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Chapter Four
"Man, just calm down." Marc said.
Calm down? I'll show him how to calm down.
"Why are you so upset? I thought I was doing you a favor."
"Why am I upset?" I asked in disbelief. "Are you serious right now?"
Marc shrugged his shoulders and went into the bathroom.
"Look," He said behind the closed-door. "I understand you and Julia had something special but lets face it, man, not every girl in the world will turn out to be like her."
Marc opened the door, sticking his head out.
I sat on the bed and watched him as he brushed his teeth.
"Am I right?" He asked.
I threw myself back on the bed and stared at the ceiling.
"I guess."
Marc threw open the door and put his hands in the air, holding his tooth-brush with his teeth.
"Alright!" He yelled. "Now get off you're ass and start getting ready, I told D we'd meet them out front their hotel."
I sat up, raising an eyebrow.
"'D?'"
Marc turned to spit and wash his mouth.
"Darcy?"
"You guys are on nicknames already?" I questioned.
Marc walked over to his suitcase, throwing on a white t-shirt.
I watched him as he put on his shoes.
He turned over his shoulder to look at me.
"Dude, don't give me that bullshit." He said. "I'm here to have fun and I'm having fun with Darcy. She's nice and knows how to have a good time, unlike you who if you don't start getting ready I'm going to tell Clare you stood her up. Hurry!"
I rolled my eyes and changed my clothes.
The party we were going to was on the beach.
In Toronto we don't really have beach parties, we usually stick with the clubs.
After I quickly brushed my teeth Marc and I left our hotel towards Lowes.
It was a quick walk, no more than a few minutes.
The hotels were lined up all along the beach.
As we walked into the lobby Darcy stood up and walked towards us.
"Hey guys." She smiled. "Clare just ran up to the room to grab her wallet, she said she'd meet up with us on the beach."
"Why doesn't Eli wait for her and we'll meet you guys there?" Marc said, turning to me.
"Do you mind?" Darcy ask. "I didn't really want Clare walking there alone anyways."
I shoved my hands in my pockets and nodded.
"Not a problem, we'll catch up."
Darcy jumped a little and twined her hands with Marc.
"Thanks Eli!" She called before leaving the doors.
I stayed near the doors and waited.
It must have been five minutes when I finally saw the elevator doors open and Clare walk out.
She was putting something in her wallet as she came closer to me.
"Hey." I said, stepping towards her.
Clare looked startled as she dropped her wallet and looked up at me.
"Oh," She said surprised. "Hi."
I bent down and picked up her wallet, handing it to her.
She smiled as she took it. "Thanks."
"Ready to go?"
Clare nodded as I went to hold the door open for her.
It was hot out, but there was a nice breeze.
Thankfully it wasn't muggy so I wouldn't have to be worrying about sweating my ass off.
We slowly made our way towards the beach just a block up.
"It's so nice out." Clare finally said. "Not cold or humid like Toronto."
"I know, it feels great."
I looked over at Clare and saw her smiling ahead.
"You look ... stunning tonight." I slipped.
Clare turned to me and smiled, biting down on her lip.
"Thank you, Eli." She said barely in a whisper.
"No problem, Clare."
As we rounded the corner we began to step on sand instead of cement.
Clare stopped.
"Woah." She said, staring at all the lights.
The beach was lit mostly by the moon but with some supporting tinkly lights overhead.
The music was blasting and people were everywhere.
There were police at the far end of the beach, staring in the direction of the party.
We continued walking towards the group of people, the sand soft under my feet.
We found our way to the tiki bar off on the side.
I ordered Clare and I a beer.
"Clare!"
We turned to see Darcy and Marc walking up towards us.
Darcy was holding two empty beer bottles in her hands, wrapping her arms around Clare.
"I thought you two weren't going to come!" She screamed over the music.
"Are you drunk already?" Clare asked, pulling away from her.
I could smell the alcohol from where I was standing.
I glared over at Marc who just shrugged.
"She had two beers." He said quickly.
"Clarebear," Darcy began, "Don't. Be. Such. A. Stinker. Were here to let go. No more studying or holding back! How many times can you say 'I'm in Miami bitch!'"
Clare crossed her arms and stared at Darcy in disbelief.
She shook her head and looked at her watch.
"I'm taking you home, now." She said.
"Uh, no you're not, mom." Darcy said, stepping away from her. "Just because you have no life doesn't mean I don't."
"Darcy-"
"Come on Marc." Darcy slurred, pulling him towards the dancing crowd.
"Darcy!" Clare called.
Clare turned to me.
She looked ragged.
"She's so unbelievable! I don't need to spend my night worrying about her! This is everywhere we go she's like this!"
I stepped closer to Clare and held her hands.
She stopped talking and looked into my eyes.
"Listen, you're right. You don't need to be worrying about Darcy so have a beer and let what happen, happen. Marc isn't drunk and he wont let anything bad happen to her, trust me."
If Marc does get drunk, I'll really be paying for this.
Clare took three deep breaths before opening her eyes.
She tilted her head back chugging down her beer.
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"Clare!"
"Clare!"
Where was she?
She told me she was going to the washroom and would meet me back here.
That was ten minutes ago.
"Clare?"
"Eli!"
I turned quickly, hoping it might be Clare.
It wasn't her.
"I'm going to take her back to her hotel." Marc said, supporting a drunk Darcy. "I'll probably just head back to ours anyways, they will probably clear out soon."
He hit me on my back while he carried Darcy on his hip.
I needed to find Clare.
"Chug! Chug! Chug! Chug!"
I looked over towards the keg.
I couldn't believe my eyes when I broke through the crowd.
Clare. Upside down. Drinking.
"Clare!" I called. "Clare!"
Everyone began cheering as Clare was set on her feet.
She was laughing and clearly not in a proper state.
I walked over to her.
"Clare!"
She turned to me and started laughing.
"Clare, let's go." I said, grabbing her hand. "We should get you home to bed."
As she took a step forward she slipped, falling into the sand laughing.
"Come on Clare." I said as I yanked her up.
I put my arm around her waist and her hand around my neck.
These girls could drink.
Once I got her out of the chaos Clare starting pulling on my shirt.
"El-" She started.
Just as I turned to see what was wrong, Clare was bent down in front of me.
I looked forward as a gruesome smell come to my nostrils.
I pulled back Clare's hair and rubbed her back as she sank into the sand.
"It's okay." I soothed. "It's alright."
She looked up to me whipping her mouth.
"Eli?"
"Mmm?"
"I feel better."
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