serendipity ⤑ harry lewis

five

it was 1pm and the day of drinking was about to start. the walk to our first pub was a short one of only 5 minutes, but the dread consumed me as i remembered filming the last one in london. the boys don't take drinking lightly, and i knew for the best content to be created- there needed to be a lot of alcohol consumed.

"evie carter, now one of our own," vik laughed as he panned the camera to me whilst we walked beside each other, "how are we feeling?"

"for once, vikstar, i'm not in a drinking mood" i laughed as i shook my head.

chip turned and pointed after overhearing the conversation, "nonsense!"

"i'm gonna pull through for the blues, i'm gonna pull through" i laughed.

as we entered the first pub, ethan excitedly announced that par 1 was a pint.

"bro, your actually taking the piss," jj laughed as he slammed his phone on the table.

"no, it's fine. it's fine" josh muttered, seeming like he was trying to not only convince jj but also himself.

"who's going first?" simon laughed as jj slammed his head on the table, watching the drinks being brought over.

"chippo's been giving me shit the whole walk here, i think he needs to prove himself" cal nodded, pushing glasses towards chip, harry and i.

"i mean, this is a normal monday for harry," ethan protested.

"yeah, add a line or two and it's his average weekday activities" cal joined in.

"cheers!" the blue team cheered in unison, clinking the glasses together before reaching them to our lips.

unsurprisingly, we all got it down in one and laughed at the annoyed reactions of the others.

"okay, okay," cal shrugged and cracked his neck, "come on you greens!"

embarrassingly, jj and josh took 3 sips to get the pint down whereas cal downed it in one.

cal reached and grabbed the nearest camera to him, "sorry, but can i just say the sidemen are absolute scam artists! these teams are severely imbalanced and i'm being set up! this is not what calfreezy is!" he ranted, aggressively pointing at his chest.

after 4 more pubs, chip and i were left hanging on to each other for dear life.

usually, i could handle more drink than this but day drinking and downing 5 drinks in an hour and a half was not my forte.

"we need gee to help him!" i shouted in to my camera, holding up chips left arm to keep him walking.

"gee!" he replied.

"fuck me man" harry laughed as he turned around, gesturing cal to come help him.

cal lifted chip, throwing him over his shoulder and running down the street as everyone laughed and recorded.

"no, no please," i protested as i watched harry walk towards me with arms open, not wanting to be in the same position as chip. my stomach was not in the right state for that and i would definitely throw up, gaining my team 4 points.

"im not, evie. chill out," he chuckled, picking me up in his arms and walking towards the rest of the boys, "you think you can finish the video?"

"mhm" i mumbled, resting my head in to his chest as he chuckled.

"great. this team is in absolute shambles,"

"oh no," josh laughed and turned his camera, "we're witnessing the downfall of the blue team. harry is carrying,"

"have been since the start mate."

after harry gently set me down on the bench of the next pub, the cameramen quickly realised half of the competitors have been lost.

after finding out they had either gone home or were just way too fucked to continue, it was decided that ethan would voice over the rest of the video and announce the winners.

"eves, do you wanna just go back?" harry nudged me slightly, trying to hold his laugh in.

"yeah"

"are you gonna walk orrr..?"

i shook my head, looking up smiling as he picked me up and placed me next to him in a taxi.

"fucking hell, never seen you so pissed" he laughed as my head fell on his lap.