AN: Hello my lovelies! I hope all is well, things are as busy as ever but I always love finding time to tend to this story. This chapter was fun for me to write, took me back to first year university. Enjoy ;)

Lily's point of view

I sat in my bed reading, preparing myself to go to sleep. Unusually lame for me to be doing this on a Saturday night but I have a midterm Monday and I need all the studying I can get.

I turned out my light and looked at my phone, it was midnight. I just started drifting to sleep when my phone started ringing. Although it felt like a few seconds, my phone said it had actually been an hour.

"Hello?" I said sleepily without checking who was calling.

"Lily?" I heard Jeremy yell over some loud music.

"Hey what's up?" I said not even fazed by unusual fact that Zack's roommate was calling me at 1am.

"I hate to do this but could you come help me bring Zack back to our dorm?" He stuttered.

"Why? What's wrong?" I said sitting up and getting more alert as the conversation went on.

"It's my fault," He said ever so slightly slurring his speech. "We thought he needed to let loose and we got him really drunk."

"Jeremy," I sighed shaking my head.

As he explained that the plan was for all the guys to take care of Zack, I threw on the first pair of jeans and a t-shirt I could find. Ultimately, all the guys ended up getting wasted and now Jeremy was the least drunk yet was still intoxicated enough to not be able to get Zack home alone.

"Yeah okay I'm coming now," I said grabbing my coat and heading outside.

It didn't take long for me to arrive at the frat party. I told Jeremy to wait outside so I could find him easily. It looked like a pretty wild party. I scanned the lawn, finding a lot of beer bottles and cups, until I saw Jeremy and Zack lying on the ground next to the house laughing.

"Having fun?" I asked standing in front of them.

"Thank god you're here," Jeremy said getting up. "This is what happens when I tried to get him to stand."

"Lily!" Zack yelled from my feet. "Come to join the party?!"

"Nah man party's over lets go home," Jeremy said patting Zack's back.

"Fine mom!" Zack slurred as Jeremy and I both grabbed one of his hands to lift him from the ground.

"Sorry I had to call you," Jeremy said genuinely as we began walking to the dorm.

"It's okay," I said reassuringly.

"Hey," Zack suddenly said seriously to Jeremy. "Why are you calling my girlfriend?"

"Because I need help getting your drunken ass home," Jeremy laughed.

"No home," Zack muttered the pointed back downtown. "Let's go get food!"

"We can get food when we get back to your room," I said hoping that would please him and he wouldn't run away.

"Yes!" Zack yelled as we continued to stumble down the street.

"What did you give him?" I whisper yelled at Jeremy.

"A lot," Was Jeremy's only response.

I rolled my eyes but laughed at their intentions. Zack had been pretty stressed with midterms the past week, the boys were right he needed to relax but maybe this wasn't the best choice for release.

We eventually made it back to the dorm as we walked to Zack's room an RA spotted us in the hall.

"Oh no" She smirked seeing us basically carrying Zack. "Need some help?"

"Yeah we got it," Jeremy said. "Thank Allison."

"Ok let me know if you need anything," She replied as she continued along her rounds.

"Guys what are we doing here?" Zack said in a frustrated tone. "We gotta go to Clark Hall."

"We're in Clark Hall," I laughed as Jeremy unlocked their door.

"Alright bud you sit here," He said as we put Zack on his bed.

He sat on the edge and lay back, smacking his head off the wall in the process.

"Ahh," I said wincing at the noise. "Careful."

"I'm okay!" I said giving us a thumbs up.

"You still want food Zack?" Jeremy said as he scrolled though his phone. "I'll get pizza."

"Yesss pizza!" Zack exclaimed still lying on his bed.

"Here babe," I said taking of my coat and Zack's.

I kneeled in front of Zack to help take off his shoes. Once I got one off, he sat up and looked at me weird.

"You ok-" But before I could finish my sentence he threw up all down the front of me.

It took me a moment to process what had just happened. Thankfully it was mostly alcohol but it was still gross.

"Shit," Jeremy said while still on the phone with the pizza place. "No not you sorry."

He ran over and tossed a small trash bin to me so I could place it in front of Zack.

Zack held the bin between his legs as he continued to heave. I went over to the fridge and grabbed a bottle of water for him to drink.

When I came back he had the bin on the floor and his face in his hands.

"You okay?" I asked placing my hand on his shoulder.

"Yeah," He said perking his head up.

I handed him the water which he took graciously.

"You good bro?" Jeremy asked once we was finished on the phone.

Zack nodded and then Jeremy looked over at me with sad laughter.

"Oh Lily," He said laughing and shaking his head.

"Yeah…" I sigh pulling my hair into a ponytail so it wouldn't get in the vomit that was all over me. "I'll be right back."

I went down the hall to the bathroom to try and clean myself up. I decided my t-shirt was a lost cause so I just took it off since I was wearing a black tank under it. There wasn't as much on my jeans so I just did my best to wipe the vomit off.

When I came back to the room Jeremy cleaning the floor.

"Bright side," I said getting up after his job was done. "The floor stayed pretty clean because most of it got on you."

"Ha-ha," I joked, elbowing him as he passed me.

"I'll be right back," He said taking his phone out. "I'm going to go get the pizza from the delivery guy."

"Alright," I said looking over at Zack who was laying on his bed but still fully awake.

"Babe," Zack groaned from his spot on his bed.

"Yeah?" I asked.

"Come heeere," I said waving his hand.

"Are you going to throw up on me again," I teased walking towards him.

"No," He said shaking his head furiously.

"What's up?" I smirked standing next to his bed leaning to hear him.

Without a word he pulled me down on top of him and captured my lips in a rough kiss. Before I could do anything he rolled so I was under him as he clumsily held himself above me.

"Zack," I said trying to lean away from his kiss. "Jeremy will be back in a minute."

"I can lock the door," He replied against my neck.

"Zack no," I said trying to gently push him off me.

I knew Zack, even in his current state, would never force me to do anything. I wasn't scared of what was happening, more just annoyed of my boyfriends stubborn drunken state.

"Lily plllleaaase," He begged.

"Zack this is really not the time for this," I bargained.

"I beg to differ," Zack rolled his eyes.

"Oh yeah?" I said giggling at his matter of fact tone.

"Yes," To prove his point he took my hand, guiding it to the front of his jeans so I could feel his growing erection.

Thankfully Jeremy came back into the room and laughed at the scene in front of him.

"What's happening here?" He said placing the pizza box on the desk.

"Nothing now that you're here." Zack sighed gripping the top of my arms to try and keep me in place.

"Oh you're so drunk you wouldn't be able to satisfy her anyway," Jeremy teased sitting on his bed.

"I'll take that bet!" Zack exclaimed as his grip tightened.

"Zack can you let go?" I asked trying to move out from under him again.

"Dude get up," Jeremy said trying to help me.

"No," Zack whined trying to move me over to block Jeremy.

"Zack that's enough," I said, without him knowing his grip was really starting to hurt.

"Zack," Jeremy said raising his voice.

He came over and gently pushed Zack back so I could move off the bed.

"You ok?" He asked.

"Yeah," I said brushing it off. "Ok Zack do you want something to eat before bed?"

"Yes I am sooo hungry," He said forgetting his plea for sex.

"Probably," Jeremy laughed handing him a piece. "Nothing left in your stomach now."

Jeremy and Zack began digging into the pizza. I rejected the offer for some because I was so tired I just wanted to sleep.

"Who invented pizza?" Zack wondered as he lay upside down on his bed.

"I'm not sure," I laughed at his intrigue.

I got up to look in my purse for some Advil. I wanted to leave them on the nightstand for Zack in the morning. By the time I turned around both Jeremy and Zack were passed out.

"That didn't take long," I said to myself as I filled the bottle of water again and place everything on Zack's beside table.

I quickly grabbed my things and headed downstairs to catch a cab. When I gave the driver my address I noticed he was looking at me weird.

"Yeah sorry my boyfriend threw up on me," I shrugged as if it was normal.

The driver thought I was insane and drove me to my destination as fast as possible.

3 hours after I originally intended on going to bed I was able to get some sleep, what a night.

Zack's point of view

I rolled over and noticed I was still in my clothes from last night. My head pounded like it had its own heartbeat. I looked over and saw Jeremy lying in bed on his phone.

"What time is it?" I asked in a groggy voice.

"11," He answered, he sounded like he had a rough night as well.

"What the fuck happened last night?" I said sitting up.

"We wanted you to let loose after being so stressed lately, so we may have added whiskey too your drinks while you weren't looking," Jeremy admitted sheepishly.

"Oh my god," I said starting to panic as I tried to remember the nights events.

I remember getting to the frat part but that's it.

"What did I do?" I said not sure if I wanted an answer.

"Well you did hook up with that girl…" Jeremy started.

"WHAT?" I yelled jumping from my bed.

"I'm kidding," Jeremy laughed.

"Dude that's not funny," I said feeling like I just had a heart attack.

As I went to sit back on my bed I noticed Advil and water on my end table, I quickly downed it.

"Sorry I just said that so when you hear what you really did it won't sound so bad," Jeremy smirked.

Oh no. Before he could say anything else our door opened and three of our friends from last night came in.

"Dude last night was unreal," Nick laughed as he sat on my bed next to me.

Ben and Dylan followed behind him and sat on the chair and the floor.

"How was this guy last night?" Dylan asked Jeremy pointing in my direction.

"Gather round," Jeremy said dramatically. "I was just about to tell Zack that story."

"Oh no," I groaned and the rest of the guys just laughed.

"So because I had slightly too much to drink I couldn't get Zack home by myself and I didn't know who else to call so I called Lily to come help me,"

"NO!" I yelled as my head snapped up. "She's studying for a giant midterm she has tomorrow morning."

"Well she came over anyway and helped. So we dragged your sorry ass home meanwhile you kept talking about how you wanted to go back and get food and do fun things."

The guys waited in anticipation to hear the rest of my drunken antics.

"You accused me of trying to steal her because I called her to come help, you couldn't recognize the dorm room and smacked your head on the wall trying to lay on your bed."

"Please let that be it," I said as the guys continued to laugh.

"Oh just wait," Jeremy beamed. "Then you proceeded to vomit all over your girlfriend."

The guys erupted into a fit of laughter.

"Oh god what did she say?" I asked feeling mortified.

"Nothing she just continued about taking care of you," Jeremy assured me.

"Tell me there's more!" Nick said in tears from laughing so hard.

"One more thing," Jeremy said. "I went to get a pizza we ordered and when I came back you were on top on her trying to get her to sleep with you."

"Ok yeah great I'm single now," I yelled throwing my hands up in exasperation and laying back on my bed.

"Someone is in for a night of groveling," Andy added.

"I hope you got your fix last night because you're not getting laid for awhile," Dylan joked.

"Yeah yeah glad we all had a good laugh," I said sarcastically as I grabbed my stuff to go take a shower.

I knew the guys were just teasing but I was scared that Lily would be upset over all I put her through last night.

I got dressed quickly and although I felt like shit I knew I had to go over to Lily's place to apologize.

"Alright wish me luck," I said to Jeremy as I grabbed my wallet.

"Dude it will be fine Lily's awesome she really didn't seem to mind everything that happened last night."

"It sounds like hell," I joked. "I just need to make sure for myself."

I decided to walk down to her place, the cool air felt nice and it helped wake me up. I knocked on her door and Tessa answered. It was not a good sign that she just smirked when she saw me, she obviously was told what happened.

"She's in her room," She said before turning back to the kitchen.

"Thanks Tess," I smiled.

Her door was slightly agar; I opened it slowly and saw Lily sitting at her desk with books, papers and her laptop spread out all around her.

"Hey, sorry to interrupt." I said softly as I walked up behind her.

She lifted her head and turned to look at me with a small smile. "How do you feel this morning?"

"That's not important right now," I groaned as I squatted down in front of her chair

"Jeremy told me everything, I am so sorry about last night Lily," I said genuinely as I placed my hand on her knee.

"It's ok Zack," She smiled.

"No it's not," I sighed. "It sounds like hell Jeremy should have never called you."

"Yes he should have," She interjected. "I don't want to know what would have happened to you guys last night if he didn't call me."

"I'm sure we would have made it out alive," I joked getting up to stand behind her and look at her school work.

"And I took our away from your midterm studying."

"I'll be okay," She assured. "I still have all day today."

"I have all the faith in you but I still feel bad," I said placing my hand on her shoulders, instantly feeling her tense muscles.

"Wow," I said gently rubbing her shoulder trying to get her to relax.

She let out a small sigh and relaxed herself under my touch. She was wearing a loose top with a wide neck and I rubbed her shoulder on side fell down her arm.

"Hey what happened?" I asked as I gently running my fingers over a red/slightly bruised area at the top of her arm.

"Nothing," She said without looking.

I placed my hand around the top of her arm and noticed the bruised areas were in line with were my finger.

"Oh my god," I gasped. "I did this to you?!"

"Zack you didn't mean to," She said calmly.

I just stared at her arm and instantly wanted to cry. I never wanted to hurt Lily in any way, I was so angry my myself.

"I hurt you," I snapped out of frustration at myself. "That's not okay!"

I turned to leave her room but she got up from her chair and grabbed my arm.

"No Zack come here," She said pulling over to sit on her bed.

"Look at me," She said in a stern voice as she kneeled in front of me.

"You did not mean to hurt me, Jeremy was teasing you and you didn't realize you were tightening your grip." She explained.

"I know you would never hurt me," She said with all her confidence. "You know I bruise easily, you really weren't holding me that hard."

"I'm sorry," I said not knowing what else to say.

"I know."

"So you don't hate me?" I questioned because I still hated myself.

"No," She laughed as she leaned forward to kiss me.

"I don't deserve you," I stated with a small smile.

"Oh but you do," She smiled standing up. "You've taken care of me so much over the years."

"And I will for years to come," I said getting off her bed. "Well I should let you get back to studying."

"Thank you," She smiled walking back to her desk.

"Lily?" I asked as stood in the doorway.

"Yeah?"

"I love you."

"I love you too," She smiled.

As if I had not already been aware, at that moment I knew I was the luckiest man in the world.

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