like the good old days` [charlie]

[coraline]

MIDAS IS KING AND HE H O L D S ME SO TIGHT

april jogged up the steps to her mates apartment, excited to finally be able to spend time with one of her best girls. taking a swig from one of the many bottles she'd bought at the shop. she wasn't drunk yet, heck no, she was only half way through some cheap wine, but she was obviously not sober. she nearly tripped at the top of a flight of stairs, her shoes were wet from the rain outside, but she caught herself on the rail and tottered up the last few steps. she stood in front of charlie's apartment and banged a little too loudly. her hair was dripping and her clothes soaked through, she'd walked all the way to the shops and to charlie's block of apartments, seeing as she'd probably get done for drunk driving once again if she took her car. after no answer after only a few seconds she banged again, a little softer this time as she hollered, "damnit charlie open this door, i'm covered in shit you call rain!" she roared with a little laughter at her words, though why she found them funny was ridiculous. in one hand was her array of booze, in the other was more booze, with massive packets of pixie sticks, for charlie of course.

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[jay]

ooc: Zomg!! Sorry! I didn't see it!

Charlie logged off her computer and went to get changed. She had logged on immediately after coming home and was still in her dirty scrubs. Ugh, she needed a shower, but she wanted to see April way more so it would have to wait. April would understand the general hospital smell that often lingered around Charlie after pulling long shifts like she had today. Stupid accident....

She had just tugged a pair of form-fitting, hip-hugging jeans on under her baby blue tube top when she heard banging on the door. She laughed as she grabbed an elastic from the vanity and ran for the door. Only one thing would warrant such a racket, April was here! "I'm coming, I'm coming!" she called, pulling her honey-colored tresses up into a loose chignon. "Hold your horses!"

She was hurrying to the front door when April banged again, although a little more gently this time. With a huge smile, Charlie flung the door open. "Well, come on, don't just stand there, woman!" she teased.

[coraline]

MIDAS IS KING AND HE H O L D S ME SO TIGHT

grinning as she heard charlie moving about inside she ran her fingers through her wet fringe with her free hand. as charlie opened the door april's grin widened as she saw her friend, it'd been a while. april hadn't bothered to make an effort today, she was in grey, over-sized tracksuit bottoms and a sparkly green top with a black cardigan thrown over. an awful combination, but that was april when she was bored. her hair was up due to the rain, her fringe hanging down over her face. grabbing the bags she chuckled as charlie spoke and slid past her into the apartment. dropping the heavy load on the floor she turned and half tackled charlie while giving her a hug, "why hey there missy!" she grinned, it was good to see charlie. breathing in april coughed and backed away slowly, "girl, you stink!" she moaned then laughed, turning to grab the to bags full of alcohol and pixie sticks, not to mention a few snacks. april got hungry when she drank a lot. turning back to charlie she smiled, "so hun, where's our party at?" grinning she bounced through the home to find a sofa.

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[jay]

Charlie grinned and hugged April back as her exuberant friend practically flung herself through the door. "Geez, girl," she said with a laugh. "Who slammed your ass into a rocket launcher?" She laughed as April pulled away. "You'd smell like this too if your skinny ass got hauled into overtime as you were trying to go home," she teased, "Now, just gimme half a minute and I can get outta these scrubs. Make yourself at home in the living room, like always."

She shooed April off before heading to her room to haul on baby blue flannel pajama bottoms and a white tank top. It was just her and April, which meant no need to even attempt to get dressed in anything that wasn't comfortable. Heading back to the living room, she playfully tossed one of the throw pillows at her friend. "Come on, gal," she said, plopping down on the couch. "Break out the sugar!"

[coraline]

MIDAS IS KING AND HE H O L D S ME SO TIGHT

laughing april shouted to charlie as she settled herself on a couch, "my guy, i've promised him and emma i'll stop drinking." she rolled her eyes and laughed a little more, "so this is my last time!" she mocked a sob and began rooting through the bags. she pulled out a few bottles of wine, two bottles of vodka and a few more beers. grabbing some red wine she bounded off to find some glasses, while she presumed charlie was getting changed. she brought back two wine glasses and a few shot glasses, though she would probably be the only one drinking out of them unless charlie felt the urge to join her. settling back on the sofa she poured out two glasses and smiled to herself, tonight would be good. who needs guys when you had your girl friends?!

as charlie waltzed back april grinned as she looked her up and down, "lookin' good girl!" she purred in a sexy tone as she joked, winking as charlie settled herself down. april tried to catch the pillow that was lobbed at her bit her hand eye coordination was now a bit out and it hit her smack in the face. doubling over she laughed and grabbed the colourful sticks out the bag. she'd brought loads and threw two packs at charlie. grinning she shuffled over to her and grabbed the wine glass. she took a long gulp from it before speaking, "so then, missy, whats the latest goss?!" she grinned and took another swig.

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[jay]

Charlie giggled at April's fake sob. She knew that her friend was only kidding, and thought it was great that she was finally doing something about her drinking, which could get pretty excessive. Like tonight, judging by the various bottles of booze that were amassing on her coffee table. "April, that's great that you're gonna try to get some restraint going," she said with another giggle. "But clearly there's gonna be one more big bang before the lull. eh? You do know I'm not touching that shit."

"I know I'm gorgeous, now gimme some sugar, sugar," she teased, laughing as April's usual lack of hand-eye coordination took over. Not that Charlie's was much better after a long shift as she fumbled and managed to catch only one of the Pixie Stix packs that was thrown. She stooped quickly to snatch the other one off the carpet before breaking one open. "A votre sante," she teased, lifting it as if in a toast. "Oh, baby, that's the stuff," she said, trickling sugar down her throat. "Hmmm.... latest gossip.... well, I sorta half met the other ER surgeon. HOT! Holy crow! Other than that, I got nada. I have no life."

[coraline]

MIDAS IS KING AND HE H O L D S ME SO TIGHT

rolling her eyes at charlies response to her drinking ban she laughed and placed the now empty wine glasses on the table. she'd finished both of them in the time that it took charlie to open a packet of her sticks. grinning she grabbed the whole bottle and lay back on the sofa, her feet on the coffee table, right at home. "yep, gonna go out with a bag," she winked at charlie, after all, this was the safest place to drink. april watched in disgust as charlie lifted one of the tubes to her lips. she cringed and moaned at her friend, "and people say my drinking is disgusting. you eat plain sugar!" she laughed and tipped the glass bottle to her lips, gulping down a few mouthfuls of the wine before stopped. "now that's the stuff. winking she settled down to listen to charlie's gossip.

"ooh, a cute surgeon eh? you must introduce me!" laughing april took another swig from the bottle, then spoke again, "ahh babe, you should come to my party i'm having tomorrow evening. it's at the lake," she grinned and tapped the wine glass, "and yes, i'm allowing myself one glass of wine only." smiling she eyed up the bottle of white wine and laughed, then quickly finished off the red she had in her hands. breathing out a content sigh she placed it on the table and quickly opened the bottle of white. glancing over at charlie she grinned sheepishly, there was no way she was holding back tonight. the cap popped off and she quickly took another swig and settled into the cushions again, "my boy's gonna keep an eye on my drink tomorrow night, don't worry." april smiled then remembered charlie had no idea who her 'boy' was, "his names william, we aren't going out. but we have crushes on each other," april giggled like a school girl, "i really embaressed myself in front of him at the bar..." her face went pink as she remembered what had happened, her smile fading as her brow creased. though she quickly waved her hand as if she was swatting away the thought and took another long swig from the bottle.

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