Eeeeewwww vomit.
Eric woke up in his bed with his head pounding. He opened his eyes a fraction, but the early morning light was too much for his retinas and he promptly shut them, groaning slightly. He had no recollection of the night before past the 3rd drink. Suddenly, a sour, putrid smell entered his nostrils, and he opened his eyes again, grimacing, before looking down to find vomit all over his top. He groaned even louder. He hated being drunk, he knew that he did stupid things without even realising. He had always been the entertainment at college parties, and not in a good way. He shuddered, remembering the number of times he had to scrub at his forehead to remove an unscientific scrawl of part of a mans anatomy. Turning onto his side carefully, he reached for his phone which was on his bedside table. He had 2 texts. He read the first one whilst squinting at the bright screen:
'Hey man, great night last night! Hope ur ok? Kensi only reminded me on the way back about putting u in the recovery position- if you have choked to death on your own chunks ring me ok? And I told Hetty u were sick don't worry.' -Deeks
Deeks' last sentence prompted Eric to look at the clock, which showed that it was 2pm already. Eric's heart then skipped when he saw who the next text was from:
'I miss you too. Been thinking about Us. -Nell Jones, your partner x'
At first he grinned, she had finally texted him! Then he saw that there was the word 'too' after the 'I miss you'. Eric began to panic, and scrolled up the text conversation to see that he had sent a text to her. He frowned, the text he had sent was not in his usual 'style' and he didn't remember sending it. However, he didn't remember anything from the night before, and maybe drunk Eric had a way with words.
Nell sat on the edge of her bed nibbling her lip and staring at her phone which was gripped in her hand. She had sent the text to Eric just before lunch and she hadn't got a reply yet, which was making her anxious. What if his text to her had been a mistake? It was unlike Eric to openly show his emotions like this. Maybe someone else had sent it? Nell quickly discarded this idea- she knew well enough that Eric never let his phone out if his sight, let alone let someone else use it. But maybe Eric sent it as a joke? It seemed like a genuine text? And he added kisses on the end! The kisses that, when she reread the text, made her heart flutter.
It was all so confusing, she wanted it to be true, which might have been why she replied.
Lisa, Nell's older sister, knew that something was wrong when Nell had barely eaten a forkful of the creamy, gooey macaroni cheese that she had made from scratch for lunch. Nell usually devoured her sister's macaroni and cheese, claiming it was the most delicious and the only one she liked. Lisa knew that Nell was on stress leave, and had noticed a gloominess about her the few times she had spoken to her (Lisa had been letting Nell have some space). However, today Nell had been acting especially troubled; no matter how hard she tried to hide her emotions, her older sister could always tell how she was feeling. So when Nell's bowl was left full with cheesy pasta, Lisa decided to take action.
She burst into Nell's room to find her younger sister hunched up at the end of her bed, staring at her phone.
"Hey little Nelly, what's up?" Lisa asked, trying to keep her voice upbeat.
Uncharacteristically for Nell, she promptly burst into large uncontrollable sobs.