Chapter Forty One- Paparazzi

Emma came and helped me drag Tom's limp body to the couch a few minutes after she disappeared. Her cheeks were flushed and excitement still shown in her eyes as she babbly recapped the last thirty minutes out loud to me.

I didn't say much. I was still in utter shock that any of them could be that drunk, although Dan did seem less drunk than the other two, which is really sad.

Rupert opened the door ten minutes later, his hair a mess and his eyes tired with a pinch of confusion.

"What are you doing here?" I asked running my fingers through my hair, as I covered Tom up with a blanket.

"Emma called" Rupert answered with a yawn.

I looked at Emma confused.

"I thought he should be here" Em said sticking her chin up proudly.

"So what the hell happened who's gay?" Rupert asked stepping into the living room.

"You told him they were gay?!" I shouted slapping the back of Em's head.

"Hey" she said in annoyance clutching her head in one hand and shooing mine in with the other.

"You mean they're not? And you woke me up for nothing!" Rupert said exasperated.

"No they are NOT gay...god there just drunk Emma!"

"When your drunk you show your true colors Cas" Em explained in her defense.

Rupert plopped himself down on the arm chair. "We will just have to see what happens in the morning" He said dazedly already closing his eyes.

"Well I'm going to bed" I stated heading for the stairs.

"Do you really want to do that?" Emma asked trying not to wince.

I crinkled my nose in disgust, and whined walking back into the living room. "I guess not, I don't want to take my chances"

"What do you mean?" Rupert asked opening one eye.

We explained the whole thing to Rupert in clear detail, with them walking in Dan sobbing, to Dan saying what had happened at the pub, the outburst between Rob and Dan, and them -gulp- going up stairs.

Rupert was in complete shock once we finished until he finally came around and said "They were wasted!"

"Stop crushing my dreams!!!!" Emma whined.

"Sorry I don't want my boyfriend to be gay"

She pouted arms crossed across her chest as she leaned back into the chair.

Light streaming through the blinds was the first thing I saw when I opened my eyes in the morning. I sat up in the recliner stretching my stiff neck. Wait why am I sleeping on the recliner? The horrible visions from last night replayed in my mind, I winced in utter disgust.

I looked around to see Tom still asleep on the couch, and Rupert still snoring away. I heard Emma up and about in the kitchen.

"Em?" I rasped, coughed then tried again "Em?" much clearer.

"Yeah Cassie?" She said with a yawn.

"Please tell me last night was a dream?" I asked hopeful already knowing the answer.

"Nope it wasn't a dream" she said with a sinister smile, and evil eyes.

I groaned and flung myself off the couch and started poking Rupert in the stomach.

His hand started swatting at me. He moaned and tried flipping over on his back with no avail. I started poking harder as he started squirming.

"Rupert?" I sang, while continuing to poke him.

"Stop" He mumbled curling into a tiny ball.

That didn't make me stop poking his tummy though.

"You're about to die" He said more clearly, opening one eye.

I laughed at his humor. "Come on get up"

"No" He said shutting his eyes again.

"Get up."

"No"

"Get. Up."

"Make me."

I growled at him as I gave up. Sure I could continue to annoy him, but I knew him enough by now to know that that wouldn't actually get him up.

Emma was flipping through channels on the television as I leaned back into the chair, bored. She stopped on the Hollywood channel.

The announcer, who of course was a beautiful brunette in her early to mid 20's, said "Yes and last night at a local pub...our paparazzi spotted two young wizards and one widely known Vampire." She smirked and looked down on her note cards. "That's right Daniel Radcliffe and Tom Felton, who are more commonly known as Harry Potter and enemy Draco Malfoy from the Harry Potter franchise, and Robert Pattinson who is now known all over the world as the sexy vampire Edward Cullen in the Twilight Saga, but first played Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, were a little too drunk to realize what they were doing." She paused and smirked again "We have multiple photos of Tom and Robert kissing while Dan sits in the corner fuming. And as the night went on, a source says, they started talking as if in character. Maybe that is why we have this video of-"

"Voldemort!" Tom cried shooting straight up, then clutching his head in agony.

"Seems like someone had a bad dream" Rupert said, for he admitted getting up to watch what was going on on the television.

I giggled as Emma pressed pause on the television, obviously annoyed at Tom's little outburst.

"Ugh what happened last night, I don't even remember getting home" Tom said in a husky tone. His hair was splattered all around as he laid back down closing his eyes still rubbing his head.

"Maybe this will jog your memory" Em said pressing play.

"Tom bowing down to our photographers, pleading with said 'Voldemort'"

A horrible quality video began, starting off with Rob's flee and ending with Tom literally, kneeling/bowing down pleading with the photographers.

"Holy shit" Tom said, eyes going wide.

Rupert and I started laughing, as Emma bounced up and down shouting "That's when Voldemort appeared!!!!"

"Shut up!" Tom groaned shutting his eyes tight.

Emma did shut up as she paused the television, but on the other hand two high pitched screams were heard from upstairs, followed by thunderous footsteps.

Rob and Dan appeared in the door way of the living room, both in their underwear, with their hair messed up and various hickeys' on their necks.

I thought Emma was going to combust. She was physically shaking with excitement.

"Why are we...like this?!" Rob shouted and then clutched his head, cursing himself.

Emma rewinded the report and pressed play.

You could see the realization upon all three of their faces, along with the shame. Dan tried but failed to slide smoothly as far away from Rob as possible.

"How the hell- why were we- huh??" Rob asked dumb struck.

Emma climbed over the small coffee table and got right into their faces, eyes wide with anticipation. "More important questions need to be answered...did you guys go all the way last night" She asked grabbing Rob's jaw in her left hand holding it firmly.

His eyes squinted in horror "God no!"

Her hand fell defeated.

But Dan piped up "Well..."

Everyone turned to face his guilty features.

"Well what?" Rob growled.

"I remember certain parts of last night...that I would rather not remember"

"Man this story just gets juicer and juicer" Rupert said grabbing a handful of popcorn and shoving it in his mouth, eyes barley blinking.

"What the hell? Where did you get popcorn?" I asked astonished. Had we all been too engrossed that we missed that one of our members left and came back with a treat?

"When Emma was having her rant" he answered gesturing for us to continue, but we never got the chance, the door bell rang.

I quizzidly, and hesitantly walked to open the door. With a questioning glance back to the group.

I opened the door only to be blinded by flashing lights from cameras. "Ahh!" I screamed as I finally shut the door.

Rupert was by my side instantly peeking out of the peep hole.

Rob hung his head "This cannot be good"

"It could be worse" Emma shrugged

"How? The whole world thinks that we are gay" He shouted causing all three of them to holds their heads.

I rolled my eyes "How many are there?" I asked looking back at Rupert who was still dramatically squinting through the eye whole.

"I see...at least twenty photographers...a squirrel just ran across the street...and...what the hell happened to Demon?"

"Demon?!" Tom said worriedly as he rushed to the window, followed by the rest of us.

He groaned. "How? How could you possible, run into the mall box and cause that much damage?!?!" I shouted

"Shut up" Rob replied rubbing his temples

Tom smiled weakly shrugging his shoulders.

"It's a miracle you guys were not killed, with that amount of alcohol" Emma sighed as she left for the kitchen.

Dan and Rob stayed on the completely other sides of the room, as far apart as possible.

"I'm glad I'm not you two" Tom laughed half heartedly, as he leaned into kiss me.

I put my hands up to defend me "No way are you kissing me with Robert Pattinson Lips, forget it! Plus you all smell horrible, go take a shower and brush your teeth at least five times then you can come back down and kiss me" I smiled sweetly at the end.

He rolled his eyes but trudged up the stairs anyway.

No one left the confidants of the house, for the next five days. Photographers everywhere, wanting pictures of anything they could. Which meant Emma and Rupert spent the nights and Rob stayed for more than he had planned.

Emma, Rupert and I continued to pester the three about their wild night. It was all over the internet, and the Hollywood channels as well as other channels. It was huge, but was dying down slowly but surely. The photographers left, then soon did Rob. The goodbyes were not heart breaking, though Dan claimed to have something caught in his eye.

Things were getting back to normal, thankfully. Except that today happened to be September sixteenth...seven days before Tom's birthday.

I was humming to the radio as I drove Tom, who was sulking, and I to his brother's car place. There was a light drizzle and clouds hiding the sun from view.

I parked and turned off the engine, about to get out of the car.

"Can we do this later?" Tom whined

He wasn't too keen on seeing his brother who would have no doubt seen or heard of...that night.

"Nope now or never" He pouted "You're the one who keeps putting your car into mortal danger" I said slamming my car door behind me walking towards the back where James would be.

I heard the door shut, and shuffling footsteps beside me. I smiled to myself accomplished.

James smirked evilly when he saw Tom.

"Let's go" he said turning around about to walk away when I stopped him and physically made him turn around.

"Look what dropped by" James said standing up and putting down the tools with a defining clinking sound.

I smiled as James approached "Hi"

"Hello Cassie, looking as beautiful as ever" He complimented glancing me over, I blushed as Tom growled.

James rolled his eyes "I don't fix cars for lunatics"

I giggled.

Tom glared and then confusion crossed his face "How did you-?"

"I saw the car on the news...mum and dad were not pleased" he tutted

Tom rolled his eyes "Can you fix it or not?" he spat.

"Hmmm it would take me at least a month" he figured

"A month?!? I am your brother!"

"Okay two months" James shrugged. "I have more important things to fix, instead of a drunken catastrophe"

Tom looked as if he was about to punch him in the face, his nostrils flaring impeccably fast. "How about you call us when you can pick it up?" I asked, trying to calm things down.

James merely nodded, as we turned to leave "Don't forget about Wednesday Tom, or mum would be upset"

Tom cringed. "What?" I asked curiously

"He didn't tell you?" James asked intrigued, loving to be able to aggravate his younger brother to such limits.

"Tell me what?" I asked suspiciously looking at Tom through the corner of my eye.

"Every year for everyone's birthday we have a family dinner, everyone has to attend. And our mother wants to meet you, so your obligated as well" James smirked at the end

"And it's this Wednesday?!?! What were you just not going to tell me?!"

"I...uh...I'm...I hate you James" Tom growled

"Love you too mate" he smirked.