falling ~ tiny pretty things

7

When Bette and Bailey arrived, they saw mostly everybody was there.

"Well, we're a little late" Bette sighed.

"No, no" Bailey shook her head. "We're to cool to be early. We're here right on time." Bailey started pulling Bette to the dance floor.

The two danced together for a while then split up dancing with the rest of the group. This was another time where they felt free and like they could do whatever. Nabil, on the other hand, was sitting on the side's , grieving over Cassie. 

"Hey, I want to sit" Bette told Bailey. "Can you come with me?"

"Yeah, of course" Bailey nodded. Bette took Bailey's hand and pulled her through the crowd.

On the walk, they bumped into two blonde guys and the a taller guy. Bailey only saw his shoulder and felt everything become slower. She looked up and it was Matteo. They didn't say a word just looked at each other before Bailey felt everything speed up again. 

"Bette, Bailey" June called. She obviously had not seen them before and had obviously drank a lot. She ran up to the girls smiling and giggling. She took one hand of each girl. "Look where we are! Snuck out before Monique could lock us in forever!"

"Thanks for your text" Bette smiled.

"Well, if it was me, I'd want to know" June shrugged. She then went back to dancing and the two girls looked around the club. Bette watched Oren and Neveah dance while Bailey found Matteo sitting at the bar with his friends. 

"Hey, me and Oren are going to go somewhere" Bette winked at Bailey as Oren walked over.

"Gross" Bailey cringed as the two walked away. Bailey stood by herself, watching her friends dance before Neveah walked up to her.

"Hey" Neveah smiled. "I love your dress."

"Thank you" Bailey smiled too. "You and Oren have potential of getting the role. The chemistry is good."

"I'm not trying to steal him from Bette" Neveah assured. She then went on to talk about how they probably weren't going to get the role but Bailey was to focused on Matteo. A girl had started talking to him but Matteo looked uncomfortable. "You're staring at that guy?"

"What" Bailey finally faced Neveah. "Um, yeah. He's cute."

"Go talk to him" Neveah encouraged.

"Yeah, you're right" Bailey nodded. "Just go for it."

"You got this girl" Neveah smiled. "You look amazing."

"Right, right. I'm being dramatic. Just talk to him" Bailey hyped herself up. She then walked over to him and her breathing got heavier as she approached him. "Hi again."

"Bailey" Matteo smiled at her. "You look gorgeous."

"Thank you" Bailey smiled. "The only reason I'm over here is because" Bailey stopped herself and shook her head. "Doesn't matter."

"The girl you were walking with" Matteo started.

"Oh" Bailey stepped back. This usually happened. Guys saw Bette and wanted her instead. "You want her number or something?"

"No, no" Matteo laughed. "She must be your twin or sister because she looks just like you. Just, to me, you're prettier."

"Yeah, she is my twin" Bailey nodded. "We're here with our friends."

"Crazy" Matteo laughed slightly. "I'm here with my friends too. They're just flirting with random girls. I'm not about the flirting with girls in club's thing though."

"Yeah, I saw you turn a girl down" Bailey added.

"So you've been watching me" Matteo questioned.

"Doesn't matter because you don't flirt with club girls, remember" Bailey questioned.

"You're my exception" Matteo looked her in her eyes. 

Bailey felt butterflies everywhere. She wanted to lean in and kiss him so bad but that's gotten her bad places before. "I should probably get back to my friends."

"I should probably get back to mine too" Matteo nodded.

"I'll come by the café tomorrow" Bailey smiled as she walked away.

"I'm there 12 to 5" Matteo called as she walked away. 

She turned around and held a thumbs up making both her and Matteo smile. 

~

After another hour, the group decided to leave. They all walked out still smiling and laughing. Nabil walked in the front while saying nothing. The girls barely got down the stairs because they drank so much and they were wearing heals. Shane, Oren, and Caleb walked in the back talking about Nabil and him staring at them the whole time.

As they kept walking, three guys approached them. It was Matteo again. Bailey got excited but he didn't see her. He ran into Nabil's shoulder. "Watch yourself, f*****."

"You're the one not walking straight" Nabil defended.

"Asshole" Caleb called after Matteo ran into his shoulder to then walked beside Nabil.

"You're going to shut up and apologize" Matteo walked up to Nabil.

"In that order" Nabil questioned. "That could be difficult."

Bailey didn't know what to feel in the moment. Matteo was probably drunk off his ass and didn't even remember her. He didn't even look in her direction because he probably saw her as a club girl now that he was drunk.

"Why don't you go fuck off" Shane pushed Matteo and Shane pulled him back while one of Matteo's friends pushed him back.

"Shane! Easy" Oren ordered.

"You come for him, you come for all of us" Shane continued. 

That's when Matteo looked at everyone for a second. Bailey caught his eye but he couldn't make out that it was her. Instead of trying to figure it out, his friends started laughing.

"Jesus man, what are you guys" Matteo kept laughing.

"We're dancer's asshole" Bette cut in which confused drunk Matteo even more. 

"And we'll beat your ass" Neveah threatened while flicking one of Matteo's friend's foreheads.

"Bunch of scrawny freaks man" Matteo pointed at them before getting punched by Shane, knocking him back into a trash can.

One of Matteo's friends grabbed Caleb and pushed him onto a car. The other friend grabbed Oren. All of the girls moved to the side.

"You're dead" Matteo threatened Shane.

Caleb got out of the guys clench and threw him into the car.

"I'm just some scrawny f***** freak punching your face in" Shane said as Matteo threw a punch but missed when Shane dipped under his arm. "Is that the best you got? Come on!" Matteo threw another punch and missed again. Eventually, Shane got into the place where he kicked Matteo. Then Caleb jumped in kicking him even further. Everyone in the group gasped. "Yeah, like that" Shane cheered.

Matteo got up again. "If I catch you again, you'll be sorry!"

"Ooh, scary" Shane said sarcastically. "This is our hood bitch and don't you forget it!" The three then walked away.

"Guys, oh my God" June exclaimed as the girls walked up to them again.

"Where'd you learn to fight like that" Nabil asked Caleb.

"Who cares" Caleb looked Nabil up and down. "It's your fault I even had to." Caleb then walked away.

"Military family" Oren explained for Caleb.

Police sirens starting wailing and a police officer got out of the car. The same one who investigated Cassie's fall. "There a problem here?"