chapter twenty-one

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I woke up without being able to remember anything. "Bitch what the fuck?" I said quite loudly as I was completely unfamiliar where I was. I loud thunder of footsteps followed shortly after. 

"Holy shit! That's so loud." I rubbed my temple to ease the pain. When I looked up I saw Simon, Josh, JJ, and Vikk standing in the doorway. "Oh my god. It's just you guys." They all left the room, everyone except Simon. "What happened?" I asked wanting to know why I was here.

"Nothing much that I know of. I went clubbing with the guys and saw you. I took you home when I realised how wasted you actually were." He had something else on his mind but didn't say. I could tell by the way he looked down.

"I need to get home." I suggested. I knew that staying here wouldn't help me at all cause I barely know any of these guys. They're just friends of my brother.

"I'll drive you." Simon offered. I accepted. The drive to my apartment was terribly slow. And when I arrived I had absolutely nothing to do.

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The next few weeks were the same. I did a whole lot of nothing. I would visit Cal every once and a while but not much else happened. Until New Years. I was invited to a party that everyone was going to and decided I should go, just to get out of this horrible place. My own apartment was becoming sickening because I never left it.

"Chloe!" Callum was the first to greet me at the door, shortly followed by my brother. 

"Hi guys!" I said trying to hide any sign of me being an absolute caveman the past weeks. Cal pulled me aside to talk to me.

"Look Chloe, I didn't know how much this would ruin you I just wanted to say i'm sorry." He looked at me sincerely. Sarah stood in a corner with a bunch of other guys sharing a few drinks. She'd glace over at my brother every once and a while and even with short looks you could still see the admiration in her eyes. She really loved him.

"It's okay." I responded. 

"No Chloe I-"

"Ten! Nine! Eight! Seven! Six! Five!" We were interrupted by loud cheers. I was making my way to leave knowing there wouldn't be much left at this party after the screams and poppers going off. "Four!" I grabbed a full cup of whatever off the table. "Three!" I took a quick sip. "Two!" Someone threw the cup out of my hand. "One!" I was spun around to meet his eyes! "Happy New Year!" He planted his lips on mine. You'd imagine that the passion that filled his kiss was enough to set fires around the world.

I don't know if it was the fireworks outside or the loud cheers but I felt a rush through myself when Chip held me close to him like this. "Happy New Year." He whispered. I held him close to myself and saw Cal and Sarah smiling at us from behind. I smiled back at Cal and mouthed a 'thank you' toward him.

Well 2017 is already off to a good start.

HAPPY NEW YEARS AGAIN!! I know I updated both my books to be on New Years and that might be annoying but I have excuses. This one is on real time and i'm trying to keep it up to date with current time obviously and the other one I just needed to skip time to get to the climax. I hope it didn't annoy you and that you enjoy these updates even though they're kinda whack.


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