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Post by Semper Capone on Aug 3, 2011 17:26:05 GMT -5
Sunlight was streaming through the blinds when I opened my eyes, though they quickly squinted against the sudden brightness. Blinking a few times, I managed to adjust my vision, and I quickly realized where I was: my room. I quickly looked over at the clock on the nightstand next to my bed, reading 9:37 AM in big red digital numbers. Usually I never slept in this much -- hell, I could hardly sleep past seven -- but this pounding headache.... I wouldn't mind just staying in bed for a while longer.
Settling my head back down onto the pillow, I suddenly became aware of someone beside me. Turning my head, I was shocked to see Tam right beside me. 'The fuck....?' No one ever spent the night in my room... well, occasionally Sage did.... okay, maybe he did a lot, but still. This did not explain why Tam was in my bed. I began to feel panicked as things slowly started coming to my mind again: the party, having too much to drink, running off with her, and then ultimately having s-- oh my fucking Ripred. No, no, that wasn't what happened.... Tam and I didn't. No, she was my best friend, and best friends didn't do that. Well, most of them didn't..... aside from me and Sage.... and me and Chicago..... but besides that! Taking in a deep breath and muttering to myself at the sudden realization, I raised both my hands and rubbed my face, horribly disappointed in myself.
((Bahahahaha, I knew that picture would come in handy at some point. XD I didn't know which room they were in either, so I just made it his since I figured the bed would be big enough for... yeah. xD;;; ))
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Post by Tamara George on Aug 4, 2011 4:51:04 GMT -5
Tam lay on her side feeling a great deal like an rhino had run over her head then invited a monster truck along for the ride. She lay with her eyes closed for a while, the sun shining in hazily through the window when she felt something move beside her. She paused, slowly opening her eyes, her mind skipping one to the dozen as she slowly turned to see a blonde guy...a very tall blonde...she simply lay there, eyes wide open, as she slid back down onto her back.
"...Semp?" She tried in a very small voice, hoping desperately that he'd turn and turn out not to be Semp and some random stranger instead...some random stranger who just so happened to also be a blonde giant. Her mind flew back over the night before but it was like some solid block of haze that she couldn't get past...why was she in Semp's bed...she paused before lifting up the covers and peeking underneath.
"Oh my god! I'm naked!" She cried loudly, sitting up abruptly, the sheets falling and pooling around her hips.
"Shit...we...oh my god...we shagged!" She cried, temporarily ignoring her pounding hangover. as the revelation hit.
((Mmm, yum xDD Sorry the posts so crap x.x))
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Post by Semper Capone on Aug 4, 2011 7:19:41 GMT -5
I was just in the process of calming my frantic mind down when I heard Tam say my name. For some reason, it had the same effect that the Grim Reaper would have if he were the one that said my name. I was filled with dread as I slowly turned my head to look at her, trying to come up with other possibilities as to why one of my best friends was stark naked in my bed.
When she sat up exclaiming what we had most likely done, I decided to throw out some other excuses as to why we were together, even if they were stupid. "Y' know, maybe y' were jus' sleep walkin', or somethin'." I said, knowing it was a very stupid and unlikely possibility. "'n' jus' 'cause yer naked don't mean I'm naked." Of course, that was a lie. I was as much in my birthday suit as she was, but that wasn't the awkward part. We had gone skinny dipping together, so it's not like I haven't seen her without clothes on before. The awkward part was that this was the morning after, so.... what now?
((S'all good. x3 Mine's awful. Dx ))
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Post by Tamara George on Aug 4, 2011 14:30:18 GMT -5
Tam looked at him, an impossible amount of hope splayed across her face before she gave a small moan, slipping down against the bed, her hand sliding up over her eyes.
"Well I doubt I'd be naked if you weren't," She muttered. "...you are naked...aren't you?" She asked, removing her hand and looking at him, that same ridiculous hope slipping into her voice before giving a yawn, leaning her head back against the pillows.
"My head is killing me," She said pathetically after a moment.
OOC: Sorry it's crap x.x
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Post by Semper Capone on Aug 4, 2011 15:07:32 GMT -5
"S'a good point..." I commented, looking down at the sheets and picking at a stray thread that was sticking up out of the stitching. I didn't really want to answer her next question, but the answer was obvious. Of course I was naked. "Er... yeah..." I eventually said, not making eye contact with her. "I don't got any medicine I could give y'. I threw all that out after I overdosed." My head was still throbbing, but the shock I was in was enough to dull it down a few notches.
((S'all good. I can't think of much more to add at the moment. Dx ))
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Post by Tamara George on Aug 4, 2011 16:01:24 GMT -5
She looked at him.
"It is a very good point," She nodded, giving a small laugh as she tried to lighten the mood.
"Ok so...let's just stick with the sleep walking idea, it's easier and less complicated and then, when I don't feel like I've been run over and have some asprin available, we'll talk about it...actually no...I don't think I wanna talk about it really, this is weird enough, thinking about it makes it seem weirder," She said shaking her head slightly.
"And from what I remember they got a lot right with that whole big feet thing...which is yet another thing I don't want to think about..." She said trailing off slowly before giving a slight wince.
"I need to stop talking because I'm coming out with a load of crap but in finding this way easier than not talking because in all honesty, I'm freaking out because I'm pretty damn sure I do not sleep walk naked!" She cried.
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Post by Semper Capone on Aug 4, 2011 16:19:17 GMT -5
So maybe sleepwalking naked wasn't the best answer to attach to us being where we were right now, but what else was there? Neither of us obviously wanted to accept that we most likely had sex, so... yeah. I couldn't think of anything else to say, but as soon as I heard her talking about big feet, I couldn't help but laugh. Apparently Chicago had told Tam about that little detail too-- aw. Now I feel bad. How would Chicago like it if she found out that I was off shagging her sister now? I doubt she'd take too kindly to that... she also wouldn't like that I've been getting drunk as a dog just about every other day. Dammit, I'm letting her down so much now.... I feel like shit.
But that all went away as soon as a single thought snuck into my head like some damn ninja: had I used protection? I felt the blood drain from my face with some sort of sick realization. I didn't feel anything down there, and drunks don't usually think things through, and..... ooooh shit.
I gave a dry, nervous chuckle -- not even a chuckle -- and tried to find a way to calmly tell her. "I, uhh.... yeah. I don't think that, eh.... I don't think, uh... protection. Was none." Hopefully that had made sense to her -- or rather, I hope not. I didn't want her to end up freaking out, so I quickly offered some hopefully soothing words, turning to face her slightly. "But, but, but! I honestly bet y' that with as much alcohol that I drink 'n' for as long as I been drinkin', I bet y' I'm sterile as a mule."
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Post by Tamara George on Aug 4, 2011 17:28:09 GMT -5
Tam completely and utterly froze, raw panic charging through her and firing up from the tips of her toes to the top of her head, eyes widening drastically before she turned to look at him.
"You...are you bloody sure?!" She demanded before ruthlessly pulling back the covers covering his crotch. Sure enough there was nothing there although...no! This was not the time to think of these things! She scolded herself harshly.
"I am not ending up bloody pregnant with your...oh...Pfft wait a minute, I'm on the bloody pill anyway, god how else do you think I've ended up not pregnant, bloody he'll Semp, you scared the bejeezus out of me! That's insighting panic darling, I feel crappy enough as it without worrying about all that...but by the way, if I get anything from you, I'll know it was you, and bloody well kill you, because I don't do unprotected sex. You know that's the one rumour that always pisses me off. No I bloody well do not have STIs because they are gross and I'm paranoid about them," She said as she relaxed back.
"Like I'd pregnant with you anyway," She said before turning her head towards him, giving a grin and nudging with her foot to show she was joking.
"Although that said, they'd be pretty attractive...but very blonde, you know I'd prefer kids with dark hair, I don't know why, I've just always preferred dark hair," She said beginning to babble again, more of a way as calming herself down rather than him.
"Look...Semp...we'll keep this quiet, ok?" She said quietly but somewhat randomly after a drift of silence as her topics for even semi related conversations ran to a halt.
"I'm sorry and...I've probably fucked everything up for you but...it's ok if no one knows right? Because Sage's crazy about you and you should be together and this was a complete one off and it'll never happen again so there's no feeling bad about it...right?" She said quietly but seriously.
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Post by Semper Capone on Aug 4, 2011 20:43:25 GMT -5
Well, that was sure as hell one way to give Tam a start. I hadn't meant to scare her; she gave me this look that even scared me. I hadn't meant to screw up like that... but you can't expect a drunk to really do anything.
She felt compelled to make sure by ripping off the sheets and checking for herself, which wasn't awkward at all. Well, considering all the times we've been with each other while unclad, it really wasn't that bad.
"Sorry," I said apologetically. "'n' I'm sure yer fine. I've only had sex with three other people-- er... two, actually." I didn't think it'd be a good thing for me to tell Tam that I had sex with Sassifrass before she was with Dodge, so I kept that part out. But I could still tell her about Chicago and Sage.
"I di'n't know y' were on the pill," I retorted, but there was no bitterness in my voice. I was still pretty shocked about the whole thing, so I couldn't comprehend anything in an angry way. "On the down low, yeah." I replied, looking over at her. "S'alright. It ain't like I've not screwed up before. 'n' no.... no hard feelin's. Won't happen again." I shook my head. But, really... does not doing it again count for leaving the bed and coming back, or right now? "When y' say it won't happen again... do y' mean it won't happen again once we leave the bed or right now?" Because, honestly... I don't think I'd mind giving it another whirl....
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Post by Tamara George on Aug 5, 2011 0:02:01 GMT -5
Tam wrinkled her nose, completely disregarding his hasty correction.
"3? Who was the 3rd? I know you did Chicago and Sass...did you shag Sage?" She asked almost excitedly, for the moment completely ignoring the fact that they still lying naked in bed together.
"You didn't tell me Semp!" She complained.
"When did it happen? Where? Was it good?" She questioned, turning onto her side so that she was facing him, propped up on her arm, her hair still actually in fairly good order despite the fact that it'd endured 'certain activities' and been slept on...although that said she properly still had a bit of sand in her hair...oh god...the party...well that'd explain it. How many drinks had she had? 5? 6? Possibly 7 or 8? Being that off her head it was probably lucky she only ended sleeping with Semp and not doing something stupid/possibly dangerous...not that this incident wasn't stupid, it was beyond so but...as well as 'it being Semp' being the worst part it was probably also the easiest, she'd seen him naked before anyway and well...they could get over it, they'd overcome the skinny dipping so they could get over this! At least that's what the oh do optimistic voice in her head insisted and she was all too keen to believe it. She didn't want to lose Semp as a friend.
But then that question came up and she became once again very aware of the fact that they were both rather conveniently already undressed and in the perfect place for a repeat...which buggered everything up because she wasn't supposed to be thinking along these lines. She did NOT want to sleep with Semp...again, especially when partially sober...but there came the problem, she was pretty damn sure she did.
"Err well I guess I meant after we got out of bed but 'right away' sounds like it'd be implied and it does make sense..." She said trailing off slightly.
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Post by Semper Capone on Aug 5, 2011 6:15:21 GMT -5
"Oh. I didn't know y' knew 'bout Sass. She was the third person." I said, but apparently it was Sage that most interested her. It had been on that two day boat thing we went on together when it happened, mostly to keep my mind off of the fact that we were on a boat in the middle of a damn ocean, but also for a lot more reasons than that. "Of course it was good!" I couldn't help but smile at the memory. "On that boat trip we took." After that, I really wasn't as scared of the water as I had originally been, back when even Blaise tried to help coax me further out into the rolling tide."Y' know, I went bi 'cause of him..."
Well, despite Tam's answer, I sorta kinda wanted to do it all again. Was it wrong for me to think that? Is this what typical teenage males do? I don't exactly fit into the "typical" category, but.... if what she said went into effect after we got out of bed.... "... y' wanna do it again?"
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Post by Tamara George on Aug 5, 2011 6:32:34 GMT -5
"You told me in the cbox, you know Semp I'm still not happy about that, 'he's as good as my brother' my arse," She scoffed. She was pretty sure there was a tiny part of her that was actually a tiny bit...jealous or something. She didn't know why, it was probably more to do with that ridiculous unexplained grudge she had against the girl she called her shallow!! but it made her feel rather stupid so she squealched the idea before it had time to blossom and grow. She wasn't jealous of Sage and Semp...well maybe a teeny tiny bit it was more the fear of being left behind then anything else and even then, she was so sure that Sage needed Semp (and probably the the other way around too) that she couldn't claim to even be THAT bothered about it, it was only when she thought about it that she worried.
"You and Sage are good together...I didn't know that...well actually I probably did because he's the only bloke you seem to swing for but still," She teased gently.
She didn't say anything immediately after his question. Did she want to do it again...yes, she did, it was the first thing that had sprung to mind after the initial shock and guilt and all that crap but she couldn't, it wasn't fair...
"Err...well I guess we probably sh...ok fuck that, I do...the rule starts after we're out of bed ok?...and I with my head I do intend to spend at least half the morning to the rest of the day in bed and it's happened so...a second time wouldn't be that bad...right?" She said more trying to justify it then conivince either of them.
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Post by Semper Capone on Aug 5, 2011 7:01:08 GMT -5
What? I had told her that in the cbox? What the hell.... "I don't remember tellin' y' that..." I said to no one in particular, brows furrowed as I tried to recall that even from my sparse and horrible memory. I really couldn't remember that..... oh well. Tam knows, so it's not like it's the end of the world or anything. But if Dodge ever found out, I bet you it'd sure as hell be the end of me.
I picked at the stray thread again, forgetting about the times I had been with Sassifrass. Instead, I focused on Sage. I really did like him -- love him, actually -- and for at the very beginning it had freaked me out. I honestly hadn't been exposed to homosexuality or bisexuality before I came to Richmond, so when I found myself absentmindedly staring at Sage and watching the way he moved, it scared me. I thought I had become more of a freak than I already am, but when I found out that I wasn't alone in liking someone of the same gender, I felt more comfortable about it and eventually came out of the closet to him. (somehow Kaleb found out about that and used it against me when he was with Chicago, and I still hate don't like him for that) And then I figured out that I was in love with two people at once, which I didn't even think was possible. Not the "oh, you're my friend so I love you" kind of thing, but the serious love. I couldn't choose between them, Sage and Chicago. But I guess I did.... and I found this quote once that says something like "if you're in love with two people, obviously you don't love the first person if you love the second." Sage was the first. Chicago was the second. And I felt guilty as hell. But really, that quote was stupid. It didn't know the situation I was in.
Now wasn't the time to think about that, though. Chicago was dead missing, Sage and I were on the road to being together, and I was in bed with Tam. As if that isn't screwed up already. "Shouldn't be bad," I answered her, glancing briefly over at her before looking back at the small thread sticking up from the stitching. I wanted to just shag her again already, but I also wanted to know her opinion on something. Maybe it would be bad to bring up, but the question was gnawing at me and it wouldn't hurt to ask, so why not? So I asked her quietly, still not making eye contact. "Do y' think Chicago's dead...?"
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Post by Tamara George on Aug 5, 2011 7:17:31 GMT -5
"You did, how else do you think I'd know, it's not like I'd ask Sarafina now would I?" She laughed, as she moved the covers over her shoulders, the slight breeze from the waterfront giving her a slight chill. She opened her mouth to speak, a small laugh playing on her lips when she paused and the laughter died instantly.
Chicago.
She didn't say anything for a very long time, quietly mulling the question over and trying to squelch the pain it caused to think of such things.
"I...I don't know anymore," She said quietly, her gaze dropping to her hands.
"I used to think that she'd just turn up one day, out of the blue and that everything would be fine and it'd feel like no time had passed at all but...she wouldn't have left so suddenly for no reason of her own accord and then when I think of some kind of psycho abducting her or something or...and what he could have done to her and...well then I'm not so sure anymore," She said carefully before glancing back up at him.
"And I don't know how we'd all explain everything. you'd have to pick and I'd feel even more guilty about it all and I've been trying to ignore it, like somehow that'd make it better but...I guess that's pretty traitorous too..." She said in a small voice as she felt the dull throb return.
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Post by Semper Capone on Aug 5, 2011 7:49:00 GMT -5
I had always thought the same thing that Tam was now telling me. Sure, Chicago did leave once without telling anyone, but we could still talk to her. But now that she's gone and isn't answering anyone or anything, I could only assume the worst. Well, I suppose being dead is a lot better than being held captive, and for my mental sake, it would be better for me to just believe that she was dead. I had wanted to go off and try to find her by myself, but America's huge, and to search that big of an area, it was just impossible. The police -- well, Kaleb much to my dismay. How awkward is it to have your fiancée's ex working on the case? -- hadn't turned up anything, and a lot of missing persons cases don't get solved for years, so it was pointless. I wanted to cling to that small, smoldering ember of hope, but if that meant her having been abducted, I really didn't want that for her. She already has gone through so much shit, and to put her though that is like putting lemon juice on a paper cut.
I could feel anger swelling up inside of me at the thought of some guy abusing her. If that were true, I'd slaughter that sick son of a bitch. Right on the spot. I would take my shotgun, point-blank range, and shoot him. When it comes to Chicago's safety -- or Tam's, or Sage's, or anyone I like, really -- I am not that gentle, stupid giant I usually am. I know how to kill, and I sure as hell wouldn't be afraid to take a human life for the sake of protecting. I had tried to kill Kaleb, so what's another attempt?
Faster than I knew, all that anger switched over to guilt and dread. If Chicago did come back, how would I tell her that I slept with two of her siblings? I know that Sage and Chicago had done a few things before I was with her, but how would she take it if I was the one with him? I rubbed my face with both hands as if I could somehow get rid of the guilt. I love her -- am faithful to her. But I also love Sage and am faithful to him. I still felt the exact same way I did back when Vince asked me who I would choose when it comes down to it. "I can't choose between 'em.... I can't." I said in a small voice, more to myself than anyone, and shook my head slightly.
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