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Chapter 4

I'm not creating a cast for this book because personally I think it's always nicer to have the people in your head as you want them to be.. I sometimes get disappointed when I see movies and the people are 100% different than you imagined them to be lmao

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We've been at this party for about 2 and a half hours now, and I'm enjoying myself. That kind of has to do with the fact that I haven't seen Brent yet, alcohol is in my system and the music is great. Currently I'm trying to find Tessa, and after crossing a few rooms I've found her involved in a game of beer pong. 'Come, Tess, don't get wasted,' I laugh. 'But I want to get wasted,' she says, and with the whining in her voice I know she's already halfway there. 'Not with beer, you don't even like beer,' I chuckle. 'True, where's the vodka?' she slurs. I hand her a bottle of water, and tell her to chug it so she won't even notice the difference until it's down her throat and hopefully sobering her up. 

'Tess! Alex!' we suddenly hear over the music, and looking around we find out that it is Joshua calling us over. 'Heeey Josh,' Tessa clings to his neck. Joshua looks over at me and instead of shooting him an apologizing look I just shrug, it's not my fault she wanted to get drunk. 'Already gave her water, and she didn't had that much,' I tell him and walk over to the corner where I see Max and Anna, Joshua following behind me, dragging Tessa along. 'Fuck, Tess, are you drunk before I'm drunk?' Anna laughs. 'Just a bit tipsy,' Tessa says. 'Excuse me, you're blocking the way,' I hear a quite rude voice behind me. I turn around and step aside, when I recognize Harry and smile. 'Hi, Harry,' I smile, lightly blushing. He had almost passed me when he stopped, and turned around to look at me.

'Do I know you?' he says, and even though I should've expected it, my heart still sinks a little. 'Bumped into you on the streets, treated you at the hospital, remember?' I stutter. 'Hospital? What the fuck where you doing at the hospital, Styles?' the guy behind Harry, one of his friends, says. 'Nothing,' Harry says, clenching his jaw. 'I haven't been at the hospital this week and I don't know you, and I really don't know how you know my name, so please back off', and he pushes past me. 'Woah mate, calm the fuck down,' Max says, but Harry doesn't even look backwards anymore.

Obviously then the mood for me was killed, but since I didn't wanted to ruin it for everybody else I just kept going. 'Wasn't that the guy you told me about?' Tessa asks, an hour later, and more sober. 'Yeah, he was,' I sighed. 'Why didn't he remember you? He wasn't drunk when you saw him, right?' she says. 'No, he wasn't. He seemed a kind of happy,' I sigh, thinking back at tuesday. 'Maybe he just wanted to play cool for his friend, or maybe he has a jealous girlfriend?' Tessa suggests. 'Yeah, maybe,' I say, 'anyways, it's not like I cared a lot about him, did I?' I try to laugh it off. 

'God, no,' Tessa laughs. 'You've only known him for a week, only spoken to him once'. And I let those words sink in, because they are true and I should really stop making a fuss about this.'Hey girls, how are you doing?' I hear, and the next moment Brent is standing next to me, draping an arm over my shoulders. 'Great,' I groan. 'You guys want to join a game?' 'No, not really, thanks though,' I smile. 'Yes, we actually do,' Tessa nudges me. 'You know the game 7 minutes in heaven?'

Now I'm sitting in a circle of mostly horny students, but luckily the bottle has not landed on me yet. Tessa had disappeared with a hot guy who took Business, but I couldn't really remember his name. They were walking back to our group now, and Tessa sat down next to me, as I raise my eyebrows. 'Just a make-out session. Didn't go far,' she shrugged. 'Can we join?' a guy says, who I recognize as one of Harry's friends who I saw earlier this night. Speaking of the devil, Harry appears right behind him. 'Sure,' Brent says and hands the bottle over to the guy. 'You may start'. After two more rounds it's Harry's turn. And, of course, it lands on me. 'Fuck,' I mutter under my breath as Tessa smirks at me, while Harry just looks bored. 'What's her name?' He lazily asks. 'Alexis,' Brent answers for me. Harry stands up and walks over to me, holding out his hand. 'Well, Alexis, we've got seven minutes in heaven,' he says.