I feel like crap… It’s midday and I just crawled out of bed. The room is still spinning a bit, so I’m just sitting here with my coffee, trying not to move my eyes too much.

Last night’s party was rather hectic. It started out all right, but then Gavin showed up. So much about his good sense. Alani said I should not upset myself about this, and should be glad he did not bring Terri along. Yes, I mean, sure, thanks Gavin. Pff… Just when I calmed down, Ben walked in to my kitchen with some hot dogs. What’s wrong with these people? Later I heard from someone that Hailey is pregnant again and confined to bed rest, that’s why she couldn’t come tonight. I can’t believe this guy!

As more and more people arrived, I started to feel a bit more relaxed. Everyone brought some food, it was awesome. Seymour turned out to be my saviour when he appeared with a gigantic roasted turkey. I burned mine in the oven, as usual. I don’t even attempt to cook anything anymore… Abbie Chisholm, aged 28, living on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, nothing new here. I haven’t got a chance to see him too often after we first met, so it was quite a pleasant surprise to discover we have a lot in common.

Things went haywire when Gussie showed up with Angel, the mixologist from the pub. After she started passing her amazing cocktails around I lost track of time for a while. I have some hazy memories about Gavin and Li Lo slow dancing in a dark corner (traitor!), Seymour hitting it off with Gracie who giggled like a school girl, and some random people who just invited themselves in when they saw the buffet from outside. Around midnight I found myself surrounded by Gavin and Ben. They were like two angry roosters fighting over a hen. I guess I was meant to be flattered, but at that point I was more exasperated than anything. I was looking for an escape route but they kept pushing me into the corner. I was about to raise my voice at them when Li Lo butted in. “What the hell were you thinking?”, she screamed at Gavin. With each word her finger stabbed into his shoulder. “Nobody wants you here!”

I was tempted to mention that no one hour ago she was the one having fun with him, but I kept my mouth shut. I really didn’t want to stir up the drama more.

Gavin was taken aback. Kept opening and closing his mouth like a fish. Ben was laughing like a hyena. Li Lo immediately turned his attention to him.

“The same applies to you, asshole”, Li Lo shoved him against the wall. “I’m sick and tired of you two messing up my friend’s life. Why don’t you just get the hell out of here and crawl back to your girlfriends. They are probably wondering by now where the hell have their bastard boyfriends sneaked away.” Her eyes darted between the two guys. They slowly started backing away. I couldn’t help but see the pained expression on Ben’s face. I really shouldn’t feel sorry for him… Li Lo spent the next half an hour following Ben around, hurling verbal abuse at him. I was fuming… Why he hadn’t left yet though, I had no idea. I tried to lighten the mood, but Li Lo didn’t want to hear it. Thankfully she noticed that Gavin is still lurking around, and off she went to harass him a bit too. In her book he’s the bigger evil apparently. “You okay?”, I asked Ben. Not because I really wanted to hear the answer. It was just kind of a reflex. His shoulders sagged and he let out a big sigh. He started talking about Hailey and how she’s pregnant again. I lost my patience a little bit and told him it’s his fault as well. Should have left after that woman tricked him into having a child for the first time. He just kept sighing and said it’s not that easy. I left him alone. I really didn’t want to get involved in any of this. To my surprise Gavin was still around. Li Lo was apparently cooling off in the garden after a heated argument with said guy. Can’t blame her, he’s pretty aggravating.

Although he tried to apologise later, I’m still mad at Gavin. I didn’t want to hear any of his explanation about his date with Terri the other day.

“But you know, I told you, Terri is a nutjob…”, he started, but I put my finger over his mouth to shush him, and informed him that I don’t care. Eventually when Honey made a move on me I told everyone to leave. Poor girl! She felt so embarrassed this morning. She came over earlier to say how sorry she was. I just laughed off the whole thing and told her I’m really flattered that the lovely Honey Darnell would think I’m “the cutest girl in the neighbourhood”. I just hope this won’t get to her girlfriend’s ear. I really don’t need another weird triangle in my life. Anyway, I should probably get moving. I need to clean up the mess after last night. I mean the plates and cups. I will not attempt to clean up anyone’s emotional mess again…