You are not alone

Morning "almost" after

I woke up, after managing to fall asleep. I wasn't happy to wake up underneath Kat. I started moving, to get out from underneath her, and she started waking up. Just then, Jace walked in.

"You have no idea how bad my head- what am I looking at?" He stated, as he walked in the door.

"Nothing, it's not what it looks like." I said, as I pushed Kat off of me.

"Umm."

"What?" I asked, as I realized I was only wearing a bra, and my jeans were undone. I grabbed a pillow, and covered up with it.

"Better. So what is going on?"

"Umm, so last night I came home, and Kat was drunk. she tried to, umm, but we didn't-"

"Ok, I got it." Jace said, as he walked over to his bed, and laid down his jacket.

"Wait, are you just getting home?" I asked.

"Umm, yeah."

"Wow, did you pass out there?"

"No."

"Well you did drink a lot."

"Unlike you, I did get some action last night."

"Oh."

"Yeah, but after, I guess I did kind of pass out."

"Oh." I said, as I buttoned my jeans, and Kat woke up.

"What happened last night?" She asked, as she sat up. "Ari? Why aren't you wearing a shirt?"

"Umm, you should know." I said, grabbing my shirt.

"What?"

"You're the one who took it off me last night."

"I did?"

"Girl? How much did you drink?" Jace asked Kat.

"I don't know, a lot."

"Wow, even I didn't drink so much that I forgot last night."

"And you drank a lot." I joked.

"At least I took more than one sip." Jace joked back.

"Wait did we-" Kat started before I interrupted.

"No... no. You passed out before you could even finish taking off my pants."

"Oh, umm, that should be good for you."

"Oh, believe me it is."

"Well, I like to think I'm a little fun."

"For someone who actually wants it, I'm sure."

"I'm sorry, again."

"Yeah, well this time was worse than the first time."

"Really?"

"Well, I ended up without half of my clothes, so yeah."

"Well, I got you close."

"No, it was never going to happen. I can assure you of that." I said, seriously.

"Ok, fine." She said, sounding upset.

"Jace, can I talk to her for a minute?" I asked.

"Sure." He replied, as he stood up and started walking out.

"Wait, stay close, ok?" I asked.

"Ok."

"Kat, last night you told me that you... that you really liked me."

"I did?"

"Yeah, did you mean it? Do you actually like me?"

"I might, a little."

"It seemed like a lot more than a little last night."

"I'm sorry."

"You don't have to apologize for how you feel, I just... I just want to know how you feel."

"Ok, I might like you, but I don't think I really like you."

"What?"

"When I'm not drunk, I like other people, I go out with people, but once I get drunk, I always come back to you."

"Oh." I said, as I started thinking about last night. I thought about every detail that wasn't fuzzy. I remembered most of it, but I was having a panic attack, so it all kind of blurred.

The more and more I thought about it, I became nauseous. I thought about her on top of me, and the knots in my stomach, and before I knew it, I was in a flashback of it.

"Ari? Are you ok?" I hear Kat ask, which brings me back to reality.

"I'm fi- I'm gonna puke." I said, as I ran to the bathroom.

"I'm the one that was drunk, shouldn't I be throwing up?" Kat joked, as she joined me.

"Not in the mood." I said.

"Ok."

"I don't think I'm going to do much today." I said, as I stood up, and flushed the toilet and walked out.

"What are you going to do?"

"I think I'm going to sleep." I said, as I laid in bed.

"But you just woke up."

"Goodnight Kat."

"Night." She said, and with that, I slowly drifted off to sleep.