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Nine

Brenda hesitated outside the hotel before finally walking through the front doors. She honestly was trying not to enter Carly's stupid hotel, but when she called the hospital and they told her that Robin wasn't at work for the next two days, she only had one choice. She needed to talk to her friend, especially after Lois didn't answer her phone all ten times she called on her way over.

"Can you tell me what room Robin Scorpio is in?" she asked the desk clerk, nervously tapping her fingernails on the counter.

"I'm sorry we can't give out that kind of information," he replied.

"Can you give me that information for fifty bucks?" she asked reaching into the pocket of her jeans. "Robin's my little sister. I just got into town. She forgot to tell me what room she's in." Brenda slid the money across the counter to him.

"Bribing doesn't work in my hotel," Carly said walking up. Brenda quickly snatched up the money before the clerk could take it and with arms crossed turned to Carly. "Why am I not surprised?"

"Listen, I don't have time for this. Can you just tell me what room Robin is in?" Brenda asked Carly.

"I'm sorry. Confidentiality laws require us to keep that private," she said with a smug smile.

Brenda phone rang and she pulled it out of her pocket and with a smile opened it. "What room are you in? Thank you." Brenda hung up the phone. "Thanks Carly. You're a saint," Brenda said walking off to the elevators.

Carly rolled her eyes at Brenda's little wave as she stepped on the elevator just as Jax walked up.

"Was that Brenda?" he asked.

"In the flesh," Carly told him walking over to the clerk. "If I catch you about to take money from anybody for information, I'll fire you." Then she walked off leaving Jax standing in the middle of the hotel alone.

"What are you doing here?" Robin asked opening the door for Brenda.

"Lois wasn't answering her phone and I needed some girl talk. You saved me from Carly. That woman drives me crazy," Brenda said hugging her friend and sitting down on the couch.

"So what's going on?" Robin asked sitting down next to her.

"I did something I shouldn't have. At least I think I did," Brenda said shrugging out of her jacket and folding her feet underneath her.

"You think but you don't know?"

"No judging," Brenda insisted looking at Robin.

"I'll try not to," she said with a smile. "Okay, I promise."

"I needed to get out of the house last night so I went to Jake's and had some drinks. Sam, you know Sam, comes up and I feel like I'm having a conversation with Carly because she just keeps coming after me. Anyways, a few drinks later and I'm trying really hard not to slap her and Jason walks in. Of course he doesn't let me get a word in, but Sam leaves and we talked about Emily and everything."

"So what did you do that was so bad?" Robin asked.

"I have no idea. I left the bar soon after that and when I woke up this morning …" Brenda trailed off not sure how to finish the sentence, Robin leaning in to hear the rest. "… I was at the penthouse."

Brenda sat back and waited.

"You slept with Jason?" Robin whispered.

"I have no idea."

"How can you not know?" she asked.

"I have absolutely no memory of what happened once I left the bar. When I woke up I had no clothes on," Brenda said with a shrug. "Did I sleep with him?"

"Did you talk to him?" Robin asked sitting on the edge of her seat.

"You're kidding right? I was absolutely mortified that 1) I woke up naked in his bed, and 2) he saw me naked or at least I'm pretty sure he saw me naked. This isn't Jason from high school. I would have got naked with Jason Q any day of the week. This is like my ex-husband who I can't stand and hates when he sees me, Jason Morgan."

"Then you probably didn't sleep with him. Maybe he just brought you back to the penthouse and put you to be in his room."

"And I woke up in the middle of the night and took off all my clothes?" Brenda suggested.

Robin shrugged.

"Oh my god," Brenda moaned covering her face with her hands. "What in the world did I do? I am not drinking again for the rest of my life."

"I've heard that one before," Robin said. "Come on. Let's go shopping. That always makes you happy."

"I don't want to be happy. I want to be pathetic."

"You can be pathetic and shop at the same time," Robin said pulling her off the couch. "You have money burning a hole in your pocket."