alleyway [h.s]

chapter 4

*play the song when the girls walk into the club*
song: pursuit of happiness by Kid Cudi

RUBY'S POV

It's been a week since I last saw those scary men. I've also been off work for the past week, and all next week too. My boss gave me a "well deserved vacation" for all the hard work I put in at the cafe. I haven't been sleeping well, no matter how hard I tried. I've stayed home all week, in my comfy grey sweats and a oversized hoodie, watching dumb reality shows on tv. But today, I couldn't do that. Today was Alice's birthday. She wants to go to the most popular club in town, which I don't usually go to but it's what she wanted to do so I agreed.

That's where I found myself in my closet, tossing things onto my bed behind me, getting frustrated because I have nothing nice to wear. I wanted to make an effort for my friends birthday and dress somewhat nice but I didn't have anything. I kept tossing things out of my closet when I suddenly remembered something.

"Oh my god! I have the perfect thing." I told myself, not believing that I forgot about it. I ran into the spare bedroom, and threw open the closet door. I totally forgot that I had a black party dress, not too fancy but not too lame either. It was one of my favourites that I bought I while back with Alice when we went out a lot. We got matching dresses, hers being red and mine black. I took it off the hanger and went back into my room and got changed, even putting on matching black panties and bra, for the hell of it. I haven't really dressed up like this in a while. I usually just wear my go-to jeans and a long t-shirt or sweater. I looked at myself in the mirror and barely recognized myself, but I know that Al would be proud of me.

I went to my bathroom, and applied some mascara. I was never the type to wear tons of makeup, just a little mascara and even lip gloss once in a while. I was just about done when my phone buzzed.

FROM ALICE
I'm outside waiting for u! Are you almost ready? Or do u want me to come in?

FROM RUBY
I'm just about done. I'll be down in a sec

I step out of my small bathroom, grabbed my purse and threw my phone in it. I checked my small appartement to make sure all the lights were off. My place wasn't the biggest but I didn't need a lot of room anyways. My appartement had 2 bedrooms, bathroom, kitchen and a living room. All pretty closed off but I liked it. Didn't need a huge place to myself and rent wasn't bad.

Before opening the door, I slipped on my black heels and headed out. It was hard keeping all this stuff to myself, about the mystery men I met. Me and Alice tell each-other everything. And I mean everything. We even track each-others periods. That's how close we are. So not being able to tell her this feels really strange. But it's all done now, so I won't have to tell her anything because it's all in the past.

As I stepped outside, it was already dark out. I quickly walked to her very yellow car, getting inside. Die young by Kesha was playing through the speakers. When I sat down, she turned the volume down and looked me up and down, with a smile appearing on her face as she said "Well look at my sexy best friend! You look good! We are matching!" Her comments made me smile as I looked down at her, seeing that she's wearing her red matching dress. I thank her and return the compliments as she's backing out of the parking spot. The car ride took about 20 minutes seeing we were going into the fancier part of town now. We talked about everything and nothing, except for the one thing I wanted and needed desperately to talk about but bite my tongue.

As we arrived, the parking was full. We had a hard time finding a place to park but finally found a couple of spaces at the far end. Seeing it was Friday night, I understand why it's packed. Just like any other Friday of the week.

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We walked side to side to the building and as soon as we stepped in, the familiar smell of alcohol and sweat filled my nose. I looked around, seeing red flashing lights, people dancing, grinding together, and some, I was 99% sure were fucking right there in the open. Pursuit of happiness by kid cudi was playing loud on the speakers. Alice dragged me to the bar and asked "What are you feeling?" It really should be my choice but I say "What about some tequila shots?" At my reply, she smiles and turns back to the bar and shouts "You heard the woman! Tequila shots!"

I always loved partying with Alice. She was fun, outgoing, always down for anything and everything. I kinda felt bad when I stopped going out with her ever since the whole Sean thing but she said she understood. But I still felt bad. So tonight, I wanted to try my best to give her the best birthday ever.

After our shots, Alice dragged me to the dance floor. We swayed our way through all of the sweaty body's that surrounded us, until we got to the middle of the dance floor. We danced for what felt like hours and hours, but maybe it was actually just minutes, until I was dragging her this time, back to the bar to order more shots. I really needed a distraction tonight, after everything that happened. Alice hasn't really noticed that something was wrong. Maybe because I haven't seen her in a week but tonight either. I was probably feeling a bit better knowing that I wouldn't have to see the boys again, or be in that kind of situation.

My mind goes back to the blood for the one-hundredth time this week. Goosebumps appear on my skin as I'm lost in my mind. Suddenly, I feel a cold hand on my shoulder, which snaps me out of my gaze. "Rubes? You okay?" I turn my head to see a very worried looking Alice and instead of answering, I take one of the shots that are sitting untouched in-front of me. Then another. And another. After those three, I finally answer her question "Yea, yep I'm great." She chuckles and asks if I want to go dance again and of course I say yes.

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sorry for the short chapter. longer ones are coming soon, i promise!

will this be a normal club night?

hmm I think not;)