Chapter One

Kaylee Trolley stood in the line at Starbucks, waiting to get her coffee. She is really tired and feels even miserable then how she did a week ago. She just wants to cry and let tears shed, but yet she isn't going to. She just holds it in and feels depressed. She was up 'til 3:48 am, last night.

Flashback

Kaylee sat on her porch drinking wine and looking out, up to the sky. She had already had three full glasses of wine, and now she is about to pour her fourth, when she just stops. She freezes and swallows hard. Her depression just sinks in her body and makes her feel terrible. She looks down and sighs deeply. She then shakes her head, not sinking in and crying, so she gulps down the glass of wine and then places the glass on her right, on the table. She sits back and is just still. No movement, just sounds. Sounds of her breathing, the little animals, the wind, and yet, the sound of silence is still heard as well.

Todd Sage is lying in his hallway floor, with a beer bottle in one hand, and his phone in the other, but he is lying on his back and his mouth is slightly open and he is breathing hard. He groans and releases his phone and rolls over on his right side. He groans again and then tries to put the bottle to his lips, but he's too weak and it slips from his hands and rolls on the floor, bumping the wall. "Ugh," he moans. He closes his blurry eyes and he begins to remember a tiny memory of last night.

Flashback

Todd is lying on his bed, half wiped out, half aware. He has a wet, damp face towel over his face and his feet hangs over the bed. He had went all out with his buds, Jake and Calvin. They had drunk tons of bottles of beers. Probably brought 5 cases over and on top of that, they ate popcorn, cheese puffs, chips, whip cream, pizza, and cookies. They had cookie crumbs, pizza crust, and popcorn everywhere. Calvin and Jake had passed out on his living room floor with food surrounding them and on them. They smelled awful. Todd had stumbled to his room and had grabbed a wet towel and fell out on his bed. But suddenly he felt the urge to move…the urge to talk. There was only one person on his mind.

Kaylee finally made it to the front of the line. "Um, coffee please, caffeinated coffee, with cream and sugar. A lot of sugar, please."

"Yeah, sure! Coming right up," the lady says with a smile. Kaylee sighs and rubs her forehead a little. She blinks her eyes and sighs. The lady hands her, her coffee and then tell her, her total. Kaylee pays and then the lady points her in the direction of where the cream and sugar is. Kaylee nods and walks over to them. She lets out a long breath and grabs six sugars and begins pouring two in at the same time. She then dumped two creams in the coffee and rested her hand on the table and closed her eyes. She then heard the voice. She heard his voice.

Flashback

Last night she had stumbled in her bedroom after being on her balcony and laid at the edge of her bed groaning and screaming and mumbling hatred words, then she falls off the bed, startled by a phone call. She yells, "Shut up!" But the phone keeps ringing. "Ugh! Shut it!" But it keeps ringing, so she uses her bed and stands up and then drags herself over to her dresser where she sees her phone still going off. Her eyes suddenly widen as she sees who it is. As she sees it is…Todd Sage.

Todd Sage tries to sit himself up, and after four tries, he manages to rest along the wall and moan. He is breathing hard, and has not only a bad headache, but he feels extremely heavy. "Guys," he croaks! "Guys!" He then takes a breather, as his voice is straining. "Dicks!" He then coughed out, before actually coughing and sliding down the wall, to the floor again. He groans and closes his eyes. He suddenly remembers hearing her voice.

Flashback

He had rolled himself off the bed last night and crawled to the hallway where his wallet, money, phone, keys, and other junk were. He fell on his stomach and moaned and then reached out his hand, in search for his phone. He crumbled money, poked his fingers with keys, and then finally held on to the phone. He breathed out heavily, and then slowly pushed himself up and leaned against the wall. He banged his head back, and groaned and then suddenly a burp let out. Then he raised the phone to his blurry view and blinked a few times before actually being able to see. He found her number and then hit the green button, and the ringing filled his ears.

Kaylee opened her eyes and a guy was staring at her. She began to blush lightly and giggled. She looked down and poured a third sugar in her coffee.

"Uh…" The guy chuckles a little. "You alright?"

Kaylee stares at him. "Aha, yeah. Sorry, I mean…I'm fine."

"You sure?"

"Yes. Really." Kaylee smiles lightly. She then pours a fourth sugar in her coffee. She then sighs and pours the fifth.

"Going for a six?" He chuckles again.

Kaylee smiles. "Uh, I need to wake up. I had a long night. Couldn't sleep!"

"Oh, bummer!"

"Uh-huh." Kaylee gulps and then pours the sixth sugar in her coffee. She then throws the sugar and cream wrappers away and then puts a lid on her coffee.

"I'm Peter, by the way."

Kaylee smiles. "Hi. Um, I'm Kaylee ."

"Are you sure? You don't sound sure."

"Aha, like I said I couldn't sleep so I'm tired. But yeah, I'm sure. I'm positive." She smiles and then takes a sip of her coffee and lets out a delighted breath. Suddenly her back feels released and she feels awakened. Then she yawns and sighs.

"Well I see you are still tired." Peter grabs 3 sugars and one cream. "Well, I guess I'll catch you later?"

"Uh, sure. I don't know."

He chuckles. "Yeah. Well I'll see ya if I do and I hope you get some rest. Enjoy your day Kaylee." He smiles and walks by her.

"Thank you," she calls and he turns to her and she smiles and then he turns back and walks out the door.

Todd Sage is trying to grab the wall and stand up, but he keeps sliding down. He's so weak and out of it, and heavy, that he can't bear to try any longer, so he lets himself fall and smack his butt to the ground. He groans. And falls over once again, and groans. He slaps his left hand over his forehead and then closes his eyes. There he suddenly hears her voice. But she is yelling.

Flashback

Todd sat there completely drunk and barely conscious, but can hear what she is saying. They had been talking for about five minutes now, and he said something that made her get mad. "Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Chill!"

"Chill," she screeches into the phone? "You are so stupid and drunk! How dare you call me! How dare you speak to me after what you did! How dare you…"

"Bleh-Bleh-Bleh," Todd says. "How dare I, and how dare I this. Gosh! Shut Up!"

She blows out a breath. "You're a jerk. I should hang up. In fact, I am hanging up."

"You are not going to," Todd slurs. "Because if you were, you wouldn't have told me, you would've just clicked off. So shut up for once in your dang life!"

Todd suddenly opens his eyes and groans. He feels someone kicking his leg and he groans louder. "Stop," he mumbles.

"Dude!" Jake keeps kicking. "Dude!"

"Jake!" Todd yells sitting up. He then holds his head and groans.

Jake holds his head. "Not so loud, dick!"

"Me? Stop being a broken record!" Todd leans his head on the wall. "God!"

"Man, that was something last night." Jake says leaning on the wall for balance. "I haven't got that wasted in years. Well, nah, weeks, I guess. Yeah. Huh!"

"Shut up!" Todd says annoyed. He sighs. "Where's Calvin?"

"Barfing up a town. He's the only reason I'm up. He barfs so loud, it's like 30 girls are screaming, but at the same time turning into King Kong."

Todd chuckles and shakes his head. "I heard nothing dude. Not a thing." He sighs. "Dang, I think I did something stupid last night."

"Manda?"

Todd snaps a look at him. "Manda? What do you mean Manda?"

"Uh, she is in your guest bedroom, in your t-shirt and wearing her underwear, and passed out on the bed. Manda!"

"I-I did what? No. I never was…I wasn't with….I…."

"Manda came home…because of you…" Jake slides to the floor. "Oh, no, no! Wait!" Jake chuckles. "That was Calvin that did her. She must've just grabbed your stuff though. I don't even remember her though."

Todd reaches his right arm out and slides it along the floor 'til his hand touches his keys. "You dickhead!" He throws the keys at him. "Made me think I was with Manda!"

"Ow! That was my head." Jake touches the side of his forehead. "Now not only do I have a headache, but also a cut and it's bleeding." Jake shows him the blood on his fingers.

"Sorry dude!"

"Yeah, sure you are!" Jake yawns. "Gosh! Tired."

"You slept like the whole night away and half the morning."

"No, I was passed out, I didn't enjoy my passing out. I'd rather have some sleep."

"Yo, is Manda breathing?"

"Uh, yeah. She rolled over and snorted." Jake chuckles and so doesTodd.

Kaylee walked out the store and into her car slamming the door. She groans, knowing that was a mistake. She takes another long sip of her drink and breathes deeply. She rests her head back and sighs. "God, what happened last night?"

Flashback

"You are such a waster in this life! You are drinking your dang life away dick!"

"Shut up! Gosh, listen! Stop cutting me off!"

"Don't tell me what to do! I am your fiancé and I get to tell_" She freezes as she realizes what she said. "Dang it! You are a liar! You said I was your only one, and now I'm not your one at all! I hate you jerk!"

"Yeah, well I surely don't like you. You are annoying, slightly lazy, goofy, can get really mad, and you just suck! Gosh, you ruin me so many times!"

"Then bye you dick headed jerk!"

"Oh please! Let me finish this stupid rant. The only reason I'm saying squat to you is because I don't know I'm saying it. I'm wasted out me mind! I don't know here or there, or you. Please…gosh, I just want to say whatever. So let me be drunk by myself and say whatever I want!"

"That made no stupid, dang sense!"

"Yeah, well there that goes to you too!"

Kaylee rolls her eyes and gets on her bed and lays down and groans. "I'm so not in the mood. I'm not stabled."

"Wasted?"

"No, I had wine."

"Four glasses ruin you."

"Shut up!"

"And you're out your mind because that's exactly what you had stupid girl!"

Kaylee opens her eyes and breathes slightly heavy. "God," she groans. She takes a sip of her coffee and groans.

Todd stood leaning in the doorway of his guest bedroom looking at Amanda. "So, what do we do with her?"

"Wake her up," Calvin says.

"Go for it," Todd tells him.

"Uh-uh!"

"Uh, you played with her, you get her out," Jake says.

"Come on. I'm sick."

"Well I'm surely not peachy perfect, and ready to go for a jog or crap! I'm wiped! So get her out, so I can sleep!"

"You did sleep," Calvin argues.

"If you can argue, you are wide awake," Jake says. "So get her out, so we can fall out and sleep."

Todd straightens and lets out a yawn before saying, "We? No! Me. You two go find your stuff and get out."

"We're wiped like you, you can't expect us to drive or anything," Jake says.

"That's what I expect for Manda."

"You are crazy. Just go to sleep and we'll handle things," Calvin says.

"No! When she gets up and is situated, you tow get out," Todd argues.

"Come on, bro! We only came here last night to help you mourn!" Jake argues back!

"Yeah! So you owe us some respect, instead of kicking us to some dang curb!" Calvin argues as well!

Soon the three of them are arguing, yelling and poking each other's chest saying things.

Amanda groans loudly as she is awaken by them. She groans louder and kicks and then rolls over. "Shut up, you Junks! Shut it!" She groans and clutches the covers.

The guys are quiet and they turn to her. "Manda, you are awake," they say.

"Well I'm surely not dead, you Junks!"

"Stop calling us that," Calvin argues.

Amada sits up and rubs her eyes and then holds her head. "Don't tell me what to do, Mr. Quicky!"

Jake and Todd begin to laugh and Calvin pushes them and walks over to Amanda. "Shut it and get up Ms. Annoying!" He throws the covers off of her.

"Leave me alone." She gets off the bed and then stumbles and falls to the floor, dizzy. "Ugh," she moans and clutches to the floor. "I might vomit," she mumbles.

"No you don't! Not on my floor!" Todd drags himself to a bucket and then rolls it to her, sliding to the floor, weak. "Use it!"

Amanda turns to him. "Thanks Jerk!" She rests her head on the floor and groans.