Fresh Start Fever

The smell of alcohol pulled me out of the sleep I was having, the peaceful sleep that I need more than I'll ever admit. The stench made my stomach turn in complete disgust. "Casey wake up" I heard a voice instruct me.

I opened one eye and inspected the scene around me. Stephanie was hovered over my bed, my eyes widened at her. "What?" I whispered.

"I think you should get up" She looked strangely serious. I nodded and she left the room. I sat up on my bed and looked around the hotel room. I noticed Oli was sleeping in the bed, what the fuck did I do now.

I wrapped one of the sheets around me and tried to find my clothes. I looked around the room and found my dress under Olis jeans, so I walked over and picked the jeans up. Something fell out of his pocket and I bent over to pick it up. It was a small plastic bag, which felt like had pills in it. I opened the bag and put a couple of the pills into my hand and my stomach dropped when I seen what they were. MDMA. What the hell. I shoved them back into the bag and then back into Olis pocket.

I gathered my stuff quickly and got dressed. Not even wanting to wait for him to awken. I needed to talk to Stephanie because this was huge. Oli was on drugs. I knew there was something off about him recently, that night when we were all smoking weed; I had a strange feeling about it.

I walked down into the hotels breakfast room and found Stephanie sitting at a table on her own. "Steph, I need to talk to you" I blurted out when I sat down.

"Yeah me too" She said sternly.

"Wait you know?" I was confused. Was I the only one who didn't know due to my absence from the bands presence for over a year. Even so she should have told me, knowing my history with Oli. "Of course I do, everyone knows Casey" She shook her head. "I just thought you'd listen to me last night instead of continuing to drink until you couldn't control yourself. We tried to stop you guys but you were too far gone" Stephanie explained.

"What are you talking about?" I tried to understand how this had anything to do with Oli taking Ecstasy but it really didn't.

"Come off it Case, you remember" She rolled her eyes. I shook my head no and her face turned serious. "Hold up... you don't remember what we did last night?" She sat foward. "Look on Twitter Case" She nodded down to her phone. I picked it up and went to her Twitter and seen the last thing Oli tweeted. My eyes widened and it all came flooding back.

-last night-

"This place looks good, we should get some drinks in here" Nicholls nodded towards one of the brightly lit casinos. I shrugged, not really fussed where we were going as long as I get to be drunk.

It was two weeks into the tour and we were in Las Vegas, Nevada. The last time I was here, Oli and I were together and things were nice but this time around it was complicated. By complicated I mean we flirt heavily which causes tension and oh yeah the whole he cheated then I cheated with him story sorta makes things a little different this time around.

This time, I'm hoping things will be different though. The only good thing so far is that I have Stephanie with me this time.

Matt ordered the drinks for our table in the fancy bar in the lobby of a beautiful casino. I was wearing a simple peach dress and heels. I know it's cold out but I don't care, it's Vegas I'm dressing up. "Here you go sister" Matt handed me a cocktail.

"Thanks mate" I smiled at him and turned to Stephanie. We clanked our glasses together and cheered.

"We're doing shots y'know!" Nicholls cheered as the barmaid brought a tray of what looked like 50 shots of Jack Daniels.

"Fuck it" I shrugged and took a few shots off the tray. Within about 30 seconds the shots were gone. I think alone I consumed about 8.

I finished my drink and we went into the casino. The guys played a few games but me and Steph didn't really understand so we just sorta stood around being idiots. "Can you guys stop embarrassing us?" Lee made a face at us.

"Excuse you" I mumbled and walked over to Oli. He smiled at me sweetly and wrapped an arm around my waist. "Lee was mean to me, he said I'm embarrassing" I pouted.

"Oi Malia, shut yer mouth" Oli nodded at Lee.

"Thanks Case, just grass me up to your boyfriend" He had been making jokes like that a lot recently but only between us two. This is the first time he's said it infront of Oli.

"Least I've got a chance mate" Oli smirked at Lee he just flipped him off. "He's just a fanny, it's a'right" Oli said kissing the top of my head and walking away.

Stephanie came over to me and told me we were going to a club inside the casino. I didn't really care about it because right now I was totally confused. "Stephanie... " I asked.

"Casey" She replied.

"Do you think I should be with Oli?" I asked. She raised an eyebrow at me.

"Do I need to answer that?" She smirked and walked off.

Jordan approached me and hooked arms with me. "What's a girl like you doing here all alone?" He asked. I smiled at him and we began walking in the direction that Stephanie went.

"Just confused as fuck about everything in general Jordan" I sighed. He chuckled slightly and I looked at him.

"What?" I wasn't amused.

"It's just... you worry too much about tiny little things. You just gotta stop caring about every little detail. For once, just let go!" He nudged me. I thought about the words he said, maybe I should just let go and stop putting a label on everything.

"You're a little shit but I love you Jordan" I leaned up and kissed his cheek.

"Anytime darling" He smiled at me. "Now come on, let's get drunk" He pulled me along.

Things got a little blurry for awhile until a certain point. "Casey... Casey this is really stupid, you're too drunk to make any sort of decision like this" Stephanie shook me.

"Whoa, I'm gonna fall if you do that again" I tried to focus on her but my head was spinning. I tumbled over and fell onto the ground. "Help! I fell" I called out.

She picked me up and stood me up straight. "Y'know what Case, do what you want. I tell you time and time again to think twice but you don't. Don't cry to me tomorrow when you're sober and can see the mistake you're about to make" She walked over to Matt who was against it like her.

I turned towards my goal and smiled at the sight infront of me. The words 'Little White Chapel' illuminated the night sky. Everything I wanted or ever wanted was in there. Jordan approached me and led me inside.

That's all I remember.

-present time-

"I just got hitched to my best mates sister, Casey. The bells are ringin'" I read the words over and over again. Not only did we get married last night but he posted it online for the world to see.

"Here's your bag darling, I'd get a coffee or two before you look at your phone... Mrs Sykes" Stephanie dropped my bag onto the table and ordered me a coffee.

Fucking shit.

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