The Internship

Chapter Twenty One - Drink, Drunk, Punch

*Tori - Point of View*

I walk out of my room with Sips_, Smith just before us. Sips_ walks me over to Chris who seems agitated. I hope this wasn't my doing.

"Hey mate." I say, just above a whisper. He looks over at me mad, but the hard look in his eyes softens. He puts down his drink and pulls me into a hug.

"Are you dating Alex?" He slurs into my ear. I wonder how many drinks he has already had as it is only nearing 7.

"No, I am not. Don't worry about me okay?" He nods in agreement and goes to sit on the couch with what seems an equally drunk Duncan. I must have missed greeting a few people in attempt to steer clear of Colin. I scan the room for my two close friends, Kim and Hannah. Hannah doesn't seem to be here yet, and I don't see Lewis either so they mustn't be here yet. I do however spot Kim. I rush over to her and some how manage to trip on the way.

"Ouch." I sit up off the floor and rub my arm. I smacked it on the ground bracing the rest of my body from the fall.

"Are you okay?" I turn around and see Martyn looking down at me with a concerned face. He puts his hand out which I take.

"Yeah, I am just so clumsy. I surprised I haven't broken anything yet." I force out a giggle to prove I am fine. He nods.

"Be careful, don't want you back in the hospital." He smiles and turns around walking back towards Sjin and Sips_, leaving me holding my arm. I want to go check on it to see if I have any abrasions, but I need to talk to Kim. I run over to Kim who is on her phone and grab her hand. I start to pull her towards the washroom, going as fast as possible without making a scene. When I finally manage to get there, I lock the door behind me. I had pulled her into Trott's master bathroom, as not to get disturbed. Thank goodness Chris is a neat person.

"What was that about?" Kim asks as I turn away from the door.

"I need to talk to you, urgently, but I fell over and I wanted to check my arm." I look around the large washroom and shrug my shoulders. "Hence the bathroom." She nods as I pull up the small sleeve on the Hat Films t-shirt. There is a small abrasion near the elbow, and a fairly large mark on my shoulder, which will leave a bruise. I look in Trott's medicine cabinets and I find a bandage and some rubbing alcohol. I clean the abrasion with the rubbing alcohol as I tell Kim to grab me a tissue. I put the Band-Aid on and grab the tissue from Kim, and put some mouthwash on it. I rub my bruise with it, hoping to make it less prominent.

"So what did you want to talk about?" I put the tissue in the trash and sit on the counter, Kim following shortly after.

"I wanted to talk about boys." Kim doesn't know about my past relations with the opposite gender, and I didn't plan on telling her, not yet. I didn't even plan on telling Alex. Kim's face lights up at the news of boys.

"So, do you like someone?"

"Well, I know Colin likes me. But... I don't like Colin. What do I do?" I look into her eyes searching for the answer, but I can't find one.

"Well, that is tricky. Who told you Colin likes you?"

"Sips_ confirmed my beliefs, but when Colin was hugging me, I saw Sparkles* and Tom freaking out like school girls." Kim nods, absorbing the information.

"Well, you should tell him how it is. Tell him, 'Sorry I don't like you mate' and walk away. He will get over it." I look down at the tiles below thinking about what Kim just told me. That could work, and I trust Kim. "So, do you like anyone?"

"Well, I have only hung out with Hat Films the entire time I have been here."

"And, do you like someone?!" She was getting impatient, but in the excited way (Like waiting for your Hand of Truth t-shirt to get to you.) I started to blush.