The next morning the first thing Kate says is, "I feel like shit." I smirk and make her something to eat. "Getting drunk can do that to a person," I reply.
Kate eats every bite of what I put in front of her. "I have a splitting headache," She says once she's done. I find some spare Med-X among our scaving haul. Im honestly surprised, Kate usually sells all that shit immediately for caps. When I hand it to her she looks at me distastefully. "I don't do drugs." She says it as if ive forgotten. I roll my eyes, "I know that. The Med-X will help you feel better. I promise you wont get addicted, just trust me." Its like I know exactly what she's thinking. To her every chem is a bad chem.
Kate shoots me a wicked grin, "Just like you said getting drunk was fun." I sigh, oh great we're going to do this. "In retrospect I should have stopped you from drinking so much. Let me rephrase my original statement, getting drunk can be fun, if you know when to stop." Her eyes grow wide and so does her grin, "So this is my fault because I didn't know when to stop?"
"Just let me give you the Med-X. I'll only give you half, it will make you feel better." Kate holds her arm out in my direction, while simultaneously sticking out her tongue. She just adores being stubborn. Kate pretends to be brave, but I know the needle scares her. I prick her quickly and while she isn't looking. Once its all over she asks, "So did I do anything stupid last night?" The question leaves me thinking about how much of last night I should tell her. Kate and I have had our moments before. Moments where shes touched me, even times when I felt like those touches were wanted. But the night before was different. I decide to tread around the truth carefully.
"What do you remember?" Kate blushes "Well…not much. I remember almost falling on my face a few times…." She looks away from me. I desperately want her to say it, because I really don't want to.
"Uh…anything else?"
Kate sighs, "Something about…um, telling everyone about…my virginity?" She's biting her lip and avoiding my eyes. "Yeah…." I say simply. Its quiet, and then she says, "Why the hell did I do that?"
"Well…Nova kind of worked it out of you." Kate is rubbing her hand over her face.
"Wonderful." She mutters.
"You know," I attempt, "its not like its…uh, embarrassing. If…if that's what you were worried about." Kate is blushing "No…I mean, well kind of." Shit I keep stumbling all over my words. Its hard to sugarcoat things for her. She gets up, frustrated. "I just wish I hadn't said anything." I wish she hadn't either. The whole situation had made things awkward for the both of us.
Kate sighs, "Do you think anyone else heard me?" I think. At the time I had been more embarrassed for myself than wondering who was listening.
"I don't think so." I say, not very confident in my answer.