Oh, Calamity!

“Wakey wakey, sunshine,” Luna said in a sing song voice.
I groaned, swatting at the air. “Go away. I’m sleeping.”
“Come on, Nora. We came over to help you,” Alex added, yanking the blanket off of my body.
“I’m sleeping off a migraine. You’re hurting more than helping,” I replied, opening one eye to peer at them.
“Sorry to break it to you, hun, but you’ve got a hangover. You need aspirin and some water,” Luna declared, pulling on my arm. “Now get up.”
“Jesus fucking Christ. I’m up, now chill,” I said, glaring at the two of them.
Luna handed me two aspirin and a tall glass of water, sitting down beside me on the couch. Alex took a spot on the coffee table, folding his hands in front of him and looking at me intently. I took the pills and chugged some water, waiting for one of them to speak.
“What happened? Why did you run off from Rian?” Luna asked, putting a comforting hand on my shoulder.
I shrugged her hand away. I didn’t feel well, and I was certainly not in the mood to talk about the previous night. “It doesn’t matter now. Rian just asked some troubling questions.”
“Like what?” Alex wondered.
“Why I was with Will, if I was still in love with Jack. Y’know, the usual.” I said.
“Well, are you still in love with Jack?” Alex questioned.
I sipped water from my glass before answering. “Fuck off.”
“Hey! Calm down, Nora. We’re just trying to figure out what happened,” Luna defended.
“Don’t you think that if I wanted to talk about it, I wouldn’t have run off last night?” I shot back.
“Damn, who shit in your cheerios?” Alex grumbled.
“You guys did, all of you. I’m so fucking sick of being interrogated. Give me time to figure things out for myself, for fuck’s sake,” I shouted.
They both got silent for a minute, speaking to each other through facial expressions and leaving me out. “Jack told us what you said, Nora. About us abandoning you,” Alex replied.
“Yeah? Well you did, and it’s too late to change that now,” I barked.
“Please, just talk to us. We hate to have you feel like we’re your enemies. We love you, Nora. We just want to help,” Luna explained.
I sighed, pinching the bridge of my nose. “Guys, please. I feel like shit and you know how I am about feelings in general. I don’t want to talk. In fact, I want to be alone. Hell, I need to call Rian and Cass and Will and Jack and apologize to them. I have a lot to think about and you two asking so many hard questions doesn’t help whatsoever. Please, just...go.”
With a returned sigh, they both moved and gave me a hug before bidding me goodbye and heading out. Before making my many phone calls, I decided to get changed and take a shower, since I felt disgusting. Once I had washed my hair and didn’t smell like booze, I dialed each number and said lengthy apologies. Rian and Cass were very understanding, and Rian admitted that he shouldn’t have forced that discussion on me, especially in public. Will didn’t mind at all, and scheduled a date for just the two of us for the next night. I saved jack for last, my heart hammering against my ribcage with each dialtone.
“Hey, what’s up?” he answered casually. How could he always act like nothing had happened? I envied him sometimes.
“Just...recovering. You?” I wondered.
“I’m just cleaning my car. Did you need something?” He questioned.
Shit. I was the reason he was forced to clean his car. “I wanted to call and say I’m sorry for last night. I know there are probably 100 places you would’ve rather been than picking up my drunken ass. I’m sorry for bothering you. And puking in your car.”
“Nah, don’t worry about it. You’d do the same for me. You’d probably yell at me for being an idiot, but you’d still do it,” he mentioned.
“You yelled too, after I threw up.” I pointed out.
“I know, and I’m sorry. I should’ve been nicer,” he added.
“No, you were well within your rights. I was being a child, after all. Do you need me to come help clean?” I asked.
“I’m already almost done. You just nurse that hangover of yours and get better. Oh hey! That reminds me, I was hoping that we could all hang out next weekend at my place. You know, just me, you, Alex, Luna, Zack, Rian, and Cass. Does that sound good?” he said.
“Yeah, sure. It could be fun,” I replied.
“Yeah. We can start making up for 7 years of lost time,” he decided.
I paused, unsure what to say. “Yeah. I guess we could.”
“Anyway, I better go finish this up. I’ll talk to you later, alright? And no hard feelings?” he asked.
“Yeah. See you later.” I replied.
I was upset by the fact that he didn’t mention my little ‘I love you’ blunder. Had he not heard me, or did he just not care? Of course, why would he bother with me anymore? He had Robin. Gorgeous, nice, loyal Robin. How could I compete with her? I was just the jealous ex that couldn’t figure out how to move on from the best thing that had ever happened to me. She deserved him, and I didn’t. I mean, she had practically babysat me the night before and called Jack to pick me up so I’d stop being a fool. She was far too nice.
I hated Robin, and I loved Jack. I was so fucked.

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