Everything About You

Chapter 2 - The Party

I was making my way across the courtyard on Monday morning to get to my first lecture when he caught my eye. He was walking in the middle of two other people and I was kind of surprised that I even noticed him seeing that he was so short and shoved between two people that were much taller than him.

My lecture wasn't too boring but it was only the first day so we did a lot of 'getting to know each other' activities which I kind of thought was pointless but it was kind of nice to know who I'd be sitting in a room with for the rest of the year.

When the lecture was over I headed back across the courtyard to my dorm. I was about halfway there and I saw the same group walk past and caught a slightly better view of the shorter one, he was kinda cute from what I could notice.

Walking into my dorm I walk over to the kitchen, dropping my bag on the bench and going to the fridge to grab a quick snack. Just as I sit down on the lounge Niall made his way out of the hallway and into the kitchen.

"Hey man, there's a party like three dorms over tonight if you want to join. I'm probably going to go over for a few hours." He plops himself on the couch, looking at me waiting for an answer. I wasn't the biggest fan of parties but it's not going to hurt going to a few.

"Yeah sure. I'll go for a bit as well. What time does it start?" I question, thinking that I'm probably going to have to wash my hair, I haven't washed it since Thursday and it's starting to get a bit gross and oily.

"Not until about six so we still have a bit of time, it'll only take a couple minutes to get there as well so really no rush." He mumbles as he finishes off his handful of crackers, wiping his hands on his black jeans and leaving them full of all the flavouring.

"I need to wash my hair so I should probably go have a shower now if I want it to be at least half dry, these long curls don't take two seconds to look after." I chuckle as I stand up from the couch and make my way to my room, deciding what to wear on the way there.

I end up choosing a pair of black skinny jeans, a plain white long sleeve button up and some brown boots that Gemma seems to hate but I absolutely love. Thinking about Gemma I make a mental note to give her a call later.

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Once I'm out of the shower I make my way into my room and fix up my hair. I put some curling cream in it so it can hold the curls and let it fall past my shoulders so it can air dry. Once that's all done I decide now would be a good time to call Gemma. On the fourth ring, she finally answers.

"Hey H! How's things going?" She yells through the phone making me pull it away from my ear so I don't actually loose my hearing.

"I'm good Gem. How are you?" I ask in return, feeling bad that I hadn't called her or messaged her since last week when I moved.

It was a few hours later when Niall was softly knocking on my door to ask me if I was ready to go. I give him a quick nod to let him know that I heard him and that I'm ready to go. I turn and look back down at my phone, Gemma and I's call flashing on my screen.

"Hey Gem, I hate to go but Niall and I are heading out so I'll call or text you later ok?" I said into my phone as I put my shoes on and grab the dorm keys.

"Ok H. Have fun and I'll talk to you soon ok. Love you." Gemma responds, I quickly say by and tell her I love her too before I'm hanging up and meeting Niall at the front door.

Not two minutes later and we're walking into the party, music blasting loudly, people and alcohol absolutely everywhere. No one is drunk yet as the party has just started so I'm grateful for that. I follow Niall into the kitchen to grab a drink, noticing a bowl of punch on the bench so I grab a clean cup and pour some punch into it.

"You want to go outside for a bit first?" Niall shouts over the music. The house we were in was on the ground floor so had a tiny backyard.

"Yes please." I shout back as I follow Niall outside where it was less crowded and the music wasn't as loud. We made our way through the sea of people over to some chairs outside and sit down.

I look at the door we came out of and people were walking in and out but just as I go to look away someone catches my eye causing me to stare. Walking out of the house is the same three people that I was passing on my way to and from my lecture today and they were walking closer and closer to Niall and I.

My eye catches the shorter ones eye and we hold the contact for a split second before his friends are dragging him over to the smoking area. I don't really like smoking, but I'm not going to lie, he looks pretty hot doing it.

I shake myself out of these thoughts, I don't even know this guy so I have no reason to be thinking these things. I also haven't even seen him up close, he could quite literally be unattractive but I kinda doubt it.

"Mate, I'm gonna go get another drink. You coming?" Niall nudges my arm before standing up. He stands there looking down at me, a questioning look on his face. I give him a quick nod as I stand up and follow him back inside.

"I might take this one back outside." I shout over the music that was playing. There was way too many people here to be packed into such a small space and I wasn't drunk enough to be able to deal with drunk people so my only escape was outside. I also wasn't the biggest fan of over crowded spaces and neither was Niall by the look on his face.

"I'm following you out. This is way too crowded and not doing my claustrophobia any good." Niall shouts back as I practically drag him back outside and into the fresh air.

"Man. That is insane. I swear half the campus is in there." I sigh, sitting back down on the chair, surprised that no one had taken it while Niall and I were gone.

The longer the night went on the colder it was getting and neither Niall or myself had brought a jumper with us. The only thing keeping us somewhat warm was the fact that we were both slightly tipsy now but I was ready to call it a night and head home.

"Niall." I slightly slurred. "I need to go to bed, are you coming?" I say as I stumble slightly trying to get out of the chair and accidentally knock someone's arm one their way past.

"Shit. I am so sorry!" I rush out, finally looking up and locking eyes with the bluest eyes I think I have ever seen. I'm frozen in my spot as I take in the person standing in front of me and realize it's the same guy from earlier today, the one that was walking with the other two lads.

"No worries man, no harm done." He smiles, giving me a quick nod of the head before he takes another quick look at me and walks off. I follow him with my eyes and notice his friends standing and waiting at the door for him. I really do need to get home I thought to myself.

"Ok. Niall, let's go before my clumsy limbs betray me anymore. Being tipsy isn't helping either." I grab Niall's hand to help him out of his chair and we make our way back to our dorm. Grateful once again that our dorm wasn't too far away. I was tired and cold and couldn't wait to get into bed.