sorry for the delay in updating im swamped with exams at the moment. sorry for any spelling/grammar mistakes im a bit rushed. thanks for all the reviews. you're all great and keep them coming. hope you like it so far and this chapter is up to scratch. as i said i was rushing a bit so hopefully it isn't terrible !! thanks again and enjoy.

I slowly awoke from my deep sleep. I found myself on the cold floor of the utility room wrapped in a towel to keep me warm. I was alone. Harry and I had spent the rest of the night well early morning in the utility, too wrapped up in each other to bother going anywhere more comfortable. Eventually we must have dozed off on the floor. It was still relatively early, I could tell by the light of the early morning sun, and by the way the birds were chirping in the trees outside. I sat there for a while replaying the night in my head. Every time I thought of that first mind blowing kiss. I felt tingles run throughout my body. As much as I was enjoying reminiscing over the previous night's events, one glaring point resurface in my head. Where was Harry now?

As much as I didn't want to be paranoid and panic and think of all the negative possibilities I couldn't help but wonder. Did he regret it?

I heard people talking in the kitchen, so I decided to not sit in a pit of paranoia and go and join them.

As I walked into the kitchen I was cheerfully greeted by Lyndsey and grunted at by Tom and Danny. Neither boy managed to raise their heads from the table. "I was just filling the boys in on their antics last night Lola, they don't seem to remember much, isn't that surprising?" jeered Lyndsey sarcastically. I sat down at the table and laughed at their sorry states. "ah but Lynds you didn't have the joy of putting Danny to bed, after I finally dragged him up the second set of stairs and plonked him on the bed, not only did he not manage to get undressed, he fell asleep straight away and started sucking his thumb like a little baby" I said while pinching his cheeks. To say the least the least Dan was unimpressed. "I did not Lola, now I know you are making up stuff." he said gruffly. "HA HA HA I swear on my favourite pair of shoes that I am saying nothing but the truth." they knew that if ever swore on shoes that I was being honest. My shoes were like the children I didn't have I treasured every pair. "Oh god I'm never drinking again." moaned Danny. The three of us burst out laughing. "Yeah and I'm going to learn to fly" said Lyndsey. Tom suddenly jumped up from the table and made a run for the bathroom, the laughter obviously hadn't aided his recovery.

Lyndsey and I happily ate breakfast and laughed at the boys while reminiscing over the night's events. I still hadn't seen Harry, I presumed he had gone asleep somewhere a bit more comfortable or gone for a walk or something.

"Where did you go after you put Danny to bed, I went up to find you and you weren't there?" asked Lyndsey innocently. What was I to say? Its not that I didn't want to tell her I just didn't feel like making a big announcement to everyone plus Danny would kill me if I didn't talk to him first. Lyndsey was looking for me questioningly.

"Morning everybody" Dougie greeted the room while stretching as he walked in the door. Everyone turned their attention to Doug but I could tell this wasn't the last I would hear of it from, Lyndsey anyway. "So everyone have a good night last night?" asked Doug as he joined us at the table. There was a chorus of yeahs and a couple of nods from the invalids. "How about you Doug?" asked Lyndsey innocently again. God that girl must have a sixth sense to smell out as when she said this I suddenly remembered my discovery from the previous night. I looked at him with a mischievous grin, eagerly awaiting his reply. Would he fill the rest of them on the new revelations? "Yeah it was a good night. A very interesting night but also a very good one" he said cryptically will a huge grin on his face.

"Well I'm going up to grab a shower I said cheerfully as I left the kitchen. I had no intention if heading straight to the bathroom I would most definitely be making a pit stop at chez Doug to find out all the gossip from Ruby. I eagerly climbed the stairs two at a time.

I woke early, I had probably only been asleep for two or three hours. My back was killing me and I was cold from sitting on a hard floor, yet I felt oddly comfortable as I had Lola in my arms lying gently on my chest. Last night had been pretty amazing but my head was a flurry of activity and I couldn't really make head nor tail of anything. I had enjoyed every minute of last night with Lola but I was still unsure if it was a good idea for me and Lola to be together. We were running a major risk if we got together, I mean as much as I had fallen for her, I valued Lola so much as a friend that I wasn't sure if I wanted to in any way potentially jeopardize that. I ever so slowly lifted Lola from upon me and laid her down on the floor. I grabbed one of the clean towels from the shelf and put it over her in an attempt to keep her warm on that cold floor. I slipped out of the door and walked down the quiet road. There weren't many people around as it was still early. I chuckled to myself as I saw a couple stumbling and giggling down the road, still dressed in the previous night's attire. They looked so carefree.

After a while I found myself in the park and sat down on one of the benches that surrounded the pond. I felt like I was trying to convince myself that I should take a step back and give friendship another shot, but every time I thought I had myself convinced memories of the previous nights activities kept flooding back into the forefront of my mind. We had spent the night enwrapped in each other. Every time one of us began to try and start a conversation the other would interrupt with a kiss.

I brushed my fingers along my lips as I remembered the tingles that her lips against mine sent shooting through my lips and right through the rest of my body. I had never felt such a strong connection with someone just by kissing them. It excited me yet terrified me at the same time. What if I messed it up, what if I went back to my old ways and drunkenly hooked up with some bimbo, I know I would never intentionally do it to Lola but sometimes guys, namely me, do really stupid things when they are drunk. There was also the underlying Danny factor. I wasn't exactly sure how he would react, on hearing about recent events let alone if we were to get together properly, but as much as I wouldn't enjoy it was something I greatly respected about my best mate he always looked out for friends and family. I'm sure at the very best I would get a very stern talking to.

I slowly pushed the door open. Ruby was still curled up under the duvet asleep. I crept into the room and then launched myself onto the bed and jumped on top of her. "Ruby wakey, wakey rise and shine."

"Lola leave me alone I'm asleep" snarled ruby. "Now Miss Ruby if you think I am going to leave you to sleep when you could be filling me in on your gossip filled antics last night you have another thing coming."

Her eyes jerked open and she took in her surroundings and looked at me. "What you talking about I just fell asleep in here." she said attempting to lie but failing miserably. When she saw I wasn't budging she gave in. "ok, ok you know I'm crap at lying what do you want to know" she said with a mischievous grin. She sat up and then realising she was only clad in her underwear she pulled a t-shirt out of somewhere and placed it over her head. "I want to know EVERYTHING"

"Ok well after you left us dancing. I don't exactly how it happened but there seemed to suddenly be this tension between us, and when we were dancing it felt like it was just the two of us in the room. He kept staring into my eyes and without wanting to sound ridiculously cheesy and pathetic it felt like he was gazing into my soul or something he wasn't just looking at my face. I know I've never admitted it Lolly but both you and I know that I've fancied the pants of him for bloody ages" I burst out laughing at her bluntness but I quickly stopped so that she would continue her story.

"Well anyway I wasn't sure if it was just me creating this tension in my head or if he could feel it to, after a while I couldn't handle it anymore and so I said I was going to go get a drink. On the way to the kitchen he pulled me into the utility room and just kissed me and before you say it I thought the same what a random place to bring someone to kiss them, hardly the most romantic setting but mother of god it was electric, seriously Lolly it was the most amazing kiss I have ever experienced.

I let Ruby ramble on as I inwardly giggled, what was it with these boys and their utility room. There were so many aspects of her story that were similar to my own. It was nice to know I wasn't some kind over exaggerating weirdo. Who was to know the extent of incredible romanticism that could occur in a utility room?

"well anyway after a while we decided to move somewhere a bit more comfy and as a lady never kisses and tells even though I kind of already have lets just say we had a fun night." there was that mischievous grin again. "How did you know anyway?" she said confused. "Well I had to put Danny to bed last night and as I was coming back downstairs I heard some very familiar giggling coming from this room."

"Well I said we had fun." she said defensively just as I heard the shower turn on. "Ah no I was just about to go for a shower….. Ah well so what's the story with you two now" I asked tentatively. Ruby's smile faltered slightly they obviously hadn't had "the talk" yet. "I don't know Lolly but I really really like him. She began to fiddle with her hands as she nervously pondered the possible outcomes. " come on Ruby I don't know for sure but I wouldn't be surprised if he feels the same, I've always been suspicious of you two and he is walking around downstairs with the biggest grin on his face" I said while giving her a comforting hug. "You think?" she asked nervously "I wouldn't say it if I didn't"

"So how was your night Lolly?" she asked. Again I didn't really know how to answer that question. I didn't want to lie to her but I needed to confirm some stuff in my head first before I got a chance to answer we were interrupted.

"So Ruby my little sex kitten are you awake and ready for some Dougie loving?" said Dougie as he strolled into the room not noticing my presence. "Oh….eh…..Jesus…..eh hi Lola I thought you were in the shower" me and Ruby burst out laughing as Dougie's face flushed bright red. "Well Ruby I better leave you to it." I said while leaving the room giggling I had never seen Dougie look so embarrassed in all the time I had known him. As the shower was occupied with god only knows who I wandered up to Danny's room as all my stuff was up there. I was greeted by Danny splayed out on his bed clutching his head.

"Come on it can't be that bad" I teased. "Believe me it is. Why did you let me drink so much?" I snorted with laughter at this last comment and as punishment I lay on top of his back and started tickling his sides. "Lola I swear to god, I may be defenceless and helpless now but the second I regain an ounce of strength, I will pay you back tenfold if you continue" he said in a serious tone. I stopped fearing for my health if I didn't. I continued to lay flat on his back, our breathing synchronized, it was surprisingly comfortable. "So where did you sleep last night Lolly? I know it wasn't in here for one your crap isn't all over the place and secondly if you had you would have complained about my snoring at least ten times by now." I rolled off his back on to the bed and he turned to face me. I knew he could tell from the look on my face that it wasn't a straight forward answer. "I slept downstairs" I said quickly and buried my head into the pillow. "Eh yeah I believe that one I swear on spill." he muttered sceptically. I turned to look at him and I couldn't help but smile, before I could even open my mouth his eyes widened. "No way, you didn't ….. Oh my god when did that happen?" he would never admit it but Danny was a gossip fiend.

I giggled at him. I hadn't even said anything and he already seemed to know what had gone on. "Well ok to make a long story short, me and Harry kissed….. A lot and fell asleep on the utility room floor."

"The utility room? You bunch of weirdos" he said laughing. "Believe it or not apparently it's the new romantic hot spot. Me and Harry aren't the only weirdos in this house." now I had really confused. This would have been confusing at the best times but with a hangover no-one would have made sense of it. "Ok ill put it this way. Dougie had a very big grin on his face in the kitchen this morning didn't he?" I said somewhat cryptically. His eyes shot open as wide as they could go. "No way! Dougs and Ruby?" he exclaimed.

"Yeah hilarious isn't it. Keep it to yourself though no-one else knows. I don't think so anyway." I said hurriedly.

" wait so that means I was the only one who didn't get any loving last night, that's a bit depressing" Danny frowned. It didn't seem to matter that he always got the girl on every other night out. "Ah come on don't be grumpy you could have, if you weren't making sure the birthday boy would never remember the night but would know for sure it was the best night ever." I reasoned with him. God some times I felt like his mother. "Of course you're right that's the only logical reason." He said cheekily. Danny's little arrogant streak shining through. His frown returned momentarily when he realised I was laughing at him. "Come here you enough of that laughing" he said while tickling me.

"So what's the story with you and Harry? Or should I ask" the smile quickly left my face. How did I answer that? "Eh … I don't know to be honest he wasn't there when I woke up." I said quietly I wanted to be honest with Dan but I knew he would get angry and overprotective of me even if he had done much worse himself to numerous other girls.

"What do you mean he wasn't there, I swear to god if he has used you I'm going to kill him." he said angrily then clutched his head remembering that he was still severely hungover. "Look Dan I don't know what happened or what the story is but you aren't to get all flustered and overprotective he could have a perfectly good reason. I mean we are inevitably going to talk about what happened and I can't answer for him but my head is very confused so he may just have wanted to clear his head or something. I don't know just don't go jumping down his throat, he is your best mate and you know that he would never intentionally hurt one of his friends." I pleaded.

"Ok I guess you're right I mean he is my best mate I should at least give him the benefit of the doubt." he said with a soft smile but I could still see the worry behind his eyes. "You ok Lolly?"

"Yeah I am, confused and many other feelings but I am good." I said and gave him a hug.

"Hey guys - thought you were in the shower Lola - have any of you seen Harry?" tom asked as he walked into the room still looking like death warmed up. "No Why?" asked Danny as I lay back onto the bed and closed my eyes.

"Eh well apparently his girlfriend is at the door - you know anything about this Dan?" he asked.

My eyes shot open, my heart skipped a beat and my breath caught in my throat. What girlfriend?