The next day, Abigail woke to the sound of Susan throwing up in the bathroom. Oh great.
"Susan? You okay in there?"
"Do I sound okay?" she called back. Abigail sighed, "Come on, we're going to take you out for some fresh air. Maybe next time you won't drink as much."
"Bite me." was her reply as she clambered from the bathroom, pulling on a t-shirt and a pair of denim shorts. Abigail laughed and held the door open for her.
It was one o'clock and it was already 27 degrees, the sun shone in the sky and the streets were as busy as they had been the night before.
Both Abigail and Susan strolled down the boardwalk, soaking up the sun.
Music was blasting from the beach and several trucks were parked in the parking lot.
"Let's go get some coffee." croaked Susan.
Abigail could feel her checks flush as flashbacks of the night before burst through her mind. "Alright."
But instead of going to the café they had been to last night, Abigail led Susan down along the boardwalk to the little coffee shop just next door to the comic book store.
Abigail walked through the door and was surprised to find the Frogg brothers sitting by the counter with a cup of coffee and a Caff-Pow placed on the steel table. She smiled at them and they returned the gesture before going back to their seemingly in-depth conversation whilst Abigail placed an order of two black coffees to go.
Whilst Susan sat down at a table at the very opposite corner of the room, Abigail headed over to the Frogg brothers.
"Hey, I was actually going to come by the store today and give you this but seeing as you're already here…" she removed the book from her shoulder-bag and handed it to Edgar.
Both brothers stared at her for a moment before Edgar spoke with slight annoyance, "Let me guess, you didn't like it?" Alan laughed like he'd heard this before.
She raised an eyebrow at him, "I rather enjoyed it actually if you must know. Of course, it wasn't very believable but it was good enough. I just don't have the money to pay for it and wanted to give it back."
It was their turn to give her a surprised look.
"Oh, well, *cough* alright then…thanks." was Edgar's reply.
She nodded and sat down beside Susan until their order was up. Just as they were about to leave, Edgar's phone rang with "Living on a Prayer" as the ringtone.
The conversation went a little something like this:
"Hello?"
*muffled reply*
"Dude! Long time, what's up?"
*muffled answer*
"That's great news. Hey, listen, when you get here there's someone I want you to meet."
*muffled reply*
"Alright, sweet. See you then."
Within two seconds Edgar was up off his chair with a confused Alan Frogg trailing behind.
"Hey Abigail, wait up!"
Abigail stopped and spun around to face him, "Yeah?"
"An old friend of ours is coming over from Phoenix with some of his buddies and we were wondering if you'd like come out with us tomorrow night? We're heading up to Hudson's Bluff and we'd like to invite you, both of you."
Alan's repeated mutterings made Abigail feel slightly uninvited but Susan on the other hand, had no such feelings, "Sure, we'd love to come!"
"Great, well why don't you guys meet us outside the comic book store at around...seven thirty?"
Abigail had zoned out at this point and was too amused by the kids along the boardwalk attempting to skate down the railings of the steps leading to the beach to pay any attention to what was being said. Needless to say the kid was clearly no expert, so Susan did all the talking. They were to meet at the comic book store and the brothers would take them up to Hudson's Bluff.
While they talked, and a teenage boy landed rather painful looking trick on the steel railings, Abigail briefly glanced out of the corner of her left eye and noticed a familiar group of guys standing by the Ferris-wheel. David had a smirk on his face as he made a mocking bow in her direction and winked.
Abigail rolled her eyes, grabbed Susan by the elbow and headed back to the motel.
Tonight was going to be eventful.