The Internship

Chapter Twenty Two - Party Games...

*Alex - Point of View*

I am dragged into a washroom quickly by Tori, probably not to be seen by anyone, mostly Chris. She locks the door quickly before she starts talking in hushed tones.

"What the fuck happened out there?" I presume she meant the fight.

"Well, after I walked out of your room, I went and grabbed a glass of whisky. Whilst I was poring, Colin walks over to me, and you can tell he has had a lot of drinks. He wants to talk to me, but it seems like he is going to vomit at any moment. I walk Colin outside, Tom following because he too was worried about Colin. Ow!" I yip in pain as Tori goes to clean my cuts on my face.

"Stay still." She says seriously, not finding the situation at all funny.

"Anyway, so out of the blue Colin starts yelling at me, 'What did you do to Tori?' and 'Tori is mine.' That's when he started getting violent. Tom tried to intervene, but ended up getting knocked out by Colin's flailing fists. I was staring at disbelief at what Colin just did to his friend. Once again he shouts 'Tori is mine!' where I shouted that he wasn't and that you didn't like him that way. That's when you showed up." Tori was fully immersing herself into curing my beaten body, from bandages, to shoving tampons up my nose. "What the fuck are you doing?" I shout as she removes a tampon from its packaging.

"Oh right sorry. This will collect all the blood from your nose, stopping the blood faster." I give her a look like she has 3 heads, and she just tries to scientifically prove why this is a valid thing to do. "It will help the platelets in your blood stream..." She drones off seeing my boredom. "Just stick it up your nostril." I oblige, looking at myself in the mirror. I sit back down, tusking myself for being such an idiot. I wasn't planning on getting hurt, but I was distracted. Dam you Tori for being so cute.

*Tori - Point of View*

I shake my head disapprovingly as I finish cleaning his wounds. It's nice that he did this to protect me, but I wish he could have protected me in a less violent way.

"I'm done, with your face at least. Stay here while I go get some ice." I quickly slide out of the bathroom, snaking my way into the kitchen.

"Hey Tori, I drove Colin and Tom home." Sips_ walked up to me. "Is Alex okay?" I sighed and nodded my head, silently telling Sips_ that Smith was okay.

"I am just grabbing some ice for his..." I trail off, going red with the thought. No Tori, no. Stop it. "...groin." Sips_ looks down at the ground before asking a difficult question.

"Do we tell everyone?" I think about it, soon shaking my head.

"No, not tonight but tomorrow. I don't want to ruin everyone's good mood. Alex is fine, he just has a few scratches; and to tell the truth, I need a drink." Sips_ raises his eyes from the ground to my eyes.

"Okay, in the end it is up to you and Alex." Sips_ pulls out his phone and begins to text someone, Tom. I start to walk away but turn around and hug Sips_.

"Thank you." He hugs me back, chin on my head.

"Your welcome." He whispers back. We exit the embrace and I walk over to the freezer and grab a bag of ice. I rush back to Alex in the washroom passing him the bag of ice, which he politely takes. He places the cold, heavy bag on his crotch, whimpering at first, but soon looking back to normal.

"Thanks." I smiled and went and sat beside him. He looks over at me, and I once again get lost in his blue eyes. I want to ask him how he feels about me, but a slight feeling arises in me. Fear. I sit there, trying to lose the feeling, but it soon engulfs me into a panicked world, full of awful things. This leaves me raw, feeling heart broken and scared. What if Alex isn't different? What if Alex is like the boy behind my school, or Colin? I stand up walking in front of Smith. I pull the tampons out of his nostrils and dispose of them in the trash, walking towards the door.

"Come out when you are ready." I fake smile, and he can tell, before I walk out into the party. Once I walk out into the living room I grab my cup form earlier and fill it with alcohol free beer. I did want to get to drunk, but not right now. I need to be with my thoughts right now. I lean against the countertop on the island, slowly drinking my 'beer'. If Alex were like the others, he wouldn't have stood up for me. And when we hugged after he didn't do anything strange, he just pulled me in closer, both of us enjoying each other's company. I was feeling better, realising that the fear inside of me was completely irrational. I walk over to the shots, taking one quickly down, my face distorting to the taste of the alcohol. I walk over to the beers and grab one, popping it open. I hope I don't get in trouble by my doctor.

*Sips_ - Point of View*

I am still making my way through my first beer when I see Tori leave the washroom with a scared look on her face. I wanted to ask her what was wrong, but she seems to want to be left alone. So I go through door number two, the washroom. I close the door behind me, looking at Smith still sitting with ice on his lap. Alex looks up at me expectantly, his face dropping when he sees me.

"Sorry, just me." I say, taking his face into account. I go to sit near him, have a quick bro talk. "So, are you going to ask Tori out?" He looks up at me worried.

"How did you know?"

"I just know. The way you two act around each other is adorable, and you can tell by looking that you two like each other. That or you are deep in the friend zone. But I doubt that, as you have only known each other for about a week now. Love can scoop you up fast but friendship takes longer to make, and keep." Smith looked up at me, hope in his eyes. "You feeling better? After nurse Tori fixed you up?" I wink and try to stifle my laughs as Smith gives me an un-approving glare. He finally laughs, bringing me out of the awkwardness.

"Yeah, I am okay." He stands up, throwing the ice out in the trash before waking out the washroom with me.

*Duncan - Point of View*

I was dancing, fast as a cougar. I began to throw my arms around, dancing in the rhythm of the music. Sjin was next to me, equally as drunk, and Trott was grinding behind me, swinging his arms in wild ways. I all of a sudden had a feeling to roar, which I did.

"ROAR!" I shouted, hearing roars abrupt from behind and beside me. Trott, Sjin and I are dancing, and I go to grab my beer. I manage to drop the bottle but luckily it's empty. It begins to spin, and lands on Chris. I run over to him and kiss him on the forehead. He looks at me and kisses me back on the forehead. Sjin squeals behind us.

"LETS PLAY SJIN THE BOTTLE!" Trott and I agree with a lot of enthusiasm. Everyone stars crowding round the bottle, sitting on the floor.

*Alex - Point of View*

"LETS PLAY SJIN THE BOTTLE!" I roll my eyes at the wonderful pun that Sjin just made. Even when he is drunk, he can come up with them. Sips_ pokes my ribs.

"Lets take a shot and go join." I want to but what if I have to kiss Hannah or Kim? Will Tori get jealous, or upset at me? I follow Sips_ to the shot table and Tori is also there, with her bright cheery face. She picks up a shot as Sips_ and I do.

"Are you joining?" I ask motioning towards the game, curious if she is. She nods while putting salt on each of our hands.

"Yeah, if you go." This comment surprises me; maybe Sips_ was right. Maybe Tori does like me back. I nod.

"Yeah I think I am going to play." She smiles and looks at us, asking if we are ready. We agree and we cheers, taking the shot, licking the salt off our hands, then quickly putting a lime in our mouth. Tori takes out her lime first.

"Okay, if you are ready." She points towards the spin the bottle game, grabbing my hand as she pulls me over. I laugh, hoping Sips_ was right. We take a seat, followed shortly by the Magnificent Bastard. Tori hold my hand as the game starts, Sjin spinning the bottle, and it landing on...