Sofia

My head was pounding. Oh god. I think I overdid the shots last night. I get up to pee. As I brush my teeth I notice the shirt I was wearing in the mirror. Oh shit. I rinse my mouth and tip toe back to my room. Oh no. Oh boy. My panicking was interrupted with someone knocking at the door. I quickly go open it ignoring the fact that I was just in my undies and a shirt. It's only Mike.

“Mike! Oh my fucken god!”

“Good morning to you too.”

He held up a bottle of wine and two coffee's.

“Is that..?” he starts as he looks at my shirt.

His eyes go big and his mouth drops open.

“I so didn't mean to sleep with Tony.”

“How drunk did you get him?”

“We had a few shots”

Mike starts to laugh.

“Mike this isn't fucken funny!”

We sit at the kitchen table drinking our coffee.

“So I don't know if I should give you this wine.”

“You left me first. If you hadn’t left then I wouldn't of brought Tony home. I so deserve that bottle.”

“Maybe you and Tony can share it over dinner” he says with a grin.

“Shut up” I pull my hair up in a messy bun. We continue to talk about last night and as always, Mike tells me about his night. He had ditch Tony and me and gone bar hopping with the burnett instead. What a lameo.

“So that's where my shirt is at”

Mike and I turn our attention to Tony standing shirtless at the doorway.

“Hey Tony. I would of brought you a coffee if I knew you where here.”

I kick Mike under the table.

“Ow!”

“I'll take it off”

“Here” Mike takes off his hoodie and gives it to Tony.

“sit with us. We're just talking about last night” he says with with a huge grin

I kick him again.

“Mike here ditched us. He went bar hopping with the bitch instead of us” I inform Tony.

I'm trying not to make it awkward between us. He couldn't look me in the eyes. Usually I didn’t keep one night stands over for breakfast.

“I knew it! I heard you last night” Vic says coming into the kitchen a few minutes later with a small smirk

Oh god no. Don't tell me Maya and him heard Tony and I doing it. He gives me a smirk and sits down across from a red face Tony. Maya comes in dress for the day.

“Oh no. I'm not making pancakes for all of you guys” she says looking at the table.

I pull Maya out to the living room.

“Did you heard Tony and me fuck last night?” I whisper

Her cheeks go pink.

“Um y- yeah.”

“I'm really sorry. I got shitface last night and brought Tony back home and yeah”

I realize I'm still in my undies. So I go pull on a pair of black leggings and put on a bra. I come back . Vic is stirring the pancake batter.
I start the coffee and sit back down. We eat our pancakes in peace talking about this weekend plans

“ Alright. I need to get to work” Maya says getting up and putting dishes in the sink.
“ I'll take you. Let me just switch my clothes. I need to go to class soon anyways.”

I look at the clock on the stove. It was almost noon. They both leave. Mike and Tony were just talking now. I rinse all the dishes and put them in the dishwasher. I went into work at five. I got around four hours to kill.

“Are you guys staying or taking off soon?”

“Uh I'm leaving. I need to go shower and get ready for work” Tony replies as he gets up

“I'll see you around”

I watch him leave.

“So you don't remember anything from last night?” Mike asks as soon as the door closes.

“No. I already told you. I was smash. I don't even remember coming into my own apartment.”

“How many shots did you take?”.
“I don't know. I do remember Daniel had to cut us off”

Mike starts to laugh. Neither of us has ever gotten cut off by the bartender. We talk for a while longer. I convince Mike to watch my show with me until I have to go to work. We snuggle up with a blanket on the couch.

--&--

Maya

“Maya, Vic is here.” came through my walkie talkie. I was in the back on the second floor sorting out hangers. I finish up and take the escalator down. Vic is standing next to the registers talking to one of my coworkers Alec. He turns around and smiles at me.

“Hey. I don't get off for another half hour.”

“I know. My class got out early so I thought I would come wait for you to grab a bite”

I smile.

“And I'm really digging that Mickey crew neck.” He pointed to the mannequin wearing it as he walks around looking at things. Of course he would. I always got him clothes with my discount. I grab one in his size and ask Alec to ring me up.

“I wish I had a girlfriend that bought me clothes” Alec says as he bags the sweater.
“ I try not to spoil him”

I look for Vic and hand him the bag.

“Are you just going to stay here till I get off?”

“Yeah. It's not a long wait”

I kiss his cheek and go back upstairs to my section and go over it one more time.

” Maya go home.” my manager came through my walkie talkie

I glance at the clock I still had thirteen more minutes.

“ Are you sure?” I ask

“Yes”
I put the walkie talkie back in the office and clock out.

“Let's go” I say finding Vic.

He grins.

“I'm craving nachos” he says

We both loved nachos.

---&---

“Are you okay?”

I snap out of my thoughts and find Vic staring back at me

“Yeah..Why?”

“Well you hardly touch you're nachos and you totally just missed what I said”

“Sorry. I didn't mean to space out on you. What is it that you said?”

“Well first off I'm finishing your nachos because you aren't going to. Second I said if you wanted to come to dinner with me at my parents on Thursday.”

“Sure”

I like Vic's parents. Their so nice. Vic finish eating and we went home. I open the door to find Sofia and Mike on the couch smoking a blunt.

“I thought you worked today”

“No. They sent me home early. It was dead as fuck” she says as she offers me the blunt. I shake my head no and make eye contact with Mike.

“Hey Mayyyaaa” he says with a smirk

“Hey Mike”

It wasn't the first time I've come home to find them smoking. Sofia had a bong and different bowls. I didn't like the smell much. I lit the candles on the coffee table and went to my room. I unwrap my hand. The swelling was gone. It's bruised pretty bad with a few cuts. I dial Jamie’s number. It rings and rings.

“Hey Maya!!” He says out of breath

“Did you just run a marathon? “

“ No. My phone was upstairs. I was in the basement”

“But you live an apartment?”

“I'm at my parents. We're fixing up the basement to use as a second practice space.”

“Can I come over and watch or help or whatever?”

“Of course! I'll come get you”

“So what's really bothering you?” he asks a soon as we enter his mom's house.

Jamie gets right to the point.

“Its just...it's just I don't know how to feel anymore. My feelings are on pause. I just have this hole inside of me demanding to be fill.”

“How long have you felt this way?”

“For a while.”

“Maybe you just need to find something to kinda distract you.”

“I don't know” I watch as he starts painting. He had soundproof the entire basement. The choice of color was a green looking one.

“Can I help you paint?”

He nods and hands me his brush grabbing another one for himself.

Jamie

“Maya wake up” I nudge her with my toe. We had finish painting the basement, we'll I had. She had sat down for a small break and totally fell asleep. She was cover in paint. Maya was a messy painter.

“Mmmm. Let me sleep.” she mumbles

“You're cover in paint. At least change. You can stay the night”

I pick her up and take her to my old room sitting her on the bed. I rummage thru the closet. I pull out a shirt and give it to her.

“Put this on. I'm going to see if my mom has pajamas that you can borrow”

I walk down the hall and knock on the door.

“Come in”

I open the door. My mom is sitting in bed watching one of her late night Spanish soap operas.

“Do you have any pajamas Maya can borrow?”

She gets up and pulls some out from her dresser.

“ Thanks ma”

I walk back to my room. Maya had gotten comfortable. Her leggings and shirt were on the floor. I shake her lightly.

“ Maya. I got you comfy pajamas.”

“Mmmm.. Jamie I don't need pants. The shirt you gave me is okay”

“Okay then. I'll be downstairs on the couch if you need anything.”

She quickly sits up

“No. Stay in here with me. I don't want to sleep alone in a different house. I'll even put on these jammies.”

She gets up and quickly puts on the pajamas. She hops back into bed and pats the bed.

“Fine. Let me just change and brush my teeth”

She nods. I head to the bathroom down the hall. I change and brush my teeth. I pull an extra blanket from the closet on the hall and go back to my room. Maya is snoring lightly I get into bed and throw the blanket I got over me.

Maya

I'm pedaling as fast as I can.

“ Maya wait for me! I can't go as fast as you”

I turn around and see Daisy huffing and puffing. I stop and wait for her.

“ Come on Daisy! You're doing to make us late for dinner!”

“MAYA! The car”

I turn and see it coming pretty fast. I can't move. I try to get off my bike but I couldn't.

“I can't get off!! I'm stuck.”

As the car gets near I can make out the driver. It's a woman. It's my mom.

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