The week with my sisters went by quickly-maybe a little quicker than I would have liked- with more fighting coming from both of them than usual. I tried to make them stop fighting but it wouldn't have mattered either way, they would still be mad even if they did stop fighting and then none of us would have been talking. I didn't want to waste my breath on something I knew was going to continue no matter what I did to try to obstruct it. The last day Charlotte and I were with my baby sister she cried. Not because we were leaving but because Charlotte was picking on her and being a real Butt head- which I had expected from her as usual. I almost didn't want to go and leave Elisa by herself after what Charlotte had said to her. But knowing Charlotte she would get even madder if I wasn't going to go with her.
On the bright side of all of this I had seen my father smile for the first time in a long time sense it happened which was not only good for me to see but for Elis also. His frown marks were turned upside down for once and I saw the light in his eyes spark back to life, it reminded me why I still loved him.
"I'll just be gone for two months." I promised Elisa trying to make her feel better. She was sad that I was going but she was also happy that Charlotte was leaving.
"But that's two months to long." She mumbled in my shoulder when I bent down to give her a hug at the airport. I stroked her light brown hair-almost blond- and hugged her tightly then pulled away and smiled. Her cheeks were stained with tears from on the way here.
"Dad has my phone number, Elisa. You can call me whenever. Ok?" she was looking down, I obviously wasn't making her feel any better, but at least I was trying rather than purposely avoiding her like Charlotte was now demonstrating. Her eyes were full of sadness-a look I had not only seen in her eyes but in my fathers as well.
I looked up at my father who nodded and bent down to pick up Elisa. I stood up straight and turned around to meet my two friends that were coming with us along with Charlotte's friend who liked to drink just as much as she did. They looked the same in ways; with their long hair and slutty looks they could almost pass off as twins.
"Come on, our plane was just called we need to get on." Charlotte said not bothering to say her goodbyes to our little sister. Charlotte's best goodbye was to pat Elis on the head careful not to say a word to her knowing if they even tried to be social they would end up in a fight again.
My friend Athena looped her arm through mine and pulled me along with her and the small group to the entrance of the plane. I had guessed my father and Elisa went right after we stepped foot on the plane because when I looked back for them they weren't their to wave goodbye to, which was probably for the best for Elisa's sake. Walking on the plane was easy it was just the part that we would be up in the air for Six hours and twenty-five minutes that would be hard for me. I could barely stay still for twenty minutes at the latest but six hours? That was way too much for me.
"You seem nervous." Charlotte's friend Artmis noticed. She was leaning over the arm of her chair and into the isle just to talk to me. I wasn't in the mood to talk to her right now, and at least I could stand Charlotte I couldn't even speak to Artmis without using a tone.
I glanced at her then back at my hands not sure how to reply.
She laughed an interesting laugh and reached across the isle to pat me on the shoulder. "Don't worry, in a couple of hours we'll be rubbing against hot guys in Vegas." She laughed again leaning back in her seat.
Rolling my eyes I turned away from the slut and to my friends who were talking. I tried to occupy myself with things so I wouldn't freak out and it worked pretty well until a man behind me asked a flight attendant how much longer until we landed. The lady's response was in three hours which was again way to long for me. From there the plane ride was so boring and that made it hard for me to stay still. When the light above came on telling us to put on our seat belts and I heard the pilots voice come from the speakers above, to say we were now landing I was relieved to hear we wouldn't be on the plane for much longer.
"Oh god, it feels so good to be out from a sitting position." Said my other friend Faith, who I had also taken along with me on this trip.
"Where do you guys want to go first?" Artmis inquired looking at her perfectly done fingernails. I bet she thought she was too perfect. Her brown hair in big curls that must have had way too much hair spray in, it didn't even flatten on the way here. She was already dressed in her slutty clothes used for partying as was my sister. You didn't need to have to talk to Artmis to know she had attitude in her.
"Club!" Charlotte laughed. I was wondering if she had, had a couple of drinks while she was on the plane. She was acting weird and she was talking the way she always did when she was only a little bit tipsy.
"Don't you want to go to the hotel first to drop our stuff off?" I asked picking up her bags and handing them to her as if she had forgotten.
Charlotte looked at me, with annoyance showing at the corners of her mouth. Why was she getting annoyed at me though? I didn't know. All I had said was we should go drop off our things so we wouldn't have to carry them around to wherever we went. I think that was reasonable enough, it was nothing to get annoyed about.
"Fine, we'll go to the hotel first and then we'll go to the club." She turned on her high heels and walked in the direction of the door swaying her hips the whole way while the rest of us followed like dogs.
I called for two cabs-one for me and my friends and one for my sister and Artmis. Not that I didn't want to share a cab with them-which was the impression my sister had gotten-but because there would be no room for all of us to fit.
Charlotte's cab followed behind mine as the cab drivers took us to the hotel Picasso. It was a nice hotel and looked quality which was always nice. We walked in the building with guys staring at mostly Charlotte and Artmis only because of the way they were dressed. If this place didn't have so many clubs and bars I bet people would have assumed those two were prostitutes.
I walked up to the guy at the counter to check us in. "Night." I said my last name to him as he looked me up and down then back up to meet my eyes again.
He shook his head and looked down at the computer. "Right, here we go." He said and walked to the back wall to get a golden key that had our room number scrawled across the front in black letters. This guy looked bored, not bored in the sense of wanting to kill himself because of the job he had but, bored because of the way he looked. He wasn't the best looking guy out here and I knew he knew that. His average looks wouldn't get him stares from girls as he walked down the street but one day maybe he would meet a girl to look past his dorkish looks and take him in for his personality instead.
This guy's nose stuck out like a chimney and he had a lazy eye that wasn't dreadfully noticeable but if you looked closely you could defiantly tell. He looked like he hadn't taken a shower in three or four days because of the grease you could see reflecting off the light in the room. I felt bad for the guy, heck he didn't even have a nametag.
He handed my two room keys-again one for my sister and one for me. He dropped them in my hand and turning to the next person in line.
"Come on lets go quickly, it's already eight. We should be at the club by now." Artmis snapped at me when I was walking to slow.
I rolled my eyes and pressed the button on the elevator to level three. "Don't worry, you guys will have enough time to get drunk alright? Just calm down." I said as we stepping into the elevator which was quite large.
Our rooms were easy to find. We had them right next to each other so it wouldn't be hard to find each other when we needed. But then again maybe having our rooms right next to each other wasn't such a great idea. Then again I was sure having our rooms by each other wasn't a good idea. I knew Charlotte would definitely be having a guy over maybe more than one at a time and I didn't think we were going to get any sleep.
I barely had time to even drop my bags to the ground before Charlotte was yelling at us to get going. "Come on lets go we don't have all night."
"You're right, but we have all two months so calm down." Faith snapped at my sister letting the annoyance color her tone.
Still Charlotte protested and practically pushed us out of the room and shut the door behind us then dragging me and my friends back to the elevator door were we waited for it to open and let us in.
"Charlotte, relax please. You're going to hurt somebody. "Athena said ripping her arm out of Charlotte's grip and moving to the side.
"Yea, we're going to get their soon enough so just relax." Faith added walking into the elevator.
"Just remember, Charlotte. You're not here to hook up with guys. If you want to then you first have to break up with the one you have." I warned her.
She shot a glare at me and I knew she wasn't going to follow my directions. She almost never did.
Charlotte rushed us out to a couple of cabs and shoved us in then getting in one for her self. "I don't see why we couldn't have just walked. It's right down the street." Faith complained.
"Charlotte is just… anxious that's all. In an hour or so she will be drunk and we're going to have to get her and Artmis back to the hotel. Now I'm not so concerned about getting my sister out but Artmis can get a little fussy when she doesn't get her way." I said looking out the window. "So in other words, don't let her drink to much."
"Doesn't that sound like fun?" Athena said her sarcasm a bit off. She leaned her head against the back of the seat shutting her eyes probably wishing for the best at what was about to come.
"Well, here we are ladies." The man driving us stopped the yellow car right in front of the curb.
I handed him the money and climbed out of the car with the others. "Ok, lets go in." Artmis said excided. I walked past them and opened the door to the club.
In the building it was warmer than outside and the lights were down low making it so I had to strain my eyes in order not to lose my sister who was now in front of me.
There were couches and chairs pushed to the sides of the walls and a bunch of little tables with girls and guys sitting. The music was booming in my head like I had my earphones in and they were turned to the fullest volume on my I pod. Pool tables I could see were in the back corners and there was money on the tables were people were playing. In the middle of the dance floor there were girls rubbing against guys and some were dancing in groups of people switching around to another person every chance they got.
There was a D.J on top of a plat form were you had to climb three flights of stairs in order to reach him, still there were girls dancing around the D.J and toying with him. My sister held on to my wrist tightly and kept pulling me to the left side of the room were the bar was. There was a lady leaning against the other side of the bar with an apron on and big silver hoop earrings'. She was flirting with a group of guys pushing back her hair every time she laughed. Her black hair went down to the middle of her back and her bright green eyes stood out like a sore thumb, they reminded me of cat eyes, so brightly lit and beautiful. Her dark blue tang top was down low showing her cleavage and her black mini skirt went just low enough to cover her bottom half, every time she took a step her black leather boots would clap against the floor.
My sister let go of my wrist and sat down at the bar. Artmis sat beside her while Faith and Athena sat also I leaned against the bar looking at the waiter. She stepped away from the group of men and came over to us with her high-heels clicking against the wood floor. "What can I get you all tonight?" She asked in a heavy Texas accent.
"Give us a round of shots to start with." Artmis laughed.
"Alright, Sugar." Said the woman. "You guys come here often?" she asked. Turning around to grab little glasses of shots pouring brown liquid into them, filling both only half way.
"No we're on vacation right now for about two months." I said watching her.
"Oh, yea, people come here all the time for vacation. It's great. We're really busy though. Which is hard but all of us have a great time." She winked at my sister in a friendly way as if saying she was missing out on all the fun-not that my sister needed any more to do with bars.
Charlotte reached for the shot but the woman slapped at her wrist making her back up. "Who's driving?" she asked raising her neatly plucked eyebrow.
Charlotte looked at me and smirked her devilish smirk making me roll my eyes. "We're walking." I answered watching as my sister reached back for her drink nearly pouring the whole thing down her throat.
"Your walking?" The bar tender asked tilting her head in warning.
"You're surprised, why?" It wasn't any of her concern if we walked or not.
"How far are you walking?"
I looked at her wondering what she was getting at. "Not too far. Why are you wondering?"
She shrugged. "You know what they do around here, right?"
I pursed my lips narrowing my eyes. "No, what do they do around here?"
"They take tourists such as yourself and you know…" she trailed off rubbing the wet cloth over the counter.
"No, I don't know. Please, explain." I snapped getting just a tad bit annoyed.
"They like rap girls around here. And not that it's any of my business but I would keep a close eye on your sister over here." She smiled childishly.
"Really?" Athena asked from my side.
The waiter nodded. "Yep, I'm just saying to be carful that's all. You never know around here anymore."
Athena stared blankly at her with wide eyes looking more scared than she should have.
The tender laughed. "Look, I didn't mean to scare you." Athena still stared glancing at me then back to the woman. "Listen. If it bothers you that much, I'll get my boss to give you a ride home. How's that sound? He's real nice-wont hurt a fly. Although-he's kind of a player." She glared over my shoulder in the direction of the couches.
We all turned our heads following her gaze to where she was looking. It took me a while to search through the crowd of girls trying to find a guy but finally, sitting on the couch was a guy no older than Charlotte mixed in the jumble of girls surrounding him.
Glancing over at my sister I felt my eyes narrow and my arms cross automatically knowing she was going to cheat on her boyfriend once again. That is if I let her.
I didn't like him already-mainly because of Charlotte. "Yea, but trust me. he's really nice and all." The woman said making me turn my head towards her for a fraction of a second then back to the guy who was looking directly at Charlotte who smiled her best smile and lifted her hand to wave at him from across the room.
He smirked and looked away.
Oh boy. Here we go.
