Wicked

I didn't want to move. I lay in my bed, eyes still closed, my head throbbing a storm. Shit, how much did I drink last night? Then I remembered our little episode with Avenged and it made me smile. "Oww..." the change i muscles sent a spike of pain to the front of my head and I groaned my protests.
Slowly, I opened my eyes. The dark curtains had filtered a lot of the light, and my room was dimly lit, almost dark. Thank God. Come on, Ali. You've dealt with hangovers before, this is easy! I sat up - a little too quickly - and I swear my head split in two. Almost easy....almost. Ouch.
My door opened and I squinted my eyes at the hallway lights, make out a small, feminine silhouette. "Good afternoon, sleepy-head. Are you going to greet us with your royal presense now?" Carter's small voice was soothing to my head and I couldn't help but smile. She always knew how to deal with me, even at my worse. Thank God for Carter.
"Yeah, I think I might. Can you get me some advil or something? My head's splitting into little tiny pieces," at this, my head dropped into my hand, and I ran my fingers through my matted hair. "How much did I drink last night?"
Carter gave me a face and I knew it had to have been a lot. "Well, I know you took at least two shots, and you had those beers with me. But after that, I'm not sure sweety, you ran off with some of the other band people. I'm going to assume it was a lot, because you could hardly walk to the car last night." She giggled at me and I groaned, laying my head back on the pillows. "I'll be right back with your stuff," her voice dragged through the doorway.
I looked deep into my mind, trying to find out what I may have done last night. Thankfully, I didn't remember anything stupid. But I could remember dancing with someone - oh god. I danced with somebody in a band, I know that for a fact. Was it Jimmy? No no, he wasn't nearly that tall. Johnny? No, stranger wasn't that short either.. Matt. It was Matt. No, it wasn't! No it wasn't! Yes, it was and you know it. Nobody else is built like a brick wall like him. Oh crap, my conscience was right, it was Matt. And just my luck, I probably embarrassed the hell out of myself.
Carter returned, holding two small, blue pills in her hand and a bottle of water. She set them in my hands, but not before screwing the cap off of the condensating bottle. I downed my two little friends and drank half of the water bottle right then and there. Thirst had really not crossed my mind until I had something to pull back. "Hey, I have some questions for you..." Carter seated herself on my bed, and her tone indicated something bad. Or, she was confused. I really couldn't tell.
"Uhm, okay, what is it?" I sniffed, setting the bottle down on my nightstand, giving her my full attention.
"Okay. Alright, so. I talked to Brian," I grinned at her and nodded. Yea duh she talked to Brian, I was there with her. "No no, not when I was with you. I talked to him, on the phone, this morning after my run. I gave him my number last night - I didn't even think he would call! But he did, and he was so sweet and considerate, but I really don't know his true intentions. He was all over me last night, and I told him straight up that I wasn't going to sleep with him. I'm kind of regretting it now that I think back on it because ohmygodwho wouldn't?" she spilled out everything on me, and it took all of my concentration to focus on her. "But anyway, he called, and he said he really wanted to see me. A lot.He lives in Huntington, and that's like 6 hours from here. But, being me, I said I wanted to see him too. I wasn't going to lie to him, Ali, I really do want to see him again. And uh...he offered for me..and you...to go and stay with him and the boys. In Huntington," she looked at me, expecting an outburst I'm sure.
But as I thought about it, why not? I could see Matt again, and figure out how I came off to him, too. My initial reaction was hell no. We hadn't even known them for 24 hours, and Carter was throwing this onto me in a hangover, when I couldn't think straight. And that may be why I agreed. "Yeah, let's do it."
Carter looked at me in utter disbelief. "Are you serious? Alice, you better not be shitting me," she threatened and pointed at my chest.
"No, I'm serious, let's do it! Who wouldn't want to spend some time with the Avenged boys?" I grinned at her and nodded. "Do we know when?"
She shook her head at me, still smiling her surprise. "No, I haven't talked to him about that. I first had to convince you, and that came out great!" she laughed. "I think it'll be about a week, though."
I thought about it. "Well, I say we go before July fourth. Like, we go out there at the end of June, or very beginning of July, stay through the fourth weekend, and then comeback like the eighth, or something? That would probably work best, plus we get a real excuse to party somemore!" I grinned and shimmied towards her, earning a small laugh.
"Alright, great, I'll go and call him now! Thank you Ali, this is going to be so much fun," she hugged around my neck before bounding out of the room.
I laughed at her and watched her go. In all honesty, I hadn't agreed to please her; I really wanted to go too. Spending an entire week with Avenged Sevenfold? Who would even dare pass that up? I swung my legs over the side of the bed, and stretched my arms. Holy shit, it was three in the afternoon... eh.
I decided to shower and clean myself up a bit before making my way down the hallway into the small kitchen, where a late lunch was awaiting me on the counter. Carter really wanted this, she made me food for Christ's sake! Chuckling softly, I took the plate to the living room and chowed down, flipping through the channels to find something to watch. Carter's voice was barely audible through the thin walls, and I could tell she was excited even through the muffled mumbling I could hear.
A few minutes later, I heard Carter walked down the hallway and she swung her head around the wall into the living room. “Everything's all set up. We leave here the last day of June,” she grinned and raised her eyebrows in excitement. “We'll be staying at Zacky's place, cause I guess he has the room for all of us, and some other girls. Don't worry though, they're just longtime friends. One of them is dating Johnny, and the other is with Zacky, so we'll be okay.” She made her way to the couch and plopped down next to me, still smiling.
Leaving the thirtieth meant that we left in three days time. “We better start packing soon, then. And you,” I looked her up and down. “We can take you shopping first.”
“Really?” she looked at me, her eyes bright with excitement.
“Well yeah! You don't wanna spend a week with Avenged Sevenfold dressed like you're going to church camp,” my eyes met her's with confidence and nod.
Carter hugged me again, around the neck like usual. I could feel her cheeks on my neck, pulled up into a smile. I'm glad she could be so happy. This was the Carter I knew and loved.

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