Song 1

Chapter 40

Cappie's POV

I shower and dress pretty quickly and we head down to the hotel restaurant Mick and Drew are already there and wave us over. I not only hesitate and she stops to gaze up at me

"Are you embarrassed of me?" She asks quietly

"I'm embarrassed of them?" I grumbles pulling her closer

"They can't be that bad" she sighs pulling me in their direction.

"Good Morningish" Drew greats us brightly

"Hi"

"How's the hangover treating you?" She asks his brightly

"Like a pissed off dominatrix with an axe to grind" Mick groans rubbing his head.

"Fuck sake Mick!" Cappie scolds but Emie just giggles.

A waitress comes over.

"Love if you could bring a round of whatever the strongest breakfast alcoholic beverages you can serve"

"Just Coffee for me" she chirps up. The waitress smiles and walks away to get our drinks. "What I'm not the one who went out drinking all night." She say to the three bewildered looking men" "I need caffeine because someone was channelling the incredible hulk when he came in and smashed everything in the path between him and the sofa he passed out on" they laughed 

"I guess I'm not making a very good first impression" she adds quietly 

"It's ok you're with him we knew there had to be something wrong with you, I mean who doesn't drink with breakfast, it's Wednesday after all"

"It's Thursday!" She corrects him

"Fuck" Drew mutters scratching his head

"So Cap said you're gonna stay with him, has he warned you about the house" Mick asks as Drew try’s to work out where his missing day went

"What's wrong with the house?" she asks curiously

"Nothing" he glares at Mick "well nothing that won’t be fixed before we get there."

"That's super reassuring" she replies rolling her eyes 

"Lovely of you to invite ne" Brodie smirks dropping into a chair. "Ah and I see the beautiful Emie has been allowed to join us?"

"For some reason he doesn’t want me to spend time with any of you" she smiles sweetly up at me.

"Cappie I am your oldest friend how could you want to keep us a part" Brodie chastised me. "well today that changes shots all around" he looks around to summon a waitress

"It's 11am" Emie looks at him in shock

"Oh well whatever those vodka orange juice things are"

"Little Emie you aren't drinking" Brodie scolds pointing to my coffee.

"Not much of a drinker at breakfast" she shrugs at him "no judgement of course" she adds nodding to the drinks In front of him.

"But you must have a drink we are celebrating after all" Brodie pouts

"What are we celebrating" she asks

"Cappie letting you socialise with us" Brodie exclaims

"And that requires me drunk before noon?" Emie retorts

"One drink, you'll be fine"Brodie tries

"I'm good" she shoots him down again 

"Worried you can't keep up?" Brodie teases

"No, I know I can't. I have nowhere near the practise you have had." Emie informs him

"Well there's no better time to start"

"Then breakfast?" She quips

"You're very stubborn" Brodie grumblea

"You're just not used to hearing no" she tells him 

"Well I am very persuasive usually" Brodie adds giving her a flirty wink

"I hadn't noticed" she says innocently raising her coffee to him and taking a sip.

"You are aware Cappie basically runs on Jack Daniels" Brodie mutters slightly annoyed he isn't getting what he wants.

"So he can drink and I will smoke" she shrugs  

"Cappie got himself a little stoner" Drew laughs.

"I'd rather be stoned and have my biggest risk be eating too much, then be in a state where I don't remember" she says shrugging at them again.

"Some of the best nights are the ones I don't remember" Brodie shouts in disbelief.

"How would you know?" Emie asks

"She got you there" Mick points out.

"Don't worry about it" she says gently patting Brodie on the arm. " You won't remember anyway" she adds with a giggle

"Oh I dunno you are quite unforgettable" Brodie says leaning towards her.

"Bro" I warn

"Hey this is between me and her" he says pointing to them both

The welcomed distraction of Emie's phone buzzing on the table ends her and Brodie's back and forth 

"Hey Rox give me 5 and I'll call you back" she calls into her phone.

"I'm gonna go back to the room smoke and talk to Roxy see you in a bit" she tells me hopping up from her chair and placing a kiss on my lips. "It was nice seeing you guys again"

"Is Roxy the girl that came with you to our show? The one with the curly brown hair?" Brodie quips 

"Yeah" she replies wearily

"She was hot, kinda scary but hot" Brodie adds thoughtfully

"Ok and on that I'm gonna go. bye guys" she gives me one more kiss before rushing off.