Chapter 9
"Steeeeeve!!" I stumbled towards him & tripped & fell into his arms. He stood me up roughly lifting me under my arms & pulling a disgusted face!
"Jesus what have you been drinking?!" he snapped.
"Everything!!" I giggled & put my arm around his shoulders, but he was not amused!!
"Matt, dude you can't take her home in this state!! Mary with throw a fit! She thinks she's at home in her room!"
"Awww fuck Mary!" I slurred, "What is she my fucking mother??!!"
"Dude, I wasn't planning on taking her home at all...if you know what I mean!!" Matt winked, then hiccuped!
"Oh Christ!" Jeff ran his hand through his hair & smirked, "He's in a worse state than she is!"
"Who are you calling 'she'!?" I laughed & stumbled again pulling Steve with me! "Oooops!"
"Jeff grab her while I get rid of this cab!" Steve pushed me towards Jeff & I put the breaks on....but then couldn't remember why & I fell into Jeff's outstretched arms. Steve handed the cab driver some money & he grunted & drove off.
"You are filthy! Have you been rolling around in that puddle or something?!" Jeff laughed.
"Wouldn't you like to know!?"
"Awww shit Steve dude that was our cab! he drove off without us the bastard!" Matt said & sat back on his ass in the dirt!
"Come on!" Steve hoisted him up, "You guys are comming back to my place right now for some coffee!" Steve almost carried Matt as they set off down the road leaving me with Jeff in the parking lot. He put his arm around my waist & again I got a strange sense of dread, but I was so drunk I didn't know why!!
"Come on! We need to get you sobered up & into bed!"
"Oh you'd love that wouldn't you!? I know your game pal!" I wagged a drunken finger in his face.
"Well you got me there - that was my plan.......'til I saw you tonight, I don't think Matt would appreciate it!" he smiled, "And I suggest you stop talking right now then I can't make fun of you in the morning!"
"Where's Matt? And Steve? Where have they gone? I can't see them anywhere!" I started to panick but I had no clue why. If I could have ran after them I would have, but I was having enough trouble walking! Why did I drink so much?!?! Jeff's grip tightened around my waist.
"Calm down! They are just up ahead!! Just around that corner & if we stop pissing around we'll catch up to them now come on will ya?!"
I relaxed a little although my stomach was in knots & something in the back of my mind didn't like this situation at all!
We walked for a while & I started to giggle! "I'm sorry! I'm so drunk!"
"I'm glad you are! You seem to like me when you're under the influence!" He gave me a little squeeze & winked.
I looked at his face, (although I could see two of him!!) "You're maybe not as bad as I thought!" I smiled, "I can't even remember why I didn't like you in the first place?! What did you do?!"
"Even if I knew I wouldn't tell you now! It's nice to be able to talk to you without feeling like you want to stab me or something!!" he laughed. "Seriously though I don't know what the problem was or is...but I hope we can get along from now on....especially if you and Matt...."
"Me & Matt nothin!! Nothin's goin on!"
"Yeah yeah! I thought so when I saw you guys sucking face outside the pub, Now come on will ya or it'll be next week before we get to Steve's!" he laughed & dragged me along the road. About 2 minutes passed before he spoke again. "So, what's the deal with you & my bro then?"
"The deal? The deal is Jeff........I'm gonna spew!"
"Oh Christ save us!" He rolled his eyes & quickly led me to road side & I threw up in the ditch! All the time I was puking he held my hair out of the way & rubbed my back....seems he wasn't so bad after all...maybe!
"You need to sit down for a minute?" I nodded & sat down with my head in my hands. "Man you don't look so good!" he smiled & put his hand on my forehead, "2 minutes then we're going before I freeze my balls off out here ok?" I nodded again & we sat there in the dark .
"I think I'm ok now!" I said & tried to stand up but my legs buckled underneath me & Jeff got the full force of my weight when he least expected it & he fell with me. I landed on top of him face to face!
"Fucking hell!" He grunted. "Can you get up?"
I rolled off the top of him & noticed he had a leaf stuck in his hair! "Haha! I may have been in a puddle but I'm not the only one had a drink tonight! You, young man, have been in the bushes!!" I pulled the leaf from his hair & turned it over in my hands while we both just lay on the road looking up at the stars! Jeff didn't say anything, he just turned his head so we were eye to eye. Suddenly something told me I had to get the hell out of there as soon as I could! I scrambled to my feet & staggered along the road, everything was spinning & I found it hard to balance. Jeff jumped up & caught hold of my arm.
"What's the hurry Bec?"
"Let go of me please!" I started to cry.
"If I do that you'll stagger off to God knows where - you don't know where Steve lives, theres no street lights & it's the middle of the freakin' night!" I knew he was right - I had no choice but to go along with him, but why the hell had I been so freaked out by a leaf in his hair!!? Everything was moving but I was standing still. "Bec come on! We were just getting alone fine! I can't figure out what it is you don't like about me!?" I just stood there trying to focus. "Come on then," he sighed, defeated, "Let's get you back to Steve's!" He put his arm around my waist to help me walk, "Jesus! You're terrified of me aren't you?!" I nodded. "What have I done? Bec......there's no reason to be scared of me!" He turned me to face him with his hand on my chin & I pulled away. "I give up!" He put his hands in his pockets & started to walk away...but because he'd left go fo me, when I tried to follow him I fell over! I started to laugh hysterically for no reason & he ran back & kneeled beside me on the ground. "Bec what's wrong?!"
"I don't know!!" I laughed, "But I'm staying here because I can't walk! Just leave me & come get me in the morning!"
Jeff promptly picked me up, threw me over his shoulder & started to walk along the road again.
"I'm warning you.......you throw up on this shirt & I will leave you on the road!!"
I passed out!
*******
I came to my senses when he put me on a chair - I was at Steve's place, I figured that much, but I seemed to have lost an hour of the night somewhere! I remembered Steve saying his house was only ten minutes away and that must have been midnight as I knew we came out of the bar at 11:45 cause I'd looked at my watch. When I looked at Steve's clock it was 1:15am!! My head was fuzzy & I was aching all over - probably from falling down so much! I looked around me & noticed Matt asleep on the couch. I smiled & felt a lot better seeing he was here with me! I went over & stroked his face.
"Matt?" I whispered.
"Hmm...." he groaned & opened his eyes, "....where have you been?! We had some unfinished business you & me!!" He pulled me on top of him & put his hand on the back of my neck, pulling my face towards his. Our lips met...
"COFFEE!" Steve shouted at us! I rolled my eyes.
"For fucks sake!" Matt muttered under his breath.
I pushed myself upright & took one of the cups Steve had put on the little table infront of us.
"Errm...not that one, that's matt's!" Jeff said urgently! "Here, this one's yours!" he handed me the other cup from the table.
"What's the difference?"
"Matt...erm takes sugar!"
"I do?" Matt said drunkenly.
"Shut up dude & drink your coffee!" Jeff playfully hit him across the top of his head."Aww shit is that the time?! Man I have to be up for work tomorrow!" he moaned.
"Oh shut up & chill out man!!" Matt said sipping his drink.
"Chill out?! HA! I'll remember that next time you have to be up for work & I keep you awake half the damn night because you found me too wasted to walk home!!" he laughed, "Steve have you got a bed?!"
"Sure! Second door on the right!"
Jeff went over to Steve & whispered, "Don't let them sleep in the same bed for God's sake!"
"Don't worry! This aint a brothel!" Steve chuckled & Jeff went to bed. "Matt you my friend have the comfort of my couch to sleep on tonight!"
"Awww man!" Matt rubbed his head & lay back on the couch.
"Bec you come with me & I'll show you where you're sleeping!"
"She'll be fine right here!!" Matt said patting the side of the couch.
"Matt, my mother bought me that couch!!" Steve said exasperated!
"Killjoy!" Matt smiled, then fell asleep immediately! I laughed.
"Ok come on then show me to my room sir!....erm Steve?"
"Yeah?"
"Help me up please!!"
"God I hope you don't make a habit of this!" He put hands out for me to grab hold of & pull myself up. I Felt dizzy & disorientated! "You ok?"
"No not really!" I put a hand to my head, "I don't feel ok at all....I feel ill!"
"Well I hope you don't spew in my bed!"
"Your bed?!"
"It's in my house so I class that as belonging to me yes!!"
"Oh....right...yeah!"
He led me to the bedroom I was going to be sleeping in & I virtually collapsed on the bed. "Steve man...I'm serious! I don't feel good here!" the room was spinning & everything went blurry!
"You'll be alright once you've had some sleep! And you can thank me tomorrow for this! If Mary had seen you in this state she'd have kicked your ass!!"
I lay back & looked at the celing - I couldn't focus on anything, I'd never been in an earthquake, but I can imagine this was what it felt like! It looked like the celing was shaking - juddering for side to side...then everything went black.
"Steeeeeve!!" I stumbled towards him & tripped & fell into his arms. He stood me up roughly lifting me under my arms & pulling a disgusted face!
"Jesus what have you been drinking?!" he snapped.
"Everything!!" I giggled & put my arm around his shoulders, but he was not amused!!
"Matt, dude you can't take her home in this state!! Mary with throw a fit! She thinks she's at home in her room!"
"Awww fuck Mary!" I slurred, "What is she my fucking mother??!!"
"Dude, I wasn't planning on taking her home at all...if you know what I mean!!" Matt winked, then hiccuped!
"Oh Christ!" Jeff ran his hand through his hair & smirked, "He's in a worse state than she is!"
"Who are you calling 'she'!?" I laughed & stumbled again pulling Steve with me! "Oooops!"
"Jeff grab her while I get rid of this cab!" Steve pushed me towards Jeff & I put the breaks on....but then couldn't remember why & I fell into Jeff's outstretched arms. Steve handed the cab driver some money & he grunted & drove off.
"You are filthy! Have you been rolling around in that puddle or something?!" Jeff laughed.
"Wouldn't you like to know!?"
"Awww shit Steve dude that was our cab! he drove off without us the bastard!" Matt said & sat back on his ass in the dirt!
"Come on!" Steve hoisted him up, "You guys are comming back to my place right now for some coffee!" Steve almost carried Matt as they set off down the road leaving me with Jeff in the parking lot. He put his arm around my waist & again I got a strange sense of dread, but I was so drunk I didn't know why!!
"Come on! We need to get you sobered up & into bed!"
"Oh you'd love that wouldn't you!? I know your game pal!" I wagged a drunken finger in his face.
"Well you got me there - that was my plan.......'til I saw you tonight, I don't think Matt would appreciate it!" he smiled, "And I suggest you stop talking right now then I can't make fun of you in the morning!"
"Where's Matt? And Steve? Where have they gone? I can't see them anywhere!" I started to panick but I had no clue why. If I could have ran after them I would have, but I was having enough trouble walking! Why did I drink so much?!?! Jeff's grip tightened around my waist.
"Calm down! They are just up ahead!! Just around that corner & if we stop pissing around we'll catch up to them now come on will ya?!"
I relaxed a little although my stomach was in knots & something in the back of my mind didn't like this situation at all!
We walked for a while & I started to giggle! "I'm sorry! I'm so drunk!"
"I'm glad you are! You seem to like me when you're under the influence!" He gave me a little squeeze & winked.
I looked at his face, (although I could see two of him!!) "You're maybe not as bad as I thought!" I smiled, "I can't even remember why I didn't like you in the first place?! What did you do?!"
"Even if I knew I wouldn't tell you now! It's nice to be able to talk to you without feeling like you want to stab me or something!!" he laughed. "Seriously though I don't know what the problem was or is...but I hope we can get along from now on....especially if you and Matt...."
"Me & Matt nothin!! Nothin's goin on!"
"Yeah yeah! I thought so when I saw you guys sucking face outside the pub, Now come on will ya or it'll be next week before we get to Steve's!" he laughed & dragged me along the road. About 2 minutes passed before he spoke again. "So, what's the deal with you & my bro then?"
"The deal? The deal is Jeff........I'm gonna spew!"
"Oh Christ save us!" He rolled his eyes & quickly led me to road side & I threw up in the ditch! All the time I was puking he held my hair out of the way & rubbed my back....seems he wasn't so bad after all...maybe!
"You need to sit down for a minute?" I nodded & sat down with my head in my hands. "Man you don't look so good!" he smiled & put his hand on my forehead, "2 minutes then we're going before I freeze my balls off out here ok?" I nodded again & we sat there in the dark .
"I think I'm ok now!" I said & tried to stand up but my legs buckled underneath me & Jeff got the full force of my weight when he least expected it & he fell with me. I landed on top of him face to face!
"Fucking hell!" He grunted. "Can you get up?"
I rolled off the top of him & noticed he had a leaf stuck in his hair! "Haha! I may have been in a puddle but I'm not the only one had a drink tonight! You, young man, have been in the bushes!!" I pulled the leaf from his hair & turned it over in my hands while we both just lay on the road looking up at the stars! Jeff didn't say anything, he just turned his head so we were eye to eye. Suddenly something told me I had to get the hell out of there as soon as I could! I scrambled to my feet & staggered along the road, everything was spinning & I found it hard to balance. Jeff jumped up & caught hold of my arm.
"What's the hurry Bec?"
"Let go of me please!" I started to cry.
"If I do that you'll stagger off to God knows where - you don't know where Steve lives, theres no street lights & it's the middle of the freakin' night!" I knew he was right - I had no choice but to go along with him, but why the hell had I been so freaked out by a leaf in his hair!!? Everything was moving but I was standing still. "Bec come on! We were just getting alone fine! I can't figure out what it is you don't like about me!?" I just stood there trying to focus. "Come on then," he sighed, defeated, "Let's get you back to Steve's!" He put his arm around my waist to help me walk, "Jesus! You're terrified of me aren't you?!" I nodded. "What have I done? Bec......there's no reason to be scared of me!" He turned me to face him with his hand on my chin & I pulled away. "I give up!" He put his hands in his pockets & started to walk away...but because he'd left go fo me, when I tried to follow him I fell over! I started to laugh hysterically for no reason & he ran back & kneeled beside me on the ground. "Bec what's wrong?!"
"I don't know!!" I laughed, "But I'm staying here because I can't walk! Just leave me & come get me in the morning!"
Jeff promptly picked me up, threw me over his shoulder & started to walk along the road again.
"I'm warning you.......you throw up on this shirt & I will leave you on the road!!"
I passed out!
*******
I came to my senses when he put me on a chair - I was at Steve's place, I figured that much, but I seemed to have lost an hour of the night somewhere! I remembered Steve saying his house was only ten minutes away and that must have been midnight as I knew we came out of the bar at 11:45 cause I'd looked at my watch. When I looked at Steve's clock it was 1:15am!! My head was fuzzy & I was aching all over - probably from falling down so much! I looked around me & noticed Matt asleep on the couch. I smiled & felt a lot better seeing he was here with me! I went over & stroked his face.
"Matt?" I whispered.
"Hmm...." he groaned & opened his eyes, "....where have you been?! We had some unfinished business you & me!!" He pulled me on top of him & put his hand on the back of my neck, pulling my face towards his. Our lips met...
"COFFEE!" Steve shouted at us! I rolled my eyes.
"For fucks sake!" Matt muttered under his breath.
I pushed myself upright & took one of the cups Steve had put on the little table infront of us.
"Errm...not that one, that's matt's!" Jeff said urgently! "Here, this one's yours!" he handed me the other cup from the table.
"What's the difference?"
"Matt...erm takes sugar!"
"I do?" Matt said drunkenly.
"Shut up dude & drink your coffee!" Jeff playfully hit him across the top of his head."Aww shit is that the time?! Man I have to be up for work tomorrow!" he moaned.
"Oh shut up & chill out man!!" Matt said sipping his drink.
"Chill out?! HA! I'll remember that next time you have to be up for work & I keep you awake half the damn night because you found me too wasted to walk home!!" he laughed, "Steve have you got a bed?!"
"Sure! Second door on the right!"
Jeff went over to Steve & whispered, "Don't let them sleep in the same bed for God's sake!"
"Don't worry! This aint a brothel!" Steve chuckled & Jeff went to bed. "Matt you my friend have the comfort of my couch to sleep on tonight!"
"Awww man!" Matt rubbed his head & lay back on the couch.
"Bec you come with me & I'll show you where you're sleeping!"
"She'll be fine right here!!" Matt said patting the side of the couch.
"Matt, my mother bought me that couch!!" Steve said exasperated!
"Killjoy!" Matt smiled, then fell asleep immediately! I laughed.
"Ok come on then show me to my room sir!....erm Steve?"
"Yeah?"
"Help me up please!!"
"God I hope you don't make a habit of this!" He put hands out for me to grab hold of & pull myself up. I Felt dizzy & disorientated! "You ok?"
"No not really!" I put a hand to my head, "I don't feel ok at all....I feel ill!"
"Well I hope you don't spew in my bed!"
"Your bed?!"
"It's in my house so I class that as belonging to me yes!!"
"Oh....right...yeah!"
He led me to the bedroom I was going to be sleeping in & I virtually collapsed on the bed. "Steve man...I'm serious! I don't feel good here!" the room was spinning & everything went blurry!
"You'll be alright once you've had some sleep! And you can thank me tomorrow for this! If Mary had seen you in this state she'd have kicked your ass!!"
I lay back & looked at the celing - I couldn't focus on anything, I'd never been in an earthquake, but I can imagine this was what it felt like! It looked like the celing was shaking - juddering for side to side...then everything went black.