(Emma POV)
“So you never answered my first question,” Zach persisted. I looked at him and he raised an eyebrow. “Did you ask Kid to stay with you or did she ask.”
“Well she wanted to move here, and I offered to let her stay with me. Less rent for me to pay,” I explained, chuckling. Everyone smiled and I smiled back.
“Do you guys work?” Johnny asked, rubbing my shoulder with his thumb. My heart sped up and I blushed a little as he stared at me, clearly infatuated with me.
“I do, but lazy-ass over there doesn’t.” I answered, gesturing towards Jessi. She looked away from Matt to glare at me, causing me to smirk.
“Oh cool, where?” Matt asked, leaning slightly into Jessi. I gave her a look and she blushed before flipping me off. Everyone laughed and I rolled my eyes.
“D-Rocks.” I replied. Everyone nodded before looking at Jessi.
“Why don’t you have a job?” Brian asked, smirking. Jessi shrugged.
“Don’t know where to work.” She stated, shaking her head a little.
“Why don’t you work at a piercing-slash-tattoo place?” Jimmy suggested happily. Jessi gave him an incredulous look.
“I can’t pierce anything for shit!” She screamed. They all narrowed their eyes at her.
“Who did your lip then?” Jimmy questioned, raising an eyebrow.
“Our friend Jayy did my lip, and we had to bribe an actual piercing worker to do Emma’s nose and eyebrow since Jayy didn’t have the proper tools and we didn’t have parental consent.” Jessi explained. Everyone nodded and she cracked her neck.
“Ooh, we got some badasses over here.” Zach joked, playfully hitting Jessi’s leg. Jessi stuck her tongue out at him and he laughed. Jimmy coughed and got Jessi’s attention again so he could continue talking to her.
“Why don’t you-“
“Hey, we’re learning about Emma, not playing a game of Get-Jessi-off-her-lazy-ass.” Jessi snapped playfully. Jimmy laughed before looking at me.
“Tell us your life story.” Jimmy cooed, scooting closer to me and leaning his head on my leg. I laughed and messed up his hair.
“Sure thing, Jimmy.” I laughed. I thought for a second before looking back at everyone. They all stared in anticipation, except for Jessi, who already knew my life story. “Long story short; I was perpetually sad since the age of 12, I lost a lot of friends, dated a lot of-“
“Assholes.” Jessi interrupted, looking up at me. I raised an eyebrow and she stared back blankly. “You dated a lot of assholes.”
“Yes, I dated a lot of assholes,” I agreed, rolling my eyes. Jessi smirked before looking back down at her lap. “Anyways, dated a lot of assholes, got a two-year degree after college, moved to Florida with Jessi for a year until I was twenty one, and then came here.”
“Ew, you lived in Florida?” Zach asked, crinkling his nose. Jessi sighed.
“My brother lives there.” Jessi said, staring lazily at him.
“Why’d you move to California?” Johnny asked, squeezing my shoulder.
“I don’t know, I’ve just always liked California, I guess.” I replied, trying not to smile. They all caught on to the real reason and I blushed.
“More like ‘I’m twenty one now and maybe I’ll have a chance to get with Avenged Sevenfold’ right?” Brian interjected, rolling his eyes. I laughed and nodded and looked at Jessi.
“That’s why Jessi moved here with me, wasn’t it?” I questioned, throwing her under the bus. She didn’t put her head up, but I saw that she was blushing.
“Pft, no.” Jessi muttered, although it was in the tone that she used when I was right. Everyone laughed and she put her head up and smiled. “Okay, well that and the fact that I missed you.”
“So how about we see how much alcohol Em can hold tonight.” Jimmy suggested, smiling wickedly. Everyone nodded in agreement and I smiled.
“Just a warning,” Jessi began, smiling wickedly at me. I narrowed my eyes, immediately catching what she was going to mention. “Me and Em get pretty wild when we’re drunk, and we’ve always had a thing for each other. So if you guys hear Jemmi sex, just ignore it.”
“I bet Jemmi sex isn’t as good as Synacky sex.” Zach sneered playfully, giving Brian a look. Jessi narrowed her eyes and smiled as she looked between Brian and Zach.
“Hey guys, who is on top in Synacky sex?” She asked deviously. Brian and Zach suddenly became a little uneasy and glanced at each other before looking back at her.
“Why?” Zach asked cautiously.
“Because Zach is just too cute and pudge-faced,” Jessi started, crawling to Zach and pinching his face. She looked at me and I knew exactly where she was going.
“But Brian wears more make-up than a thirteen-year-old scene girl.” I continued immediately after Jessi spoke, pretending to crinkly my face in distaste. That made the house shake. Everyone, and I mean everyone fell to the floor laughing. Matt, Jessi, Zach, and Jimmy were all laughing so hard they were curled in the fetal position on the floor, and Johnny clutched his stomach as he slid onto the floor laughing. I chuckled at everyone’s reaction and looked at Brian. He was glaring at him, but he was trying not to smile. I laughed and smiled widely at him, batting my eyes innocently. He smirked and let out a chuckle before playfully shoving me to the floor. Everyone continued to laugh and I stared at Brian as he blushed and smirked. He stood up and kicked me playfully as he walked to the kitchen, ignoring his friends laughing at my comment about him.
“How about we start drinking?” He suggested calmly, opening a vodka bottle that was on the counter and taking a huge drink.