/Guilty Conscience/

/Chapter 12/

Monday Night - 8:57 PM - DeShauns Party

"This is the place," Murry said, looking up at DeShauns house, and motioning for the tall, dark skinned man behind her to follow her up the steps. They reached the door and Murry knocked a few times and they waited on the steps for the door to open.

"Hey!" Kim opened the door, cup in her right hand, doorknob in her left. "Whats up Murry?" She grinned at her friend and looked at the tall man beside her. "Whos your friend?"

"This is Rob." Murry nodded to the man behind her who held out a hand to Kim. Kim switched her cup to her left hand and shook the mans hand with her right.

"Nice to meet you." Rob said, looking Kim over, who smiled shyly.

�You too,� She let go of his hand and looked to Murry. �Murry, your so late!�

�I know.� Murry shrugged and walked into the house, Rob followed her and shut the door behind himself.

�We all started drinking like an hour ago.� Kim raised the cup as she walked into the livingroom, where people were sitting in a circle on the floor, on the couch, on chairs, standing around. There was a lot of people. People Murry had never even met before. The radio near the tv was on, and Denise was fooling around with the radio stations, stopping at a hip hop station and began to dance. She was obviously already drunk.

�Whoa, theres a shitload of people,� Murry said, looking around. DeShaun was standing near the window with a big, tall black guy with reddish colored hair, who had his arm around a slim, big hipped black girl with alot of makeup and long tiny braids in a ponytail.

Kenny was on the couch, with 2 other guys, and four girls sat around the couch in chairs or on the floor talking to them. She had never seen any of the girls, except for one that was sitting on the floor in front of Kenny. Her name was Sherry. Shed seen her at Kennys before, she bought weed from him.

�Wheres Marshall?� Murry cleared her throat, and watched Rob looking around at all the people curiously. If she didnt know half these people, she could just imagine how he felt. He only knew her. He met Joey once though, but she wasnt sure they remembered each other, it was so long ago.

�Um, I dont know,� Kim shrugged. �Somewhere. Guys! Murrys here!� She said loudly, and walked into the livingroom, towards Denise, who was still dancing, alone in front of the speakers.

�What up Murry!� DeShaun waved, and Denise nodded in her direction. The people on the couch just looked at her, except for Kenny. He wouldnt make eye contact with her. He was still pissed, she shrugged and motioned for Rob to follow her. �Lets go find the guys.� She said, heading towards the kitchen.

Sure enough, sitting around the kitchen table was Denaun, Joey and Marshall. Matt was mixing a drink, it looked like, across the room at the counter. They had cards laid out on the table in front of them, and each had a cup beside them.

�What you guys doing?� Murry asked, pulling out a chair and nodding at Rob to do the same. They sat down and Matt came back to the table and sat down with the rest of them.

�Hey,� The guys echoed, even Marshall, who grinned at her. �You finally decided to show up,� Denaun teased.

�We had to pick up some stuff,� Murry grinned evilly around the table. �If you know what I mean.�

�So, you gonna introduce us, or what?� Marshall nodded at Rob.

�Oh yeah,� Murry giggled. �Guys, this is Rob... Joey, I think you met him once, a while back... I dont know if you remember, but yeah, this is Rob. Rob, this is Marshall, Thats Matt, Joey, and Denaun.�

�Hey,� They all shook his hand and he grinned at them.

�Rob you want a drink?� Murry asked, standing up.

�Uh sure.� he nodded. �Jack and coke? Strong!�

�Yeah.� Murry nodded and walked towards the counter where various liquors were out on the counter. She took two cups and poured some Jack Daniels whiskey into Robs cup, almost halfway, and filled the rest up with coke. She took a sip and winced. It was strong. Thats how Rob liked his drinks. She took hers and looked around at what she had to work with. She took the vodka bottle and poured almost half the cup with vodka, and poured coke in the rest. Mixed drinks were the best, liqour got her drunk, beers, didnt. She carried the cups back to the table and put Robs in front of him.

�So, you guys got stuff then?� Matt asked when she sat back down.

�Yeah, we can go smoke later, if you want.� Murry nodded. �We got alot, so we get alot of people to come with and itll be chill.�

"Aight, thats cool." Matt nodded.

"So what are you guys playing?" Murry watched Matt shuffel the cards.

"I dont know...." Matt shrugged. "We were playing spit... But..."

"Play drunk driver!" Denaun said, taking a swig of his beer.

Matt raised his eyebrows at Denaun. "Aight... Whos the drunk driver....?" He looked around the table and his eyes landed on Murry.

"No, no way." Murry shook her head. "That game makes me so sick!"

"Just play," Matt pleaded. "Come on... Marshall play with me!"

"Man... I hate that game," Marshall shook his head and threw his hands up.

"Rob, you wanna play?" Matt grinned at Rob, who grinned back.

"Leave him alone," Murry sighed. "Whatever, Ill play."

"Great!" Matt cheered, and threw down 3 rows of five cards and looked at Murry eagerly. "Ready?"

Murry groaned and rolled her eyes. "Whatever..."

"Okay, higher or lower?" Matt asked, pointing to the 3 of spades in front of her.

"Higher." Murry said confidently.

"Nice," Matt put a higher card on top of it from the deck and pointed at the 8 of diamonds beside it. "Higher or Lower?"

"Higher." Murry raised an eyebrow, and sighed as Matt threw a card from the deck onto the 8 card.

"Oh, nice try, but 5 is not higher than 8!" Matt laughed. "Drink!"

Murry lifted her cup to her lips and took a sip.

"Marshall," Kims voice came from the hallway, and Marshall looked over at Kim. "Come here, DeShaun wants you."

"Okay," Marshall stood up and glanced at Murry as she kept naming off higher or lower to Matts cards. They walked through the hallway, passing Kenny and some girl talking by the stairs as they passed.

DeShaun was standing by the window, 2 guys Marshall had never met, and a tall girl.

"Hey man," Marshall said, walking up to his friend and slapping his hand. "Kim said you wanted me?" He nodded to Kim who stood beside him, and Deshaun nodded.

"This is my friend Rufus, he just got here, I dont know if you met him, and this is his girlfriend, Deanna, and this is Von Carlisle... Hes Kennys friend's brother." Marshall shook each of theyre hands, and nodded.

"How you doin'?" He grinned at Rufus, who was smiling at him.

"Great. DeShaun told us, you a rapper?" Rufus raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah..." Marshall rolled his eyes. So he was white, and short, but come on. People needed to start giving him a chance... "Listen, I dont care if you think kuz Im white I dont got skills or whatever, I-"

"I seen you at the hip hop shop!" The man whos name was Von Carlisle pointed at him. "Hey man, nice to meet you!" He shook Marshalls hand quickly. "I gotta tell you, I loved your last freestyle, the one about the leg guy?"

"Oh yeah," Marshall grinned. "Thanks man!"

"And I wasnt meaning anything by asking you that..." Rufus said, shaking his head. "Look man, I rap too. I heard about you, you all over the streets, we know about you in fuckin' Missouri, Slim Shady."

Marshall grinned.

"Ill be back," DeShaun patted Marshall on the back and motioned for Deanna to follow him. "Come wit me for a minute, I wanna introduce you to the girls."

Deanna followed him, not saying a word, and Marshall watched them walk over to the stereo quietly, where Denise was still dancing and Kim was sitting on the floor talking to another girl he had never met before, and turned back to the two guys in front of him when Von spoke.

"So, you got a demo done yet? Or anything?" Von asked.

"Hey Kim," DeShaun said, and Kim looked up from her conversation with the girl sitting across from her.

"Yeah?" Kim raised her eyebrows.

"This is Deanna, Rufus' girl. Deanna, this is Kim, thats Denise, dancing..." DeShaun grinned. "And... I dont believe we have met," DeShaun held his hand out to the pretty girl sitting on the floor.

"Im Tanya," The girl shoook his hand. "Im Von and Sherrys Step sister..."

"Oh!" DeShaun grinned. "Well, Deanna, Tanya, Tanya, Deanna." The girls said their hellos and DeShaun straightened up.

"DeShaun, dance with me!" Laughed Denise, grabbing his hand and pulling him against her.

"Mhmm." DeShaun grinned.

Rob walked into the room and looked around, the girl dancing by the stereo catching his eye briefly. Man, she was hot, and look at how she danced. Murry said thered be girls here, but not girls THAT fine... He grinned at his thoughts and made his way towards them to talk to the girls.

"Hey, Murrys friend!" Kim pointed to Rob as he approached.

"Hey," He grinned. "Whats up?"

"Nothing, sit down here with us!" Kim pointed between Deanna and Tanya at the empty spot.

"Aight," Rob sat down, his eyes on Denise the whole time. She had black boots that went almost halfway up her calves, and a black skirt, a light pink tight top that cut low on her chest, and showed cleavage. And not to be perverted, he looked away, noticing how easy it was to see up her skirt.

"So what are you drinking?" Kim leaned over and tried to look into his cup, as if she could tell by seeing what was in there what he was drinking. He smiled.

"Jack and Coke..." He nodded, holding it up. "You girls wanna try?"

"I do!" Kim reached out for it, and Tanya shook her head.

"That shits nasty.. I cant drink whiskey." She looked at Deanna who nodded.

"Well, I dont drink," She said quietly.

"No Kidding?" Rob handed the cup to Kim who began sipping from it and her eyes widened and she handed it back to him. He looked at Deanna who nodded. "So, you smoke than?" Deanna nodded. "Ah! See, you gotta have you preference!" He grinned.

"That shits fucking strong..." Kim coughed.

"Murry made it." Rob reasoned, taking a sip of it himself. "Its not that bad, Ive had stronger."

"Damn," Kim shook her head. She started dancing to the music a little boredly, her head bouncing from side to side with the beat, and then she grabbed DeShauns pant leg as he whispered something to Denise, who laughed.

"Huh?" DeShaun looked down at her, secretly annoyed as Denise stepped back and started dancing by herself again. "Your bustin on my moves Kim," He warned, kneeling beside her. "Whats up?"

"Did you meet Murrys friend Rob?" Kim pointed to Rob, and the two guys shook hands.

"Nah, I didnt." DeShaun nodded at him. "How you know Murry?"

"Oh, I make deals, and I made one a while back with her and Kenny. Ive known her for like, years." Rob nodded. "How you know her?"

"Shes one of my best friends, went out with my best friend a while back, and we just sorta, all stayed friends, I guess." DeShaun shrugged and watched Kim finish off the rest of her drink.

"Whoa!" Kim said loudly, using DeShauns shoulders to pull herself to her feet. "Ill be back!" She winked and walked away towards the kitchen to get another drink.

"Girl knows how to drink..." DeShaun laughed at her. "Shes been drinking for like two hours, shes trashed..."

"Yeah," Tanya laughed. "Meet this random drunk girl at a party, only me!" She laughed.

"Kim!" Kim turned around as Marshall called out her name and walked back in the livingroom. He nodded to her. "Get me another beer will ya?" He called.

"Yeah," Kim waved him off and went into the kitchen.

"Higher!" Murry giggled.

"Oh, damn." Matt put a 3 of spades down and grinned at her. "3 is not higher than 6 Murry..."

"You know what that means!" Denaun cheered.

"DRINK!" Matt laughed and Murry raised her cup to her lips and glared at her friends. She was already so trashed from this game. She was losing really bad, and she had already gone through 2 vodka and cokes and finished off the rest of Joeys Bud Light.

Kim watched for a second, and then pulled two beers out of the fridge, opening one and taking a sip as she watched curiously.

"Ohhhhh!" Matt laughed and Murry narrowed her eyes, that stung from the amount of alcohol she had just taken down in the time span of like 15 minutes. "Your losing girl," He laughed and finished the rest of his beer.

"I know," Murry laughed, her words becoming one because of the alcohol. "Shit.."

"What are you playing?" Kim asked, looking at the cards.

"Drunk driver," Matt grinned at Kim.

"Oh," Kim grinned. "Lets do shots!"

"Yeah!" Matt looked to Murry, who shrugged, and Joey nodded.

"Aight get shot glasses." Matt looked around the kitchen, and Denaun stood up.

"Not me man, Im going to see where DeShaun is." Denaun made towards the doorway and Kim stopped him.

"Wait, wait, Denaun, bring this to Marshall?" Kim held out a beer can to him, and Denaun nodded, taking it and made his way down the hallway, to the livingroom.

He passed Kenny, who was standing next to a girl, and looked at them weirdly for a second as he passed. Kenny had his arm around the girl who was leaning against the stairs, and he had sworn he saw Kenny kiss the girls shoulder. But wasnt Kenny going out with Denise?

Denaun walked into the livingroom, and over to where Marshall was standing. "Here man," He held the beer out to Marshall, who turned around and nodded, taking the beer from his friend.

"Oh, thanks man. Hey, you met Rufus and Von?" Marshall gestured to the two men standing with him and Denaun nodded.

"I met Rufus, but not Von?" He raised his eyebrows and held out a hand. Von shook his head and stood back, nodding. "Whats up man?"

"Hey," Von nodded.

"Yanno, Denauns a rapper too, hes actually going to produce my demo." Marshall patted Denaun on the back.

"Really?" Von nodded.

"Yeah." Denaun grinned. "Ill be back I gotta go talk to Denise for a second."

"Okay man," Marshall nodded.

Denaun left and walked across the room to where DeShaun was crouching beside Rob, Tanya, and Deanna. He nodded away from the circle and DeShaun stood up, catching his look.

"DeShaun man," Denaun said quietly. "Wheres Denise?"

"Uh," DeShaun looked around. "She was like right here a second ago..." He saw her and nodded. "Oh, alright yeah, shes over there talking to those people sitting on the couch."

"Those people sitting on the couch?" Denaun grinned. "You dont know who they are and theyre at your party?"

"It happens." DeShaun grinned. "Great party though huh?"

"Yeah man," Denaun laughed and walked towards the couch. Denise was sitting in the middle of the couch, a girl on her left, a guy on her right and another girl sitting in an arm chair beside the couch talking to them. "Hey, Denise, girl whats up?" Denaun said, grinning at her.

"Hey!" Denise chirped happily. "What are you doing?"

"Just wanted to say hey," He nodded. "Who your friends?"

"Im Tricey, and this is my step sister Terrie, and my step brother Sam." The girl in the chair spoke, and he nodded.

"Nice to meet yall." He grinned. "Denise, come here for a minute, I wanna talk to you."

"Okay," Denise stood up and pointed a finger at Terrie. "Dont you move, and hold my beer," She handed the cup to her and Terrie looked to Sam and smiled.

Denaun pulled Denise aside, and she looked at him curiously. "Are you and Kenny still going out?" He asked, clearing his throat.

"Yeah..." She nodded.

"Oh..." Denaun nodded. "Alright, uh, you can go sit down, Im just gonna go over here and talk to DeShaun, okay?"

"Alright..." Denise turned and happily pranced back to the couch, tripping over the coffee table on her way.