Submission

Turning tables

Through her alcohol induced haze Maddie was left utterly perplexed.

Was he really gonna bump uglies with HER??

After all that s**t he had put her through, after repeatedly telling her how she was his.. he was gonna f**k her sister??

Maddie could feel the anger rising inside her.

Who did he think he was??

She was gonna get him back for this, he wasn’t the only one to play mind games, a wicked plan forming in her mind.

He would be regretting ever choosing her sister by the end of the night.

Maddie downed her drink, ordered another and slid off the barstool, ready, set, go! She thought.

Maddie sat down on the chair next to Richard with a big smile plastered on her face.

“Soo Jason? When are you gonna make your move on my friend?” Maddie asked, making Jason choke on his drink.

“Uh um” Jason responded, a little confused at the sudden interrogation.

“I mean you guys have been texting for a while, and if this would be considered a date, then this would be your second one, correct?” Maddie stated, taking a sip of her drink.

“You should at least have gotten to first base by now, right?” Maddie continued, ignoring the daggers Alison was sending her way.

“Well I don’t..” Jason responded, rubbing the back of his neck.

“ well either you do, or you don’t” Maddie stated, takin a sip yet again.

“Maddie, we’re just talking” Alison interjected, trying to come to Jason’s defense.

“Talking?” Maddie laughed, If he is into you, you guys should be f*****g like rabbits right now?

Throwing her on her bed and having your way with her” Maddie scoffed, downing her drink and raising her hand to get the attention of a waiter.

“what are we talking about” Bianca asked, coming back from the ladies room, a little confused seeing Maddie in her seat.

“f*****g” Maddie stated flatly, asking the waiter for a double whiskey.

“Oh?” Bianca asked, still uncertain of what was going on.

“Yes, the raw and unhinged kind, the kind that blows your mind” Maddie stated, thanking the waiter handing her, her drink.

“ well I do like a little tumble in the sheets” Bianca said, giggling as she spoke turning her gaze to Richard.

“Oh, no tumble my dear sis, the kind that leaves you violated yet sated, the kind that could happen anywhere, like say a storage closet” Maddie stated, taking the glass to her lips.

“A storage closet? Maybe you’ve had enough to drink for now” Alison said looking concerned at Maddie.

“Nah, I’m good” Maddie stated, sending Alison a wink.

Alison leaned in and whispered “I’m not having s*x in a storage closet” making Maddie chuckle.

“Of course not sweetie, only women men consider w****s, would be treated like that” Maddie stated comforting.. yet oddly loud, making Alison feel embarrassed.

Maddie then turned to Jason again and said “ you do right by her you hear me, she isn’t some cheap skank, you can pump and dump, and if you hurt her, Just know I will be cutting off your d**k and taping it to your forehead” Maddie stated calmly, before raising her hand to flag down another waiter.

“You’re done” a deep voice came from beside her.

“Oh I haven’t even started” Maddie retorted, turning her gaze to meet a pair of dark angry ones, instantly turning her blood to ice, and all her previous courage left her body.

Maddie lowered her head “maybe I do need a little break” she whispered starting to fiddle with her napkin.

She hated that he scared her so much.

Bianca pulled out another chair and squeezed in between Erica and Richard, tapping him on the shoulder to get his attention

“I’m sorry about my sister, she gets like that sometimes, just last month at my enga.. ahem, my party, she got so wasted she was throwing up in the women’s bathroom repeatedly, Like Black out drunk, where we honestly though we were going to call an ambulance” Bianca narrated, faking concern as she spoke.

“I was fine” Maddie mumbled.

The last thing Maddie wanted was to give him the satisfaction of thinking he had gotten to her that night.

“You weren’t! you were completely out of it” Bianca continued, dead set on embarrassing Maddie as much as possible.

But Maddie shot up from her chair, making the room and table spin, but she pulled it together, grabbed her purse and left the bar without saying a word.

Maddie could feel the tears starting to form, but she would rather die then cry in front of him or her sister, but as the elevator doors closed behind her, she finally let her tears flow.

Maddie rushed out of the elevator, and hurriedly reached her door, beeped the door open and entering, collapsing on the floor sobbing.

She heard the door click shut behind her before someone picked her huddled form off the ground.

Shot!! He had followed her in there.

He didn’t say anything, he just carried her to her room, shut the door and placed her in her bed.

She was expecting him to leave but he climbed in behind her, wrapping his arm around her waist.

As they laid in the darkness she tried to think of something to say, but she had no words, and eventually she just fell asleep.

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Maddie woke up alone, it was quiet and barely light outside.

The spot on the bed next to her was cold, he probably left when she fell asleep.

Maddie stumbled out of the bed, apparently she was still drunk from the night before because it took her a minute to find her footing, she pulled off her dress, and put on some shorts and a sweater.

As she looked at herself in the harsh bathroom light, she looked absolutely awful.

Her makeup was smeared, and streaks had formed on her cheeks.

Thank god the girls hadn’t been there when she walked through the common area.

She turned the shower on, determined to feel at least half human before facing the world.

As she padded back to her room after her shower, she caught Alison sneaking in through the front door.

“Whatcha doing” maddie asked, scarring Alison half to death.

“ oh for god’s sake” Alison screamed, placing a hand on her racing heart.

“Shhh! You’ll wake up Erica” Maddie whispered.

“No I won’t” Alison responded with a knowing smile.

“She slept in Oliver’s room” she said shrugging her shoulders.

“And where did you sleep missy?” Maddie asked, raising an eyebrow.

“In nun ya” Alison said.

“In what ya?” Maddie questioned?

“In nun ya business” Alison retorted, shooting her a grin.

“Oh I already know” Maddie stated triumphantly.

“ it was amazing!!” Alison squealed, hugging Maddie while jumping up and down, making Maddie feel queazy.

“Stop, I’m gonna throw up!” Maddie stated pulling out of Alison’s iron grip.

“Sorry, sorry” Alison said still smiling from ear to ear.

“Yeah I see how sorry you are” Maddie retorted holding one hand on her stomach and the other holding her steady agains the couch.

“How are you feeling?” Alison asked, looking Maddie up and down.

“Good, why” Maddie responded

“You left kinda abruptly last night, I wanted to go after you but Richard went after you and Jason said to let him handle it” Alison said, sounding a little guilty as she spoke.

“you sent a stranger after me? What if I had been taken advantage of in my own hotel room?” Maddie objected, the irony not lost on her and she almost laughed, but kept her composure.

Yep she was definitely not right in the head she thought to herself.

“I’m sorry, I didn’t think” Alison said with a guilt written face.

“Don’t worry about it, I’m fine” Maddie laughed, finally putting her friend out of her misery.

The truth was, she wouldn’t have wanted Alison to go after her.

Alison would have hounded her for answers that Maddie wasn’t willing to give.

“So what happened after I left?” Maddie questioned.

“Well” Alison stated “after an hour, Richard came back. He said you had gone to bed, and that you were fine. Then he called a cab and left, then Oliver and Erica..”

“He left??” Maddie interjected confused, and Alison nodded.

“Something about urgent business” Alison stated as she shrugged and continued “ then Oliver and Erica started sucking faces, and oh right! Your sister left shortly after Richard left the hotel, she was soo mad, and it was soo funny” Alison said Chuckling before continuing again “then Oliver and Erica left to his room, something about our room lacking privacy ?!? And then Jason and I was left alone.

I think your drunken speech did something, because he told me how much he loved spending time with me, and how he had feelings for me, and so we started to kiss, and then he asked me to his room and well, we did the deed” Alison said squealing the last part, making Maddie cover her ears.

“Oh sorry, sorry” she repeated “ I’m just so happy” she said, hugging Maddie a little less tightly this time.