Waking The Demons (A Bullet For My Valentine Fic)

Chapter Four

*Steph POV*
A few drinks into the meal I had forgotten that I was sat on a table with Bullet and thought of it more as a table full of friends. We talked about the next two nights of filming and also any ghostly experiences we may have had previously.  My cheeks actually hurt from the amount of smiling and laughing that I'd been doing for the past few hours. It was now close to 11PM and Karl, Yvette and Stuart were talking of heading back to the inn to get some sleep.
'Come on, stay for a little longer' Jay said as Karl stood up to put his jacket on.
'We aren't as young as you lot. We've got to get some sleep in before tomorrow'
'Just sleep all day tomorrow?'
'Some of us have work to do during the day tomorrow to set up for tomorrow night' Karl informed him, he then turned to us 'Girls don't drink to much, we need to be setting up at about 12 tomorrow'
'You got it. We will be fine, only only a few more drinks then we will head back too' Jay looked at me with a sad face. 'You can all stay here drinking but Karl does have have a point we have work to do before tomorrow night. '
We said goodbye to the three that were leaving and then decided to head downstairs to the main bar area of the restaurant. I needed the bathroom so Emz came with me while the guys sorted drinks and seats.
'So do you still want to kill me?' Emma asked as we washed our hands.
'Hmm, part of me does. But it sure was worth the surprise' I smiled.
'See I told you it would be.' She rummages around in her clutch bag and pulled out the lip tint she had used on me earlier and gave it to me for to reapply as she did her own. 'You never told me it was Jay you bumped into earlier'
'I didn't have a clue it was him, I mean I thought he looked familiar but I would never have guessed. Anyway, how did you know they were involved? Did someone tell you?'
'Nope. When I went out for a cigarette Padge came over to borrow my lighter and we got chatting and he told me about them filming at Newton House.'
'So you knew all afternoon?' I handed her back the lip tint.
'Yes, if you remember I did say I had something to tell you, but then you were mean so I decided against it.' She stuck her tongue out at me. I just shook my head with a smile. Heading back out to the bar, we saw that the guys had sat in a booth with a table pulled up to it and some chairs allowing us all to sit round. Jay saw us approaching and got up from the booth offering a space for me to sit next to moose, so I did and he sat on the chair next to me. Padge did the same for Emma and she sat between him and Matt.
'We got some shots in, hope you both don't mind?' Moose said as he took them off of the tray and placed two green shots in front of each of us.
'Looser gets the next round in' Matt said, we all nodded before he counted to three and we all knocked back the shots. Unfortunately I somewhat chocked after the first shot, not realising that it was absinthe as I thought it was apple sours, so I lost the shot race.
'Guess I'm getting the drinks in' I crocked as my throat still burned. Jay rubbed my back.
'Don't be silly. It wasn't fair that we didn't warn you first. You probably would have been ok if you knew what it was' I nodded. 'I'll get this round in.'
'Thank you.' I smiled. 'Do you need a hand carrying them?' I offered.
'Sure' I asked Emz what she wanted and of course it was a JD and coke. She too looked like she had a shock from the absinthe.  As I got up to leave I saw her giving me a sly wink. 'You alright now?' Jay asked as we waited to be served.
'Yeah I'm fine. Just thought it was a different drink to what it was.'
'You seemed shocked when you came to dinner and saw us at the table' he pointed out as we waited for our drinks. 
'that would be due to the fact that I was shocked. No one had told me that you guys were the special guests.'
'Are you saying you didn't recognise me when you threw yourself at me earlier.' He teased pushing his arm into mine nudging me. Blood rushed to my cheeks.
'I am so sorry about that. and no, I didn't actually know it was you. I mean I was in so much shock having fallen into some guys arms from the bathroom' I giggled nervously. Thankfully my embarrassed moment only lasted a short while as our drinks had been prepared and were set out on two trays, so Jay grabbed one and I got the other.
'What took you so long Niemo? ' Emz asked as I placed the glass in front of her.
'Niemo?' Padge questioned.
'It's my nickname.' I said taking my seat.
'Can I ask how you got such a random nickname?'
'I all make it simple,  I like watching finding Nemo a little too much and Emz randomly shouted Niemo,  using the nie from the end of my name'
We carried on drinking for another hour or so before we began to talk about calling it a night.
'Right I'm going to be the party pooper and call it a night.' I said to the group as I finished my last glass of JD an placed it on the table.
'Come on, a few more.' Moose said as he got up to go to the bar.
'Nuh uh. We have got work to do tomorrow. You guys can stay here, it's not too far for us to walk back' Emma said as she too finished her drink.
'One more?' Matt said from her left side, I looked to him and he gave her his attempt at puppy dog eyes.  I sighed, I knew Emz was a sucker for the puppy dog look. Moose heard it and was already headed to the bar along with Padge.
'One more and then that's it.' Jay grinned and put his arm around my shoulder pulling me in for a hug. Oh he smelt so good. I looked over to Emma to see her smirking at me.
'How far away is Newton House from here?' Jay asked. I took this as my moment to sit back up.
'From here? About a mile out of town. Why?' I asked him. Moose and Padge were back, one with a tray of drinks, the other a tray of shots. Emz looked to Padge.
'Well you didn't say anything about not having any more shots.' He said as he sat down next to her patting her on the shoulder.
'Could it be walked?' Jay went back to asking questions.
'Easily enough.'
'Got a map?'
'Yes sure, I carry a map with me whenever I go out, let me get it out of my bag' Emz laughed at my sarcasm. 'It's back at the inn.'
'Why what are you thinking?' Emma asked as she sipped her drink.
'Could take a walk there.'
'What now?' She asked.
'Yeah, why not.  Could do with a walk and it could be fun to explore the area around.' I looked to Emma who shrugged. 
'That could actually be a laugh. ' She said.
'We shouldn't but oh well. Alright let's do it. But we need to go back, get changed and i'm also grabbing my camera.' I said before we downed our shots.