Almost Alice » l.h

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I woke up in an unfamiliar room. Light was coming in from the two windows on the other side of the room and the white curtains flowed beautifully in the breeze. I was surprised to find my head didn't hurt and I didn't feel like throwing up.

Then again, I'd probably thrown up just about everything I had in me last night. I vaguely remembered Michael awkwardly holding my hair back while Calum ran off to find Amy. Why Calum didn't stay with me while Michael went off, I didn't know, but I was thankful at least one of them stayed with me.

Outside, I could hear groans and cars starting up. I assumed a lot of people passed out here and someone was just now kicking everyone out.

The bedroom door opened slowly and Luke walked in, looking a lot like how Amy looked when she'd wake up the morning after a party. His hair was completely messed up, he had faint purple circles under his eyes, and his cheeks still had pillow marks from sleeping.

His eyes widened slightly when he looked between Amy and I laying in bed and looked at me. "Did you...?"

"Did I what?" I asked, looking over to see-

Not my sister.

Calum was laying on his stomach all the way on the other side of the bed. His arm, though, was stretched out toward me like he was making sure I was still there in his sleep.

I quickly sat up to explain I definitely did not have sex with Calum but I sat up too fast and got dizzy. I held my forehead and tried to focus on the windows across the room as Luke sat down on the bed next to me.

"Do you feel okay?" he asked me, rubbing my back and causing me to shiver slightly. He just assumed that meant I felt sick or something. "Do you need me to take you to-"

I shook my head. "I'm okay, I promise. And I didn't have sex with Calum."

He smiled softly and let out a little laugh. "Alright, good. I heard you got too drunk after I went to find Mikey and I didn't want you doing anything dumb like your sister does."

I looked up at him curiously. "What has Amy done?"

Calum groaned and we both turned to look at him. He rolled onto his back and rubbed his hands over his face. His beanie that was hardly even resting on his head at this point, fell off the bed.

"That would take so long to list off," he said in a raspy voice. "and I don't wanna hear you guys talk anymore. Could you leave and let me sleep? Every sane person is asleep right now."

"It's Friday morning." I told him.

Oh my god, it's Friday morning. I'm missing school!

"Shit." I hissed. "If the school calls my parents, they'll kill me."

"Amy wakes up at six and calls the school, posing as your mom." Luke told me.

"Out!" Calum groaned. "Jesus Christ!"

"Alright, alright! We're out!" Luke laughed at his friend's annoyance, putting an arm around my shoulders and leading me out of the room. "C'mon, we'll go wait in my room for everyone to wake up."

"Why were you up in the first place?" I wondered, keeping my voice down in case we walked by a room where people were sleeping.

"I promised I'd help Michael and Ash get the people passed out in their beds out." he chuckled. "For some reason, people find me intimidating."

"I can't imagine why." I said sarcastically, rolling my eyes playfully and smiling with him.

"Do you think I'm intimidating?" he asked, opening a door and allowing me in first.