Out Tonight (Matthew Healy)

9:00 - 10:00 pm

8:45 PM 

"El, don't you think that's enough?" 

  Tori cooed as she persuaded Elias to put his drink down as he was clearly past his alcohol limit. She had shot down her first and only drink a when the 1975's set had finished; initially, she hadn't planned to drink at all. But to show her solidarity and gratefulness to Philip and Elias for taking her out tonight to see the band, she drank as part of Philip's toast. Thankfully, Philip had arrived by the bar and Tori had finally gotten the chance to retreat into the ladies room. 

8:55 PM 

"Look El, it's Ross! You know, that friend of mine who played for a band?" said Philip as he noticed the band emerge from the back room and into the crowd, "Never would've thought he played for this one. Wanna go over and say hi?" 

Elias slurred and clung on to the collar of Philip's shirt, "Drink? Please Philly?"

"Aw, no." Philip said as he pried Elias off, he looks up at the guy managing the bar, "Warm milk. And fast, please." He looked back down at Elias, who finally took a seat by the bar; Philip kisses his cheek lightly, "Tori's on her way back, okay? And I promise I'll just go say hi. Stay here." 

9:00 PM

  Tori cursed as she pushed through the crowd; if the line at the bathroom wasn't long enough, the unnecessary physical contact provided by the crowd certainly didn't help her mood. The worse part of it all? arriving only to see that her drunk queer best friend and roommate had fled, leaving only his keys by the bar next to his mug of warm milk. 

"And you haven't seen him, at all?" Tori cursed once more when the guy behind the bar said that one minute he had given Elias the drink and when he turned around, he'd fled. She pulled out her phone, hoping that at least one of the two queers that had coaxed her into going out tonight remained sober. "Philip?" 

"Hey, Tor! I'm just talking to a couple of guys from one of the bands tonight." He replied eerily cheerful, which had been a huge tell that he had no idea what just happened to his boyfriend, "I can see you from here! Turn around, I have my hand up!" 

  And indeed, a large pale arm had been hollering at her at a safe distance. Once again, she pushed her way through the crowd, disgusted when she found herself out of it and next to Philip. He put his arm around her welcomingly, "Tori, I'm sure you know who they are." Taking one look at the group of men surrounding her, looking awfully charming despite the fact they were clad in black. All dark haired,with the exception of a blonde and one with an undercut. Like in the car, she perked up almost instantly, "The 1975." she smiled, reminiscing on that one moment she was almost sure she and Matty had locked eyes for an entire chorus of a song, "You guys were amazing." 

She was rather passive due to the situation Elias was in, but she was slightly rejoicing on the inside as her night of third-wheeling had turned into a night of pleasent surprises. 

"Ross, Adam, Matty and George, this is Tori." said Philip and though Tori had more important things to do, she didn't mind taking the time to courteously shake their hands. "Ross is a friend of mine. Now, aren't you glad you decided to go out tonight?" 

Eager to hear her reply as she stood next to him, Matty decided to casually ask if she, indeed had been glad to have gone out. "Yeah, of course." She replied, she then looked up at Philip and asked if the guys had been aware of his relationship with Elias, in the case Philip hadn't wanted them to know. 

"Do they know about...." Tori tried her best to say as casually as she could, "Elias?" replied Ross, "Indeed we do, milady." She let out a sigh of relief which was quickly relieved by worry once more, "Now, don't be alarmed by what I'm about to say." she said calmly, "El's...okay, there's no good way to put it, but Elias is missing." 

Philip's eyes widened, "What do you mean he's missing?"

"I can't find him, he's gone." 

"Oh shit." Philip muttered as he rubbed one of his temples, "Shit, shit, shit. I shouldn't have left him alone." Tori broke her comfort face when she had heard the second part of his statement, "You left him alone?"

"Hey, it's alright." intervened Ross, "We can help you find him if you want?"

"Yeah" added George, "We were just about to go out anyway. Taking the town to find someone is like a treasure hunt, y'know. And we haven't done one of those in a long time, haven't we lads?"

The four looked at each other and snickered, as though they'd all shared a collective flashback on their days at Wilmslow. "Sounds fun" snickered Matty, officially approving the idea of going out on a man hunt instead of a pub.

9:45 PM 

Piling into two cars, they split into three. Ross, Matty and Philip in Adam's car and Tori, Adam and George into Elias' civic. For kicks, they decided to create codenames inspired by the Hangover since the movie involved drinks, a missing person, and a heck load of stupidity. 

10:00 PM 

"You know, you don't have to do this." sighed Tori as she rode shotgun with Adam driving Elias' car, "God, I feel horrid about it. You guys could've just gone out and done your own thing instead of being burdened by this." 

"Don't sweat it" smiled George kindly, lying comfortably in the back seat. 

"Yeah" smiled Adam, "I mean, sure we could've gone to pubs and done something else, but I doubt that'd be as entertaining as what we're in for tonight. ."