As she woke she was sore and every part of her hurt, she could feel the bruising on her thighs as she sat she moaned, the hotel room was empty and the night a complete blur to her. She could now see the bruises along her thighs and her ankles, there was also something dried ion and stuck to her as she looked closer she gasped.
"Oh my god..." She squealed in shock she frantically looked around the sheets and could see stains on the bed as she whimpered it had begun to dawn that last night she had had sex and by the looks quite a lot, the problem was she couldn't remember a thing.
She moved to the edge of the bed where her clothes were strewn over the floor from the door to the edge of the bed, she climbed out of bed and whimpered as the shock of pain ran through her legs, she moved along searching for her phone, turning it over to look at the screen, a bunch of missed calls, and texts, her social media also apparently had been busy trying to track her down. Quickly she skimmed through any pictures from the night, mostly in the bar and her acting like a goof, but nothing that gave away what happened between there and the hotel she was now in.
She flicked through the texts to see one from her best friend, then a second a third had him worried as he was clearly trying to get hold of her now. Seven of the calls were also his number as she hit redial.
It was around 7 am on a Sunday morning and now she just hoped he would pick up, the line seemed to ring forever as her heart leapt into her throat thinking he may not answer her call of desperation, finally, the line connected and his groggy voice instantly settling "Hello?"
"Alex, oh my god Alex," She stammered, she could almost hear him as he sat and instantly snapped awake.
"Becka, where the hell are you, I've been trying to get hold of you, I've been so damn worried,"
"I'm Ok ... at least I think I am, I left the bar, guess on my own? Or with someone, I don't remember, but I woke up in a hotel room and well ...." She paused with a sigh.
"OK, what hotel? I'll come get you, we can figure this out together," He replied. She looked around finding a menu with the hotel name.
"The Shore Side," She whispered softly, as she made her way to the window she could see the sea as it crashed upon the beach beyond, the streets empty at such an early hour.
"Alright it's not that far, will be there in about twenty minutes, get your stuff and check out I'll meet you outside OK," His voice was soft at yet there was an authority to it that made her respond.
"OK, Alex, hurry please, I'm ...." She didn't need to finish
"I know, I'm coming OK," The line clicked off and she began to dress, each piece of clothing an effort as she pulled on her skirt having ditched her panties due to it hurting too much when the fabric pushed against her, finally dressed she stuffed the panties into her bag and grabbed her phone checking a new text ==Almost there==
She left the room and closed the door before heading to the ground floor, the woman at the desk smiled at her wryly as she handed over the key.
"The room bill has already been paid, have a nice day," She grinned and Becka flinched at her words before lowering her head and nodding, with that she made her way outside the fresh sea air immediately hitting her as did the biting cold of the early morning, she wrapped her arms around her being in only a skirt and shirt there was no escape from that cold. A few moments later and she saw Alexs' car pulled to the curb, and that familiar tall frame of his exit, clearing the gap between them in a moment as his arms wrapped around she collapsed against him sobbing.
"Hey it's OK, I got you," He kissed the top of her head, much as he had a thousand times before, her best friend in the whole world once again picking up the pieces of another of her messes.
"I don't know what happen .... I can't remember ... oh god, I hurt all over .... Like really hurt ..." She stumbled over her words as the torrent of emotion broke through. He took her hand and led her to the czar opening the door and helping in, fastening her belt as he drew back he looked to her and smiled.
"I'm here, we got this OK," She nodded to his words and he closed the door moments later climbing into the driver's side and starting the car, the sounds of 80's rock music filling the car as the engine started.
They drove quietly as she tried to make sense of the night before, she remembered seeing Alex til her other friend picked her up and they went to the bar, she danced, drank, talked to a bunch of guys, one guy bought her a drink, then a second, then he left and another girl was talking to her after that it got foggy and she remembered nothing. She sighed softly, drawing a look from Alex to which she just smiled.
It seemed to take forever but finally they pulled into the familiar car park, and the high rise tower ahead as the car stopped she was jolted back to the world. He climbed from the car and as before came to her side helping her from the car, the beep of the alarm as the car locked behind them and slowly they made their way toward the tower block. 5 minutes later and the click of the key in his lock, the door opened and she was in his flat, away from the horror of the world beyond.
She made her way to the front room and slid onto the sofa, drawing her knees under her with a whimper, everything now screaming at her in pain. Alex appeared a moment later with a blanket to pull over her a second kiss to her head, a reminder of how much he cared about her.
"I'm going to make coffee, want one? Or anything else?" His voice was soft and the concern that etched it made her aware that he was worried for her.
"Pain killers? I am really hurting, I don't know what I did but I'm paying for it," She whimpered softly, he smiled, nodded and disappeared off to the kitchen was actually just opposite where she now sat, the flat was more two rooms, and a bathroom bedsit style arrangement but he was happy here and she visited often, most days as it happened, Alex had been her best friend for as long as she could remember, they lived next door to each other when they were young and went to the same schools, they had always been close, he had always watched out for her even as reckless as she tended to be. He was always the one that picked her and put her back together every single time.
As he returned he handed her tub of pain killers, "You should rest, no offence but you look like shit,"
She actually smiled and managed to throw a cushion at him in reply before whimpering from the pain the act created "You're mean," she mumbled.
"Yea but you love me and it made you smile, so there," He stuck his tongue at her and again she couldn't help but smile, Alex was such a child at times, there was a care free sense to him that she couldn't help but admire, "Anyway sleep, I'll be here when you wake up,"
She nodded and shifted to settle, the familiarity of his place allowed the world to slip from her and a few moments later she was asleep.
Chapter 2
As he stirred and stretched she felt the pain hit and whimpered in response, she sat and looked at the clock she had slept most of the day, as she looked around she couldn't see Alex. As she sat her legs hurt probably worse than they had in the morning, she reached for the painkillers once more taking a couple with what was left of Alexs long cold coffee.
She stood a little awkward and made her way to the bathroom, a few moments emerging to to look in the bedroom, his bed still unmade from his hasty exit, undoubtedly to go get her, his laptop was still on, her social media page with her face and a picture from the night before, she couldn't help but wonder if he had fallen asleep trying to hunt her down.
He was nowhere to be found which of course put a crimp in the whole I'll be here when you wake up statement, not that she hadn't woken up alone here a thousand or more times before, she made her way to the kitchen and peering into the fridge for something to eat, finally settling on a sandwich and pulling the required items from the fridge and then bread from the bread bin, she could swear he was the only guy in the world that kept bread in his bread bin. She smiled to herself at the thought and set about making the sandwich.
