The Auction!

chapter 14

"Shit." I agonized.

Slouched over, I whined painfully as everything from the night before came crashing down at once.

My head was spinning; my throat was dry and scratchy. I licked my lips, only to find my dry tongue making it absolutely pointless in the matter.

Even though my eyes remained close, the light that was waiting for me on the other side of my eyelids was extremely painful.

Don't drink again.

The thought alone left a nauseating taste in my mouth.

"Never again." I whispered.

After a struggling moment, I finally opened my eyes.

I was clinging to the edge of my bed. The focus set on me throwing up the mixture that was waiting in my stomach.

Kitty, who I found sprawled out on her bed, began to move.

"Kitty?"

"Mmm." She rolled from one edge of her bed to the other; her arms clinging to her pillow.

Kitty. I mouthed her name, coughing harshly as sound failed to leave my mouth.

Water. I need water.

Kitty, who seemed extremely weak herself, rolled out of bed before she crawled across our carpeted floor.

She grabbed for a bottle of water she kept close by before she crawled to my side of the room.

Crawling stops me from throwing up. She would say.

Kitty sat up; her hand extending out as she looked at me with her very discolored and low eyes.

"Next time, you will be the one-" she paused. Her once low eyes now blinking repeatedly as she gestured toward the other side of my full sized bed.

I turned over. What I find lying in my bed was definitely a strange sight to see.

I quickly put on my glasses.

"Monte is in your bed." Kitty noted. "Why?"

"I have no idea." I whispered.

"Why is Monte half naked in your bed?" Kitty questioned again.

"I don't know."

***

"I don't mean to burden you." I pushed up my glasses; making sure to keep my eyes focused on the floor.

"Burden me?"

Monte yelled from the kitchen area. I heard him laugh as he emerged with a cold glass of water he had offered to get.

"I'm the one in your house." He reminded me.

True. But where is his shirt?

As if he could read my mind, he quickly put on his shirt before he joined me on the living room sofa.

"I know this may seem weird since you probably have no idea what the hell I'm doing here." He smiled.

"Yes. Can you tell me like- what the hell happened."

"Well, I stopped by last night. I knocked a few times and it seemed like no one was home until Kitty came to the door."

"So Kitty let you in?"

Monte seemed unsure of how to answer.

"She basically pulled open the door. Without even noticing me, she just stumbled into her room. She didn't even make it to the bed. Just...laid down on the floor." He laughed.