Chapter 21 – Parties & Calls

*** Asahd's POV: The later it got, the crazier, things seemed to get. Everyone was drunk or making out. The partying was nonstop. I'd ended up dancing with quite a number of girls and it did me good to stop thinking about my new and ugly life. I was tipsy from the few drinks I had and I knew there was no way I was going to drive myself back home in such a state. I took my phone out and texted Saïda, hoping she was still up to see it. I said I wasn't going to make it back that night and that they would only be seeing me the next morning. I got no reply and guessed she was asleep. ′Man, I gotta pee.′ I looked around and made my way through the dancing and drunk crowd, going in search of toilets. I finally found them and so I got in to take a pee. I halted, shocked to see a few mates, gathered around the sink and taking turns to sniff some powder that was probably cocaine or so. "Hey, want some?" a girl who'd just sniffed her share, asked drunkenly. "It's now or never, honey. Th