School Bus [m. clifford]

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The next morning consisted of the three girls having the worst hangovers they've ever had. They also got pretty sick. The guys weren't too excited to be taking care of them.

"Michael, baby, I'm so sorry." Laura mutters, her face in the toilet bowl.

Michael lightly chuckles, sitting next to her as he rubs her back, "Laur, it's okay. I'm just surprised you're this sick."

"I mixed drinks. I'm surprised I didn't puke sooner." Laura replies, a quiet laugh falling from her lips.

She sighs, sitting up against the bathtub, rubbing her temples.

"You know we have to get out of here soon, right?" Michael asks, moving next to her.

He wraps an arm around her as she nods before resting her head on his shoulder. Michael couldn't help but frown, he felt bad for Laura.

"Thanks for a great prom night, by the way. I had a lot of fun with you guys. I'm so glad I have you. I love you." Laura tells him, holding one of his hands in both of hers as she nervously fiddles with his fingers.

"I love you too. I had a great time with you." Michael replies, his voice soft. He quickly presses his lips to the top of her head before pulling her closer to him.

They sat together on the hotel bathroom floor, holding onto each other. Smiles were across both of their faces even though neither of them were saying anything. They were just so happy to be together. They had such a great night, neither of them wanted it to end.

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"I need to puke again, but I literally can't." Chloe says, walking out of the lobby in the bathroom. She's wearing dark cat-eye sunglasses, yet still has her hand up shielding her eyes.

"God, I feel that." Jada groans, falling onto the sofa in the lobby, sitting right next to Luke.

"Okay, we need to get you girls home." Ashton chuckles, not hungover at all.

"You guys all drank so much, it doesn't make sense you're all okay." Chloe complains, leaning up against Ashton.

"My mom is here. Let's get the fuck out of here." Chloe says, quickly grabbing her stuff.

The whole group piled into the car,  even though there was an extra person.

"Hey, kids. Show of hands, who's hungover?" Pam asks, starting the car up.

Every one of them raises their hand which makes Pam chuckle. She was fairly close with all of them, and she isn't strict at all. That's why none of them held back when telling her they all had quite a bit to drink last night.

"Pam, I'm so sorry if I throw up in your car. I promise I'll have it cleaned." Jada tells her, cuddling into Luke's side in the backseat.

"I second that. I'm sorry, mom, I love you." Chloe adds, before letting out a groan as she brings her knees up to her chest.

Michael couldn't help but laugh at his friends, even though he wasn't completely okay as well.

As they were driving, the group decided to all go back to Calum's. None of them really wanted to go home even though they felt awful. They had such an amazing night together and they didn't want it to end.

"No more alcohol, okay? Drink your water, stay hydrated!" Pam calls as they all start to pile out of her car.

All any of them wanted to do was just relax.

The girls all sat on one couch together, scrolling through all the social media posts from prom and the after party. All the guys sat wherever to play video games.

"Cal, Tess is so hot, I can't believe you ditched her so fast." Chloe tells him, swiping through her prom pictures on Instagram.

"I know she's fucking hot, why do you think I went to prom with her?" Calum mutters, earning a smack on the back of the head from Jada since he's sitting on the floor right at her feet.

"Oh my god, Laura this picture you posted, you two are so cute." Jada says, grabbing the phone from Chloe, zooming in on the picture of Michael and Laura.

"Thanks, I know." Both Michael and Laura reply in unison, before looking at each other and smiling.

Ashton rolls his eyes, "Oh, shut up!"

"Chloe, I've seen no pictures of you and Ashton. You were each other's dates." Laura tells her, now grabbing Chloe's phone from Jada.

"Don't go through my pictures!" Chloe groans, taking her phone back.

"I don't care about your nudes, Chloe." Laura deadpans.

"I've seen them, not that impressive." Michael jokes, trying to hold back his smile.

"Michael!" Laura and Chloe both yell.

"I'm kidding! You know that!" Michael defends, laughing.

"I've gotten better at taking them anyways." Chloe mutters, opening her photos app.

"Anyways, Chloe, show them the picture they missed. It's funny and needs to be posted because nobody will get it." Ashton calls, not taking his eyes off the game they started.

Chloe chuckles, before finding the picture and showing it to the girls.

"I get why nobody would get it." Laura laughs, zooming in on the two.

"Ashton, how did you get her to make out wth you?" Jada questions, shocked to see the picture of Chloe cupping Ashton's face, her lips on his.

But not even because Chloe only likes girls, but because less than a year ago she would never be seen even holding hands with Ashton. The way he acted disgusted her.

"It was her idea!" He quickly replies, "I was shocked too."

"Why do you two actually look like you're in love in these pictures? You know, if you weren't gay as fuck and if Ashton wasn't a slut with no emotions I'd think you're one of those weird engaged high school couples." Jada comments, scrolling through the pictures of Chloe and Ashton.

"Love you, stupid." Chloe smiles, running her hands through Ashton's hair, as he sits on the floor in front of her.

"Love you, ugly." He replies, letting his head fall back so he can look up at her.

Chloe laughs as she leans over quickly pecking Ashton's lips before letting him focus back on the game.

"This parallel universe we've entered is the worst and I hate it." Luke grimaces, disgusted with Chloe and Ashton.

Chloe giggles, curling up in her spot as she lets out a sigh, "I think I still might be drunk."

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I know I've said this a million times but I'm sorry