Stuck Inside Four Walls

Chapter thirty five

The holiday season always seems to pass in a blink of an eye. Just six days ago it was Christmas Day and it feels like its only been minutes. I can't believe that it's already New Year's Eve.

We decided we should throw a small party tonight here for New Years. I decided I'd invite Ellie, and Harry is inviting some of his friends and their girlfriends. I don't want too big of a party because I know the more people, the more out of hand the party will get.

Just as I'm finished getting dressed, I hear a knock at the door. I call out to Harry to get the door so I can finish up quickly.

I hear a few male voices that I don't really recognize coming into the apartment. I exit the room to see a few boys that I don't know, and standing behind them is Zayn and Perrie, Along with Louis and the same girl he was with at the last party.

"Alyssa!" Perrie exclaims as she runs over to me as quickly as she can in her stilitoes. She attacks me in a hug, somewhat catching me off guard, but I ignore that and we make our way over to where everyone else is.

"Hi, I'm Louis girlfriend Eleanor." She introduces and I repeat the action.

The three of us are talking when I hear another knock on the door. I excuse myself from my current conversation and walk over to the door. I see Ellie through the apartment peep hole and I whip open the door. We both squeal like thirteen year old girls and hug each other.

Seeing her again only made me realize how much I missed her. I usher her into the apartment and over to where everyone else is standing.

I introduce Ellie to Perrie and Eleanor and we resume our previous conversation about some random topic I'm not even that interested in. I decide to go grab four drinks, one for each of them and one for myself.

I walk over to the kitchen to get the drinks and I notice that all the guys, including Harry are drinking. I wasn't fully aware that Harry drank, but I'm not going to control him, so I just grab four wine coolers for us and make my way back over to where I was previously sitting.

After about an hour and numerous shots and drinks later, we are still chatting, but my words are barely audible because of my slurring.

I think Perrie has a slight buzz on, but she is always acting that way so you can barely tell the difference. Ellie is only a little drunk, slightly more drunk than Perrie, but much less drunk than me. Eleanor hasn't drank since the first wine cooler I brought her since she has to work in the morning. I am more intoxicated than all of them put together, even though, excluding Eleanor, we have all had the same amount of drinks.

It makes sense that I'm as drunk as I am because this is my first real heavy drinking experience in a few years. In hindsight, I didn't intentionally want to get this intoxicated.

"Last hour of the year, guys!" Someone yells causing multiple cheers of excitement.

Since me, Perrie and Eleanor all have our boyfriends here, we decided we'd go introduce Ellie to some of the other guys here. The other girls do the majority of the talking considering I'm pretty drunk, but the walking and chattering is sobering me up slightly. I decide that I should take this opportunity to introduce Ellie to Harry since he's just across the room.

"Ellie, this is my boyfriend, Harry." She looks up to introduce herself, and something in her face changes. I see her trying to hide her current emotion as they share a friendly hug. Harry attempts to make small talk, but I can tell she is struggling here, so I excuse us from the conversation.

Ellie drags me by the arm into the bathroom and shuts the door. She sinks down to the floor and puts her head in her hands, muttering things to herself that I cannot decipher.

"Ellie, what are you saying?" I exclaim and she removes her hands from her face letting out a long sigh.

"Alyssa, you're not going to believe me." She shakes her head, I am completely confused.

"What won't I believe? Just tell me, please." I plead, desperate to know what has her so shook up.

"Alright, fine. So, you know I have a younger sister right, Scarlet? Well, she- she dated Harry." She surprises me, but not enough to make me doubt her.

"So? What's the big deal?" I am even more confused than I previously was.

"That's not it. Alright, so he dated my sister in their junior year of high school. They dated for a couple of months, but then that's when it happened." She sighs after she finishes her sentences. I'm getting really frustrated at whatever the big problem is.

"What is it? Can you please just tell me." I practically beg because I'm really annoyed. The alcohol is probably an asset in this, but her delaying whatever she needs to tell me is really pissing me off as well.

"Ok, so one night, Scarlet was with Harry and they got really drunk, and well, when she got home, she sent picture to Harry." She shakes her head and I can see tears forming in her eyes.

"Wait, like revealing pictures?" I hope it's not true but I can't think of another option.

"Yes, more than revealing. But, Alyssa he sent them to everyone. There wasn't one person at her school that didn't see them." I feel tears brimming in my eyes. No, it can't be true. It's not true. I can't believe what I'm hearing.

"Stop, I can't. Ellie, I can't listen to this anymore. You must be confused with the wrong person. Harry would never to that." I won't believe it. I can't. I need to find Harry, confirm that Ellie is confused, that what she's telling me is false information.

"Alyssa, I- I knew you wouldn't believe me. But you need to know, I don't want that to happen to you. You don't deserve that Alyssa." I hear her voice crack at the end and that sends me out of the bathroom and out to find Harry.

I don't even care about the tears of disbelief streaming down my face. I walk through the kitchen, ignoring the strange looks I'm getting from everyone in the room.

I have looked in almost every square inch of the apartment and he is nowhere in sight. I guess he's out getting something at the store because that's my only sensible conclusion I can come to right now.

I hear people starting to chant the countdown to the new year and I can feel my head spinning. I decide the best option for me right now is to go into mine and Harry's room to calm down for a minute.

I walk up to the door and it's closed, which surprises me because when I left it earlier it was wide open. I open the door anyways, looking forward to sitting down in the comfort of my own bedroom where I can attempt to catch my breath.

I swing open the door, just to be greeted by a sight that knocks the wind out of me. I am stuck in my tracks.

It's Harry. On our bed. With a girl on top of him. The only sound in the room is her moaning his name and the all too familiar sound of Harry's muffled words. I can't tell what he's saying, but I frankly don't want to hear whatever it is.

(A/N) Wow! Ok so I hope you enjoyed this update. I am aware I have been terrible with updates recently :( I'll try and catch up with them ok? Love you all