Thought I'd write a short note since this chapter is so short. I don't know how often I'm updating this thing but rest assured, I will finish it one way or the other.

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Ok that's all.

Teresa awoke later in the day, head pounding from the previous night's drinking. As she sat up in bed, she realized that she had fallen asleep in her clothing.

There was now a snag in her tights. Great.

She slowly got up on her feet and went to the mirror. Her eyeliner was smudged, her hair was a mess and she saw that the sheets she slept on made an imprint on her cheek. It was a real horror show but nothing a shower couldn't fix.

Once she was cleaned up, she wore a comfortable pair of sweats and a t-shirt. Teresa decided to take it easy today and savor her time off as much as she could before starting work tomorrow.

Teresa sat up in bed and turned on the television, intending on relaxing for the rest of the afternoon and fall asleep early. She heard a knock at her door and sighed before she got up to answer it. 'So much for a lazy Sunday,' she thought.

She opened the door and saw that it was Noodle.

"Hey there Noodle, what's going on?" she asked, unable to mask the fatigue in her voice.

"Nothing really, just wanted to hang out a bit," Noodle answered, to Teresa's delight. She often came by to chat, especially since Teresa was often the only woman around who wasn't expressly there to hook up with either one of her bandmates.

"Oh, well in that case, come on in!" Teresa said brightly, waving Noodle in. Noodle sat in an armchair next to the nightstand by Teresa's bed. Teresa sat herself back on her bed and muted her television.

"So what's up Noodle, what have you been up to lately? It's been a minute since we've talked."

"I've been focusing on my school work and the new album so I haven't had much time to myself, you've been busy yourself I've noticed, the walls don't have those blood stains on them anymore."

"Ahh, quit it..." Teresa said bashfully. She was very proud of her work and always felt flattered when anyone pointed it out.

"Are you feeling okay?" Noodle asked, noticing the vacant look in Teresa's eyes.

"Nah, just had a rough night out with the guys, a bit tired," Teresa answered with a shake of her head. She rubbed her eyes and blinked a few times, almost as though she was trying to calibrate them.

"I noticed Murdoc went along, was he mean to you?" Noodle asked, she had seen the three go out together and remembered Murdoc's ongoing feud with the maid. She thought it was strange how fast he had seemingly gone from not even looking at Teresa to hanging out with her outside of the house. She felt something was afoot.

"Oh no, he was alright, kinda cramped my style but otherwise, he was polite," Teresa answered thoughtfully.

"Did he try to hit on you?" Noodle asked. While Noodle had just entered her teenage years, she wasn't very naive. She'd been privy to her bandmate's "adventures" and the resulting fallout. She knew about 2D's multiple hook-ups and the babies he'd produced. She'd overheard Russel's conversations with women whose number he'd gotten. She'd seen Murdoc manipulate people into doing things by sweet talking them and then forgetting about them once he'd gotten what he wanted. This third observation was what piqued her interest in the situation to begin with. How badly would things get if Teresa found herself in the same situation that countless groupies had before her...?

"Nah, I don't think it's like that," Teresa answered, "I mean he probably thinks I'm hot, but nah, he didn't hit on me."

Noodle giggled, she knew Teresa was joking though she suspected that she may have inadvertantly hit the nail on the head.

"He did successfully get me to drink tequila though," Teresa offered, immediately realizing that it meant nothing to Noodle.

There was a knock at the doorway.

"Come in!" Teresa called out.

2D poked his head into the room and addressed Noodle.

"Murdoc needs all of us to meet up in the studio, he says it's important."

"I'll be there in a minute," Noodle said, to which 2D simply nodded. He withdrew his head and closed the door gently.

"I guess I'd better go, otherwise he'll throw a tantrum," Noodle said, getting up from her seat.

"Alright girl, I'll talk to you later," Teresa said, "get the lights on your way out please."

Noodle turned off the lights to Teresa's room and left the room, shutting the door behind her.

Teresa turned the volume up on her television and watched it until she fell asleep.