"Hey! Time to get up, you lazy bum!"
I felt something slapping me in the face, which woke me up. As soon as I sat up, I felt a sharp pain deep inside my head.
What the hell happened? Where am I? Was there someone here?
Squinting my eyes, I scanned my environment. After realizing where I was, it all came back to me.
Last night...
"Alexis?" I said, hoarsely. "Alexis, where are you?"
My hangover prevented me from standing up. I laid back down. I realized I slept on one of Alan's nice couches the whole night. The last thing I remember was seeing Alan and Alexis going at it in the pool.
"I said," Alan grabbed a hold of my ear, "it's time to get up!" Alan threw me off of his couch by the ear. The pain hurts a lot on top of the hangover I was feeling. I fell on the floor face down. Even though the floor was carpeted, it still hurt like hell.
I heard a loud "clink" next to me.
"Here," Alan said. "This will help with your hangover. I need you at 100% in a few minutes. We have a big day today!" His voice trailed off as he exited the room.
Big day? What did he mean by that?
Still on the floor, I looked up to my right to see a drink on the edge of the glass coffee table. For some reason, the thought of using a coaster crossed my mind.
I slowly started getting up with the help of the couch I was still on. I pulled myself up until I was sitting down on the couch. It was then that I realized I was still naked. I nervously looked around for anything to cover myself up with. To my relief, there was a towel underneath me. I quickly covered my privates with it.
I stared at the drink Alan had left for me, debating whether I should drink it or not.
"Where's Alexis?" I called out. Even talking loudly gave me a headache.
"She's fine," Alan said from another room. "After another great night with me, she went back to your room. I told her I would have you sleep here for the night!"
That seemed...pretty nice of him? But at this point, I knew Alan well enough that he had something else up his sleeve.
"She said it was very sweet of me. Even gave me a kiss for it!" Alan laughed.
It made my head hurt even worse.
"Last night was amazing. Alexis couldn't get enough-" Alan was talking as he entered the room, but then stopped when he saw me. "Hey! Hurry the fuck up and drink that! You don't have all fucking day. We need to start the next phase in our plan!"
Alan walked away and entered another room.
What next phase? What plan? Our plan?
I wanted to press the issue further but I thought it best to drink Alan's mystery concoction before he gets really upset.
Upon first glance, it looked like it could be sweet tea, with its dark brown, yet transparent, complexion. It's cold when I picked up the glass. I took a small sip. The taste was revolting.
I gagged, dry heaving a little. I covered my mouth in fear of throwing up in Alan's room. Alan must've heard me.
"It tastes like shit, but it'll knock out anything bad in your system. You'll feel better within the hour. Just in time for you to get ready."
I didn't know what he meant by that, nor did I want to drink his "special" concoction. But if he was telling the truth, then I wouldn't mind. Just as long as it could get rid of this awful hangover.
Taking sips was not going to work. It still tastes just as bad as if I took big gulps. I resigned to chugging the whole thing while pinching my nose.
Ugh. Why was there so much?
Even after I drank it all, the aftertaste lingered. It took all of my willpower to keep the questionable substance down. And that wasn't easy.
I closed my eyes, taking deep breaths until I felt okay.
"Now there's a good boy," Alan said, entering the room. He had on a white dress shirt in with khakis and shoes to go with it. "I have to take care of some business this morning before I start the day." He was fixing the buttons from his left wrist collar.
"In a few minutes, you'll be on your way back to Alexis. When you see her, you're going to tell her you have this incredible idea. That after talking with me and how you discovered I never married, you want her to marry me and live like a married couple for 24 hours. Got it?"
Alan gave me a moment to let his words sink in. I must still be drunk because I don't think I heard him correctly.
"Wait, what...?" I mumbled.
"I thought about it and you know what? She's never going to know what it's like to be married to a real man. It seems like a damn shame. And unfair to the poor girl. So I figured, why not give her a taste of what it's like to be married to a man like me." Alan grinned.
That's what I thought I heard.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, Alan, you-"
Slap!
He slapped me across the face with his backhand, making me fall back down on the couch. I massaged my cheek as Alan spoke again.
"It's going to hurt worse every time you fuck up. Keep it up." Alan resumed fixing his wrist collar.
"S-sir...you can't marry Alexis," I said meekly.
"Why not?"
His reply bewildered me.
"Because she's...ya know...married to me."
"Right. For now. Just get your marriage annulled."
He said it so "matter of fact" -ly, it almost made me speechless.
"You want to marry...Alexis?"
"Sure, why not? I've never been married before. I've always been curious what the hype was about. What better opportunity than now."
I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Alan wanted to marry Alexis. My Alexis. Was it even possible?
"She'll never go through with it. I know her." I remained seated, looking down at the floor in astonishment.
"Yeah, you're probably right. I mean, no sane proper woman in the 21st century would ever do something like that. Not even for her husband." After finishing the buttons on his wrist collar, he stuck his hand in his right pocket, only to take something out of it. "But with these," he continued, "she'll be more than happy to oblige."
I looked up to see what he had in his hand.
My heart sank.
The "special" pills.