XXVI. Tummy Hurts

Fuck!

"Jordan," whispered Jude, her body slightly turning to the left, a hand reaching over to gently shake their shoulder. They remained unresponsive for a second before she faced Marie. Shaking her shoulder she whispers, "Marie."

A quiet groan escapes Marie's lips as she only snuggles deeper into the covers. Sighing, Jude looks up at the ceiling before sitting up. Looking at them both, she aggressively shakes them awake, "Get up!"

"Hmm? It's too early." Mumbles Marie.

"What?" Jordan grumbled under their breath before their eyes slowly flickered open. Their eyes steadily widened as soon as their eyes landed on both Jude and Marie's barely clothed bodies. Soon enough they slowly lifted the covers only to realize that they were naked too.

"Marie get your ass up." Shoving the girl hard, Marie practically jumps out of her sleep, eyes wide with panic. Looking around, she realizes that Jude and Jordan are staring at her with equal looks of shock.

"Please don't tell me..."

Jude opens her mouth to speak until the doors burst open. Marie could only awkwardly bring the covers up to her chest as she had no idea what was happening at the moment.

They were anticipating seeing the owner of the house — hell even their parents. But turns out it was none other than Andre and Cate.

Andre's eyes darted across the room before stopping at the trio who sat upright in the bed, "Uh—oh shit! I'm—I am so sorry. I did not know that you guys—"

"We are incredibly sorry about this. So we're just going to leave." Cate attempts to pull Andre out of the room but he can only stand there visibly in shock.

"R-Right."

"Andre please leave. You're not making any of this better." Says Jude who wanted to do nothing but drown in her slight embarrassment. She wasn't embarrassed as to what happened, she just didn't remember exactly how it happened.

"I-I just thought."

"Just leaving," Finally pushing Andre out of the room, Cate looks at them for one last time, "Later I guess. Bye." She then leaves the room and shuts the door behind her, leaving Jordan and me in an awkward silence.

"Uh..." Jordan was the first to speak up, their eyes consciously darting over to Marie who could only avoid their gaze as it was the most logical choice at the moment, "So is this the part where we just awkwardly look at each other in silence?"

"I don't know actually." Says Marie her hands fiddling with the blankets for a brief moment, "I'm just gonna...find whatever I have left of my clothes."

"I second on that." Agrees Jude who was steadily getting out the bed. The thought of how three people managed to fit on one small bed made her wonder.

They all slide off the bed on separate sides. Jude was the first to look around, not exactly remembering what she put on but knew that it was red and loose. She looks around the floor and finds a bra that is not her size. Handing it to Marie who quickly mutters a 'Thank you'. Thankfully Jude still had on underwear and all she needed to do was find her clothes — and if not that meant digging through some random person's dressers and finding something that looked appropriate.

"I guess I said free the boobs." Chuckles Jude finds humor in the situation as she picks up what looks like her top. Swiftly pulling it on, she grabs a skirt that resided a couple of meters away from it.

"Look," Begins Marie who was oddly quiet for the most part, "This is gonna sound super fucked up and weird, " Her brows furrowed deeply as she felt incredibly confused. Her memory was blotchy and everything felt like a blur, "But, I don't remember what happened last night."

Jordan lets out a small sigh of relief, holding their arms out, "Oh, my God. Neither do I."

Jude who finds her shoes managed to slip one on. Looking up at the two she sighs, "Everything just feels like a really big blur right now. Like when you get too drunk kind of blur but I don't have a hangover. I'd know if I drank past my limits and this time...I didn't."

"Oh," Marie inhales sharply and looks around the room, "Where the fuck are we?"

Jordan shakes their head, "No idea."

"Not a single clue."

"Did we..." Trails off Marie as she tries to find the right words for this particular situation.

Jordan nods slowly, a small smile growing on their lips. Jude could only stand there with a subtle smirk before it dimmed.

"Please don't tell me we all slept together and have no recollection whatsoever because that would be such a waste and I for one would've loved to remember that." Points out Jude who still hasn't processed what just happened. Turning around her eyes scanned the many dressers and small tables that lingered throughout the room, once she noticed that her phone was there she quickly grabbed it.

Turning it on, her eyes steadily widen, "It's fucking Saturday!"

"I legit could've sworn it was a Thursday?" Says Marie who rummaged through her jacket, pulling out her phone to see that it was Saturday, "What is going on actually?"

"It is Saturday." Adds Jordan who then shoves their phone in their back pocket, "A fucking Saturday! Then why can't I remember anything before that?"

"This has to be some alternate universe?" Jude mumbles. "Do any of you guys remember Cardosa? Sam? Him damn near killing us all in Cardosa's house?"

Both Marie and Jordan's brows furrowed deeply, "I have no idea what you're talking about Jude." Says Marie.

"Who's Sam?" Asks Jordan with a puzzled expression.

Jude couldn't believe what she was hearing, looking at them both she then looked up at the ceiling noticing how it creaked silently, "What is today even actually?"

✺ Authors Note: Long time no update. I honestly needed to get my thoughts together after the sudden and shocking passing of Chance. He truly brought Andre to life and he will be missed. My condolences to his family and friends during this hard time 🤍