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8 |hangover|

a sharp and pounding pain is inhabiting my head. it's completely awful. the light hurts as I open my eyes.

I have a hangover. It's so not fun. It's horrible. The throbbing in my head continues to pound harder. I'm in Melly's room. She's not here.

I wince as I crawl out of bed and slump down the staircase. A sizzling sound comes from the kitchen. Melly smiles at me and I smile back. My foot misses a step and I stumble before catching myself on the banister. My hand flies to my head and tears form in my eyes.

Melly's features soften in sympathy and she waves me over to her. I absolutely hate hangovers. She grabs a small white bottle from the cabinet and pours two little blue pills into her palm. "Here. Take these." She dumps the pills into my hands and I grab a glass and fill it with orange juice. Her house is super nice.

Her kitchen is marble top counters and dark wooden cabinets line the walls. She has a flat top stove in the middle of the kitchen, atop of the island.

"Melly." She looks to me and awaits my question. "Gabe asked me to be his girlfriend last night." I admit. Her eyes widen and she stares at me. "What did you say?!"

"Yes?"

She drops her mouth and looks at me. "Holy Sh**, Rosie!" She says flipping the bacon over. I laugh and look down at my phone. I have a text message.

Gabe: hey baby

He's so typical. But cute. And my boyfriend.

Rosemary: good morning

Melly stacks the bacon onto the plates followed by fluffy, buttermilk pancakes. She grabs the whipped cream, strawberries, and syrup. I thank her and ooze syrup onto my pancakes and spray a mountain of whipped cream on top.

"So, you're dating Gabe?" Melly asked. I nodded and she fake gagged. "He's gross." She groaned, earning a laugh from me. "He's very, touchy." I added. She nodded and swallowed, "yes! He was swallowing you all night." I busted out laughing and gripped my stomach.

"He's something." I added and finished my first pancake. "You want some loud?" Melly asked, putting her plate in the sink. "Loud?" I asked.

"Weed." She referred. "Sure."

She led me upstairs and dug through her purse. She pulled out a little baggy full of green stuff. I held the baggy for her while she got some paper and a lighter out of her bag.

"Not in here. My parents will smell it." She nods. We climb out of her window and onto the roof. I sit down on the chair she has placed up there. She must come up here to do this a lot.

She hands me a roll and lights it for me. My lungs take in the drug and I exhale a cloud of white froth. Calmness overcomes my body and I relax in my chair. This feels good.

"There's a frat party next weekend, you wanna do this again?" Melly slurs. I nod and smile. I love parties.

"Can you stay the night again tonight?" Melly adds on. I nod.

After we finished the rolls, we climbed back into her room and she told me to change. I changed my clothes and followed her downstairs. "We're going out." She explained. I climbed into her car with her and buckled my seat belt.

We sped off and she turned the volume up on the radio. Buildings past by out the window and I stared at them. I've gotten close ties within only few days in Minnesota. I have a boyfriend. Friends. I'm going to parties, and smoking drugs. Total switch up from my old life.

We pulled into a parking lot and I climbed out. Melly walked close to me and I leaned into her side. We walked into an alley way and passed dumpsters and stairs crawling up the buildings. We arrived at a small alley cutting off from the rest of the dark hall. We walked behind a dumpster and stood in front of a brown door. It's hidden so you have to know where it is to find it. She pushes open the door and closes it behind us. We walk a few feet before meeting a guy who looks to be guarding the door. Melly reaches in her bag and pulls out a I.D tag and shows him followed by lifting her arm up and showing him an odd tattoo on her arm. He nods and lets us through.

We walk into a dark and musty room crowded with people. They're all high and drunk. The smell of weed fills the air and my nostrils. Men lay on the couches with women who are half dressed, hover over them, using their bodies to intrigue the men. Melly grabs my hand and pulls me back into a room. She plunders through the shelves and grabs some bottles of alcohol and some bags of drugs. She stuffs them into her bag and then pulls me out of the room. We leave the building and head back to her car.

I don't know why all those people were there. Like they had nothing to do. For some reason, I get the feeling not to ask. So I don't.

We drive to a familiar place. Gabe's house. I step out and pulls my shorts up before joining Melly's side. This is the first time I've seen Gabe since he asked me to be his girlfriend. Instead of going in the front door, Melly cuts around back and walks in the glass door without knocking. Gabe turns around from the couch and locks his eyes on me. His body rises from the couch and he makes his way over to me.

"Hey baby." He chuckles before crashing his lips onto mine. I kiss him back and Melly scoffs. "Sickening."

He pulls me over to the couch and I plop down next to him. Melly pulls the alcohol out and pours some into three glasses and hands one to me. I chug the liquid and sit the glass onto the table.

Gabe's arm wraps around me and he pulls me close to his body. "I missed you." He followed with a kiss on top of my head. I snuggled up to him and Melly's phone rang. She groaned and walked outside to talk to the caller. Once we were alone, Gabe pulled me into his lap and started kissing me again.

He kisses me a lot. I kissed back and he moved his hand to my back. I rotated my hips slightly causing him to groan. "You're so hot Rose."

I've never behaved like this before. It's quite shocking.

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