Back home, and damage control

Thea woke up with a pounding headache. She groaned, rolling sideways and almost falling off her bed. She just caught herself.

There was a glass of water waiting on her bedside table. Gasping, she reached for it and gulped it down, before making herself sit up. She groaned again. Dimly, she remembered being outside, she remembered struggling as one of the security guards dragged her back to the house and...

It wasn't the first time, to be honest, there had been a few nights she'd gotten drunk and been a general pain around them. Last night was definitely the worst, and... wait a second, where were her clothes?

Thea looked down at herself, and took a second to convince herself this wasn't some dream of hallucination. Wincing, she crossed her arms over her boobs, glass still in hand.

God, what had she gotten up to last night?

A few bleary minutes later and she pulled on a robe, still unsteady. Her hands were shaking too much to fiddle around with getting dressed properly. It wouldn't be the first day she'd lounged around for the first chunk.

Get a good meal in her, get showered, then get dressed. Blinking off some of the aftereffects, Thea headed out.

Her mother was waiting for her in the kitchen.

"Thea. We need to talk," Moira said.

"Yeah, yeah," Thea said. "Can it wait until after..."

Her mother put a small plastic bag down on the kitchen table. There were a few familiar looking pills inside. Thea swallowed. Well, that did explain her god-awful comedown at least.

"Do you know what you did last night?" Moira said.

"Had an awesome party?" Thea said.

"Ran into the grounds, stoned and naked," Moira said. "We barely got you back inside, but people saw, Thea."

Thea swallowed. Less awesome then. Unconsciously, Thea pulled her robe tighter.

"I know I may have given the impression that I'd let you get away with anything, but I can't stop everything," Moira said. "I can't stop you being brought up on **** charges, and people are already asking questions about what happened."

"Alright, alright, I'll try to be more subtle in future," Thea said. "Can I have breakfast now?"

"That's not going to be enough," Moira said. "The damage has been done, now we need to lessen the damage done to our reputation. The Queen name only has the value we give it."

"Okay already, what do you want?" Thea said.