This is my first story. All criticism is welcome. If this is well received I'll keep them coming.
Thanks for reading!
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Riley sighed and leaned back in her chair in the small coffee shop. The change of environment wasn't helping as much as she thought. Math was stupid and whoever invented calculus should be shot. Too bad that wouldn't stop her professor from handing out the midterm on Friday. She needed a break but knew that if she put the book down then her chances of picking it back up were slim to none. With only two days left to absorb the formulas she didn't have any time to slack. With another heavy sigh, she swept a hand through her short curls and started to stick her nose back into the calculus textbook.
To her left the bells on the door jingled. Eager for any distraction, Riley turned and saw the tail of a familiar brown and white Black Sox jersey. It was Jae, the only other stud in her class, looking as handsome as ever. Today she had her jersey open over a black tank top, grey cargo shorts that sagged slightly on her hips and her dyed blonde shoulder length dreadlocks hung loosely around her sunglassed face. She was an androgynous goddess, tall and powerfully built with the sway of Africa in her hips and an obviously feminine curve in her thighs. They had hit it off pretty quickly, studying together sometimes. Jae, being much better at calculus, struggled to beat the formulas across Riley's head. Riley had a little bit of a crush on Jae despite her friend being a bit of a skirt chaser. Jae saw her and smiled as she strolled over.
"What are you drinking?" she asked taking a seat across from her friend removing her sunglasses and locking Riley into a hypnotic trance, causing a delayed response.
"Black coffee."
"You need a refill or maybe some whiskey?"
"Im cool."
Riley laughed and shook her head. Jae glanced down at Riley's papers and smirked.
"Calculus is still kicking your ass huh?"
Riley let out a mock-agitated groan.
"How did you know?"
"Well you've been MIA ever since we heard about the midterm"
"I was lucky that I passed the last quiz." Jae laughed.
"You need a break. How does chinese food, a joint and a few bad movies sound?"
"Sounds great but I know if I stop now I'm not gonna look at this book again until Friday morning."
"Aw come on. I'll make sure you don't get any sleep tomorrow and I'll even help you study." Riley looked into those big honey brown pleading eyes and couldn't refuse.
"What time?" Jae's smile pushed the math even further from her mind.
"I've got another class in fifteen minutes and I have to take my parents to the airport today so maybe around 8 or 9?" Riley nodded.
"See you then." Jae slipped her glasses back on, stood and turned toward the barista.
I cant wait.
*****
Riley knocked on the door at about 8:30. She had showered, dressed in a pair of blue basketball shorts and a loose fitting shirt, bought an eighth of some green and a pack of zig zag papers and was prepared for a nice relaxing night. Jae answered the door and Riley struggled to keep from gaping at her friend.
Jae had changed out of her shorts and into a pair of grey sweatpants. Her friend wore another wife beater that stretched tightly across her flat belly, this one white. Her arms were amazing. Not huge or beefy but lean with tattoos swirling across the muscles, decorating them beautifully. Riley noticed that her friend wasn't wearing a bra. The piercings on her breasts winked at her, causing an involuntary hum of appreciation to escape her lips. Jae leaned against the door jam, letting her hair fall to one side, almost posing.
"Are you done?" Jae teased. Riley shook her head, trying to clear it of embarrassment and dirty thoughts.
"Sorry." Riley mumbled, tearing her eyes away from her friend to push past her and into the small apartment.
"Where can I roll this up at?" Jae closed the door.
"Anywhere. The food should be here shortly." Riley sat at the bar and began the process of breaking down the weed and rolling up a joint.
"Can I ask you a question?"
"You just did."
"When was the last time you got any?" Riley snorted as Jae sat next to her.
"Too long."
"I can tell. Thats another reason why you're all uptight about this test. What happened to Monica?" Riley began licking and sealing the joint.
"She's history. She was into too many things with too many different people." Jae laughed.
"Yeah she really was."