Wally's eyes suddenly opened, he looked around and forgot that he had fallen asleep in his crush's room. He was happy to look down and see her still cuddling up against him, sleeping soundly. As much as he wanted to let her sleep, he wanted more to talk to her, this time while she was awake, so he nudged her gently, "Hey... Kooks... Wake up!"
The girl opened her eyes and looked around, then noticed Wally looked down at her. "Oh hi, Wally!", she sang, smiling brightly at him. She sat up and started stretching out on her bed.
"How're you feeling today?" The blond asked kindly, taking the time to stretch out himself. "Better than last night I hope?"
Suddenly Kuki started recollecting the trouble she had caused her friends the night prior. "Oh shoot... How bad was I?" She asked.
The blond smirked, "Well, let's just say you were very... How do I put this?... Affectionate... Last night." He turned his head to reveal his neck, which had an unexplained hickey on it. "Did you take it to far? Meh... Maybe... Maybe not." he chuckled.
She put her hands on her cheeks, "Omigosh! I'm so sorry! I can't believe I got like that! That's so not me!"
"Why are you getting worked up, Kooks? You were drunk, I'm not gonna get mad at you."
"Well I don't want you thinking I'm like that! I'm not..." She hissed, looking away from the australian.
But Wally was persistent, "Why are you getting so weird about it? I told you... I'm not angry."
Kuki turned around and sighed, "I don't want you to think I'm desperate though..."
"You're being ridiculous, Kooks." He said, messing her hair up. He pulled the girl onto his lap, and stroked her arm gently. "Just calm down and forget about it."
The asian girl gave him a scared look, "You're being sweet... Are you okay?"
A bit insulted, Wally shot back, "Huh?... H-h-hey! I'm sorrY I was just trying to make you happy!"
"Make me... Happy?" Kuki put her hand on Wally's forehead, "You don't feel warm... But there's definitely something wrong with you."
"What's so weird about me being nice?" He demanded angrily.
She stuttered, "W-well nothing... I guess... I dunno, you're usually just a little bit of a bully to me... Well at least when you're sober..." She blushed thinking to back to some of the cuter moments they shared last night, especially him admitting his feelings to her when she was 'asleep'. However, she would never bring that up in front of him... It would be far too awkward to admit to now.
The aussie started to feel bad... Was he really usually that rude to her? "So... You actually think I'm a jerk?"
"No!" Kuki snapped back immediately, "I don't mean it like that... you're just... I dunno..."
But Wally wasn't putting up with this, he hissed back, "Well? Out with it!"
She blushed deeply as she remembered his last words before he fell asleep the night before and said, "I just... never pictured myself liking someone... like you..."
Now it was Wally's turn to blush, "Ah... Well... I'm sorry I don't fit your little girly girl description of a prince charming... I guess that's gonna be an issue?"
Kuki hit him playfully, "Oh shut up, you know exactly what I mean... You're just not the stereotypical image of an ideal boyfriend."
The australian shook his head, "Well what to you propose we do about this then? It's too late to take back the fact you were all over me last night." He laughed, winking.
"Hey!" She squealed in embarrassment, "I told you that wasn't who I usually am!... Now... How about YOU decide what comes next?"
"Me? Why should I?"
"You're the boy!"
"Nuh uh, you're not getting me with that! Why should I have to decide, after what you put me through last night?"
"And you're going to put me on the spot, after what YOU put me through two nights ago?"
Wally stopped arguing, as his friend had a point... "Ah crud... Alright... So where do we go from here?..."
"Beats me..." Kuki laughed as if talking to a child, "That's the question YOU get to answer."
"I know, I know..." He groaned... He felt like such an idiot... Here they were, having been through so much in the past 48 hours that they were essentially dating already, and he STILL couldn't grow a pair and make it official...
"Wellllllllll?..." The girl asked, seeming a little impatient.
"Uh... I don't know what to say!" He stuttered nervously.
Kuki frowned, "Oh well... I guess if you don't have anything to say... or ask me... then you should probably get out now... I need to get changed, and I would never let a guy stay in my room while I changed... Unless he was, like, my boyfriend or something... To bad I don't have one of thoseeeeeee."
Wally laughed at her glaringly obvious hints, gaining a sort of confidence from it, "Ugh... You're not gonna make this easy for me, are ya?" He asked.
"Not a chance!" She smiled back. "Now, do you have something to say or do I have to show you the door?"
The aussie made a noise that sounded like a mix between a nervous gulp and a laugh. "Yeah... So... Do you... I dunno..."
"Out with it, Beatles!" Kuki playfully demanded.
"Um... Kukiwillyougooutwithme?" Wally grumbled under his breath.
"I'm sorry," The asian girl cupped her ear with her hand and leaned in closer. "I didn't quite catch that... Where you saying something?"
"Ugh... Don't make me say it again!" He begged.
But Kuki wasn't taking no for an answer, "I didn't even hear it! Just say something to me or get out!" She threatened jumping on top of him.
"Fine!..." the aussie whined, "Kuki... Will you be my... Ugh... g-girlfriend?..." He asked nervously from underneath her.
A smile plagued her face, "Why I would love to be your girlfriend, Wallyyyyy!" She slowly got off of him, "See? That wasn't so bad was it?"
Wally immediately sprung up and said, with disgust, "What are you talking about? I feel like I need to wash my mouth out with soap now... Cruddy girls and their gushy romantic garbage..."
"Oh please! I would hardly have called that romantic! Now if you want romantic, you can ask me to dinner!" She cooed sweetly to her new boyfriend as he started getting ready to leave the room.
"Don't press your luck!" He called, walking out the door.
As difficult as he was being, she was used to it by now. So even though he walked out on her, that was his way of hiding how happy he was, and Kuki knew it, so she sat there with a smile on her face as she fell back into her bed and sighed dreamily, ignoring the aching hangover she had.
Abby woke up with her book covering her face, she quickly pulled it off, put a bookmark in it and closed it with a slam, making a small breeze on her face. She yawned and stretched, then looked around. She rose from her bed and put some slippers on and slid into her robe. "Abby needs a coffee..." She mumbled to herself, dragging her feet to the door.
She decided she was going to see how Kuki was doing, since she seemed to be pretty bad last night. Abby was still rubbing her eyes as she made her way across the hall like she was an undead creature, when she suddenly was bumped into.
She fell to the ground with a thud, and saw Wally on the floor across from her. "What's the rush, big guy?" She asked angrily, rubbing her behind as she rose to her feet. "In case you haven't noticed, Abby has a bit of a hangover here and doesn't need you runnin' into her and such."
Wally happily jumped up onto his feet and said, "Whoops! Sorry Abby! I'll be more careful next time!" He started walking away from her, whistling to himself, but the girl stopped him.
"And just what misfortune had to happen to put you in such a good mood?" She asked, confused by his jolly behavior.
The blond shrugged, "I don't know what you're talking about!" He was close to sounding sing-songy, then he looked around into space and randomly stated, "Isn't life awesome?" He said full of joy and happiness.
Abby did a double take, and then slapped him as hard as she could. "Wally... You feelin' okay?"
But the boy hardly reacted to the slap, he simply grinned again and replied, "Fine! Fantastic, even!"
"Are you sure you're not still drunk?"
Wally laughed, "Oh Abigail, you're too much! Well, I'll be seein' you around! Have an awesome day!" He playfully slapped her on the back, and continued on his way down the hall.
The girl just watched him as he walked off, "Abby hasn't been this scared in a long time..." She mumbled to herself.
Hoagie slid out of bed, he still couldn't help but feel a little rejected after what happened the night earlier... He made his way out of his room, slipping a shirt on and pulling a pair of gym shorts up to his waist. He tried to fix his hair, but upon failing to get it how he liked, he mumbled, "Screw it..." to himself... He didn't have anyone to impress...
His stomach was feeling a little achy from the night before, so he decided to make himself another bacon sandwich this morning, so he used that as his motivation to actually leave the room, and then he began his trek to the kitchen. He looked at the completely obliterated tree house, it hardly even looked the same anymore... There was garbage and bottles everywhere, broken lights, torn sofas... Hoagie decided that a perfect storm made it's way through their once innocent treehouse.
The brown haired boy walked over to the DJ's location from the night prior to find that the man was gone, thankfully they wouldn't have to deal with that issue... Nigel got lucky... He shrugged off the disaster scene and made his way to the kitchen to prepare his breakfast. But when he reached the room, he was greeted, like Abby, by an overly joyful Wally.
"Hoagieeeeee!" The boy called, giving his friend a nod, "What's going on?"
As was Abby, Hoagie found himself a bit taken back. Without even greeting Wally, he hissed, "Somethings going on here..." He began analyzing his friend. "Alright I know you almost as well as you know yourself, so I should be able to figure out what the deal is... Just carry on doing whatever it was you were doing..."
The australian shrugged, and went back to filling his glass with orange juice and hummed to himself pleasantly.
Alright... Hoagie thought to himself First notice the humming... Wally only does that when he's got something on his mind... And now the grin... Obviously he's thinking of something pleasant... So now we know he's got something pleasant taking over his mind... And now the eyes... That glazed look... He's obviously lovestruck... And the satisfied look on his face... He's obviously done something he's proud of... Now if we put this all together I think I can safely assume that... Wait... No way!
"Well... After reviewing the body language, I, Hoagie P. Gilligan, your best friend, has reached a conclusion..."
"Oh?" Wally said happily, "And just what conclusion have you reached?"
"Are you and Kuki going out?" Hoagie guessed, after noticing all the symptoms of his best friend.
The blond gave him a look and laughed, but before he could answer, they both heard something...
Nigel rubbed his eyes as he slowly stretched out, sitting up. "Ugh my aching head... This hang over's even worse than the last..." He rubbed his forehead gently and moaned. He jumped out of bed and realized he wasn't wearing any pants... "What the..." He slowly turned around to see a bump under the covers right next to where he just was...
Slowly he reached for the cover's and carefully pulled them off, and his heart almost stopped when he saw who it was that was residing in his bed... Lizzie... He calmly walked out of the room, putting a pair of pants on, and he travelled down the hallway. Once he was a safe distance away, he froze and let out a scream, "AUGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" The roar was so loud that everyone in the tree house could hear.
The several party goers that crashed for the night woke up at once, and looked around for the cause of the noise.
Kuki, who was still lying on her bed in a daze of happiness was shaken from her trance, and looked around, "What the-?..."
Abby, who was on her way to the girl's room, looked around. "... Is that?..."
Back in the kitchen with Wally and Hoagie... The best friends saw glasses and bottles on the table and counter vibrate, the two looked at one another and said in unison, "... Nigel?"
The bald brit took a deep breath and started panting for oxygen as he finished his scream. "OH MY GOD! WHAT DID I DO LAST NIGHT?" He ran into a bathroom and immediately looked himself in the mirror, "You're a filthy whore!" He screamed at his reflection, "You don't deserve your friends and family! You're just a dirty, rotten skank!" He then immediately started splashing water onto his face as he shivered in disgust. "How could you do this to yourself, Uno? You're supposed to be the one with control!"
He ran out of the bathroom and straight to the kitchen, knowing that if his friends were up, they would be there.
Despite the morning thus far being stranger than most, what with jolly Wally and the terrible scream, Abby shrugged everything off and continued to her best friend's room. Abby merely poked her head in and saw Kuki sitting on her bed humming to herself playfully.
"What are you doin' in here, girl?" Abby asked, as if speaking to a two-year-old.
Smiling, Kuki giggled, "Oh nothingggggg... You know, just waking up." The black skinned girl gave the asian girl a look, she seemed a little too cheery for a post party morning...
"How's your hangover?" Abby asked.
Her friend shrugged, "I don't feel that bad... I don't think I got one!"... Alright now this was weird, Abby knew that Kuki had a lot the night before, she saw how she was acting... There was no way she drank that much with no repercussions to show for it the next morning...
Abby played around with her hat, "Well Abby thinks that's a load of bullshit... You must have something else on your mind that's keeping you distracted from it."
As if her friend had just struck gold, Kuki just bit her bottom lip and chuckled cutely, as if telling Abby she wanted her to pry without actually saying it. "Nooooooooooo..." She sighed dreamily.
Her best friend knew that she wanted her to do so, with a groan of frustration, Abby gave in... "Abby hates the girl talk... Ugh... Alright, alright... What's up that's so important?" She asked.
But the asian girl wanted to drag out this game, "Nothinggggggg!" She smiled sweetly, "I don't know what you're talking about."
"Ugh... Abby doesn't want to do this first thing in the mornin'... I guess you're right... Nothing's up." She said this knowing Kuki wouldn't let her secret remain secret for long... She was still a ten year old in that if there was one thing she loved more than Rainbow Monkeys, she loved talking about her little issues and secrets.
Kuki's jaw dropped, dumbfounded why Abby would just give up on the secret so easily, not thinking once that it was all just a plan... "Wait! No! I'll tell you!"
The black skinned girl laughed at her victory, "Well now... That wasn't so hard! Now tell Abby whatever it is you gotta say that you're trying to contain."
"Well..." Kuki was too happy to realize she was tricked, so she continued, as she smiled, "It's about a guyyyyyyy."
Abby slapped her forehead, "You could have made it a secret for a little longer, girl!... Alright... Tell me about Wally."
"Oh..." The childish girl sighed happily, "You mean my new BOYFRIEND?"
Abby's eyes widened in surprise, "No fucking way!" She gasped, "Good for you two, nice to hear he finally grew a pair for once!"
The tinier girl squealed with happiness, "I know right? He was still Wally, as in he was a complete brat about actually doing it... But he did! Yay!" She was bumping up and down in her bed excitedly.
Her friend merely laughed, "Well Abby's happy for ya... It's about time."
Kuki simply hugged her friend, "I knew you'd come through!"
"Eh... Say what?"
"You remember!" The girl laughed, "You said you would take care of making Wally admit it! And you did!"
Blushing, Abby simply chuckled, "Oh... Yeah!... Uh, Abby knows just how to make things work... See, Kooks, I'm here for ya... Anyway... Wanna go eat? Abby needs a coffee and she needs it now!"
As Nigel barged into the kitchen, he saw his two friends already sitting there eating bacon sandwiches. "Waths upff?" A chewing Wally asked, looking at his british pal.
"Yeahfth... Didth you scream beforth?" Hoagie too had a mouth full of bacon.
The bald teen ignored them and merely walked over to the table and groaned as he took a seat.
Finishing his sandwich, Hoagie patted his friend on the back, "What's the matter dude? You totally seem out of it... I mean I realize you fell off a table, beat up a DJ and cried in front of everyone while Lesley Gore was on-"
"What?" The blond cried, "Story time!"
"Now's not the time..." Hoagie scolded, much to the aussie's displeasure. "A-anyway... All that trauma? I know you're not okay. Now is something else bugging you?"
Nigel looked down at the table in disappointment, "I..." He took a deep breath, "Woke up to something horrible this morning..."
"A wet bed?"
"Worse..."
"A horse head?"
"More realistic..."
"A baby?"
Nigel slammed his fist on the table, "Guys! This isn't Godfather or the Hangover! I woke up with LIZZIE in my bed, okay?"
Both the two friends looked at one another and simultaneously stuck their tongues out and groaned, "Ewwwwww!"
"That's repulsive!" Hoagie commented.
Wally nodded, "Seriously! Like what the fuck were you thinking?"
Nigel frowned, "That's the problem... I wasn't thinking... Alcohol is not our friend, guys..."
The three boys remained silent until just then, the two girls of the notorious five walked into the kitchen, creating all sorts of awkward tension.
Wally gave Kuki an awkward 'we just started going out and I don't know where to go from here just yet' grin.
Kuki gave Wally a look that begged the question 'have you told the guys yet?'.
Hoagie gave Abby a 'bitch you totally shut me down last night!' scowl.
While Abby responded with a 'get over it, that hair was bugging me' head shake.
Leaving Nigel with a 'I can't believe I got with my exgirlfriend' head bang onto the table.
Just the five teens speaking through their body language alone, still remaining awkwardly quiet despite them being such good friends. This awkwardness, however, was broken only by Lizzie barging in as well. "There you are, Nigeyyyyyyyy!" She happily ignored all that was going on and walked over to the brit and sitting in his lap.
"Ew!" Hoagie shrieked, "It is true!"
Wally growled at the flaming hair colored girl, "What gives? Why'd you rape our friend?"
Kuki looked at Nigel and Lizzie sitting together, "Raped?... You mean... You two?... EWWWWWW!"
"Aw, that's just nasty..." Abby sighed, looking away in embarrassment for her friend.
Lizzie got angry and defensive, "What are you psycho's talking about? Nigel willingly got with me last night! I can prove it!"
Nigel, for the first time all weekend, found his confidence against his evil ex. "What? You're a liar!" He cried, "You took advantage of me in my drunk state!"
"Pff..." She sighed, "As if! Here! Look for yourself!" She shoved her phone into the crowded group of five...
"Nigeyyyyyyyyyy!" Lizzie's voice came from behind the camera.
"Yesh?" Nigel laughed, rolling around his bed, clearly blackout.
"Are you sure you're not too drunk? I mean I don't want you getting all weird in the morning..."
He nodded violently. "Yes and I won't."
"Alright well I'm recording you just incase you try to take me to court or something!"
"Good... Now come here and show me what it means to be a man!" Nigel cheered, laying on his bed, sexually positioned.
The video ended.
"Not so crazy for taking it now, am I?" She laughed proudly, taking her phone back.
Wally was the first to speak up, "What the FUCK is wrong with you?"
"Yeah!" Abby shouted, "I don't care what Nigel said when he was drunk, you're still fucked in the head!"
Hoagie added, "Seriously! You need to seriously see someone if this is the only way you can feel loved! Picking on a poor, defenseless, bald, unworldy-"
"Er... That's enough 'defending', Hoagie..." Nigel interjected.
"Oh... Sorry!" He laughed nervously, then went back to being stern, "... Well either way! Why don't you find someone who actually wants you sober and conscious?"
Lizzie gave the four friends a bitter look, "Why don't you mind your own business! I did nothing wrong!"
Abby cracked her knuckles, "Imma give you to the count of three to get out of here..."
But the exgirlfriend didn't move. "I don't listen to you! I'm capable of doing things on my own!"
"Three..." Abby said plainly.
Lizzie hissed, "You don't scare me!"
"Two..."
"Ha!" The girl laughed, "You think you counting down can stand between me and my Nigey?"
"One..."
Giving an angry scowl, Lizzie grunted, "Do your worst..."
Abby laughed, "Alright! Don't say you didn't ask for it!" She turned to her asian friend and said, "I'm sure Kuki over here is feeling up to another headbutt..."
The giddy girl jumped up and growled, "Go away, stupid face!"
Four against one suddenly seemed like a bad idea to Lizzie... "Fine! Sorry Nigey, but I can't be around you anymore if you're stupid friends are always going to be sticking their noses into other people's business... Especially MY business!" She got up and stormed out of the kitchen furiously, only turning around at the doorway, huffing, "Good BYE!"
As she walked out of the treehouse for hopefully the last time, Nigel looked up at all of his friends... "You guys... You just saved me from-"
"Don't mention it!" The blond australian laughed, slapping his friend on the back.
Kuki added, "Yeah! What are friends for, if not to save each other from crazy heads like her?"
"Yeah... Abby ain't letting some psycho lay a hand on our favorite bald friend ever again!"
"We're here for you, pal!" Hoagie finished, smiling.
Feeling closer to his best friends than ever before, Nigel stood up and faced his four favorite people, "Y-you guys are the best... I'm so lucky I have such great-"
But he was cut off by Abby, "Yeah, yeah, whatever. We don't need no gushy friendship crap... On a higher note for gossip, who else didn't know that our little Wallabee asked out Kuki?"
"How'd you know that, you cruddy bitch?" Wally growled at the sudden outburst. Kuki stood happily blushing at the announcement.
"WHAT?" Hoagie shrieked, grabbing Wally by the shoulders, "How could you? You don't even tell your own best friend?"
Nigel merely shook his head as he listened to Abby's single comment turn into a five person debate... And he couldn't help but think about just how much he loved these people, as obnoxious as they all were... And he couldn't help but think to himself, just how did five completely different people make this one, dysfunctional as it was, family?
A smooth talking girl who had a knack for staying calm no matter the situation... A hard headed australian whose brutish simplemindedness was just too funny not to like... An epitome of girlyness who's head had more air than a balloon, but her bubbly personality lit up the lives of everyone... A smart, albeit nerdy, self-proclaimed 'ladies man' who was goofy beyond belief. And a strict, yet friendly bald british teen who acted as a sort of glue that kept this family together...
Somehow they all found a way to put their immense differences aside to get along better than anyone else they knew, and despite these past two days' ups and downs... With all the good and the bad memories that will (and those few that won't) be remembered... The five teens got through this together and somehow, through all the drama, all the hurt feelings, all the vomiting, came out better off than they were before.
Nigel knew that he, Hoagie, Kuki, Wally and Abby would all be able to look back on this when they were older. And all of them would agree, with certainty, that this particular weekend was a weekend to remember.
A/N: So... I dunno how I feel about the last chapter... I kinda wanted to put that little bit of group friendship in there though, so that's how I got it! Anyway, I'm apologizing ahead of time for all of you who wanted some closure on the Hoagie/Abby scene from the previous chapter... But it'll have to wait for the next story ;) As will many other aspects of this fic that weren't quite addressed to their full potential. But on to the idea of the sequel, I (and coincidentally, the awesome Tom Sawyers Dalmatian) seemed to believe that the best fit concept would be an extended, week-long, vacation. Now I have some ideas prepared, and I've heard some good ones from others... But I want to hear what everyone thinks. If you have something you wanna suggest, go for it! I'd love to hear what you all have to offer. Anyway, I hope you guys enjoyed this fic, it's great seeing how much my writing has changed from beginning to end, and how much more attention the later chapters got. I couldn't have done it without you all, and I only pray that the sequel is even half as successful, and can entertain you all like this one did!