A royal pain in the ass

Chapter 14 'Times have changed, you've had your chance'

Chapter 14 'Times have changed, you've had your chance'

The tension in the air rises as a new game begins. Everyone is focused on the cards which Louis passes around, I stare at his movements, making sure he's not cheating. After he's done everyone takes a quick glance at their cards and tries to show no emotions. We all raise with some chips and Louis, being the dealer, turns around another card.

5 Minutes later all the cards have been turned around and it's time to show cards. Zayn and Harry have folded a while ago, as their cards were too low to continue. We all put our cards on the table as everyone is looking intently at who has won. 'Yeah!' I exclaim as I see that I've won with a straight flush. 'But.. how..', Louis mumbles astonished, 'This is your first time..'.

'Beginnersluck' I chirp as I collect the coins on the table. From the inside I'm dying with laughter, but fortunately I achieve to hold my poker face. What the boys don't know is that I used to play with my grandpa. A lot. He taught me in secret when visiting our house, as my mom didn't want me to know about "stupid games where you'll only lose your money". The boys never let me play with them, not that I necessarily wanted to, so they have never seen my skills.

'So who do you choose?' Zayn asks. I think for a moment and stare around the table. I shoot Harry and Louis an evil look and they look frightened back at me, thinking I want revenge. 'I chooose.. Louu- iam!' Louis' look goes from completely frightened to a relieved one as soon as he realises I choose Liam. 

Liam quirks one eyebrow at me as he waits for his question. 'So Liam, my question is.. Are you still dating Danielle?' I ask with a happy voice. I'm so enjoying this! My goal is not to reveal secrets from the boys, just to annoy them. Louis groans next to me as he hears my dumb question. I hear Niall gniffle from the opposite side of the table as he knows what I'm doing.

'Duh of course they are, read the papers' Harry exclaims with annoyed voice. Liam nods with a smile on his face, obviously glad with the easy question. 'Next round!' Zayn exclaims as he collects the cards and passes them to Louis. This time the tension is even higher and no-one speaks a word as we all concentrate on the game.

'Ehm guys I'm not sure, but is this good?' I ask with innocent voice as we all show our cards. 'You can't be serious?!' Louis exclaims as he sees my royal flush. 'You have played this before!' He shouts as he points at me angrily. I blink a couple of times before I start to laugh uncontrollably. Everyone is watching me as I hold myself to the bench and table, trying not to fall.

After a while my laughter dies down and I dry my eyes with my sleeves. Everyone is still eyeing me closely and I shrug my shoulders. 'What? You really thought girls couldn't play a game of poker?' I shoot at them. The boys all look astonished at me. 'Fuck this,' Niall swears under his breath. 'Why didn't you tell us before?' Harry asks as he looks intently at me.

'Eh you never let me play with you remember?' I say as I quirk my eyebrow at him. His cheeks turn red as he quickly looks away. 'Soo who do you choose now?' Liam asks as he takes a gulp of his beer. I think again as I look around the table. Let's have some fun again. 'Louis!' I exclaim with an evil grin. He looks at me with a scared look, afraid of what I'm going to ask.

'Are you gay?' I ask as I giggle a little. He gives me a face as he stares at me for a moment while the other boys start to laugh. 'And where did you get that idea from?' He asks annoyed. 'Tabloids,' I simply state. Louis rolls his eyes as he mumbles something like no and collects the cards. The other boys are still laughing at him and a smile is on my face too.

Everyone chats around a bit as the atmosphere becomes cosy again. Everyone is clearly excited as they realise their new dangerous enemy. This round ends as quickly as the others and everyone is looking intently at my cards as I show them. Niall and Liam look with open mouth from my cards to te rest and suddenly cheer loudly.

'Shit' I exclaim as I notice Louis has a straight flush. He glares evilly at me as I'm now the one looking scared. Harry cheers happily from his place and Zayn is laughing. Liam and Niall are curiously observating the situation, not knowing what will happen. 'II chooose.. eh.. This is só difficult' Louis says with an exaggerated voice as he looks at me innocently. I groan loudly. 'Sofia!' He says as he looks at me with an enormous smile plastered on his face.

Niall gives me an apologetic look as Harry is enjoying this clearly. I pull a face and turn to Louis. 'So what do you want to know, huh?'. He looks at me for a moment to build up the tension. 'Did you ever cheat on Harry?' He asks as he keeps staring at me. My mouth starts to hang open as I look at him. I hear the other boys shout of exitement and notice looking just as dumbounded as I do.

I quirk one eyebrow as I look at Louis. 'Of course I didn't, idiot' I scowl at him. Harry pulls a relieved face now as Louis face starts to heat up. 'Liarr! I saw you with Niall! Muultipl timess' He exclaims drunkly. I groan of frustration as I role my eyes.'Come on I'll take Lou upstairs, it's late anyways,' Zayn says as he stands up and helps Louis stand up as well.

They slowly make their way inside as Louis swears under his breath. Liam now collects the beers and put them in the crate again. He takes the crate and the empty crisp bowl and walks towards the frontdoor. 'Goodnight' He mumbles as he walks into the dark house. The tension grows as Niall, Harry and I are the only ones left.

I stare at the table, still frustrated about Louis, he just wants to destroy things in here. 'Eh yeah, g'night' Niall mumbles as he quickly stands up and rushes into the house. I sigh, knowing that he did that on purpose, and I pull up my knees to sit more comfortable.

'Did you cheat on me Sofia?' Harry suddenly asks with stern voice. My eyes meet his and I see confusion all over his face. 'Of course not! Geez, Louis is seeing things', I exclaim frustrated. 'But then, what's it what he saw?' he continues his inquiry. 'You're still as curious as you always were,' I remark, 'He saw me a couple of hours ago while I was talking to Niall in the garden. Niall kissed my cheeck and he must have thought we'd had a secret relationship for years or something.'

Harry smiles a bit at the curious part and then looks at me with dark eyes. 'And why did he kiss your cheeck?' I quirk one eyebrow at him. 'Geez Harry, because he was comforting me. It's not easy being pregnant and being here with you' I say. He looks a little relieved but still there is some tension in the air.

'Oh..' He says, 'I'm sorry if we've been difficult, it's new for all of us.' I nod slowly as response and silence washes over us. 'I've really missed you Sofia-' Harry says as he looks at the table. 'Harry, don't' I whisper, 'Times have changed, you've had your chance.'