Chapter 2

"Are you sure you don't want to drink tonight?" Whitney asked Lauren as the three girls stood in the main entrance looking in at all the people crowding the club. Lauren shook her head determined to stay sober so she would be awake for her interview tomorrow, it meant too much to her to mess it up even a smidgen.

She followed behind Whitney and Lucy as they made their way down the stairs. They both looked great, she sighed. If only she could look like that…

Actually no, Lauren took that thought back. She knew for a fact that she couldn't even have the self-confidence to dress like Whitney and Lucy, definitely not. No, Lauren was a highly beautiful girl, much more naturally beautiful then her friends who relied on the make-up, a little too much. But here she was feeling highly uncomfortable in just a black fitted dress and sky scraper heels. It wasn't in the slightest bit tarty and she actually looked rather sophisticated, in a sexy way. But she felt like she was revealing was too much skin, the dress was strapless and her shoulders and neck were slightly on show; not much though as her gently curled hair flowed across her shoulders and down her mid back. She took another glance at her two friends as they swayed down the steps. No, she definitely couldn't wear what they were wearing.

"Wooooooo" Lucy whistled as she eyed all the "guy" candy in the club when they reached the bottom of the stairs. There were some good looking specimens in there for sure. Her eyes then met a familiar brunette dancing with at least 5 girls around him. Oh no, she thought as she squinted her eyes to make sure it was who she thought it was. God, it was Luke looks like that 5% chance had just become a little higher. She swiftly turned around and stopped Lauren from moving, knowing full well she was about to re-enact the great escape.

"Hmm I think coming here wasn't such a good idea after all" She said quickly turning Lauren and Whitney around too. She then linked their arms in hers and started walking out the club. However Whitney and Lauren both immediately stopped and looked at Lucy wide eyed.

"What?" They both yelled over the blaring music.

"I said I think we should go" Lucy said desperately. The last thing she wanted was for Lauren to break down in tears again. She really cared about Luke; and it seemed he cared about Lauren too at some point. It was more than a shock when they found out her had been cheating on Lauren for the majority of their relationship. She was distraught and cried for days.

"Why?" Lauren asked looking at her like she was the weirdest girl on the planet "You are the one that dragged me here. What could possibly make you want to go home?" She looked around the club for any clues on why she wanted to go, it had to be something pretty big to make Lucy, yes Lucy the party girl, want to leave a club a mere 5 minutes after arriving.

It wasn't until then her eyes landed on the evidence in the form of her ex she realised.

"Oh" She barely spoke as she looked at Luke grinding some girl…damn. She took a deep breath her eyes seemingly unable to break contact with him. "I think I should go… you guys stay"

"If you let him stop you from having a good time with your friends Lo, He's going to have won aint he…we don't want to give him that satisfaction" Whit spoke up having noticed Luke too.

"We don't want to give him the satisfaction?" Lauren questioned

"Yep show him you don't care" she said with a wide grin.

"What if I want to give him the satisfaction Whitney, like Lucy said before I let him stop me from having a good time with my friends, it means he's won" Lauren said looking away from Luke. "He's won already"

Whitney and Lucy both looked at Lauren and then towards each other. They walked towards Lauren embracing her in a tight hug. "He aint won babe" Lucy whispered as they drew apart.

"What do I do then?"

"You show him." Lucy said as if it was the simplest answer ever.

Lauren nodded briefly then took one more glance at towards Luke and saw him now kissing a brunette as opposed to the blonde he was dancing with seconds ago. Okay so maybe she had moved on a little, but seeing him kissing every flipping girl he set eyes is not something she wants to see in a sober body.

"I need a drink" She sighed walking towards the bar, Whitney and Lucy hot on her trail, both in unstoppable giggles since they knew the 'staying sober' thing wouldn't last for long. And as they predicted it didn't…last long, not very long at all. Within half hour Lauren was the drunkest out of the three of them, completely forgetting about her interview in the morning.

From across the room several Lads walked in and sat across the bar. The three of them sat stealing odd glances towards the three girls. They were all taking shots one after the other and were all practically drunk. This wasn't something they usually did though. No, they rarely ever had the chance since all three were always so busy working. They were a little older than the girls by the look of them, doesn't mean they weren't ones for a little fun though.

The lads sat there laughing and joking, one of them by the name of Joey , was the one who was "sober" well sober compared to his two severely drunken friends. He started looking around the club, scoping all the girls. It wasn't until he looked across the bar his mind froze. Standing there was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. Rewind a second… He'd just called a girl beautiful. He'd never ever called anyone beautiful, fit yes, hot yes, beautiful - no. But saying that girl standing at the bar was just hot, or cute or sexy was an understatement, beautiful seemed to be the only word that could justify what he was thinking.

He took a closer look and noticed she was standing alone. He was mesmerised by this girl, she was so captivating and he seemed under her spell in seconds. She was wearing a black dress fitting her perfectly in all the right places and showed the right amount of cleavage, but not too much to make her look desperate. She looked pure and innocent, sophisticated. Something he didn't usually go for. She looked a little younger than him too, only a little. Again it was something he didn't usually go for; younger girls were too clingy for his liking. Deciding looking at this girl was not enough he got up from his seat, put down his shot glass and told his friends he was going to go and get a drink.

His friend, Mitchell, gave him a confused look, there were several drinks lined up across the bar awaiting them. "Dude, he isn't getting drinks" the other lad spluttered out, a little bit drunkenly "He is checking out that chick over there" He pointed to the girl Joey was now standing next to at the bar.

Glad you all enjoyed the first chapter... hope you liked this one as much :) se you tomorrow xx