John stretched and pushed himself up from the couch, Alsonso falling off him and onto the floor in the process. His head pounded with a hangover from last night's party and he looked over to see his friends strewn across the small living room. Ronnie, passed out on the chair, arms splayed over the sides and legs stretched out wide. Jack, face resting on the coffee table as the rest of him slipped off, because he had fallen asleep drinking. And Anthony, who had managed to fall asleep half-on half-off of the couch.
John reached out a hand to the coffee table, finding his glasses and slipping them on.
Where was Rosenthall?
John looked around once again before shrugging and heading into the kitchen to make a fresh pot of coffee. As he turned around from the counter, he noticed a body with curly blond hair laying on the floor, back-to-back with the couch.
Found him.
John walked over to the kitchen table and picked up the book he had been reading a few days ago. It had been intriguing, but he had not found time to finish it. Now, in the early morning hours of 8 and 9, he hopped up onto the kitchen counter and opened the book once again, waiting for his coffee to brew.
"Hi hangover."
John, startled, looked up form the page he had been reading, to see a tall boy with blonde hair enter the room.
"Only you would get up this early to read after a party where half the people there got too drunk to remember anything." The tall boy said, moving to a kitchen cabinet and pulling out two coffee mugs.
"Good thing you weren't there, then, Brian" replied John, turning back to his book. "you would have been scoffing at them all and complaining about the music."
The other boy glared and reached around John, taking the coffee pot and pouring it's contents into the two mugs. He handed one to John and took a sip of the one in his hands.
"So how was it, really?" the Brian asked.
"Honestly?" John sighed. He closed his book and looked up at Brian. "Boring. It's like the same thing since high school: loud music. Beer. Drunk girls. Sex. And then a massive hangover the next day."
"Sounds like fun." Said Brain, smirking.
"For Anthony, Jack, and Kevin, maybe."
"The Exuberant Trio. Where can't they find fun at a party."
"They can't even say exuberant when they're living up to the name"
"Hence the title."
John smiled softly and looked up at Brian
"So…how's Evan doing?" he asked hesitantly.
"He's-"
"Hey fuckers" announced a tall, black-haired boy as he walked into the room. "Long time, no see."