Chapter 50: The After Party.
The fire roared as Ginny handed the six teens who had managed to stay awake some hot beverages.
Albus, Hugo, Lily and Rose had all resided into their rooms half an hour before, due to their incapability to stay up any later than it was.
In other words, that left Sid, Rhea, Ash, James, Fred and Rachel sat semi-conscious in the living room, sipping every so often out of their mugs.
There wasn't much conversation, as their speech was rather slurred and they were acting in a rather odd way.
For example, Sid had tried to make his way up the stairs, followed by a rather grumpy Rhea, only for it to result in them both losing their balance and tumbling over one another, leaving them both flustered and embarrassed.
" Ha! You deserved that one...guys.. " James slurred, his eyes desperately trying to remain open, he started chuckling and putting his arm around Ash, who laughed along with him, they both seemed rather unaware of the fact that they were both practically snuggling each other.
" H...hey! Don't be saying that stuff about me… if anything, it was Rachel who deserved it! " Rhea complained, in an attempt to keep her grammar balanced and well put, she seemed like she was rather emotional, and kept trying to wipe away tears that weren't even there to begin with.
" Uh huh... " Sid whined, grasping onto Rhea's arm, who whisked her head around to confront him;
" Letsss go... Rhea. " he asked, as she nodded and they both attempted to make their way into the room in which they shared with Ash and James, after a few minutes, the bedroom door slammed shut, signaling that they'd reached their destination.
Harry and Ginny came into the living room, and sat beside each other on one of the free couches, they were both well aware that the six of them, were pretty damn drunk, from the way they spoke to the way they walked, it was quite visible as to what sate they were in.
" I had no idea there was alcohol at the party! " Ginny whispered into Harry's ear, who just chuckled and let it slide;
" Yeah, I knew there was some, but I had no idea they were going to drink so much, even Sherlock seems worn out! " they both turned to look at Sherlock, who was away in dreamland as he lay cozily in the fort of pillows Rachel had made for him earlier.
" Alright guys! " Harry stated, pulling both James and Ash to their feet, as Ginny did the same with Rachel and Fred, " Let's get you guy's to bed. " he said with a hint of relief, they weren't the only one's who were worn out.
" Wait, where is Rachel going to stay? " Ginny questioned, pulling a worried expression as Harry pondered the thought for a moment.
" She can, stay with...me...if ssshe wantsss too, I'll sssleep on the floor! " Fred barely managed to make the words come out of his mouth, they were more like sloppy phrases with prolonged letters.
Rachel looked at him for a moment, she actually seemed a little more sober compared to the others, though she was still rather drunk, she managed to reply with a simple, but truthful;
" Sure, why not? " Rachel replied, giving him a cute smile, he returned it, as Ginny and Harry glanced at each other, shaking their heads.
" What about yoou Ash, you tirred? " James asked, giving her a wink, she giggled, managing to reply, even if it was rather vague;
" Uh huh, I'm rrrrreal sleepy, James! " she proclaimed, aimlessly fist pumping the air.
The teens were clearly drunk and worn out, so Harry led both Ash and James to the room they shared with Sid and Rhea, and Ginny led Fred and Rachel to their room, making sure that Fred was going to keep to his word and sleep on the floor, as she fetched him some fresh blankets.
'HEYYYY ASSSSSSHHH' James smiled pointing at Ash
Ash didn't say another but giggled a little and then fell back onto the bed laughing, her laughing was getting louder and louder.
'Shhhhhhhh!' James said falling next to Ash and putting a finger on Ash's lip 'WE DON'T WANTTTT ANYONE TO HEEEEAR'
Ash looked down giggling and covered her mouth…
'Good girrrrr' James laughed putting his arms around Ash
'Are yoooou tirrrrred?' Ash slurred while she giggled
James shook his head violently.
'NOOOOOO' James giggled
'Ohhh reallyyy?' Ash giggled
'Yessssssssssssssssssssssss' James slurred getting closer to Ash
'Ssstopppppppp it!' Giggled Ash
'Sstopppp whaaaat?' James smiled still getting closer to Ash
'Stooooppp getting clossseee' Ash giggled
On the other side, Fred and Rachel were getting ready for bed.
'Raaaacheelllll' Fred slurred as he looked at Rachel who was brushing her bright red hair
'WHAT… What… WHAT DO YOUUU WANT?' Rachel asked
'I want youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuu' Fred slurred laughing a little
'Oh shussssssssssssh, you just want meee for my CAT' Rachel smiled
'Nononononononono I don't want the cat, I want the breasstttttt milk' Groaned Fred
'YOU WEEIRDDOO' Rachel shouted throwing a piece of cotton at Fred
'You missssssed!' Fred snorted
'Shut up, you moooooved!' Rachel said throwing more cotton
'Now, now, we don't want to maaake a mess in the roooom' Fred stopped Rachel as he held her close
Rhea on the other hand, had a very different reaction to the alcohol inside her.
'I mean… I just… I don't know… Why Sid? WHY?' Rhea was crying
'Caaaaallllllmmmmmmm' Sid was chanting
'Seriously, just sometimesssss I feel like crying and just… I can't belieeeeve I didn't do anything to stoppppppppp the car' Rhea kept crying
Rhea was saying totally random things to herself as Sid was telling himself to calm down, Sid and Rhea didn't really have much alcohol, but Rhea knew even if she had a little, she would turn drunk because of how the alcohol affected her brain, then she would say things and do things which she wouldn't really do, or even normally do.
'But whyyyyyyyyyyyy I meannnn' Rhea stopped crying even more
'Sidddddddddddd!' Rhea called
'Rheaaa?' Sid smiled as he slurred
'Youu knowwwwww you… You… That you… You aren't…. You aren't…' Rhea couldn't say it wiping her tears
'Shhhhhhuu up youuuu' Sid said before planting a kiss on Rhea's lips
'Mmmmmmmmm that was niceeeeee' Rhea giggled
Sid giggled with her and leaned in to kiss her again, and again, and again, and they wouldn't stop, their hands were around each other and they were smiling, grabbing on to each other, kissing each other very passionately and only pulling away to take one breathe.
James was now close to Ash, he was looking into her eyes deeply and was smiling.
'Whaaat are you looking atttttt?' Ash giggled
'I'm looking at youuuuuuuuuuuu' James smiled
Ash smiled back and started giggling, getting louder and louder, James knew he had already told her to be quiet, and he knew, in this case there was only one way of shutting her up…
James leaned in, closing his eyes completely, and kissed Ash, it was the first time he felt her lips on his, and he smiled and he felt her kiss him back and the kiss getting deeper and deeper… He felt Ash's arms move around him and then they both pulled away and James stood up.
'Come onnnnn letssss sleepppp' James said
'I thought you werent tiredddddd?' Asked Ash
'I am nowwwww, that kissssssssssing has worn me outtttttt' Giggled James
James and Ash both slipped their shoes off and then got into the bed and they both switched the lights off and they started to giggle in the pitch black… James smiled and put his arms around her and without noticing they both fell asleep like that…
Fred and Rachel we're in bed, they were in their pyjamas but they couldn't sleep…
'Freddddddddd' Rachel said
'Yesssss?' Slurred Fred
'I cant ssleeeeeepp' Sighed Rachel
'Why?' Fred asked
'I've… I've been thinking…' Rachel said
'Thinking whattttt?' Slurred Fred
'I've…. Have… I've… Thinking… Sh…' Rachel was closing her eyes and falling asleep
Fred got up and saw Rachel was asleep, Fred looked down at her and smiled and covered her with the duvets and then fell asleep beside her, with only one lamp on... Fred put his arms around her as well, to keep her warm as it was a cold night, just because they were quite drunk doesn't mean to say they don't have feelings…
Sid and Rhea had stopped kissing though, only because Rhea started crying again because she thought about all the bad things in life, and minute by minute, Sid was getting more sober and was realizing the state Rhea was in…
'Rhea, you really should sleep now' Sid said carrying her to the bed
'I… I don't know… I just… Noooo' Rhea cried into a pillow
'Now, now Rhea, shhhhh…' Sid tried to stop her from crying
'Ohhhhh… My eyess burrrrrrrrrrrrrn' Rhea cried
'Then stop cryinggg!' Sid said laying her down
'Okay….' Rhea lied on the pillow wiping her tears
'You'll be fine' Sid kissed Rhea goodnight and then slipped his shirt off and then he switched the lamps off and then put his arms around Rhea
'Goodnight Rhea…' Sid kissed Rhea's forehead and they both fell asleep together
Harry and Ginny were in their room, they were both laying in bed, unable to sleep thinking about the teens and the alcohol.
'How could they have had the alcohol if it was hidden?' Asked Ginny
'I don't know, someone must've given it to them or something?' Harry said
'We shouldn't dwell on these things too much, one day the answer will come and we'll know everything soon' Ginny said
'Goodnight' Harry said switching the lamp off on his side
'Goodnight' Ginny replied giving Harry a little peck on his cheek and then switching the lamp beside her off…