With The Lunatics - Chapter 6

Clay’s POV

I woke up by the light ray of the sun coming from the window. Not the window in my bedroom. Where am I? I tried to remember what happened last night and when i had a glimpse of what i did, the thought struck my head like a truck. My head is pounding mad. I was drunk last night. I looked around and realized that i’m in the tree house, Jean beside still miserably asleep yet she looks so at peace. And with a little gap is Mark, a not so peaceful asleep face with a drool dripping in his mouth. This man must be really exhausted.

The mystery of how we got up the tree is still unsolved, but i could feel blisters in my palm. After a while jean started waking up, she sat up looking around the tree house. “Shit” she said turning in my direction, i laughed “were we drunk last night?” I asked her sarcastically. I watch her with full curiosity while she is busy tapping and touching herself, did she lost something? “What you looking for?” I asked, “My dignity! I have none left” she sighed with a really miserable face. We both laughed. We really did humiliate ourselves in front of Mark who’s sober and to those hundreds of strangers we bumped and sang with the other night.

Then i remembered somethi-someone, “Oh hell no” i gasped. “What?” Said Mark standing up awaken by Jean. “My Mom told be to me to be home before sunrise” i sat there in horror of thought of my Mom’s rage. “Don’t worry, you probably don’r remember it but i took both of your phone once you started losing your head last night, and in the middle of our ride back here your phone rang so i answered it” Mark said assuringly. “What did she say?” I look so worried, I don’t want to see my mom being so angry with me, she’ll think that Mark and Jean are bad influence. “She told me that she won’t accept you home until you’re sober and she’s not mad at you being drunk but i think she’d be if I’ve driven you home last night” said mark smiling. Well i guess Mom wanted me to live normal despite the circumstance at home.

“Hey guys, Did you see my wallet?” I asked them moments later from silence, scrambling around the tree house looking for it. “I didn’t” Mark said. “You must have left it at Lynn’s Hou-kingdom” Jean said with a small laugh. “Oh no, it’s got my School ID there” i said to them. “Come on let’s go back to Lynn’s place so we can make up to what remains in our parents after” Mark said with a tired voice.

I was worried sick about my wallet. If it hadn’t had my ID there i wouldn’t let myself go back to the place where i scattered myself last night. Apparently, the guard at our school’s Main gate is very strict about wearing ID, He always make students go home if they don’t have one and i don’t want to go to the cashier requesting for another one. I’m sick of paying excessive things. So we got back to ‘Mark’s Mom’s car’ and drive back ti the place. While on the road, “I think i remember you talking to Lynn last night” i said to Mark smiling at him. He smiled maliciously, Woah, and said “Yeah she’s quite ‘the girl’ yeah” and we both smiled back, Jean and I. “You have a lucky catch there huh?” Jean said teasing mark. “Oh honey you have no idea” Mark said darkly. “Wait did…did you have…?” Jean gasped. “What?! No!” Mark said and before we could argue with him more we found ourselves in the front of Lynn’s place again. Still a ‘Woah’ to me.

We clicked the door bell and after a moment there she is, a Lynn of slightly dumped version but still snatches every man’s attention. She smiled to us while still rubbing her head in hangover. “Hello! You forgot something?” She asked kindly. “Yeah, you see my friend here ‘Clay’ misplaced his wallet probably here” Mark said with a smirk on his face talking to Lynn. “Well feel free to check” Lynn said with a welcoming tone. This girl really seem so Merry to be with.

After double-triple checking all the places we’ve been, the Karaoke space, The pool area, and the couch-of-sanity, it’s just not there. I couldn’t find it. I let out a groan of surrender and ended up being with Jean and Lynn who’s already given up looking a while ago and started talking with Lynn. “This two idiots don’t have much of a support to me” i said to myself pouting my face. I can’t, i just can’t find it so joined them. “I’m hopeless, i shouldn’t have put my ID there” i sighed. “It’s alright, just get a new one” Lynn conversed. “Yeah, i have no other choice, i just don’t want the thought of allowing myself intentionally wonky looking in the front of the camera” i said half laughing. Lynn looked a little confused, “How come?” She asked. “Yeah this boy has some esteem issues you know, he always thinks himself as bad as a troll” Jean joked at Lynn and we all laughed. It’s true tho, i mean i just think i always look horrible. I don’t know why but maybe because i don’t want to impress someone because i initially don’t like company, so yeah maybe that’s it.

Lynn has kindly offered us snacks and ask if we want to stay a little longer. While we’re eating cookies Mark said “So guys, i want you to officially meet Lynn, she’ll be one of us now!” Mark said merrily. “Oh” Jean said in a remarkably amazed look. “Yeah, you see i kinda think it’s only fair that i have my own recruit since you got Clay” Mark said to Jean who still can’t believe. “That is if you want me to join you guys” Lynn said shyly. “No, if course we do” i said to her assuringly. “It’s just that…you’re ‘this’ rich and yet you want to be friends with ‘just us’ don’t you have like and elite team?” Jean said curiously. Lynn half laughed “Yeah i do have, but i don’t like what they do, all they do is shop and hoard designer items, I can’t even be true with them, all they want to do is throw money” She said truthfully sipping her coffee. “Interesting” Jean said smiling. “So…Can i be your friend?” Lynn asked the three of us. “As long as you don’t bite” Jean joked and all went well. After like 30 minutes my Mom called and we said goodbye to Lynn. Mark drove me home and bid good bye. “See you in Monday Dancing Monkey!” Mark shouted. I smiled at the front of our door.

I knocked and after like a couple of seconds Mom’s face pop up as she opened the door. She was smiling. Why? “Someone’s had a good party there eh!” Mom teased. I keep no secrets to my Mom since she’s the one I always run to when i was a kid. I’m lucky that i have her. She energetically asked a bunch of nonsense questions “So did you meet someone? Did you ‘kiss’ someone” and i was laughing at her. “Calm down mom, it’s shameful enough to remember that i look like a crazy boy last night dancing my soul out” I joked. I climbed straight o my room and there it was. My wallet lying there in one piece. I…was…so…dumb. Did i just forgot to bring my wallet with me? Yes. It’s the first time that this happened, i normally bring my wallet with me. But at least i din’t have to go and embarrass myself in front of a camera man.

I decided to take a bath since i smell the stupidity oozing out of me. I turned the shower on, letting the cold water take away the hangover left at me. Looking back to last night’s event, i really did have fun there huh? And with Jean and also with Mark. And from now on it’ll also be with Lynn. “It’s not bad to have new peers sometimes” i thought. In addition to it, she’s an all merry girl which don’t brag about her riches and is not dependent to it as i can tell. She really has quite a kind heart huh?

Mark’s POV

“It’s Clay, isn’t it?” I said to Lynn with a dismissive look then she laughed yet again. “What? You think i like him?” Lynn said. “Well, i do” I said raising a brow with a little curiosity. “Yeah he sure is an attractive man, is he? But nahh that’s not it” Lynn said. “Then what’s the reason tho?” I asked. “You see this moment will determine what’ll happen to me in the next days, months and years” she smiled. “How?” I asked curiosity piling up at me. “I want to become your friends” she said shyly. I was shocked, did she just set off a party just to ask us to be friend? Is it just me or is it really such an extensive act? So I said “And asking us casually wouldn’t work?” I smiled at her. “Will it?” She teased. Well basically at school the three of us, Jean and Clay, usually ignore everyone who wants to talk to us, except for projects. “Fair enough” i responded. “So…friends?” Offering her hand at me which i shook happily. And there it was, we’ve become a four-men company with different level of sanity.

After like 10 minutes of finding the two blokes in that big mansion, i spotted them at the right end part of the pool, they were laughing and Clay has wet hair. Did he jumped at the pool? This crazy man. “Come in guys we’ll go now” i said to the both of them. “What? Why? You’re such a kill joy! Come on let’s gave some more fun!” Jean said. “Yeah come on let’s have fun! And mark can we just stay at the tree house? My mom would literally kill me if she see me like this” Clay laughed at himself. I dragged them to the car and bid my goodbye to Lynn, my new friend! As we have got out of the gate Clay’s phone rang, it was his Mother. I answered it “Umm hello Maam” i said politely? “Oh it’s you mark, how’s Clay? Do you think he could come back home sober?” She said half laughing. “Well in this most unfortunate moment, no Maam, you see he really is a drunk piece of flesh right now, would you mind if we just spend the night at the tree house?” I asked with still a polite tone. “Oh now worries sweetie, just take care okay, thanks for informing me tho” She said and hang the phone. While inside the car Clay begun sing-shouting “A moment like this! Some people wa~it a li~feti~me!” I laughed. He sure can crack his voice to death huh?