I walked swiftly next to Mckenzie. It had been an hour since Liam had sent everyone in pairs to search for Harry. There had been no luck and I was about ready to give up.
We walked down the hall of level two to the small elevator that took us down to the lobby. As the slow opening doors revealed the first floor we saw Ashton and Calum began to sprint towards the glass doors leading outside. We followed to see another group of paparazzi had accumulated outside the resort.
I groaned and held the door handle closed when Calum began to open it, "What are you doing?" I exclaimed.
"Going to get Harry! He must be out there if he isn't inside!" Calum replied.
Calum was insane if he thought that going into a mob of crazed fans was a safe idea. But, I did agree with him. Harry probably was in the center of this mob.
"It's gonna be fine Alice." Calum reassured before taking my hand off the door and beginning to open it.
Before following Calum and Mckenzie, who had already ran into the crowd, I pulled out my phone and texted the first contact in my messages. 'Come to the lobby' I typed quickly to Michael. I didn't have time to see his reply as I shoved my phone deep into the pocket of my jeans and grabbed Ashton's hand.
Right when we opened the door people focused on us. A small panic attack set in as I was pressed against the random bodies, trying to squeeze through them to where Calum and Mckenzie had gone. My throat closed, unable to call out Harry's name. My sight was filled with flashes of cameras and blurs of people.
"HOLD ONTO ME!" Ashton yelled over the loud noise. I only caught quick phrases of what the people swarming us yelled.
I kept my head down and focused on not tripping. People purposely pushed me or tried to knock me over to find wherever Harry was quicker. At one point I did loose my footing and fell onto Ashton who quickly held us back up before we could hit the ground.
"Harry!" Ashton screamed, "Calum! Mckenzie!"
"Over here!" Calum yelled through the sea of people. We followed his voice to what seemed like the perfect center of the mob. He was standing behind Mckenzie while tightly gripping her shoulders. She had a huge red mark on the left side of her shoulder.
"What happened?!" I exclaimed.
Her voice was muffled, "I fell and some asshole stepped on me."
"Damn!" Ashton chimed in, making me laugh. Then he noticed Harry who stood only a few inches away from Calum. "Oh thank god you're here Harry." He exclaimed relieved.
Harry nodded but said nothing.
It was easy to follow everyone back to the doors of the resort since the boys were so tall and Mckenzie wore a bright pink tank top.
Michael was waiting along with everyone else right by the doors. Liam stormed up to Harry shouting, "Why were you outside, you idiot!"
Harry smirked while Liam began to lecture him. "I was only trying to meet some fans, but within seconds the massive crowd was there." He defended.
"C'mon, let's go relax." Louis stated, clasping onto Harry and Liam's shoulders.
I guess 'relaxing' meant getting drunk to Louis. He was well onto his fourth beer when I excused myself to the bathroom. The eleven of us had stormed the resort's bar. Taking up almost a third of the tables it had.
While washing my hands I inspected my makeup and reapplied some lip gloss. When I returned a man who seemed to be in his late twenties came up to me. "Hey cutie." He slurred, more drunk than Louis, "Lemme buy you a drink."
"Thanks but I don't drink." I said, shifting my eyes to the floor. I attempted to walk around him but he had me cornered near the bathroom door.
His eyes widened. He raised his beer in the air, "Then why are you at a bar?"
I gritted my teeth, "I'm here with friends, now let me pass."
"Just one drink-"
"Get our of my way!" I yelled loud enough to catch Ashton's attention. He bolted to us within a second.
"Get away from her." He said to the drunk man, "Now." His words were like ice seeping from his lips.
"This your little girlfriend?" The man taunted, "You want to protect you're girlfriend?"
"Yeah I do." Ashton said without denying that I, in fact, wasn't his girlfriend. "Now get out of my way so we can enjoy the rest of our night."
"No-" the man started but was quieted by a fist in the face.
"Ashton!" I screamed as the guy fell over with blood seeping from his nose. "Let's go!" I took his arm and pulled him back to where our group was sitting. By the time the man could stand again he wouldn't be able to find us.
I slowly calmed down as we reentered the warm environment of our happy friends. In front of Louis was five empty beer bottles. All the other boys, old enough to drink, only had one.
"Don't you think that's enough for tonight Louis?" I asked.
"Yeaaaaaah." he dragged on before quietly giggling. He seemed to be very happy when drunk. I didn't mind though as he swung an arm around my shoulder and Harry's, who sat on his other side.
Louis leaned his head onto my shoulder, almost falling asleep before snapping back awake and laughing loudly, which startled me.
"We should go back up to your room and put you to bed." I told him while standing.
He made a grumpy face and wined, "Nooooooo, I wanna stay here." He slammed his head onto the table top making some of the bottles topple onto their side.
"C'mon mate." Harry muttered while lifting Louis up by one arm, "Let's go."
Louis yelled, "I don't wanna go home!" All the way until we opened the door to his hotel room and he face planted onto the bed.
"Glad the show isn't until late tomorrow." Harry chuckled as we heard Louis quietly snore. I nodded and laughed while walking out of the room and closing the door.
Mckenzie was already in bed when I walked into the room. She had the goofiest grin on her face that wouldn't seem to go away. "What're you so happy about?" I asked while changing into some pajamas. She shrugged but I knew she had something to spill. "Tell me!" I exclaimed, getting excited.
"Well, while you were taking Louis back I walked alone with Luke and the other boys stayed behind to pay or something." She began. I nodded for her to continue. "And when we got to the door he turned me so I was looking at him and said 'You look really pretty today.'"
"Aw that's adorable!" I said, thinking that was the end of the story.
"I'm not done!" She giggled. "Anyway I said, 'thank you Lukey!' And then he kissed me!" Her words were barely audible as she smashed her face into her pillow and screamed.
"REALLY?" I yelled. She nodded and I jumped onto her bed and hugged her. "That's amazing!" I yelled. When Mckenzie emerged from her pillow I told her, "You know Luke has had a crush on you from the beginning. Ashton told me when he invited us over for the practice."
"Are you serious?" She whispered, completely shocked. I nodded and her smile grew wider, if that was possible.
I then checked the clock and realized it was almost twelve. "We should probably go to bed." I said while climbing off her bed and into mine. Mckenzie nodded and I could tell she would fall asleep smiling.
