Chapter 54
Once Emmett reached the restroom, the door was wide open, and Regina was on the floor on her knees leaning over the toilet as she was puking her guts out.
Emmett quickly went next to her and held her hair up away from her face as Regina puked again. Once she was done, she slowly got up and held Emmett's hand for help.
She stood in front of the mirror and looked at her devasted state. Emmett flushed the toilet and was looking at Regina through the mirror. He gave her a tight smile not knowing what to do. Regina didn't smile back instead leaned over to rinse her mouth of the foul taste.
Emmett decided to give Regina space as she cleaned up. He waited patiently for a couple of minutes outside the hall and was pacing back and forth.
Regina finally came up to the door to notice Emmett pacing back and forth.
"I think I will just go back to sleep again," She let her presence known. It stopped Emmett in his track and face Regina. "I think you should eat something before you go back to bed again", he purposed.
Regina just shook her head in 'no' and started to walk down the hallway but was having a hard time balancing herself. She felt so weak. Emmett followed right behind her. She took a few more steps when she felt herself give out and fall to the floor but that didn't happen since Emmett was right behind her to catch her.
"Okay, you need to drink some water and eat something", He said as he carried Regina back to the dining table and sat her down gently. He poured a glass of water from the kitchen and brought it to Regina's lips to take slow, small sips.
The water helped Regina feel much better, she grabbed the glass from Emmett's hand and started to take sips on her own. She put the glass down and grabbed a fork to eat the salad. Emmett decided to take his own seat on the table as he watched Regina's appetite coming back.
Psst! Emmett opened his beer bottle took a couple of swigs. He placed the bottle back on the table as he grabbed his own fork started digging at the food.
They both continued to eat off their plates, silence looming over them, becoming uncomfortable ever so slowly.
"You are a good cook, actually." Regina finally spoke breaking silence without looking up from her plate.
Emmett nodded and let out a chuckle. "Thank you", he responded.
Regina finally decided to look his way, "I won't be able to finish it even though it's delicious" she stated as she put her fork down on the side and got up to take her plate in the kitchen. She placed the plate on the kitchen counter and looked towards Emmett who was now chugging down the beer bottle.
"That doesn't mean you shouldn't finish your food, Emmett", Regina said as she still noticed food on his plate.
Emmett decided to do the same and brought his plate over as well on the kitchen counter. "I'm good. I don't have a strong appetite anyways" he said as he gave Regina a small smile.
"Alright, I'll be heading back to bed then" Regina states as she started to move towards the stair.
Emmett looked at her retreating and asked, "Do you want me to escort you to the bedroom?"
"Regina stopped in her tracks and turned around to look at Emmett. She again had that tight smile on her face before she spoke, "No, that's alright. I'll be fine." She turned back around and started climbing the stairs to the bedroom.
Emmett looked around himself and sighed a defeated sigh as he noticed the mess he made. He decided to clean it up which took a little longer than he thought. Once he was done, he grabbed a bottle of scotch and a shot glass cup.
He contemplated on wanting to go check on Regina as it had been quite some time now since she had gone upstairs but decided against it as he took a seat on the living room sofa and turned on the tv to entertain himself.
He poured himself a shot and knocked it back as he scrunched up his face at the taste. He randomly picked a movie to watch on the tv and was trying to pay attention, but his mind was elsewhere. He took a couple of more shots and laid his head back against the sofa. About 30 minutes into the movie, he decided to turn it off and head for the stairs. He got up so fast that he ended up falling right back on the sofa.
"Whoa…" he shook his head to clear it. "I guess that was too much too fast. Shouldn't have done that. Fuck!" he said to himself. He then slowly tried to get off the sofa and get up. He managed to get away from the sofa and was now looking at the stairs leading upstairs where Regina was asleep.
He slowly made his way up the stairs making sure to hold on to the rail.
He was now facing the bedroom door. Again, deciding between going in or going to the bedroom next door as to not disturb Regina.
"Fuck it, I'll make sure to be quiet." He said as he turned the doorknob and let himself in. He was standing in the dark now not being able to see anything before he decided to take another step, he checked his pockets for his cellphone.
THUD!
"Shhhhh!" he tried to whisper in the dark as he slowly got on his knees to feel for the cellphone he just dropped. Once the phone was in his hand, he turned the flashlight on and flashed around the room to find the restroom. Finally, when he was in the restroom, he went in and turned the light on. He poked his head out to make sure the light was not bothering Regina sleeping on the bed. He then turned around to look at himself in the mirror and leaned over the sink to clean himself for the night.
Unknow to Emmett, Regina had been awake the moment the door opened to their bedroom. She saw the dark figure in the darkness and had already assumed it was him but didn't say anything. She was amused at the incident that transpired a minute ago. She patiently waited for Emmett.
After a little while, Emmett came out of the restroom but didn't turn off the light yet as he leaned against the wall next to the door to lean down to take off his shoes, he then took his tie off and threw it on the ground. He was about to take his pants when he stopped mid-action.
"No…. nope! keeping these on tonight." He said to himself as he headed for the bed. He bobbled his way to the bed and threw himself on it. "Oh shit! Sorry!" he whispered to Regina next to him assuming she was still asleep. The moment his head hit the pillow he was fast asleep.
When Regina heard steady breathing coming from Emmett, she turned around to face him. She got up only halfway to lean over and look at his face. She could smell liquor off him. She made a disgusting face as she rolled out of bed to turn off the restroom light. She returned to lay next to Emmett and fell asleep right away with a soft smile on her face.
