Love, Sex and Booze (Edited), chapter 9
Sophie's eyes slowly opened glancing around the room watching it spin feeling her head pound. She groaned slightly feeling her stomach churn trying to remember what happened last night. She rubbed her eyes feeling the mascara smudge down her face. She quickly got out of bed running into the bathroom throwing up in the toilet.
"Never... I am having fucking champagne again..." She mumbled to herself standing up looking at herself in the mirror. Her eyes suddenly widened seeing the images flash before her eyes.
Tré on top of her... on the bathroom floor... her moaning out in ecstasy...
"Fuck!" Sophie said loudly turning around and throwing up again in the toilet.
Melanie sat with her feet propped up against the window sill taking in a drag of her cigarette. She glanced at Warren who was fast asleep in their bed as she looked back out of the window, her mind still with Billie. She could still feel his lips against hers... she could still feel the weight of his body on top of hers on the pool table... She heard a knock on the door snapping her out of her senses.
"Melanie, it's me open up!" she heard Sophie's voice mumbling from the other side of the door. Melanie frowned looking at her clock seeing it was only five in the morning. She stood up going over to the door opening it quietly.
"You're up early..." Melanie said looking at Sophie.
"Could say the same about you..." Sophie whispered.
"Couldn't sleep..." Melanie shrugged. "What the fuck's up with you anyway?"
Sophie shook her head looking up at Mel. "I got myself into some serious shit..."
Melanie opened her door wider for her to come in. Sophie quietly made her way over to the chair, being careful not to wake her brother up. Melanie shut the door sitting opposite to Sophie so she was looking at her.
"So what's wrong? You look like shit..."
"Yeah I feel like shit too..." Sophie paused looking back at Warren. "Is he asleep?" she mouthed.
"Yeah, he's dead to the world..." Melanie said looking at him. "So...what is it? What brings you here at five in the morning..."
"Okay first you gotta promise you won't tell ANYONE..."
"Okay... I promise..."
"Swear down Melanie? On our friendship..."
"What did you do? kill someone?"
"Just promise me Mel..."
"Okay, I promise I promise..."
"Last night..." Sophie paused breathing in heavily. "Me and Tré... got really drunk... and we were hanging out in the jacuzzi... and he offered me some weed... and I didn't know it would make me so... anyway we both got REALLY drunk and we ended up... well... on the floor... ripping each other's clothes off... and... I don't remember what happened after that but... well you can imagine... "
Melanie looked at her, her jaw dropping slightly. "Oh my god you fucked Tré!?"
"Sssshhhh Mel!"
"Oh sorry... shit Soph!"
"I know, I know... I'm fucked I know! I didn't know what I was doing... What if... oh my god... what if Emily finds out... she'll never forgive me oh my god..."
"Soph... come on... you were stoned... what about Mike?"
"Oh my god Mike!" Sophie buried her head in her hands. "This is too much to take in..."
"Shall we go out into the garden... we don't want... you know..." Melanie pointed over to Warren. Sophie nodded getting up walking with Melanie over to the door. When the door closed Warren sat up.
"Oh my god..." he said quietly to himself.
* * *
"Right, let's take it from the top guys." Billie said talking in to the microphone.
"Geez... Billie d'ya have to speak in to the mic ALL the time... I mean we're right here dude!" Tré said frustrated.
"Oh... I'm sorry... I missed the point when I actually gave two shits!"
"Fuck you!"
"Oh and by the way you missed... The FUCKING CHORUS you dumbass!"
"YEAH... well... your voice fucked up like 12 times... what are you just going through? PUBERTY?"
"Woah, who shat in your pop tarts this mornin' dudes? Chill out!" Mike said raising his voice trying to break up the argument. As Tré got up he threw his drumsticks aside and began walking off.
"I'm takin' a break..."
"Yeah good idea maybe you can remember what comes after a verse while you're havin' a break." Billie mumbled.
"Well maybe... asshole you should try learning the words to your FUCKING SONGS!" Tré shouted as he looked behind him.
"Just go and take that break Tré!" Mike said loudly as Tré stormed off. "What the fuck is up with you two this morning?" he said as he turned and faced Billie.
"What the fuck is up with him don't you mean?!" Billie said with anger in his voice.
"Come on Billie, you've been acting weird all morning."
"It's nothing," he replied.
"Oh pull the other one... I've known you since we were ten... I would know if it was nothing... and believe me, this isn't nothing!" Mike said matter-of-factly. Billie sighed pulling a cigarette out of the packet and lighting it up.
"Well... where do I start?"
"From the beginning would help."
"Remember I told you the other day about that girl I was in love with but was in a relationship," Billie paused slightly wondering how to say this. "... well... it's... Melanie..."
"What? Our Melanie?"
"Um... yeah..."
"Oh... okay then..." Mike paused to think about what had just been said. "Does Warren know anything about this?"
"No! God can you imagine what Warren would do?"
Mike shrugged fiddling with the keys on his bass. "Not much, probably..."
"Mike I kissed his girlfriend... ç"
Mike looked up at him. "You kissed her... ç?"
"Yeah like a couple of times..."
"Have you fucked?" Billie shook his head at Mike placing his guitar on the floor. "Well... don't you think you should tell Warren... even if he does have a go... well... I'm sure he'll understand..."
"Will he though? What if he gets mega pissed at me?"
Mike sighed out heavily not being able to answer that question. They stood there in silence for a while as Billie stared ahead of him in deep thought.
After a while Billie broke the silence by saying, "So what about you and Sophie then?"
Mike looked up at Billie shuffling his feet. "Well... I dunno..." he mumbled trying to pay his attention back to tuning his bass.
"Come on Mike! You think you can deny it forever? Everyone knows you like her... and she likes you... fucking say it already...!"
"Actually..." Mike cleared his throat. "I was gonna tell her tonight, you know at the Awards..."
Billie smiled at him leaning against the wall of their rehearsal room. "You know I've never seen you so nervous about a girl before... you must really like her..."
"Mmm..." Mike mumbled quietly. He looked up at the clock then turned to look at Billie. "Think you should go and get Tré..."
"No I'm not in the mood to talk to that moany bastard if he's gonna be an asshole about the way I sing..."
"Oh come on Billie, I'm sure he's cooled off just go and... sort it out..." Mike said.
Billie sighed out heavily pushing himself off the wall. "Okay..."
"Never... I am having fucking champagne again..." She mumbled to herself standing up looking at herself in the mirror. Her eyes suddenly widened seeing the images flash before her eyes.
Tré on top of her... on the bathroom floor... her moaning out in ecstasy...
"Fuck!" Sophie said loudly turning around and throwing up again in the toilet.
Melanie sat with her feet propped up against the window sill taking in a drag of her cigarette. She glanced at Warren who was fast asleep in their bed as she looked back out of the window, her mind still with Billie. She could still feel his lips against hers... she could still feel the weight of his body on top of hers on the pool table... She heard a knock on the door snapping her out of her senses.
"Melanie, it's me open up!" she heard Sophie's voice mumbling from the other side of the door. Melanie frowned looking at her clock seeing it was only five in the morning. She stood up going over to the door opening it quietly.
"You're up early..." Melanie said looking at Sophie.
"Could say the same about you..." Sophie whispered.
"Couldn't sleep..." Melanie shrugged. "What the fuck's up with you anyway?"
Sophie shook her head looking up at Mel. "I got myself into some serious shit..."
Melanie opened her door wider for her to come in. Sophie quietly made her way over to the chair, being careful not to wake her brother up. Melanie shut the door sitting opposite to Sophie so she was looking at her.
"So what's wrong? You look like shit..."
"Yeah I feel like shit too..." Sophie paused looking back at Warren. "Is he asleep?" she mouthed.
"Yeah, he's dead to the world..." Melanie said looking at him. "So...what is it? What brings you here at five in the morning..."
"Okay first you gotta promise you won't tell ANYONE..."
"Okay... I promise..."
"Swear down Melanie? On our friendship..."
"What did you do? kill someone?"
"Just promise me Mel..."
"Okay, I promise I promise..."
"Last night..." Sophie paused breathing in heavily. "Me and Tré... got really drunk... and we were hanging out in the jacuzzi... and he offered me some weed... and I didn't know it would make me so... anyway we both got REALLY drunk and we ended up... well... on the floor... ripping each other's clothes off... and... I don't remember what happened after that but... well you can imagine... "
Melanie looked at her, her jaw dropping slightly. "Oh my god you fucked Tré!?"
"Sssshhhh Mel!"
"Oh sorry... shit Soph!"
"I know, I know... I'm fucked I know! I didn't know what I was doing... What if... oh my god... what if Emily finds out... she'll never forgive me oh my god..."
"Soph... come on... you were stoned... what about Mike?"
"Oh my god Mike!" Sophie buried her head in her hands. "This is too much to take in..."
"Shall we go out into the garden... we don't want... you know..." Melanie pointed over to Warren. Sophie nodded getting up walking with Melanie over to the door. When the door closed Warren sat up.
"Oh my god..." he said quietly to himself.
* * *
"Right, let's take it from the top guys." Billie said talking in to the microphone.
"Geez... Billie d'ya have to speak in to the mic ALL the time... I mean we're right here dude!" Tré said frustrated.
"Oh... I'm sorry... I missed the point when I actually gave two shits!"
"Fuck you!"
"Oh and by the way you missed... The FUCKING CHORUS you dumbass!"
"YEAH... well... your voice fucked up like 12 times... what are you just going through? PUBERTY?"
"Woah, who shat in your pop tarts this mornin' dudes? Chill out!" Mike said raising his voice trying to break up the argument. As Tré got up he threw his drumsticks aside and began walking off.
"I'm takin' a break..."
"Yeah good idea maybe you can remember what comes after a verse while you're havin' a break." Billie mumbled.
"Well maybe... asshole you should try learning the words to your FUCKING SONGS!" Tré shouted as he looked behind him.
"Just go and take that break Tré!" Mike said loudly as Tré stormed off. "What the fuck is up with you two this morning?" he said as he turned and faced Billie.
"What the fuck is up with him don't you mean?!" Billie said with anger in his voice.
"Come on Billie, you've been acting weird all morning."
"It's nothing," he replied.
"Oh pull the other one... I've known you since we were ten... I would know if it was nothing... and believe me, this isn't nothing!" Mike said matter-of-factly. Billie sighed pulling a cigarette out of the packet and lighting it up.
"Well... where do I start?"
"From the beginning would help."
"Remember I told you the other day about that girl I was in love with but was in a relationship," Billie paused slightly wondering how to say this. "... well... it's... Melanie..."
"What? Our Melanie?"
"Um... yeah..."
"Oh... okay then..." Mike paused to think about what had just been said. "Does Warren know anything about this?"
"No! God can you imagine what Warren would do?"
Mike shrugged fiddling with the keys on his bass. "Not much, probably..."
"Mike I kissed his girlfriend... ç"
Mike looked up at him. "You kissed her... ç?"
"Yeah like a couple of times..."
"Have you fucked?" Billie shook his head at Mike placing his guitar on the floor. "Well... don't you think you should tell Warren... even if he does have a go... well... I'm sure he'll understand..."
"Will he though? What if he gets mega pissed at me?"
Mike sighed out heavily not being able to answer that question. They stood there in silence for a while as Billie stared ahead of him in deep thought.
After a while Billie broke the silence by saying, "So what about you and Sophie then?"
Mike looked up at Billie shuffling his feet. "Well... I dunno..." he mumbled trying to pay his attention back to tuning his bass.
"Come on Mike! You think you can deny it forever? Everyone knows you like her... and she likes you... fucking say it already...!"
"Actually..." Mike cleared his throat. "I was gonna tell her tonight, you know at the Awards..."
Billie smiled at him leaning against the wall of their rehearsal room. "You know I've never seen you so nervous about a girl before... you must really like her..."
"Mmm..." Mike mumbled quietly. He looked up at the clock then turned to look at Billie. "Think you should go and get Tré..."
"No I'm not in the mood to talk to that moany bastard if he's gonna be an asshole about the way I sing..."
"Oh come on Billie, I'm sure he's cooled off just go and... sort it out..." Mike said.
Billie sighed out heavily pushing himself off the wall. "Okay..."
