Hannah Grose had the same views about life as Dani. Both women believed that that was part of the reason why they got along so well. The only difference between the two was Hannah was a lot harder to get along with, she was more closed off than her best friend. Dani was the type of person that could go to a bar and make friends with anyone around her, she had this beautiful and bright energy that would draw anyone towards her. Hannah however, well she was the opposite. She was the girl who sat at the table and watched as all her friends went to the center of the floor and danced the night away.
So when Dani went to a bar with Hannah one night a while back, it was quite the shock to see her accepting a drink from some strange guy and then later on getting up to dance with the same strange guy. But what do you know, the night she decided to let her guards down was the night she met the guy of her dreams and the night her life would change, forever.
"Dani," Hannah barged into the small two bedroom flat she and her best friend shared. She was much too excited to wait for a response or remove her shoes for that matter.
She ran straight for the washroom when she heard the water in the shower running. Without saying another word, she opened the door and charged right inside.
"Oh my god," Dani gasped. She poked her head outside the curtain and glared at Hannah who was standing in front of her. "Hannah, what is so important that you couldn't knock or even wait until I was out of the shower?" Dani enquired. Her light blue crystal eyes suddenly snapped wide open when she saw a bright silver ring surrounded with diamonds in her face.
"Owen." Was all that Hannah said, smiling at her best friend.
"Shut up," Dani gasped. "He proposed? And better yet, you said yes?" Dani pulled back and stared at her best friend with a large smile that overtook the entire bottom half of her face.
"He did indeed. He was so sweet about it too! He took me back to the same bar we first met at. He bought me the same drink, a bloody Mary and slipped the ring inside of it. Cheesy, I know. Then he got down on one knee and said "Will you bloody marry me," Hannah imitated her fiance, making Dani chuckle. "Then of course, I rolled my eyes and said yes."
"Oh wow Hannah, I'm so happy for you!" Dani grabbed her best friend once again and hugged her tightly.
"Thanks, I'm so happy as well. It's all coming together for me, Dani. And hopefully Eddie will be proposing to you soon enough and we'll both get to start operation "grow old and happy together." It's going to be great," Hannah sighed.
Dani smiled nervously. "I still think we need to change the name of the operation. It makes us sound like you and I will be growing old together and that's all," Dani smirked.
"Well, I did tell you that I can totally see us running off together sometime in the future, so it technically makes sense," Hannah shrugged.
"Yeah well for now you have Owen," Dani smiled when she saw how quickly her best friend's face transformed from happy to ecstatic. "We need to celebrate. What are you doing tonight? I told Viola I'd be her wing woman at the gay bar tonight, you should join!"
Hannah quickly shook her head. "As much as I would love to see you being the wingman for a girl who's trying to pick up another girl, Owen and I are going out for dinner with his sisters. Thank you though," Hannah smiled. "Oh and also, his parents and my parents are throwing us a celebratory lunch tomorrow. I assume since it's a Saturday, you don't work?" She asked.
"Nope I am free, and I will for sure be there." Dani grabbed the towel hanging on the wrack beside the shower and wrapped it around her body.
"Good, because as my maid of honor you really shouldn't miss it," Hannah winked. Dani's face immediately lit up.
"I'm your…I'm your maid of honor?" She whispered astonishedly.
"Obviously, don't even pretend to act shocked. We literally discussed this not even three months ago that when both of us get married we have to make each other our maid of honors." Hannah rolled her eyes. "So let Eddie know about lunch for me and I will see you when you get home tonight." Hannah clapped her hands together, turned on her heels and walked out of the bathroom, shutting the door to let Dani finish getting ready.
"Have fun!" Dani yelled after her. She then sighed in content. She felt so incredibly happy for Hannah and Owen. However, hearing the news of them getting married had made Dani think about her future with Eddie, which then made her chest tighten. She absolutely loved Eddie, always has. They have known each other their entire lives and have been together since highschool. However, Dani didn't know anything about relationships outside of what she and Eddie had. So whenever she felt sick to her stomach when thinking about spending the rest of her life with him, she chalked it up to it being normal and just nerves.
Dani walked into the bar she was supposed to meet her friend Viola at, and looked around. She saw lots of people on the floor dancing and all the others were either at tables or at the bar, drinking. She pulled her phone out and was about to send a text when she felt someone tap her on her shoulder from behind.
She turned around and smiled when she saw a familiar face standing behind her.
"Viola," she shouted excitedly. "How are you?" She grabbed the other woman and hugged her.
"I'm great, excited to possibly get some numbers tonight. How are you?" Viola pulled back, smiling.
"I'm great; did you hear the news about Hannah and Owen?" She asked eagerly.
"I just got Rebecca's text, I'm so happy for her. I know how much she loves Owen and they do make the perfect couple." Viola then grabbed Dani's hand and started to walk away. "I got us a table, over there." Viola pointed to a table near the dance floor where two other women were sitting at.
"Okay, I'm just going to grab a drink. I'll meet you over there," Dani attempted to yell over the loud music. Viola nodded and dropped Dani's hand as she went to meet her other friends at the table.
Dani walked over to where the bar was and waited for the bartender to take her order. She looked to the side and was immediately entranced when she saw this taller brunette with curly hair leaned up against the ledge. She was wearing tight skinny jeans and a red flannel shirt that had the first few buttons undone, revealing a white shirt underneath.
She watched in amusement as this strange girl looked to be in a heated debate with another girl. She wasn't sure why she felt so intrigued, but she decided to discreetly make her way closer to them both, curious about what they were arguing over.
"Bloody hell, how can you even stand there and say that Harry Potter is a poorly written series? Have you ever gotten through a full book? I mean the way J.K Rowling, as shite as she is, portrays each character and makes a totally unrealistic world seem realistic. Bullshit if you said it's not the best thing out there to read." The brunette's voice was raised high enough for Dani and a few others around them to hear.
"I'm just saying that twilight is a much better plot line. I mean two people, who are from completely different worlds and shouldn't be together at all, ever fall madly in love and have to fight all the haters away and attempt to keep their relationship intact." The girl replied back, in a serious tone. Dani rolled her eyes as she continued to listen to her. "What's not to love about a vampire and human falling in love?" She finished.
The girl behind the bar just blankly stared at her. "Oh my god, I should seriously have you escorted out of my bar for what you just said. Are you even hearing yourself? Harry Potter is about so much more than people falling in love and having to choose between a vampire and werewolf. It has witches, wizards, goblins, dragons and so many other mystical things. It has a real plot line, and real issues. Every book is an intense and beautiful read. It can't ever be compared to twilight." She yelled back. Dani could tell she was getting seriously annoyed. But she also couldn't blame her. Who could ever compare twilight to being half as good as Harry Potter?
"Twilight has a lot more problems in the series as well," the other girl started. Dani couldn't take anymore. She couldn't believe how naive this girl was being.
"The only problem Twilight has is that it was ever published." She chimed in. She watched as the girl defending twilight turned her head and faced her, jaw agape in astonishment. She couldn't help but see from the corner of her eye that the girl behind the bar was smirking at her, which gave her a weird feeling in the pit of her stomach. A feeling she had never felt before.
"How can you even say that?" The girl gasped.
"Easily, twilight is a tale about a sixteen or seventeen year old girl who falls madly in love with a guy she barely knows, and a guy who isn't even that fantastic of a character. I mean maybe the books are different from the movies, and I've only seen them mind you because my friend made me watch them with her. But Harry Potter has so much more to it. It's about a young boy who lost his parents when he was young. They died protecting him from the strongest and most feared wizard. Then throughout the series it's about how Harry and the friends he has made have to survive and learn to protect themselves, because that same wizard is after him for vengeance. Plus, along the line they have many other issues that they are faced with. It's issues that correspond with real life. You can't ever compare twilight to Harry Potter," Dani yelled.
The girl just stared at Dani, no emotion in her face. Dani had started to feel stupid when no one was saying anything, not even the girl who was team Harry potter. She was about to open her mouth once again when she was suddenly cut off.
"And that is the reason why I will buy the beautiful blonde over here a drink and not you. You owe me five twenty-five for that beer. Pay up and get out." She yelled over the music. Dani smirked when the other girl looked between them both and scoffed.
"How you can even run a business like this, I don't get it." She pulled the exact change from her clutch and handed it to the bartender. She then turned around and went to walk away but was suddenly stopped by the bartender once again.
"What, no tip? That's rude." She looked over at Dani, winked and smirked as she watched the other girl turn around in astonishment.
"Here's a tip for you: Stop being such an asshole to everyone around you and you may actually end up happy with someone one day." She shot out before turning around once again and walking away, for good.
"Ouch," Dani giggled when she saw the bartender roll her eyes.
"She acts like I'm interested in finding someone to make me happy, what a naïve little girl." The bartender sighed.
"Shame on her, how dare she." Dani replied sarcastically.
"So what's your name?" The bartender smiled, she couldn't help but notice how beautiful this girl was. "Or should I just call you "super cool Harry Potter fan?" She smirked.
Dani laughed and reached her hand out. "I'm Dani," she yelled.
"Nice to meet you Dani, my name is Jamie. I'm the owner of this club." Jamie replied as she shook Dani's hand.
"You look so young though, that's insane." Dani watched as Jamie raised an eyebrow. "I mean I'm just shocked you own such a popular place when you look twenty-five," she smiled.
"For your information, I'm twenty-eight. I not only own this bar, but I can even dress myself and use the potty on my own. I'm more mature than most people my age," she smiled when she saw Dani laughing.
"So can I buy the beautiful girl a drink?" Jamie asked smoothly.
"You can, but in a platonic way." Dani smiled as she felt that feeling in the pit of her stomach again. What the hell was going on with her?
"Platonic? What's the fun in that?" Jamie pouted at the girl.
"There's lots of fun in it. You now have someone who probably loves Harry Potter just as much as you do. We can have discussions about it and everything," Dani winked.
"Discussing things is better when you're naked though," Jamie hinted. Dani laughed as she continued to hide that feeling in the pit of her stomach. Only this time, she was now feeling the same thing between her legs.
"If I wasn't straight then maybe," Dani quickly replied. She had known for a while that she was attracted to women, but she has never been able to admit that to anyone else, barely even herself.
"I've turned many straight girls to the dark side," Jamie pointed out, smirking. This made Dani chuckle. "How about straight girls who have a boyfriend?" Dani asked, slightly biting her lip at Jamie's words.
"Oh yeah loads of those as well, I actually keep a wall filled with pictures of all the straight girls I've turned who had boyfriends." Jamie replied sarcastically.
"I can't decide if that's cocky or weird?" Dani giggled.
"Aye probably both, but I don't care," Jamie winked. "So what can I get the beautiful lady to drink?"
"I'll take a beer," Dani yelled.
"Great," Jamie replied. She quickly turned around and grabbed a bottle from the fridge. She turned back around to face Dani. "That'll be…" Dani cut Jamie off.
"Hey, I thought you said you were buying?" She yelled.
"Well I was actually just going to say that it would be a kiss on the cheek." Jamiee smirked as she handed her the drink.
"You're very persistent, aren't you?" Dani giggled. There it was, that feeling in the pit of Dani's stomach, that flutter. She took a moment to appreciate how sexy Jamie looked whenever she smirked. Dani could understand why Jamie was so popular with other women. A mixture of her humour, confidence and cockyness just made her seem irresistible. "Yep, so just give in now." Jamie sighed.
"Look, you're nice and all. But I'm really happy with my boyfriend. So sure, I'll give you a kiss on the cheek because I have to admit, you are quite the charmer. But you won't be getting anything else aside from that." Dani teased. Jamie pouted as she leaned forward, using her index finger to tap her cheek. Dani slowly and gently pressed her lips to Jamie's cheek and let them linger there for a few seconds before pulling away. As she pulled away, she found herself wanting to go back in. She wanted to do more than just kiss her cheek. Her eyes focused on Jamie's lips as she pulled back and she couldn't help but wonder how soft they would feel against hers. "It was nice to meet you Jamie, I'll see you around." Dani winked before walking over to where her friends were sitting.
Jamie sighed as she watched the beautiful blonde walk away from her. She didn't know why it was bothering her so much that Dani wasn't gay, and that she was already taken. There were so many other girls she could go home with later. But for some reason, she was only interested in taking Dani home.
Dani woke up with the sun shining in her face and her head pounding. Her mouth was dry and she seriously had to go pee. That could only mean one thing, she got drunker than she had planned on getting and was definitely hungover.
She didn't even remember how she got home, in fact she really didn't remember a lot about the night. She went to get out of bed but found it difficult to, as there was bare arm draped over her abdomen. She froze when she looked down and noticed that the arm did not look like Eddie's arm at all.
Hesitant, she slowly looked beside her and saw a familiar face sleeping close to hers. Her eyes widened as she stared at the gorgeous bartender in front of her. Oh my god. Thoughts raced through her mind as she looked around the room and realized she wasn't in her room at all. She was in a complete stranger's house, and she was naked. That could only mean one thing.
They had sex.
Dani had cheated on Eddie and slept with a woman, out of all people. But Dani wasn't a cheater and Dani wasn't sure if she was gay. So what the hell was she doing in Jamie's bed, naked? Curious if Jamie was naked as well, she slowly lifted the blankets up. Dani's stomach dropped when she saw perky breasts and a soft bare body lying under the sheets.
She had definitely cheated on Eddie.
Dani's mind began to race as she thought of what to do next. A bunch of scenarios ran through her mind before she finally came to her senses.
What was she freaking out over? She didn't know this girl. Yeah she knew where she worked and her name. But it's not like they were close friends. It's not like they would ever see each other again, they had no connection to each other whatsoever. There was nothing that had to be said between them, she was free to leave the apartment (probably like every other girl Jamie sleeps with) quietly and without waking her up.
Dani slowly grabbed Jamie's arm and moved it onto the bed. She then slowly removed the covers and quietly got out of the bed. She found all her clothes that were sprawled all over the floor and quickly picked them up. She then quietly slipped them all back on and tip toed towards the bedroom door. She looked back and took one last look at Jamie, who was sleeping peacefully. She frowned before she turned to face the door. She found herself not wanting to leave just yet. But she knew what happened was wrong, and that Jamie most likely wouldn't care if she stayed or went. So with a deep breath she slowly opened the bedroom door, closing it softly behind her.
Grabbing her shoes, she slipped them on and slowly opened the front door. Being as quiet as she could, she did not want to wake Jamie up. She did not want to have that awkward conversation. Dani slowly shut the door behind her and quickly walked down the steps of the building. When she stepped outside, she looked up at the sky and took a deep breath. It was all over with now. She had nothing to worry about. She didn't know who Jamie was and Jamie didn't know who she was.
Although a part of her wanted to, she would never have to see Jamie again.