Chapter 6 - Big Party

Henry POV

Tonight the biggest party of the year is taking place at one of my dad’s restaurants. Every year we throw a welcome to Oxford party and it’s always insane, we always use the back room in one of his restaurants. Everyone enjoys and has become sort of a tradition. I am not looking forward to it. I don’t even know if the invite got to Abbey.

I sent the invite this morning just after her first class when she disappeared on me, and then it didn’t help that I was hugging my cousin in the corridor. I bet Abbey thought she was some random hook up. I take a deep breath as I get out of the shower.

I put on my black ripped jeans and a grey t-shirt. I pull my hair back and I look at myself in the mirror, I offer myself a big smile and I grab my leather jacket.

Alex and Richie are already waiting for me in the front room. They are already drinking some beers but I think I rather stay sober tonight. I want to be able to find Abbey and convince her to listen to me.

“Hows the bet girl?”, Richie asks and Alex smiles at me.

“Our friend here is running after her like a lost puppy”, Alex replies and I throw him a cushion. “Shut up dickhead”, I say.

Alex throws the cushion back at me and offers me some advice on how to approach Abbey, thing is the dude is not wrong, she needs to believe I only have eyes for her, so Richie made the bet a little more interesting, Richie thinks I am not capable to make her date me, while Alex thinks I will be able to date her and shag her tonight.

I laugh at their ridiculous bet but I don’t back off. I want to get closer to her and if the bet is my excuse I will be using it. I want to know more about her, I want to know where she came from, who her parents are, what she likes to do.

“Come on, let’s go”, Alex says as we all leave the flat to go to the party. Once we get there the party is already happening and everyone is dancing and having fun. I walk into the VIP area and I drop Abbey’s name and I describe her to the bouncer, so if he sees her he will be able to top grab her and bring her to me.

The boys go grab some girls to keep them company and I keep sending girls away, Alex finds it hilarious but he thinks I am only doing it for the bet. Yeah believe that mate.

I look around and then I see her walk in, I feel like I can’t breathe on how beautiful she looks, she looks absolutely stunning, she is wearing a short red dress that hug her curves in all the right places and make my cock twitch straight away, I adjust myself and then her eyes meet mine once she is at the bar.

I raise my glass but she turns around and she starts downing drinks, What the hell are her friends playing at? They pull her to the dance floor and I can see Abbey dancing around with her friends while they all rub their bodies at each other, It is a sexy sight but still. I don’;t like how much she is drinking. I am not a heavy drinker and I would’ve thought she wasn’t either, but then, what do I know about her really? Nothing.

I walk down to the dance floor and Abbey has her back turned to me, I move closer and her friend sees me and she grins moving away giving space for me, I put both my hands on Abbey’s hips and she starts moving her ass against my crotch. I am rock hard while she moves her ass, she rests her head aback against my shoulder and I bend down kissing her neck lightly. She puts her hands on top of mine while we dance together as one. God this woman will be the death of me.

I can see several pairs of eyes on us, especially girls looking at her as if she was just my meal of the night. I wish she was, maybe I can do this?

“Hey, do you want a drink?”, I whisper in her ear and Abbey turns around facing me and she takes one step away from me when her eyes meet mine.

“Henry”, she lets out and I look at her in disbelief, she didn’t know it was me? What the hell? Why did she let me kiss her neck and put my hands on her if she didn’t know it was me? Was she expecting someone else?

“Yes?”, I say and her eyes go darker. I take a deep breath walking away from Abbey, I never run away from a bet, but this time I don’t think I can do it. She is messing with my head and if she thinks she can play around, well she is wrong. I walk to the bar in the VIP area and I ask for drinks. I take them to my table and I can see Abbey through the corner of my eyes talking to her friends near the downstairs bar.

“Tired of her already?”, Alex asks and I ignore him. I don’t want to get into this conversation right now. Abbey grabs a drink from the bar and she takes it to her lips, her eyes find mine and she offers me a small smile as she raises her glass.

I raise mine and I focus my attention on my friends again. They are all talking about who they will be taking home, who’s a ten and who’s the person to avoid, how the hell do they know all of this after a couple of days back?

A couple of hours have passed and Abbey keeps dancing with her friends, I can see guys trying to talk to her and she sends them all away, that’s my girl. Abbey starts walking to the bathroom area and I decide that I want to know if she was waiting for someone, does she have a boyfriend? I walk behind her and I manage to grab her arm as soon as she falsely puts her foot on the step. She almost fell down the stairs and I grab her close to me. My heart beating fast.

Abbey looks at me letting out a small thank you as she wraps her arms around my neck to keep herself from falling.

“Do you need a ride home?”, I ask her realising I didn’t drive here, idiot. I mentally slap myself for my stupidity. But she doesn’t know that.

“No thank you, I’ve got my friends that can drive me home”, she says taking one step back away from me and walking into the ladies bathroom. I nod my head and I walk away, if you want to play that game I can play it with you. I walk back to my friends and I down a couple of shots until I see her walking back to her friends. I know this might sound creepy but I just want her safe, I don’t trust the guys around her, they all look at her as if she is a piece of meat.