Daughter of Nomads

Hangover

Jake

I'm gonna kill Zed.

Zed and Zoey are kissing. On the backyard. Right in front of me.

He's dead.

-He is sooooo dead!- I mumbled drunkenly, walking towards them.

Someone grabbed me by the arm, and I tryed freeing myself, completely failing at it, almost stumbling with my own feet.

-Whoa, Jake, wait!!- it was Kyle, holding me, preventing me from making a fool out of myself.- Dude, you're drunk. Dont do nothing you'll regtret later!

-I promise, I wont regret killing that fucker. Let me go!

-Jake, she's with him, drop it!

-But I called dips on her!- I pouted- And she said she preffered me over him!

-Doesnt look like it, mate. Im sorry.

-Whatever.

I stormed back into the frat house, bumping into the blonde chik who came throwing herself at me earlier.

I ditched her off again and ran up the stairs to my bedroom. I slamed the door shut and stood there, breathing hard.

I didn't had any roomates at the moment, so the room was empty, the spare bed neat and clean, no matress on it.

I remembered when Zoey and I had fallen asleep on my bed, just two days ago. And now he was off kissing Zed.

Fuck.

I felt like punching something, so I did.

I broke my lamp, and then, mi clock.

I threw myself at my bed, and closed my eyes, memories of me and Zoey in this bed and of Zoey and Zed kissing mumbled my mind, making me so fucking jealous, keeping me from falling asleep.

It was going to be a long night.

Zoey

I woke up with a huge headache.

-Up Zoey! Wake up!

I groaned. I sat up, squising my eyes.

-Damn Cassie, why are you waking me up? What time is it?

-Its mid day Zo. You slept all morning! Now get up, Im taking you out for lunch so we can talk about last night.

Memories of last night starting slowly coming back to me.

Me and Zed. Fuck. I blushed.

But then I remembered Cassies plan to get Nate to like her.

-Omg, how did the plan went?!
Did he fall?

-Get dressed- she answered, throwing an outfit at me- I'll tell you all about it at lunch.

We ended up going to Aplebees again, and ten minutes later, Mindy and Julie arrived too. Kat and Lucy had a wedding today or something like that, so it was just the four of us.

Mindy and I sat on one side of the table, while Juliet and Cass sat infront of us. We quickly ordered and went straight to the point:

-Omg, Cassie, Spill it!! What happened last night?- Mindy shouted at her, earning herself some looks from the people on the restaurant.

We all laughed at her, and waited for Cassie to start talking.

-Last night, it was perfect. It went great! He was absolutely drooling, he didnt treated me like his little sister anymore. He kissed me, and then we sat there for hours, just talking. We are going out on a date tonight. Im so excited!

-Aw we are so happy for you!

-Did you asked him why did he wait so long to ask you out? I mean, you know him for like, more than a year now.

-Yeah but he used to have a girlfriend, remember? Anyway, he said he had never noticed me liking him, he always thought he didnt had a chance whith me because I thought of him like a friend, when it was completely the other way round! However, he admited he had never thought about me that way... I looked adorable to him. And just like I thought, when I dressed so sexy last night, he couldnt take his eyes off of me. Omg, Im like, so happy.

We all smiled at her.

-Then we're happy for you.- I said, feeling truly happy for her.

Whoa, control youself in there Zoey. Dont get too attached.

That thought left my mind as fast as it came, when Juliet snaped me out of my mind:

-What about you Zoey? Kyle told me he saw you and Zed kissing. You like him?

Cassie's jaw dropped at me. She was the only one who knew I liked Jake. I shot an apologetic look at her, begging her not to bring Jake up.

-Hum, no- I mean, yes. I mean, I-I dont know. I dont do relationships.

-Why not?- Jules asked, confused.

-I just dont. We agreed on keeping it casual, but Im not even sure if I want that.

-What do you mean with casual? You mean as in "friends with benefits" casual?- Mindy asked, curious.

-I dont know.

-Well do you like him?- It was Jules this time.

I shoot a glance at Cass, nervous. She understood what was going threw my mind. I liked Jake.

-I-I dont know.

-Well I guess its fine anyways. Zed isnt into serious relationships neither so you dont have to worry about it.

-I-I guess not. What about you guys?- I desperately tryed to change the subject.

I worked. The conversation turned to Mindy, who had made out with some guy named Fred and said she thought she liked him, but she couldn't be so sure because she was kinda drunk last night. She gave the guy her number, and was expecting him to call her.

And after that, the conversation just went over the classes and shopping.

We finished brunch and went to the closest mall were we all got some cool stuff and had some superficial girl talk.

I zoned out most of the time, but I cant say I wasn't having some fun. It was hilarious how Mindy tried to get Julie to wear short skirts instead of leggings, and high heels instead of tennises.

I recieved a text from Zed:

"Hey, how are you feeling? Still hangover? I had a really great time last night. We're cool right?"

I hided a smile, I didn't wanted girls to ask me who was texting me, mostly because I really didn't know how I feel about Zed yet, but I had to admit his text was kind of sweet.

"Im fine, thanks, Cassie took well care of me. Yeah, sure, we are fine :)"

It only took him a while to answer.

"Great :) wanna do something tonight? We will probably be hanging out at Cory's as usual, if you girls wanna come"

I though about it for a second. Its not that I was avoiding Zed, I was fine with hanging out with him. But I really didn't want to face Jake just yet. Plus, Cassie had her date tonight, and going there without her didn't sound like a good idea.

"I think I'll pass for tonight, but maybe the girls will go if you guys ask them."

"Too bad, I was thinking about suggesting strip poker for tonight, but its pointless without you here ;). Alright, talk to you later. X"

I quietly laughed to myself. Perv.

Alright, I liked Zed. Not the way I liked Jake, but in a friendly way. He could be my friend. My very hot friend.

I could do with a casual, "friends with benefits", relationship.I would certainly wont be the one to have feelings for the other.

It sounded fun and comfortable, so...

Why not?