✔ Scars. (Book One) ✔

Chapter Fifteen

Three hours had passed since we had got back to the hotel with Demi, and the party was still going on. It was nearly 4 o'clock in the morning. Abi hadnt spoken to me since I told her off. she went to back to her own room about an hour ago. I went and checked on her and she was flat out asleep. The rest of the Msfits had gone to bed too. Rhys, Roman and Stu somehow got a very, very drunk Aaron, Michael and James to help them back to their hotel rooms so they could crash. When the three guys got back to the room, We cranked up the music and continued the party. We finished off most of the alcohol too, but me and Demi only had about three bottles between us, the rest was finished off by the guys.

'Lets play dares!' Aaron managed to say, even though he was totally shitfaced.

'What is it with you and kiddy games, Az?' I asked. Demi burst out laughing. She was sooooo drunk. She was still sat comfortably on Liam but he had moved them both over to the sofa so they could have more space. I was sat next to James. Tom was lying on the floor, Ollie was sat on Aaron and Michael was lying across the sofa with his head on my lap.

'I like them' he said, smiling. Demi, for some reason, was still laughing.' come on, were all drunk enough' we all looked at each other and nodded, ok.

'Katie, I dare you to kiss......'

'No' I shouted before Ollie could even finish telling us the dare. H looked up at me and raised his eyebrows. .'I'm not kissing my cousin'

'Its a dare' Mike suddenly spoke up, he lifted his sunglasses up to look up at me. I sighed and looked down at him. He grinned.

'I said no' I smacked his hand and pushed his sunglasses down again.

'Ok, I dare you to make out with Tom, like you realllllly want it.' Aaron shouted. Tom suddenly shot up and looked over at me, and smiled. I looked up at James. He just looked at me.

'Its just a dare' he said, shrugging his shoulders. I moved Michael's head off my knees and stumbled over to Tom. He sat up and looked at me. I smiled and told him to stand, which he did. As soon as he did, he wrapped his arms around my waist and dragged me closer to him. I put my arms over his shoulders and pulled him down to kiss me. We were stood there, in front of our friends as well as my boyfriend, Making out, for almost 2 whole minutes, Before I pulled away from him. I smiled at him and gave him a little wink, before turning back and walking over to James.

As soon as I put my ass on the chair, Mike's head was back on my lap. Looked down at him and smiled, He smiled back. I started running my fingers through his hair and I could see his eyes shutting. I smiled again.

'Ok, my turn. I dare Demi to make out with Liam' I said. She smiled at me. She leaned across, wrapping her one hand around his neck and pulled him down to kiss her. As soon as their lips meet, he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her tight against him. I started whistling and clapping my hands as the guys cheered Liam on. They lasted a lot longer than Tom and I did.

Awwww....he DOES like her. YAY!!!!.

After we played for about another half-an-hour, we decided to call it a night and go to bed. Mike was still asleep on my lap, Me running my fingers through his hair sent him off into a deep sleep, Maybe the alcohol had something to do with it to.

I tapped him on the forehead and shook his shoulder gently, he sturred but didn't wake up.

'Mike, wakey, Wakey'' I shook him again and this time he woke up, Well sorta. He moved his head so I could get up, but before I got up i kissed his cheek, only in a friendly way.

'Night Mike' I said with a smiled

'Night Kay.' he replied. When I got up, he pulled a pillow off the sofa and placed it under his head, before crashing it down again and falling back asleep.

Awww...sweet.

James got up behind me. He grabbed me by the waist, a little to hard and tried to pull me over to the door. He was very drunk, great, I know how my nights going to go.

'James, Can I say bye to everyone first' I asked looking at him and smiling sweetly.

He rolled his eyes and growled angrily. He sighed and looked at me. He wasn't happy.

'Fine!, But hurry the f**k up.' He whispered in my ear, harshly.

I walked over and said bye to Tom and Aaron and gave them a small kiss on the cheek to and a hug. Ollie had leaned back and crashed out cold on the floor, hugging an empty Jack bottle. I could see Demi and Liam were 'busy' making out, So, I just yelled goodbye to them. Dem raised her hand to say goodbye while Liam just grunted into their kiss.

'Hey, make sure you put something on the end of it' I yelled. Demi burst out laughing, Liam just flipped me off. I smiled and blew them a kiss. I walked back over to James, who was looking very pissed off. We left Tom's room and headed to ours.

James opened the door and walked in, I stopped and let out a heavy sigh.

'Get in and shut the f*****g door.' He shouted at me, I did as I was told. He was walking up and down, back and forth in the middle of the room. I walked in and shut the door.

'Hey, babe, Are you okay?' I dont know why I even bother, I know how this is going to end, the same way as it always does.

'Don't call me that' He snapped. He stopped walking and turned to face me. 'What was that?'

'What?' I asked, confused.

'You playing slapper slag tonight.' He shouted as he came over towards me. I backed away slightly.

'It was a joke James, I thought you understood that. It was just a dare.' I said to him. Ok, i shouldn't have done that, WHY did I answer him back?

'Oh, well, sorry. I'm in the wrong then am I?' he said, great, if I say yes, I'll get a smack for calling him wrong if I say no, I get a smack for being a slapper. Not that I dont deserve it. So I didn't say anything.

'Hey, I was talking to you' He walked over to me, Closing a little of the space that was between us.

'It didn't mean anything. It was a joke' I said. This didn't make him happy. He grabbed me by the arm with one hand and around the neck with the other, Pushing me up against the wall. His grip on my neck and throat tightened a little.

'Please James, let go' my hand flew up to his, Trying to pull it away. I couldnt. He had such a tight grip. I was starting to find it hard to breathe. He saw this and let go a little, not because he felt bad, but I'm sure he didn't want to go through the drama for having to deal with a dead girlfriend. I looked at him. I could feel my eyes blur with the wetness of my tears.

He pulled me from the wall, He let go of my arm and my neck, threw me to the floor, with a big thud. I fell on my arm, it hurt so much. My tears were flowing down my face.

'Stop crying, you look pathetc.' He shouted at me. I stopped, Well tried to anyway. He scared me so much. He picked me up off the floor My the front of my shirt and dragged me across the room, before, pushing, Well...throwing me through the bedroom doors, Back first.

'Aaahhhhhhhhhhhh...' I screamed out in pain, As I did, I suddenly regreted it. He picked me up by my shirt again and grabbed the bottom of my face in one hand, Very very hard, and leaned in close to my face.

'How many times, Screaming doesn't help you' He said with a nasty, evil grin. He let go of my face. Ok, here we go.

In less than ten seconds, he pulled his fist back and crashed it forwards, hitting me square in the side of the face. I could taste blood in my mouth. Oh my god, he bust my lip. One of the rings on his fingers got caughton my lip ring and pulled on it a little before unhooking itself. I let out another scream of pain. He's never hit me in the face before.

Wow!

He must be really drunk or really f****d off this time. He repeated this twice before, I fell to the floor, My face was all bloody and starting to bruise. James walked over to me, he stood above me and smiled, he leaned down on his knees, So one was each side of my body and started chuckling.

'Told you, screaming doesn't help, baby' he teased me. He hit me again, but on the other side of the face. Then, I did something that even shocked me. I brought my knee up and put as much weight as I could behind it and kneed him in the balls.

I panicked for a moment but then James rolled over in pain. I took my chance while I had it, and got up off the floor, James was still on the bedroom floor in pain. I headed over to the doors but stopped. I tured back and walked over to him, but just out of his reach so he couldnt get me.

'f**k you, We're over' I said to him, before running out of the hotel suite as fast as I could. Oh my god, I'm free, yes. I stood up for myself. What now?

I looked up, right in front of me was my answer. I thought about it for a moment. Is it a good idea? I dont care. I ran down the hallway to Tom's room. I didn't knock, I walked straight in. The room was dark. All I could hear was the sounds of Mike, Aaron and Ollie heavily breathing and the odd little snore or two.

I headed over to the bathroom to clean my face. I didn't want anyone, even more, so Tom and Demi, to see me like this. Dem would put two and two together and then she would tell Liam and Liam would tell the guys and then coby would be up the creek without a paddle. Meaning, he would be in a hell of a lot of trouble.

I opened the bathroom door and turned the light on, I closed the door behind me, but didn't bother locking it, What's the point everyone's asleep. I went over to the sink and grabbed some paper towels. I ran them under the tap and put some water in the sink. I looked at myself in the mirror.

Wow!

James really did a number on me this time. My whole face was covered in blood and my eyes were wet with tears. I sighed and started to clean myself up. I hissed in pain but continued it anyway.

By now most of the paper towels were covered in blood and the water in the sink was dyed dark pinked colour. Then...the door opened and I froze. I turned around slowly to see Mike in the doorway. He was only wearing a pair of jeans.

Wow! Nice.

He looked at me, his mouth hanging open.

'What the hell happened to you?' he asked, there was a mixture of anger and sadness in his voice.

'Nothing, I'm fine. Sorry, Do you need to use the bathroom?' I asked, still staring at him.

'Not any more' He walked forward and carefully placed his hand under my chin, Lifting my face so he could take a closer look. He sighed and walked back over to the door.

'GUYS! GET THE f**k OUT HERE NOW!' he shouted at them. 'GUYS!' he shouted again, Everyone came running...and they were NOT happy. It was nearly 6 o'clock in the morning and they had JUST got to sleep. When they were all suddenly woken up by Mike screaming verbal abuse at them.

'What the f**k' Aaron shouted.

'What the hell's going........' Tom trailed off when they all stopped dead in the bathroom doorway and looked at me. Even though they all looked like they had had the shock of their lives they all looked so sweet and some even sexy.

Mike, Aaron and Ollie were stood there in nothing but their jeans, Liam stood there in nothing but his boxer shorts and Demi was wearing boyshorts and Liam's top.

Hmmm...I wonder what they have been up to, No wait, I really dont wanna know. Tom, however, was still fully clothed, shoes and all. He must have just crashed out on his bed, still dressed.

'Wha.....what happened to you, babe? Tom asked. I didn't answer. I just turned around and carried on cleaning my face.

'Guys, can you give us a minute?' I heard Demi ask, before shooing everyone out the bathroom and slamming the door in their faces. I turned around to face her. She stood there with her arms crossed over her shoulders.

'Wanna tell me what happened?'

'Do I look like it.' I said with a smile. I could hear the guys talking outside the door. I looked her up and down and smiled.

'Wanna tell me why your half-naked and wearing Liam's clothes.' I said, she blushed and shook her head.

'Nothing, he's letting me wear it to bed and letting me stay in his room' she simply said.

'Yeah sure, Whatever you say Dem.' she changed the subject back.

'You were fine when you left with James earlier.........OH MY GOD!' Oh no, she knows. 'It's him, isn't it.'

I decided to play dumb.

'Whos what?'

'Your ex who beats you up. It's not your ex is it?. It's him, its James you didn't break up with him. he did this, didn't he?!.' She was really upset. 'You lied to me.'

'I'm fine'

'ANSWER ME!!' she shouted at me. I turned to look at her and smiled. Shes never stood up to me before. She didn't think it was funny. I managed to clean most of the blood off before I gave up. I walked over to the door and opened it, Liam and Ollie were sat down on the chairs, Mike was sat on the sofa while Tom and Aaron were walking back and forth, up and down the room.

'Hey...Ummmmm...do you mind if I have a shower and stay here tonight, please?' I begged.

'Yeah, you dont have to ask, babe. Do you want me to get James for you' Aaron asked.

'NO!' I shouted. They all looked at me. I turned back into the bathroom and pushed Demi out, so I could get a shower and shut the door before they could say anything about it.

I was in the shower for about 30 minutes, when I heard a small knock at the door.

'Hey, can I come in?' Tom asked.

'Yeah, sure, but dont look' I said laughing.

'Okay....' he playfully sighed. 'I've brought you some clothes to change into. You're gonna stay in my bed tonight, Is that ok?' he asked as if he didn't know the answer already.

'Yeah sure,'

'Oh, and dont worry, I wont try anything, I promise' He said. 'I'll see you in a bit. The guys are outside, we'll talk in a minute, okay?' He asked.

'Can we do it tomorrow, Please. I'm tired'

'Yeah, Ok.' and with that, he left the room.

I got out and got changed. Tom had left me a pair of his boxers and one of his tops. I put it on and took in a big breath and slowly breathed out again. I walked out, all the guys looked at me. All of them, but Tom, were sat down now, Mike, Aaron and Ollie on the sofa's and Demi was on Liam's lap on the big armchair, he had his arms wrapped around her again and his chin resting on her shoulder. They are the sweetest thing ever.

'Im sorry, I'm causing trouble' I whispered.

'Babe, dont be stupid.' Az said, running over to me and picking me up in a big hug. I hugged him back, as tight as I could.

'Well.....I'm tired so...' I trailed off. Tom walked over to me, while the others still sat staring at me, Aaron went back over to the others and sat down on the sofas.

'You two are staying in the same bed?' Liam asked, 'You sure your boyfriend won't mind?' he asked with a laugh.

'Are you two?' I questioned back, but with a smile. 'And no he won't mind, because he's not my boyfriend anymore' I stated, Tom's face lit up and he smiled at me. Mike stood up.

'Wait a minute......Katie.....'

'Mike, Dont, please' I begged. He had worked it out.

'He did, didn't he?'

NO!!!!

Oh god, I was guessing the look on my face gave him his answer because the next thing I know me and Demi are diving at the hotel Room door, blocking their way so none of the guys could leave.

'MOVE!' they all shouted, along with a few other things.

'No!' I shouted.

'I'm going to kill him, I really am' Tom was screaming.

'Tom, guys, Calm down' Demi was trying to say over the guys screaming the threats about what they were going to do to James when they got their hands on him.

'Please,' I pleaded. I could feel myself crying again.

After about another 10 minutes of me and Demi trying to relax everyone, we managed to calm everyone down. We all sat talking for a while and decided to go to bed to get some shut eye. I didn't trust the guys so I locked the door and hid the key. Walking over to the bedroom I suddenly realised;

'Guys, I have to go and get dressed.'

'What, Why?' Mike asked.

'Guys its Monday morning, I have College in about an hour. Remember?' I said in a matter-of-factly kinda way. They all looked at eachother then back at me.

'You're not going today, are you? You haven't had any sleep and it's been an eventful night, just blow it off for today, It cant hurt can it?' Aaron said.

'Actually, I have to go, I have my art exam, The proper one today, Sorry' I said, I really didn't want to go but I knew I had to.

'Please don't go, Just speak to the teacher, when you go back, I'm sure, he or she wont mind and when they see your face, I think they might understand' Tom said, in a worried yet happy tone.

'What does it really look that bad?!' I quickly asked. They all looked at Tom and back at me.

'No, you look, fine babe, Promise' Aaron said.

'Ok, I'll blow off school, But I'm spending the whole day in bed, Deal?' I said with a smile.

'Deal!' they all shouted and smiled at me. Tom leaned across.

'Only if I can join you' he said grinning.

'You really felt the need to say that, Didn't you?'

'Yep!.' he replied, smugly.

Mike went back to sleep on the sofa, Az and Ollie crashed back on the floor and Demi and Liam went back to THEIR bedroom. I pulled all the blinds shut some no sunlight could get in and made my way over to Tom's bedroom. I climbed into bed, Tom took off his top, shoes, jeans and everything else till he was left only in his boxers, before climbing into bed with me.

I decided to snuggle up to him. He lifted his arm So I could rest my head and hand on his chest, before putting it over my shoulders holding me close. I giggled.

'What?' he asked, I could hear the smile in his voice.

'We're sleeping together, maybe not in the way you want, or in the way Liam and Demi probably are but we are.' I said laughing again. He laughed with me.

That was the last thing I remembered, before I fell into a deep sleep, snuggled up to Tom in his bed.