Page 84 of Play Me

And who can blame her.

It’s almost four days later and I still don’t know what happened.

I’ve broken every promise I’ve made to her, except one.

She will still always be my muse.

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“Get up,” a voice says just before a pillow comes down to smash over my head.

“Ferofffugturd!” I say, my voice muffled under the blanket.

“It’s time, mate,” another voice adds.

“For what?” I ask, pulling the blanket tighter around me and squeezing my eyes shut to block out the light.

“To live, mate. To live. And you know...shower.”

I ignore them, hoping they’ll go away if they realize I’m not up for this.

I should’ve known, I’m out of hopes this week.

“ARGHHHH FUCKKKKKNUCKLES! GET OFF MEEE!!” I yell as I feel the blanket pulled off me and two arms grab me by the legs and pull me off the bed.

“OOOMFFF!” I groan as I fall to the floor onto a pile of pillows.

“Leave me alone, cocksockers!” I growl at them, looking at the remaining three members of the band standing there chuckling at me.

“Dude. Seriously, we need to get out of here! We have serious cabin fever,” Jez begs me, and scrunches up his nose looking around the room I’ve barely left in days.

“So, go. I’m not stopping you.”

“All for one and one for all, right?” Marius remind me of our motto.

“I’m pretty sure we meant doing shots and having hangovers when we used to use that saying, bro.” I cock an eyebrow at him.

He grins, “Maybe that’s exactly what I meant.”

Jez comes over and sits down on my legs.

“Say you’ll get up and take a shower at least.”

I try to kick him off but he holds on. He should’ve been a rodeo cowboy.

“Say you’ll have a shower, stinky boy!”

“FINE!” I yell and he gets off me.

I take the chance to grab the blanket and try to pull it back over me.

“He’s going in! CHARGE!” I hear Marius yell and suddenly an onslaught of hands are grabbing at me, pulling my t-shirt off and pulling me by the legs to my ensuite.

“Assault, assault!!!” I try to yell, as I feel the cold bathroom tile slide under my legs and back.

There’s the sound of water as someone turns the shower on and suddenly I’m cold and wet and half-naked in the shower with my three best friends in the world.

And I lose it. And I start to sob.