Your friend finally arrives at the party
and comes over to where you are. You jab him with your
elbow and ask him why he took so long to get there.
You notice he seems a little nervous and uncomfortable.
You find out that he doesn't know anyone at the party,
either. He just overheard some older kids talking about
the party and thought it would be cool to come.
He stands there with his hands in his
pockets and looks around with a frozen smile for a while.
You are thinking about leaving. Then he pulls out a
cigarette pack, clears his throat, slaps the pack on
the his palm a couple times and tears open the top with
one flick of his wrist.
You didn't know he smoked and are surprised
at how grown up he looks handling his smokes. He shakes
out a cigarette, flips it into his mouth and lets it
hang casually out the corner of his mouth. He looks
around a bit then strides over to a group of older kids
standing nearby and asks a hot looking girl for a light.
She pulls a lighter out of her jeans and lights it.
He steps closer to her, cups his hand around hers, touching
her, and takes a strong drag as his cigarette lights.
They put their hands down but stay close together. He
exhales the smoke through his nose and they start talking.
You can't hear what they are saying but it looks like
they are getting friendly.
You realize that your friend doesn't
seem nervous any more. He is relaxed and confident.
Sometimes he holds the cigarette loosely in his right
hand waving it around as he talks or puts it in the
side of his mouth so that it moves up and down with
each word.
After a while he remembers about you
and calls you over. You approach and he slaps you on
the back and introduces you to the girl. She smiles,
pulls out a Virginia Slims and holds it with a cocked
wrist for a moment. Your friend immediately offers her
his cigarette. She lights her smoke from his and takes
a deep drag.
Your friend makes some crack about the
pop stains on the carpet and you all laugh. Then he
then offers you a cigarette from his pack.
Whaddya do?
