Sorry about the whole non-paragraph thing, I'm not very good with paragraphs, hehe...I tried to make it more understandable, but I'm not sure that I did a very good job, sorry guys, and this chapter is kind of weird, I'll be the first to admit it, but I didn't know how else to do this, so this is how it happened, I know it doesn't really follow the time period (I don't think) but let's use our imaginations and pretend that it's historically correct, hehe
Chapter IV--'That's Not Beautiful'
*-*That Night*-*
The night had lead us to a bar, the only people remaining in our little group were Rafe, Evelyn, Leanna, and I, it was late, later than any of us had intended to be out, but after about an hour we were all too drunk to care, even Leanna was drunk too, and through the girls that would periodically drop by to hit on me, I watched her like a hawk, and I knew Rafe was too, even though he would never admit it to Evelyn
We watched as the drunken Leanna talked to about four guys over the span of about an hour, and how she seemed to get more and more intoxicated as the night wore on coincided with the number of guys she talked to and how 'friendly' she got with them. I put up with all of this to an extent, the hugging, the flirting, them buying her more drinks, but when she climbed atop a random sailor and began to give him a lap dance, I was struck with instant sobriety. In a matter of seconds, I had looked over to Rafe, who had noticed this too from his place with Evelyn on the dance floor and gave me a quick nod that said 'just wait' so I lowered myself back to the barstool and watched her closely, every move she made, waiting for my moment to burst in and save the day, which moment came when she reached to take her shirt off, I couldn't control myself anymore, jumping up it took merely seconds for me to reach her,
"Leanna! What are you doing?!" I yelled
"Hey, back off man" the man said, standing up and knocking Leanna off of his lap and to the ground
"Leanna, come on, we're going home" I said, reaching out to grab the fallen Leanna's arm, she pushed my hand away and got up on her own, steadying herself ever through the 8 or 10 drinks she'd had
"Danny, no."
"Hey, leave her alone or I'll have to make you leave her alone" the guy said
I could feel the anger growing inside me, it took everything I had to keep me from bouncing forward and punching the man
"I don't think you want to do that" another voice spoke from behind me, it was Rafe
"Danny, Rafe. Go home." Leanna said, she was angry too, I could tell
"See, it seems that this little lady you have here is our little sister" Rafe said ignoring Leanna's response
"God damn it Rafe! Danny! You are not my father and you most certainly will not tell me what I can and can't do!" she slurred, jerking from the man's grip and hopping onto the bar
"Leanna what are you doing? Get down" I said, trying to talk some sense into her
"No, Danny" she said, before turning to the crowd of drunken men and letting a squeal of incoherent words that produced a large roar from the crowd and she smiled
"Leanna, come on. Get down" Rafe tried
"No"
She was beginning to dance slowly and reaching to take off her shirt, much to the delight of the crowd, Rafe turned on his heel and began walking away, I looked from my best friend to my sister, Rafe to Leanna, Rafe looked at me
"If she wants to be like that, let her be like that, we're going home" he said
I thought for a moment, and with a quick glance back to the bar she sat atop, I nodded, not so sure of myself, but knowing that Rafe was worried about her too, so I followed him to the door where Evelyn was standing in our path, still looking up at the drunken girl dancing on the bar
"Where are you two going?" she asked, confusion filling her hazel eyes
"We're leaving" Rafe said, placing his arm around her and leading her towards the door
"You're just going to leave her like that?!" Evelyn asked, stopping in her tracks
I could tell she was very confused on why me and Rafe would leave someone so important to us drunk, alone, and stripping in a bar full of men
"Pretty much," Rafe said, "she's a big girl now, or so she thinks, she'll be fine" as Evelyn tried to take it all in I turned to Rafe
"That's not my Beautiful" I said, daring to steal a final glance up at her, she now had a man on the bar with her and she was kissing him, it hurt me to see her doing this, and I wanted to kill that man, I even took a step towards her, but Rafe caught my arm
"This is one lesson she's got to learn by herself" he said, turning and pushing out the door with Evelyn beside him, with a sigh, I turned and followed them, it was going to be a long night...
A/N: Please please please review and give me help because I'm still unsure of how good this is! I'll post the new chapter as soon as I get it all reparagraphed and edited, ::uploads cookies and Pepsi to all reviewers:: remember, it pays to review ::holds out handful of pennies, wink wink::
Preview for Next Chapter: Rafe and Danny realize that Leanna is out of control, and the reason for her behavior is revealed
