A/N: My last update was four hours ago so I don't have anything new to say.

Disclaimer: Do I really have to say I don't own Degrassi? I mean if I owned Degrassi I wouldn't be writing fanfic.

Hangover, noun, defined as the disagreeable physical aftereffects of drunkenness, such as a headache or stomach disorder, usually felt several hours after cessation of drinking. I can honestly say that a lot of people in the city of Tampa have hangovers right now, but I'm not one of those people. You want to know why? Because of my lovely girlfriend, that's why. See after the party was over I had help getting Alex back to the hotel with me. I wanted to leave her in her room but I figured that wouldn't have been safe in the state that she was in and also she's sharing that room with Sage so it was really just out of the question. So I got to my room and there were four bottles of water and some aspirin waiting for us. I was able to get Alex to drink half a bottle of water so she'll probably feel horrible when she wakes up but I drank three bottles of water before I went to bed and I feel fine. Actually I feel more than fine because this morning I woke up in the arms of my girlfriend. Best birthday ever.

"Do you feel like getting up yet?" Beth asks tiredly.

"No, do you?" I ask.

"No," she answers. "I could stay in this bed with you in my arms all day."

I smile. "I like your answer." I lean up and kiss her.

I hear a soft knocking at the door. The door slowly cracks open.

"I'm not interrupting anything am I?" Alex whispers.

I roll my eyes. "No Alex, you're not," I tell her. "Come on it."
Alex opens the door and walks in. Wow, she looks rough. Her hair is all over the place and her makeup is smeared all over her face. Alex sort of looks like a sad clown right now.

"You look rough," I tell her.

"Jordan, what did we talk aboot?" Beth asks. "Think before you speak."

"But then honest things wouldn't spill out of my mouth," I tell her and smile. I look at Alex. "What's up?"

"Can I talk to you?" Alex asks.

I nod my head. "Sure."

I kiss Beth on the cheek and hop out of bed. It's ok because I'm wearing a wife beater and boxers. I follow Alex out into the living room. She sits on the couch and I sit next to her.

"How you feeling?" I ask.

Alex groans. "Horrible," she says. "I had way too much to drink last night."

"Yeah you did. You asked for a Tropical Orgasm, extra rum."

Alex groans and falls back into the couch. "Well that would probably explain why a lot of last night is a blur right now."

"And you want me to tell you what happened?"

Alex is nodding her head. I sigh, well here we go.

"Well first of all just know you were having a very fun time. Dancing, laughing, and drinking. We were all having a good time. And then "Throw Ya Belly" came on."

"And I danced with Paige and Sage got upset at me," Alex says. "I remember us arguing. And I think we broke up."

"Now I can't exactly answer that for you but yeah it seemed like you two broke up."

"Well if Sage and I broke up then why do I remember kissing a blonde girl at the end of the night?"

"Well…"

Instead of me telling Alex I'm going to let her get to that conclusion herself. Alex is looking at me and I'm doing the "come on, you got it" hand motion. A look of realization appears on Alex's face. Now a look of shock and slight guilt is on her face.

"I kissed Paige…" she says quietly.

I nod my head. "Yeah, you kissed Paige."

"Oh my God, I kissed Paige."

"Yep."

"And then she pulled away."

"Yep."

Alex turns her head and looks at me. "You were standing at the door watching us like a creeper, weren't you?"

I nod my head. "Yep. But in my defense I was looking for you not you AND Paige."

Alex buries her face in her hands. "What am I going to do?" she asks.

I think this is a rhetorical question so I'm not going to say anything.

"Hours after the girl I love and I break up I go running back to my ex," Alex continues. "How am I suppose to face Paige or Sage again?"

"Well you were drunk when you kissed Paige and I think the 'break up' between you and Sage was more of a lover's quarrel. But the real question is how did that kiss with Paige make you feel?"

Alex shrugs her shoulders. "I don't know. I barely remember even kissing her. I was just upset about the break up with Sage and like Emily I turned to alcohol."

I place my hand on Alex's shoulder. "Hey, this isn't that big of a deal," I tell her. "It's not like you went on a crazy drinking binge for half a semester and dated some girl you knew you would never love."

Alex is nodding her head. "True, I didn't pull a Jordan."

"Ok we're not naming that situation after me. Do you know what you're going to do?"

"There's no decision to be made," Alex says. "Sage and I had a big argument and I got upset and with the help of alcohol I made a mistake. That's it, case closed."

"You sure?" I ask.

Alex is nodding her head. "Yeah, it was one drunken kiss."

"Ok, well how about you just relax for the next couple of hours? Drink some water, eat some food, and take a shower."

"Yeah I should do that. Thanks Jordan."

"No problem."

I get up from the couch and go back to the bedroom. Beth is sitting up now watching television. I grab a pair of sweats and a shirt from the dresser and put them on.

"Going to go talk to Paige?" Beth asks.

I nod my head. "Of course," I answer. "I'll be back later."

I walk over to the bed and kiss Beth.

"I'm sure you'll probably talk to Paige after I talk to her," I say.

"Probably," Beth answers.

"Alrighty, see you later."

I leave the bedroom and then our suite. I get into the elevator and go up to the tenth floor. I walk to Paige, Marco, and Ellie's suite and knock on the door. Marco answers the door. Wow, apparently Alex is not the only person looking like crap this morning.

"Hi Marco," I greet him loudly and happily.

Marco winces. "Jordan, too loud," he says.

"Oh I'm sorry," I lower my voice. "Is Paige here?"

Marco moves over and opens the door wider.

"She's in her room," he answers. "I'm going back to bed."

I knock on Paige's door.

"Come in!" she shouts.

I walk into the bedroom. Paige is sitting on her bed talking on her phone.

"Yeah it kind of just happened hon," Paige says into the phone. The other person on the phone is saying something. "Yeah I did pull away." The other person does their talking. "Thanks for being so understanding hon. I'll see you when I get back. Bye."

Paige presses the end button on her call .She looks up at me.

"If I said I was surprised to see you here then I'd be lying," she says.

Paige pats the spot next to her on the bed. I sit down.

"You probably already know why I'm here," I tell her.

Paige is nodding her head. "Let me guess hon," she starts. "You were looking for Alex so you decided to go down one of the hallways and check every room. How am I doing so far?"

"You're doing great. Continue."

"Ok, so you're checking every room. You open one of the doors to the room and see Alex and me there. Now you're Jordan Johnson and when it comes to things aboot Alex and/or me you can't help but be a creeper. So you slightly opened the door and watched the scene that unfolded in front of you. How was that?"

I'm chuckling. "You're very good Michalchuk," I tell her.

"Or maybe you're just predictable Johnson."

I do a fake gasp and place a hand over my chest. "Paige how could you ever say such a horrible thing? Me, predictable? Never."

Paige laughs. "Or maybe our lives are just becoming predictable."

"When you woke up yesterday did you think your night would end with Alex kissing you?"

Paige is shaking her head. "I guess our lives aren't THAT predictable yet. So what does this mean?"

"What does what mean?"

Paige sighs. "The kiss hon. What does the kiss mean?"

"Now that is one of the very many questions in this universe that I cannot answer. Only you and Alex know what that kiss meant."

"You're not going to give me one of you very deep and interpretative speeches are you?"

"Not this time. But I will say this. You and Alex have a long history. You have to ask yourself if you want to start this whole thing again or do you just want to chalk that kiss up to Alex being very drunk and slightly sad."

Paige sighs and looks up at the ceiling. I look up at the ceiling as well. I see nothing interesting up there.

"I want to make this thing between Riley and I work out," Paige says.

"Then that's what the kiss meant to you." I stand up. "You didn't even need me to give you a speech."

Paige stands up as well. "I guess I'm finally growing up," she says.

I wipe away an imaginary tear. "And I am so proud of you," I tell her dramatically.

Paige laughs. "Alright time for you to leave now."

I wave good-bye. "Ta ta!"

I exit the suite and make my way back to the elevator. I need to make one more stop. I press the button for the seventh floor. I get out of the elevator and make my way to room 717. I knock on the suite door. Sage opens the door. Wow she looks worse than the others. Not only is Sage's hair fucked up but there's dried mascara running down her face and her eyes are puffy and red.

"Can I come in?" I ask.

Sage just nods her head. She moves over to allow me to enter the suite. Sage sits down and I sit down beside her.

"How long have you been crying?" I ask.

"Since I got back from the party last night," she answers.

Wow she sounds so sad. This is almost breaking my heart.

"Please tell me Lexie came back to the hotel with you," Sage pleads.

I'm nodding my head. "Don't worry, I took care of Alex. I came to see how you're doing."

"Horribly," Sage grumbles.

"Well I need to ask you about something. Something that I saw last night." I take a breath. "Sage last night I saw you kissing someone. Some girl I've never seen before."

Whoa, wow is Sage crying now? This girl just busted into tears.

"I mess up Jordan!" she cries out.

"Did you sleep with this girl?" I ask carefully.

Sage looks at me with a look of disbelief on her face. "Of course not!" she says, sounding offended. "I would never do something like that to Lexie. It stopped at kissing."

I'm nodding my head. "Ok, tell me exactly what happened."

Sage sighs. "After the whole fight with Lexie I was really upset. I just couldn't understand how she couldn't see the situation from my point of view. I mean everyone knows Paige and Alex have a long complicated history together. I can't help how I get when Paige comes around. I mean how would you feel if one of Beth's exes decided to be friends with her again and started popping up everywhere and invited her to New York and Vancouver and Timbuktu?"

Ok, she had me until the Timbuktu part. But I do kind of understand where Sage is coming from. If John asshole Stokes started poppin up everywhere I'd probably be on Channel 5 news for killing him.

"Here's the thing Sage," I start. "No matter what Paige is always going to be in Alex's life, mostly because Paige will always be in my life but also because those two have just gone through so much together."

"I understand that they're friends Jordan but I can't help how I feel," Sage says. "I don't like the feeling that any day Alex might decide that she still loves Paige and goes back to her."

I put my hand on Sage's shoulder. "Hey, Alex loves you," I tell her. "She really loves you and I don't think you have to worry about her leaving you. I just think you two just need to have a calm honest talk about it."

Sage looks at me and I can see a tiny smile on her face.

"You'd make a great counselor ya know," she says.

"Naw, then I'd be surrounded by people's problems all day," I tell her. "I can only handle the problems that deal with this small circle of friends."

"That's understandable. Thank Jordan."

"No problem."

Sage and I hug. I let go of her and wipe away a tear that was making its way down her cheek.

"Talk to Alex," I tell her.

Sage nods her head. "Ok."

I walk over to the door and open it. "I'll see you later," I tell her. I exit the suite.

Three people, two kisses. There are some decisions that need to be made. Like right now I need to decide if I want waffles or pancakes. I think I'm going to go with French toast today. Yum…

A/N: Only 24 more chapters to go!