Drinks

“You haven't been to Nick's before, have you? You don't know which apartment he lives in, do you? ”What was she talking about?

"The apartment - rather the house - belongs to Nick's ex-girlfriend." I looked at her in shock.

"He ... he lives in his ex's apartment?" She nodded as she slowly walked on and pulled me with her.

"Nick doesn't get along with his parents, you know that for sure ?!" Of course I did NOT know! He never talked about his parents! All I knew about David was that his parents had a lot of money and they were separated.

“The house he lives in belongs to his ex's parents. They live in an apartment upstairs. She has a room upstairs, but at some point moved downstairs to have her own apartment, for which of course she doesn't have to pay anything. When she heard that Nick was looking for an apartment, she offered him hers as long as she was gone. So he doesn't have to pay rent. ”I stared at her, slightly shocked.

"I just told you that so you won't be surprised when we're at Nick's."

I just nodded and then glanced at Nick and Sven, who had stopped a few meters in front of us. Now of course I didn't feel like it anymore! I couldn't believe it.

So he lived in his ex-girlfriend's apartment and didn't even tell me?

Now I also knew why he didn't want me to come into the apartment earlier.

But why did he suddenly no longer mind? That was weird.

When Nick arrived, he opened the apartment door and let us girls in first. We went down the hall to the next room. Of course, I looked around immediately.

So it was more of an apartment than an apartment. To the right was a huge bed and next to it an oversized wardrobe that could only belong to one woman. Opposite the bed was a desk with brightly colored folders and notepads that must have belonged to her too. There was a small sitting area to the left of the door. A large television hung on the wall and in front of it was a small table with a dark red sofa. There was also one in dark purple and opposite was a black armchair.

A huge system was set up in the other corner of the room. A laptop was on the floor, although a PC was on the desk. Probably the computer was hers and the laptop was his. Behind the larger sofa was a small black fitted kitchen. There was a patio door next to the desk.

"Shall we sit down?" Nick asked, whereupon we all nodded. Jess sat on one sofa and I sat on the other.

"Yes, quickly reserve the sofas and where should I sit now?" I pointed to the free armchair. Sven smiled.

"Oh ... come here," said Jess laughing to Sven, who sat down next to her.

"I'll turn on some music." Nick went to the system and switched it on. Jess looked at Sven.

“What's the point with the backpack? Why are you dragging that around with you? You didn't have one earlier - when we went to the club. "

" Right. "Sven nodded with a grin, so that Jess and I looked at each other in amazement.

"Come on, show the girls what we took with us." Nick laughed when he said that to Sven. This started to grin.

"Okay." He opened the backpack. Jess looked in and pulled out a bottle of vodka.

"Hey, have a drink." Jess sounded enthusiastic.

"We bought it from the bartender." I shook my head. Why did they buy alcohol bottles at the club and take them with them? If they wanted something to drink, why didn't they get it from the gas station, which is still open at this time?

"What else do you have?", Jess wanted to know curiously.

Sven got out another bottle of whiskey and a crooked bottle that contained dark red stuff for schnapps glasses.

"Not bad," said Jess and then I just rolled my eyes.

Nick went to the kitchenette and opened a cupboard. Wow ... he shouldn't have opened it before us. A few different glasses were there and a few others were tipped over in the closet, while there was a lot of other stuff in between.

Really hard! He rummaged loudly in it, took out four glasses and opened the refrigerator.

I had to smile. The only things I saw in it were a couple of beer bottles, an almost empty whiskey bottle, a wine bottle, a pack of toast and two yogurts.

He took out the Coke bottle - which was at the very back on the bottom shelf - and then came back to us and distributed everything on the table. There was an overfilled ashtray, a pack of tobacco for cigarettes, a half-burned candle, two lighters, and a small pile of fashion magazines.

Sven looked at Jess.

"Unfortunately, I can't serve with Redbull." Jess shrugged.

"Never mind." I saw Nick nod out of the corner of my eye.

"Yes, she drinks anything that has vodka in it." Jess laughed at Nick's comment. Sven poured the vodka into the glasses. When he got to my glass, I held the bottle.

"No!" Sven looked at me.

"I don't like vodka!" Nick sat down next to me.

"Really not?" Asked Sven, whereupon I shook my head. Jess said to him:

"She rarely drinks alcohol." Sven looked at me again and I nodded.

"You can give me Coke." He handed it to me, but not without saying something else. "Then you can't drink with us at all." I smiled.

"We still have the crooked one, I'll drink some of it." Sven nodded with a smile.

"I'd rather the Jacki with Coke." I looked over at Nick. I was surprised that he wanted to drink the whiskey with cola, because he usually drank it straight.

"Man, man," I heard Sven sigh.

"You are so nice and bring all your drinks and then something." Nick laughed.

When we all had our drinks, we drank and talked.

After a while Sven wanted to turn on Nick's game console - which he had discovered under the table. We all took turns playing in pairs for a few minutes until Jess and I got fed up. The boys kept playing.

I felt Jess look on me and looked over at her. She looked from me to the stereo and then to Nick.

"Do you have any other music?" She asked him now. He nodded.

"Sure, what do you want to hear?" We looked at each other indecisively.