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6. Maisie

Niall seems like a suspicious character to me. And I know that he's giving me a death glare trying to make me look away. Wanting to make me afraid of him. I've dealt with guys like him, for gods sake I dated one like him. Not exactly the same appearance but his type of attitude. I've decided not to get involved with guys like him, I've been where they've led to.

"Hey guys where'd you run off to?" I know by now that Vanessa won't say a thing to anyone. That's why she is usually the one to lie for me. I can't do it, and she's best at it.

"We were in the ladies bathroom" Vanessa simply says. From the corner of my eye I see someone shift. When I quickly glance Niall has turned his back on is. The muscles of his back outlining his tank top. Does he not realize it's winter?

"For that long? If I knew any better I'd say you two would be fucking in there" Harry jokes but it doesn't make me or Vanessa laugh.

"That's nice Harry" Louis takes a drink from his glass. "Her wish when she turned twenty-one was to fuck a girl" Louis slaps the back of his head and laughs.

"When is your birthday?" Janine asks me.

"It's today" Vanessa answers for me once again. She nudges me to sit down but I look at the seat between Louis and Niall. I don't think it's the best idea so I decide to sit by Harry. Before I knew it Vanessa and Janine had struck a conversation.

"You okay?" Harry asks me. I nod with a smile. "Your not going to talk?" He asks again.

I take a moment to answer and then breathlessly I say "Yeah". Harry smiles and turns his torso to order another drink. In that small amount of time I examine him. His arms are covered with tattoos. Not entirely, but enough so I can see his skin. Louis is no different. Much less than Harry does. When I look at Niall, only his right forearm is completely covered with designs up to his elbow.

"Harry what's the deal with him?" I ask. Harry looks over to where I nod to, then looks back at me.

"Who Niall? What about him?" He asks.

"Why is he so quiet?" I curiously ask.

"I guess he is one of those people who have so much to say" Harry chuckles lightly. "But don't worry about him, if he's mean to you it's the way he is. He doesn't intend to, it just comes out of him I guess" He shrugs his shoulders and once again takes a sip of his drink.

"Are all of you going to be drinking the whole time?" I ask crossing my arms.

"What? You don't think that's fun?" I raise my eyebrow at him and he smiles. "Alright, alright then let's go dance" Harry doesn't even give me a chance to reply before he puts his glass down and grabs my elbow to drag me into the crowd. I hope Vanessa doesn't choke me for this.

Harry stops when we are deep in the club. I can't barely see Vanessa and the others, but I know where they stand. Harry starts to dance rather closely to me and it's not that he wants to, its crowded and the people around us are pushing us together. I don't have to be scared with embarrassing myself when I know that everyone is already high on their own stuff. I know Vanessa is looking at us. But I can't tell if she's looking at me and worrying what could happen again or if she's looking at Harry and is becoming jealous. Maybe I should go back. Let her take my place instead. I know I would be happy, but it's my birthday. And starting right now I'm having fun. This has probably been the only time in which I've been careless and have no worries. I'm finally twenty-one. I never felt so free.

For some reason I loose Harry's presence. But when I open my eyes and take a peak, he's still dancing in front of me. Closing my eyes again I miss the amount of time. It's seems like it's been an hour, possibly twenty minutes. With the alcohol in my system I'll probably regret this in the morning and think otherwise, but right now. It's like having the whole world in my hands. Cheesy I know, it's my first time.

"Hey!" I open my eyes at the sound of someone's voice. I forgot Harry was still here. "Do you want to head back? I'm kind of tired" He admits. I nod and follow Harry through the crowd. I almost loose track of him, though his height is an advantage. All I have to do is follow Harry's locks.

"Maisie no!" I barely get near Vanessa yet she yells for me to stop. Niall and Louis are on their feet, Janine is behind Vanessa, and Vanessa is standing before Jason.

My heart breaks into pieces. Just when I had my mind off of him, he shows up here. The last place I had thought he would be.

Jason looks at me. His bloodshot eyes staring into mine. He's been crying and drinking. Maybe he wasn't. Whatever he has been doing, I don't care. He broke my heart with no reason, and now he dares to make an appearance. What kind of a dick does that? I'm surprised I haven't started crying. Right after Jason had texted me we were done, I swore to Vanessa that if I ever see him, I wouldn't hesitate to get my hands on him. Now that he's here, I can't seem to make a movement.

"Maisie" Jason takes a step toward me but Vanessa stops him, stepping in his way. He looks at her for a moment, then at me.

"Maisie I'm such a coward, I want to apologize" That was the last thing I had expected.

By now everyone's eyes are on me. I don't know what to feel. I'm not even sure what Jason is asking from me. Is that all he wants? For me to accept his apology?