One Way or Another

I looked around nervously for that one pair of shoes that would match perfectly with the rest of my outfit. I found some pretty high heels, I wasn’t used to wearing, and sat down on my bed to put them on. Gerard would be coming over in just a while so we could head to that club he has been talking about all week. I never thought he was the type of guy to go to those things. But, than again….there was probably lots of things I didn’t know about him. I can’t believe I had actually gone “all the way” with him. I barely know what he likes to do in his free time, besides drawing and painting… and art related stuff.

I looked at myself in the tall door mirror and my eyebrows raised themselves at what I saw.
I never really thought I could look like THAT. And by THAT I mean SEXY.

I grinned, pleased with how I look. I knew Gerard didn’t approve of the stuff I was wearing, cause he told me it himself just a few days ago, when we went through my clothes. But hey, I was free to do whatever I pleased. And yes, that includes dressing how ever I want to.

After doing my hair and makeup I looked at myself one final time in the mirror. Only to realized I had made myself look way much sexier. I sprayed some more hairspray to keep every strand of hair in it’s place for as long as possible, and walked to the living room to wait.

Sitting on the couch in complete silence, I started to just think that maybe what we had before, wasn’t anything but lust and thirst for the forbidden. But I just couldn’t be sure….

‘Ding, ding’

I heard the doorbell and stood up to answer him, after taking a quick glance at the clock.

“What took you so long, it’s almost……”

I froze right there.

Not HIM.

“Uh…hi. I…I came to get some of….some of Ally’s stuff” he stuttered as his eyes ran down my body, stopping for a bit at my breast and the end of the short mini dress.

I just froze there. I mean, I had thought after all that happened, that I wouldn’t see him ever again. Now here he is.

“Sureeee…..Mikeyyy, come on right in.”

I tried to calm myself down. He wouldn’t be able to ruin this night. No. This was my night out, and I was gonna go out and have a blast.

“Her room’s over there….but I’m sure you know…”

I watched him, as he lifted his eyes from my body once again and met my own. He fidgeted around, unsure of something.

“So….what are you waiting for?”

I caught him glace one more at the v neck cut of my dress, before finally asking me, without stuttering this time

“Can you come with me? I’m really not sure of which stuff is hers.”

I nodded and soon we were both in my and Ally’s room, hopefully getting this over with quickly. We stuffed all of her stuff into a medium sized box. I was more than certain that in the box only half of her stuff would fit.

“So, got a date or something?”

I looked up from the closet drawers, throwing another pair of Converse into the box. He just sat there on my bed looking at me, waiting for an answer.

“Yeah…something like that.” I smiled.

Let his own little mind think what ever it wants to.

“Oh” he simply added before getting back to ‘work’.

When we finally finished. Well, with what fitted in the box that is. I walked with him to the door, hoping he would leave already.

“So, I guess I’ll see ya later?”

“You will??”

I gotta admit, I panicked even more when he said that. But then realized, what he really meant.

“Yeah…I gotta come get the rest of her stuff. So bye”

He held on tightly to the box, and before walking out I could have sworn his eyes were once again glued to my barely covered chest.

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“There’s no way I’m going out with you, if you’re wearing that!!”

I just stood there at the doorway. Instead of just greeting me like a normal human being, he just yelled at my face about my clothes. He reminded me of my dad and how overprotected he was about wearing too short skirts, dresses….like this.

“Oh yes you are, mister! Now come on. I’ve been waiting way too long for you to get here, it almost midnight!”

He placed his hand on the doorframe, his arm blocking me from leaving. He just giggled to himself.

“Uh, yeah that’s the point! Clubs open at midnight here, and some even later. Well, the good ones that is.”

“Fine, whatever! Let’s just leave, already.”

“Not until you change”

“I’m NOT changing!”

“Fine with me. Then, we’re NOT going!”

Ugh!! I just wanted to push past him and going running into the night streets of the city. Why wouldn’t he just let me?!

“I said I’m going like this. Who do you think you are, my father??!!”

“No, I’m your boyf…..”

“You’re my FRIEND, Gerard. Now let’s go, so we can get there when it opens.”

I saw his mood changed. His face now was all gray and saddened. I took his hand in mine, after locking the door, and gave him comforting squeeze. He gave me a forced smile, and I just pulled him down the stairs with me.

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We made our way through the crowed club to find some place calm to sit. But we didn’t see any tables at all. It seemed like this was a different type of club, from the one we had went to years ago. We ended up at the bar.

“What can I get you, Miss?”

I looked at the bartender, not sure what to say. I’ve never had any type of alcoholic drink in my life.
Gerard on the other hand, seemed a little bit more experienced.

“You should defiantly try Sex on the Beach, it’s not bad!!” he yelled over the loud music and voices of people chatting.

“What??!”

I just looked at him confused, as my faced changed into a bright pink shade.
What did that, have to do with ordering a ‘drink’??

“No, silly! It’s a drink!”

I let out a soft chuckle, that I’m sure couldn’t be heard over the loud music. He just signaled the man to bring us two of those.

“Here you go”

Wow that was quick. He had in less than a minute placed our drink on the bar in front of us. Now I was worried, of how to drink it. I didn’t want to embarrass myself again. So after a saw him take a normal drink, like you would of any other beverage, I did the same.

The almost pure alcohol burned it’s way down my throat, and I could feel it pour itself to my stomach.

“Woo! This is some good stuff, huh?”

I stared at him, and than at his glass.

He had drank it all.

In what? Two, three drinks?
I just nodded and took another quick sip of mine. It took me about 12 drinks to finish it all. But after the fifth, it didn’t burn as much. Gerard smiled at me, ready to order a second round. But I didn’t feel like it. It would be to much.
Actually, I think it already was. I started feeling weird.

I felt an arm on my left shoulder, and turned around to face a really hot guy. He was seating on the stool next to me and was smiling at me.

“Mind me buying you a drink?”

I blurted out a “yes please”.
And soon enough we were chatting about ourselves and getting ready to go to our third “round”.

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I couldn’t feel my head. All I felt was dizziness. I paid my head down on the bar, turning to my right expecting to see Gee. But he was nowhere in sight.

I yanked my cell phone from my purse and fought to find his number on the now blurry screen.

“Hello? Nicole?!?!”

“Gee….hey…” I slurred, unintentionally.

“Oh my God, you’re drunk aren’t you?! Where are you, I’m going to get you. You need to get home”

I just laughed. I have no idea why, but I just did.
And yes, why not? Go ahead, and blame the damn alcohol.

“The barr…….whoa….this guy just kiss me on the neck…mmmm….bye bye”

I slipped the phone into my purse once again, or was it the floor. I can’t really remember.

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Gerard’ POV

I put out the cigarette I was smoking and headed back inside the club. Looking around, and making my way to the bar I saw her.
I wanted to die, though.

She was making out with the same guy I had left her chatting with. And let’s just say, they were really getting into it. As I got to them, I couldn’t control my jealousy as I saw that perv slide his hand under the bottom of her dress.

“Get your fucking filthy hands off of her!!”

I grabbed her by her waist pulling her away from him. He just gave me a real dirty look and go closer to her again.

“I see daddy came to pick you up….well I already got your number, but here, give me a call sometime….any night you get lonely” he winked at her and handed her a piece of paper with a number on it.

If it weren’t for the fact that I was holding her up, I would have punched that perv’s face and beaten the shit out of him.

But instead I just picked her up bridal style and carried her outside.
Now I just had to get a cab to take her home.