You are not alone

The next morning

"Are you ok?" I heard Jupiter ask as she walked into our room, which luckily was empty.

"No." I replied.

"Sorry about Kat, when she drinks she's a little off."

"I don't do well, with physical activity, and she was just kind of all over me. Plus I'm not good with attention either, and everyone was staring at me and talking about me." I rambled.

"It's ok, Kat can be a little overwhelming anyways."

"Yeah, no kidding." I said, my tears slowing down as Jupiter made me feel better.

"I'm sorry she did that to you."

"It's not your fault." I paused. "I did try to tell her I was asexual, but she wouldn't give me the chance.

"It's ok, you don't have to explain anything."

"Thanks."

"Why don't you get some sleep, and we can talk in the morning."

"Ok." I said, as I laid down and buried my face in a pillow.

****

The next morning, I woke up with the feeling of dried tears on my face. After waking, I just laid there, not wanting to go and see everyone. I felt movement, as Jupiter started to wake up.

"Hey, how are you feeling today?" She asked me.

"A little better." I said, trying not to think about what happened the day before.

"That's good." She said, as I sat up in the corner with my legs to my chest.

"Everyone probably thinks-"

"Who cares what they think?" Jupiter interrupted.

"I don't want to be known as the girl who got hit on, and cried."

"You won't be. You'll probably be known as the asexual girl."

"Really?"

"Yeah, as far as I know we've never had any one here that was asexual."

"Wow."

"You want to go get breakfast?"

"No."

"It'll all be gone." She insisted.

"I don't feel like eating, or going down there and seeing anyone."

"Ok, I'll be back in a minute." She said, as she got up and walked downstairs.

I sat there, curled up in the corner, with my head leaning on the wall. I sighed, and closed my eyes for a minute. I heard someone walk in, so I opened my eyes to see who it was. My eyes widened as I saw Kat walking up to where I was.

"Hi." She said, calmly. I could tell she wasn't drunk anymore.

I didn't say anything.

"I heard about what I did yesterday, I'm sorry."

I still couldn't manage to say anything.

"I don't really remember, but apparently I was pretty rough on you." She said, as she sat down in front of me.

"Umm." I managed to say that, but nothing else.

"You don't have to forgive me, but I want you to know that I'm not normally like that, just when I'm drunk."

"Ok." I croaked, barely managing to get any sound out of me.

"You want to come down with me?" She asked.

"No. I think I'm staying up here for a while." I managed to say a full sentence.

"Why?"

"Because I'm totally embarrassed."

"I'm sorry. But you don't need to be, I'm sure mostly everyone's forgot about it."

"I'm ok."

"Can I hug you?" She asked, and my eyes widened a little.

"No."

"Really? I feel like we could be good friends. Or we would've been if it wasn't for last night."

"It's not that, I just don't do well with people touching me."

"Then last night must've been torture." She tried to joke.

"Yeah, it kind of was." I said in less of a joking tone.

"I'm sorry."

"I forgive you. You didn't know."

"Kat!" I heard Jupiter say from the doorway.

"What?" Kat asked.

"She's not interested." Jupiter said.

"Don't worry, I'm not drunk anymore. Just a little hungover but it's alright."

"Really?"

"We're just talking." Kat explained.

"Ok." Jupiter said, as she sat next to me.

"You really won't leave this room?" Kat asked.

"No. I don't want to see any of them ever again." I replied.

"Come on." Jupiter said. "It'll be fine."

"Ok, but if one person talks to me about last night I'm coming back."

"Deal." Jupiter said, as she stood up.

Kat and I stood up at the same time, and we all walked downstairs. I stayed mostly behind Jupiter, hoping no one would talk to me.

"I'll introduce you to some people." Jupiter said. "They probably won't even recognize you." She assured me.

"Fine. But our deal still stands." I said, as I followed her as she walked up to some people.

"Hey guys, this is Ari." She introduced me.

"Hi." I softly said.

"Hey." A couple of them said.

I didn't say anything, I'm not good with social situations.

"Aren't you the asexual girl?" A girl asked.

"Umm-"

"Yeah, from last night." A guy pointed out.

I looked at Jupiter, trying to give her a sign to help me.

"So guys, you want to talk about something else?" Jupiter asked.

"Are you asexual though?" The girl from before asked.

"Yes, I am." I quickly said.

"Wow, I don't think we've had one here before."

"Interesting."

"Have you ever met another one?"

"No, I haven't." I said, done with this conversation.

"Kat, you picked a good one last night." The girl joked.

"I'm just gonna go on a walk." I said, as I went to the front door. I walked down to the road, and just started walking, to nowhere in particular.