Up All Night

It's Nobody's Fault

Jordan's POV

I woke up the next morning to a banging on the front door and a finished pint of chocolate ice cream in my lap.

I guess I had fallen asleep.

Torn was blasting through the TV, at least it was appropriate for my mood.

"OPEN UP!" I heard Tatum yell, accompanied with a barrage of pounds and knocks on my door that couldn't possibly be made by just one person.

I stayed on the couch, staring at the ceiling. Still brewing in my own stupidity.

Tatum's POV

What the hell was she doing in there? It's 3 in the afternoon she couldn't still be asleep?!

I banged on the door again, only to hear groans from somewhere inside. What a grump.

"Hold on, I think I know where she keeps the spare." Sierra said.

"Well, she destroyed the pot sometime between last night and now....." Mari added.

I looked at the pot, holy shit. a whole corner was cracked and chipped... what did she do to it?!

Jordan's POV

What time was it? I glanced at the clock. 3:00pm. I've never slept this late. My eyes still hurt.

"Found it!" Sierra exclaimed. I heard the lock click, and the door swung open. All four of my girls had come to see me.

"Go awaaaaaay" I moaned. Turning my body over so my face was smushed into the cushions.

"oh shit, she has their music on." Mari pointed out.

"Well turn it off!" Sierra said. I heard someone turn the TV off and set the remote down.

"What the hell happened last night?!" Lesly asked with a demanding tone. I grunted in response.

"ouch" I heard Lesly mutter,

"shut up" Sierra added, barely audible.  

"Are you okay?" Tatum asked, sitting on the edge of the couch and rubbing my back. I flipped over and changed the subject.

"So what did you guys do last night?" I said with a fake smile. They all just glared at me and I let my eyes close and my head lull back. "Fine. No, I'm not okay." They continued to glare until I elaborated. "GAH. Okay. I refused to leave with Harry. And now I regret it." I added shortly "AND I think I lost my clutch."

"WHY DID YOU DO THAT?!" Sierra and Tatum said with their eyes wide.

"I don't know. I was scared."  

"Scared of what?" Mari asked, genuinely concerned.

"That I would be bad maybe? I don't know. I might've gone if he would've been more gracious about it. He was just so pissed, like it wasn't my right to say no and when I rejected his offer he was holding me up, and he just dropped me." 

"What a dick." Sierra added. "He may be sexy as fuck, but he sure as hell doesn't deserve you."

"Tell the whole story...." Lesly encouraged me.  

"well, he tried to stop me on the way out, he even chased after me twice, but I ignored him...." I said, avoiding eye contact with any of them.

"Oh I see...." Tatum said.

"Well, I think you're both at fault." Lesly said plainly. She was never one to sugarcoat the truth.

"I know." I said "It's actually more my fault than his." I added.

Mari began picking things up.

"I would give anything to go back, and just say yes."

"stop it." Sierra said shortly. "You made the decision to be a lady. If he can't respect that, he doesn't deserve you. If he's half the man I hope he is, he was going to try and apologize to you, but you ignored him. Now you have to live with it. We all make decisions we regret."

"fuck. Why are you always so right." I looked up at her.

"You're gonna have to get your wall fixed!" I heard Tatum call from some corner of the apartment. "You did some pretty serious damage to the wall over here with your stilettos.... But they're fine." she added with a smile as she came back holding my heels.

"I love you guys." I said, looking at all of my friends, surrounding me. They were always here for me.

"Awww, bring it guys, come on." Lesly said, gesturing all of us to move into her. I stood up and we all hugged until Sierra pulled back abruptly.

"OH my god. Guys, I gotta tell you what happened with Lou and me last night!" she said, with a huge grin, followed by a wink.

"Dear Lord, me too. Niall is not at all what I thought." Mari chimed in.

"STORY TIME." we all called out and sat in a circle on the carpeted floor.

This was good. Focusing on other people would help me get over last night. Here we go.

"I'll go first!" Sierra said eagerly and raised her hand a bit. "Okay, so, I'm sure you guys noticed we disappeared for a bit around 11...."