but as soon as I opened my mouth to ask Madison if he had seen them recently, the two of them came wobblin’ out the men’s bathroom, Cami’s shirt half off and Glenn’s jeans unbuttoned with the fly down.
“Well ain’t you two some classy bitches!” I half shouted. “And what in god’s name were y’all doin’, might I ask?”
“Jo, no you may not ask.” Glenn slurred. “It’s none of-“
“We were busy having SEX, Joey Green.” Cami made sure to emphasize and yell the word sex, and all of us practically fell to the floor laughing hysterically. Leave it to sweet, lil ol’ Cami to let the cat outta the bag.
We kept the night goin’ with drinks upon drinks, and danced like it was our last night on Earth. We laughed, we cried, we even held one another in a circle as we danced to some horrendous music. It felt like the good old days, and I longed for this. I longed for the days when everything came easy, and we all just had a great time with no worries. Lucky for me, I had these crazy clowns to rely on to always take me back and make me forget my worries. This was love!
Chapter 10
Diem
I woke up the next morning with an excruciating ache in my head, and only one thing on my mind…water. With the blanket still over my face, I threw my arm over the side of my bed and began feeling around the floor for the water bottle I brought over to my bed before falling asleep, but I kept coming up empty handed. Just when I was about to give up, I heard the distinct crunchy sound of plastic beneath my fingers. I wrapped my fingers tightly around it and pulled. I proceeded to empty the entire contents into my mouth, then threw the bottle back to the ground while I continued to lie there exhausted. There was no way in hell I was moving out of my bed today. Unfortunately, I was about to realize that moving out of my bed was exactly what needed to happen.
I heard a manly moan come from the other side of the covers, and I instantly sat straight up, tucking every inch of fabric I could find around my body, the body that I had just now realized was completely nude. My mouth hung open in shock as I glanced to my left to see what on earth was making such a boisterous noise so early in the morning. When the sound stopped, I slowly let my fingers inch their way over to the sheet that was covering whatever was making the obnoxious sound, and gently pulled them back.
When Alex’s face came into clear view, I let out a tiny scream, and instantly clasped my hands over my mouth before he could wake. I was entirely confused about what was happening, and for the life of me I was unable to recollect anything that had happened after about shot number fifteen. I reached back over to lift the thin sheet to see if we were both wearing our birthday suits, and quickly pulled my hand back as soon as I saw my answer. I immediately began sliding out from underneath the covers, taking only the top quilt with me to wrap around myself. When I finally made it to the floor, I peeked over the edge of the bed and saw that he was still sound asleep, so I made my escape. Unfortunately, I didn’t make it too far because I instantly ran into Troy in the hallway, who nearly managed to give me a heart attack.
“Oh my word, Troy. You’re here.”
“And trying to kill you! You’re funny, and what’s with all the sneaking around with a blanket wrapped around ya? Did you get into some funny business last night?” She looked all cheeky as she said it, and I was instantly mortified.
“You tell me! Because I sure as hell don’t remember going home with Alex.” I whispered so he wouldn’t hear.
“Oh my god! You came home with Alex? You dirty little slut you.” She started to laugh, but none of this was amusing.
“It’s not funny, Troy. You know I didn’t want to do anything with anybody, not when I still have Joey out there somewhere.”
“Doll, let me let you in on a little secret, you don’t have Joey, at all. I hate to be the one who
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