"Do whatever you need to do so you can sit UNINTERRUPTED and devour this book. Chase Walker is incredible. This story is AMAZING, POWERFUL, and something that will tug so hard on your heartstrings, you will walk away CHANGED for the better." ~ The Bookish Snob
Chasing Nikki: Amazon Top 100 Teen Book of the Year!!
Chasing Nikki: Amazon Top 100 Teen Book of the Year!!
Chasing Nikki
Voted
Top 100 Best Book of the Year
by Amazon!
Voted
Top 100 Best Book of the Year
by Amazon!
By Lacey Weatherford
Moonstruck Media - Arizona
Copyright © 2012 Lacey Weatherford
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Chapter One
I took a
deep drag from the joint before passing it to the girl next to me. She clasped it easily, lifting it to slip
between her plump lips. I watched her inhale deeply before I looked away,
turning back to concentrate on the fire dancing in the dirt ring before
me. My eyes wouldn’t adjust though, and
it kept swimming in and out of focus.
Man, I’m cross-faded already, I
thought. Then again it would probably be
more surprising if I weren’t, considering how much I’d been partying
lately. If I were being totally honest,
my days were starting to run into one another.
My life was definitely not what it had been before ... everything, but I
didn’t want to think about that.
I reached
for the bottle of beer sitting on the ground and lifted it, taking a heavy
swig. I didn’t even notice the bitter
taste of it anymore. I was feeling numb,
and that’s exactly the way I wanted it.
“Hey,
Chase.” The girl leaning against me
nuzzled the underside of my jawline, placing a little kiss there as she traced
a finger down my chest. “Wanna get out
of here and go someplace we can be alone?”
“Maybe later … um ….” I chuckled as I pushed her away slightly with
my elbow.
“What’s so
funny?” She stuck her bottom lip out in a pout as she stared at me.
“The fact I
can’t remember your name,” I replied bluntly.
“You’re a
jerk!” she said, shoving me hard and getting up to walk away.
I caught
myself before I fell to the side. “Yes,
I am!” I shouted at her retreating figure, and I tossed back another long
swallow of my beer. I did feel sort of
sorry. I really should remember her
name, seeing as we’d been dating for weeks now.
I glanced
over to where my friend, Connor, was making out with his girlfriend. It was funny, but I could remember his name
just fine. I gave another chuckle and
leaned against the large rock behind me, closing my eyes. I must not be blitzed enough yet.
Someone
shook me, and I woke with a start, not realizing I had fallen asleep. For a moment, I was unsure where I was.
“Hey,
buddy. Where’s your keys?” Connor’s
voice broke into my hazy thoughts.
“Keys?” I
questioned, confused.
“Yeah. You’re too drunk to drive, and my mom is
threatening to send my dad out looking for me if I’m not home in the next
thirty minutes.”
“Not cool.”
“Yep. Party’s over, bro.”
I grabbed my
beer and slowly got to my feet, while Connor hollered over his shoulder for the
two girls to get into the truck.
He turned
toward me, narrowing his eyes a bit before letting out a laugh. “Feeling a little unsteady there?”
“Maybe,” I
replied with a grin.
My friend
offered me an arm, and I leaned heavily against him for support as we made our
way to the vehicle. I briefly handed my
drink to one of the girls in the truck so I could reach into my pocket to drag
out the keys and hand them to Connor.
He helped me
inside and closed the door before going around to the driver’s side.
“Be careful
with my truck. It’s my baby,” I joked as
we started off down the bumpy road.
“It’s in
better hands than yours right now,” Connor ribbed back.
“I thought I
was your baby,” the girl beside me said, squeezing my thigh with her fingers.
“Really?
Hmm. Wonder where you got that
idea?” I replied as I lifted the bottle to my lips.
She sucked
in a hurt breath and pulled her hand away, but I just couldn’t bring myself to
care.
“You’ll
never make it home in time,” the other girl whined as we left the desert road
and turned onto the highway. “We’re at
least twenty minutes away from town still.”
“Yeah? Watch
me.” Connor laughed, hitting the gas heavily.
The engine revved loudly, and the truck shot off down the road, causing
the scenery to flash by in the blur of the headlights.
I closed my
eyes, fighting the nausea the motion caused.
All of a sudden I felt sick.
Clenching my teeth, I gripped the door handle, trying to calm my
stomach. I wrestled with the overwhelming sensation, trying to control it for
several minutes before finally giving up.
“Dude, pull
over.”
“I can’t,”
Connor replied. “My mom will kill me if
I’m late.”
“I’m gonna
throw up, man. Pull over!”
Connor let
out a stream of cuss words and hit the brakes so hard I felt like I was going
pitch right through the windshield.
“What the
hell?” I yelled, as I braced myself against the dashboard and turned to look at
him.
That was
when I noticed the red and blue lights flashing behind the truck, and the sound
of a short clicking siren filled the air.
I glanced down at the container of beer I had tucked between my legs and
started laughing.
Yep, I thought, dragging a shaky hand
through my short dark hair as the truck came to a complete stop. Tonight
is about to get fun.
I opened my
door and puked.
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