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Lindsey and I were silent. I just kept looking ahead with a straight face as I walked quickly to get back to the hotel as soon as possible. I could sense her looking up at me and she wrapped her arm around mine and clung to my bicep to keep up with me. I was aware of the rapid clicking noises of her heels and remembered she was wearing them. I was struggling to decide if I should slow down for her sake, or keep on walking how I am now as a payback of some sort.
"Tee?" Lindsey asked, in a mouse like voice, afraid that one word would cause me to explode.
I didn't answer her, though my heart panged from the sound of her voice. I just kept weaving us through all the people. However, when she leaned her head on my shoulder and sighed, I felt too bad, and was just about to stop and talk to her went she stumbled. Luckily, her grip on my bicep kept her up, along with my reflex to grab onto her arm and lift her up before she had the chance to hit the ground.
"Fuck, are you alright?" I head was hung low so I couldn't see her face and she was still hanging onto me as if she was still falling. I was scared that since I was holding her up so she didn't put weight on her ankle that she twisted it.
She reached down and picked up the shoe off her foot and held it up at me. I looked at her face before the shoe, to see if she was visibly upset, but she just burst out laughing. I took a look at the shoe, who's heel hung by a piece of fabric.
"Wha-"I stuttered, catching myself sick from Lindsey's contagious drunken laughter. I burst out into laughter and gripped Lindsey Tighter when she started hopping on one foot, almost losing her balance. "Ow," She whined
I was just about to ask her how badly she twisted it, but my opportunity was knocked out of the park.
Someone ran into us, and Lindsey swiveled in front of me to grip my shoulders with both arms. Even though the man cursed at us, we were still laughing and I grabbed Lindsey's hips and walked us backwards out of the line of people and into a doorway while Lindsey hopped with me and 'owed' at the same time.
"Lindsey?"
"I think- ow, I twisted it hahaha" Lindsey giggled out, but then she abruptly stopped gigling to look down at her ankle, still holding onto my shoulders for support. I held onto her waist
"Is it bad?" I tried looking at her ankle too, but her head was so close, that if I looked down too I'd knock our heads together.
"No but-" She went to look up, as I was still stupidly looking down despite knowing the possible consequences, and her skull collided with my nose.
"Oh my god! Baby!" She squealed, taking her hands off my shoulders and balanced on one foot to take my head and tilt it back to get a look at my nose
"Ow.." I looked up at the mirrored ceiling of the roof to the building while she inspected me and even though it was dark, I knew I wasn't bleeding. I could smell the alcohol on her breath and remembered why she was laughing so often before.
" You're not bleeding, It's okay..God..We're such a mess Tegan...I'm so sorry." She cried, plopping her hands on my chest before throwing her head onto it.
If i wasn't such an asshole in the first place and hadn't made her practically jog in her heels, this never would have happened.
"Linds I'm okay, i'm okay honey. Is your ankle really that bad? Do we need to find a hospital?"
She shook her head into my chest before mumbling "No...but I'm drunk and I just want to get back to the hotel." I hugged her to my chest, and looked at her ankle that she had popped out in the air.
I took the shoe out of her hands and determined that it's not walk-able.
"Let's get going then." I told her
"But how? My shoe...I can't walk, the cement is crawling with-oh!" I cut her off and wrapped my arm around her waist and picked her up with little effort. I knew Working out would come in handy.
She chuckled as she wrapped her arms around my neck, and helped me in holding her up as I walked back in the flow of people, trying not to bump Lindsey's ankle into them.
We were receiving some weird looks when we had to stop at a crosswalk and wait for our turn to cross. My biceps were starting to burn. I felt Lindsey slipping so I had to bounce her in my arms to hike her up. This caused her ankle to bounce, and she hissed.
"Oh I'm sorry! You were slipping...I should have warned you."
"You're fine, sweetheart. I feel like a princess right now. My Prince Charming carrying me through the dazzling streets of New York..." She babbled, laughing at herself.
"Yeah," I chuckled, Noting that it was time to cross. "My drunken, injured princess." She made a scolding face at me, before looking away and squinting her eyes.
"Is that...is that Stacy up ahead?" Lindsey questioned. I tried looking for Stacy in the crowd, so I could find a way to avoid her.
It was too late , because just as I spotted Stacy, she seemed to have already found us and was walking towards us.
"Fuck, what do I do?" I panicked to Lindsey. She was getting closer.
"What do you mean? Just be nice,"
"Hey guys!" She stopped us. My arms were really starting to burn now, and my back ached
"What happened to you?" She asked, eyeing us rapidly.
"I'm a klutz," Lindsey answered, removing one of the hands wrapped around my neck. I widened my eyes at the sudden loss of support and held her up stronger
"Aw! Your shoe! That's a shame, they were so cute"
"Yeah well that's what I get for drinking too much."
"There always seems to be a consequence to that, doesn't it?" I nodded
"I'm just surprised Tegan's strong enough to hold you. So tough," She put her hand on my arm and winked at me, and walked off.
Lindsey look up at me, befuddled "Was she just flirting with you? Or was she just implying that I'm fat?"
"Oh please," I scoffed, "Just hush while I carry you and your bangin' bod home." She blushed, and kissed my neck softly. She rested her head on my shoulder, with her mouth and nose attached to my neck. I could tell by the incessant but sloppy kisses she placed there that she was entering the sleepy but horny stage of drunk.
I was getting weaker and weaker as the walk back to the hotel seemed to be getting longer and longer. By the time We arrived Lindsey was asleep and snoring into my neck. She was a deadweight now.
As I stood in front of our hotel room door, I tried to formulate a plan on how to open it whilst still carrying Lindsey. I failed to do so. I shook Linsdey gently, and whispered her name until she stirred.
"hhmph?" She moaned, breathing out heavily into my neck.
"I need you to stand hun, I can't open the door with my hands occupied."
She groaned and put her good foot on the ground, and I steadied arms instantly felt relief, however, Lindsey wrapped her arms around my neck and hopped on my stomach and wrapped her legs around my torso
"Linds, I can't hold you."
"You don't have to..you can let go, I've got myself." She mumbled. Trusting her word, I let go and she still clung to me like a monkey. I chuckled and finally put the card through the slot and entered the dark room.
After turning on the light, I set off to go lie Lindsey down on the bed as I roughly sighed as I bent down.
Apparently, sleepy Lindsey is strong, and when I went to pull away, she held on tighter, trapping me between her legs.
"Don't go."
"But Linds..." I sighed,
"You can't leave me. I need you." I smiled, finding adoration in the truth her drunken mind was telling me. I decided that while she was this vulnerable I was going to abuse her lack of filter.
"Can I get us ready for bed first?"
"Tell me how you're going to get us ready..."
"Well, for starters, I would get you out of your dress, take off your one shoe, and if you wanted, I'd grab you some pajamas to put on."
"But what are YOU gonna do to prepare yourself to bed..." Her voice was suggestive, and full of lust. Like how she usually talks when she's trying to let me know that she's horny.
I scoffed, amused. I took advantage of her loosened grip and lifted my body off of hers, only to travel up to wear I could see her face, hanging above her with my arms stretched to hold me up. She didn't seem to mind that I moved. My lower stomach was leaning against her crotch and she bucked her hips into it and whined
"What are you trying to get out of this?" I knew the answer to my question, I was just yearning to see how she would answer. Another example of how I'm taking advantage of her intoxication.
She just let out a loud groan, and Causing me to react befuddled.
"I wanted to have sex tonight. But I'm too fucking tired and Im a fuckin' klutz who fucked up my fuckin' ankle. I just thought since you were mad you would take out your anger on me and it'd be fuckin' hot…Hey! Stop Laughing at me!"
I couldn't help it, her honesty was amusing me way beyond how I expected it would.
"Stop! I don't want you…Get off me now," Shetried to act serious, but it was obvious she wasn't. she smacked my chest to attempt to pry me off. I tried blocking her smacks but she kept going and I watched as my laughing made her cave and she tried not to burst as well.
I kissed her lips without her consent and I ended up kissing teeth.
"You're so cute, did you know that?" I tittered, kissing all over her face. That glowing smile radiated her face
"And you're…" She began to describe what I was but cut off " You're tickling me!"
"Am I?" I questioned sarcastically. I tickled her sides and she burst out howling with giggles. I watched her slitted eyes as she snorted
"Ow! Tee" She gasped sharply. I immediately stopped, backing away
"Fuck did I bump it?" I panicked.
"No..It's my fault…fuck fuck fuck!"
"Oh babe," I cooed, standing off the bed to walk to the edge of the bed, where her ankle was.
I bent down to gently kiss it, and felt relief once she didn't flinch.
She looked down at me and lazily smiled. Of course, I smiled back, but I starting unbuttoning my chiffon shirt until I was stripped down in just my tank top and underwear. She told me to take off my tanktop, so I did, not being able to disobey her. I crawled over the bed to start undressing Lindsey, who had her eyes closed and was obviously trying to fend off sleep while I slipped the dress off her body. I was havign a bit of trouble getting it over her bum but she arched her back to help me. From there on the rest of the dress glided smoothly down her silky legs until I was holding the dress in my hands. Not sure how to handle such delicate clothing, I gently set it on a chair that was across the room. On my way back, I turned off the lamp before lifting the covers of the bed and pulling a blanket off of them and placing it on top of Lindsey. After pulling my hair into a pony tail, I too climbed in the bed and fell asleep.