a/n: Oh my god, you guys; if any of you are still reading this you can have my first child… ok, not really. But I appreciate it :) I got really caught up in schoolwork since the last month of school I had about five major projects due and all my finals. I also went away for vacation twice and I just got back from my last trip. So now it's summer and I promise promise promise I'll update a lot quicker.
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Also, I didn't re-read this oredit it. It's completely raw because I didn't want to wait another hour to put it up. Sorry for the mistakes or any awkward wording that I didn't catch.
Tommy stood outside his room with his brows furrowed and cheeks slightly red. In one hand he clutched his cell phone and the other the doorknob to the room. "Come on, man! Pick up already!"
"Do you have to yell so loud? You'll wake up all of New York." Jude was slumped against the wall. She was nursing a hefty hangover and Tommy was not helping at the moment.
"That's kind of the point." He knocked on the door roughly and sighed. "It's noon, dammit. This is our only day to do something and they've dead bolted my hotel room so I can't."
Jude shook her head. "They're probably passed out on the floor." Tommy just grunted and tried calling to no avail. "At least our suitcases finally arrived this morning. And we could always just go out by ourselves."
"Oh yeah, and I'll just leave smelling and looking like a wild boar. The paparazzi will love that."
She sighed. "It was just a suggestion, don't snap at me."
"Sorry." His face softened and he slid down next her, planting a kiss on her forehead as he did so. Jude rested her head on his shoulder and let the blissful silence help slip her headache away. Unfortunately, the silence did not last for long.
The door to Tommy and Kwest's hotel room burst open and Sadie came stumbling out. She looked like a train wreck; her hair was a muss and her dress was hanging off her limbs like a wet rag. If Jude didn't know better, she would have though Sadie had been jumped, but the only person jumping on Sadie was Kwest.
"Rough night?" Tommy shot his innuendo at Sadie with a snicker. Jude couldn't help but smile.
Sadie just shot them a glare. She fumbled down the hall and disappeared into her own room moments later.
Jude got up carefully and looked down at Tommy. "I better go make sure she doesn't trash our bathroom while trying to recover."
He nodded with a laugh and kissed Jude before leaving into his suite.
Jude found Sadie collapsed in her bed. Her red dress was sprawled on the floor alongside her designer heels. She cautiously took a hold of her sister's shoulders and began shaking her. "Wakey wakey, eggs and bakey."
"No food." Sadie moaned, swatting Jude's hand away.
"No food, but it's noon and we need to go wreak havoc in New York!" Since her hangover was at a minimal stage at this point, Jude hopped up onto the bed and began jumping.
Sadie growled. "Get off!" She began kicking at Jude's feet and moaned every time they hit the bed with a resounding 'boing!'
"Come on! Having wild drunk sex has its consequences, you know!" Jude shivered at the though of Sadie and Kwest "getting it on." They weren't exactly the picture perfect couple, but hey, if the shoe fits.
"Oh god." Sadie sat up and clutched her head. "I don't even remember what happened."
Jude sat down next to her and shrugged. "It's not like it's that hard to figure out."
Sadie shot her sister a glare before getting off the bed and walking towards the bathroom. "I'm going to shower, will you get me some Tylenol or something?"
"I've got some in my purse."
Sadie nodded and got some immediately. She nearly downed the entire bottle but Jude snatched it away after five or six pills.
"Do you want to overdose?" Jude asked incredulously.
She merely shrugged. "It beats this aftereffect."
"I'll beat you into aftereffect." Jude smacked her with the purse and laughed lightly. Sadie grimaced. "Go take your shower."
"Yes momma." Sadie mocked.
Jude took another swipe at Sadie and hit her butt just before she disappeared into the bathroom.
It was almost an hour later when Sadie finally stepped into the bedroom again. She was fresh and clean and the only signs of the previous night were the slight circles shadowing her eyes.
"Jude?" She called, wondering to her luggage and sifting through the clothes. After she dressed she found a note lying on her bed.
'Sadie-
We're all downstairs getting lunch. Bring your sunglasses, trust me.'
Sadie shrugged and extricated a pair of large, white-framed sunglasses from her suitcase. Once in the lobby a wave of light hit her face. The sudden smack of headache nearly threw her on the ground, but she had the mind to put on her sunglasses the moment it hit.
"Ah, thank you, Jude." She mumbled.
"You're welcome."
Sadie turned around and found four people she knew sitting around a small table. Along with the bar, there was a little café inside their hotel, and most guests had found their way to it for nearly every meal.
Sadie surveyed the crew; Kwest had a hideous green and orange baseball cap shielding his face from the sun, Jude was sitting with a large cup of coffee and sunglasses hiding her eyes, Tommy a just basked in the light because he hadn't drunk enough to get a hangover, and the fourth party member, Damien, hadn't even gone with, but had joined them for lunch.
"Grab a seat." Tommy said pleasantly, motioning for her to sit down.
Sadie decided to settle between Jude and Kwest. She turned to Kwest and whispered so that only he could hear. "Do you remember anything?"
Kwest shook his head thoughtfully. "Not really, but uh…" He bit his lip. "Lets just forget about it all together, alright?"
Sadie furrowed her brows. "Why? It's not that big of a deal, is it?"
"Well," Kwest couldn't decide if he should tell Sadie about Portia or not, "It is and it isn't."
Sadie gave him a questioning look, but he gave nothing in return. "Alright, whatever."
"You don't have to be so secretive." Tommy butted in, trying to get a reaction from Kwest. "We all know you spent the night together."
And just like he wanted, Kwest paled until he looked almost as white as Jude. "Shut up, man."
"What's the big deal? People sleep together all the time!" Sadie was growing frustrated. It's not like she was ugly, he had nothing to be ashamed of.
Everyone looked at Kwest with a questioning gaze. He threw his hands up in the air. "Nothing, just leave it alone."
Tommy shook his head. Kwest cheated on Portia with Sadie, and he knew it. "Let's order some coffee."
Kwest nodded and followed Tommy to the front counter.
"So you really are with Portia, then?" He asked casually, as if he was asking about the weather.
"Jude told you?" Kwest sighed.
"Only in her drunken state." Tommy gave a small laugh.
"I was drunk too."
"That doesn't excuse you from cheating, man. Trust me, I've been there."
"She won't even find out if everyone just shuts up."
"Excuse me, sir." Someone had come to the front counter to interrupt their conversation. "What would you like?"
"Two double-shot espressos." Tommy answered mechanically.
"Ten fifty, please."
Tommy was about to hand his card to the cashier when Kwest beat him with a handful of ones and quarters. They then slid off to the side to wait for their coffee.
"She'll find out, man." Tommy said knowingly. "You're better off telling her yourself. If Darius finds out he'll castrate you."
Kwest shivered at the thought. "What about Sadie?"
Tommy shrugged. "That's up to you. I don't know her lately; she might tell Portia, she might not."
"Two double-shot espressos." The cashier re-appeared with their drinks.
"Thank you." Tommy nodded and they took the espressos back to the table.
"We're going shopping!" Sadie exclaimed as soon as the two men were in earshot.
"Great." Tommy faked a smile.
"You don't have to go with." Jude rolled her eyes. "But me and Sadie and Damien are all going."
"I think I'm going to start working on some lyrics." Tommy sipped on his espresso in the casual way that he was so used to.
"But we haven't even got the list of what we're supposed to write about." Jude gave Tommy a funny look.
He shrugged. "I have an idea."
"Alright. Kwest?" Jude asked.
Kwest shook his head. "I'm good, thanks."
"Then I guess I'll just be a pimp for the day." Damien joked. They all stood and he held out his arms for Sadie and Jude. They both laughed and took hold promptly.
"I have my cell phone!" Jude called back to Kwest and Tommy before leaving the hotel to do some serious shopping.
