Chapter 21 // Long Road to Ruin

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{ ARIA'S POV }

Everybody soon found their way back into the lounge and there was a slight tension lingering around between Zoe and Aflie and also myself and Harley, who was evidently already smashed.

"Okay, Joe's turn." Caspars voice echoed through the room whilst music was subtly playing in the background, making the atmosphere slightly friendlier and positive.

Joe unwravelled his arm from around my waist and sat up right on the sofa, taking a gulp of his beer and clearing his throat.

"Truth."

"I've got a good one!" Harley cheered from the corner of the room, where he'd remained for most of the night.

We all waited in silence for Harley the gain his balance as he stood up above all of us sitting of the sofa and floor. He cleared his throat before looking Joe right in the eye, a smirk playing upon his face.

"The best fuck you've had?" He winked, glancing between me and Joe.

I felt Joe's body tense next to me and a sudden air of uncomfortableness hovered in the room. Some of the people were waiting for Joe to answer, whilst the rest of them were glaring at Harley.

"I don't erm... I don't think that's something to dicuss here." Joe gave a forced laughter and rubbed the back of his neck, leaning back on the sofa and attempting to look relaxed, which was unsuccesful.

Everybody in the room was in silence, waiting for somebody to talk until Caspar plucked up the courage speak up, and then also pluck up the courage to leave the room straight after.

"I'll go get some more drinks." And he swiftly headed towards the kitchen.

"Is she not satisfying your needs, ay mate?" We all gasped at Harley in astonishment, myself being slightly embarassed by his comment. "You're not the only one. I heard she didn't satisfy that psycho brother of hers either."

"I think you should leave." Joe raised his voice and motioned towards the door, standing up onto his feet.

"You heard. Leave." Marcus joined in, his voice also louder and harsher than usual.

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By now it was 2:30am and everybody was getting pretty tired. Dan, Phil, Louise, Jim, Tanya, Caspar and Troye had all left by now which only left six of us remaining.

"Me and Niomi are gona head off to bed now, you guys can crash wherever you want." Marcus announced, rubbing his temples.

"Night." He came over and kissed my forehead, and then continued to say goodnight to everybody else. However when he got to Joe onto the other side of the room, he began whispering something in his ear which he hadn't done to anybody else. Joe didn't lose eye contact with me throughout the whole whisper, only when Marcus pulled him in for a hug.

"Do you guys want the spare bedroom?" Zoe slurred through tiredness, just as Marcus and Niomi were exiting the room.

"You and Alfie can have it." I smiled. Just the mention of his name made Zoe's face drop 100x more than before, if that was possible.

"Oh, erm.." Zoe began, too tired and oblivious to her surroundings to continue.

"Alfies gone home, she's rooming with me!" Tyler piped up. "Oh and we would rather have the bedroom but it's totally up to you guys." He finished with a whisper.

I chuckled at his humour and told him they could have the bedroom. I stood up from my position on the sofa and enveloped Zoe into a reassuring hug, squeezing on her small shoulders. I pulled back to look her in the face only to see a single tear fall from her eyes.

Zoe quickly reassembled herself before Joe or Tyler saw and left the room after saying her goodnights, accompanied by Tyler.

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Sorry this chapter is so short but I have a looooot going on right now and haven't had a lot of time to plan / start writing so here's an update and I'll post the next one in a couple of days!

{{ I'm sure most you are fully informed about everybody on youtube, but just incase you aren't, Tyler is gay! So him and Zoe sharing a bed in this chapter isn't anything saucy, they're just good friends haha :) }}

But yeah remember to vote, comment, and follow!

- El xxx

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