The music comes rushing into my ear and now I feel the memories rushing back into my brain and it is now, I finally remember this place. The provocative dress I wore. The endless shots of vodka I ingested in short minutes. Dancing away and then passing out when suddenly realising all the things erased from my tiny little mind.
I dashed further ahead collecting the scattered pieces along the way. Then it came to the latch. Pulling it open I crawled down the steel ladder. The music was loud and all of it I remembered. Looking around, I felt Harry's hand on my shoulder. "Welcome back."
"Harry!" Mia said walking up to him and giving a big hug. "Yeah, and his tipsy friend..?"
"Sierra." I reintroduced. Funny I remember her name. "Okay why don't we take some shots." I awkwardly suggested considering i've never taken them.
"Yeah okay, let's go." Justin agreed. We walked towards the bar and there arranged along behind the bartender was endless variaties of assorted drinks. Blue to red and white to purple.
"I remember you!" The bartender pointed at me. "You took out the last of my vodka a week ago." He laughed.
"Yep that's me." I was beginning to feel so shy around people i've rarely spoken to. I'm not a people person neither am I comfortable with many people calling me out.
"There aren't people today." the bartender said.
"More drinks for us." Harry declared hoping over the table and looking through the drinks. "Ahh." he says pulling out a bottle. "Let's go for bourbon."
Hopping back over the table he opened the bottle and got the shot glasses out.
"Let's play shots." Mia suggested. "Well it's going to be Harry, Justin, Sierra and me. Actually let's go get Lauren and Luke.
"Lauren!" Justin screamed with an ear pitching tone. A minute later, messy haired Lauren and Luke came out from the back. "God, were you two sleeping over night?"
"Damn it, what do you want?" Lauren asked annoyed and still sleepy.
"We're gonna play shots. Come on."
"Fine, let's start." Luke walked towards us. Lauren groaned and decided to join us. We went into the center of the room and sat in a circle. I sat close to Harry and took a glass. We passed the whiskey around filling our glasses.
"Um, how do you play shots?" I bashfully asked. Mia chuckled with one hand over her mouth and Harry eyed her.
"You say what you've done and then if the others have done it, they'll drink." he briefly explained.
"Okay then. You can go first." I told Harry.
"French kissed at thirteen." And he drank the bourbon in one shot whilst no one else did. We just stared at him and laughed. "Fine, Justin's turn." We continued while Harry took the bottle refilling his glass.
"Flashed my ass at a live camera." He drank and he saw that Luke drank as well.
"Luke you idiot!" Lauren slapped his back while he just laughed it off. "You do have a cute butt though." and we laughed more.
"Kissed Harry Styles." Mia said rather too proudly. Lauren drank too but I was too hesitant to reveal I did. Slowly and steadily I inched the glass nearer to my lips and then slipped the burning liquid down my throat. I could feel the alcohol seep into my veins just stinging. Nevertheless, it did taste good.
"Ooo.." Justin teased. "Moved on a bit too fast." Mia set of eyes glared at Justin and it made up to say that Mia might've just been his ex. Not weird at all.
"My turn!" Lauren excitedly exclaimed thinking for a second. "Passed out for three days because of crystal meth." Lauren reached over to Harry clanking their glasses together and drinking.
"Had sex." Luke smiled and I looked around the circle while each glass tipped into everyones mouth. Except mine. All eyes on me and the red started flushing through my skin. "You're a virgin?"
I started to breathe heavily. I hated the attention. Especially for something you shouldn't be proud of around people like them. They waited for me to say something but by now I thought they'd realize I wasn't okay with talking about this but they didn't. Upsettingly, I walked away from everyone and back up the ladder. "Sierra wait." Harry called but I shut the latch and walked on.
With my head down, I continued walking down the sewer and out into the playground. The heavy footsteps following me quickly pacing fast and steady. "Sierra." he called once more and I turned just shrugging onto my jumper. "Listen to me." he said lifting up my chin. I looked at his prominent green eyes that still glowed like the stars even in the dark. "I know it's not your thing to play shots and all, but you can't just leave."
"So it's about leaving those people who do crystal meth, flash their junk and girls that kiss you?" I pushed away from him.
"No it's not. It's-"
"That i'm not cool enough to hang with people like you or what?"
"Stop being like this. You're just-"
"A virgin! Harry a virgin!" it silenced him because he knew I was right. "A person who is sexually unexperienced."
"Sierra, virgin or not, you are still the most amazing person i've ever met." he came closer to me. "How you are so selfless and thoughtful. Beautiful and talented." We regained proximity and a tear slipped my eye and it just hurt so good the way my heart fluttered out of control when he said those things. He hugged me tight with his arms wrapped around me like vines and kissed my forehead. "I'll take you home."
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