A/n So school's started up again, and while that means I have less time than ever on my hands, it also means I'll be reintegrating Fanfiction back into my life to try and keep me at least partially sane for the next 8 months. I know everybody would rather see me post the next chapter to Knowledge & Power, something I promise I will do soon, but I just wanted to do this because firstly I stumbled across some old notebooks that I had a brief summary for some new story ideas that I didn't know I had come up with which is always an exciting find, and secondly because I just wanted to get back into the flow of writing again with something minor (that ironically turned out to actually be huge at least by one-shot standards and take up a lot of my time).
This was originally intended to be a quick one-shot. As you can see, I got a little carried away. Thus the divisions in odd places. I tried to make it as seamless a cut off as I could, but it's actually something that's quite difficult to do after the fact, breaking up into chapters that is. Also because of this, the action doesn't really happen until the next chapter so stay tuned. I should have it up in the next couple of days after I finish some editing on it. I hope you all enjoy this nevertheless.
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One doesn't forget their first kiss. Somebody important-I think-once said that but I can't remember exactly who. It doesn't matter if you are 11 or 21, that moment and that person will be permanently ingrained into your memory. That is, as long as you can remember who they were. For Lily Evans, my best girlfriend in the world, well she might have to blush and admit that she really doesn't even know the last name of the first boy she kissed. Nevertheless, that doesn't mean she's going to forget the encounter. Unless of course, the drinks that she had been pounding back earlier in the night had any effect on her mental capacity.
Contrary to popular beliefs, Lily Evan's first kiss was no in fact with the person that everybody thought it had been. Her first kiss was with some guy named James, but no, James Potter had been no where in the vicinity when his dream girl had found herself lock lipped with a boy for the first time. Now, are you confused yet? How do I know all this you may ask, well the answer is very simple? For I was sitting across from her in the dark club as the events of the evening rapidly began to unfolded.
Your first question is probably nothing about who I am, and rightfully so. You just want to hear the story of our good-girl gone bad, but I feel like I owe you all first an explanation. Or better yet, a disclaimer, for I am not who you may think of me to be. Lily and I go way back. We attended nursery school together when we were just wee. Then the wonders of primary school awaited us. We never got to move onto our next adventure together however, because one day Lily's family decided to send her off to some far off place to Boarding School. I never understood why, and nobody ever bothered to fill me in on the reasoning behind this decision, but oh well. Lily and I make up for lost time in the summer months, and that was exactly what we were doing on the night we stumbled into our next adventure as life-long friends.
The second part of my disclaimer consists of me admitting that at this time, I wasn't away that anybody by the name of James Potter actually excited on this great island we call home. Maybe it was naive of me to believe that Lily and I could just pick up our friendship like no time had passed, but that's what I had hoped for, and always believed to be happening.
Currently I am only one of few who know of the wilder side of the good natured, rule abiding, red-head that we all know and love, but I would like that to change. So let me take you on a journey, back to a night where memories were made…
Lily was standing in front of the floor length mirror that had been affixed to the back of the door. Intently she was studying herself. Inch by inch, as if looking for flaws. The only ones that could be found however, were those of her own mind playing tricks on her, for she did look stunning. Not a hair out of place, except those that were intentionally left to flutter off in a random direction.
The black skirt she had on would have made her father curse in disgust, for it lacked the inches and bulk that would have made a father of a teenage daughter able to sleep soundly at night. Her top was also cut far to low for her to attend church in. Thankfully that was not what she was about to do though. It was Friday night, and not Sunday morning. Sins could be recounted on Sunday, and after the way the weekend was shaping up, the sins would be plentiful.
"I wish I had better shoes to wear than these," Lily huffed, as she unwillingly placed her feet into a pair of flats. While heels would have made her outfit look all the better, her feet would be thanking her at the end of the night that they had been placed in a more forgiving pair of shoes.
Lily's face was all natural. She had forgone the look of heavy make-up that so many of the teens of the day were into. Instead she had placed her trust in her own beauty to make her stand out. Much unlike her muggle friend who was currently in the bathroom, huddled over the sink, rapidly applying heavy layers of lipstick and eye makeup.
The clock was ticking, the two friends had arranged to meet up with a group of people at one of the guy's houses, before going downtown. If they didn't leave shortly they would surely be late.
After a few disagreements about which colour shirt was better and necklace or no necklace, the girls were out the door. It was the last weekend of summer and so dusk had fallen much earlier than everyone was used to, and bringing with it the chill of fall.
Lily pulled her light cover up tighter around her shoulders. She knew that when she got to where they were going she would be pleased to not have a bulky jumper to lug around, but currently she was regretting it.
Luckily the walk to where they were meeting everyone wasn't too far away. Just a couple of blocks.
The people they were meeting were new friends of Melinda, Lily's friend. Lily had never met any of them before, but according to Melinda, they were very nice people and a lot of fun. Lily wasn't so sure about the a lot of fun part. Usually she associated that descriptive word with the partier's of Hogwarts, but she was trying to keep an open mind in regard to the evening. She had never gone out like this with friends, with the main goal being at the end of the night to see how much you had drank. Lily wasn't all that sure about it, but she'd vowed to give it a shot. You never knew what could come out of it after all. At least she'd have Melinda with her. While Melinda was more easy going and willing to let loose, she still had that little voice in the back off her mind that was telling her that bad things could happen to girls that let themselves party to hard. Therefore, before leaving Melinda's place, both girls had agreed that if ever either of them wanted to leave, they would both do so together.
Where they were meeting up with the rest of their entourage was at a flat in a rather large apartment complex. The two girls stood awkwardly in the lobby as they waited for the lift to come and retrieve them. It was an odd feeling for Lily to be standing waiting for a machine to come, when the stairs were just right beside them, but Lily kept her thoughts to herself. Only in the wizarding world was it common place to have students hike from the dungeons to the tallest tower, with the only assistance being their own two feet.
After the lift had deposited them on the proper floor Lily voiced one of the thoughts that had been rolling around in her head, "Will their parent's be home?"
It wasn't a stupid question, but the look that Melinda shot back towards Lily made her seriously question her judgment.
"Of course not, they don't live with their parents any longer."
Momentarily confused, Lily tried to piece it all together. Either Melinda's new best buds were teenage run-aways, also known as the bad kids, or they were much older. Turns out the latter was the true answer. It appeared that Lily knew less about her friend than she thought, but she just kept repeating her mantra over and over again in her mind to just go with it, for once. She couldn't help but wonder though, where Melinda had met these people at.
The flat that the girls entered into was not overly generous in terms of space, but what it lacked for in square footage it surely made up for with the view. Or what surely must be an awesome view when it was daytime. They living area was in the far corner of the apartment and two of the walls were straight windows. It must become unbearably stuffy in their during the heat of the summer, when the sun bore down on the room for hours upon hours creating a makeshift greenhouse.
After noting the basic layout of the place, the next thing that caught Lily's attention was the people that were sprawled out on the armchairs and sofa in the small seating area. Sitting cuddled up in one of the chairs was a couple that introduced themselves with a grin, but Lily quickly forgot their names as soon as she was bombarded by an onslaught of names by everyone else in the near vicinity.
It took her a moment, but finally Lily gathered her wits about her and smiled and proceeded to relax just a little bit. Melinda slipped off into one of the bedrooms and Lily quickly followed in her footsteps. She was still a little bit too shy to be left alone in that sea of new people.
Off the kitchen in the room that Melinda had disappeared into a guy was placing shirts out on his bed.
"Which one should I wear?" he sheepishly asked the two girls.
Lily fought back a chuckle. It was painfully obvious that he wasn't comfortable with this whole scene either, so that made Lily feel a little bit more at ease.
As the next ten minutes or so passed by, Lily came to realize that she was not the only one who was not familiar with the whole going out scene. Even though the friends of Melinda's had upon first glance appeared to be very confident, it was becoming increasingly apparent that they were all more of the studious type, just like Lily, who wanted to say that they had gone out to experience the city's night life at least once in their life.
Upon further conversations with those around her Lily was informed that yes they were indeed older, but some not by much. Some of them, such as the couple sitting in the armchair were finishing up their last year of school and then next year they'd be moving onto University. The group of guys whose flat they were currently standing in were just about to begin their second year of university. So Lily began to feel right at home. Or at least as much as she could feel in a world that she really hadn't permanently resided in for about five years.
While everyone at first had appeared to be pretty sober, despite the littering of bottles on the kitchen table, the next person to enter the room was well on his way to not remembering the events of his night.
"Hey I'm Ty, short for Tyler you know, but you can call me either, I don't really mind," his shirt was slightly unbuttoned at the top and his hair was kind of scruffy, but overall he didn't look to bad.
Even despite the fact that he was obviously already drunk, or at least tipsy, Lily couldn't help but have a little tingling of desire. Not many people knew this about her, only her best friends at Hogwarts had recently found this out, but Lily had never been kissed before. That was probably the main reason why she had relented to Melinda's badgering about going out, because deep down she wanted her first kiss. All of the girls in her dorm had had multiple kisses and several had even moved onto multiple boyfriends. Lily however had not experienced anything like that and it was driving her absolutely mental. It always seemed to be in the back of her mind that maybe she'd be the person to die, having never had an intimate moment with a boy.
Ironically at this point, Lily was not looking for an intimate moment. All she really wanted to do was to get her first kiss out of the way and so when she actually found somebody special-if in fact she ever did-her first kiss with him would not be uncomfortable and awkward. Most people would say that was not the proper way to go about doing things. They'd say that if the guy really cared about you it wouldn't matter how inexperienced you were, but Lily knew that not to be true. Or at least that's what she had made herself believe. She fully stood by her decision that it would be better to kiss a stranger that you had no connection with and could walk away, without hearing about how bad a kisser you were, or worse. It was better to detach yourself first rather than suffer disappointment.
So that was pretty much the reason why Lily was tagging along in a nutshell, because what better place to snag a random guy than at a pub? But as Lily stood back and observed Ty, she began to think that maybe something might just happen if she worked it a little. The problem with that idea though was that she really didn't know how to work it, that was how inexperienced she was.
Before she knew it everybody was gathered around the table and Ty was pouring shots with an easy hand that only a few drinks could give a person. He spun around and noticed Lily leaned up against the wall and grinned, "Can I get you a drink?"
She shook her head in response and thankfully he didn't pressure her. It was something Lily instantly liked about this group. They accepted no as an answer. Back at Hogwarts, after a successful Quidditch game, or something of the like, people would literally try to pin you down and pour a drink down your throat even if you didn't want it. This gesture made Lily appreciate that maybe she really wasn't in for as much trouble as she had originally thought the evening would entail.
The reason she had turned down the drink in the first place was not due to her not wishing to drink at all. She was going to drink, once they got to where they were going, but in moderation. If there was one thing Lily liked to know, was that she would be able to find her way home if something bad should arise, or even just make it off the streets and to bed safely after a good night. These thoughts were especially prevalent due to the fact that this was the first time Lily had gone out to party. Everything that she had done up until that point had just been in the Gryffindor Common Room, and well if you passed out at the bottom of the stairs, you might wake up with some funny scribbling on your face and a sore neck, but you wouldn't find yourself soaking wet in a gutter, or worse.
After everyone finished their shot and a few of the girls stopped moaning about how much it burned, Ty turned on Lily again. Obviously having forgotten that he had just offered her a drink that she declined, he did so again, "What can I get you? A shot or there's always water if you're not drinking."
Lily grinned this time in response. He definitely was cute and very considerate actually, "No thanks," she chuckled, "but I appreciate how good a host you are being."
What came out of his mouth next temporarily shocked LIly.
"Oh no, this isn't my place but I still want to make sure everyone's taken care of," he said this has he sauntered over to stand beside her. All the while a goofy grin was plastered across his face.
She didn't know whether to laugh that he felt so at home at somebody else's place or be shocked that a guy was responsible enough to understand what the term good host meant at all. Nevertheless, it was definitely a turning point for Lily, because from that point on she felt right at home with this group of new friends.
Yes, the people that she was surrounded by were quite a bit older than she was, and they were also only muggles, but there was something special about them. Maybe it was the way that they welcomed a complete stranger into their midst, just like she was one of their own. It sure made Lily believe that there was still good people out there hiding in the world. While Lily loved her friends to pieces back at Hogwarts, there always seemed to be something missing in their friendship on random days of the week. Sure Lily was not a party girl, but her friends at school had never eased her gently into it, like this group was doing. At the castle it was either go big or go home when you were partying and that always made Lily uncomfortable. What was unfolding currently around her was quite the opposite. She was no longer nervous to go out, and on the contrary she was looking forward to getting downtown as soon as possible.
Before she knew it the group was gathering up their belongings and heading towards the door. The guy that had earlier required their assistance in picking out his shirt was counting heads as they made their way out of the building and down the block.
"Does everyone have their money for the buses and anything else that may come in useful for the night," he was calling out over the excited chatter of their mob.
Melinda leaned over to Lily and quietly said, "Ahh Danny is such a worrier. This is not really his scene, but he agreed to come along and you can just see that he's going to be doing head counts all night to ensure everybody is safe and accounted for."
Lily nodded to show her understanding, but the whole while she kept repeating the name Danny over and over again in her mind. That was two names that she could link to faces now. Ty, the cute one and Danny the one doing head counts. Oddly enough, Lily was finding similarities between these people and the people she knew back at Hogwarts. Danny was definitely exactly like Remus, and for better or for worse Ty was reminding her of Sirius Black. It was rather unfortunate that Lily made the latter connection in her mind, because suddenly Ty did not seem as attractive as he originally had.
"So where are we off to exactly," Lily turned to one of the few girls of the group who was walking beside her.
"Oh I don't exactly know," she giggled, apparently she too was a few drinks into her evening, "but I'm sure Danny could tell you. He's got this whole evening planned out down to the ten minute intervals. He'll probably show you our schedule if you ask him. He's keeping it in his pants pocket…" her sentence trailed off and so did she as she suddenly slowed her pace and fell to the back of the group.
Danny was currently occupied and so Lily decided her need for information wasn't that important. They'd end up where they ended up and there wasn't much she could do to change that. After all she was not a frequent flyer in the muggle world and so she really was unaware of what was currently the hip thing to do on a Friday night on the town. That being said, nobody probably would have agreed to go with her suggestions because they mostly entailed going for a butterbeer, which sadly did not exist in the muggle corner of the world.
They walked for nearly ten minutes, winding through the streets of the neighbourhoods that Lily used to be incredibly familiar with. She had grown up playing hide and seek in the park off to their right, and had learned to ride her bike just a couple blocks away in a quite, paved alley. It sure did bring back memories whenever she returned to this area.
Eventually they reached the correct bus stop and amazingly enough the bus pulled up just as they arrived. They couldn't have planned for better timing. Everybody piled onto the bus and made their way to the back, for it was still quite empty. This would only last for a few more stops, before suddenly the bus was standing room only and rocking from the boisterous cheers of the group of University students that had just boarded.
"Ah, it's the first weekend where everybody's back together. It's been months since people have seen everybody so we're guaranteed to have a good night. Especially when you factor in that for the summer months everyone moves back in with their parents. Now it's time for the freedom to finally resume," Ty laughed from his seat that was two seats away from Lily's. Melinda sat between the two of them.
For the next half an hour or so, the bus travelled along, picking up and depositing passengers at their desired stops. Lily's ears were already ringing from all the noise, as the group of guys suddenly started to sing at the top of their lungs. It was an interesting display to say the least, and it partially reminded Lily of the last years Quidditch Finals that took place between Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff. It had been a disappointing year for Gryffindor Quidditch, and one that would definitely not be spoken of again. Nevertheless, the student population had all gathered to cheer on their favourite or next favourite teams, and the stands were filled with joyful cheers, chants and song. None of it was fuelled by alcohol however, while that was mainly what the passengers of the bus were running on at the moment.
Throughout the better part of the bus ride, Melinda sat in deep conversation with Ty. They laughed and joked and pretty much excluded Lily from the conversation, not that she really minded. She wasn't feeling all that up to making conversation due to the fact that a sudden wave of exhaustion had suddenly overcome her. She had been up earlier, very early actually. Her parents and her had caught one of the first trains into London so they could get into Diagon Alley to buy Lily's next set of required books, and a few extras that were not required or even optional reading. They'd finished their shopping by lunch time, had a bite to eat and then started out on their return journey home. It was the four hours spend sitting on a train to complete the round trip that really made Lily envious of those families that were hooked up to the Floo Network or could simply apparate.
They had pretty much just made it home in time for Lily to throw some items in an overnight bag and head off to Melinda's house for their annual end of summer sleepover. Their traditional celebration had taken a turn however this year. No longer did the night consist of popcorn and an endless stack of the newest blockbusters. It had taken on a much more adult form of entertainment.
Lily stifled a yawn. If she didn't get off the bus soon, she'd probably fall asleep, and wouldn't that just be another sad story in her life for people to laugh at. So to keep herself from drifting off, Lily tried to focus her attention on what Melinda and Ty were discussing. The problem was, she could only hear every second word because of the noise level in the cramped space. From what she could make out however, Melinda and Ty were doing just fine. Better than fine actually, or so it appeared. They seemed so at ease with each other that their interactions suddenly caused something to click in Lily's now overly tired brain.
Melinda had said as they were getting ready that she had been asked out by a couple of guys that she really had a lot in common with. At a separate point in time, Melinda had also said to Lily that this group of new friends were really easy to feel like you fit in simply because she had so much in common with them. Unfortunately Lily's heart sank. She's pieced two and two together, and it was becoming apparent that there was no way she could be searching for an intimate moment tonight with Ty, if he indeed was the guy that Melinda had been talking about.
Before Lily really had a chance to process what she had just concluded, the bus pulled up to a stop and Danny jumped up. This caused a domino effect and before anybody had a chance to say anything more, they were standing out on the sidewalk in silence. Apparently the group of party boys were going onto the next stop, which as everyone began to look around, they realized it was probably the proper stop that they should have got off at. Oh well, a walk had never killed anyone.
Because nobody could manage to walk at the same pace, Lily and Melinda soon found themselves slightly separated from the rest of their entourage. It was the perfect opportunity for Lily to ask Melinda a question.
"So, you were saying earlier about going out on a couple of dates with some new guys?"
"Ah-hmm," Melinda acknowledged that she was listening, without actually showing that she was truly hearing what her friend was saying.
Lily trudged on regardless of Melinda's lack of enthusiasm. It was odd, because if Lily was pressed for details about being asked out on a date, never mind two, she would surely find herself bouncing up and down in her seat with excitement. But that was the main difference between Melinda and Lily. Melinda got asked out all the time, whereas Lily had only ever been on one date, maybe two, but she wasn't quite sure if she should actually call it a date at all. Needless to say, it was almost easier for Lily to just simply say she had no history with guys.
"I'm just wondering, if either of the guys were here tonight?"
Melinda turned to Lily and proved that she had indeed been listening by reply, "No, they aren't. Why do you ask?"
"Oh, well," Lily didn't quite know what to say. She couldn't exactly say that she was just checking in case Ty made a move on her that she was allowed to respond to him without going into the dangerous area of causing a fight with her friend, "I was just thinking that you and Ty looked like you had a connection back there. I would have thought he was the one you were going to go out with."
"No, it wasn't him who asked me," she replied quietly.
"I think it may be coming soon though," Lily added, although she mentally kicked herself afterwards. That was definitely not what she wanted to happen. She didn't want him to be interested in Melinda. Lily wanted for once a guy to look at her and another girl and decide to approach herself. It had yet to happen in Lily's life. Why had she said to Melinda what she had just found herself saying? Was it simply to make sure that Melinda had no feelings for him, because surely she could be into him, without him having asked her out. It was all just so stressful this business with relationships and even flings for that matter. As much as Lily yearned to be a part of something, maybe she truly was just better off with only herself to take care of.
It turned out that although they had got off the bus at the wrong stop, they weren't too many blocks away from where they had hoped to be. In all, the walk took a grand total of two minutes. Two and a half if you were wanting to be precise, but who really cared. Basically it only allowed for Lily and Melinda's quick conversation before they rounded the corner onto the bustling, well lit street.
To Lily, it was like she'd stepped into another world. Something she was actually all to familiar with doing. It had been years since she had been down this part of town, but that had been in the day. By the light of day, this area had appeared to be run down and dirty, and not exactly a place you wanted to spend much time around. At night however, music was pounding out of the open doors of pubs and clubs and every building was lit up by some colour scheme of neon lights. While it was still relatively early, at least by partying standards, the street was already quite busy. Ironically however, even though the street was closed to traffic, nobody was walking down the road. Instead they were sticking to the sidewalks. It was an interesting phenomenon to see, and Lily figured at some point some person had to have done a study on the things that were ingrained into people's minds.
Just to shake things up a little, the people who were leading the group decided to step off the sidewalk and move onto the empty street. As everyone walked and looked around in wonder, Lily noticed a group of girls all dressed up in costumes. One of the guys who was walking beside Lily also noticed them as well.
"Look at that," he remarked, his confusion was clearly etched onto his face, "why would they dress up like that?"
It was at that point that Lily saw the white material hanging from the back of one of the girls heads. It was a makeshift veil of sorts.
"It's a bachelorette party," Lily explained to the confused yet still curious guy, who finally nodded in understanding.
As they made it to the other side of the street, Lily noticed the blinking sign off the place that was their final destination. She had heard some of the guys talking about it as they had walked to the bus stop, and there it was.
The sign said The Palace, in elegant script, and while the name sounded tacky it fit in well with the places around it which were named Bling and Sun Set.
Something was thrust into Lily's hand without her realizing what was going on, and when she looked down, she saw a tiny ticket stub that had Free Entry written across it. Of course, she had forgotten, if they were going to a club you had to pay to get in. Luckily enough for everyone, the guys that had organized the outing had been stocking up on free admission passes and they were handing them out for their friends and friends of friends.
The other benefit to the Free Entry Tickets were that they also received VIP treatment, or at least while waiting to get in they did. This consisted of not having to wait in the line that was beginning to grow, and well that was pretty much it. It didn't spare them from having to be frisked by a large man standing at the door, nor having him look through their purses. A lump instantly formed in Lily's throat when she saw the guys in front of her being frisked. Luckily enough for her, when it got to be her turn, the fact that she was wearing extremely tight clothes was enough for the bouncer to be sure that she was not packing anything into the building that she shouldn't be.
The funny part about it was, when he opened her purse to look in it, he only looked in one side. On the back side of the bag, was a zipper that accessed the other half of the purse. She could have easily snuck something in, in that pocket and that made her a little uneasy. She mentioned this to Melinda who just shrugged her shoulders and said, "I guess he just didn't see it."
Why bother searching things then, Lily thought, if you aren't going to do it thoroughly?
As soon as they pushed their way through the double glass doors, the lights that were once so bright out on the strip, instantly dimmed. Instead of the multi-colourness of outside, the inside was dark with a subtle blue tinge. Lily saw the guys who had gone in before them, leaning up against the wall and so she walked over to stand with them. Melinda was the last of the group to arrive and so when she finally made it to their assembling station, they all set off again. To their right was a tight spiral staircase that wound its way up to a second floor. Half of the group split off and embarked on a different adventure, to the upstairs region. The rest of them continued to walk into the heart of the club. On the far wall was a stage that was surrounded by speakers. The centre of the room was just empty space, that later in the night would be utilized as a dance floor. Currently however, the area was deserted. The only people that were there already were leaning up against the bar or the few surrounding tables. The bar was back-lit by a wall of blue glass with lights behind it, and all the bottles were situated on shelves attached to the glass.
Without realizing what she was doing, Lily did a complete 360 turn. Once she made it all the way around, she realized what she had just done, and blushed in embarrassment. She'd done exactly what she had been trying all night not to do, which was seem like an inexperienced child. What she had noticed during her rotation that she had initially missed upon her first scan of the room was the closed off area that was to her far left. It was a few steps up from the dance floor and was lit up differently then the rest of the place. There were a few tables on the one side of this VIP area, and the rest of the area consisted of couches and lounges that were separated by long, billowing, lacy drapes for privacy. At the entrance area was a miniature bar, with a single bartender preparing the glassware for the later crowds. Lily wondered how much extra it costed to be allowed access to that privileged area.
Without realizing what was happening around her, Lily had missed that the rest of her group had made their way already across the empty dance floor. They were currently disappearing up a staircase that was at the back of the building on the exact opposite end from where they had entered. With a final quick glance around, Lily hurried off after them. She caught up with them at the top of the staircase, which opened up into a balcony area that overlooked the dance floor. Just as the bar was set up below, there was the exact same set up on the upper floor as well. Down to the blue glass and everything. What differed there from downstairs however was that right at the top of the stairs were two couches set up to face each other with a long, low coffee table in between them. This area too was surrounded by mesh draperies.
As Lily walked by the little seating area she had this instant pang of realization that that area was set up in the dark part of the club so people could have a place to go and snog.
What she couldn't see when she looked around the balcony area, was the other half of their group. They must have come up the staircase at the other end, and then retreated back down right away.
Realizing that nothing much was happening at the club yet, the five people that made up Lily's group headed back downstairs. They met up with the others out by the door. One of the guys that Lily had not been formally introduced to yelled over the music, "there's a pretty decent pub just a few doors down. We're going to go and get some drinks there and then head back this way? You guys coming?"
Everyone agreed that that was probably a good idea, and probably the idea that everyone else who was out partying for the night had had. So, they pushed through the doors and found themselves once again out on the brightly lit street. Again Lily found her stomach give a little flutter. She couldn't believe she was really doing this. She'd just been inside a club and now she was heading off to a bar for drinks with some friends. It was so totally unlike her, but amazingly enough she was enjoying herself immensely already, even though just little things had been occurring. It was more the expectation of what was to come that was fuelling her excitement. She hoped it wouldn't be a let down, but for awhile it would appear that it was going to go that way. That is, until everything took a turn for the shall we say, more eventful.
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a/n So what did you guys think so far? Yeah I know this was a build up with no big events occurring but stay tuned for the more "interesting" events and as always, please let me know what you think. Thanks!