I wake up to the sound of my annoying alarm ringing. That obnoxious beeping that marks the beginning of everyone's day...except for those early bird people who wake up at 5 automatically, y'all are weird.

Anyways, my name is Derrick, but you can just call me… Uhg, hold on just a moment; let me turn this damn thing off first, or I am liable to get a headache...

I Grumble as I reach out to my alarm clock, which is merely inches out of of my reach, I placed it tauntingly close, yet, far enough to where turning it off would be enough of a pain in my lazy ass, just barely enough to coax me awake. Today, unfortunately wasn't going to be easy day judging by how it's starting.

“Oh my god! What the bitch is wrong with you!?” I say in angered frustration, instead of being greeted by silence when I press the button, it decides to continue to sing the obnoxious song of its people. Why does it have to be today that you pull this shit..?

I press it again several times before eventually realizing that the button is stuck.

“For the love of all things holy; just shut the hell up!” I beg, reaching out to it more, leaning dangerously far off the bed.

‘You know you could just...I don't know...get up?’

Shut up brain! Just….a little… Furt-

'This is going to end well.’

Gravity decides to say hello by making me flop off the bed onto my hard floor with a loud thump, followed by my alarm sliding off my dresser and hitting me in the head, finally putting an end to its beeping.

“Ow…” I say aloud as I slowly push myself up and rub my head. I grab the alarm move it back to its position on my dresser….only for it to go off AGAIN. Never have i had such overwhelming satisfaction from unplugging something in my entire life.

Note to self; only use my phone alarm from now on.

Speaking of my phone…

I look back to my dresser and see the notification light blinking on my phone and I quickly unplug it and snatch it away.

Let's see here...Emails...Facebook… Instagram….Twitter…. Blah blah blah... OH! Kelly texted me. She's one of my best friends all the way back since middle school! We even...er...did somethings back in the da-ANYWAYS. Let's see what she said.

“WAKE YOUR LAZY ASS UPPP DJ >:C”

…

Hm...

Well fuck…

I groan as I lightly toss my phone aside, attempting to rub the sleep out of my eyes. I sit upright in my bed for a few moments letting out a yawn before my phone starts blaring my ringtone, making me jump. I reach for my phone and accidentally knock it off the bed and as I'm reaching for it I end up toppling right off the side and hitting the floor with a loud and painful thump.

“Oh what now..” I grumble as I pick it up from the floor and slide the answer icon across the screen.

“Hello?” I say sheepishly, somewhat fearful of what I'm going to hear next.

“Good afternoon.” I hear my friend kelly say calmly on the other end.

“Um... good afternoon?” I say. We don't usually bother with the polite greetings so that makes me even more worried.

“So….” She starts to say.

“So?” I respond.

“Where are you at?” She asks next. I hesitate to answer.

“Uh...my house?” I blink.

“I knew it! What happened to 'oh I'll be there in the afternoon?” she blurts.

“Kell. It's 12:01” I deadpan.

“In the Afternoon!” she repeats.

“And? Look I said I was coming didn't I? Wouldn't want to miss your awesome cooking.” I smirk.

“Oh yeah? Well did someone forget about the buttload of traffic that ensues if you don't get here before 2?” she reminds.

“...” my eyes widen.

“I thought so.” She sighs.

“This is gonna suck…” I mumble

“Well I think somebody should get moving..” Kelly suggests.

“Hey it's not my fault you live up in the boonies.” I quip.

“DJ don't act like you didn't grow up in the South...we went to the same school!” Kelly retorts.

“Yeah but…” I try to say

“Don't give me that shit DJ.” Kelly says in an annoyed tone.

“Well now you sound like Austin.” I blink.

“Leave him out of this…” Kelly laughs.

“Alright then I'm getting dressed right now, didn't realize you missed my baking so much.” I stand up off the bed.

“Maybe it's something else I missed~” she says in a sensual manner.

“Oh…” my cheeks color.

“Get over here and find out.” She says before hanging up. I let out a long sigh and stand there for a moment.

I feel like we use this friend label a bit too loosely now…

'you know you love it'

That I very much do.

I quickly get dressed and pack up my laptop and some clothes, then I open my room door only to find my cat staring up at me.

“Hey there Tom!” I smile and kneel down to pet him. He Lets out an annoyed meow and moves his head away from my hand, his tail whipping back and forth.

“Ugh...alright but i swear you're not getting anymore for a while.” I declare, recognizing his behavior as him being hungry. Not sure why i Expected affection out of him considering this is how he treats me. Get a cat they said...it's way better than a dog they said..

‘Least you don't have a Puppy that shits all over the place’

Hm. Fair point.

I walk downstairs and tom follows me, Patiently pacing behind me. I ponder whether i should take him with me or not, he's usually fine here by himself but when i got to kelly's house i have a nasty habit of staying a bit longer at her request.

My Phone suddenly buzzes in my pocket. I pull it out as I reach the bottom of the stairs. When i unlock it and look, i see a text from kelly.

‘Make sure you bring that adorable little furball with you’

I deadpan and slowly turn to tom who is just passively looking up at me.

“Meow”

“Fuck you”

I sigh and Open up a small tuna can to tide him over while i start gathering a few things that he'll need while we are there. I really start to rush now considering that 30 minutes have already gone by and it's an hour plus drive. The traffic really does get ridiculous, So i get all my various bags and pussy-er cat in the car and pull out.

‘That sentence was just...no’

SHUT UP BRAIN. NARRATING HERE.

‘Did you just break the 4th wall?’

SHH!

... Later in my car...

Tom is sitting in the seat across from me calmly tucked away under his little cat bed. A small smile curls onto my lips as i turn back to the road. It doesn't take me long to make it to The highway from my place so from there it's just a patient cruise. I Connect my phone to my car via Bluetooth and i simply hit shuffle and just drive.

I'm not sure how much time has gone by but eventually Someone calls me again and interrupts my favorite song. Can you guess who?

“Yes yes i'm on the road. 20 minutes out. Furball in tow. What is it now? “ I answer kelly right off the bat.

“Hello to you too…” Kelly says bitterly.

“What? I knew you were going to ask.” I smirk.

“I noticed. I was just calling you to remind you to get the usual supplies from the store. You didn't forget right?” She asks me.

“...” i feel a bead of sweat drip down my forehead.

“Derrick?” She calls out.

“uh...Yeah totally didn't Forget the baking stuff.” I say immediately pulling into the first Off ramp.

“You're pulling over right now aren't you.” She says flatly.

“Naw.” I say as I exit and quickly turn into the first supermarket i see.

“Uh huh. Well anyway I'll be waiting for you.” She says getting that normal excitement back in her voice.

“OK I'll see you soon.” I say, hanging up before she can say anything else. Time to make the quickest grocery run ever!

...30 minutes later…

After navigating the long trail through Kelly's land I finally pull up to her house, plopped in the middle of at least 100 acres of woods neither of us have fully explored yet. I park my car, apply the brake and cut the ignition, popping my door open to get some fresh air. I look to Kelly's porch and see her peek from the window. When she sees me she quickly unlocks her door and runs outside… with nothing but her underwear and a hoodie.

“DJ!” She has a warm smile as she runs over to me She's a petite, curvy, cute, and confident...redhead?

“Did you dye your hair?” I raise a brow as she leans on the side of my car.

“No I just woke up an anime protagonist.” She says sarcastically.

“Damn I hate it when that happens.” I play along and run my fingers through my black hair.

“Yeah you're like the generic harem protagonist, black hair and everything. Gets all the Women within a 50 mile radius just from breathing.” She folds her arms.

“Yup swimming in pussy...all day everyday.” I say as I grab Tom from the passenger seat. Kelly and I look at each other each of us trying not to laugh.

“god that was so lame..” I admit as I start to laugh, kelly laughs along with me. When we stop kelly steps closer and pulls me by the arm out of the car.

“Hey watch it!” I say as I almost drop tom and stand up tall. A smile curls onto Kelly's face as she starts to hug me tightly and dig her head into my chest. I blush and slowly wrap an arm around her. Tom kinda just sits there confused as hell.

“Your hair looks really nice by the way.” I say and she looks up at me and smiles warmly her cheeks coloring.

“You like it?” She asks staring deeply into my eyes with that adorable smile of hers.

“Yeah it's cute I smile back my cheeks slightly red. She giggles and hugs me tighter and I start to get a nervous smile. “Uh so...are we just going to stand here or?” I start to ask when quite a bit of time goes by.

“Shhh” she shushes me.

“But…” I say sheepishly.

“Just enjoy the moment.” she says.

“But this is getting awkward now.” I start to pull away.

“Shutup.” her grip tightens dangerously.

“...” I swallow my spit.

“...” kelly let's out a content sigh.

“Meow.” Tom decides to remind us of his presence.

“Nobody asked you” I frown.

“What?!” Kelly looks up at me in confusion.

“Nothing. Can you at least help me get my stuff inside before you hug me to death?”

“Yeah sure.” She finally let's go of me and allows me to breathe. She holds her arms out for Tom and I shrug, handing him over.

“Hey there little Tommy did ya miss me?” She has a cutesy tone as she pets him and the unloyal bastard actually purrs for her. I grab some bags and I look at her with a raised brow.

“So about that assistance…” I narrow my eyes and Kelly smirks.

“What? I'm helping aren't I?” She says as she turns and carries Tom into the house. I deadpan and stand there silently.

'you could be cuddling right now but nooooo someone had to complain’

Shut. The. Hell. Up.

I manage to pick up all my bags and carefully walk up to her porch. I'm about to attempt to open it but the door suddenly swings open and a bigass dog tackles me, knocking me flat on my ass.

“What the fuck?!” I say as the dog begins to make my face a puddle of dog dribble.

“Dozer no!” Kelly pokes her head out of the door and shouts at her dog.

“Get Kujo off of me! I complian trying to shield my face from dribbilfication. Kelly eventually gets over to us and pulls dozer by the collar.

“No dozer. Sit!” She snaps her fingers and dozer sits with a sad look on his face. “Bad boy! Go inside!” Kelly orders. The dog puts his tail between his legs and slowly walks back into the house.

“You know I feel bad for him now…” I dust myself off and pick my bags up again.

“Eh you know how dogs are, he'll forget this in like 5 minutes.” Kelly giggles. I shrug and walk into her house.

Her house is an expansive 6 bedroom paradise that's been in her family for generations. She had it renovated a while ago to make it a bit more modern but it still has that “classic” feel.

“I'll get you something to wipe that slop off with before it dries.” Kelly puts Tom down and goes to her kitchen. When I come over I usually stay in one of the rooms downstairs... Assuming I don't pass out on the couch anyway. I come into the neat guest room and put my things down.

“Are Austin and Mike coming over?” I ask curiously as I come back out of the room. Kelly comes over and hands me a washcloth and I gladly wipe the dog slobber from my face.

“Probably tomorrow. It's just you and me tonight~” she pokes my chest. I overlooked her flirtatious tone and fold my arms.

“And your oversized Chihuahua and my ungrateful ass pussy.” I say as tom comes over to Kelly’s side. Kelly picks Tom up and raises a brow.

“Is he really that much of a problem? I could keep him for you.” She asks.

“Naw he fills that... void.” I tell her carefully as I bring the groceries into the kitchen.

“What do you mean?” Kelly looks at me and raises a brow as she pets Tom's head.

“Well it uh...gets kinda lonely at my place sometimes is all.” I mumble as I start taking the ingredients out and sorting them. Kelly comes next to me and grabs my arm.

“Dawwww DJ gets lonely?” She uses a condescending tone as she rubs my back to “comfort” me.

“For fucks sake…” I grumble.

“You're so lonely...You have nobody..To call your ooown” she starts to sing.

“I can fuck around and not make this cake you know.” I say calmly. Kelly stops and deadpans.

“I'm just kidding DJ.” she groans

“I'm just kidding about baking this cake.” I tell her.

“What happened to your sense of humor?” she frowns.

“What happened to your diet?” I quip.

“...” she goes silent.

“You're too easy Kell” I chuckle. She punches my arm and walks off in an attempt to make me think she's actually mad but I can see her trying to contain her laughter.

“Why did you remind me?” Kelly sighs.

“What? You really forgot?” I raise a brow.

“Eh... Maybe.” She smiles nervously.

“Unbelievable.” I shake my head. With all my ingredients organized I walk over to the oven and turn the knob to a suitable temperature to preheat, then I start working on making the cake mix. Kelly sits down on her couch and starts up her TV.

“What do you wanna do Johnny?” Kelly asks.

“I want to bake this cake.” I Mumble as I try and get the balance of ingredients perfect.

“I mean after its in the Oven.” Kelly turns back to me.

“I dunno eat it?” I shrug. Kelly deadpans and stares at me as I begin mixing.

“What?!” I hold an arm out innocently. Kelly gets a mischievous look as she gets up and comes over to me.

“Johnny.” she wraps an arm around me.

“DJ” I correct calmly.

“Johnny…” she repeats with a grin.

“Stop calling me that” I frown.

“What? it's cute.” She says innocently.

“It's not my name though” I state in annoyance

“ You're right. It's your middle name” she points out happily.

“Ugh….” I sigh and take the spoon out of the bowl , finally satisfied with the mix.

“Can I lick the spoon?” She asks. I blink and turn to her with red cheeks and she frowns.

“Wha?” My eye twitches.

“And no I don't mean your spoon I ment the mixing spoon.” She points to it looking quite annoyed with me.

“I wasn't thinking that.” I lie.

“Yes you were.” She sees straight through me. We stare at each other and I finally surrender the spoon to her. She smiles again and happily licks the batter off it.

'What the mouth do though’

SHUT UP!

“this is pretty good!” Kelly giggles as I just watch in silence. She raises a brow and looks at me in confusion.

“What?” She has a very slight look of mischief. I open my mouth to speak but my phone starts ringing in my pocket. I grab it to see I have a call from Austin, my friend in the Marines who is currently on leave. I slide the icon across the screen to answer.

“Bruuuuuuuuuuh” my friend Mike comes in loudly through my phone's speaker making Kelly and I flinch. This is how I knew the conversation might go a bit south.

“Is that you Mike?” I ask in confusion.

“You know it.” My friend of the darker variety confirms.

“Hold on why are you using Austin's phone? Did you get him from the airport already?” I ask.

“Yeah he's right here. My phone broke and-” he starts.

“Again??” I blurt.

“Yes again…” I hear Austin say in the background in an annoyed tone.

“H-how? This is like your 4th one?!” I'm absolutely dumbfounded.

“He goes through phones like you used to go through girlfriends DJ. “I hear Austin quip. I deadpan when Mike starts to laugh and Kelly snickers loudly. I put a finger over my mouth to shush her.

“Yo was that Kelly?” Mike asks.

“Naw.” I smile nervously.

“Uh huh I bet you're at her place right now.” Mike guesses.

“Maybe.” I say quietly.

“When are you not over there now days?” Mike asks.

“Now.” I lie

“What? What did I miss?” Austin says cluelessly.

“Yo you've been out of the loop. DJ and Kelly got really close while you were away.” Mike says.

“Oh really?” Austin says in disbelief.

“I'm serious bruh you should see them, they act just like a couple and I swear they have to be an item by now. Id even bet you money that he tapped that ass” Mike foolishly mentions. Kelly and I slowly turn to each other our cheeks as red as roses.

“How much?” Austin asks with a slight twang to his voice.

“A lot…” Mike starts placing bets.

'Well...He isn't WRONG.’

I need new friends.

“Mike, shut the hell up.” I shake my head.

“you know it's true my guy and if I'm wrong I'd be happy to take her off your hands.” Mike quips.

“I don't think so Mike.” Kelly chimes in. Austin starts to laugh as Mike goes silent.

“Oh…” Mike says quietly in a hurt tone.

“There's a reason you're single bro…” Austin quips.

“Shut the hell up Austin when's the last time you went on a date bruh?” Mike retaliates angrily. I decide to end this conversation before Austin hurts Mike's feeling with his come back.

“Yo Mike I heard about you.” I say.

“What?” He says.

“I heard you eat the booty like groceries bruh.” I state.

“...” Mike goes dead silent. I hear Austin choking on a drink in the background and Kelly starts dying with laughter.

“WHAT!?” Austin finally recovers.

“W...Who told you that.” Mike asks.

“Don't worry about it. I have my sources.” I snicker.

“Why you gotta be so savage bruh?” Mike asks quietly.

“You asked for it. Austin probably would have said something wor-” I start to say.

“So How did those dingleberries taste bro?” I hear Austin ask.

“...”

Just as he starts to laugh the call ends abruptly and Kelly and I look at each other.

My Sides are in another dimension at this point.

After we both drag ourselves off the ground I get the cake prepped and in the oven Kelly and I go to sit on the couch together. We get into our usual cuddling position where she sits on my lap and I wrap my arms around her Belly.

We both sit there silently for a while just watching the TV, But to be honest with you between Kelly's plump ass on my crotch and the comments that Mike made I wasn't really paying attention to it. Something tells me Kelly wasn't paying attention to it either as she lets out a sigh of satisfaction and lays her head on my shoulder.

“Why the hell are we watching Dora?” Kelly eventually asks.

“To be perfectly honest I was too... Distracted to realize.” I tell her.

“Same. I was thinking about what Mike said…” she looks up at me.

“Uh...I like you and all but I'm not eating your ass Kell that's a line I'm not ready to cross.” I say immediately. Kelly's eyes widen.

“Not that you idiot! There's no way I'd let you do that!” Kelly's cheeks are as red as her hair.

“Good because...Oh so I'm not good enough to eat your ass?” I raise a brow.

“...DJ…” she has a serious look.

“hm?” I look back at her.

“Are you trying to tell me something?” she asks with a raised brow.

“No I'm joking. Just a Joke” I state firmly

“Stop it for just a minute so we can have a serious conversation.” Kelly still gaises at me.

“I don't like those…” My face flattens.

“That makes two of us, but I feel like we should...clear the air.” Kelly looks away.

“OK I'm listening.” I sigh.

“So what if we actually became…” Kelly starts somewhat timidly.

'oh I see where this is going’

“More than just friends?” I finish nervously.

“Yeah…” Kelly sounds just as nervous as me.

“Um...I guess we'd...Uh…” I trail off. We stare at each other with our cheeks redder than stop signs.

“I...I think I'd be...OK with...That arrangement.” Kelly looks deep into my eyes with a hopeful look. I feel like every butterfly on earth is in my stomach as she looks at me as if waiting for an answer.

“I...Um... Think that...I have to pee.” I say scooting from under her and getting up. Her hope seems to fade some as she sighs and looks down.

“Oh alright then.” She says plainly. “I'll be right here... Waiting as always.” She says somewhat morbidly. I walk into the bathroom nearby and the moment the door closed I smacked myself in the forehead.

What the hell is wrong with me? I couldn't give the girl an answer?

'You done fucked it up!’

I very much did! Now she probably thinks that I'm uninterested! I am interested! I just...Don't know how to tell her? Ugh what is wrong with me? Alright...Time to man up I'm going to go out there and tell her that I-

'Don't want to ruin your friendship by forcing yourselfs into something you may or may not be ready for?’

…

Godammit…

I take a deep breath and walk back outside to find Kelly playing video games with a large bottle next to her. She has a very agitated look on her face as she guns down goons on her game.

Oooooh boy this is bad.

I slowly and carefully make my way over to the couch and sit next to her. She simply ignores me and keeps playing.

“Playing GTA?” I try and start a conversation.

“Yup.” She replied emotionlessly. I scoot a bit closer and take a deep breath.

“So… are you um...upset with me?” I decide to ask bluntly. Kelly flinches and gets distracted enough to let a cop get a good shot on her. I cringe when “wasted” splashes on the screen and she grumbles. She puts the controller down and turns to me.

“No DJ, I am not upset with you.” she says to my surprise.

“...” I stare

Wha?

“I'm upset with myself if anything. I shouldn't have put you in that position… I don't want to force something that you're not ready for or interested in on you.” She say sadly.

“Kell…” I feel worse now.

“I guess I was foolish to assume you shared my feelings.” She sighs.

“But Kell I..” I try to interrupt with a quiet mumble.

“ It's alright though. I don't want to make our friendship weirder than it already is so let's just continue hanging like we usually do.” She lightens up some.

“Yes but..”

The oven Alarm goes off and Kell’s face lights up.

“Oooooh! Cakes done!” she smiles wide.

“I…” my jaw hangs

“Good talk DJ! You should probably get that cake though.” Kelly pats my back.

…

That was the most one sided conversation ever. I have to tell her that I actually-

“Oh boy can't wait for that sweet fluffy Deliciousness...That's STILL in the oven.” She shoots me a look.

'Just get the woman her damn cake.’

Agreed.

I quickly get up and swooce right on into the kitchen where I grab some mitts and carefully open the oven to remove the chocolaty deliciousness from it. I carefully place it on the counter and stop for a second to admire it.

Literally every time I make something regardless of how good or bad it ends up, I find a way to shoot it down immediately. This one looks a bit uneven but it's pretty hard to notice unless you look really hard.

“What are you going to get a ruler? It's fine.” Kelly surprises me and Pats my back.

“I guess so.” I shrug.

“you don't give yourself enough credit DJ, it's going to taste amazing anyway.” Kelly assures.

“We don't know that considering we haven't tasted it” I point out.

“Well let's find out !” She says reaching for a knife.

“Hold on hit the brakes! Let it cool down a bit first.” I frown.

“But I waaaant.” Kelly sticks her lip out.

“You waaaant to burn your damn tongue?” I mock her.

“I have been waiting 2 weeks to have some of this !” She complains.

“Jesus Kell why do you like cake so much? You shot over here as soon as I touched the oven door, and you didn't even pause your damn game.” I point to the TV where her character was getting beat up by a random person.

“Because eating your cake is like having an orgasm in my mouth.” Kelly folds her arms.

“...” My cheeks turn red as my mind shoots into the gutter at Mach 5.

“Fine. I'll wait.” She sighs and briefly goes to get her bottle and comes back with two wine glasses. She pops it open and pours some for both of us.

“Oh boy. I can already see our drunken shenanigans.” I accept it and take a sip.

“I love our Drunken shenanigans though.” Kelly giggles and takes a gulp.

“Sometimes I think it's a bad thing that you inherited that aging wine cellar.” I quip. I then take a gulp and truly savor it. “Then I remember how good this shit is and I shut up.” I say with a smirk. Kelly giggles and puts her empty glass on the counter.

“So...I'll ask again my friend what shall we do this evening?” She hops up and sits on the counter.

“Cake, wine, games and lots of cuddling?” I say.

“Sounds good!” Kelly smirks.

...Some time later…

“How come you always beat me?” I ask as I look at the 2nd place icon on my side of the screen for the 10th time in a row.

“Because You suck donkey dong at Mario kart?” Kelly smiles at me.

“Don't give me that shit. I was in first place the whole time until someone decided to hit me with a blue Shell.” I frown.

“I didn't throw that!” Kelly claims innocently.

“You didn't but right after I recovered you decided to stop and take the time to throw 3 shells at me SPECIFICALLY” I point out.

“I can't aim those…” Kelly snickers.

“Bullshit…” I sigh.

“It wasn't my fault they all hit you DJ.” Kelly rests her head on my chest.

“Even so. Everyone else in that match decided to throw Their bullshit in too! “

“It was just Mario..” Kelly looks up at me with a flat brow.

“And Luigi, Bowser, Peach, Toad and Yoshi's bitch ass.i finished in last!” I correct.

“God you really need some water…” Kelly shakes her head in disappointment.

“What do you mean…” I raise a brow.

“To dilute that salt…” She smirks

“What salt...Oh I hate you so much.” I deadpan.

“No you don't.” Kelly flips around and wraps her arms around my back. I don't even flinch because I'm used to this.

“Quite the opposite normally but at this moment in time. I have never despised a living thing as much as I do you right now…” I grumble. Kelly gives me a brief look of disbelief before pulling me in for a kiss.

She catches me off guard by aggressively exploring my mouth with her tongue. She pulls away from me and gives me this sexy half lidded smirk, while I just look up at her nervously.

I'd like to know where she learned to kiss like that.

'You remember?’

Riiiiiiight

“So...Do you still hate me?~” She asks in a sultry tone.

“Hate is a S...Strong word.” I mumble as I realize that she practically hasher twins directly in my face.

“What was that?” She leans closer and smothers my face with the “girls” and I'll tell ya she could suffocate me with those... Because they ain't small.

“I don't really remember me saying that…” I say louder.

“Hm. I thought so.” Kelly leans back and looks pleased with herself.

'She really knows how to work you’

Titzzzzzz

'Oh for fucks sake’

“You look like one of those pervs in anime that get the bloody noses” Kelly starts to laugh when a drop of blood drip down my nose.

“I thought that was just bullshit!” I blurt and cover my nose. Kelly gets up and releases my crotch from the custody of her ass cheeks.

“I'll get you some tissues senpai. And some water because this is proof that you're still salty.” Kelly giggles.

“Uuuuuuuugh.” I groan angrily.

“Love ya DJ” she winks.

“Uh huh…” I deadpan and watch her walk away with a smirk on her face and silently admire her elegant curves only to realize what she said.

She loves me.

'This is news?’

No but I fucked up again! Perfect opportunity to confess!

'Eh you've got plenty of time. It's only 8:30!’

Huh that's true. But this is going to be a long night regardless. At least I know I'll have fun and maybe even get…. lucky… depending on how much we drink. And considering that new bottle I just saw Kelly open I'd say that's a yes.

On a somewhat unrelated note I've felt something... Weird ever since I got here. Like I'm being watched by something sinister. Kelly did say something about this place being haunted but neither of us believe in that shit.

I hope this isn't one of those times when I think Im wrong...But I was...Wrong.

'What even.’

I don't know where I was going with that either.

Author's Notes:

This time around I want to establish and paint Derrick's life before Being stuck in Equestria something I was literally too lazy to set up with my first iteration. Another key difference between this and the old one is the fact that our bud DJ enjoyed his life on Earth and will have to deal with losing it. All I'm gonna say is it will get Abit Dark later.

Just Think of this chapter as a prequel because the next chapter was the original chapter 1. For this version of the story I'd like to make it a tad more grounded and not make plot points for the sake of jokes... because I totally did that last time and regret it.

As for my long absence I guess i just kinda fell off the fandom and needed a break. Can't say how long I'll be back for I'd certainly like to finish a story for once but I don't want to promise anything. I just had some chapters ready and made Nothing but promises without delivering. So time to show what I got I guess.