Jordan:
I woke up from the sound of a door slamming shut. I sat up in bed and saw Riley stumble to the bed only wearing underwear. She let herself fall on the bed with her head buried in the pillow. 'Are you okay.' I asked. She shook her head. She looked up at me and placed her head on my chest. 'I feel like shit.' She said. 'You were pretty funny yesterday.' I said. 'Omg no, how bad was I.' 'Really bad.' I laughed. She stood up and ran to the toilet. I ran behind her and held her hair back.
'God I hate hangovers.' She said, flushing the toilet and wiping her mouth with a towel. 'Can you bring me my phone?' I nodded. When I came back she was still sitting on the carpet.
I handed her her phone and rested my head against her shoulder.
I took her to the couch and sat down with her. She laid her head in my lap and closed her eyes. I placed a soft blanket over her legs. I checked my phone to see a couple messages from Mitchy.
From Mitchy:
You are late
From Mitchy:
Are you at your place??
From Mitchy:
I'll find you...
There was a knock on the front door.
I placed her head on a pillow and opened it, only to be greeted by Mitchy.
'Oh... this is your hiding spot.' he said laughing a bit.
He walked in and looked at the couch. We took a seat at the table in the kitchen. Where I had some fruit salad for breakfast.
'No shirt, she is only wearing underwear. No way Jordan. Did you get laid when we left yesterday or was it this morning or both.' I threw a grape at his face. 'No, I stayed over last night. And woke up this morning when she walked out of the bathroom only wearing underwear. She has a major hangover.' I said.
'Oh didn't think about that for a moment.' He said.
'Are you still coming to the studio today?'
I shook my head. 'Okay, me and Sam were actually thinking about cancelling this session.'
'Why?'
'Dude, we also have hangovers. We're only better at hiding it.'
I laughed.
'Don't you have one?'
I shook my head. 'How? You drank more than that little monster on the couch over there.'
'I don't know.'
'Well I'm gonna go now and leave you with that little one.' He said pointing at the couch. I walked him to the door and went back to the couch. I placed her head in my lap again. I scrolled through my instagram feed and liked some pictures. After about 2 hours she woke up.
'Hey, are you feeling better?' She nodded smiling at me. She sat up wrapping the blanket around her body. 'I'm going to put on some clothes.' She said.
'Can you bring my shirt when you're done.' She nodded. After ten minutes she walked in wearing leggings and a cropped Panic! At The Disco sweater. She took a seat on the couch and handed me my shirt.
I put it on and tried to close the buttons, but fingers hurt to much from playing yesterday.
'Can I close them?' She asked, when she saw me struggle. I nodded. She closed 4 buttons, just like I always wear my shirt.
'Can you sing one of your songs to me?' She asked.
'They are not finished yet.' I said, looking down to avoid her puppy eyes. 'Please?' She said, placing her chin on my shoulder.
'No, they don't sound good.' I said. She climbed in my lap and just blinked a couple times with her eyes.
'Get me a guitar.' I said. She smiled and went to her room slowly moving her hips while walking away. I smiled. She is such a cutie.
She handed me an electric guitar.
'Just that you know I didn't write it on my own.' She nodded and looked at me.
I had dreams, you're a nightmare
But I loved it, no one else compares
You seem cool, I seem anxious
I am a fool, I won't get over this
We're both not well but it feels right
As far as I can tell
Your crazy matches mine
Oh, I like the way you mess with my heart
Baby, I like the way it hurts
Oh, I like the things we do in the dark
Baby, I like the way it hurts
Oh, I like the way it hurts
Oh, I like the way it hurts
I had plans, you had options
I've got issues, you are all of them
You seem nice, I seem confident
I am a fool, I won't get over this
We're both not well but it feels right
As far as I can tell
Your crazy matches mine
Oh, I like the way you mess with my heart
Baby, I like the way it hurts
Oh, I like the things we do in the dark
Baby, I like the way it hurts
Oh, I like the way it hurts
Oh, I like the way it hurts
We're both not well
But it feels right
As far as I can tell
Your crazy matches mine
Oh, I like the way you mess with my heart
Baby, I like the way it hurts
Oh, I like the things we do in the dark
Baby, I like the way it hurts
Oh, I like the way it hurts
Oh, I like the way it hurts
I looked down at the ground.
'Jordan, stop being so insecure that song is amazing. Don't change anything of it.' She said. I put the guitar down and look at her.
'Can I talk to you about something?' I asked.
Riley:
'Can I talk to you about something?' He asked. I nodded. 'Do you remember anything of yesterday evening?' I nodded.
'Mitchy and Sam came over and we drank vodka.' He nodded. 'Something else?' I shook.
'You kissed me Riley.' He said.
'On your cheek?'
'No Riley...'
'You're joking.' I said. 'No, Riley..., why would I joke about that.'
'I don't know, but how, I mean I would never break our rule.'
'I know... but you were drunk and I have to admit I was drunk too and than it just happened.' He said.
'And you kissed me back?'
'Yes, but I didn't mean to. I pulled away when I realised what I was doing.' He said.
'Did this mess up are friendship?'
He shook his head.
I hugged him and buried my face in his neck.
I pulled away and looked him in the eye.
Jordan:
She looked me in the eye. I couldn't help but smile at her. She trows a pillow at my head.
'You little monster.' I said laughing throwing the pillow back. In less then a minute we started a pillow fight. She ran around the house with me chasing behind her. I easily caught up with her and putted my arms around her waist. She screamed a little when I picked her up. I took her to the couch and started tickling her. She giggled.
She opened her eyes and stared into my eyes.
I stopped and moved my head closer to hers.
Riley:
He stopped tickling me and moved his head closer to mine. I did the same and then it happened. Our lips met. It was like two missing puzzle pieces finding their matching piece.
I slowly pulled away.
He sat back up. 'I'm sorry..., I shouldn't have done that.' He said.
'Jordan don't blame it all on yourself.' I said moving closer to him.
I interwind my fingers with his. 'I love you Riley.' He said.
He loves me.
'I need to think about it for a while. I don't know how strong my feelings for you are.' I said, probably ruining him more than he already was. He nodded. ' I need to go.' He said, standing up and putting on his shoes and leatherjacket.
'See you tomorrow?' I asked.
'I'm not sure, depends on how late the studio session ends.' He said.
I nodded, standing up to hug him. I wrapped my arms around him and placed my head against his chest.
'Riley, I really have to go.' He said. I nodded and let go of him. He walked out.
I put my guitar back in my room and cleaned up the stuff of yesterday.
Jordan:
I arrived at my own apartment. I went inside and couldn't help but cry. First I drank some liquor to soften the pain. I threw the bottle against the wall.
I walked into the bathroom and did things to myself I promised to never do again.
When Riley called me I didn't pick up. I can't talk to her right now.
After 20 minutes I heard my front door open.
Mitchy walked into the bathroom. He looked at my wrist. He took a seat beside me and texted someone.
Riley:
After cleaning the house I tried to call Jordan but he didn't pick up. I tried again but he still didn't answer it.
I called Mitchy.
Hey Mitchy, is Jordan with you?
No I came over this morning and he said he was staying with you.
Something happened between us about an hour ago can you go check on him.
No problem...
Thank you.
I finished my call with Mitchy and texted Sam to come over.
After 10 minutes there was a knock on my front door. I opened it and let Sam walk in.
'Is there something wrong with Kayla? Did she get a new bleeding?' He asked kind of freaked out.
'No, no, she's doing fine. It's Jordan. At least he is involved in it, so am I.' I stuttered.
'Hey, Riley calm down..., what happened.'
'I was feeling horrible this morning he stayed with me. After I slept for a while, we talked about yesterday he said I kissed him on his lips, but I was drunk and I never know what I'm doing when I'm drunk so he didn't make a scene of it. We had a pillow fight, it ended up with him tickling me and then we kissed. He told me he loved me and the stupid blonde that I am told him I need to think about it and that I don't know how strong my feelings for him are. Then he started to act really weird he said he needed to go and when I asked him if he was coming over tomorrow he said that it depended on the studio session of tomorrow. And he isn't answering his phone.'I said.
'But you love him, right?'
'Yes, I love him with all of my heart.'
The screen of my phone lit up.
From Mitchy:
Found him..., come to his apartment it's important.
To Mitchy:
Is he okay...
From Mitchy:
Just come over and be quick...
'Sam we need to go to Jordan's something happened.'
My hands were shaking while I picked up my bag.
We walked to the parking lot. I took my keys out of my bag.
'No way I'm not letting you drive.' He said sternly grabbing my keys out of my hands and sliding in the drivers seat.
I got in the passengers seat.
After 10 minutes we arrived at Jordan's apartment.
I quickly ran up the stairs.
His front door was open.
I walked in and heard talking from the bathroom. I could smell liquor.
I walked in and saw him sitting there, leaning against the bathtub.
I walked over to him and took care of his wounds.
He didn't say a word to me. I asked him several times if he was okay but he just ignored me. I placed my hand on his but he pulled it away.
I hurt him and now I need to accept the consequences.
Jordan:
She tried to talk to me but I didn't say anything. She placed her hand on mine but I quickly moved my hand away. I heard her sigh. She stood up and walked out. Fine now she's mad at me.
Riley:
I walked out of the bathroom. 'Is he okay?' Sam asked. I nodded. 'Can you guys stay with him? He clearly doesn't want me here.' 'I will stay with him.' Mitchy said. 'Did he tell you what happened?' I asked. 'No, he just sat there.' 'We kissed..., he told me he loved me and I said I needed to think about it and that I wasn't sure about how strong my feelings are.' Mitchy nodded. A tear escaped from the corner of my eye. Sam looked at me. 'What happened when you were in there?' He asked. 'He ignored me. When I placed my hand on his he pulled it away. He hates me.' I said. I started cleaning up the shattered pieces of the bottle. 'Sam, stay with her. She is damaged just like him, maybe more.' I heard Mitchy say. I threw the glass in the trash can and walked to Sam. 'Can you bring me home?' He nodded. I took my stuff and walked to the car.
I walked into my apartment and threw my bag against the wall. I walked into the living room and let myself fall onto the couch. Sam took a seat beside me. I stared at the ceiling. I looked at my phone.
8pm. 'I'm going to sleep. I have an early shift tomorrow.' I said. 'Okay, goodnight.' Sam said. 'Goodnight.' I walked to my bedroom and changed into an oversized sweater and a pair of pj shorts. I crawled into bed and fell asleep quickly.