the carpal tunnel of love [chapter twenty-two]

Chapter Twenty Two
The New Face of Failure

Alexis's POV

"OH MY GOSH YOU HAVE GOT TO SEE THIS NEW GAMING SYSTEM!!!" I heard Jon said from the doorway. Patrick had his arm draped over my body and I stared into Jon's soul. "Get. Out. NOW!" I yelled, throwing a shoe at him. "Oh, sorry I interrupted...." Jon muttered, closing the door. I looked back at Patrick, who was laughing at me. "Whaaaaaaaat?" I said. "Nothing, I've never seen a girl get so upset over being alone with me," Patrick said, smiling at me. "Well why would they not be upset? A mean, way to kill a moment!" I said, giggling. The room became silent again and Patrick was staring into my eyes. I blushed and turned my head away, looking at the wall. Patrick placed his hands on my face and kissed my lips. I rolled over onto him and we began to make out with each other. Patrick started to take off my shirt and the door opened. AGAIN!!!! Won't you people just leave us the f**k alone??

"Oh, heh, didn't mean to interrupt anything, we wanted to know if you guys wanted to come partying with us? I mean, last night in the US, might as well go get wasted," Brendon said, with everyone else behind him. "Well..." I started to say. "Sure, I'd love to!" Patrick said, hopping off the bed. My heart fell down a little, but everyone else wanted to have fun... "How about you, Lexi?" Brendon asked. I fixed my shirt and said half-heartedly, "Sure, why not." We all got into the car and drove down to a nearby club. We walked inside and everyone in the club was whispering things like "Pete Wentz" or "Brendon Urie..." or "Oh my gosh..." We all walked up to the bar and ordered something. "Oh, guys I forgot, who is going to be the designated driver?" Brendon asked. I started to say "I will" when Patrick said, "I will." Brendon nodded and ordered a round of scotch for everyone. We found ourselves getting on the dance floor and I started to dance. I looked over at the bar at Patrick, who was sitting by himself and looked rather sad. I grabbed his hand and said, "Come on let's dance!" "Oh, I'm not much a dancer," he said, trying to get back to the bar stool. "No! I insist that you dance!!" I exclaimed, dancing around. The alcohol began to take hold of me and I almost fell over.

Patrick's POV

Alexis grabbed my hand and we started out on the dance floor. Avery and Jon were dancing with each other, every once in a while tripping over each other's feet. Brendon was off in the bathroom throwing up and Ryan and Sam were laughing at Spencer who was babbling like a mad man. Pete was in a darkened corner of the club, sitting with a bottle of booze and Joe and Andy were dancing around on the dance floor like idiots. Everyone was drunker than ever. "Come on, Alexis, time to go," I said, pulling on her hand. "Ooohhhkaay," she said, her speech slurred. I grabbed the rest of the gang and we headed to the car. Everyone got in and we were off. We arrived at the hotel and went up to our rooms, everyone guided by me. Jon and Avery fell on the floor, out cold and Alexis was falling everywhere. "Come on," I said, picking her up. Her head rested on my shoulder and I placed her down on the bed.

I took off her pants and shirt and helped her into her one of my shirts to sleep in. I took off my jeans and got into bed with her. By the time I got into bed, Alexis had passed out. I kissed her on the forehead and got myself close to her. I placed my arm around her and drifted into a dream.