Becoming the Bad Girl

Chapter 15

I remembered everything from last night which is how I knew exactly why I had such a horrible hangover this morning. Taking in my surroundings I realized I was sleeping on a sofa in Raiden's uncle's living room. The second thing I realized was I was lying next to Raiden and his arms were wrapped around me.

I heard a groan and looked over at Finn who was sitting on a chair in the corner of the room.

"You okay?" I asked him as I sat up. That was a bad call because my head only pounded harder. Oh my god, I was never drinking again!

"Yeah," he grumbled out. "Worth it." I heard him say, "It usually is when a blonde is involved." He added with a chuckle. I shook my head at his response. Finn had eventually showed up, after we did body shots last night, with a disheveled looking blond; the same one that he had spotted when we arrived.

"Must you two talk so loud?" Venus grumbled from the floor. I looked down to see her cuddled into Draven's side. She had her head buried into him and Draven was rubbing his eyes as he woke up.

"It's all in your head," Finn responded.

"Shut up," she mumbled, "What time is it?"

"It's time for you kids to get up." Raiden's uncle responded as he walked into the room. Raiden woke up with a start before relaxing and glancing up at me. "I apologize in advance for rushing, but I have a cleanup crew that'll be here any minute before my meeting. If it wasn't for that I'd make you kids breakfast."

"Oh god," Finn said covering his mouth as he ran out of the room. I covered my mouth too as bile started to rise at the thought of food. I took deep breaths and managed not to throw up all the alcohol I had devoured last night.

"Oh," Raiden's uncle smirked, "I forgot you're not supposed to mention food around folks who have been drinking." He said sarcastically.

"Don't worry about it." Raiden mumbled sleepily referring to us having to leave, "We'll be outta here soon."

"It was good seeing ya kid. You should stop by more often." His uncle responded.

"Noted," Raiden said before his uncle left the room. Slowly we all started getting up and headed towards the car.

"Are you okay to drive?" I asked Raiden as I got in the car.

"I've driven in a worse state." He replied starting up the car.

"Yeah," Venus agreed from the backseat, "This guy drove eighteen miles high off his ass on acid because he had to warn his family that green giants were on their way to take over the world. Not once did he harm anyone or crash his car we would know."

"We weren't about to let him drive on his own. We figured if we couldn't convince him to stay so might as well go with. Not once did he swerve out of the lines you can't forget that." Finn added.

"I never took you as the type to do drugs like that," I told him honestly.

"Because I'm not," Raiden replied glancing over to me.

"An ex buddy of mine slipped him some." Draven said, "He thought it would be funny until I literally kicked his ass out of my place. He fell down a flight of stairs and I threated to cut him to pieces if he ever showed his face around me again."

A smile tugged at the corner of my mouth at the terrifying thought, but it was good to know that this group was as close as they were. They took care of each other and it showed clearly that they thought of each other as family.

"Hey there's a family diner that we passed on our way here last night," Venus said, "We should grab some coffee."

"Coffee sounds great right now," Finn added.

"Once we cure our hangover Scarlett and I are going to have a girl's day," she said looking at me through the rearview mirror, "To celebrate." She added.

"We're not letting you two go out on your own with the situation at hand especially in Vegas," Draven said giving her a stern look. Venus pouted but didn't argue with him. I just smiled and turned my attention back to the road.

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"I have never loved coffee so much in my life," I mumbled before taking another gulp. Raiden chuckled as he leaned back in his seat with his own cup of coffee. The others mumbled their agreements as we huddled over our cups.

An hour or so went by with us chatting amongst ourselves drinking coffee. Thankfully refills were free and we spent under twenty dollars much to the annoyance of the staff.

Back at the motel Venus and I rummaged through our bags as we tried to find outfits for the day. After a long argument, the guys agreed to go with us and walk down the Vegas Strip so we could celebrate Venus and Draven's engagement. Apparently, Venus usually gets her way.

"Shall I entertain you with my own outfit choosing?" I asked finally.

Venus chuckled, "You can try." I held up the cream-colored, lace crop top and Aztec print, short pencil skirt. She pursed her lips as she thought it over, "And the shoes?" she asked. I held up the cream-colored, non-laced converse. She nodded, "I like it." she agreed.

"Oh my gosh," I gasped in mock surprise, "It's a miracle! We agree on clothing." I said. She chuckled and went back to tackling through her own bag of clothing.

After changing in the bathroom I walked back into the room and packed my clothes. Venus walked out of the bathroom shortly after she changed and packed up as well.

"We're going to have so much fun today!" she said excitedly as we walked out of the motel room.

The guys were already waiting by the car by the time we were ready to leave.

"About time." Finn joked.

"Oh please," Venus replied, "We didn't even shower. It didn't take that long."

"So that's what that smell is," Finn said with a smirk. Venus gasped and punched him in the arm. "Damn," he yelped grabbing his arm, "Are you sure you didn't use to be a man?"

"Trust me, she's all woman," Draven said pulling Venus into him. Venus smiled up at him before placing a kiss on his lips. Finn pretended to throw up behind their backs. Raiden and I chuckled at the ridiculousness of the situation.

Their kiss reminded me that I had had my first kiss last night; with Raiden nonetheless. I wondered if the kiss meant anything to him or if I was just another girl added to the list that he's kissed in the past, but I was too nervous to even look at him yet.

"I'm so proud!" Venus said pulling away and throwing her arms out to show me off, "She's growing out of her shell. She picked this out herself!"

"Stop torturing the poor girl." Draven groaned before pulling her into the car. I chuckled as she pouted to him.

"You look great," Raiden said as Finn climbed in next.

"Thanks," I said feeling my face heat up slightly. After the others were in Raiden and I climbed before we took off towards the strip.