1 Chapter 1: Friends in need...

"That was a tough week!" Ian brought ice cold beer to his lips and gazed at his friend Jake who was busy checking out the 'crowd'.

"Yeah! It means it's time to Parrtttty, bro!" Jake commented, all the while staring at a group of girls grinding on the dance floor.

"Douche", Ian muttered under breath and hid a smile. Even though Jake was one of his closest friends, he couldn't help but dislike this side of him. The guy was always playing around with women's feelings. It got crazy at times.

"Slow down, stallion!" Ian patted on his shoulder and then continued "Don't you get tired? You have too much sex, with too many different women."

"It isn't like you don't." Jake fired back, laughing.

"Jake, have you forgotten Elise already?" Ian asked concerned, as he reminded his friend of his ex who had tried to harm herself because of his philandering.

"She was insane, Ian. That girl was crazy!"

"She was emotionally weak, vulnerable." Ian interjected.

"Who cares, man. I am over it." He slapped Ian's chest then, "you should get over it too." He winked, and flashed his friend a wicked smile as he backed up to the dance floor, flowing to the rhythm of the music blazing in the background.

Ian shook his head as he stared at his friend. He knew Jake was going home with a girl tonight.

Tara had come to the club to console her friend Rachel who had recently gotten divorced from her husband of two years. It had been really tough on her, she wasn't coping well. Tara could do very little for her friend so decided to show her a good time; maybe a girls' night out was going to do the trick. She wished Rachel would forget about all her worries.

"He broke me, Tara. He did! I am never going to love again." Her friend exclaimed as hot tears and mascara rolled down her face, "Why did he do it? Why? Am I so unlovable?"

"No, love. There is nothing wrong with you. It is his loss." Tara reassured her. "You are beautiful, inside and out. Don't ever let yourself forget that." Saying that she took a Kleenex from her bag and started wiping her friend's face clean.

Tara felt Rachel's pain. Adam had done her wrong. He had been a completely different person from what he had initially made himself out to be; and over the course of their marriage he revealed a dark and ugly side to him which Rachel could not withstand.

"Tara, I am all cried out. I don't know what to do now..."

"You pull yourself together and you move on. Consider this chapter closed. Onto new adventures you go now, my sweet."

Rachel gave her a weak smile, "You think I will be able to do that?"

"Yes!" Tara replied encouragingly, "I have every faith in you."

"Oh, Tara! Your energy is so infectious...I wish I were half as optimistic as you." Saying so Rachel passed out on the table. Tara realized that her friend was totally wasted, she decided to call it a night.

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