The Hangover

Laurie blinked. Her arms ached. As did her neck. And her ass.

She opened her eyes. She was still lying on her bed, naked. She tried to sit up, and a headache shot across her skull, sending her back down onto the bed.

What had happened last night?

The image of an ugly face above her, huffing away as he pumped into her. A fat finger entering her butt. Dan kissing a strange girl at the bar.

Laurie let our a groan. Maybe she could just lie here and never get up? She was torn between unwillingness to move and her desperation for a drink of water.

More flashes of the previous night returned to her, and she let out another low groan. Fumbling around on the floor, she found her phone and peered at the screen: 3% battery, 5 missed calls from Alex. 14:16! She **** herself to sit up, then staggered to the bathroom. A glass of water. An asprin. A coffee. She sat back on the bed and called Alex. No answer. Into the shower, washing the smell of Tim off her skin. In her towel, calling Alex again. Still no answer. Television in her pyjamas and leftovers from the fridge. No sign of Dan, presumably still at that blonde bitch's place.

Then around ten o'clock, as she was getting ready to sleep: a WhatsApp message from Jess, a girl she had chatted with at the party:

→Hey hun
→Are you OK?
→Did you go home with one of the lecturers last night??

Laurie froze. She felt a pit form in her stomach. After a moment's hesitation, she replied:

←No way
←haha gross
←so hungover tho

→lol you were flirting with him all night
→you were soooooo drunk

Laurie's heart started to pound in her chest. Then Jess sent an image. It was a screenshot of another conversation, apparently a group chat. A sinking feeling took over Laurie as she read:

→Yeah, she has such an innocent face but is a NASTY fucker
→Was all over me the whole night, made up some excuse to get me in her room
→Sucked my dick
→Let me hit it raw
→I fingered her ass, then she put my finger in her mouth and sucked it clean lmaoooo
→Then she begged me to cum on her tits
→She probably gave me an STD lol

Then a single character from Jess: ?

She swung between anger and fear. How could he lie like that! He made it sound so... wrong! She tried to call Alex again. Still no answer. Had he seen this? What had he been told?

Her heart was pounding as she laid in bed. She was so exhausted she could hardly move. What was she going to do? Everyone was going to think she was a slut. And now, a liar too. Alex was going to dump her. She clenched her fists, and imagined punching Tim in his smug face. She remembered the note he had made as he was leaving. She clambered over to where he had left it - there. His number and address.

Laurie made up her mind. First thing tomorrow morning, she would confront Tim about his lies, and stop him destroying her life.