Something Gained

Chapter Fourty-Two

I raced out of work at 5pm and into the car that would be taking me back to the hotel. Hannah and I were going for celebration drinks after work and I couldn't wait. I had practically screamed down the phone. She knew Zak had the offer the whole time we were in LA, but kept quiet which I'm impressed by. I got into my room and dropped my stuff off and gathered what I would be wearing and my makeup and things and went to her room to get ready together and get the party started.
I couldn't believe I had been promoted. I loved my job more than anything in the world and to be given more responsibility and a higher up ranking in the company was just unbelievable. And my salary doubled?! I was speechless. I had returned the contract to Zak at 4:45pm and he was happy that I did. I knocked on Hannah's door.

"OH MY GOD THERE SHE IS!" She yelled and yanked me into the room. "I've got champagne ready and waiting, let's celebrate" she said, she popped the bottle and poured out two glasses, we clinked our glasses together and drank.
"Hannah I'm in shock, I cannot believe it" I said
"You'll be working more with me as well, when Zak told me I was like yes! He couldn't think of a better person to do the job" Hannah gushed.
"I'm so excited and so happy. To think I thought I might lose my job because of the whole Daniel thing and now I've been promoted"
"Does he know, does Lando?" She asked
"Nope, Zak said he'll tell everyone at dinner tomorrow" I replied
"Oooh exciting!"

We stepped out of our hotel and were mobbed by cameras, we dived into the car waiting for us and closed the door.
"What the hell?" Hannah asked
"Why are they following us?" I said at the same time
"Do you think they follow you now as well?" She asked
"Why though? And how do they know where I am if it is?"
"Because these people are like hawks, and you're dating a high profile person maybe?" I shrugged and we made our way to the first cocktail bar we had found. I hadn't been out for a night out in England in so long, I wasn't sure what to expect if I'm honest. But I knew we were going to have an amazing time! Hannah had fast become like a best friend.

At 11pm, with quite a few drinks down we were certainly having a great time.
"So how was your day with Liam?" I asked her, she smirked and looked away "Hannah?"
"I wanted to say it but I didn't know how but why not, something may or may not have happened" she said
"Something being?" I pushed, she smirked again "No! Really?" Realising what she meant
"Yeah, we had sex" she said quietly
"Details please?" I said and she delved into talking about her day and what had happened.
"So I just went over to his room and we chilled out, watched movies and we talked for ages, and then yeah one thing led to another" she was blushing so bad
"Was it good?" I asked
"Why is that the first question?" She said laughing
"It always is. Plus you said that to me when you found about me and Daniel" I said
"True, yeah it was so good"

At 8am my alarm sounded, I groaned and slammed my hand down on my phone. This is not okay. We got in at 5am, why do we always do this to ourselves. I rolled out of bed, quick shower and got dressed in a tracksuit to be comfy, put my sunglasses on, and left my room trying not to be sick. I knocked on Hannah's door and she came out looking the same.
"Sleeping on the plane. I'm sleeping on the plane" she said. We left the hotel in silence heading to the MTC to get the coach to the airport. We didn't stop drinking, and we apparently have this habit of making friends with random people and doing shots with them, like we moved from group to group. we also danced all night my feet are killing me after wearing heels, my vans were much appreciated this morning.

"Oh we're looking healthy this morning" I heard Liams voice as we walked up to meet everybody. I didn't know if I was actually going to be sick at this point, I sat on my suitcase waiting for the coach. Liam walked over to Hannah and gave her a hug, it made me miss Daniel. In a few hours I would be able to see him, and it couldn't come quick enough.
"Choices were made, mistakes were made" I muttered to Liam. He laughed and I covered my ears, I saw Zak coming towards us and the coach pulling up. Thank the lord!
"Hannah, Alex" he greeted coming over to us. I forgot about the promotion, which is the whole reason I feel this way this morning, but that makes me part of the most senior team.
"I don't care what happens, I need to sit at the front" Hannah said, I nodded and agreed. We all loaded ourselves onto the coach and drove to the airport. I didn't remember falling asleep but I was grateful because the nausea left. It returned the minute Liam was waking me up to get off the coach. We walked through the airport, my sunglasses a permanent feature apart from going through security and passport control.

Once on the plane, I sat in my seat and pulled a blanket over me and attempted to do the same as the coach journey. Waves of nausea washing over me. I sat on my own while Hannah sat with Liam opposite me, she looked as white as a ghost. I was half asleep when I heard Liam again
"Alex? Alex do you want anything to eat or drink?" I heard, I shook my head and pulled me blanket over my head, I heard him laugh and that was the last thing I remember before being woken up again.

"Liam if you keep waking me up I'm going to start hating you" I muttered from under the blanket
"We're landing Alex, you need to get ready" he said laughing. Oh. I sat up and looked outside the window and saw a completely different scenery to England, more sun and less miserable weather, it perked me up a lot. I stood up and then realised how sick I felt still and fell back down to my chair. I hope I felt better for dinner later, I need to stop drinking so much. I blame Hannah, I'm always with Hannah.