Chapter

Kevin turned over in his bed, not quite sure if he was alive. And, at that particular moment, not sure he even wanted to be alive. "A quick death would at least stop this damn headache", he thought, "but, with the way things have been going lately....I probably couldn't even get THAT right! And, who the hell put a towel in my mouth?"

A lone ray of light snuck through the drawn curtains. "Oh man......I guess it wasn't a bad dream", Kevin said as he looked around his room, "all Trish's stuff is gone...I'm in bed, ALONE....I don't even have a dang clue where my pants are..... I think someone moved inside my head...and dammit, they're dancing!"

He slowly lifted his head off the pillow. "Oooooohhhh ... whoa....that hurts!", he said as he rubbed his temples with his fingers and squeezed his eyes shut again.

Just then he heard his door unlocking.

"Luke? Luke is that you?", Kevin said in a voice barely louder than a whisper.

"Good Morning sunshine! Sleep good? Although I am shocked to find you up this early", Luke exclaimed rather loudly.

"Ok smartass...quit screaming at me! I may be sitting UP, but I sure ain't up and I ain't awake either! I think a truck went through here and ran me over a few times."

Luke stood at the foot of the bed, and tried not to laugh. Kevin was certainly still in pain....but this pain was considerably different than last night. He looked at Kevin sitting in the bed. He had leaned back against the pillows. His hair was definitely feeling the affect of a rough nights sleep. It was going everywhere, mostly in his face, though. Luke could only make out one of Kevin's eyes. The other one was under a mass of fallen hair. The one eye Luke could see was a little swollen and red. He had his arms up over his head...crossed at the wrists as though they were keeping his head in one place. The bed sheets were wrapped over AND under him. Apparently he had held on to them as he rolled over..and they now went up through his legs and across the front of his waist. One leg was completely uncovered...part of his waist was covered..and his whole chest was uncovered. Luke thought if Kevin had tried to jump out of bed too fast, he'd land right on the floor....face first.

"Ummm..boss, if you don't mind my saying...you look like shit! I brought a pot of coffee for myself, but I'll share .. if you get in the shower."

"Yeah....ok...but then we gotta talk. I need to know some things about last night", Kevin said quietly. "I remember parts of it....but, I still have some questions."

"No problem Kevin. Just take that shower....it'll help clear your head and I'll have the coffee ready...and all the answers you need. Now get moving!"

With those promises made, Kevin untangled the sheets and got out of bed. He felt his head start to throb when he stood all the way up. "Damn...better get me some aspirin to go with that coffee", he said, as he stood in the middle of the room, kicking off his boxers. He headed into the bathroom...turned on the shower.....and hoped his head would be clearer by the time he was done. "Man....I have some strange memories from last night and I'm gettin' me some answers", he said to himself.

He took a look in the mirror and even scared himself. "I really hope this helps", was all he could think to say as he stepped into the shower. He had turned the water on fairly hot. He leaned his head back to get his hair wet...and as he ran his hands over his wet hair...he had a memory of the night before. "A woman....one woman .. she tried to help me. Katie...Carly...no..what is it? Damn...I can't remember." He proceeded to wash his hair and to lather up his body. He was so worn out...he put his head against the side wall of the shower and let the water run over him. At that moment, it all came rushing back to him.

"Trish.....fuck!!!!", he exclaimed to no one. "Oh man..two bottles of wine, damn, I remember that part. Oh...oh...shit...I went outside.....her.....that's where SHE was....she..she found me....I .. I was crying, I think...I can remember pieces of this... Damn! I wonder where she is......and...god, what does she think of me?!?!"

Kevin lifted his head...made sure all the soap had been rinsed off...shut off the water and stepped out of the shower...grabbing two towels. He dried his hair with one...and wrapped the other around his waist. He studied himself in the mirror. He brushed all his hair straight back off his face. He figured shaving might help too. When he was finally finished, he headed out to the living area. He grabbed a pair of his silk boxers, jeans and pulled on both of them. He decided against a shirt at that moment, figuring any movement that close to his head was bound to hurt!

That was when he noticed Luke hanging his leather pants and coat in the closet.

"Hey man...thanks. I couldn't even remember taking them off, let alone where I put them", Kevin said quietly as he reached for the coffee.

"No problem, Kevin...you went through a lot yesterday, and I'm just glad I could be there for you. Whatever you want to know....ask away."

No need for further prompting from Luke, Kevin started asking a million questions, and Luke patiently answered them the best he could. It was the last question that threw Luke...and Luke's answer that threw Kevin even further!

"Luke....I remember her. She came toward the elevator. She's staying in this hotel. Do you think I could find her? And HOW could I do it? I really need to try to explain what happened last night", Kevin said while never lifting his head from the coffee cup.

"Kevin......her name is Kaylee...remember?? Yeah...she's staying here alright....and ... uh...Kev...I .. umm....sort of .. just talked to her this morning!"

With that answer, Kevin jerked his head up and finally, Luke had Kevin's full attention.