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Amor Vincit Omnia

Love Conquers Everything

Chapter Three – Behind Blue Eyes

A.K.A. Clubbing Part Two

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Matt

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"Dude, this beer is awesome!!!" A random band member of mine yelled. Already they were drinking some of the beer that the manager gave us for payment instead of actual money. Yesterday my band mates told me what an idiot I was for actually accepting this offer.

They don't seem to mind now.

"I can't believe you guys are going to get drunk right before a gig!" I glared at them while I pushed up a speaker that seemed to have fell face down. "I thought we were going to drink the beer after the show, not before."

They stared at me with a look of confusion, then shrugged, almost simultaneously, and went back to drinking. Maybe I should have accepted the money instead of beer, but really. Do high school kids experience being offered free beer without being carded everyday? I looked at my watch, 8:07 pm. The show wouldn't start until 9:00, where the Friday night crowd usually came in. Geez. This was our first gig ever, and now, I really didn't want a bunch of drunken freaks also known as my band to ruin it for me. Ugh. I turned around and walked over to the group, "Ok. New rule. No drinking until after the concert."

"Dude. It's not even a concert. It's a gig."

"Well, who cares, do you really want to make your debut drunk?"

"I won't mind. It relaxes me. You don't gotta be such an asshole about it, here, have one." He handed me a beer and the other band mates nodded an agreement with each other, and turned away from me.

Great.

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Tai

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Huh. I've never really been to a club before, much less a club that served alcohol. I wonder what time I was really supposed to even meet Mimi and Sora anyway. What do you even wear to go clubbing? I didn't really want to look like a loser in front of Sora…

"Tai!" I turned around and saw Kari, standing at my doorway.

"Yes…?" I asked, staring at her.

"Mimi's on the phone for you." She answered, as she turned around, then she turned back around and looked at me suspiciously. "Are you going out?"

"Yeah."

"Where…?"

"Um…" I looked down at myself. I was just wearing a t-shirt and jeans. Something simple, right? I really didn't want to lie to Kari, but it wasn't any of her business. "Out." I answered, and walked passed her to the phone, "Tell Mom I'll be home later."

I picked up the phone, "Hello?" I asked.

"Hey Tai, where are you?" Mimi's ultra preppy voice came on at the other end.

"Uh. I'm at home…"

"WHAT?! Did I not ask you to meet us at 'Q' Club an hour ago?"

I looked at my watch, 9:10 pm. "Actually, Mimi, you never really told me what time to meet you there."

Her voice suddenly sounded like she was seriously pissed off. "Whatever. Just get your ass over here now." Then she hung up.

She can be scary when she wants to be.

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Mimi

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"I can't believe that Tai!" I exclaimed, furiously rummaging through my purse for no reason whatsoever. "I mean, please. He actually tries and blames me for not telling him what time to meet us!"

Sora stared at me. "You invited Tai?" There was a hint of confusion on her face as she examined her ID.

"Uh, duh. Why wouldn't I?"

"Well, you never told me?"

I grinned at her, "Ooohhhh, don't tell me. You're shy." Teehee, this was going to be easier than I thought.

A look of annoyance suddenly passed through her face, "No, Mimi. I'm not shy, I'm just worried about the people that you are sucking into this thing."

Ohh well… I looked at Sora's outfit. "Is that what you're wearing to go clubbing?!" I couldn't believe it! I was just at her house this afternoon, and I already had her outfit picked out. Sora gave me a disgusted look. "Mimi, I am not going outside wearing a short skirt and a tank top."

"But it looked so cute on you!!"

"What's wrong with what I'm wearing now?" I examined it, a dressy black shirt and tight fitting jeans.

"It's what you usually wear." I said flatly. "Please. Can't you try to vary your outfits now and then?"

"Whatever. Look at what you're wearing."

I looked down at myself. I was wearing a slip pink dress made out of silk and went down to my knees with matching pink sandals that had a kitten heel. I looked up at her, "What's wrong with what I'm wearing??"

Before she could answer, we were interrupted by Tai, who finally came, and who looked like he ran the whole way too. "Sorry," He mumbled, panting heavily. "I got lost and…"

"Forget it." I said firmly. "C'mon." I lead the way to the line where the bouncer was checking the ID's of various people. "Just act like it's nothing." I coached them, although, I had never done this myself, "Hand it to them, don't look at them while they're checking it out, though, and when they hand it back to you, go in quickly without saying anything!" Sora and Tai nodded, and when we finally came to the bouncer, I flashed him a smile and handed him my ID…

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Sora

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I can't believe we actually made it into the club. That felt like one of the longest two minutes of my life. Especially the part when he asked me for my birthday. Ugh. I don't know if I ever want to do this again. Well, whatever, at least we weren't drinking…right?

"Two Cosmopolitans." Mimi ordered (note: this is sort of a strawberry flavored vodka that's a pretty pink color…). I noticed, then, that we were now standing at the bar, and Mimi was ordering from the bartender!!

"Mimi!" I hissed, pulling her arm, "What the hell do you think you're doing!?"

Mimi looked bored and she glanced at the bartender, who was mixing our drinks, "I'm getting ourselves something to drink." She quickly paid the bartender and handed me my drink. As if I was actually going to drink it. "Let's go find Matt!" She said, as she steered me away from the bar and towards the dance floor, where I already heard the deafening music and the familiar lyrics of a song that Matt's band usually plays, with Matt's voice singing…

"You've got a boy, you've got a girl, sittin' underneath a tree…" I took a sip of the drink in my hand without realizing what I just did. Mmmm… It tasted good… and looked up at the band that was playing, "They sit there every day…"

Mimi smiled at me, "Isn't this fun!?" She put down her drink on a nearby table and looked around, "Where's Tai?"

Huh. Where was Tai? "Maybe he's meeting some girls." I said, taking another sip without knowing it.

Mimi gasped. "That's not right! He's supposed to be here so he can keep you—" She stopped mid-sentence, a look of guilt on her face.

What the fuck? "Supposed to do what?" I asked, narrowing my eyes at her.

She shrugged, "Well, actually, I was trying to hook you two—"

"WHAT THE HELL!?!?" I dropped my drink. "You. Were. Trying. To. Do. What?" I couldn't believe this.

She shrugged again. "You seem kinda lonely…considering you've never had a boyfriend before…" Another guilty look came on her face. "Look, I'm sorry, I promise that—"

"You know how I feel about this dating crap. How I feel about love." I snapped. "I can't believe you would do this to me!"

I left before she could say anything else, and made my way to the bar, "I want one of those." I said to the bartender, pointing to a bottle of clear looking liquid that looked like it was loaded with alcohol, but really, it also looked like water too. (Note: actually, it's vodka…). The bartender handed me the drink, and I sat down at the bar. Damn her. Maybe a drink will calm me down. I inspected the glass in front of me and finally gulped it down. Before I knew it, I was ordering another glass…

A few minutes later…

"Hey, a girl like you should have a boyfriend." I turned around, and noticed that the lights in the club seemed even brighter than usual.

"What?" I slurred, looking at the guy next to me. He smiled at me, "Well, do you?" I shook my head and turned away from him. I felt so dizzy.

"Nope." I took another gulp of my drink and stared at the mirrors that were facing me.

"What's your name?"

"Sora…" I mumbled.

"Well, then. Maybe you and I can go somewhere where we can talk…" He took my arm and led me from the stool. Usually I would have knocked him flat on his ass and said no, but somehow, I felt like I didn't have any strength. "I have something that will cheer you up." He said again to me, smiling even harder.

"Ugh..." I groaned. It seemed like my balance was off, and I stumbled, his hand still latched on my arm. "Let go of me, you asshole." I tried to pull away.

"C'mon, Sara. I'll make you feel better." I felt like the room was spinning even faster.

"I'm not stupid." I tried to pull my arm away, but his grip was to strong, "I don't want to go anywhere with you. Fuck off."

"Excuse me." Another voice from behind us said, "Is there anything wrong?"

The sleazy guy holding on to my arm turned around and stared at the person, "We're fine, we're just going outside." He gave my arm another tug, "C'mon, Sara." He couldn't even get my name right.

"Let go…" I mumbled, trying to pull away from him again.

"It doesn't look like she wants to go with you." Matt said who was standing behind me. "Let her go." He stepped next to me.

"Look, pretty boy. I don't know who you are, but this is none of your business." The guy pulled on my arm again, "Leave us alone."

Matt sighed and looked around. Then, in a shocking and sudden move, he punched the guy, who immediately let go of my arm, and because it was so unexpected, he fell backwards. "SHIT!!" He yelled, holding his nose, which was bleeding, "You little fucker!!"

I stared at this dumbly, and then looked at Matt. He looked at me and said, "C'mon, Sora, let's get out of here." He took my hand and we ran (or he kind of dragged me because I couldn't really think straight) towards the exit.