I told ya I would be updating more often now! J See this is proof that school takes up way too much of a young person's life, and is way to freaking stressful! But if any of you guys drop out of school I will find you and personally kick your butt! School is important, and without it we would all be running around totally ignorant to the world around us.
Disclaimer: No, I don't own Twilight. I know it's been like forever, and Stephenie Meyer still hasn't given me the rites for Twilight! Something tells me it's just not going to happen for me. Oh well, my life is perfect anyway.
So I'm going to dedicate this chapter to my grandpa, who passed away a couple of months ago from pancreatic cancer. He was and still is my hero, and I love him with all my heart. If you have, or know someone who has cancer than you know how hard it is, and my thoughts and prayers go out to each and every single one of you. Cancer is not something to take lightly, it's a serious issue, and it's my hope that someday soon there will be a fool proof cure for it so no one has to suffer anymore. I love you grandpa. RIP and I can always feel you with me. You inspire me, even now, with your words of wisdom, and I will never forget you.
The Day After
EPOV:
"Bella love?" I asked as I woke up, and stretched my arm out, searching the bed for her in vain. That's when I heard a low groan coming from the bathroom, and I got up to go check on who it was.
Sure enough Bella was lying on the cold bathroom floor looking very ill. Her eyes were clenched shut, as if she was trying very hard not to be sick, and she was whimpering softly.
"Are you alright Bella?" I asked, already knowing the answer to the question. This was something I was prepared for, having already gone through it myself I knew that Bella would be in a bad state after a night of heavy drinking.
"Ugh, just go away, and let me puke in peace." She said softly, almost as if she were afraid that talking too loudly would make her sick. Either that or she had an awful headache and didn't want to talk to loud for fear of making it worse.
"Not a chance love." I said softly, as she bent over the toilet and got violently ill. I walked over to her and held back her hair and rubbed her back, assuring her the whole time that it was fine, and she shouldn't be ashamed that I was seeing her like this.
"It's just so embarrassing!" She sobbed after she was done being sick, she refused to even look at me.
"Every one of us has been where you are right now Bella. I'm not judging you, and I'm not going to leave you while you feel so terrible, so you might as well stop being ashamed right now."
Her only response was to whimper, and lay her head in my lap. I swept her damp hair out of her face, and pulled it up into a loose ponytail.
"Will you go get me some Tylenol and a glass of water please?" Bella asked me after a couple of seconds.
"Of course, I'm going to bring you some crackers also. I know you don't want to eat right now, but honestly it's the best thing for you."
I left the bathroom before she could protest, and ran straight into Alice who was already carrying everything Bella had asked for.
"How is she?" She asked me as she handed me the items she was carrying.
"Sick, but which one of us wasn't the first time we drank like she did?"
"Very true. In fact I'm pretty sure she wasn't the only one paying tribute to the porcelain throne last night."
"How are you not sick or hung over at all right now?" I asked noticing that Alice was dressed in jeans, and a fitted T-shirt. She didn't show any sign of having drank half the alcohol at the club last night.
"Because I took my own advice, and was drinking water, and snaking all night last night."
"Oh bull! I saw you popping Tylenol like your life depended on it this morning! She's just better at hiding it than the rest of us are." Rose said, walking up, and looking rather haggard herself.
"And will you two please keep your voices down? I have a pounding in my head like a thousand jack hammers are beating on the inside of my skull right now."
"Sorry Rose, how's Em and Jazz?" I asked.
"Both are still passed out, but I think they'll be hurting when they wake up."
"Alright well I have to get this back to Bella. Alice will you go get me a couple more Tylenol?"
"Sure thing! Let me know if there's anything else I can do."
I just nodded at her and let myself back into the bathroom, where Bella hadn't moved an inch.
"They all hung over also?" She asked, probably hopeful that she wasn't the only one.
"Everyone here is hung over! I told you, you aren't the only one who was drinking last night, and you definitely aren't the only one who is sick as a result of it." I told her softly.
She smiled weakly at my attempt to make her feel better, and took the pills and water that I offered her. Quickly, she gulped the water down, and I refilled it as she started nibbling on a saltine.
We sat in the bathroom for another couple hours until Bella thought she was well enough to migrate to the couch where everyone else was vegging out. I grabbed the trash can from the bathroom just in case she felt sick again, and sat it beside her.
Bella remained on the couch for most of the day, nibbling on crackers, and drinking water. I truly did feel bad for her, because we kind of threw her into a situation that she was wholly unprepared for.
Thankfully though she didn't get sick again, and after napping she seemed to become more of herself.
"I'm never drinking again!" She mumbled as she took some more pain reliever.
"I'm right there with you." Rose said with a sullen look on her face. Jasper and Emmett both looked like they were thinking along the same line also. In fact the only one who didn't seem affected was Alice, who was running around cleaning up the room, and mixing up some concoction.
She came out to the living room and handed us each a glass of what looked like mud.
"I know this looks disgusting, but trust me it will really help with the hangover." She explained. "It has a little hint of ginger, but that's really all you'll taste, and it'll restore some of your energy."
Bella looked like she was willing to try just about anything to make her hangover go away, so she quickly swilled the contents of the glass. The rest of us followed her lead, and Alice was right, the only thing I could taste was ginger, and for that I was thankful.
Fifteen minutes later the pounding in my head started to ebb, and the slight stomach ache I had was completely gone.
"What was that stuff you just gave us? It's amazing."
Alice just threw on a smug look, and said nothing. Looking around at everyone else though I knew I wasn't the only one feeling the effects of whatever Alice had given us. Bella's color had returned to her cheeks, and I was happy that she was feeling better.
"It's going to take about an hour for it to fully work it's magic, but you guys will be up and around in no time."
"Thank you Alice, I feel so much better!" Bella said emphatically.
"That's what best friends are for."
While we sat and let Alice's magic hangover juice work its magic, she was on the phone making reservations for some restaurant. Earlier the idea of food was repulsive, but now I was slightly hungry, and was curious as to where Alice was planning on going.
For the next hour we sat on the couch and watched T.V. waiting for the last bits of our hangovers to go away.
"Alright, how are you guys feeling now?" Alice asked
"Great, really hungry actually!" Bella exclaimed, and I was happy to see that she was back to her old self again.
"Good, because I made reservations at this great little place downtown, and we need to start getting ready."
With that the girls followed Alice into one of the rooms while us guys continued to watch T.V.
"So can I ask you all something? What happened last night?" Emmett said after a while.
"I'm not sure man, the last thing I remember is climbing up on stage with the girls during karaoke, and then we started taking shots, and that's where my mental block gets in the way."
"What song were we even singing?" I asked, because I remembered we were up there, but I couldn't even remember what I was doing up there.
"Dirrty by Christina Aguilera." Emmett said, and both Jasper and I looked at him like he was crazy.
"How the hell do you know that?" Jasper asked.
"Well for one it's Rose's favorite song. And for two did you not here the sick ass rap I did last night?"
"Uh no, no I didn't. I don't even remember a rap." I said.
"Oh my gosh! We are going to have to go online and look it up, because I totally rocked that rap."
That was when we found it…
I know I know, cliffy! But come on! How many of these do I ever actually leave you with? You'll find out next chapter! Which compared to all other chapters probably wont me too long considering all my friends are busy, my boyfriend has to work, and I can't seem to get a job anywhere.