"Ney!" She sobbed. "He really did it!" Her speech was beginning to become slurred and Courtney was beginning to worry.
"Leigh, babe, please do not drink." Courtney pleaded with her friend.
"Courtney, how could you ever understand me? I just lost my first love! And the father of my children. Oh God! My kids. I ruined it all. All for NOTHING! Charles and I broke it off two days ago."
"Ohmigod Leigh! I am so sorry."
"He's engaged to some MTV VJ, Mandy Corik. She's 18!" Leighanne cried tossing her head back and downing another shot of vodka.
"Leigh, are you at home?" Courtney's concern was skyrocketing.
"Nopey. I'm gettin' drunk!"
"Leighanne Reena Lit-Wallace, where the hell are you?" Courtney asked while she frantically searched for her car keys.
"Bye-bye Ney-Ney." Leighanne waved at the phone and dropped it stumbling off to the bar. "NICKOLAS!" Courtney cried holding the phone in her hands. Nick ran into the kitchen as fast as he could.
"What's wrong Courty?"
"It's Leigh. She's drunk and at some bar! Nick I don't know what to do!" Nick grabbed his girlfriend and pulled her into his arms as he cradled her back and forth while whispered positive words into her ear. "I'm so scared." He wasn't even sure it was possible to find a drunken blonde in another state by telephone, but he was going to try.