A Day in the Life (closed to whoever shows up I guess, hope this does suck) - Across the Universe Role Playing! Forum

Topic: A Day in the Life (closed to whoever shows up I guess, hope this does suck)

It was already one in the afternoon and Max was still asleep. Well...less asleep and more passed out, either way he was not with the waking world. He was wearing nothing but boxers and one of Sadie's colorful shirt. An unlite cigarette hung limply between his lips as his right hand loosely held the neck of an empty vodka bottle. He had been drinking himself into comas a lot lately, if he stayed smashed enough then the nightmares would go away, at least for a few hours.

#1 Nov 15th 2007, 11:38pm

(I meant doesn't, not does. Oh well that's an interesting first impression for me to make)

#2 Nov 16th 2007, 12:37am

(I'de be happy to roleplay with you, because I have A LOT of free time on my hands, but I need to know, is this taking place before Max is shipped off to Vietnam? Or after he comes home?)

#3 Nov 16th 2007, 7:26am

(after he comes back)

#4 Nov 16th 2007, 7:35am

(Alrighty then =))

Lucy stared at the front door before turning the knob and entering. Her heart sunk as she watched Max sit on Sadie's brown couch, she had never seen him like this before, soon after he returned from Vietnam it was as if they shot his soul instead of his arm. She felt a warm tear roll down her pale cheek, and she quickly wiped it away.

"Max? Are you awake?" Lucy lightly shook his body with her hand.

#5 Nov 16th 2007, 9:01am

*Max groaned in pain as he slowly opened his eyes, greated by the light that streamed through the partialy opened curtain* Luce, could you do me a favor and make the sun go away? Thanks sis *he rolled over so he was facing away from her and attempted to go back to sleep*

#6 Nov 16th 2007, 9:15am

(I have to keep reminding myself that I'm Max and not jude so I don't use british slang)

#7 Nov 16th 2007, 9:16am

(HAHA I know! I was tempted to write Jude instead of Max a few times and then I thought...NO IT'S MAX, MAX, MAX!!!)

Lucy let out a small sigh and reached her hand out, touching Max's back.

"There is no food in the refrigerator Max, have you been eating at all?" She leaned down to pick up a shiny object that was reflecting light from the window. She held the half full Vodka bottle in her hands. Lucy felt her heart sink into the bottle of her stomach.

"What is this? You're an alcoholic now?" Lucy said angrily as she pulled the blankets off Max's form.

#8 Nov 16th 2007, 5:38pm

*he glared up at her, trying to pull Sadie's shirt tighter around his sickly thin frame in an attempt to keep warm* I had cereal yesterday and since when does drinking in this group make you an alcoholic. Lets face it, we should all be in rehab for something

#9 Nov 16th 2007, 9:47pm

"We don't drink for no fucking reason Max, you have a problem, I know you're depressed, but you need REAL help, this shit isn't the solution." Lucy replied trying to emphasize the point. Just at that moment she felt a sharp pain hit her stomach. Lucy gasped loudly and fell to the floor, lying in a fetile position she grabbed her stomach continuing to cry in pain.

(UH OH! What do you think could be wrong with Luce? lol!)

#10 Nov 17th 2007, 10:12am

(UH OH! What do you think could be wrong with Luce? lol!)

#11 Nov 17th 2007, 10:13am

"Luce!" he jumped to his feet, shaking off any signs of a hang over. "Luce, what's wrong?"

#12 Nov 17th 2007, 7:30pm

"Max, I'm pregnant. Something is--wrong." Lucy choked out, tears brimming her lids as she tried to ease the sharp pain. "Call an ambulance."

#13 Nov 18th 2007, 12:55am

"Shit" he muttered and raced for the phone. "You couldn't wait to have an emergency when more people were home?" After too many rings for Max's liking someone answered the phone and he shouted incoherently until they agreed to send an ambulance.

#14 Nov 18th 2007, 1:58am

(AW lol)

Later at the hospital

Lucy stared at the off-white walls that surrounded her, listening to the sound of her own breathing. Her eyes shifted over to the door where Max was leaning on the frame.

"Max, I'm so sorry I didn't tell you." She muttered sitting up from the bed.

#15 Nov 18th 2007, 10:12am

"yeah, that is something you'd think you'd bother to tell your brother, huh?" He finally walked into the room and flopped down into one of the chairs. "I assume it belongs to a certain limey artist?"

#16 Nov 18th 2007, 12:30pm

"Yeah, but you can't tell Jude, not yet, I want him to hear it from me. I'll tell him tonight, when they release me, atleast the baby is okay." Lucy smiled as she stared off into space.

#17 Nov 18th 2007, 4:56pm

He sighed heavily, unable to look his sister in the eye. "You know dad is going to have Jude killed when he finds out about this."

#18 Nov 18th 2007, 6:00pm

Lucy's eyes widened as she thought about what Max had just said. She would have to tell her parents, or would she?

"I don't have to tell him. I won't start showing until my fourth or fifth month, I don't know, maybe I could just avoid mom and dad until I deliver?" She replied slightly skeptical.

#19 Nov 18th 2007, 7:09pm

(do you have any ideas for drama? haha and we need a jude! who will be our jude?!)

#20 Nov 18th 2007, 7:10pm . Edited Nov 18th 2007, 7:11pm

"Yeah, but having a kid around might be a bit hard to explain to 'em." He fished around in his pocket for a moment before triumphantly pulling out a pack of cigarettes and a lighter. "Hey if you're lucky maybe they'll cut you out of their lives like they did me. Then you won't have to worry about them." He lit the cigarette and took a long drag, sighing in relief as the nicotine filled his lungs.

(If you can find someone else to join as jude that's awsome, if not I'll just do it)

#21 Nov 18th 2007, 11:58pm

Lucy's eyes shifted to the tiled floor, she tried her hardest to keep the tears from flowing like a river, she failed miserably.

"I can't do this, I don't want things to change, I can't be a mother. I'm going to get an abortion-- that will solve this." Lucy muttered almost incoherently as mascara ran down her cheeks.

#22 Nov 19th 2007, 2:09am

"Hey, come on Luce...don't cry." He put out his cigarette and walked over to the edge of her bed, gently stroaking her hair. "You can't get an abortion without telling the father, it's just not right."

#23 Nov 19th 2007, 2:24pm

"Would if he doesn't even want to have this baby? What if he gets mad, or worse... leaves me?" Lucy thought about Jude, she thought about his sweet, comforting smile, she also thought about her baby. Would he or she have the same deep dark brown eyes as Jude, and maybe her baby would have long golden hair just like Lucy. No matter how much she dreaded the idea of having kids this young, Lucy realized she still could never abort her own flesh and blood, especially Jude's child.

"Jude..." Lucy whispered. "Do you know where Jude is Max?"

#24 Nov 19th 2007, 3:33pm

"He's not going to leave you, I'll beat the living shit out of him if he tries. Last time I saw him was last night at the bar." (do you want me to play jude?)

#25 Nov 19th 2007, 3:48pm

(sure why not, if you don't mind, lol.)

"I need to talk to him, he needs to know what's going on. Max, can you call him? See if he will come over here? I just--need this off my chest." Lucy choked out.

#26 Nov 19th 2007, 4:25pm

"Sure thing," he walked out of the room to call Jude on the pay phone and came back in a few minutes later. "He's on his way. I kind of freaked him out when I told him you were in the hospital but I didn't tell him why." He ran a hand through his hair nervously and fished into his jacket pocket for his flask. "Listen sis, I promise you he is not going to leave you. I worked too damn hard to get you guys back together and I'm not going to let you two fall apart again without a fight." He took a swig, flinching slightly as the alcohol burned it's way down his throat.

#27 Nov 20th 2007, 12:26am

"You didn't tell him it wasn't an emergency?" Lucy asked. She could picture Jude right now, frantically looking for his car keys and muttering various profanities.

#28 Nov 20th 2007, 8:32am

"I'm pretty sure I mentioned that.."

~~~~~~~ (wibbley-wobbley timey-wimey lines, also known as a time lapse)~~~~~

Jude burst through the door looking a bit frazzled. "Oh God Lucy, are you alright?" He rushed to her bed side.

#29 Nov 20th 2007, 3:07pm

"I'm alright Jude, everything is fine, but we need to talk-- and it's important." Lucy felt like she was going to faint, and she didn't have the slightest clue on how Jude would react.

#30 Nov 20th 2007, 7:00pm

"No, no everything is not fine, you're in a bloody hospital bed. I'd say that's the opposite of fine," his voice was high in panic as his eyes scanned every inch of her for a source of what could be wrong.

"Jude man, just listen to her, ok?" Max watched them from where he sat in the corner of the room.

#31 Nov 21st 2007, 1:47am

"Jude. I'm pregnant." The words flew freely out of Lucy's mouth, she didn't know how else to tell him than being blunt and forward about it.

#32 Nov 21st 2007, 7:40am

Jude froze, his big eyes growing comically whide and his mouth dropped open. "Huh?"

#33 Nov 21st 2007, 3:29pm

"I'm pregnant Jude, with your child." Lucy repeated.

#34 Nov 21st 2007, 7:08pm

"I-I...umm....w-when did this happen?" Jude continued to just stare at her, eyes shifting between her face and her stomach, trying to wrap his head around this new information.

Max rolled his eyes, his friend was so articulate.

#35 Nov 22nd 2007, 4:56pm

Lucy sighed and stared at Jude in disbelief, could he really be this shocked?

"I'm not sure, I... just know I am-- Are you mad?"

#36 Nov 23rd 2007, 8:43am

((Can I be Jude in this one, you guys? Don't mind this post if I can't.))

"I..." Jude trailed off, trying to swallow the lump in his throat. Mad was not the word he was looking for. He wasn't mad. He couldn't be mad. He loved Lucy too much to be mad.

Then why on earth did he feel this way? "I...I'm not mad, Lucy." he said softly, trying to push the heightening anxiety to the back of his mind.

#37 Nov 23rd 2007, 9:12am

(It's cool with me, then Jessica won't have to be two characters at the same time. =D)

"If you're not mad--then what are you feeling Jude? You don't want me to get rid of it... do you? I don't think I could do it." Lucy began to tear up and slightly shake as she thought about the crude, and wrongful process of an abortion.

"You always said you wanted kids... I mean-- I know this is way too early but it isn't the babies fault, it's ours Jude.

#38 Nov 23rd 2007, 9:20am

(Okay. :) Thanks.)

"Lucy...I...we..." he trailed off again. There was no way he could explain this to Lucy. How could he explain his fears of being a father? How could he explain his fear of not wanting to be a shitty father like his own? He couldn't...could he? "Its not you...our the baby's fault. I just need time. To think."

#39 Nov 23rd 2007, 9:36am

(woohoo, less work for me *dances*)

Max watched them quietly from his seat in the corner. With these two around he never missed TV. He had heard his sister on numerous occasions talk about how much she never wanted kids and now she was fighting for her right to have one...girls were confusing.

#40 Nov 23rd 2007, 2:02pm

"Time to think about what? We are either having this baby or we aren't Jude, and what you are saying makes me certain you definitely might want me to abort our child after all. If that's what you want then fine, let me work on that."

Lucy threw the itchy hospital linens off her body and sprinted over to Max, picking up his jacket she rummaged through the pockets, finally pulling out a cigarette and Max's silver lighter. She held it up to her mouth and lit the end, taking a deep breath in, the smoke and tobacco filled her lungs, she slowly exhaled.

"This might not be the fastest way, but the gradual way. Now you won't have to worry about anything Jude, there will be no baby." Lucy said with a bitterness in her voice.

(LOL, I had to add some drama! sorry!)

#41 Nov 23rd 2007, 2:14pm

[I had to read that twice, I was like....wtf?? But they didn't know that there was anything with smoking back in the 60s. Surgeon General's report didn't come until like, 10 years later.]

Jude groaned, following Lucy. He needed to explain himself to her. Once he saw that she was smoking, Jude walked over calmly, taking the cigarette out of Lucy's hand, tossing it out the window. "Lucy." Jude whispered, cupping her face in his hand.

"I love you, Lucy. But you got believe in me when I tell you that I need to think. I'm scared--I thought that you of all people would have been able to understand that, no? I want to keep the baby, we might not be able to keep us together if this is what you think of it." He dropped his hands to his side, backing away. "I'll go."

#42 Nov 23rd 2007, 2:19pm

(lmfao, I totally forgot about that! I should have remembered from seeing Hairspray, all the pregnant classy ladies were smoking!)

"Jude, don't go. I'm sorry, that was impulsive I know, but I am scared too. I'm scared that this will make you want to leave. Raising babies aren't easy, and I never thought I would want one, I was always against it infact, but it's different now because you are the one I am having it with. I love you, I love you so much, that I am afraid of losing you." Lucy sighed, she had been rambling on and on, without taking a break. She was already very weak, she slowly walked back to the bed and sat on the edge holding her head up with her hands. By taking deep breaths she avoided the tears that were about to fall down her face.

#43 Nov 23rd 2007, 2:30pm

[brb. dinner]

"No, really Lucy." Jude said seriously, his hand firmly grasped on the door, so many emotions coursing through him. "I should go." with that, he turned, shutting the door behind him, walking through the hospital.

#44 Nov 23rd 2007, 2:32pm

(alrighty, by the way, I'm gonna take a little nap, I'll be on in about two hours though, and about the issue of roleplaying times, where Jessica, you and I all pick a time to come on and roleplay, I'm basically always checking this site every 20 minutes, lol. So anytime is fine for me, you guys decide, you probably have more of a life than I do!)

Lucy watched Jude walk out of the room, knowing she couldn't say or do anything to stop him.

"Fuck, fuck fuck fuck." She mumbled under her breath. She let herself fall back onto her pillow as the tears she tried to avoid started pouring out. She asked herself a question.

"When did things become this complicated."

#45 Nov 23rd 2007, 2:39pm

"Things got complicated when you started sleeping with him," Max mumbled, his eyes now studying the tile on the ceiling with great interest.

#46 Nov 23rd 2007, 4:04pm

A few days later- (rawr, couldn't think of anything else but to speed it up, lol.)

"Two days, no visit, no phone call, he's ignoring me Max." Lucy sighed as she sat on the living room couch staring at the telephone.

"Why the fuck did I tell him like that, I should have waited."

#47 Nov 23rd 2007, 9:04pm

"He just needs time to think about it, you would too if the roles were switched." Max frowned realizing what he just said, "and now I'm picturing a pregnant Jude and I'm incredibly disturbed. Hope that image doesn't come back to haunt me next time I'm tripping."

#48 Nov 24th 2007, 1:00am

"That is the most disturbing mental image possible..." Lucy replied cringing. Suddenly she felt an unbelievable nauseous feeling wash over her.

"Oh shit." Lucy muttered as she ran to the bathroom.

"Oh the perks of being pregnant, morning sickness." She thought while she held her own hair back and leaned over the toilet seat.

#49 Nov 24th 2007, 9:41am