#did I mention that I am a bit cranky today since I have a hangover

[marchharris-blog]

nurse harris

Riley IntellectualToday at 2:08 AM

Maddox had had a drink or two after the whole Peter fiasco, still not fully sure what had happened.  He thought about trying to find another guy to flirt with and possibly make out with, but he wasn't feeling it so instead he managed to get an uber and practically stumble down the hall.  Thank god he lived on the first floor.  He ended up passing out in his bed not long after getting home, ignoring Harris' attempts to try and talk about his night.

The next morning, he woke up with a terrible hangover.  He groaned and took several minutes to get out of bed, nearly stumbling over a bucket on the floor.  He figured that Harris had put it there in case he needed to puke.  Maddox walked out of his room.  "Fuck.  Never let me drink that much again." He said, rubbing his forehead as if that would make the pain go away.

ryroToday at 2:11 AM

Harris had been concerned for his friend. Maddox seemed angry, sad, and confused all at once the night before. Therefore, when the other came in, he tried to talk to him to no avail. So after that, he set him up for safety on his side with a puke bucket beside the bed, and he checked on the other once an hour, causing him not to get much sleep at all, but it was okay since it was his day off from the tea shop. He now sat on the kitchen counter with a hangover smoothie to his right and a cup of tea to his left for himself. When he saw his friend emerge he held out the smoothie, “Rough night then, sleeping beauty? Want to talk about it?”

Riley IntellectualToday at 2:27 AM

Maddox looked over at his best friend and then at the smoothie.  "Bless you." He said, taking it and starting to sip it, trying not to feel nauseous.  Maddox moved to sit down at the kitchen table, not sure he had the strength or will to stand much right now.  "Yeah you could say that.  Thanks for last night by the way.  I'm sorry if I was a bitch to you." He said, running a hand through his hair.  Maddox sighed and shrugged.  "I don't know.  It's stupid.  You know how my day wasn't good yesterday and I told you I was going out.  Well I ended up going to that club I said I wanted to check out." He said, starting his story, before drinking more of the smoothie, willing it to make him feel less like shit.

ryroToday at 2:29 AM

“My dad’s old trick to curing his hangovers,” he stated bluntly with a smile. Of course, Maddox had tried the March On Hangover Cure before. It was nothing special, but it always seemed to work. “You weren’t a bitch,” he said as he sipped at the tea. “You blew me off, but that’s how I knew it was a bad night.” He winced as the other described the night’s beginning, “Was it a bad club? Creepy people there?”

Riley IntellectualToday at 2:39 AM

"Well bless him then I guess." He replied with a small smile.  Maddox didn't know what he would have done, had the other not been there.  Probably taken some advil and tried to go back to bed.  Bed honestly didn't sound like such a terrible place to be right now.  "Well that's good.   It's a little fuzzy at that point."   Maddox chuckled at the question, but then thought about it.  "No and yes?"  He replied, as if not really sure.  "Um the club wasn't bad, it was pretty cool actually.  But anyway this guy, fuck what was his name?  Oh right Peter.  He offered to buy me a drink and flirted with me and things were going good right?  Well his boss or whatever, he's the kinda creepy one which is why I said yes.  But yeah his boss man ended up pulling him away from me and he like got in trouble for talking with me.  I don't know it was weird."  He said,  propping his head up with his hand.

ryroToday at 2:42 AM

He watched as Maddox drank the concoction, happy it was him drinking it and not himself. Sometimes, it was truly grotesque. He still remembered the first time his dad made him one. As Maddox described his night, Harris only sat there drinking his tea and listening closely. "Do you think Peter was like his... Most bosses don't get possessive over their employees kissing people off the clock. Did Peter work at the club or something? Maybe the creepy dude didn't want a bad name... Still leaves a bad taste in my mouth." Unlike the mint tea which left a great taste in his mouth. "Did you get a last name on the dude? I can look him up."

Riley IntellectualToday at 2:53 AM

Maddox continued to make himself drink the smoothie, though he stopped when he started feeling like he was going to puke. This reminded him of back when ha partied a lot. Right now he definitely didn't miss those days. "I don't know. I think I asked if he was his boyfriend and Peter said no. I'm not fully sure. He talked about being a bartender but he's still training or something." He said, trying to recall the details. "Peter seemed apologetic like he didn't want to leave." Maddox shook his head before quickly stopping and holding his head. "No don't do that." He said more to himself than Harris. "No last name but he's at the club a lot."

ryroToday at 3:02 AM

"It's definitely fishy," he stated, finally hopping down from the counter and walking over to sit at the table by his friend. He didn't particularly like when something seemingly hurt Maddox this much, but Harris was a very go with the flow kind of guy. "It sounds like we've got a mystery on our hands, and if you want to get to the bottom of it, I can go to the club with you next time. Maybe Peter's trapped by that creepy dude or something and it's not right to not help him out of it... Or we could let fate decide. Get you over this hangover and find some other club in town where even cuter boys probably hang out."

Riley IntellectualToday at 3:18 AM

"Ugh don't mention fish." He said making a face. He tried to focus on the smoothie which wasn't a lot better.  "Yeah cause I needed a mystery in my life." He said rolling his eyes. "Maybe you can come with me next time. Like I said I do like the club." He pointed out. "I don't know if trapped is a correct way to describe it, but maybe." He shrugged. "I mainly just want to get over this hangover." He replied, not really thinking much about cute guys or anything like that at the moment. He finished off the smoothie, and pushed the cup away.

ryroToday at 3:21 AM

"Sorry, sorry," he laughed and raised his hands. "What is life if not a mystery, my dear Hatfield?" If he had a blunt or a fake pipe, he would complete his Sherlock impression with a puff, but sadly, it was too early for that. "You know I always love clubbing, so I'm down." To the maybe over Peter being trapped, Harris furrowed his brow. Even a little doubt about that wasn't good. He would have to look into it. "Okay, okay, I'll help you get over the hangover. After you finish that, it's ibuprofen and water time. Then, maybe back to bed for a bit?"

Riley IntellectualToday at 11:32 AM

He chuckled at Harris question. "Normally I'd be all for it but not when I feel like death. Seriously how the hell did we deal with this when we were younger?" He asked. "Yeah I know you are. Should have probably just brought you last night." He said, rubbing at his eyes. "Yeah bed does sound kind of nice." He said, yawning as if on cue. "The shop can just be closed today." He said. They were still fairly new anyways so it wasn't like one day would lose them a lot of business and what was the point of owning a business if you couldn't decide when you wanted to take off?

ryroToday at 1:27 PM

“More stamina,” he nodded and finished off his tea. “Hey, I was exhausted from the shop, so maybe it’s best that I stayed home. I would have gotten cranky with people.” He never really got cranky, but if it made Maddox feel better about not inviting him. “Are you sure? I can go in. It should be a slower day today and all.”

Riley IntellectualToday at 1:32 PM

"Yeah I guess." He said, rubbing his head again. "Yeah? It wasn't the best day for either of us was it?" He nodded slowly. "You don't have to. I mean I doubt we'll have a riot or anything if we don't open. If you really want to go in though I won't stop you though." He said, looking over at the other.

ryroToday at 1:40 PM

Harris stretched his hands over his head and stood from the table, "It really wasn't. I never knew that people could yell as loud as that lady did when I told her we didn't have oatmeal raison in stock." He chucked and shook his head, "Dude, I don't mind. It gives me a purpose for the day, and if someone yells at me, I can shrug it off. You enjoy a day in."

Riley IntellectualToday at 1:46 PM

"Yeah I don't know what her problem was. I mean cookies are great with tea but its not the end of the world." He said with a sigh. "You sure?" Maddox asked,  wondering how he'd been so lucky to have a friend like that.  "If you insist, but promise me you'll call if there's any sort of problem." He said giving him a look.

ryroToday at 2:09 PM

"Plus, you make far better cookies. Almost offered her one of the special ones to see if it would calm her down," he joked and moved to take the cup and saucer over to the sink. "I'm always sure-- except when I'm not. But, today I'm sure, so I'll go to the store, call you for any problems, and give you nothing to worry about."

Riley IntellectualToday at 2:25 PM

"Very true. But you're much better at cooking than I am." He pointed out. Maddox laughed, wondering what would have happened if Harris had given her one.  "Might have just made her really paranoid." He said with a shrug. "Ok. Ok. Thanks, Harris. You're the best." He said smiling at him.

ryroToday at 2:27 PM

"Exactly-- like that smoothie you're holding there," he jested and tapped the side of the glass. "Paranoid or she could have ratted us out if she knew what the effects were. Some people are like that." Harris ruffled his friend's hair before walking towards his own bedroom. "I'll get ready now then. You try to keep the smoothie down, yeah? It'll help."

Riley IntellectualToday at 2:55 PM

"Not your best tasting, that's for sure." He said. "Yeah very true. It's so unfortunate it's illegal here." He said with a sigh. He smiled at the touch to his hair, reaching up to try and fix it afterwards. "Yeah I'm going to try and get some more sleep. Good luck." He said, moving to stand up and going back to his room.

ryroToday at 3:02 PM

Harris stuck out his time as he entered the room before calling back, "It really makes you miss Colorado, doesn't it? But, Illinois has been nice enough, I guess." After throwing on a clean shirt and pants he once again called back, "Sleep well!"

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