Mistaken Moments

Sarah sat across from her colleague /friend at the nurses’ station.

“Stella, are you coming with us or not?” She was annoyed with her friend, she never went anywhere, never had any fun.

Stella looked at her friend, “Ella.” She said under her breath. Sarah always called her by her full name and she hated it. “I have to work in the morning.” Stella said putting her stethoscope around her neck and looking up from her charting. “I really want to go but ya know, I have to save some lives tomorrow.”
“Ummmmm emptying bed pans…….yah that is some life saving.” Sarah said making fun of her friend of 20 years. They always did everything together……high school, nursing school and now working at the same ED, in the same hospital.

“The glamorous life as a nurse.” Stella said as she got up and moved away from the computer she was sitting at. “So what are you doing tonight anyway that is so exciting.”

“You know my friend Matt, well he is having a party and he invited me……and I have invited you. You know Stella you should come for awhile. He has some nice looking friends and you have not been near a man in forever.” Sarah said jokingly and laughing. “The only penis you have seen is the ones you have had to catheterize, clean or swab. You might have fun.”

“I will think about it.” Stella said smiling at her friend before rushing off down the hall.

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“Who are you texting Sarah, you have not put that phone down all evening.” Matt asked plopping down on the sofa beside his smoking hot best friend, but friends were what they were for the past six years. They had meant at a album release party, one of the first album release parties they had. “Is it your boyfriend?”

Sarah looked at Matt and rolled her eyes. “No boyfriend. My best friend.”

“Hey I thought I was your best friend.”

“You are my best guy friend.” She said smiling at Matt. He was so freaking cute. “I invited her to come over. I hope you don’t mind. I know it is a small gathering; I really just want you to meet her already. She is like a sister to me.”

“Is she hot?”

“She is smoking hot.” Sarah said. “tiny, long dark wavy hair, and beautiful grey eyes.”

“Going to fix me up??” Ian asked joining in on the conversation that he had been ease dropping on.

“Hell no, she is too good for you.” Sarah said pushing Ian away, he fell off the arm of the sofa onto the floor.

“Hey……that is abuse.”

“OH MY GOD…..she is downstairs. I can’t believe it, she is here, and we have to get her loaded. None of you take advantage of her.” Sarah said looking at the two of them. “I am going to meet her. I will be right back.”

Sarah rushed out of the condo into the elevator. She could barley wait for the elevator descend down the 11 flights. The door opened and there stood Stella, she looked amazing. Short red dress, hugged her body in all the right places. “Who knew that body looked so good? Scrubs just are unflattering. I can’t believe you are here. I am so excited for you to meet all my friends.” She said all in one breathe pulling her friend into the elevator with her. “it is going to be so different, you are not use to being around musicians are you?”

Stella giggled at her friend who was so excited that she had shown up. She was nervous to be around anyone but the people she worked with and patients. Sarah was right, she did need to get out. “I am just staying for a little bit. I do have to work in the morning.”

“We are going to have so much fun. You have sick time banked right?” Sarah said as the door opened to the elevator, she took Stella by the hand and dragged her through the door to the condo. “I can’t wait for you to meet everyone.

Stella took a deep breath and braced herself for what was going to happen next, the unexpected. As her friend was dragging her across the room her eyes, feel upon this tall dark, very attractive male. She couldn't help but look at him. He was talking to an attractive girl, laughing at what she had just said; his smile was enough to make her buckle at the knees. She couldn't help but stare at him, as Sarah pulled her across the room. He just happened to look up for a quick second, his eyes meant hers, and he smiled at her for a second.

“Matt……..this is Stella.”

Matt watched them make their way across the room. Sarah wasn't joking about how hot her friend was. She was beautiful. They type of beautiful that didn't need makeup or fancy clothes. She was just a natural beauty.

“Ella.” Stella said taking Matts hand and shaking it firmly. “I tell her all the time not to call me Stella.”

“Ella, nice to meet you. I would say I have heard a lot about you but I haven’t.”

“I know I could say the same.” She said smiling.

“God you two……” Sarah said grabbing Ella by the arm. “Come on we need drinks.”
Sarah drug her friend across the room full of crowded people towards the bar, Stella kept finding her eyes fallen on the tall dark man, with the strip of blue in his hair. He was memorizing. Sarah handed her a shot glass,

“what is this?” Ella asked bringing it to her nose to inhale the alcoholic scent, it making her stomach churn. “God.”

Sarah rolled her eyes, “Just drink it. You need to have some fun, you are so uptight. When is the last time you had fun?” Sarah held her shot glass up to her lips. “Okay…….1……………..2…………3”

“You are such a bad influence.” Stella laughed and downed her shot with her friend. She felt the horrible burn, all the way down. “Ugh……that is awful.”

“That was the first awful many.” Sarah grinned handing her friend another shot full of warm burning intoxication.

As the night went on Stella found herself sitting alone on the sofa, completely and utterly intoxicated. She had to admit that she was having a good time. She loved Matt, and two other of his friends, she could not remember their names at the moment. They were hilarious, and she learnt that they were in a popular Canadian band. She never had time for music, or as Sarah said she had no life. She had kept her eye on that tall dark handsome guy with the blue streak in his hair.……….well handsome had turned into sexy hot guy after the fourth or fifth shot. What she didn’t like was the fact there was always a different beautiful girl by his side, which kept his interest or it so seemed that they did. She couldn’t keep her eyes off of him.

“Hey Ella, how you feeling?” Matt asked falling down on the sofa beside her.

“I am great Matt, thank you for asking.” She slurred and giggled, sipping on her drink that no longer tasted like the three kinds of alcohol that it was made with. All she could taste was fruit! “I think I have had enough alcohol to last me a life time. Where did Sarah go?

“Ummmmm well you know that guy named Mike, well they kinda have a thing.”

“Oh…..” Ella sighed. “She always kinda has things with men. I don’t know how she does it. She is beautiful.”

“That she is.” Matt said looking at Ella.

“Am I not pretty enough to kinda have a thing?”

Matt burst out laughing.

“That is funny to you?”

“No not at all, you just took me off guard. You are definitely hot enough.”

“Not for him.” She slurred pointing across the room at the sexy hot as fuck man with the blue in his hair.
“For Josh, you are definitely hot enough for him. He is a goof ball.”

Ella sighed, “he hasn’t even noticed me tonight and I am drunk as hell.” She giggled. “do you think he would talk to me, if I walked over there right now.”

Matt laughed, “do you think you can even stand let alone walk.”

“Do you think I should talk to him? I am not going to talk to him.” She slurred. “Call me a cab please. I just need to go home and sleep.”

“Give me five minutes and I will drive you home. I have not had anything to drink tonight. I will be right back.” He smiled as he walked away.

Ella sat there, in an alcohol induced haze. Her head was spinning. She put her head in her hands to try to stop the room from running laps around her.

“I don’t believe we have meant.” She heard the voice and felt the sofa sink beside her. “I am Josh.” She looked out of the corner of her eye, there he was, and extending his had to her. She took it shakily.

“I am Ella, and I am really intoxicated I do apologize.” She looked up, her eyes meant his, she froze. The blue was captivating.

He smiled at her, and she felt like she was going to die. Oh my god, she thought he was beyond hot!! God lord her heart was racing and her palms were sweaty. “I need air.”

Josh looked at her, seen her color go from a precious ivory to green. He took her by the hand and steadied her to her feet and let her out onto the balcony. She leaned over, placing her head up against the cold cement railing.

“Are you…….??” Josh asked.

“Oh god, she said turning away from him and throwing up in the flower bed next to her, not once but three times she wretched and felt the warm sickening alcohol as it came back up, burning on the way up as it had on the way down. She felt someone had holding her hair back for her, another hand on her shoulder.

After her stomach emptied and there was nothing more to come back up she turned around and slid down the balcony wall, and slumped on the cold cement floor. The coolness of the cement felt so good up against her body, she felt her body fall over, but felt warm hands, and strong arms lift her up off of the floor, and that was the last thing she remembered