Take Your Time
Chapter One: Turning Thirty
She was turning thirty. Thirty years old. To say she was having a minor meltdown about it was an understatement. She knew she shouldn't care. She was in the fabulous city of Las Vegas with her closest girlfriends getting ready to go out on the town and celebrate. She didn't care that she wasn't married. Hell she didn't even have a boyfriend. She wasn't going to focus on the fact that she broke off her engagement to Neil three months before they were supposed to say 'I do' simply because she realized he wasn't the right guy for her. She also wasn't going to think about the fact that she hadn't had a boyfriend since she broke it off with him, which was over a year ago.
What does that even mean? The right guy? Her friends say they understood now why she broke up with Neil, however at the time of the breakup understanding was the furthest thing from their mind. They didn't understand how she woke up one day and decided to face the truth and leave. She wasn't in love with anyone else and Neil didn't do anything specifically wrong, she just didn't feel right about the upcoming marriage. She was going through the motions with him. They had been together for eight years and while she loved him as a person and as a friend she wasn't in love with him anymore. She loved his family, she loved their friends. Even the friends that now hated her guts because they still didn't understand why she couldn't make it work. She just knew it wasn't enough.
She was a romantic. She blamed it on all the love stories she read and sappy movies she watched. While her and Neil got along great, he didn't get her all the way, even after all the time they were together. She knew blazing passion and uncontainable lust wasn't going to last forever in a relationship but she also had seen her parents and even after forty years of marriage they still had a spark. She knew she could live without Neil, and she didn't want to settle for someone she could live without. She wanted to find the person that she couldn't live without. The person that completed her.
"You aren't seriously over there sad-sacking right now are you?" Her best friend Ruby said breaking Emma's thoughts.
"No, I'm not. I'm just thinking." Emma replied.
"Look Ems, turning thirty isn't too bad. We've all done it before you and look how happy we are." Her other friend Belle interjected.
Emma smiled. She really did have the best friends ever. Since Emma was the youngest of the group the girls decided to go to Vegas for her birthday to celebrate the entire year of them all turning thirty. That was the reason why she was standing in a luxury suite in the middle of Vegas with her closest friends Ruby, Belle, Tink, and Ella. The five girls had been friends since elementary school and even though Ruby lived all the way in Los Angeles now while the rest of them lived in suburbs of Chicago they still remained unbelievably close. After spending endless amounts of time together when they were younger they found that no matter who they met in life they would never be as close to them as the girls they spent every summer day with for fifteen years. They knew everything about each other. They didn't have to explain their reactions to the things around them, they knew each other enough to know how each of them would react in every situation.
The only one married in the group was Ella who found her Prince Charming in college and married him a few years ago. Belle was newly engaged to a man she had been dating for years. Ruby and Tink had been dating a few different men casually for some time now. Emma was the only one who hadn't been on a serious date in a year. It's not that she didn't like men. In fact she loved men. She just didn't like to waste her time. She met guys and would even hang out with them occasionally but she never found a reason to keep one around. She wasn't into one night stands although she did do her fair share of kissing in bars just to test the waters. However no one had intrigued her enough since Neil to push her to the next level.
"You look smoking Emma, the Vegas guys won't know what hit them." Tink said with a smile.
"I'm just looking forward to some good music tonight and hanging out with my best gals for my birthday." Emma replied. The girls had got into town early this morning and spent most of the day relaxing by the pool to be prepared for tonight. They were in town the next three nights and Emma wanted to make the most of it.
"Everyone keeps talking about the local guy who plays in the lobby bar downstairs. I guess he plays here a few nights a week and attracts quite the crowd." Ruby said, she was a music lover like Emma so she always had her ears peaked to hear about a good show.
Emma looked at herself in the mirror. She had on a tight short black dress. Her blonde hair was curled and her makeup was heavy. She figured it was Vegas so she might as well go all out. She stepped into her black open toed heels.
"Alright I'm ready," she said while picking up her black clutch. The girls all smiled at each other before walking out the door.
"First round is on me ladies!" Ruby said smiling.
"Welcome to Vegas ladies!" Emma said looking forward to a memorable night, and what a memorable night it would be!
I know I know I know…I should finish my other stories before I start this one but I couldn't get this idea out of my head. It's going to be pretty light and upbeat so I hope you enjoy it! I don't think this one will be too lengthy but we will see. Let me know what you think so far! Next chapter we meet Killian!
Also…this story is obviously AU and the title is my favorite Sam Hunt song! Reviews motivate me
Oh and of course I don't own any of these characters!
