a cigarette from the pack. "I think the first cigarette I ever tried was a legend" He offered back. He didn't even really like cigarettes all that much, but right now that was all he had.

"It doesn't make you act that crazy man." Shelby smirked, "I usually just get like either sleepy, hungry or paranoid." Shelby laughed again. If Jake didn't want any, well his loss, Shelby figured it would just mean for him.

	From: jake_frost	Date: January 15th, 2011 02:40 am (UTC)		(Link)

“A legend, eh?”, Jake grinned, “Cool…”, he stuck his cigarette behind his ear and patted Shelby on the shoulder, “Hang on for a second, man, while I grab my keys!” He took off from the common room and it was no time at all before he was back. Tossing his keys in the air and catching them, he asked, “Ready, Dude?”

Leaning close to Shelby he whispered, wide-eyed, “Sleepy, hungry or paranoid, huh? I think I need to try this stuff…”, he winked, “…and hope for the former two results.” Jake headed for the door, wondering what Shelby would think of his new Mercedes SLS AMG; his dad had given it to him for Christmas and this would be the first schoolmate he had taken for a ride in it.

	From: drummerboy	Date: January 15th, 2011 03:10 am (UTC)		(Link)

When Jake ran to get his keys, Shelby ran up quickly to his room, dropping off his drum sticks and music and grabbing the small amount of weed he had left in his drawer from NYE. He got back to the common room just as Jake did. "Yeah man I'm ready if you" Shelby grinned, finally stuffing the baggy and papers he grabbed in his jeans pocket.

"It's pretty good times." Shelby laughed, referring to getting high. "The paranoid part can kind of suck though, yeah." he continued with smirk.

He followed Jake from the common room and once he was far enough away from the building to not be seen he pulled out the cigarette Jake had given him. He pulled a piece off the end, he'd save that for rolling later and proceeded to light the cigarette hanging out of his mouth.

	From: jake_frost	Date: January 15th, 2011 04:24 am (UTC)		(Link)

Good times, well Jake was certainly ready for that! “Okay, then I’ll just have to not get paranoid, right?!”, he decided. He was psyched as they walked out across the campus towards the parking lot. It was all he could do not to run to his car.

When he saw Shelby rip the cigarette in half, he figured he was saving the other half for the pot. “Awww, dude, you didn’t have to do that. I have plenty of cigarettes. You want a whole one to smoke?”, he asked. Nearing his cherry red Mercedes SLS AMG, Jake held his hand out and sighed, “There it is, my Christmas present from Daddy.” He felt a bit embarrassed at the show of wealth.

	From: drummerboy	Date: January 15th, 2011 04:34 am (UTC)		(Link)

"Nah man. I'm good with this for now." Shelby laughed, taking a drag off his cigarette. "Might take you up on that later though." He smirked, he always tended to smoke more once he was high.

When Jake pointed out his car, Shelby's jaw dropped a little but he tried to play it cool. "That's your car dude?" Shelby gasped.

"Sweet ride." He mumbled, his voice ruffed by an exhale of cigarette smoke. Who knew, maybe the car could even help them pick up some hot chicks at the club?

	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.