Chapter 8
Joe's eyes slowly opened, revealing that Ditey was looking over her.
"What are you doing?" Joe yawned, while rubbing her eyes. Her head pounded, and her mouth felt dry. Ditey handed her a bottle of water and a couple aspirin.
"Here, take these,"Ditey instructed,"How are you feeling?"
"Not too good,"Joe answered, after taking a gulp of water and downing the two white pills.
"Do you remember last night at all?" Ditey questioned, before grabbing the phone.
"Most of it, there are some parts that I don't remember though," Joe replied, sitting up.
"Well, Ephram totally saved your butt. You'd be laying in some dude's bathroom right now if it wasn't for him," Ditey explained, as she dialed a number in the phone.
"Hey, good morning. Yeah she's up. Ok. See ya then, Bye,"Ditey said into the receiver.
"I remember all of that," Joe replied, pulling her hair into a ponytail,"Whom did you just call?"
"Ephram,"Ditey answered,"He told me to call him when you woke up."
"Ok,"Joe responded,"When he gets here, I want to talk to him...alone."
"Why?" Ditey asked.
"Because it's none of your business," Joe answered, throwing a pillow at Ditey as she got up to get dressed. She put on a beige skirt, some thick black tights, and a shirt that said "I'm so happy I could die" with Ruby Gloom on it. Over it she put on a New York Yankees jacket. Just then the doorbell rang, and Ditey ran to get it.
"Hey Ephram," She said, while opening the door. Sure enough Ephram was standing on the doorstep,"come in." He greeted her and walked in.
"Joe'll be out in a minute, I think she is doing her makeup or something," Ditey explained, sitting on the couch, ready to eavesdrop on their conversation. Joe appeared after a couple of seconds, wearing her knee high laced up boots.
"Hey Eph," Joe grinned, before grabbing her bottle of water off the counter.
"Hey Josie," Ephram greeted,"How are you feeling?"
"Fine,"Joe replied,"Not the hills are alive with music fine, but I'm pretty ok."
"That's good," Ephram answered,"Have you talked to Bright since last night?"
"No," Joe told him,"Um, I have to get a few things from the store, wanna come? We can talk there." Ephram nodded and followed her out the door. Ditey sighed loudly as her plans of listening to their convo crashed to the ground.
"So what happened last night?" Ephram asked as they walked down Main Street.
"Well, we were at the party, and I was just sitting with Bright drinking punch. Kayla came over and asked me to go dance with her, so since I was board as hell, I did. After a while, that got boring, and I went to find Bright to ask him to take me home since I was so bored. He said he'd take me home after I had a least one beer. So, I accepted the beer, hoping that he'd be satisfied after just one. After the first, I decided another wouldn't hurt, and then I ended up drinking half a bottle of whiskey, a couple shots of bicardi, and another beer. I told him I wasn't feeling good, and I wanted to go home, but he said he was having fun and he didn't want to take me home. So I literally crawled to the bathroom and puked my guts out. I probably blacked out for 20 minutes or so, and then I remember you coming in and saving me," Joe explained, as they walked into the grocery store.
"Oh," Ephram replied,"I wouldn't really call it saving. Ditey begged me to go get you, so I did."
"You carried me all the way home, and punched the living day lights out of Bright,"Joe said,"then you took care of me when we got home. It was totally saving."
"Well Ok, do I get a medal or something?" Ephram joked. Joe playfully hit him.
"I'm serious Eph. It was a big deal. I am very very thankful,"Joe added. She turned and kissed him. It wasn't a long kiss, but it seemed like it lasted forever. After a few seconds, they parted, she turned and continued down the isle.
"What was that for?" Ephram grinned. A smile had spread across Joe's face too, though Ephram couldn't see it.
"It was your prize,"She announced, grabbing a box of cereal of the shelf. Behind them was a speechless Amy. Her mouth hung open with shock. She turned and walked out of the store, her eyes filling with hot tears.
As Ditey sat at home, awaiting their return, the phone rang noisily. She picked it up, hoping that it was for her.
"Hello?" a male's voice said,"Is Joe there?"
"Um, no she's out right now, may I ask who's calling?" Ditey replied, wondering whom it was.
"It's Bright, her date from yesterday," the male answered.
"Oh, it's you," Ditey said, bitterly,"I suggest you don't call here again. I'm just guessing, but I don't think Joe'll want to talk to you anymore."
"Why not?"Bright asked, confused.
"Are you retarded?" Ditey blasted,"You left her to die!"
"No I didn't," Bright denied.
"Whatever, frat boy, I have things to do," Ditey hung the phone up,"What a jerk!" She muttered to herself.
Joe's eyes slowly opened, revealing that Ditey was looking over her.
"What are you doing?" Joe yawned, while rubbing her eyes. Her head pounded, and her mouth felt dry. Ditey handed her a bottle of water and a couple aspirin.
"Here, take these,"Ditey instructed,"How are you feeling?"
"Not too good,"Joe answered, after taking a gulp of water and downing the two white pills.
"Do you remember last night at all?" Ditey questioned, before grabbing the phone.
"Most of it, there are some parts that I don't remember though," Joe replied, sitting up.
"Well, Ephram totally saved your butt. You'd be laying in some dude's bathroom right now if it wasn't for him," Ditey explained, as she dialed a number in the phone.
"Hey, good morning. Yeah she's up. Ok. See ya then, Bye,"Ditey said into the receiver.
"I remember all of that," Joe replied, pulling her hair into a ponytail,"Whom did you just call?"
"Ephram,"Ditey answered,"He told me to call him when you woke up."
"Ok,"Joe responded,"When he gets here, I want to talk to him...alone."
"Why?" Ditey asked.
"Because it's none of your business," Joe answered, throwing a pillow at Ditey as she got up to get dressed. She put on a beige skirt, some thick black tights, and a shirt that said "I'm so happy I could die" with Ruby Gloom on it. Over it she put on a New York Yankees jacket. Just then the doorbell rang, and Ditey ran to get it.
"Hey Ephram," She said, while opening the door. Sure enough Ephram was standing on the doorstep,"come in." He greeted her and walked in.
"Joe'll be out in a minute, I think she is doing her makeup or something," Ditey explained, sitting on the couch, ready to eavesdrop on their conversation. Joe appeared after a couple of seconds, wearing her knee high laced up boots.
"Hey Eph," Joe grinned, before grabbing her bottle of water off the counter.
"Hey Josie," Ephram greeted,"How are you feeling?"
"Fine,"Joe replied,"Not the hills are alive with music fine, but I'm pretty ok."
"That's good," Ephram answered,"Have you talked to Bright since last night?"
"No," Joe told him,"Um, I have to get a few things from the store, wanna come? We can talk there." Ephram nodded and followed her out the door. Ditey sighed loudly as her plans of listening to their convo crashed to the ground.
"So what happened last night?" Ephram asked as they walked down Main Street.
"Well, we were at the party, and I was just sitting with Bright drinking punch. Kayla came over and asked me to go dance with her, so since I was board as hell, I did. After a while, that got boring, and I went to find Bright to ask him to take me home since I was so bored. He said he'd take me home after I had a least one beer. So, I accepted the beer, hoping that he'd be satisfied after just one. After the first, I decided another wouldn't hurt, and then I ended up drinking half a bottle of whiskey, a couple shots of bicardi, and another beer. I told him I wasn't feeling good, and I wanted to go home, but he said he was having fun and he didn't want to take me home. So I literally crawled to the bathroom and puked my guts out. I probably blacked out for 20 minutes or so, and then I remember you coming in and saving me," Joe explained, as they walked into the grocery store.
"Oh," Ephram replied,"I wouldn't really call it saving. Ditey begged me to go get you, so I did."
"You carried me all the way home, and punched the living day lights out of Bright,"Joe said,"then you took care of me when we got home. It was totally saving."
"Well Ok, do I get a medal or something?" Ephram joked. Joe playfully hit him.
"I'm serious Eph. It was a big deal. I am very very thankful,"Joe added. She turned and kissed him. It wasn't a long kiss, but it seemed like it lasted forever. After a few seconds, they parted, she turned and continued down the isle.
"What was that for?" Ephram grinned. A smile had spread across Joe's face too, though Ephram couldn't see it.
"It was your prize,"She announced, grabbing a box of cereal of the shelf. Behind them was a speechless Amy. Her mouth hung open with shock. She turned and walked out of the store, her eyes filling with hot tears.
As Ditey sat at home, awaiting their return, the phone rang noisily. She picked it up, hoping that it was for her.
"Hello?" a male's voice said,"Is Joe there?"
"Um, no she's out right now, may I ask who's calling?" Ditey replied, wondering whom it was.
"It's Bright, her date from yesterday," the male answered.
"Oh, it's you," Ditey said, bitterly,"I suggest you don't call here again. I'm just guessing, but I don't think Joe'll want to talk to you anymore."
"Why not?"Bright asked, confused.
"Are you retarded?" Ditey blasted,"You left her to die!"
"No I didn't," Bright denied.
"Whatever, frat boy, I have things to do," Ditey hung the phone up,"What a jerk!" She muttered to herself.