Come & Get Your Love • Alex Turner

31: Slow Dancing In A Burning Room

Alex's POV:

I was drunk while the noise from the backstage was still on. People chattering, even the artists and athletes. I couldn't see clearly, not even Matt. After I ended my conversation with Avery immediately, I went on my way to find Matt but I didn't spot him immediately. I bumped into someone else and fell on the floor, while everyone around the room poked fun at my drunken self. Luckily, there was Jamie who spotted me and quickly carried me and without any hesitation, we went back to our hotel, The Savoy. The others especially Nick? They went out for a date after the show.

When Jamie put me down on the bed, I slurred these 7 little words that I would end up regretting the next day;

"You know what Avery, I love you", I was chuckling while saying this..

"Alex, are you okay?", Jamie quickly blurted out.

"No, Avery. I've been a fool about you ever since... since that you met me in that record store and all I could think and talk about is you-", I was chuckling like a goat while I hid my face on one of the pillows.

Jamie was irritated, "It's Jamie, Al, not Avery. Stop being a drunken delusional"

"No I'm not", even I was drunk, I whined like a 4 year old child..

"I hope you're feeling well by tomorrow, Alex. Gotta go right now", I was about to stop Jamie that night from leaving my room but he quickly turned off the lights and closed the door immediately, leaving me alone in a drunken state.

The next morning,

I woke up from my bed. I was still on my outfit from yesterday's event. How did I end up here in the first place? Did Matt or Miles ever take me back here? Well, it's a complete miracle if they did.

I visited Matt's hotel room, and guess what, he was playing a game of Monopoly with Nick, Breana, and Kelly. They were in their formal attire while me being in a rock star outfit. Breana poked fun of course, especially Nick.

"Where have you been last night?", Matt asked me that question, "I've been looking for you and yet you just trailed off somewhere in the backstage-"

I just scratched my head, pretending to not know about last night's incident.

"Where's Jamie?", was all that I could say.

"Probably he's in his hotel room, relaxing and masturbating", Nick added which made everyone around laugh

I shook my head and immediately went out from Matt's hotel room, and then they continued to play Monopoly. When the moment I entered Jamie's room, he just sat alone playing something from his guitar..

"Hey", I sat down beside him.

"It seems like you're already in a good state right now, Al, huh?", Jamie stood up from the settee and grabbed two cigarettes.

"Totally fine. Now what happened last night?", I creased my forehead and crossed my legs, "I mean, I couldn't remember anything after the show"

"You were drunk, out of control, and everyone made fun of your stupid actions ", Jamie passed the spare cigarette to me and grabbed our lighters from our pockets and began to smoke around. "And also, you labeled me as Avery", he chuckled.