vacation

When I awoke, my head pounded and the sour aftertaste of last night's alcohol lingered in the back of my throat.  My memory was hazy, but seeing as I was in Toby's bed and half-naked, I had an idea of what had happened...

"Yo!  Get your ass up if you want breakfast."  Violet's tone was positive... amused and confident.  She'd just barged into the room without knocking... had Toby told her I was in his room?  Or did she just see me go in there last night?  "Unless the doc wore you out too much," she said with a laugh.

"I'm coming!" I said, feeling my cheeks flush.  She loved getting a reaction out of me...

"That's what you said last night, right?"

My ears burned as I shouted, "Go away!" and playfully threw a pillow at her, but Violet slammed the door shut before it hit her.

I re-dressed and tried to fix my hair so I wasn't doing a walk of shame or anything.  It made me a little nervous, wondering what everyone suspected.  Were they all seated around the dining table waiting?

Nope.  They weren't.  It was just Violet, Gabe, and Vic.  Vic stood in front of the stove waiting to flip the pancake while Violet and Gabe set the table.

"Where's everyone else?"

"Toby and Izaak are out for a jog, and Molly's sleeping," Vic said.  

"Yeah, they wouldn't let me wake her lazy ass up.  Such party poopers."

Gabe shot her a warning glare.

Vic gave the same eyeroll that Violet's always giving at work, but kept talking as if she hadn't interjected.  "There's a fresh pot of coffee if you're interested."

"She probably needs it after her long night smoochin' with the doctor," then made kissy faces.

"Violeta!  What's your deal?  Can you stop being obnoxious?"

"No," she said with a laugh, and was about to talk shit to him, but was cut off with Gabe getting ahold of the wooden spoon and swatting it against her butt.  "Ay!  What the fuck Gabe!"

"Listen to your brother.  It's too early for your mouth."  

She grumbled under her breath but didn't say anything, continuing to set the table, but now a little aggressively.

Gabe seemed too chill, it was kind of weird, but still bossy and dominant with Violet.  He was even smiling as he spoke.