Intoxicated.

“Cheer up Charlie…” Peyton cooed as Claire eats the Chinese take out with a frown.

So many things had been swirling inside Claire’s head ever since her encounter with Blair and Harry earlier if she hadn't known Harry she could’ve sworn they looked like a couple. The thought of it made her heart ache slightly.

“UGH!!!!” She groaned as she slammed the takeout box on the table, “Why was he so cold? Is it because I got mad about the keychain?”

“You have every right to be! You worked hard for that!” Peyton said, barely getting the words out right since her mouth is filled with the sweet and sour pork.

“I know and I had every intention of saying that I’m not mad anymore when I got his letter,” Claire sighed deeply, “but he had to act that way towards me in front of Blair”

“Don’t think about it too much, Blair’s his best friend remember? I doubt that they had anything going on” Peyton assured.

“He’s just so confusing he can be such a sweetheart for a minute then turn into this cold asshole the next! I mean he kissed me then-“

“WHAT?” Peyton screamed, fried rice flying everywhere, “HE KISSED YOU? WHEN, WHERE, HOW, WHAT, WHY?”

“Calm down!” Claire laughed as she takes out bits of rice from her hair.

“You better spill, woman!” Peyton said with full excitement.

“He was helping me move, then he told me to wait inside his unit and then I was looking around…” Claire paused and took a sip of her drink,

“then, I saw this huge wall collage of pictures and I had some shots posted in it, when he came back I praised him then the next thing I knew his lips touched mine and it seemed like forever and now I don’t know what I’m feeling” She rambled and buried her head in her palms after.

“Awww…” Peyton patted her head, “Boys can be so confusing but he must really like you to go to lengths like this for you. Actions speak louder than words?”

“I know but…” Claire sighed again

“There’s probably a good explanation why he was cold earlier” Peyton smiled, “now, eat!”

Claire went back to Astoria soon after her lunch with Peyton, when she arrived at her floor she bumped into Harry who was helping Carol with groceries

“Oh,” Claire said as Harry backed at her

“Oh shit, sorry!” Harry quickly said and turned around to meet Claire’s stare.

“It’s fine,” She said looking down as she goes to her unit door.

“I’ll take these” Carol said and threw a wink at Harry before slamming the door on his face.
Harry was about to protest but he looked back on Claire who was looking at him outside her door, he smiled weakly towards her.

“Did you get my note?” Harry spoke carefully, his feet never leaving his doormat.

“Yeah… Sorry I got mad over some stupid keychain” Claire smiled, but Harry knew it was fake.

“It’s not. I mean, it’s not just some stupid keychain” Harry walked towards her and held her hand, “I really am sorry”

“I already forgave you, Harry, stop apologizing” Claire chuckled.

Claire decided to push all her thoughts about the way Harry acted earlier at Spencer, she believed that he was only in a bad mood that’s why he acted so cold towards her just like what Peyton said.

“To make it up to you… How about you join me and my friends on a trip tomorrow?” Harry sheepishly smiled, still holding her hand. His palms began to sweat as he waited for Claire’s reaction.

“Trip?”

“Yeah, my best friend Louis wants to use his boat to go to Barbados. I mean its summer and you know its good to get out of the city every once in a while” Claire’s eyes almost popped out of her head when Harry mentioned Barbados.

“Most trips I’ve gone to is commutes back and forth from Hudson to New York” Claire laughed, she thought about it for a while and pursed her lips.

“You can invite Peyton for a friendly face” Harry sincerely smiled, he knew that Claire was skeptical because he knew she would feel left out.

“Is it okay with your friend?” Claire asked.

“His boat has 105 rooms, I don’t think he would mind” Harry laughed.

“Okay, I’ll call Peyton” Claire smiled widely, she stood on her tippy toes and kissed Harry on the cheek. Harry then stared at her wide-eyed after, not believing that Claire did it out of the blue.

“I forgot to thank you for helping me move the other day,” She said shyly and quickly entered her unit.

“Your welcome!” Harry said with an amused tone, he strides back to his unit humming at the sound of joy coming out of his heart.

Once he entered he was greeted with Carol’s mischievous smile, “You’re welcome!”

“Do you want a kiss as a thank you as well Car?” Harry teased.

“Why yes, my boy” Carol chuckled and Harry placed a sloppy one on her wrinkled forehead.

Harry decided to text Claire since he couldn’t wait for tomorrow to be with her, he was anxious to know what she would pack, or what she’s expecting

iMessage

Harry: are you packing?

“Harry, why don’t you invite your friend for dinner?” Carol suggested

“Sure” He smiled as he plopped on his sofa, his phone dinged shortly after

iMessage

Claire: yup, you?

Harry: after dinner.

Harry: speaking of dinner, Carol wants you to join us.

Claire: Oh, I don’t want to intrude…

Harry: she specifically asked me to ask you ;)

Claire: Okay sure lol

Claire was at Harry’s door after a few minutes and Harry hurriedly open the door, making sure to check his breath before opening it. Their dinner with Carol made Claire felt like she was meeting Harry’s mother, except she knew that she wasn’t but Harry considered her to be his second.

She found out that Carol was his nanny since his mom gave birth to him and Carol never married because of her loyalty to Harry’s mom and her family. Carol suggested that Claire should help Harry pack since he packs the most unreasonable garments and it was her way of making them bond more since she knew about Harry’s feelings towards Claire.

“Did Peyton agree?” Harry asked, rolling out his suitcase out of his closet.

“Yeah, she immediately said yes when she heard Louis’s name” Both Claire and Harry chuckled.

They spent a good amount of time picking out Harry’s clothes and ended up picking two converse and flip-flops. His closet was filled with designer brands some of his clothes even had tags since rarely goes to any occasion that would require dressing up, according to him he was more of a t-shirt jeans type of guy

“Harry you need sunblock, it's in the middle of the Caribbean.” Claire laughed.

“I already packed some” Harry mimicked her laughter, and continued to fix his toiletries.

“Where’s your passport?” Claire asked, looking around his room.

“Oh it’s in my bedside drawer, the right one” Harry plainly replied, busy folding his pants.

Claire opened the drawer and moved a few things away, once his drawing journal was pushed off Claire saw a sea of condoms inside the drawer she gasped. Harry looked back and mimicked her shocked reaction.

“I um… It’s uh.” Harry stuttered.

“Um I s-should fix my s-stuff, okay bye” Claire quickly rushed out of his room and out of his apartment, Harry knelt in front of his bedside table and grabbed a handful of condoms.

“LOUIS I AM GOING TO KILL YOU!!!!” He shouted.

//

“Why would you ask Harry to invite Claire along?” Louis asked as he poured himself a glass of Scotch.

“Louis, we’re going on a trip for 2 and a half weeks this is perfect to speed up their…. Whatever it is” Blaire informed, rolling her eyes in the process.

"I know but we always go on this trip as an exclusive group, this girl is not part of that" Louis argued.

Louis knew it was a lie, it was way out of character for Blair to come up with a trip that would help Harry succeed with their bet. He knew she was up to something that would break Harry’s triumph or at least put a crack in his shinning mirror.

"I'm confused," Louis said out of the blue as his eyes are fixated on the plasma.

"Of what?" Blair mimicked his action.

"I thought you wanted Harry to make her fall in love with him and dump her" Louis paused as Blair looked at him, "but why do I feel like you're getting in between them?"

“What made you think that?” Blair rose her eyebrows.

“I know you Blair” Louis sighed.

“I just want to get to know Claire better” Blair said as she downed her glass of wine.

//

The next morning Peyton arrived at Astoria to carpool with Harry and Claire to the airport. Harry was already waiting for them in the lobby.

“Good Morning” Harry greeted the girls.

“Hey” Peyton greeted back and smiled.

Claire and Harry looked at each other and blushed, looking away while remembering what happened last night with Harry’s drawer of sins.

“Are you guys okay? Did something happen?” Peyton asked looking at them back and forth.

“We’re going to be late for our flight” Harry quickly took their bags and rushed out of the lobby with Claire following behind.

“These two are so weird” Peyton mumbled to herself before following the two.

“Flight? I thought we’re taking Louis boat” Claire asked as she sat beside Peyton in the backseat. George was driving them to the Airport and Harry was sitting in the passenger seat.

“The boat’s already in Barbados, it’s parked there. If we take the boat from here to Barbados it’s going to take us 14 days” Harry simply informed.

“Oh, so the boat’s going to be just like a hotel for us?” Peyton asked.

“Kind of, but we’re also going to the nearby islands by boat like Dominica, Puerto Rico, The Bahamas and then we’ll fly off from Miami and come back here” Harry stated.

“I have a headache,” Peyton said as she did the math in her head.

They arrived at JFK less than 30 minutes. Blaire, Louis, and a few other people were already waiting for them.

“Man! We’ve been waiting for at least an hour” Louis whined as he greeted Harry.

“At least I’m here, and it’s my plane so stop whining” Harry scratched Louis' head and headed inside to meet Blair.

“Hey, beautiful ladies!” Louis greeted Claire and Peyton, “Nice to see you again Peyt”

“Hey” Peyton greeted back, blushing.

“And you must be the famous Claire Harry’s been talking about” Louis smiled playfully at Claire who reciprocated the gesture, “Nice to finally meet you”

“You too”

“Aren’t we late for the flight?” Peyton asked

“Late? Oh no, love, it’s Harry’s plane we can board any time” Louis simply said and guided the two inside the airport.

When they entered the airport, Harry led the way to the carrier of his private plane, it was called Cavalier. They didn’t even sign any forms or go through any offices. They went through the security check of course and got their passport stamped. Four times.

“I never had my passport stamped four times in one airport arrival” Peyton gushed. Claire chuckled at her and went through the airline gates.

The plane was huge, it was pearl white with subtle gold accents, it had C.W. S plastered on the tail meaning the plane belonged to Harry’s father. The pilot and the rest of the cabin crew was waiting for them at the foot of the airplane stairs.

“Vincent! My man!” Harry approached the pilot and gave him a friendly hug.

“Harry, good to see you!” Vincent greeted Harry with a wide smile, Harry gave him one last pat and proceeded to go up to the plane.

Claire noticed that ever since they arrived at the airport Harry and Blair stuck together like glue, Louis was the one who stepped back to guide her and Peyton to make sure they were comfortable and she only met him a minute ago. She frowned and followed where everyone was going.

Once everyone is seated on the plane, Harry sat beside Claire which surprised her.

“Sorry I had to leave you for a while, I asked Louis to keep you company I had to fix stuff for the plane” Harry gave Claire a sweet smile and held her hand.

“It’s fine” Claire smile back but it was not as wide as Harry’s and looked at their intertwined hands.

Blair who was not sitting too far from where they were sat stared at them like a disgusting pair of last season Louboutin shoes and rolled her eyes.

“Hey, guys! I want you to meet Claire and Peyton” Harry announced to the rest of the group. All of them greeting the two girls with Hi and Hellos.

“This is Max” Harry pointed to his right, “and his girlfriend Tara. I met them when I was taking photography class last summer”

“That is Chloe, Selene, and Kate. Blair’s closest friends” Harry introduced the three girls at the back near where Blair was sat who gave Claire variety of looks.

“Harry’s exes” someone that just entered the plane spoke. Harry turned around and immediately laughed.

“That’s Caleb, my cousin” Harry added, “he’s kidding don’t worry” he assured Claire who was giving him a failing fake-angry face.

“And those two not-so-handsome lads are Jake and Tyson” Louis finished the headcount and the two boys greeted the girls another set of hi and hello’s.

NEXT ON INTOXICATED:

Notes

OK GUYS SO IT'S MIDNIGHT HERE IN MANILA AND IM CRYING SO HARD BECAUSE HARRY'S CONCERT IS HAPPENING AT THE MOMENT AND I DIDNT GET TICKETS BECAUSE BY THE TIME I HAD MONEY IT WAS SOLD OUT :( SO IM DISTRACTING MYSELF BY WRITING AND I HOPE YOU GUYS DONT MIND THAT IM UPDATING ALMOST EVERYDAY BC I REALLY JUST WANT TO KEEP MY MIND OF IT IM SO EMOTIONAL ABOUT IT HUHU :(

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