“I don’t know how to do that right now,” Mike answered. “I don’t know how to slow down. Because I am worried I’m in facing homelessness. And it might even happen sooner than I could ever dare to imagine, so bear with me. Please….?” Mike gave his friend a pitiful look then he chugged the left of the beer in his bottle and finished it, bottoms up.“Man, if your brother knew you’re here,” Justin worriedly uttered. “He will think I am dragging you to my wicked ways. Not that I mind when people misinterpret or judge me, but not your big bro, man, you know that, right?” “I am sure he wouldn’t even notice this….” Mike sighed. Then, he glanced at Justin and mumbled. “I just wish he has somewhere or someone he can go to and share his thoughts with, just like I have you….”Mike shook his head and was about to chug on his drink but realized it was already empty. Mike looked at the cooler. It was a few steps away from where he was slumped on the floor and the need to get up to get another bott

Nicole was not sure she heard the other person on the line correctly. It was a name only one person called her and still does, actually. It was a nickname only Mike dared to make for her, and hypocrisy aside, Nicole loved to hear Mike call her that way. The boldness in the man’s action to ignore Nicole’s words of rejection to be called by that name amused her, thus making Nicole tolerate Mike’s disobedience. And disobedience is something Nicole does not tolerate at all until Mike came to the surface of her bratty lifestyle. She tried to focus on listening, but two men’s voices were audible from the other end of the phone call, so she was having difficulty admitting that the person who called her “Nicky” was the same person she had in her mind right now. Unable to identify the person by listening to his voice, the two guys seemed to be arguing about who to speak with Nicole over the phone to clarify both their sides to the lady; they both groaned in frustration when the line was sudd

“Did he call?” Nicole asked Justin over the phone on her way to the Uni the next morning. “I waited the whole night, but nada!” Justin answered, jumping from his bed, only to drop down on it again. He got pulled down by the blanket that he got wrapped around with, while the rest of the fabric was wound around the girl he spent the whole night with. “Well, if that is the case, just let the video clip spread all over the internet. Just make sure you do not get traced. If you can’t do the job clean, just let me know, and I will ask someone else. I don’t want to clean up after someone else’s brown mess,” Nicole stated firmly. “I can do that. I don’t want my ass getting kicked from all sides. And I am not stupid to ignore the fact that am

Nicole was in a happy mood again as she enjoyed her mint choco-flavored ice cream on the way to the University. She did not step out of the vehicle until the pint was empty and headed to her classroom to start her day. “Nicky!”A familiar voice reached Nicole’s ears as she started to walk on the side pathway with a roof above it. She took a halt in her tracks but did not turn around. She was perfectly confident of who could be calling her. “Good morning!” Mike cheerfully greeted as soon as he caught up with Nicole. “You sound chirpy,” Nicole coldly stated. Well, she doesn’t seem to know how to express her emotions other than this way. “Not that I am complaining, though. I like this you way better than the Mike I sent home last night, a bit tipsy from a bottle of beer, as I have heard.”Mike roared in a more gleeful hoot of laughter. “I haven’t said thanks for the lift last night. My apologies. And thank you for so many things. Before I forget….” Mike cleared his throat before coll

After thinking about how Mike could execute his move without compromising Nicole's safety inside the room, Mike came up with a crazy idea. He quickly looked around as if in search of something, and when he found it somewhere in the hallway, Mike did as indicated in its label, and the fire alarm system activated. Then from where he found the alarm button, Mike started to bang on every door he passed by."Get out of here! before the smoke gets worse!"Mike kept screaming like there was a real fire in the building, banging every door as if knocking on them to inform the people behind it and step out of the building as soon as they got to hear his voice. Those that heard him fled, and the panicked footsteps of people running their way out of the building could be heard. "This is not a drill! I repeat! This is not a drill!" Mike kept shouting. There were only a few students left, so it was not much of a chaos. No one got hurt on their way out, and Mike saw some people running their way i