As Fezco parked outside of his apartment complex it struck Mia that she had never actually been here before. They had only ever really hung out at the corner shop. Mia loved her visits because she would get to spend time with the boy she had grown to care for over the past few months.

Before she could get out she realised that Fezco had already come round to her side of the car and had opened her door for her. She grinned at the sweet gesture and climbed out of the car, grabbing his hand as the walked up to his apartment together. Fezco was glad it was so dark out because he was sure his face would be burning right now. Although he had to release her hand to open the door, much to Mia's disappointment. "Yo, so uh, I can take the couch and you can sleep in my bed." He said guiding her towards his room after he had finished locking the door.

"Fez, cmon I'm not gonna make you sleep on the couch. We can just share the bed." Mia smiled at him as he pushed open his bedroom door. He chuckled, "Well I ain't gon complain about that."

Mia rolled her eyes at the insinuation and threw herself onto his bed, still tripping from the acid she had taken hours ago.

"You good?" Fezco asked the girl who was just staring at his ceiling, in a trance. She leaned up on her elbows, staring at the 21 year old.

"I'm still tripping, man." She admitted, staring at the walls which appeared to look like they were dripping with liquid. Although she knew this was just a hallucination. "Here, put this on." He ordered throwing her one of his t shirts that would definitely be oversized on her. "You think you can sleep, or do you wanna stay up and watch tv til it's worn off?" He asked her sitting on the bed next to her. Mia's brain was still far to active to actually be able to sleep.

"The second one, I'm peaking bro." She admitted with a giggle, this made Fez laugh.

"Aight go get yo crazy ass changed then." He told her as he went to change in comfier clothes.

When he turned back around he saw her standing there in only his shirt and a pair of thigh high socks. Fuck, she really ain't making this easy.

Fez quickly distracted himself with turning his TV on and finding something for them to watch. He felt the bed dip next to him as Mia curled her small body in towards his.

"Can we watch sponge bob?" She asked, in a small voice that gave Fezco a weird feeling in his chest. He wrapped his arm around her and they both got under the covers.

"Whatever you want, baby."

-

Fezco was the first to awaken the next morning, his arms were wrapped around Mia and she had slung one of her long legs over his while she was asleep. Fezco took this opportunity to stare at her as openly as he wanted. Her face was tanned and she had thick arched brows, her small nose had a scattering of freckles across it which Fezco thought was fucking adorable. Her liner had smudged under her eyes making them look more dark and smoky. Fezco didn't think he'd even seen someone so beautiful before in his entire life. Mia began to stir slightly her eyes opening, then shutting again due to the bright daylight. She burrowed her face further into his chest to escape the natural sunlight.

Fezco was sure she could hear how fast his heart was beating. It was strange, Fezco had never felt this way about someone before. Sure he loves Ashtray, Rue and his grandmother. But the feeling he got in his chest when he was around Mia was something different all together. Even when he wasn't with her he was thinking about her, all the fucking time. It honestly scared him. They had never been so close before as they were now sharing a bed.

"Shit- what time is it?" Mia sat up, groggy her head pounding.

"It's like 9:30, you feelin ok? You were pretty fucked up last night." Fezco said, looking at her with soft concerned eyes.

"Aw fuck, I'm sorry Fez." She apologised, for any embarrassing behaviour of hers that most likely occurred the night before.

"Nah your good, just glad I was there. Listen tho, you need to start bein more careful. It's not you I don't trust, but most those football dicks would-" Fez stopped his speech not letting his mind go to that place.

"Hey, I'm fine. Okay?" She grabbed his hand and he nodded.

"You want sum breakfast?" He offered, she smiled at him.

"You got waffles?"

Ashtray, Mia and Fezco sat in front of the TV eating their frozen waffles. Mia and Fez were passing a blunt back and forth between bites of their waffles. Mia felt peaceful for once, she decided she liked it at Fezco's.

After they ate and hung out for a bit Fezco offered to drive her home. They sat in a comfortable silence as he drove. Mia really liked this side of Fez, he really cared about his friends.

"You can just drop me here." She said as he pulled up next to her small two story house.

"Thanks for letting me crash and everything. You're a good friend." She stated giving him a dazzling smile. Although Fez felt a slight pain when she said the word friend. Yup that's all they would ever be. He thought bitterly to himself. He didn't mind though, he would take friendship with this girl anyday. Just as long as he got to be around her.

"Look after yourself, yeah?" He said as she climbed out of his car. She smiled before going round to his side where his window was open, kissing his cheek.

"Bye Fez!" She ran off and he sat in the car not leaving til he saw she was safely inside.

Mia made her way upstairs as quietly as possible. Luckily her parents were both working so she wouldn't have to face them for another few hours. She opened her backpack, smiling when she saw she had some coke leftover from the night before, dumping the small amount onto her vanity table and snorting it with a rolled up $5 bill. She climbed into bed and passed out, not waking up until her parents got home.

Mia McKenzie did a good job of letting people think that they know her, when they really knew nothing about her at all.

To the outside world she came from a middle class family, she had no siblings. Both her parents worked so it was easy for her to get away with shit like partying all night or getting high as a kite without them ever finding out.

Her parents had emigrated to America from Barcelona when she was only 10. They moved to New Mexico, her dad found a job working in a factory and her mother managed to get a job in a call centre. With no siblings growing up and no real authority figure, Mia was always a quiet kid. The type of kid to sit at the back of the class and not say anything unless specifically addressed.

Mia started smoking weed when she was 13. She used to hang out with a group of 16 year olds who never really questioned her age. They used to get high in the parking lot of their local 7/11. Her parents never noticed.

By the age of 14 Mia had started going to high school parties. This introduced her to a world of new things to experiment with. She lost her virginity at 14 as well. It was the same night she had first taken coke. This 17 year old boy had insisted that that is what she owed him after him sharing his drugs with her.

Her parents remained none the wiser to her chaotic behaviour. It wasn't until 5 months ago when her mother found her after a failed suicide attempt. So they decided to send her to rehab for 3 moths and then packed up and moved to LA.

Her parents had never spoken to her about the incident. The only time it was mentioned was at the hospital, where they calmly told her she would be going to a rehabilitation centre for troubled youths.

Mia had never spoken of the incident to anyone, her parents lying to their friends and colleagues claiming that she had been in a mild car accident. Because that's was less embarrassing to them than the truth. So everyday Mia would smile and she would wear tons of chunky bracelets on each wrist to cover her past. Although rehab didn't fix her, she still has dark thoughts most days. Which is why she smokes weed, it's also why she has made taking pills and coke into a habit. But she was content in knowing that she had things under control. She wouldn't let herself get that bad again. She swore to herself.

"So how was the party last night?" Her mother asked, Mia could hear the underlying tone of judgment in her mother's tone. Mia gave her a sickly sweet, plastic smile.

"It was fine."

"We didn't hear you come in last night?" Her mother continued with an accusing glare.

"Yeah I stayed at my friend Rue's house, sorry I forgot to text you." She lied, she wasn't about to tell her parents that she had spent the night in bed with a drug dealer. Not that they did anything anyway.

"Hmm I've not heard that name before, is she new to town?"

"No I just haven't mentioned her before because you never asked." Mia bit out, if her mother really payed attention to her she would know that her daughter actually had very little friends, other than Kat and Fez.

Her mother decided to let it go and they continued to eat in silence, her father not even sparing her a glance. As soon as she cleared her plate she rushed upstairs. Well that was fucking painful. She thought to herself chuckling. Mia checked her phone and saw a few text messages. Some from Kat and some from Fez.

From - Kat

Hey bitch I didn't see you leave last night, assuming you went home with your boy toy ;)

Mia chuckled at her friends message replying with an emoji before checking her messages from Fez.

From - Fezzie

Yo, just checking ur ok? Like your parents didn't give u shit for not coming home?

From - Fezzie

Aight u better not have gone back to sleep ms lazy

Mia snorted at the last one because it was accurate.

To - Fezzie

Lol yeah I just thought of a cover story all is good, and u bet ur sweet ass i did u kept me up with ur damn snoring all night

Fez felt his phone buzz and chuckled as he read Mia's text to him.

"Yo who's got you smiling at your phone all goofy and shit!" Ashtray questioned, Fezco just ignored him and sent a reply to Mia. Ashtray rolled his eyes, yup he's definitely pussy whipped.