My Drunken Mistake

We're Going Down Swinging

                I quickly enter the room that I sent the boys and El into. I slam the door shut and all of their heads snap up to look at me. I look each of them in the eye before starting in on them.

             “What exactly do you two think you were doing out there? And El, why didn’t you try harder to stop that?” I scream at them. I’m not sure I want to hear their answers but I have to get this sorted out.

            Liam is the first to speak up, “I didn’t throw the first punch. So, why don’t you ask lover boy over here why.”

            I look at Liam with a pleading and terrified look in my eyes. Would he really bring this up right now? He knew that I didn’t want today be the day that everyone found out about Lou and I.

            Louis’ head snaps over at Liam and he scowls at him before saying, “I was tired of all your lies and just threw a punch. I wanted to know how long you two have been sleeping together and Liam wouldn’t tell me. I mean you are fucking pregnant with his child, right?”

            Eleanor’s eyes widen at this new tidbit of information. I look at her wide-eyed expression and immediately feel a wave of guilt because she doesn’t know the whole truth. She doesn’t know that the man she just promised to cherish and spend forever with is the father of my unborn child.

            Liam jumps up and says, “Really Louis? You have a wife and you’re jealous because you think that Lex and I are an item? You think that she’s pregnant with my baby, so that’s why you punched me…Wow. You’re a real piece of work, mate.”

            I see Louis jump out of his seat at that and on instinct jump in between the two of them to prevent a repeat of the fiasco that happened out in the ballroom. Both guys immediately relax because they don’t want to hurt me.

            “Well, I just wanted to know if you were together the night that I slept with her. Did you know about that Liam? Huh, did you?” Louis taunts.

            I hear a gasp to my right and see Eleanor covering her mouth. I want to run to her and start apologizing profusely for a mistake that wasn’t entirely my fault. I make a move towards her, but she takes a step back and I feel a hand come down on my shoulder. I turn to see Liam’s hand holding me back; he knows that me talking to El now is not the best idea for me, her, or the baby.

            Louis realizes his mistake just a few seconds too late because Eleanor is already halfway out the door. Stomping away in anger.

            “You are a complete jerk Louis Tomlinson! The baby that I’m carrying is yours, not Liam’s. Liam and I are not a thing, because I’m too head over heels in love with you.” I scream with tears streaming down my face. Liam pulls me to his side and I immediately cuddle into him, breathing in his cologne and relaxing just a little bit.

            Louis looks at me dumbfounded and at a loss for words. He’s torn on whether to chase after his bride or stay and sort things out with me. He apologizes to me before running after Eleanor and then I completely break down in Liam’s arms. He pulls me closer and rubs my back in soothing circles.

            I whimper and tell him, “Li, can you just take me home? I don’t want to be here anymore.”

            His heart breaks for you when he hears you say this and start crying harder. He scoops me up in his arms bridal style and carries me back into the ballroom where I can hear Louis and El fighting. Liam tries to make a quick exit, but Eleanor sees him and screams, “This is your entire fault, Alexa! If you weren’t such a slut none of this would have ever happened.”

            Liam turns, with me still in his arms, and replies to El’s snide comment. “No, if your precious Louis wasn’t such an ass this would have never happened. Why don’t you ask Louis what really happened Eleanor, before you start jumping to conclusions.”

            I snuggle in closer to Liam’s chest and tighten my grip on his neck. Liam feels my movements and starts walking again. He makes it out of the venue and to his car, where he gently puts me into the passenger seat and then walks around and climbs into the driver’s side. He starts the car and pulls out of the parking lot.

***LIAM’S POV***

            I glance at Alexa’s crumpled body out of the corner of my eye. I see her body wracked with sobs and she keeps trying to hug her knees to her chest as if that will keep her heart from breaking. My heart breaks just witnessing this devastation and knowing that I can’t do anything to help her. My poor Lexie didn’t deserve any of what just happened. If anything she’s the innocent one in this whole mess.

            El should have been mad at Louis, not at Alexa. From the story Lex told me, Louis was the one to initiate things that night. And for some odd reason I believe her. I know that I should take Lou’s side because he is my band mate, but I just can’t put it past him to do something like this.

            Instead of going to Alexa’s apartment, I drive straight to my place. When I pull up into the driveway, I immediately kill the engine and get out of my side, running around to the passenger side. I scoop my wonderful Lex up in my arms and head towards my front door. Once I get the door open and take the still sobbing Lex up to my bedroom. Laying her down on the bed, I tuck her in and give her a gentle kiss on the forehead before I stand to leave.

Lex grabs my arm and chokes out through her sobs, “Ju-ju-just st-stay here with m-m-me, please? I do-do-don’t want t-t-to be alone ri-right now Li.”

I look down into her pleading, watery hazel eyes and know that I can’t say no. I never could say no to my precious Lex. I nod and crawl into the bed beside her. She instantly curls into my side and buries her face in my neck. I put my arms around her waist and pull her closer. Gently singing “Little Things” into her ear, trying to lull her to sleep.

Lexie’s cries soon calm and eventually stop, so I look down at her and see that she’s asleep. Must be from all of today’s events and exhaustion. She doesn’t look peaceful at all and I know that Louis is to blame for all of this.