Chapter 6

Amanda and Nate get to Nate's apartment building and they find his apartment. They knock on the door and they wonder if Nate's mother is going to open the door to let the sisters in. Nate's mother opens the door and she lets the girls in.

"I'm so sorry about this." Amanda says.

"Yeah, well, what are you going to do? The joys of friendship." Mrs. Davis responds.

Kim notices that Mrs. Davis is wearing curlers in her hair and she has never seen anyone wear curlers before. The three women stand in the family room wondering what to say to each other. The girls wonder why Lena got drunk in the first place.

"Really? Curlers?" Kim asks.

"Forgive me. I didn't know I would be entertaining." Mrs. Davis replies.

Nate's mother shows Amanda and Kim her curlers and they wonder how women wear curlers at night. They have never seen older women wear curlers. They wonder where Lena is and they hope that she doesn't do anything that she will regret.

"Where's Lena?" Amanda asks.

"Last I looked, she was puking in the toilet I cleaned earlier this afternoon." Mrs. Davis replies.

"I got this." Kim says.

Kim walks out of the family room and she makes her way to the bathroom. Amanda knows that her sister's going to check on Lena. She hopes that everything will be okay with Lena. She's more worried about her than before.

"I'd offer you something to eat, but there's nothing in my refrigerator!" Mrs. Davis yells.

"Oh, yeah, sorry about that." Amanda says.

Kim goes into the bathroom and she closes the door behind her. Amanda and Mrs. Davis sit on the couch as they talk about the relationship and how it fell apart. Amanda remembers that she had a relationship with Nate until he cheated on her with Lena and now she has the feeling that Nate cheated on Lena with another girl.

"Where's Nate?" Amanda asks.

"Well, he was pretty upset about the relationship falling apart so he and his friends went to Atlantic City to have a good time." Mrs. Davis replies.

"Did Lena happen to mention why she showed up here in the middle of the night?" Amanda asks.

"Between the booze and the crying, she wasn't making a lot of since, but I think that she's still in love." Mrs. Davis replies.

Mrs. Davis tells Amanda that some fashionable women still wear curlers. Amanda worries about Lena as she looks at her ring. Mrs. Davis that she saw that ring on Amanda's finger when she came to the apartment to get Lena's things. Amanda tells her that it's an engagement ring and that she's engaged. In the bathroom, Kim holds Lena's hair back as Lena is about to get sick again. Lena holds the bowl and she vomits in the toilet.

"Easy." Kim says.

Lena picks her head up from the toilet and groans in disgust. Kim has a wet towel to clean Lena up with. She puts the towel on Lena's forehead and she looks in the toilet to see the bile that came out of Lena from drinking a lot of alcohol.

"Very colorful. What is that, Jell-O-shots?" Kim asks.

"Yeah." Lena replies, sickly.

As Kim starts to clean Lena's hair with the towel, she flushes the toilet. She cleans Lena's hair so that she can get the vomit out. She is being a big help by holding her hair back and cleaning it off with a wet towel.

"Are you going to tell me I'm an alcoholic?" Lena asks.

"Nope, that's up to you to decide. I will tell you that you have vomit in your hair." Kim replies.

Kim pulls Lena's hair so that she can fix it. She tries to get the vomit out so that it'll be good to wash her hair. Kim remembers having to do the same for Amanda when she got food poisoning from a tuna fish sandwich.

"I just miss Nate." Lena says.

"I get it. We're having apple cinnamon muffins with bagels for breakfast because I miss Lorenzo." Kim replies.

"Muffins?" Lena asks, sickly.

Lena vomits in the toilet again and Kim grabs her hair quickly and she holds it back. She still has the wet towel with her and she puts it on her shoulder. Kim holds her hair and rubs her back as Lena continues being sick. After being sick, Lena gets up slowly with Kim's help. She closes the lid and she flushes the toilet.

"Help me." Lena says.

"It's okay. Just lean on me slowly." Kim replies.

Kim takes Lena to the sink and she gives her a wet paper towel to clean the vomit off of her mouth. Lena rinses her mouth out with water while Kim holds her hair back. She washes her face and hands with Kim's help. Kim wants to make sure that Lena isn't going to get sick again. She remembers that Amanda had to hold her hair back when she threw up all the food that she ate when she had the eating disorder at 16 years old.