01- Stranger from the past

I walk into the night club past the bouncer who just let us in after a little bit of convincing.

I looked at Brittany who was looking at me in awe and in excitement we grinned and made our way past the crowd to the bar, it had been months since I last hung out with her.

"SHOTS"

We yell out at the same time and grin, I wink at the bartender who smirks and hands us our drinks. "He is cute" Brittany said to me and i side eye her at which she just tsks and blushes. 

One shot down and we wince at the bad taste and catch each other's eyes and laugh as we suck on the lemon. After four more shots in a go we make our way to the dance floor. Brittany had managed to score the bartender's number.

I swayed to the beat as I held Brittanys hand with my own so that i dont lose her and make way to the center.

I feel someone's eyes on me and turn to find my eyes meeting with one of the cute guys, not really my type but good enough for the night.

I watch as Brittany loses herself in the music and so do I as I feel the alcohol hit me. I felt his hands on me and I let it happen, he turned me around to face him and I wrapped my arms around his neck. 

I look up to find him already looking at me and I find it a little awkward when he wouldnt look away.

I looked away and grinded myself on him and almost stumbled but his hold on me keep me on my feet. I hear Brittany call out my name and turn just as the stranger kisses my cheek and my eyes widen as I find Brittany looking at me with the same expression.

This guy is a little too bold for me, I thought as I pulled out of his grip and waved him as I rushed to Brittany who rushed me to the bar.  

"What the heck was that?" 

I shrugged as I had no idea myself, he looked too horny and reminded me too much of a teenager. We ordered beer as we were already a little more than tipsy. At Least I was.

I grabbed the bottle and chugged half of it as Brittany didn't bother at all and just moved to the beat.

My eyes met a man's eye who stood a little farther away than us by the VIP area and he was gorgeous, the most good looking man I've ever seen or maybe it was the alcohol.

"Bri hold this" I said as I straightened up and passed the alcohol bottle to Brittany and she paused with a frown as if annoyed that I ended her gala time. 

"Where are you going?" She asked as I made my way to the handsome stranger. "To that hot guy" I said as I pointed at him. 

"But thats-" 

I turn away from her and walk to the stranger who was casually drinking his whiskey, "Do you mind if I steal a kiss sir?" I asked as I bit my lip and kept my gaze on his lips. 

"A little souvenir" I said as I put my hand on his broad shoulder and damn he had muscles. 

"May I steal it from you" I said it more like a statement as I stood on my toes even with the heels I was short as I pressed my lips close to his ear. 

I hear him chuckle, "Hello Talia" 

I giggle as his hand moves to hold my waist and I turn back to look at my friend. "He already knows my name" I told her and she just stood with wide eyes but I was too intoxicated to care.

"Of course, don't you recognize me?" He asked me in amusement and I turned back to him, looking at him closely with my eyebrows scrunched up with hardly an inch of space between us. 

I gasp in realization and try to pull away but his hand on my hip restricts me. He smirks and my wide eyes turn into a glare. 

"Get your hands off of me" 

"You weren't complaining a minute ago, in fact you were begging for a kiss" he whispered into my ear with a chuckle and I blush. 

I shove him away and this time he doesn't resist.

He finishes his drink in a gulp and steps closer but before this could escalate Brittany grabs my forearm and tugs me away. 

I couldn't look away as he clenched his jaw, he watched Brittany pull me away and I watched him as his gaze shifted to me and as if for the first time tonight his eyes swept over my body.

I saw the flash of hunger in his eyes as he met mine just before I got lost in the crowd and soon found myself out of the club.

"The nerve of that man" Brittany said as she fumed and I bit back my smile at her concern. 

She noticed me and her eyes narrowed, "And you, what were you thinking" she asked and I grimaced.

"I wasn't" 

She pinched her nose and held back till her eyes lit up again. "Lets go to Flo's"

I watched as her mood completely switched. I follow her as she hails a cab and soon we forgot about the incident as we walked into our usual go-to club.

We smile at the bouncer, "Hey Brad, how are you holding up?" I asked as we paused by the entrance. He didn't move his eyes off the crowd as he spoke back to us.

"Just been a busy night" 

"Will see you around then" Brittany said and we in walked inside to the familiar futuristic decor in the club, the neon blue and pink lights with black walls and geometric patterns on the walls.

I sway to the beat as I enter and find our clubbing friends already gathered there. 

"Talia! Brittany! We thought you were going to explore the new club."

"We would have, but we ran into some bothersome company." Brittany said as her eyes met me and I rolled my eyes.

I sit by Dylan who whistles, "you look gorgeous" he said in a husky voice by my ear and I playfully shove him away. "So how's your daily hunt going?" I asked as I sipped on his drink.

He looks at me weirdly and then chuckles, "haven't found anyone, although the one I want isn't interested" he said as he wiggled his eyebrows suggestively and I laughed.

He smiles and then gets up as I look up at him.

He offers his hand and I take it, "let's dance" he said and i join him on the dance floor. He was my dance partner, his chemistry with me on the floor gave people the wrong idea.

I was the type to mess around and so was he but we have never messed around with each other, I didn't want to cross that line with him because I can never maintain any kind of relationship with the guy after the hook up or the dating.

Relationship isn't a concept that I'm familiar with and I know for a fact that he isn't either.

He twirls me around and I sway my hips as I go down and turn, I get up with my hips raised up high and he curses. I grin. I love the effect I have on men, especially with my dancing skills. 

I feel him abruptly pull me back against him and I gasp in surprise as the alcohol rushes up and I feel lightheaded. "Dylan?" I call him when he softly turns me around with his hand on my waist to face him.

"I want you"

"You know I don't want to ruin what we have-" 

"What we have is pure lust and want, look at our chemistry" he said and I scoff.

I let out a chuckle and shake my head and give him a disappointed smile. I turned away and was about to walk away but he grabbed me and pulled me close. My hand was in his grip, trapped between our chest.

I look down at his hand and then at him with a raised eyebrow in warning. "All I'm asking for is one night Talia, after tha-" I zone out at his words.

This is why I hate men, they only want me for my body and I was sick of it. 

"How dare you?" I asked in a seething tone. "Wha-" "i'm not someone who opens her legs for any man that walks past-" "I didn't mean that, i know you are a virgin-" i slap him hard and he stumbles in shock.

"So you wanted to be my first? Thank you so much for making it special and asking for my virginity. You should win a Nobel prize in mannerism." 

I walked back to my friends and most of them looked shocked and gaped at me. Guess they saw it all. 

"Why would you slap him?" 

"All he did was try to propose you and-"

"Your chemistry was so good together-"

"You should apologize-"

I froze at Angela's words. I turned to her with a deadly glare that surprised her. 

"For what-" I paused as I looked her right in the eye.

"Should i apologize about the fact that he wants me for a night or that he threw my virginity in my face so that i would sleep with him or should i apologize for the fact that i feel insulted and humiliated that all i'm worth to most men is dependent on my body."

I didn't bother waiting for a response, I left my friends and did not find Brittany so I decided to go back home alone.

The moment I walked out I was hit with the cold breeze.

"Is everything alright?" Brad asked as he stepped out of the shadows with a lit cigarette, he offered it to me and I gave him a look. He raises his hands up in mock surrender.

"I know, I know, the brat who'd do anything to get in trouble except smoke. Your bias against it gets to me sometimes" he said as he took a puff and I let out a small smile at his words.

"Glad to know"

He grins and then his smile drops and he sighs, "is it Dylan?" he asked and my eyes snapped to him in surprise. He shrugged, "I heard that he was planning on talking to you about it, and finally grew the balls to ask you out." Brad said and shake my head.

"He asked me out for a night" I said with a dark chuckle and Brad dropped his cigarette in anger and stomped on it. 

"That bastard"    

He was about to step in but I grabbed him and shook my head, "he already got one from me" I said and Brad's eyes gleamed with dark amusement. 

"Atta Girl"

"Ready to leave? My shift is over so I'll drop you on the way" he said and i nod as he grabbed his keys and instructed the other bouncer before driving his beat up truck to the front. 

I get in and he drives to my house.