Hide Your Heart

Facing the Other Two

  The next morning Paul shook Tommy awake at six thirty so they could dress and get to the breakfast buffet before Gene and Eric. 

"Don' feel like eating. Just kill me. My head hurts and I gotta puke." mumbled Tommy. "Go away."

"Nope. Rise to It sunshine. Coffee calls me."

"Stuff the damned coffee. I'm going back to bed."

Paul dumped Tommy on the floor and tossed clothes at him.

Flipping Paul off, Tommy reluctantly dressed and ran a brush through his tangled mess of curls. "Ugh. "

In the breakfast corner, Eric was trying to stuff eggs and bacon into his mouth at the same time as well as swallowing toast and coffee. When he started choking Gene slapped his back and mumbled "dumbass " under his breath. 

Finally Eric swallowed the whole mess and wiped his eyes. He headed back for a second plate as Gene finished his third. "Oh. Did you two want breakfast?"

Looking at his best friend in disbelief, Paul made a plate for him and Tommy and set it on the table.

"Tommy, eat. I'm getting coffee for us. How do you drink it?"

"Like we all do. In a cup." said Gene filling a 4th plate. He let out a long loud belch followed by a longer one from Eric.

"Who made you king ass this morning? And why are you up so early?" questioned Paul.

Gene blew Paul a kiss as he started questioning Tommy as he tried to eat.

 When Eric joined in, Tommy refused to say anything. He just drank his coffee and went back to the hotel room.