Leaving with River.
The note on my door.
Getting sick.
Vomiting.
Wanting to die.
River …
River holding my hair …
River telling me that everything will be okay …
I groan again as I recall how he witnessed me puking at least three times. While the memories are hazy, I know he took care of me, holding my hair back while I puked, then he helped me to my room.
I think I passed out after that.
Why did I drink last night?
Better yet, why is River being so nice?
I check the time and hate myself even more. I have class in an hour. How the hell I’m going to make it through it is beyond me, but I have to.
Dragging my butt, I sit up, lower my feet to the floor, and stand up. For a flash of a moment, I think I’m going to puke again, but it’s a false alarm. Taking a deep breath, I collect a pair of torn jeans and a T-shirt before heading out of my room.
Lily is in the sitting area, reading a book, with her hair pulled up, and she has sweatpants on, which is kind of an odd thing to see.
When she spots me, she closes the book. “You’re alive!”
“Barely,” I mumble as I trudge across the room. “I feel like I may have died last night and been resurrected.”
“So, you’re saying you’re a vampire?”
“No way. I feel more along the lines of a zombie right now.”
She snorts a laugh as she rises to her feet. “I’m sorry. I feel like this is my fault for basically making you go to the party.”
“You’re fine. I’m the one who chose to drink.”
“Still, I feel like I shouldn’t have taken off at the party and left you. And with Finn. I mean, I love my brother to death, but he likes to drink and party.”
“Lily, I swear it’s fine. It’s not Finn’s fault. It’s no one’s fault but my own.”
She doesn’t appear convinced as she gathers her book and a bag that’s sitting on the coffee table. “I have to leave for this yoga class Wren and I are taking, but I’ll be back in like an hour. If you need anything at all, text me, okay?”
I nod, even though I won’t, and she starts for the door, throwing me a wave.
When she exits, I note that the message that was written on the door last night is gone.
Did Lily get it cleaned up? Or was it River? Probably the latter since Lily didn’t mention it to me. I feel like an ominous message on the door is going to be on the conversation agenda list.
I wish I’d have at least gotten a photo of it, because I feel like it needs to be looked into. Unless it wasn’t for me …
I’m pretty sure it was, though.
I’ll talk to River about it when I see him again, after I apologize for him having to take care of my pathetic ass last night.
