"What's the worst that could happen, we all go crazy or get really sick and die?" Jenna said sarcastically, taking another sip of beer.
"Exactly, that's exactly what could happen." Liam replied seriously. "Summoning shit isn't for the faint of heart. Weren't you paying attention to all the stuff in the textbook?!"
"Relax, what better way to have a break from studying than to have an orgy with demons? And if we get sick and die, that will be a university first for sure." Jenna leaned back against the coffee table. In front of her sat the rest of the group, arranged haphazardly around the tiled floor of Liam's living room, textbooks, drink cans and loose paper with notes filling the gaps between them. Each of the five students sitting or resting on a cushion.
Lauren broke the silence of the room. "We have almost covered everything for the exam next week anyway...."
"Yeah. And I think we are all well prepared. I'm feeling pretty burnt out from study, but some practical learning might be useful." Adam joined.
"Fine.... If y'all want to have soul sucking sex with a mythological creature, be my guest, but I'm not having any." Liam turned his face up in disgust.
Adam took a moment to look over at Rebecca, who hadn't said anything during the conversation, or for a while. She just sat there, quietly observing the others. Adam had been interested in her from the very start of the semester, since the first day of class. He had jumped for joy when the shy girl had asked to join their study group. He had wanted to ask her out, for a date; coffee, movie, dinner or just a walk in the campus garden, but he was too meek himself to ask her anytime soon.
Jenna opened her pencil case. Extracting a piece of white chalk. "Liam, go get some candles!"
Minutes later the group had prepared for the summon. Liam's stubby burgundy candles were placed around a meticulously drawn pentagram on the tiled floor where they were all previously sitting. Fitting between the two couches and the pushed back coffee table, the demonic circle was big enough to have all five of the students surrounding it with little room to spare. Jenna studied her textbook, checking the final details of the ritual as everyone else took their place in the circle.
"Okay. So the book says to visualize your intentions, clear you mind and focus on the circle around you. Then we light the candles." Jenna explained, snapping the heavy book closed before sitting down in her place.
"Then what?" Lauren asked.
"Then, you lay in the circle and.... go to town." Liam answered crudely.
"While everyone watches!?" Lauren snapped back.
"We will turn way if that's what you want. Let's stay optimistic people..... Everyone ready?" Jenna boldly asked. She was greeted with nods from the rest of the gang.
Everyone took a breath almost simultaneously before closing their eyes. For minutes, they all sat still, breathing softly and intensely focusing on the ritual.
Ten minutes went by, then Jenna brought the summoning to an end. "Now, who dares enter the circle to receive their demonic visit." She asked, pulling a lighter out, lighting a candle, then passing it on to light the others.
"I will." Lauren said nervously, rising from her position and laying down face up inside the ring with her arms straight and her legs apart. The others turned away from the circle, facing outward. Lauren closed her eyes and awaited her unholy companion. Minutes of silence passed. Suddenly, she felt a pressure in her pelvis, like someone was resting on it. She gasped, then flicked her eyes open, revealing the true cause of the weight. Lauren wasn't amused by this, and she had a pretty good hunch who did it. She shot up and smashed the book into Liam's back.
"Hey!" Liam yelled with the innocence of a convicted felon.
"I know it was you arsehole." Lauren said, removing herself from the circle.
"Next time I'll dress up as a demon myself and give you a good time." Liam joked, getting a good giggle out of everyone but Lauren.
"I look forward to it." The girl shot back, eliciting 'ooohs' from Jenna and Adam. "It's getting late, and I've got work tomorrow, so we should probably rap this up."
"Agreed, let's hit the sack." Jenna yawned.
A few minutes later, the group had quickly cleaned up. Clearing the candles and rubbing off most of the chalk circle. They had agreed to stay the night at Liam's, mostly due to the late hour that they would finish studying, but also because some of them wanted to have a few beers and returning home a little more than buzzed might be an issue. Adam and Rebecca abstained from the alcohol completely, both disliking the taste. You could call it a sleepover, if twenty-somethings had those; The girls were staying in the guest bedroom, Liam would take his room and Adam had brought his portable mattress and a sleeping bag, content to stay in the living room.
After they took turns in the bathrooms, everyone settled in for the night, Adam retired to the living room to set up his bed. He rolled out his mattress along side one of the couches to use as a wall, mimicking his bedroom at home. Then he flicked out his sleeping bag, unzipped the side and layed atop the soft fabric, illuminated by the dull light coming from the others down the hallway.
With a quick glance over, Adam checked he wasn't inside the partially and messily removed chalk circle. To his relief, he was a good distance away from even getting his toes in it. Now having piece of mind that he wasn't going to accidentally roll over into the demonic circle during the night, Adam bundled up the top of the sleeping bag to use as a pillow and let his tired mind and body drift off.
He had let go quickly, the late hour and an entire night of study made for an effective treatment for insomnia. However Adam wasn't very long into his sleep when he felt movement. Almost fully asleep, he couldn't pinpoint exactly what was happening, but he could feel it. Lateral movement, then nothing, followed by more movement. Like someone was dragging his mattress....
A weight lowered onto Adam's thighs, a leg either side of them, his sleepy eyes shot open. To his shock and surprise, he could see the outline of a person in the dark on top of him.
"Hey there big boy. I've been waiting to play with you." The figure said in a soft, sultry feminine voice.
