Temptation

43 - Hero

I'm woken by the sound of Madden throwing up at our bed side, it's only 10AM so I've gotten less than 4 hours of sleep. I lift my zombie like body from the bed and start the shower for her. The smell of puke flows through the room but over my partying years, it seems to have no effect on me like I've been accustomed to it.

I escort her to the shower, where she sits on the floor. "My head is fucking killing me," she says through the glass. "Advil, coffee and toast will help and smoothies." "Honestly, I have not said this in years but I'm craving McDonalds!" I laugh at her because it is very obvious that she hasn't had any junk food for a very long time and because the craving for grease during a hangover is a feeling I remember all too well.

With the lack of sleep, I had, I finish off 3 cups of coffee and now have another one coming from McDonalds via Uber. I meet the Uber driver in the driveway when I see him pull up on the security cameras, so he doesn't ring the doorbell to make Madden's headache worse. Carrying in the two takeout bags to her in the living room, I can see excitement in her smile but the black bags under her eyes suggests exhaustion.

Madden eats her McDonald's meal faster than I have ever seen her eat anything—it could be the hangover, or it could be that she hasn't had it in a while. After she finishes off her last egg McMuffin, she lays her head on my lap and instantly falls asleep. I stay awake watching the remainder of Marvel's End Game and every so often, I look down watching Madden sleep so peacefully. The movie ended in perfect timing with Madden waking; she rubs her tired eyes.

The rest of our day is spent on that couch, only moving to drink water and eat. We talk little of the night before, "No more parties here," I tell her, and she agrees with me.

Over the next few days, many people stop by to collect their things they've left behind from the party. Tom Holland makes a point to profusely apologize for breaking the door to our room and pushes a cheque in my face. Not that I can't pay to fix my own door, but the fact that he broke into my bedroom where Madden had been sleeping, I accept the cheque. Madden insisted I ripe it up but I refused which made her mad at me but I didn't care because she doesn't understand how I felt in that moment; seeing the broken door.

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Madden chats with Josephine while I get my hair and makeup done for my first scene of the day. "It's too bad you couldn't make it on Friday," Madden expresses. "I'm sorry doll. I actually had a date and I didn't want to drag her to a party." Madden swiftly gives me a look and quickly turns her attention back to Josephine. "How was the date?" Josephine goes on and on for minutes without taking a breath, Madden looks over to me and I just shrug my shoulders and give a smirk. Once Emma brushes my skin with some type of powder, I go to save my girl from the exhausting conversation.

On set, Allen has his assistant take lead on the scene for him to get practice as he will be directing his own movie after this.

I am distracted by my job...