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Sky
Sky was heading out to meet her best friend. She was already too late, but even so, she took time. It was cold evening and she was not in the mood. Lilly, her friend was waiting her at this posh, fancy restaurant full of stuck up assholes. Yes, she had prejudice against rich. But, most of them were insufferable. It was justified, she thought. Lilly wasn’t, though. She was a kind soul; they knew each other from kindergarten. Her parent, even richer then some countries sent her to public schools, not to spoil her. And they succeeded. Lilly turn out to be the best version that was possible.
But, she wanted to celebrate her first real job, and wanted to do it big. Treating Sky with lavishing dinner. That was the custom; to be successful you need to spend your first salary on booze and food. Only Sky didn’t have anything to wear for that kind of place, so she put the dress she bought on internet for 30 bucks, but it looked really good. Oh, well, it is what it is. Hopefully fashion bitches won’t be there.
The restaurant was full, noisy. People were standing in front, waiting patiently for the next free table, and hoping that they are going to be the one who made the cut. On the other end, some were immediately taken to their tables with smiles on services lips and way too much enthusiasm. Working for tips, that’s the job, and tips here were someone’s rent.
Sky knew that she already had the table. Lilly’s family are part owners of the place. Then she sees her, Lilly was waving.
“It’s, packed tonight, what is going on?” – asked Sky really surprised. “Nothing special, the place is really in right now.” – said Lilly.
”There’s people waiting outside, I mean this looks more like a club now” – said Sky as she was sitting down. “I know, right,”- Lilly looked around, and then lingered toward Sky conspiratorially, “It’s still a money pit, restaurants always are. Bad business, not worth it.”
“Well you would know, especially now you’re business woman” Sky picked a glass of champagne of the table, that was already there waiting for her, and lift it to toast. “To Lilly, may you bring the business world to your knees, as you will. Love you”. Lilly started to giggle and toasted with proud face.
They had a booth, which is for 4 or more parties, and they felt really cozy. Lilly talked about new job and Sky was intently listening. They ordered more drinks, because neither one of them really liked champagne, it was only there as a symbol of celebration. They will order food a little later, first they will enjoy drinks for a while.
Lilly had to go to the restroom, and Sky was to get more cocktails, so she was trying to catch waiters’ attention. As she was looking around, she noticed a guy looking at her intensely. He was typical frat boy, almost comically typical. She laughed inside, a little, and tried to avoid him. But, he was relentless, he just stared. It made her uncomfortable, so she decided to wait for Lilly to come back, to order.
As Lilly was approaching the table, Sky still saw with periphery of an eye that the guy was fixated on her. She just kept repeating, don’t come over, please. “The line for restroom is brutal, better to keep in”- said Lilly as she was sitting “Did something happened?”-she asked when she saw Sky’s face. “No, I was just in my head.”- Sky said. The waiter was coming to them with cocktails. “Oh, great, you ordered”-Lilly clapped happily. “No, I didn’t, I was waiting for you.”
Waiter had a grin on his face, “The gentleman at the bar is sending drinks for the ladies.” Sky immediately knew which gentlemen, and as she was thinking that, he was standing next to the table.
“Hello, girls, may I join you. Oh, hi Lilly, I haven’t see you sorry, I was mesmerized by this creature here”. Sky wanted to throw up, anyone who calls her creature can go fuck himself. He sat; even neither one of them told him so.
“Hi, Milo, haven’t see you since you trashed my room, when your family came for dinner, cause you were drunk”- Lilly’s tone was dry.
“Ha-ha, yeah, I remember, sorry about that, but as you said I was drunk.”
“You were 14.”- Lilly’s voice got a little higher. “Anyway, who’s your friend?” – Milo asked. “She’s my best friend, and leave her alone. She doesn’t belong in your world.”
Sky was mute the whole time, wishing hard for him just to disappear, but fat chance. “I’m Milo, as you heard, and you are?”- He was saying that so patronizing, like to a child, Sky thought, if she was strong enough she would beat him up. “Sky.”
“Why don’t you belong in my world?”- emphasizing on belong.
“Probably because I’m not rich. I’m guessing you are.”
“Oh, honey, that’s not a problem, even better, I can buy you anything, I love spoiling my women, and I love them grateful.”
“Why would you buy me things?”- Sky was irritated, already. This is the reason she resent them, the rich. “Because you’re beautiful, and I like you.”
“And, what I would have to do for that?”
“Nothing, sweetheart, just to be nice to me.” Sky felt sick to her stomach.
“I really don’t want to be nice to you, and these drinks, don’t want them either, please take them with you when you leave.”
Milo looked at her like a predator that he was-“Listen little bitch, if I want to buy you a drink you say thank you very much.”
“Listen to me, you little bitch, if I say take that probably drugged drink from my table, you do it.”- Sky was ready for a fight; she had enough of guys telling her what to do. Lilly didn’t expect this at all, she looked shocked. Milo was stunned too, but he recovered quickly.
“Fucking dykes”- and he left. Lilly looked at Sky like she sees her for the first time. “Where has that came from?”
“Years of training, I can’t do it anymore, I’m not accepting drinks anymore. What you don’t pay immediately you pay it later with interest.”- Sky took a deep breath and relaxed.
“True, plus, Milo Is a sociopath, in no circumstances should anyone be with him.” – Lilly added.
“Now I have to go to the restroom”- Sky got up and started to break through the crowd. The line in front of restroom was brutal, as Lilly said. She took her phone to entertain herself while waiting, when someone appeared in front of her. She didn’t even managed to look who it was, the guy took her around stomach draw her to him and start kissing her.
Shocked, Sky tried to get out of the kiss. But he was too strong, and he was holding her hands so she couldn’t do anything. Then, he stopped, and loudly said, “I’m sorry, sweetheart, she means nothing to me” while looking her in the eyes.
Sky, completely stunned looked at him, not saying a thing, but then she snapped and slapped him as harder she could. To her surprise, he smirked and gripped her again, and started passionately kissing her. People around them started to laugh, but it wasn’t funny to Sky. When he stopped, he didn’t even look at her, he started to look around, like he is looking for someone, when he didn’t find them he focused on Sky. “Thank you. I’m trying to avoid something.”-he said while smiling.
He was beautiful, Sky thought, if that is appropriate term to describe men. Dark eyes, you can lose yourself in, tall and fit. Even so, what the fuck. “Are you insane, what is wrong with you?”
“I’m sorry about that, but you helped me immensely, I don’t have time to explain now, but thank you.” And he left, leaving Sky, completely dumbfounded, standing in front of the restroom, forgetting why she was there in the first place.
Lucas
Lucas looked himself in the mirror, and couldn’t believe that he was still alive. He was deciding between, if he was sorry or glad that he was, but then again, because tonight, maybe not so glad. Why did he agreed to this is beyond him. Actually he knew why. It was time for him to go back to normal, to go out with friends, to be amongst people, something he never did right, but now it seems like a necessity.
It has been two years since the accident, not his fault, but he still felt guilty, so he was spending all his time in solitude, work and no contact with the real world. So tonight when his best friend said, enough is enough, you’re coming. It is only dinner, sit there, eat, and try to have fun, he agreed to it.
His place had private elevator to the garage, so he went down, and stood there deciding which car to take. It was equivalent to woman picking what to wear, only a couple hundred thousand more expensive.
The place was so crowded. Mark told him it was a restaurant, not a club. He was already tired.
His friends were sitting in the booth in the corner. He was pleased about that, at least. There was Mark his best friend, and his wife Kyra, Liam and his annoying girlfriend Tamara, and a girl, sitting alone, looking dressed and groomed, like she’s prepared for photo shoot. Her lips were obviously enhanced, fake eyelashes, off course. Breast done, that was for sure, in that thigh dress almost out. He would think of her as fuckable, but not tonight. Tonight he could see only stench around her like in the cartoons.
He said hi and set. “See, you didn’t burst into flames”-Mark said.
“No I didn’t, explain me please how in the world is this restaurant”- Lucas was annoyed.
“Well, you can eat food here, so there”-Mark was mocking; Kyra interrupted “Lucas you look your gorgeous self, how is that even possible.”
Mark looked at her with lifted eyebrows, and she quickly adds
” I love you, don’t worry, but come on, it’s not real”. “Will you stop, talk about how Lucas is pretty when you’re alone, please”- Liam said.
Lucas regretted coming here, he was already bored. What was he expected to do, to chat, about what, ooh this was a mistake. And, the worst of all, the plastic freak was there for him. He knew that the moment he saw her. She looked at him hungrily, never looking away, very creepy, he thought. For a second, he thought, I could fuck her, but then, just shacked that thought like a revolting thing.
While he was in his thoughts Tamara, annoying girlfriend, introduced the girl, whose name was something starting with N or maybe Q, all Lucas was thinking, clearly she is your friend. The girl was quiet, but with intense look, like she knew her strengths, and talking is not one of them.
“She’s a model, lingerie model.”- Tamara said. The Girl spoke for the first time “I’m not tall enough for runaway, so they use me for that” in a seductive voice.” I’m sure they use you”- Lucas thought, but just nod. At the table they started to talk about something, but they lost Lucas, he just rested on the booth, and let them talk.
Then he saw, a guy he knew from collage. Rich from birth, entitled, and discussing human, he always hated him, looking at his direction. Oh, no, not him. The guy stood up and started to walk in his direction, but to his joy he stopped at the booth next to his.
He started to listen the conversation between the creep and the girl he obviously targeted for that night. He realized that one of the girls, who were not the target, was Lilly Stark. He never met her, but knew her father, he was doing some business with him, and the other, the targeted one, he didn’t have a clue who she was.
But, my God, he thought, that girl was fantastic, he didn’t see her, but she told off that piece of shit, like probably no one did before in his stupid life. Lucas found it so funny, and started to laugh out loud, to which Tamara said “It’s not funny, I mean being size 4 must be killing her”. Lucas had no idea what the fuck she was talking about, so he just nods, and returned to eavesdropping.
Asshole was gone, but girls continued to talk and Lucas was more and more impressed with a girl. She obviously is not from this world, but, she seems smart. He wanted to see her, what she looks like. Milo likening her is a minus, because his type was this plastic here tonight.
He heard her saying that she was going to the restroom, and Lucas turned to see her. She stood up, in a dress that showed her body perfectly, but not vulgar. Her face was angel like, which was the first thing he was thinking. He was mesmerized, she started walking, and to him it looked like she was floating. She passed their table and Tamara started to laugh “Oh my God, have you seen that, who let her in here”. The plastic was laughing too “I know”.
When they saw Lucas confused face, they said “Look what she’s wearing; I would die if I was wearing something like that.” Lucas had enough “She is my girlfriend, just so you know” he was surprised with what he was saying himself, but continued. “I love her dress, and now she’s mad because, I’m sitting here with you and a girl who you obviously brought here for me” he stopped himself, but then realized this is his way out of the evening.
Mark said “Since when you’re dating” little hurt why this is the first time he hears about it. “Well it’s been a while”- Lucas didn’t know how long he can lie, she was standing there not even ones looked at him, and she’ll be back soon. “She acts like she doesn’t know you”- Kyra said. Plastic was looking at him angrily like he was cheating on her.
“Because she’s angry, I have to go to her”.
Lucas stood up, thinking, what the fuck am I going to do? Maybe, just ask her to play along; what was wrong with me in the first place to start this. He approached the girl, stood in front of her; she lifted her head, and in one insane second he just looked at her mouth, grabbed her in, took her to his body and started kissing her. Her lips, the softest lips he ever kissed. He knew that this was an assault practically, but he never felt chemistry like this.
The girl was trying to push him away, so he stopped, tried to explain her, but everybody from his table was up and watching. “Sorry sweetheart, she means nothing to me”- Lucas was lauder than normal. The girl, appeared shocked, but then she slapped him across the face, without saying a thing.
“Good girl”- Lucas thought, I can work with this. And then to his surprise he started kissing her again. This time, he swears like she returned the kiss, which, send electricity through him like never before, so he deepened the kiss. He heard people laughing and cheering around them, but the world disappeared to him.
He stepped away reluctantly, and said “I sorry, trying to avoid someone”. He was expecting another slap, but the girl looked at him with curiosity, and then told him he’s insane, and that something is wrong with him. On the point, beautiful girl, he thought. He thanked her, and left to his table, where his friends were looking in shock. He said “I need to go now, she’s really angry.” He turned and left the restaurant leaving everyone confused.
