Denial

Chapter 16

Liam's POV

"Good news boys! The tour is back on!" Tim announced coming into the recording room.

I knew that they had been working on getting the tour back on track. I just didn't think it would come so fast. Don't get me wrong, I was excited to get back on the road and perform for the fans. But I thought I would have more time to explain everything to Sophie.

How was she going to respond? I was hoping she'd be happy to come on tour with us, but I knew she wouldn't. She had her home ripped out from under her and was just know getting used to another one. How could I tell her that her new home was a tour bus and various hotel rooms?

Then there's Edward. How is she supposed to leave him so easily? We probably won't be back in London until three months after the tour starts back up. She would hate me if I took her away from Edward.

Sophie couldn't stay here, though. It's basically illegal! I am her guardian, so she has to stay with me. I was used to touring by now and I enjoyed it a lot actually. But to Sophie, touring might be torture.

"How long until we leave?!" Niall asked happily.

"You have two weeks left in London to promote the rest of the tour and then you'll pick back in Canada where you'll play five shows. 5 Seconds of Summer will be opening for you once the American dates start." Tim informed us and you could sense Louis was about to bounce off the walls.

"I can't wait!" Louis exclaimed before we went back to recording.

All I could think was 'I have two weeks to brake Sophie's heart.'

Sophie POV

"Hey Ed," I greeted after I walked up to my boyfriend and some strange looking people I had beer met before.

"Hey babe," Ed returned as he pulled me into a hug. "These are my friends. Friends, this is my lovely girlfriend, Sophie." I looked around to see five boys and three girls, all looking quite different from one another. The girls mainly wore a lot of dully colored makeup and not a lot of clothing. The guys wore slightly tattered and beat up hoodies, jeans, and trainers. The one thing they all had in common was that they were all obviously stoned.

"Umm, Ed? Are they stoned?" I asked uncomfortably as I loosened my grip on him. He swayed a bit while a familiar scent entered my nose. I leaned into his t-shirt and the smell became more prominent. I knew exactly what the smokey smell belonged to. "Are you stoned?"

"Maybe," he answered in general. He pulled me closer to him making me more uncomfortable. "just chill out, Soph." Ed told me before he brought his hand up to my face to make me look him in the eyes. Our eyes connected, but I no long recognized the bloodshot muddy green eyes I was looking at.

"You want a smoke?" asked the friend with dreadlocks as he held out a joint to me. Edward turned his attention to one of his guy friends and their music choice. I only recognized one of them. It was the boy I had met on Me and Ed's first date; Colton I think was his name.

"Not really," I answered getting annoyed with all of Edward's weird secret friends.

"C'mon, just one drag and you'll be as high as a kite." the strange boy persisted and came closer to me. I looked back to Edward for help, but he was completely out of it. I could tell he wouldn't be of much help.

"Go ahead Sophie, it's fun" said one of the girls from the probably disease-ridden couch.

"I don't think I should," I repeated before two of the girls brought me over to one of the couches in the small room. They were stronger than I thought they would be. I was sat between two of the girls that were already smoking something more strange than the boy in the corner who had a puppy with him. I really don't understand Edward's friend group.

"I promise you'll have fun," the girl to my right assured as another girl held a joint out to me. I'd never smoked anything before and the only substance I ever abused was alcohol. So all of this was foreign to me.

"Go ahead Sophie, I'll make sure you get home safely." Edward smirked at me from across the room. Was he really not going to help me?!

"Don't be a buzz kill," said the girl to my left quite harshly. 'How bad could it be?' I thought before surrendering.

"Fine," I gave in as one of the girls lit the joint and gave it to me. I didn't know what I was doing or how it would effect me later. But I did know that I was probably not going to remember that night.

I took my first drag and everything after that was hazy. The only thing that was clear to me was that I was stoned as shit. And that I really liked puppies.

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Hey guys, I've been gone for a long time but I'm going to try and update more if it's possible.

Xoxo - S