The Club
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The music was blaring out of the speakers, sending a pulsing rhythm through the crowd of dancers. She wanted to grab Dani and finish their conversation, but she couldn't even think straight let alone talk. She just could not shake the feeling that Dani was still hiding something, but she was unsure of what. Walking up to the bar, she ordered a drink and felt a hand slink around her stomach.
She looked at the man she had never met before and quickly removed his hand with a disgusted look. He seemed to get the hint, because he turned back to the group of people he was with, leaving Kris with only her thoughts again. She could see Matt and Dani dancing out on the dance floor and momentarily thought of joining them before she heard someone say her name.
"Kris?"
She turned to look and see who it was, and was mildly surprised. "Jace, what are you doing here?" she asked.
He smiled at her before pulling him into a hug. "You didn't think I would forget about my sister while I was on leave?" he questioned. She could feel him pull her tighter. "Plus," he said "I hadn't heard from you and wanted to see how you were doing?"
She could feel tears spring up at the edge of her eyes, not wanting to cry especially right there she smiled politely and he seemed to understand. He reached out and grabbed her hand and gently pulled her onto the dance floor.
"So, how is my nephew?" he asked. She was grateful that he had changed the subject. Smiling at the thought of Jason, she replied "He's great! He's getting so big."
She could see Matt and Dani coming over, and they both turned and waved at them. Dani quickly grabbed Jace and they were off dancing. She couldn't help but smile at the fact that Jace was in town. Her brother, her protector was always there for her when it seemed she needed him the most.
Matt smiled at her as he pulled her in and started dancing.
"See, Dani and I were right; you did need a night out."
She nodded in response watching Dani and Jace out of the corner of her eye.
"So," he asked "Jace is back? From the look on your face when you saw him, I take it that you didn't know he was coming?"
"You were watching us?" she asked feeling uncomfortable. "Yeah, he's back I guess. I didn't know that he was coming, he is on leave and wanted to check on Jason and I."
He seemed to nod and his attention was diverted as well to Dani and Jace. He pulled her over closer to them and she couldn't help but feel like things were tense. Was there a reason that Matt was uncomfortable with Jace? She noticed that the more she thought about things the more she read into them, and it needed to stop.
Pulling Matt onto a platform they continued to dance and talk about things.
"So, Dani said that coffee with you two was good."
Kris smiled politely and said "well if that's what Dani said."
He gave her a questioning look, probably wondering what she meant by it before replying "want to elaborate on that?"
She shook her head no before letting out a large sigh. She didn't know what was wrong with her; Dani and Matt were her friends. Why was she having a hard time talking to them and trusting them now? Slowly turning away from Matt and scanning the crowd again, she looked for Jace.
She spotted Dani and Jace at the bar buying drinks and she signaled him to get her one as well. He seemed to know automatically what she was thinking because she saw him hold up two fingers and she smiled. God, did she love her brother. As she watched them purchase their drinks she got the strangest feeling she was being watched again.
Looking over at Matt, she noticed that he was watching Dani through the crowd. She smiled thinking how cute it was that he was protective of her. She remembered a time when Junior used to be that way of her, and she could feel the smile slowly fall from her face. Junior had been protecting her, at least that is what Dani had claimed to overhear. She momentarily wondered why it was that she was having trouble trusting Dani all of the sudden.
They were friends after all; at least they had been friends before the accident. She had lost contact with a lot of her friends over the last year, had built a shell around herself. Maybe that was what this was really about, opening up again.
She thought back to when she had first moved to Raintree and how hard it had been for her to open up. They had been there for her then, why did she feel like they weren't there for her now? She looked over at Matt again and could see that he was still watching Dani. She needed them and their friendship, no matter how much she told herself she didn't. Kris was not going to continue to go it alone.
Looking for Dani and Jace through the crowd Kris' eyes scanned over everyone in the club. They came across two very familiar eyes and she felt herself stumble backwards.
Matt seemed to look at her for a second before calling her name.
"Kris?"
She locked eyes with the person and she could feel herself slowly stepping backwards, there was absolutely no way.
"Kris?"
Matt put his hand on her shoulder and she turned and looked at him. He looked concerned and a few seconds later Jace and Dani were also by her side all looking concerned.
"Kris are you ok?" Jace asked.
She slowly looked past him to where the person had been standing and she could feel her hands shaking. No one was standing there.
"I-I-I swear I just saw.." she mumbled.
They all stood and looked at her and she swore that she could hear Matt continuing to say
"Kris?"
"Kris!"