Chapter 3 - Ｃｈａｐｔｅｒ Ｔｈｒｅｅ，Ｌｉａｍ＇ｓ Ｐｏｖ

Ugh... where am I now? I groaned as I got up from a couch, I heard the shower running. "Who the-" I mumbled as I walked over to the bathroom, I was half awake my whole body was aching. I walked up to the bathroom door and opened it a crack, then fully. I walked in and my body just leaned on to the wall beside me, ngh everything hurts. I heard the water turn off and the curtains pulled back and then before my brain could think, BAM, A wash cloth hit my face. "GET OUT!!!" Who the hell was yelling at me, I started to pull the wash cloth off my face when a hand came out of no where and held it on me. I got pushed back and out of the bathroom. "The hell?" I groaned as the door shut in my face, I heard the lock turn on the other side.

Whos house was I even in? Come to think of it, what happened last night? I stumbled back into the room with a couch and plopped onto it, I knew sure as hell I didn't get drunk and go home with someone so what's going on... My memory seemed hazy and incomplete, I looked down at the suit I was wearing and then everything came back to me. The competition, the mission and the... kiss. Thats right I kissed Ash on my own will, so where am I then?

The bathroom door swung open and I saw Ash, her hair was still soaking wet and she was in pajamas. "What was that stunt you were trying to pull back there?!" Were her first words as she exited the bathroom. "What stunt, I'm hardly even awake." She looked slightly taken aback but went back to her scolding. "You walked in on me taking a shower! Surely you can tell this isn't your house and someone was in the bathroom, unless you were trying to get a peak!" Geez, what is she even on about. "Look Ash I didn't mean to, besides what exactly happened when I passed out?" Ash took in a deep breath like she was about to tell me every single word known to mankind. "Alright so you collapsed on me and then I put you in your car, and drove you to my house because I don't know where you live. I laid you down on the couch and as I can see you woke up."

Ash took a second to think before uttering a word. "I mean yeah it could be, that's probably why I didn't collapse. But then again you also got stabbed beforehand as well." after Ash finished talking I mean it made sense but still I don't think that was it, wait what time was it? I thought to myself as I reached in my pocket for my phone, but it wasn't there. "Where's my phone?" I asked shuffling through my pockets. "Oh, I put it on the table before I laid you down." Ash said pointing to my phone on her coffee table, I grabbed it quickly and checked the time. It was almost midnight, I needed to get home.

I stood up to leave but I started to feel a little dizzy, I never really got drunk but it almost felt like I was. I hardly drank anything, maybe it was some after effects of the poison. I wasn't sure but I could hardly stand on my feet, I tried to wobble to the door but Ash grabbed onto me and steadied me. "You wont be able to make it home like this, just stay the night." After she spoke I knew she was right, although I'm not sure if its a good idea for me to stay over. I mean I never really did sleep overs and this would be at a girls house, was it even ok? Although right now isn't the best time to think about morals, I should just stay. Not like I can drive myself home anyways. "Ok, I'll stay. But only because I can't drive home." Ash smiled and set me back up on the couch, she offered to wash my clothes for me but I declined. Given I didn't have a change of clothes at all.

She turned off all the lights and left on a lamp where I was and headed to her own bed, I drifted off pretty quickly. When I woke up I saw Ash standing in the kitchen, as my eyes started to adjust to the light of outside I saw that she was drinking out of some sort of bottle. Wait was that... a VODKA BOTTLE, I sprung up off the couch and ran over to her quickly snatching it out of her hand. "You're not old enough to drink." I said as she scowled at me. "You don't even know how old I am, now give it back!" I raised the bottle up above my head so she couldn't reach it. "How old are you then?"

She turned away from me and mumbled. "I'm 18" I couldn't help but burst into laughter. "What's so funny?!" She said looking back at me. "Are you seriously trying to drink underage? Thats got to be the lamest form of rebellion." She scoffed at me. "I'm not trying to rebel, it was a gift. Why should I of all people let a bottle of vodka go to waste anyways?" I looked down at her with a blank expression. "Well maybe you should just save it for when you turn 21." She just ignored me and reached up for the bottle again. "Its no use short stack, you're not going to get it." as soon as the words left my mouth she reached into her pajama pocket and pulled out a pocket knife, she pointed the blade at me and put her hand out. "Give me back the vodka, or I'll fight you for it." 

Although that threat was sooooo scary I simply couldn't have her getting drunk so early in the morning. Plus she was underage, I wasn't a stickler for most things but underaged drinking wasn't getting by on my watch. "No." As Ash heard my answer she climbed on the counter and pounced at me, before I could react she snatched the bottle back and chugged it really fast before I could get it back. "You're going to regret that when you go to work today." She smirked and looked at me with a smug look. "I'm not going to work today, its the weekend." Oh that's right! Its the weekend, I think I had plans but I'm sorta forgetting them now.

"Well I'm going to go get dressed, your free to leave if you want to." Ash said as she walked into her bedroom and shut the door, I really am a little worried about her. Drinking that much alcohol so early in the morning can't be good for the rest of the day, she exited her room in a sun dress. It was pretty cute but I do need to get home, this suit sure is getting hot- My thought process was interrupted by Ash. "Ohhh Liammmmm." She said stumbling into the kitchen. "Am I pretty today? Do you wanna see more?" She said as she got closer to me and started to undo the lace to the upper part of her dress, ok no, I'm not doing this today. Before my brain even fully processed what I was going to do I went forward and grabbed the lace to her dress and put it back through, I re-did the dress up and tied it. "Ohhhh noooooo, you misunderstooddddd. Don't you wanna kiss me againnnnn, c'mown jwust a wittle kwissss." Her drunkenness was bleeding into her words now, this wasn't good at all.

Ugh, I warned her on this. I grabbed her hand and dragged her into her room. "Your pwetty straight forwardd, ehe." This was seriously getting annoying, I let her go when we got into her room and I closed the door. It was locked or anything, so she could get out, but I needed to get out of here before things get worse. I slipped on my shoes and grabbed my phone, I got through the door as fast as possible.

Wait actually, why do I care so much about what happens to her? So what if she gets into trouble or gets around the wrong people while drunk? UGH, it doesn't matter. I need to find her, I rushed out of her home and figured she couldn't have gotten to far while walking. I started to walk around the area but I couldn't find her anywhere, there weren't to many buildings around that she could've wondered into. I mean there was a bar a restaurant and a- WAIT the bar! She could be in there, I wasn't sure of how drunk she was but I still needed to get to her before anything bad happens.

I got into the bar and looked around, there she is. She seemed to be talking to some dude, I couldn't tell what was going on from here but they stood up and walked out past me. I whipped around, I should've just grabbed her before she left but I should be able to get her if I hurry up. I ran out the door after the two, when I got to Ash I grabbed her by the skirt of her dress. She turned around and looked at me, she smiled and grabbed my face.

Before I had time to react she kissed me, tongue and all. LIKE WHAT?! It wasn't really that good though since she was drunk, she pulled away and licked her lips. "You taste nice." After she finished talking I noticed her drunken state seemed to be somewhat deepening, it was almost like she was going to pass out at any moment. She swayed back and forth and started to walk the line in the parking lot, was trying to prove that she was sober or something? I mean she clearly wasn't, the dude that walked out with her walked back into the bar.

I followed her and she soon just fell back, luckily I was there to catch her. "Got you." She looked up at me, her gaze meeting my eyes, she muttered something like. "I love you." and her eyes closed, I suppose she reached the limit and passed out. I told her not to drink, but does she ever listen?

I carried her back to her place and laid her on her bed, I decided to leave. She should be somewhat sober when she wakes up, I walked out of her apartment and drove my car down to the café she normally works at but she's off today. When I walked in I saw Sally the girl Ash normally works with sitting at a table, she seemed to be working on something on her laptop. I ordered a latte and walked over to her, she looked up at me. "Ohhh Liam hiiii, wanna sit with me?" someone was happy today. "Sure." I responded as I sat on the other side of the table, her gaze was shooting knifes at me. "Is Ash ok?" She asked like I'd know, but why was she asking though? Did she think we were hanging out now or something?

"How should I know?" Sally looked at me like like she knew I was hiding something. "I don't know just thought maybe you would."