Addicted

Chapter 3

The four boys with him all looked so different.

"This is Zayn, Liam, Louis, and Harry. We are all juniors except Louis, he’s a senior!” Niall said as I looked at each boy.

Each boy was dressed very different from each other but all had one thing in common: tattoos.

Niall didn’t have a single tattoo on himself so it was strange seeing that his friends have so many. But I know not to judge a book by its cover

“Nice to meet you guys! I’m Brielle and this is my roommate Audrey” I responded to all of them.

“Cool… do you girls want to hang out with us tonight… you know … since you don’t know many people here” the dark haired one in the leather jacket asks who I think is Zayn.

We both nod and head over to a large table with red solo cups formed into 2 pyramids. I’ve never played beer pong before and I wasn’t exactly the most coordinated but I didn’t want to look stupid so I decided to play anyways.

“Since the number is uneven and Louis sucks at this it will be me, Louis, Zayn and Audrey against Liam, Harry, and Brielle. Sound fair?” Niall asks us all.

“Hey I don’t suck but sure this is good” Louis answers as he gives Niall a slight punch in the arm.

Niall starts and gets the ball in the cup making Liam chug the cup down. After everybody else goes I am forced to go next. Liam smiles at me but Harry just stares… without a smile but without a frown. By some strange miracle, I make it into the cup forcing Niall to drink it. I really don’t know how that happened.

After a couple rounds everybody seems to be a little tipsy but not drunk. Except Louis and Niall… they are laughing way too hard at pretty much everything.

“Hey Audrey it’s getting pretty late… can we head out now?” I ask my slightly too tipsy roommate.

“Sure… let me just … let me get Niall’s number… then… wecango” She says slurring her words and running the last part of the sentence together.

Audrey spends a few minutes talking with Niall as I grab my jacket I left on the couch hours ago. When she finally comes back we walk down the street to the bus stop.

“That was so fun Brielle… your friends are really fun…and really hot” She adds.

I laugh at how drunk she sounds which makes me question how many drinks she even had.

The bus gets there 5 minutes later and we take the 10 minute drive back to campus. Things would be easier with a car but I can’t afford that right now. Plus it’s not like I plan on going off campus too often.

I have to practically cover Audrey’s mouth the entire way back to our dorm so she wouldn’t wake everyone up. Once we get inside she passes out on top of her bed and I can tell she won’t be getting up until tomorrow morning. I take her shoes off and change into my PJs.

My alarm goes off promptly at 7 and I have to shake Audrey to wake her up.

“Can you hurry up so we can leave because I don’t want to be late for class” I rush her as she loads on makeup so she looks less tired from her late night out.

“I’m sorry I don’t want to look like I’m dead” She sarcastically replies.

On our way to class we grab a coffee with an extra shot of caffeine to keep us awake. I have all four of my classes today so I need to be well awake for them.

I manage to keep my eyes open for the entire lecture during English. As soon as class ends I head straight to economy.

“Hey Brielle, it was fun hanging out with you and your friend last night. We should do it again sometime” Niall says as he grabs a seat next to me.

“Yeah we had a good time too! Thanks for inviting us”

“Anytime!” he says followed by an adorable laugh.

Mr. Huffton walks in and begins our lecture. He is probably the most boring teacher in the world… I need toothpicks to hold my eyelids open because they were closing without me even realizing.

I wave to Niall as I head off to history.

I walk in to see that curly haired boy from the party… Harry I think.

“Hey! Harry right? From the party?” I ask him to make sure I don’t call him that when his real name is Henry or something.

“Yeah… Brielle?” he responds.

“Yep! Can I sit here?”

“Sure if you want” Harry tells me with a half-smile which gives me a feeling that he doesn’t hate me after all.

I can’t help but look at his green eyes which I find to be so memorizing. I look away before he catches me and focus on my notes.

After class I begin to walk out of the auditorium but Harry stops me before I go.

“Nice talking with you today… and by the way, I saw you staring” he says to be before walking away.

Oh my… I can feel my face turning bright red and I rush to find Audrey for lunch. I can’t believe this.