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“Don’t touch me!” she sobbed, making Lukas scowl.

“Let her go, man.”

“She can’t even sit up by herself,” Skeeter gritted out, releasing her and watching as she fell back on the bed and tried to draw her knees to her chest, but her limbs were sluggish. “She’s going to choke on her vomit in her fucking sleep.”

“I’ll stay up with her,” I answered, putting the bucket beside the bed and reaching down to brush her damp hair from her forehead. She heaved, and we managed to sit her up and hold the bucket under her in just enough time.

It was going to be a long night.

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

RORY

Ifelt like death. No, I just wanted to die.

I’d woken up and barely made it to the bathroom before throwing up, hearing someone walk up behind me to pull my hair back.

“I’m surprised there’s anything left in your stomach,” Jensen murmured, rubbing slow circles on my back. “Ty lost count of how many times you threw up last night.”

“I’m dying,” I groaned, hugging the bowl like it was my best friend, feeling a little better now I’d thrown up, but my head was hammering and my throat hurt. My stomach muscles were killing me, telling me I’d definitely done this a few times through the night.

He sighed, and I could feel his eyes burning into the back of my head. “You want to tell me what happened last night? That was more than birthday celebrations.”

“I was just having fun, it’s not that deep.”

“You want to tell me why you hit Slash and he didn’t hit you back then?” he asked dryly, my stomach twisting at the vague memory.

I’d forgotten about that.

“What are you talking about?” I scoffed, batting his hand away and getting to my feet to flush.

He stared at me silently for a moment before motioning to the shower. “Shower, brush your teeth, and I’ll get you some ibuprofen and clothes. The guys are downstairs making breakfast.”

Relief filled me that he was letting go of the Slash thing, and he walked out to let me shower in peace. My whole body hurt, and I lowered myself to the floor of the shower once the water was hot enough to burn Satan, letting it rain down over me as if to wash away the whole night I’d had.

Jensen returned with a bottle of water and ibuprofen as promised, waiting for me to finish before speaking. “What did he do, Rory?”

“He just pissed me off. Can you drop it? I can handle his bullshit,” I huffed, wrapping a towel around myself and accepting the pills from him. “Did he say something to you?”

“No. He left after you two had your argument. Diesel caught you trying to stab him and said you slapped him. Skeet went to find out what the fuck happened, and Slash said he was being an asshole and doesn’t blame you for throwing hands at him. What happened? It wasn’t just a drunken argument or he would’ve knocked your head off your shoulders. Did he hurt you?”

“Jensen,” I bit out, downing the pills with the smallest amount of water possible to avoid upsetting my stomach again. “I handled it. You know we don’t see eye-to-eye.”

“Fine, I’ll drop it. Don’t bet on Skeet letting it go though,” he warned, pointing to the cabinet drawers. “Ty said there’s a toothbrush in there for you. Help yourself to whatever you want. If I were you, I’d have water, not coffee this morning.”

I nodded and continued drying myself, thankful when he left again.

By the time I’d gotten dressed and brushed my teeth, the guys were dishing breakfast.

My stomach rolled from the smell of greasy bacon and eggs, but I was so fucking hungry that I didn’t care.

Caden placed a plate in front of me, running his fingers gently through my hair. “Eat what you can. If you can’t stomach it, I’ll make more toast for you.”

“You’re being nice. Why?” I joked, wincing as my head thumped.

“You scared the shit out of me last night. I thought you were going to end up in the ER. I didn’t realize how bad you were until I shut the party down and came to check on you. Get that water into you too,” he ordered, wandering over to the counter to grab his own plate.

The guys quietly talked amongst themselves while I picked at my food, and I definitely felt better once I’d put something in my stomach. I just needed my headache to go away.