When I Met You

two

This was definitely not a small gathering. There was so many people, and I felt really uncomfortable. I was also worried about people going into my room. I could see none of the boys, and I felt so out of place as I sat on the staircase looking around, watching everyone drinking and laughing. I got up and headed over to the table, grabbing some pizza. As I was eating, I was glad to hear a familiar voice.
"Hey, having fun?" Mike smiled, drinking a can of beer.
I shrugged my shoulders, but smiled at him. "I feel a bit awkward to be honest."
"Aw no, I don't want you to feel like that! Come on, I'll introduce you to some people."
Mike grabbed me by the wrist and started dragging me through the crowds of people, eventually stopping in front of a girl with a short blonde bob, dressed in a skimpy tight black dress.
"Rach, this is Elle. Elle this is Rachel, Liam's girlfriend." Mike said, pushing me towards the girl.
She smiled at me. "Hey."
I felt slightly awkward at the fact I had been thinking her boyfriend was hot, but I smiled politely back at her.
"Do you want to go grab a drink?" She asked.
"Yeah sure."  I replied, and followed her to the kitchen, Mike already being distracted by a group of people.
Rachel poured us both some vodka and coke into some cups and then we went outside to the garden, sitting on a small wall that separated the patio from the grass.
"You're James's sister right? Liam told me you would be coming to stay. I've been really looking forward to meeting you." She smiles at me.
"Yeah, I've moved in while our parents are in France. It's nice to know there's another girl here for me talk to." I laughed, swigging my drink.
"You'll fit right in, you don't need to worry." She smiled back at me.
We continued talking, with me telling Rachel all about my life back home, and Rachel telling me about herself and Liam. They had been together for 6 months, met on Tinder, and she was head over heels for him. She told me that she was a nurse in the local hospital, and asked me what I do for work.
" I work in an animal rescue." I grinned. "Luckily, the company I work for have a rescue centre up here too so they easily transferred my job to here which I'm really glad about. I love it."
Just as I finished my sentence, Liam came over, swinging an arm around Rachel. He pulled her towards him and started kissing her, as they both wrapped their arms around each other. I took that as my cue to leave and went back inside, to be greeted by Mike.
"Elle, we are about to play some beer pong, come and join. You can be my partner!"
I agreed and followed him to the dining room table where they had cleared the pizza and set up the game of beer pong. It was me and Mike against James and another boy, who I never found out the name of. I was pretty good at it, Mike was terrible, and James got a ball in the cup each turn. We played several rounds, laughing and joking with each other, and me and Mike ended up winning the overall game.  It was gone 4am by the time everyone had left, and we all made our way upstairs to bed.

I didn't wake up until noon, and I was still in my clothes from the night before. I felt rough. My head was hurting, and I felt so tired and lazy. I pulled out my phone to see a text from James, offering a bacon sandwich. I quickly sent a reply and got changed into some light grey joggers and a baggy t shirt, pulling my hair up into a bun and washing my leftover make up off my face. Just as I was climbing back into bed, I heard a knock on the door, and Liam walked in.

"Here you go." He grinned, walking in with two bacon sandwiches and two cups of tea, closing the door behind him. "Thought I would join you for breakfast."
I thanked him and gestured for him to sit down, to which he sat on the bed beside me.
"Are you as hungover as me?" I laughed, taking a bite of my sandwich.
"I didn't really drink much. You however, were so drunk." He laughed.
"Was I really that bad?"
"You were funny." He smiled. "Want to come watch some Netflix with me?"
"Sure."
We finished off our breakfast and then went to Liams room. His room was bigger than mine and he had a huge king sized bed. We both lay comfortably, settling on watching a comedy film.
"You have a nice laugh." Liam said, as I laughed along to the film.
"Thanks." I could feel myself getting butterflies again, and felt myself blush.
I felt him move closer to me so that our arms were touching. It's all I could focus on, and I could no longer pay attention to the film. He leant closer to me, lowering his head to my level.
"You're beautiful Elle." He whispered in my ear, sending shivers down my spine.
I felt my face flush, and smiled, thanking him. I took in all of his features, noticing his one dimple, which I thought was really cute. I could feel his breath on me as we looked at each other, and my heart was racing.
Just as he opened his mouth to say something else, his phone rang. I saw the name Rachel flash on the screen, and immediately sat up.
"Hey babe." He said, answering the phone.
I smiled weakly at him before leaving and going back to my own room.