"Jesus, it's cold out here!" Reid complained as he rubbed his hands together.
"When you said you had V.I.P tickets I didn't know we still had to wait in line!"
"Shut up, Reid! It's only been fifteen minutes," Kate seethed as she bounced up and down to keep warm.
"Apparently a lotta people bought V.I.P tickets," Sarah observed as she looked around.
The V.I.P line was long but the non-V.I.P line was even longer and every minute spent in the cold weather felt like an eternity.
"Guess Stilkes is having a pretty good opening night," Tyler said giving a half-hearted chuckle.
"Yeah, too good," Reid groaned.
"Oh stop complaining!" Kate scoffed.
"If it wasn't for Kate, we wouldn't even be as close as we are now," Sarah said defending her roommate.
"Besides we're almost in."
"Bout time," the blonde haired male mumbled under his breath.
"Hello everyone," a sultry voice interrupted.
"Hey, yourself. What took you so long?" Sarah said as she approached her friend and gave her a hug.
"I was checking up on a few things," Maya replied as walked past her friend towards a slender, tall, blonde male.
Caleb stood back in astonishment. He'd never seen Sarah act so friendly towards Maya….maybe she wasn't so bad after all….But he immediately remembered the fear in Sarah's eyes all the other times Maya came around. He also couldn't forget the weird vibe he felt when he was around the mysterious brunette. It was dark, powerful and enticing, lying just beneath the surface watching and ready to ensnare any victim in its grasp.
A loud chuckle broke Caleb out of his trance. He turned his head toward its owner, Reid, who was openly flirting with Maya. The raven-haired male shook his head in disgust. He didn't know what hold Maya had over his friend but it was getting ridiculous. Reid acted like a lovesick puppy whenever she around and tonight was no different. He was practically drooling over himself at the sight of her.
"Hey sexy," Reid smiled. "You look nice tonight."
"You don't look so bad yourself," Maya chuckled.
"Not cold?" Reid questioned at the sight that the young women had no coat.
The brunette stepped closer to Reid and traced her finger along the side of his face.
"I won't be if you warm me up," she said seductively as she stared into his light, blue eyes.
Reid wrapped his arms around her waist. "Does this help?"
"Much better," Maya purred as she placed her hands on his chest.
Disgusting. Caleb thought as he grabbed Sarah's hand and led her away from the group. There were a couple of things he needed to discuss with her about her friend.
"Why did you invite her?" Caleb complained.
"Is that a problem?" Sarah scoffed.
"Yeah, it's a problem!"
"Why?"
"Because every time she comes around you act like you're scared to death."
"Well did I act like that tonight?" Sarah seethed as she stepped back and crossed her arms.
"No but--"
"Look those last couple of times I just wasn't expecting her. Now I'm used to her being here so I'm fine."
"If a long lost friend pops up people normally look happy not afraid. That's not normal," Caleb worried.
"Well, technically Caleb you're not normal!" Sarah snapped.
"That was uncalled for," Caleb growled.
"So is the way you've been treating Maya!"
"Look I don't like Maya because I've just got a bad feeling about her," Caleb snapped back.
"You don't even know her!"
"I don't have to!"
"So what's that your wizard's intuition or something?" the blonde said.
"My what?" Caleb's voice almost squeaked.
"Do us all a favor and get over yourself! No one else has problem with her except you," Sarah huffed as she walked away.
"Sarah wait! I don't want you to be mad at--" Caleb said as he grabbed her arm to prevent her from walking away.
"Don't touch me!" Sarah yelled. Her icy blue eyes reminded him of the storms he and his dad used to see when they took fishing trips in the Atlantic Ocean. The howling wind created treacherous unknown waters that capsized boats and pounded the shore. The spray from the waves drenched everything in its grasp and the wind followed through chilling its soaked victims to the core.
Caleb felt a shiver go down his spine. Her eyes unnerved him. Why was she acting like this?
Sarah yanked her arm away from Caleb and marched back to the group. Caleb sighed as he watched her walk away. Apparently, talking to Sarah about Maya was out of the question tonight. Looking down he slowly walked back to re-join their friends.
"Looks like some one isn't cold, anymore," Pogue grinned.
"Thank God, you came along Maya! Reid's complaining was driving me crazy," Kate groaned.
"Anytime, thanks for the extra ticket," Maya smiled.
"No problem! You know us girls have to stick together."
Kate paused then cut her eyes toward Reid. "Especially against these dickheads."
"Why do I have to be a dick?" Reid huffed trying to defend his character.
"Dickhead, dude. Get it right," Pogue laughed.
"I think it's some one's time of the month," Reid taunted as he looked at Kate. If she stared any harder her eyes were going to bore holes into his head.
"Geez, if looks could kill."
"I'd be the happiest girl on Earth right now."
"What's up with you two tonight?" Sarah intervened between Kate and Reid's sudden feud.
"I gotta better question. What's up with you and Caleb tonight?" Pogue asked with concern in his eyes.
"Nothing," Sarah replied quickly shifting from one foot to the other.
Pogue looked at Caleb hoping to get some sort of reply. No luck. His best friend merely looked at the ground and shoved his hands in his pockets.
"Next!" the security guard shouted from the entrance.
"I swear she's PMSing!" Reid protested.
"Uh, shut up, Reid!" Kate growled and stormed toward the door. After whipping out her tickets, ID and money she turned her head around and glared nastily at Reid. Then she stomped noisily indoors to wait for her friends.
"What is wrong with her?" Reid said as he and Pogue headed for the entrance.
"You were right," Pogue chuckled.
"Bout what?"
"That."
"I knew it!"
"She's been biting my head off for days now," Pogue shook his head and sighed as he showed his identification and entered the club.
"Hang in there, dude!" Tyler called after his disheartened friend.
"Do you get like that, when you—you know," Reid questioned as he looked down to face Maya.
"No," Maya smiled and headed for the entrance. "Shall we?"
"We shall," Reid grinned as he followed behind her.
"Is something wrong?" Caleb asked. He feared his question might run the risk of starting another argument but he couldn't resist. Sarah's behavior was so strange--he had to figure out what was going on.
"I'm fine" Sarah sighed. "I'm just—a little on edge tonight."
"Do you wanna talk about it?" Caleb said.
"Not really."
"Next!" the security guard yelled again.
"Come on," the blonde mumbled as she headed for the entrance.
Author's Note: Sorry this took so long! College is a mutha!! I know I said I'd tell Sarah's secret in this chapter but it will be in the next chapter I promise!!