Free Last Stop This Town by David Steinberg

have been right, but Noah didn’t think it prudent to make too much conversation here, so he motioned for Walker to zip it. Dylan squinted to get a better look.
    Satisfied with the count, Jesus whistled to one of the guys playing the video game (the skinny one) and he whipped a brick of marijuana over to Jesus. “Here you go, amigo,” Jesus said as he handed it over to Pike. “Pleasure doing business with you.”
    With the business transaction concluded, Jesus’s whole demeanor changed. Suddenly, he smiled and patted Pike on the back.
    Pike picked up on it. “Should we celebrate this new relationship?”
    Now Jesus really was his new best friend. “Fuck yeah, man. Fire it up.”
    While all this was going on, Dylan stealthily sidled over to the passed out guy and lightly kicked him. He didn’t move.

    Twenty minutes later, Pike, Jesus, the cute girl, and Señores Laurel and Hardy sat on the couch passing a fat joint. Dylan, Noah, and Walker stood nearby drinking beers.
    “This is good shit,” Pike commented after a particularly big hit.
    Jesus laughed, “You are fucked up, man.”
    Pike laughed as well and pulled out his phone. He took a picture of the pot and emailed it to Ned. “Ned is going to fucking love this,” Pike said of the picture, not the pot, which unfortunately was earmarked for Marco.
    Across the room, Walker was trying to steal a glance at the cute girl. Unfortunately, she looked up right then and their eyes met. Walker quickly looked away but it was too late; she had caught him obviously checking her out. She smiled playfully.
    “She’s cute,” Noah commented.
    “Should I go talk to her? What do I say?” Walker always made everything so complicated.
    Dylan was the voice of reason, reassuring Walker, “She’s stoned. You don’t need to say anything. Just stick your tongue down her throat.”
    “Out of the blue?” Walker panicked, “What if she—”
    Frustrated, Dylan just slapped Walker across the face .
    “Owww! That fucking hurt!”
    “Proof that non-verbal communication works.” And with that, Dylan pushed Walker away, toward the couch.
    Walker stumbled over to the girl who looked up expectantly. “Can I sit here?” he asked nervously.
    She just nodded and Pike moved over to let Walker sit between him and the girl.
    Walker looked over at Dylan for moral support. Dylan gave him a trust me look.
    Jesus passed her the joint. She took a big hit and passed it to Walker. But instead of partaking, he just passed it on to Pike, turned to her, and kissed her !
    He came up for air and looked at her nervously, like, Is she going to kick me in the balls? But all she did was exhale a huge breath of pot smoke.
    Walker realized his error and apologized, “Sorry, I—”
    But she just laughed and kissed Walker back.
    Sure, she was surprised, but as predicted, she was totally fine with it. They started making out.
    “I can’t believe he did it!” Noah exclaimed.
    Dylan pretended to be all teary-eyed and proud. “Our boy’s all grow’d up.”
    Turns out, the girl was totally into Walker. In fact, after a lengthy tongue-bath, she broke away, got up, and took Walker by the hand into the bedroom .
    Walker looked back at Dylan and Noah in sheer amazement. How could it be that easy? Dylan and Noah nodded their support and encouragement.
    None of the smokers seemed to care one way or the other about the girl and Walker. The door closed and Noah turned to Dylan. “I wonder what Sarah’s up to right now.”
    “Probably blowing some dude,” Dylan chastised him for asking.
    “Fuck you.”
    “I’m just kidding,” Dylan pulled back. “Come on. We’re in a super awesome drug den, there’s a dead dude in the corner, and all you can think about is Sarah?”
    “I really love her.” Noah was feeling vulnerable and Dylan knew not to take advantage of it any further. It was his job to cheer Noah up.
    “You say that now that you’re broken up, but two weeks ago you were begging me to help you