Chapter 31

"What's wrong?" James asked me after I had sighed. I shrugged.

"I'm not keen on drinking or anything mind altering anymore." I told him still watching Kendall, my loving boyfriend.

"Why?" James asked interested now. He was relaxed in a pair of sweats laying with his head on his pillow and hands across his chest as I sat up straight next to his torso on the other side. I dreaded the explanation I was about to give.

"Because. Well, when I got drunk thanks to you ordering me all those drinks the night I organized your guys' party for Big Time Dreams? Uh, Kendall and I fought that night." I told him. James nodded listening to my story.

"I remember that much." James nodded sounding just as nervous as me.

"Well, long story short, I drank with you, you and I made out, I went home with a stranger and lost my virginity to him." I told James staring out at Dustin standing on the couch acting as Effie from the Hunger Games and Logan pretending to be Katniss volunteering as tribute.

"Wait, what?!" James asked sitting up. I glanced his way but then watched Kendall being called up as Peta as male tribute. I wanted to smile if I hadn't just told James we had made out. "We made out?" James asked astonished at this new information. I sighed.

"So my memory recalls." I shrugged. James snorted.

"Damn, I have game even when I'm drunk." James said touching his hand to his chest smirking. I gasped and punched his shoulder.

"Can you not make it seem like I'm just another one of those girls who makes out with guys who can charm the pants off them?" I asked him pleading. James smiled and put a hand on my shoulder.

"You're one of my best friends now Sophia. No need to feel as if you're just some girl." James assured me and rubbed my back gently. We were having a great friendship moment, until we heard a giant crash in the next room.

James and I immediately jumped up and ran through the doorway not sure what had just happened. Logan, was on top of both Kendall and Dustin on the floor. "What the hell just happened?" James asked as we went to the alcoholic mess of bodies on the floor. They all groaned and I rolled my eyes as they all started laughing. James and I shared a look and sighed.

"Logan wanted to stage dive." Dustin said getting helped up by James as I grabbed Kendall's arm and helped him up.

"Stage dive? There's no audience to dive into." I said to Kendall who winced.

"Yeah, not the best idea we've ever had, babe." Kendall said sounding like his normal self now. I smiled internally at knowing he was sobering up.

"Obviously." I said fixing his shirt on him since it had been raised up to show his abs. "I think we need to get to bed now, what do ya say?" I asked Kendall. He nodded while resting his arm around my shoulders.

"You heard the lady. Get to bed." James said like a drill instructor. Dustin literally crawled into his bedroom as Logan requested James carry him. Obviously, James refused politely. Kendall however seemed to sober up quickly and was barely leaning on me to walk straight down the hall.

"Baby, I love you." Kendall said after coming from the bathroom and changed into his pajamas. He flopped on the bed as I was covered up from being so cold in our room.

"Love you too." I said scrolling down my phone as Rushers kindly talked to me as Kendall's arms draped around my waist and his head on my shoulder. He sighed content and then closed his eyes. I put my phone down and lowered myself to where I was eye to eye with Kendall.

"Kendall?" I asked very quietly that I could barely hear myself as he faintly was still conscious. He made a noise in his throat letting me know that I was in fact talking to him still and he was listening. "I'm in love with you." I whispered to him. Kendall's face turned to a sleepy smile. His teeth radiated off the lamp light as his eyes glimmered just as bright as he opened them. They looked tired and worn out.

I wondered what he thought of most the time, why he chose me to give his love to, why he did what he did on a day to day basis, and if he was in love with me too. That's how he slept, above the covers, in pajamas, with his arms around me, and my heart metaphorically in his hands. I awoke with Kendall getting up off the bed and going into the bathroom slowly at six the next morning. I waited to hear vomit hitting the water, but none of the sorts. I heard a simple flush and then came back out sleepily, and a little hung over I assumed, was Kendall. He hadn't been sick, thank goodness. He smiled sweetly at me as I hid all my body aside from my head from my nose up under the covers.

"Hey beautiful." Kendall greeted me and then slowly walked over and gently lifted the covers over me before getting under between me and the comforter, facing me. He hovered above me as he smiled and moved my hair out of my face. My glasses were on my side table so it felt weird having his hand touch my skin and not the frames as his thumb traced my cheek bone on my right cheek.

"I'm in love with you, much more than you are with me." Kendall assured me quietly before leaning forward and pressing his lips to mine. I closed my eyes as my world was illuminated by the light of his heart. I had found him, the one.

The man I dreamt of my whole life was now in front of me, kissing my lips, gripping my hips in his hands, moaning my name, and gently showing me how much he loved me. He was in love with me. What else would someone want than their dream guy being in love with them too?