I kept asking myself why I had to be nice to Lilly as I had my head leaned over the toilet. I had been there for about an hour and I showed no sign of getting better. It was a good thing my parents were at their annual Unmarried, Un-pregnant Delusional Camp for Young Females Who Are with the Belief That They Are with Child) otherwise they would have been pissed.

Half an hour later

As the doorbell rang my head pounded making it harder and harder to like Lilly at this very moment. "Lilly," I grumbled rolling over in bed letting in a little too much light.

"Ughhhh!" she yelled back. I closed my eyes and got out of bed. I stumbled through our apartment. When I reached the front door it was none other than Thermopolis. The very sight of her helped but just a little. She was wearing the shirt. The one that she wore last time she came here and it drove me crazy. The blue set off her eyes and the fit hugged her body. It made my body tingle every time I saw her like this, with her wind blown hair and slightly red nose from the cool fall weather. I noticed she was blushing and I realized in my current, sickened, state that I had forgotten to put on a shirt.

"Don't worry about it, I don't mind," I think I said. I'm pretty sure I did because Mia smiled as I started to close my eyes leaning on the door.

"You aren't feeling good are you?" she asked touching my forehead with the back of her hand. Just a little touch from her made my stomach churn in a different way than this morning. "I'm not sure if we should be doing this today. You should enjoy it at least."

"Um, I will. Just get closer to me." Did I seriously just say that? I mean I was drunk yesterday not today. Did I just think that because my brain is seriously screwing me right now? I obviously did because Mia blushed like crazy. "Sorry," I said stepping away from the door.

"Don't worry about it, I don't mind," she replied with a smile. I followed her into the TV room and laid down on the couch. She moved my feet and sat at the end of the couch. I noticed that she had her hair the way I like it you know half in a ponytail and half down. She reminded me of a hippie when she did that. I half smiled at her; most likely making me look like a little kid about to cry for their mom.

"Where's Lilly?" she asked looking around craning her neck to see if Lilly was anywhere nearby.

"Still asleep. Why do I scare you Thermopolis?" I looked at her through squinted eyes and saw her rubbing her leg, a thing that she often does when she is nervous. "Or do I make you nervous?"

"What? No," Mia said quickly.

"Uh huh ok." I sat up with my back against the couch squinting to where my eyes were as closed as possible while still being able to see Mia.

"Do you want me to get you some medicine or something?" Mia asked changing the subject quickly. I nodded lightly and she went into the kitchen. I sat on the couch thinking of her until she came back. She had a cup in one hand and two little capsules in the other.

"What's wrong?" Mia asked touching my cheek with her hand. I leaned into her hand giving in to it.

"Um, well, you see Lilly and me kinda had a little too much fun last night," I said speeding through it as if I was ashamed. Mia looked at me for a moment as if she didn't understand.

"Oh," she replied. "I understand." She snatched her hand back as if she could catch what I had.

"It was a one time thing. Lilly had a bad day and I just didn't want her to complain to me."

"Michael, I don't care." She let out a huff then said, "So just drink a lot of water and eat some carbs. Bagels sound good?"

"Yeah, that sounds perfect." She came back with the bagel and handed it to me. She didn't look as mad but she still seemed a little upset as if I had let her down or something. I didn't understand that because it's not as if she has some emotional attachment to me or something.

"Are you okay?"

She looked at me before she responded. She looked as if she was trying to find the words to say what she meant. "It's just I don't know why you would do that. You've never had a drink before except that one time when you were at that kid's Bar Mitzvah. Why did you do it this time?"

I thought for a second. She was right, I had never drunk before in my life so why did I start now? I guess life is being pretty suckish. Okay not a word but it describes me. "It's just my life hasn't been going like I expected it to. You know? Like I want it to be perfect but that doesn't happen. I want that perfect person but I know I can't have her and it just all made my world seem so bad last night." She nodded then looked in my eyes. She seemed like she actually understood me. That was a first. "You get me don't you Thermopolis?"

"I don't get why you call me Thermopolis," she said sitting down on the table near the couch.

"It's my nickname for you. It's because-"

"It's because he has quixotic feelings for you." At least Lilly said a word that Mia can't understand but still I mean come on, can't she cut me a little slack?

"Come on Mia everyone's going to be here soon." So Lilly left and Mia followed only looking slightly confused. Maybe she did know what quixotic meant. Oh my god what's going to happen to me?

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