I woke up the next day tangled up in bed with Paul. I managed to break free and grabbed my phone from my shorts pocket. 6 missed calls from Emily, 10 from Sam. Crap!

'Paul, wake up' I said, slowly tapping him.

'What's up?' he replied sleepily.

'I think Emily and Sam are wondering where I am' I replied, showing him my phone.

'Oh great, I should get you home then Kitty'

He got up and started to get dressed as I put my clothes back on from the night before and headed to the bathroom. I peed and tried to straighten my hair up a little.

'You ready to go Kitty Kat?' Paul asked when I went back into his room.

'No really but I guess we had better go unless we want Sam and Emily to kill us both'

He led me outside to his motorbike and handed me a helmet. I took it from him and climbed on the back of the bike behind him. I gripped his waist hard and clung to him with my eyes tightly closed as he drove me home. My grip tightened every time he turned a corner too quickly but eventually we were home. I jumped off the bike as quick as possible and handed him back the helmet.

'That was terrifying!' I told him.

'Was it really that bad?' he asked.

'Yes'

'You'll get used to it, now come on, I can hear Sam freaking out from here'

We walked in the house and I was immediately pulled into a huge hug from Sam.

'Dude, chill!' I told him once he let me go.

'Why didn't you come home last night? Where were you? Why didn't you answer our calls? I was worried' he gushed as Emily came to join us.

'I didn't answer you or come home because we fell asleep on the beach after the party had died down. Paul brought me home when we woke up' I explained.

'Is this true?' Sam asked Paul.

'Yeah it is'

'Sam, it's okay, she's home now' Emily told him, trying to calm him down a little.

'Paul, kitchen, now' Sam demanded.

They left and I looked at Emily curiously.

'Sam was worried about you' she explained.

'I'm fine though. I was with Paul all night and Jared and Kim most of the night till we crashed'

'Being with Paul is part of the reason why he is so worried'

'But why though? Paul was really sweet and looked after me all night. I don't see why Sam is stressing out so much' I told her.

'Because he cares about you Katie. He was worried something happened'

Before I could reply, a large bang came from the kitchen so Emily and I rushed to see wat was happening. We went in to see Sam pinning Paul up against a counter. They were both shaking with anger.

'Sam, hey! Leave Paul alone!' I told him.

'Stay out of it Katie' he responded.

'No Sam, listen to me okay, whatever you think happened probably didn't okay. Paul looked after me all night, he stayed with me, introduced me to his friends cos he knew I was worried about not knowing anyone AND he brought me home this morning. He did nothing wrong okay?' I ranted and managed to push Sam away from Paul so that I was stood between the two of them.

'Why do you smell like him?' Sam asked me, which I thought was weird.

'What?' I was confused.

'You smell like Paul. Why?' he asked again.

'Um, because we fell asleep next to each other' I replied, 'Sam seriously, calm down, we've been over this already'

'This isn't over' he told Paul before leaving the kitchen with Emily.

'What was that about?' I asked Paul.

'Don't worry about it'

'No, Paul it's clearly something. I can't remember Sam freaking out this much before!'

'Probably because the last time you were home you were a kid who didn't stay out all night with a boy she barely knows' he responded.

'True, I'm a teenager who is perfectly capable of looking after herself' I sassed him.

'An incredibly hot teenager who I had a really fun time with last night' he pulled me closer to him.

'Stop it' I warned him 'Sam already doesn't like you after last night. Lets not make it worse'

'You saying you didn't have fun?'

'I never said that!'

'Good'

'Didn't say it was good either' I teased.

'Oh wow' he laughed.

'Kidding, but I need to go right now, I gotta get rid of all the sand that is still on me and you should go before Sam decides he wants to kill you'

'Okay, catch you later Kitty Kat' he kissed my cheek before he left.