Before She Falls

Chapter 5

"Here, sit right here" I tell Danielle as I guide her to the floor in front of the toilet.

I had no idea what time it is, or how much I have been drinking; all I know is that all the boys, Perrie, Danielle, Eleanor and I were playing Kings, the drinking game. And then Danielle grabbed my hand and whispered that she felt like she was going to puke.

"I don't feel well" Danielle whines, holding her head up with her hands, her elbows are leaning on the seat of the toilet.

I grab all of her curly, brown hair and hold it upwards, away from her face just in time. I lift her hair back as her head jerks forward and all I can hear is gagging and the toilet water splashing. I start to feel sick myself as I turn my head away and try to forget about it. The bathroom door swings open and thank the fucking lord it's Liam. I can't handle this vomiting thing any longer.

"Babe?" Liam moves to her side as she coughs. He kneels down and places his hand on her back in a loving manner. Then he looks up to face me.

"Thanks Kat, I've got it. The lads are still playing cards out in the living room" Liam rubs Danielle's back and holds her hair in his other hand.

I nod and step over the two of them to walk out into the living room where everyone is giddily laughing on the couches, obviously intoxicated.

"Katrina, pick a card!" Louis yells from the couch.

I stumble over to the couches and take a seat next to Eleanor. I take a card and face it upwards; the eight of hearts.

"Eight is mate. Choose someone to drink with you" Niall instructs me from his position on the floor.

"Hm..." I look around the room. My eyes trailing over everyone's face, my vision a little blurry. I focus on the green orbs across from me and my eyes lock with Harry's.

"Harry" I point to him on the other couch and he looks a bit surprised that I chose him.

"Cheers" Harry holds his bottle of rum up in the air as I grab my cup of jack mixed with Coca-Cola.

I click my plastic cup against his glass bottle and we both take big gulps of our drinks.

"Niall?" Zayn signals him for his next turn.

Niall flips a card over over onto the table. A jack of diamonds.

"Never have I ever" Perrie reminds the group of what the card represents.

"I'll go first" Niall says, "never have I ever had sex."

I stick my index finger out to signify that I have lost my virginity. I watch around the room to see everyone, besides Niall, extend their finger.

"Aw Niall" Eleanor giggles and ruffles the blond hair on the top of his head. He rolls his eyes and sighs in half-joking, half-real annoyance.

"Never have I ever blacked out while drinking" Zayn says as he looks around the room.

I stick another finger out, Louis, Perrie, and Harry do as well.

"Alcoholics" Niall laughs as he eyes the four of us who raised our fingers.

"Never have I ever received oral sex" Eleanor says softly.

"Louis really?" I yell at him as I raise another one of my fingers.

"She's never asked!" Louis sticks a finger up as well. Eleanor rolls her eyes but smiles at her boyfriend.

Zayn, Niall, Perrie, and Harry add more fingers too.

"She shouldn't have to!" Harry continues to scold Louis. Louis flips Harry off with both of his middle fingers and proceeds with the game.

"Never have I ever done it in a hot tub" Louis states.

I shamefully put another finger out as I remember the specific summer night with Mark back in Long Island. I look up and everyone's eyes are on me.

"We have a freak in the group" Perrie teases and smiles at me.

"Harry added another finger too!" Niall points toward Harry, who indeed has four fingers sticking out.

"Very interesting" Louis laughs. "Katrina your turn."

"Never have I ever cheated on someone" I look around the room in search of guilty faces.

Instead I look up and see a straight-face Harry with all of his five fingers extended. I'm a little taken back by the new information I have just obtained from this silly game. I wouldn't have even thought of Harry as a guy who would ever cheat. Maybe it's because I saw him in a very vulnerable and natural state earlier today or maybe because I just pictured him as the same sweet sixteen year old I met in England. Either way, the vision I had of Harry had just changed completely just from that small gesture. I mean, I knew Harry was a complete lady's man but I thought he was at least respectful enough to stay loyal to someone.

"Don't I lose or something?" Harry asks grabbing his bottle without much emotion.

I trace the room for anyone who is as surprised as I am right now. But it seems as though everyone in the room had expected Harry to raise a finger to that statement.

"Yeah, drink up Haz" Zayn pats Harry's leg with a smile as Harry tilts his head back to pour a shot of his rum down his throat.

"I'm tired" Perrie yawns and stands up from the couches. Before moving she turns back around to face Zayn, "Aren't you going to come tuck me in, love?" she asks.

Zayn swiftly jumps to his feet and follows her to the bedroom on the right without saying a word.

"Well looks like we're not sleeping in there" Eleanor laughs as she hears the door close. We all laugh at the humor behind her comment.

"We can sleep out here, El" Louis assures his boyfriend and pulls her onto her lap.

"I'm a bit tired too" I say and make my way into Liam and Harry's room to check on Liam and Danielle in the bathroom.

As I walk into the bathroom, I find them spooning on the floor comfortably on too if the shower rug. Danielle's face is relaxed, much different than how I left her, and Liam's body is directly behind hers with his arm wraps loosely around her torso. I just smile down at them, not having the heart to wake either of them. Instead, I go into the other room and strip a blanket off one of the beds and drape it over the two of them. I turn the light off in the bathroom and slowly close the door. I shuffle back into the bedroom and plop myself down on one of the beds. Then suddenly, the door to the suite opens and in stumbles a very drunk Harry Styles.