Stay With Me

~5~

Tul runs over to Max, barely catching him before he falls face first out of his chair. He pushes him up slowly trying to steady him as best as possible. 

"OOOOOoooohh lookie who we got HERE EVERYONE!!! It's ma buddy bud pal o' mine Tul!"

He tried to shake himself away from Tul and fix himself as he didn't want to seem too desperate.

"Hey I think you may have had to much to drink uhhh.. buddy heh, why don't we get you a cab home-"

"NOOOOJONOINONO IM GONNA STAY HERE AND PRTY WITMA FRIENDS!"

Max walked towards the group of cast members that Win was speaking to.

"DrrrrrrrrINKS ON ME GUYS WOOOOO!!!"

The cast and crew cheered at the mention of free liquor, but Tul just shook his head in disapproval. He made his way through the huddled mass of people around Max to try and talk some sense into him. Win on the other hand loved talking to drunk Max.

"Paying for all those drinks is super generous of you! Are you sure you're gonna be able to cover it all?"

Max turned to Win acting as if he hadn't realized he had been standing there the whole time.

"O-oh well heyyyyyy I didn't see you there sport! Heehee...sport heh. Ummmm to answer your question...wait what was the question...OH YEAH OKAY got it I's 'member!"

Max leaned over to Win, wrapped his arms around his shoulder, and whispered in his ear.

"Dis... is nothing for me. Can you say the same? Huh? New guy? Hehe"

Max peeled away from Win once he noticed Tul coming closer to them. Though he took a little offence to Max's insinuation, Win just shook it off, smiled, and acted like nothing ever happened.

"Hey Tul, I think your friends starting to really hit the wrong side of drunk maybe you guys should send him ho-"

Before he could finish his sentence Max cut in abruptly.

"hOME?!?! I DONTA NEEEEEED TO GOOOO HOOOME!!! I AM PERFERECTERLY FOINE SO LETS PARTY IT UP WOOOOOOOAJKSOOOOO!!!!!"

Max ran off to join the festivities still going on around them while Tul was left with Win giggling at Max's parade of tomfoolery.

"Man Max is a handful isn't he?" Win asked

"Yeah he can be but he's a fun guy to be around, and don't let this drunk craziness fool you. He is a really reliable guy."

Win glanced over after Tul's remark and tried to change the subject immediately afterwards.

"Hey how about we head home, it's getting pretty late and we have to shoot first thing don't we?"

At that the director ran up behind them and made sure to comment

"Win I told ya already ya big good we have off tomorrow because some maintenance needs to be done on set! Let's LIVE IT UP!!!"

The director shimmied away while taking sips from his martini. Tul couldn't help but burst out laughing and patted Win on the back.

"It's okay I forget things too, but you can still head home if you want. I'd feel better staying here to keep an eye on Max, ya know, just in case"

With that Tul gave Win a slight pat on the back and waved goodbye as he ran over to Max to stop his inhaling of drinks. Though he felt a little left out Win didn't let it bother him. He knew his time would come shortly. He yelled a goodnight to everyone in the bar and walked out keeping his eyes on Tul the entire time.