A/N: I own nothing except Kate, Amie, and Sarah. I could only hope that Emmett was real. O the fun I would have. *giggle* Hope you enjoy.

I hated this. Why was I here getting ready to go out? I certainly didn't want to. Unfortunately, though, I had two women practically forcing me to go out. Sarah and Amie were like sisters to me. I loved them. We always joked that we were triplets separated at birth. We just couldn't explain how I was the only white one out of all of us. They were both Latina.

We were all juniors in college. We lived together in an off campus apartment. It was fun living with them. We always had great times together.

"Kate! Hurry your ass up! We need to go!" I heard Amie yell moments before my bedroom door opened. She walked in my room dressed very nice. She looked sexy as hell. There was never any way that I could look anything like that. "You're not even dressed yet? We need to get going soon. You need to get dressed." She didn't care that I was sat in front of my mirror in bra and panties doing my makeup. She walked over to my closet and started going through my clothes. Sarah walked in a moment later. She, too, was already ready to go to the club.

I knew Amie was talking to me but I blocked it out. I didn't want to hear, yet again, that I needed to go shopping for better clothes.

As I perfected my make up and hair I thought about the past few years of my dreadful life. The darkness had left about a year ago but that didn't change what had happened. For the first few months after, I was in deep depression. I wouldn't talk to anyone. All I wanted to do was sit in my room. I had even experimented with drugs to get past the ache and hurt I felt.

After a few months of the moping and feeling sorry for myself, I decided it was time to change. I wasn't going to let anyone, no matter who they were, treat me like that again. I started taking self defense classes and my sisters, Amie and Sarah, helped me remake myself. They worked with my therapist to help me with my self esteem.

They had been wonderful through this whole thing. No matter what, they stuck by me. No matter how many times I yelled at them, told them they were nothing to me and I didn't want their friendship any more, they were there for me. They were there to help me through everything.

That's what tonight was all about. It was my birthday and they had decided that they were going to make sure I had fun for the first time in a long time on my special day. So we were going to a club whether I liked it or not. At least that's what they had told me.

"Earth to Kate!" I heard Sarah say, breaking me from my thoughts. I blinked my eyes and focused them on her. "Here," she said holding out an outfit. "Put these on."

She held a black corset type bustier and faded low rise jeans. They were obviously going to make sure I was sexy tonight. A part of me didn't mind because it wanted to get laid and fast. I hadn't had a man in over a year. In that time B.O.B. and I had gotten very close, though. I giggled at that thought. B.O.B. was my "Battery operated buddy".

I quickly got dressed and went over to my closet and got out shoes that would match this outfit perfectly. They were black platforms with three inch heels. Once I had those on my feet I grabbed my silver "Dream" necklace and heart bracelet and slipped them on. I picked my cell phone up off the table next to my bed and slipped it in my pocket.

I walked out of the room. My friends following close behind. They probably wanted to make sure I finished getting ready in a timely fashion.

Half an hour later we were at the club. We lived in Seattle, Washington so this club was rather large compared to some. It was almost ten so the club was already filling up. Once we had paid our way in, I walked straight up to the bar. I needed a drink. I wasn't too sure if I would be able to make it through the night if I didn't have lots of alcohol in my system.

I walked up to the bar and watched as the cute bartender made his way over to me. "What can I get for you tonight, beautiful?" he asked me. I blushed. No one had ever called me that.

"Just a 'Sex on the beach', please." He smirked as he got me my drink.

He handed me my drink and I paid him. I turned and saw that Sarah and Amie had already found some guys to dance with. I was jealous for a moment that they could be so free. I could never just dance with any guy that came up to me.

I downed my drink, got another and walked out onto the dance floor. I figured I might as well try too have fun while I was here. I made my way into the mass of bodies on the floor next to my best friends and just started dancing. Kesha's "We R Who We R" came on. It made me think of my friends.

The three of us used to do this all the time. We always came to the club together. I was a great dancer at one time. Now, though, I wasn't so positive. I did my best though. I worked my hips and tried to look sexy, tried to look like I knew what I was doing.

I suddenly felt someone come up behind me and start dancing with me. I felt their arms come around my waist. My mystery partner started moving with me. I bent in front of him and worked my ass into his groin. I didn't care if I knew him or not, I was here to have fun, right? So why not do whatever I wanted for once in my life?

I worked myself into him and he didn't seem to mind if the growing pressure against my ass and his fingers pushing into my hips was any indication. I smiled to myself and started pushing myself harder.

I caught Sarah's eye. "Is he hot?" I mouthed to her. She quickly nodded her head at me and I smiled again.

As the song ended and Nelly's "Just a Dream" came on I turned to face him. It wasn't a really fast song so I put my arms around his neck. While I positioned myself so that his leg was between mine, I smiled at him. He wasn't just hot. He was sexy as hell. I ground myself into his leg. He bent down so his lips were right next to my ear. "I'm Emmett."

"I'm Kate," I replied. The feel of his hot breath against my sensitive skin, sent shivers along my spine that I hadn't felt in a long time.

I continued to grind myself on his leg and sway my hips to the music. Again his lips were at my ear. "Sexy, if you keep that up I'm gonna nut in my pants."

I couldn't help that smile that came to my lips any more than I could stop the giggle that escaped them. This was a night for firsts. I had never been called "beautiful" or "sexy" and never in my life had I brought a man to the point where he almost came in his pants.

The song ended and he walked me over to the bar. I sat on the stool and reveled in the feeling of his hand at the base of my back. He smiled at me and asked what I wanted.

"Sex on the beach," I answered with out thinking what I was really saying.

He smirked at me and lowered himself so he could speak in my ear yet again. "Oh, honey, that can be arranged." I blushed, looking away shyly before he could see the blush that quickly rose to my cheeks. I felt his fingers rubbing my cheek. I slowly looked up to meet his eyes. "You're absolutely gorgeous when you do that. You know that?"

I whispered, "Thank you."

"Now what do you want….. To drink?"

"Sex on the beach, please."

He bought my drinks the rest of the night and never left my side. At around two in the morning, Sarah and Amie came up to me. "You ready to leave?" Amie asked me as I continued dancing with Emmett.

I nodded at her and looked at Emmett. "I need to go. It was nice meeting you."

He grabbed my hand. "Let me walk you to your car at least." I shyly nodded and the four of us walked out of the club into the glorious fresh air. I hadn't realized how stuffy and congested it was in the club until I walked into the parking lot.

"It was nice meeting you tonight, Emmett. It was great dancing with you," I said to him once we were at Amie's car.

"Trust me, it was all my pleasure. Maybe we can get together some time? Hang out? Maybe I can take you to dinner?"

"Maybe." I handed him my phone. "Give me your number." He quickly added his number to my contacts. When he handed it back to me, I called his phone so he would have my number too. "Give me a call sometime," I told him with a wink. I climbed into the car.

And the interrogation began. "So what's big guy's name?" Sarah asked, turning around in her seat so she could face me.

"Emmett," I said from the backseat. I stared out the window, watching the night fly by, and I could feel the smile on my face as I said his name.

"what's he like?" Amie asked me.

"He's so sweet. He never tried to kiss me or anything. He bought all my drinks. He's a gentleman."

"Exactly what you need, if you ask me," Sarah told me.

Amie nodded. "So are you gonna call him?"

"I don't know, Amie. I mean I just met him and after what happened last year, I'm nervous about guys."

I watched as their faces fell. They knew exactly what I meant and why I felt that way. Even though tonight had been wonderful; and I had Emmett to thank for that; I knew it wouldn't be too long before the darkness descended again.