Call it Fate, Call it Karma

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Albert hauled us all up to our apartment and forced us inside. I walked in to see Fab passed out on the couch. Nick and I laughed and I went to grab a marker, but Albert death stared me and pointed to my bedroom door. I hung my head in disappointment as I marched into my bedroom and closed the door behind me.

I was surprised to see Julian asleep in my bed. He seemed quite angry at me at the party, so I figured he'd spend the night in Albert's room. But in my drunken state, I'd forgotten about that and I stumbled over to the bed and practically fell into it after kicking my shoes off. Then inching closer to Julian, I wrapped my arms around him and kissed him on the forehead. "I love you, Jules." I said as I squeezed him, stupidly not being aware that it'd obviously wake him up.

Julian opened his eyes and looked at me quizzically. He scrunched up his nose and sat up, pulling away from my tight grip.

"Julian!" I giggled. "You're up!"

"You stink of booze." he grimaced, reaching over to turn on the lamp. He squinted his eyes as they adjusted to the brightness.

"Well, duh!" I rolled my eyes. "I was drinking, you silly!"

Julian shook his head and sighed. "I shouldn't have left you."

"Yeah, you shouldn't have!" I frowned, crossing my arms with a childish pout. "You suck."

"Are you okay?" he asked, then yawning as he rubbed his tired eyes.

"Yeah! We had fun. But it would've been more fun with you there." I said, making Julian smile a little. "Nick almost got hit by a car." I laughed as the image appeared in my head. "It was so funny! Albert got so mad."

"Did he?" Julian chuckled. "Sounds like a lot of fun."

"Uh-huh!" I nodded. "And Nikolai's so fucking wasted, man. Even worse than me!"

"I find that hard to believe." he said with a smile, although he looked a little agitated as I rambled on and on.

"I'm sorry I woke you up, Jules. Are you...are you mad?" I slurred, laying on my side. I was starting to wind down at this point and felt incredibly drowsy.

"No, it's okay." he said softly, pushing my hair out of my face.

I didn't wanna fall asleep just yet, so I tried my hardest to keep my eyes open. "You're so good to me, Jules."

Julian scoffed. "No, I'm not. You deserve better."

"Bullshit." I laughed. My eyelids felt so heavy. I wanted nothing more than to stay awake and talk to him, but I wasn't sure how long I'd last.

"You sound so sleepy." he chuckled, pulling the blanket over me.

"I'm not." I yawned, snuggling into the blanket.

Julian gently kissed my cheek and leaned over to turn the lamp off. "Goodnight."

"No!" I yelped, grabbing his arm to pull him back. "I don't wanna sleep yet."

"Why not? You're about to pass out -- I can tell."

"I like talking to you." I said with a smile. "...and looking at you."

"Is that so?" he said with a raised eyebrow.

I nodded. "Mhm...I like watching you sleep sometimes 'cos you're so damn cute!" I said and started giggling like a schoolgirl, refraining from pinching his cheeks. "Sssh! Don't tell anyone."

"Aww, Jade." I swear I could see Julian blush a little as he awkwardly scratched his neck. Yep, the cool guy gig was up.

"You're adorable, Jules." I said with another goofy smile as my eyes started to close. I felt my head sink into the pillow. "I...love you."

"I know." was the last thing I heard him say before I passed out. I wonder if he said it back.

The next morning was just like any other morning after a party -- lots of complaining.

I rushed into the bathroom to puke my guts out, not even caring that Albert was in the shower.

"Aaaah, fuck my life!" I whined, my throat burning as I coughed and fell back onto the cold bathroom tiles after flushing the toilet. I crawled over to the sink and hoisted myself up, immediately starting to drink from the tap as if I were stranded in a desert and it was a canteen. Bit of a dramatic description, but that's exactly how I felt.

Albert squealed as the shower water became too hot due to me turning the tap on and I laughed as I quickly turned it off. "Sorry!"

"Good morning to you too!" he shouted over the running water.

"Fuck off." I shook my head, hiding a smile as I walked out and into the living room.

I plopped down onto the couch beside Fab, who was eating cereal straight from the box. "Don't remember seeing much of you last night." I said to him, clutching my head in my hands. "Ugh! My fucking head is killing me!"

Fab passed me a bottle of aspirin with a smirk. "Good morning."

I looked inside the bottle, my eyebrows knitting together. "Dude, there's like three left! How many did you have?!"

Fab shook his head and started to laugh. "Nikolai got up looking like absolute trash and went straight for it!"

"I'll check on him in a few minutes." I said, reaching into the box of cereal Fab was holding. I grabbed a handful and popped it into my mouth, not without spilling crumbs down my shirt, of course.

As I stood up to rid my bra of crumbs, Albert walked out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around his waist.

"Going somewhere?" asked Fab through a mouthful of food.

"Um, yeah actually." Albert replied, drying his hair with a second towel. "Work."

I froze with my hand in my bra. "Work?"

"Yeah, I forgot to tell you. Colin's back." said Albert. "He texted your phone last night, but you left it in my room."

"Fuck, fuck, fuck!"

"Chill out!" he laughed. "I told him you'll be in tomorrow."

"You did? Thank you!" I jumped up, ran over to him and squeezed him in a hug.

"You owe me." he mumbled into my shoulder.

"When do I not?" I shook my head with a smile as I pulled away, then slapping his ass. "Go get 'em, tiger!"

"Ouch." Albert grumbled, fighting back a smile as he walked to the  door. "See 'ya!"

A/N: still have annoying writers block, so sorry for boring and delayed updates :(