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RORY’S POV

“Rory!” His soft tone called.

“Todd.” I replied.

I moaned deeply with a low groan feeling the wetness of his lips against mine.

“Rory!” The voice came again and this time it was louder, sharper and clearer. My eyes flew wide open and welcomed the sight of our brown Pomeranian, Nala licking my face happily with her tail wagging.

I sat up instantly and regretted it immediately as my head felt heavy with pain. I groaned as my hands reached out to massage my temple while I tried to register what was going on.

"Rory!" Came that sharp voice again but this time it was obvious to me that it did not belong to Todd.

My sister Rosalie stood before me holding a packed cup of coffee and a brown bag.

"You got back home drunk on a Wednesday night, hung over and late on a Thursday morning.” Rosalie teased with an amused smirk on her face. “Wow! I never knew you had it in you, Aurora.”

I sighed deeply trying to find a balance for my thoughts as my eyes began to carefully scan my environment.

I am in my bed, in my room with no Todd. The events of last night crashed on me at once leaving me no chance to forget.

At the party, Jason!, the alcohol, the game of dare and the kiss.

Oh! The kiss!!

If I was not smart enough to know that brains react differently to alcohol, I would have been disappointed because I felt very embarrassed.

Then my mind picked up on Rosalie’s words, ‘Hung over and drunk!”

“What’s the time?” I asked her slowly but with urgency in my tone.

“8.45 am.” Rosalie said casually with a shrug.

I gasped and threw myself out of bed ignoring the weariness that coursed through my body and the way Nala jumped too, obviously startled.

“What? Why did you let me sleep in? Oh my goodness!” I panicked hurrying to the bathroom.

I have never in my life been late to school. In fact, I have never in my life been late to anywhere at all.

I was racing to the bathroom with a towel slung over my shoulder carelessly but when I heard Rosalie snorting and laughing, I stopped to glare at her.

“You couldn’t even wake me up.” I whined at her sadly.

“Oh come on bun! I was just kidding. The time is only seven.” She told me setting the coffee and brown paper bag on my bedside table.

“Oh.” I said feeling slightly relieved then my eyes landed on the coffee. “Is that for me?” I asked her sheepishly.

“Yes of course. It’s for my darling sister who I didn’t know was going to come back home wasted after her first party.” She said with a hint of sarcasm in her tone.

I paid her no attention and instead hurried to get the coffee. I sighed in content feeling better as I started to drink.

“Come on! Tell me what happened last night, I want to know everything!” Rosalie said pulling me to the bed while I protected my coffee from getting spilled.

I narrowed my eyes at her as the peak event of last night stormed my memory.

The kiss with Todd.

The kiss was hot and sweet. It was amazing and thinking of it turned my insides out.

I cleared my throat. “Nothing happened!” I said quickly.

Rosalie’s eyebrow quirked.

“Really? Nothing interesting happened?” She urged with a hint of disappointment in her voice.

Again another flash came. This time, it gave me a chill as I remembered the feel of the cold cocktail Leslie had poured on me angrilly. That was what had broken up the kiss and it has also served as major entertainment to the rest of the party.

Todd had been so furious with Leslie and he had scooped me in to his arms leading me away to be cleaned.

The remaining things were kind of blurry from there but I knew that I was going to have a very tough day in school today.

There was dealing with Todd which gave me butterflies in my tummy, dealing with Leslie which gave me the creeps and dealing with Jason which made me feel humiliated.

“Something definitely happened with Todd and you’re not telling me!” Rosalie accused with a snort.

I turned to her immediately wondering how on earth she had known. Did I moan out his name loudly?

Did Todd tell her anything when he brought me home last night?

“Wha- Who? Nothing happened.” I said trying my best not to stutter or sound nervous but Rosalie ended up chuckling in amusement.

“You look as red as a tomato.” She accused laughing.

I rolled my eyes.

“Tell me what happened now or I won’t tell you what Todd told me!” She said with a firmness.

Panic spread through my body.

Todd spoke to her? What did he tell her? Was he embarrassed about what happened? Did he regret it?

“What did he say please?” I begged desperately but Rosalie stood up with her arms folded.

“Tell me what happened or I won’t say a word.” She said with a finality.

I sighed in defeat preparing myself for the embarrassment.

“Todd and I kissed.” I announced earning a very deep and excited gasp from Rosalie.

“It was only a dare. It didn’t mean anything.” I said quickly but Rosalie seemed too excited to care.

“Omg! Fill me in. How was it? Was it nice? Hot? Omg! I’m so happy.” She said clapping her hands like a little girl.

“It was just a dare Rosalie! We were playing a game of dare.” I explained again and this time Rosalie gave a smirk.

“A game of dare? Now who is this girl and what has she done to my sister!” She said with a nudge. “You hate risky games.”

“Well I was a little drunk.” I protested.

“A little? You were passed out and muttering.” She said to me with a giggle. “When Todd came with you, I was scared.”

She said.

“I shouldn’t have taken that shot of alcohol.” I said with a sigh.

“So why did you?”

“Because I got angry when I saw Jason kissing some other girl.” I said with clenched teeth recalling the incident .

Rosalie gasped band folded her arms.

“What? That motherfucker!!” She cursed.

“It’s not like I still want to get back with him or anything but…”

Rosalie cut me short.

“He at least should respect you!” She insisted.

I shrugged. I thought so too.

“Well, I’m glad he was there to see you looking so hot and to see you kiss Todd.” She said smacking her lips and wriggling her eyebrows at me.

I felt my whole face heat up.

“So, what did he tell you?” I asked her preparing myself mentally.

But Rosalie stood with up an annoying smile on her face.

“He didn’t tell me anything but he looked damned nervous this morning, I knew it was more than just being worried about your hangover.” She said with a smile that said she was impressed with herself.

My mouth fell open.

“What do you mean by this morning?”

“Todd is downstairs. He came here around 6am for fuck’s sake! And he got coffee to go and doughnuts. How did he do that so early?” She shrieked.

I looked down at my hand with a knowing smile. Of course typical Todd is sweet enough to get me coffee.

Todd is sweet full stop !

I turned to see Rosalie’s eyes were glinting like she was enjoying a shows

“You had an eventful night and I trust you are going to have an eventful day as well.” She said. “We shall continue this later. I have to get to school early today. I love you.” Then she paused with a sly smirk. “I wish I could see you see Todd this morning.”

With a cackle she walked away.

Todd was downstairs, waiting for me…

I guess my eventful day has begun.