Colby's POV
"Is that who I think it is?" A deep voice asked from behind me as I finished pouring myself a drink.
We were in the full swing of this party at this point so most of the people were either tipsy or on some sort of substance.
I turned around to see Max standing in front of me, his arm draped around a hot blonde.
"Caught me." I said blandly then took a sip of my drink.
"Sam told me you were in the slammer. When did you get out?" He asked as I chuckled.
"Just yesterday." I said then looked at the blonde next to him. She was looking at me with a smirk, then winked when I actually looked at her face.
I grinned back then licked my lips and looked at Max once again.
"When can we expect you back in charge?" He asked then took a sip of his drink.
"Never." I said then looked around to see if anyone else was around. This conversation was boring me and I wanted to get away.
"You still with your girl?" Max asked as I clenched my jaw.
"No." I said possibly a little too fast. "Ah. I see." He said as I nodded. "Yeah. Mind your business, Max. You were never good at that." I said then looked at the girl he was with.
"If you want to actually have a good time, let me know." I said then turned and walked away.
I heard Max start to talk to me but I ignored him and went back into the crowd.
I needed to do some sort of drug since I was entirely too sober.
I made my way to the dining room where people were doing lines of coke.
Perfect.
"Colby!" Nate said as he looked up at me. "Hey, man. Long time no see." I said and gave him a bro handshake.
"How've you been?" He asked as I racked up. "Busy. Glad to be here though." I said then snorted the crystallized substance.
"We miss having you around, that's for sure." Nate said as I grinned. "Sam's doing a good job." I said as he nodded.
"Yeah, he's great. You put the gang in the right hands." He said as Sam came over.
"Speak of the devil." Nate said as Sam clapped his hand on my shoulder.
"Having fun?" He asked as I nodded. "Yeah, man." I said then sniffled, getting the excess coke into my system.
"Want to go outside for a smoke?" Sam asked as I nodded. "Always." I said then grabbed my pack of cigarettes.
We started going through the crowd, being stopped every couple minutes by random guys.
It annoyed me that everyone wanted to talk about work because I was here to escape it. This wasn't a banquet this was a party.
We should have been having a good time.
"Sam!" Katrina slurred as she stumbled over to him. "Hey, baby. You okay?" He asked and wrapped his arm around her.
"I missed you." She said and kissed him on the cheek.
"I missed you too, Kat." I said with a laugh causing her to glare at me.
"Not you. You make my boyfriend work more." She said and pouted her lip. "Sorry about that." I said and pursed my lips.
"We're gonna go outside, wanna join?" Sam asked as Katrina shook her head.
"I wanna dance!" She said then took his hand and pulled him through the crowd.
I was starting to feel the substances rolling through me so I just didn't care.
I followed them through the crowd to where the other girls were.
"Colby! Dance with me!" Stas said with a contagious smile. I always loved how carefree Stas was and how comfortable she made anyone feel comfortable while wasted.
I chuckled then started dancing with her, letting myself let loose.
"How've you been?" Stas asked as I shrugged. "Not as good as I'm doing right now." I said then took a sip of my drink.
"Do you party up there?" She asked as I shook my head. "Never." I said then felt someone tap on my shoulder.
I turned to see the blonde girl from before standing in front of me with doe like eyes.
"Hello, gorgeous." I said then wrapped my arm around her waist, pulling her into me.
"Max too boring for you, beautiful?" I asked and swayed to the music.
"His dick is small." She huffed out causing me to chuckle. "Well you've got nothing to worry about with me." I said then kissed her, grabbing her ass.
I felt eyes on me while I did this but I didn't care. I wasn't attached to anyone and I could do what I wanted.
I made out with this random girl for a while before someone cleared their throat.
"Get a room maybe?" Tara asked as I chuckled. "Gladly." I said then took the girls hand and pulled her through the crowd.
When got up to the room I pulled her into me, kissing her as I pressed her against the wall.
"What's your name?" The girl moaned as I kissed her neck. "Doesn't matter." I mumbled, biting at her skin.
"I just wanna moan your name, handsome." She said as I rolled my eyes, bringing my hand to her neck and squeezing it slightly.
I was doing this to be kinky but also to get her to the shut the fuck up.
I pulled away then kissed her again, loving the way she was moaning into my mouth.
When I pulled away I lifted her up so I could carry her to the bed.
I tossed her onto the bed then hovered over her.
"Mmm that feels good." The girl said as I sucked at her neck, reaching to take her dress off.
There was something that was nagging me in the back of my mind, but I couldn't be bothered to address it.
This girl was hot and I wanted so desperately to fuck her.
We ended up having some good ass sex before I kicked her out of the room.
I didn't care enough about her to entertain her past sex.
Once she left I went to get cleaned up in the bathroom before making my way downstairs.
I was way more sober than I wanted to be so I immediately went to the bar and got myself another drink.
"Where'd you go, man?" Corey asked as I chuckled and took a sip of my drink.
"Doesn't matter. Missed me?" I asked as he nodded. "Yeah, things aren't the same without you." He said as I nodded.
I opened my mouth to talk but was interrupted. "Colby!" Max yelled angrily causing me to turn nonchalantly.
"Did you fuck my girl?!" He asked as I blinked slowly and took a sip of my drink. "Well?!" He asked and stormed up to me.
"She perused me." I said simply then pulled out a cigarette.
"Oh, you're gonna die." Max seethed as I lit up. "Try me." I mumbled and took a hit.
It only took a second for him to pull his knife out and charge me. It only took half a second for me to pull my gun out and shoot him though.
"Jesus, dude." Corey said as Max writhed on the floor in pain.
I didn't shoot to kill, I shot to prove a point.
The last time these people saw me I was seen as weak. They needed to know that I wasn't weak or distracted.
I was on the top of my game.
"Let's go outside." I said then turned to leave the room.
"You really don't mess around, do you?" Corey asked as I shook my head. "Nope. I'm a different person now." I said as we walked outside, my cigarette still blazing in my hand.
"You just kinda disappeared on us, ya know." He said with a sigh. "I know. I'm sorry, I just had to do this. There was no other way." I said then took a drag of my cigarette, enjoying the burn in my throat.
"Do you miss her?" He asked as I shook my head. "No." I said then took a sip of my drink. I didn't want to talk about this and I surely didn't want to think about her.
I just wanted tonight to be fun.
"Alright, well you know if you ever want to come back we'd let you in." Corey said causing me to chuckle.
"You wouldn't want me back. I work my guys way harder than I ever worked you." I said as he laughed.
"Yeah, then never mind." He said as Sam came outside. "Dude, did you shoot Max?" Sam asked as I nodded.
"Yeah, and I fucked his girl. What about it?" I asked then took a sip of my drink.
"You're so ridiculous." He said with a laugh. "Just having fun, brother." I said then shrugged.
Should I have brought that much attention to myself at my first party in years? Probably not but I was just trying to have a good time.
I knew things were different now but I was fully confident in who I was and what my abilities were.
I've changed so much since living here but I didn't know if it was for the good or the bad.