Chapter 150 - An Interesting Turn Of Events (1/2)

Three girls stood at the front door while giving their ID's to the security guard. He quickly gave them a look over with an experienced eye before nodding. Although the girls were only 18, the ID's they had were fake and said they were all 21. The only difference between them was the year they were born so even the birthday was the same. Anthony, who was just normally watching over the crowd, glance at them briefly and then turned his attention to others. With the long line of people wanting to get in, there was always someone he needed to look at. He was an experience hand at this and could tell a lot by how people reacted when he looked at them. He might have suspected the girls were underage, but how many times had he seen people do this over the years. He pretty much felt it was more of a right of passage than anything else. Besides, if things went wrong, it was on them for the fake ID's. Each girl received a bracelet and a stamp before going inside.

The three girls were rather excited since they had all turned 18 recently and hadn't had a chance to go to a club yet. They had promised to go together once all of them turned 18. The oldest, Rachel, had already graduated but was working at a local town office for an internship while applying to colleges, she was also the one who had gotten them the altered licenses. The youngest, Ashley, had just turned 18 a few weeks ago which meant that all of them were keeping their promise.

”This is great!”

”I know, right?”

”Honestly. Of all the places we could have gone tonight, why here?” The middle girl asked sounding slightly annoyed. It wasn't that she didn't want to go, but this place was huge looking and actually looked pretty run down from the outside. She would have been much happier going to someplace a bit smaller.

”Oh come on Leona, it's not like your getting any younger. You haven't had a boyfriend in how long and you keep ignoring Brian for god knows what reason.” Ashley commented. She was something of a flirt which caused her to get a bad reputation despite having only been with two guys up until now. That said, she was currently single and wanted to have a fun time tonight.

”She's right. Once you girls graduate we can all head off to college, so why waste the time to enjoy ourselves right now?” Rachel added on while dragging Leona through the door. Leona could only sigh and follow them. She already told them she didn't like Brian and that he wasn't a good person, but they thought she was just being prude. At the same time, she never mentioned anything about her sudden thing with Laz, mostly because there was no telling what it even was. Maybe there was something there and maybe there wasn't. He was a guy with many secrets and she just didn't know how involved she wanted to be.

As the girls walked into the club, they couldn't help but feel the vibe of the place get to them. It was like an energy took hold and made them want to dance. But first they had to do something else they promised themselves.

”Alright. Drinks, let's go.” Rachel said, leading the group while Ashley dragged Leona. After they all picked something out from the list that looked large and festive, they quickly grabbed one of the standing tables with tall stools and took some time to drink while taking in everything. From the perspective of a first time club goer, they obviously eyes the hanging cages, the crazy light show and even the upstairs area.

”What's that?” Ashley asked, pointing to the stairs that had guards in front of it.

”VIP area. You either have to be someone really well known or be invited,” Rachel explained between sips. Both she and Ashley had been taking big gulps of the large glasses since they tasted yummy without a heavy alcohol flavor. Had they ever been clubbing before, they would have known that the point of those drinks was to taste good while still having as many as 4 shots worth of something in them. Because of this lack of knowledge, they drank them down rather fast and went to get more.

Leona, watching her friends enjoy themselves, felt rather out of place. Had this been over a year ago, she probably would have been acting just like them. But now with things working out as they were, she felt very reluctant to let go.

Just as the girls made it to the bar, a waitress came over to collect the empty glasses. Had the girls waited, she would have been more than happy to get the drinks for them, but they were in a hurry. The waitress just smiled at Leona and asked if they were done with the empty glasses to which Leona responded yes. Flashing her a beautiful smile, the waitress quickly collected them and was about to walk away when she noticed Leona's rather downcast look.

”What's wrong little sister? You're probably the only one in here who looks like she would rather be anywhere else,” the waitress in the tight, black, reflective dress said.

”Oh? Uh. I don't know. I'm just... not in the mood... I guess...” Leona responded back.

”Is it about a guy?” The waitress set her tray down and sat at the nearby stool, looking at Leona.

”Uh... well... wait. Who are you?” Leona asked, finally starting to pay attention. The girls were still waiting in line so Leona focused her attention on this somewhat noisy waitress.

”Name's Ruby, what's yours?” Ruby asked, smiling warmly. Ruby was a rather observant person and this young lady in front of her was obviously much stronger than anyone else she had seen so far tonight. The only reason she couldn't confirm it for sure was because she was wearing red jade and the thought the young girl in the silver sparkly dress was also wearing it. Because of that, Ruby became a bit interested in her.

”Leona,” Leona replied, noticing the gentle smile on Ruby's face. She didn't get a bad vibe from this girl, more like an interested one, so she didn't put her icy guard up.

”Beautiful name. So, a guy, right?” Ruby asked while leaning in closer, but not too close.

”Kinda...” Leona didn't know how to answer since it was and it wasn't.

”Well. Good news than. You've basically got an entire sea of guys here just waiting to cheer you up,” Ruby said, while pointing out a few who were looking in their direction.

”That's... I'm not. We're not...” Leona was stumbling, trying to think of how to explain it with Ruby butted in again.

”It's fine. Let me guess. You're hesitating on the relationship and decided that getting a night out would be a good distraction. But that doesn't mean you actually want to meet someone here, right?” Ruby said, nodding her head while looking serious.

”Yes... actually. Exactly right!” Leona agreed. That summed up why she was here perfectly.

”Hehe, thought so. Well, then let's go.” Ruby got up and waved over to one of the other waitresses before grabbing Leona's hand.