We Meet Again

Preface

Preface--

~ Sarah ~

I sped down the highway, anxiously drumming my fingers on the steering wheel.

**BZZZZZZ! BZZZZZZ!**

I groped for my cellphone in my purse sitting in the passenger's seat. I glanced at the screen then reluctantly pressed 'Answer'.

"Hello?" I asked as casually as I possibly could.

"Hey babe, you still at home, right?"

"Yeah, of course Why?"I said, mentally cursing myself for making my lie so obvious.

"Just checking. Eddie said he'll drop me off on his way. That cool?"

"Okay. Yeah that's cool. Love you! Mu-ah!"

"Love you."

**click**

Now Josh wouldn't be expecting me at all. I had been planning this surprise for a while now so having it suddenly be more of a surprise was reassuring.

I activated my blinker as I turned onto Merchant Street, and into "Lola's", the bar Josh's friends insisted they hold a party for his recent promotion at work. I grabbed the present from the car floor and checked my hair in the sun visor's mirror. I opened the door and swung my feet over the side, lifting my body from the seat. I slammed the door behind me, double-clicking the "lock" button on my key ring as I walked across the small parking lot, toward the front door.

I put on a smile as I swung the door open and strutted in, standing tall, expecting to see him as I first walked in., but I didn't. My smile faded as I searched every where for him with no luck. "Hey, Sarah!" I turned around quickly hoping Josh, but no.

"Hey Eddie!" I said, trying my best to hide the disappointment in my voice.

" What are you doing here?" I was confused by the way he had said this.

"Um... why? Should I not be here...?"

"Well, no, but... uh...it's just that... I thought Josh had already called you and all!" I had a feeling he was lying to me.But why?

"He did, I just came to... can I just talk to him? Do you know where he is?"

"Um...," he hesitated for a second, rubbing his hand on the back of his neck, "He's in the private bar. But Sarah! I wouldn't go in there right now! Josh's--"

Those were the last audible words I hear Eddie say before I walk through the hanging beads, and into the Private Bar. The music was louder here, and it was darker than the Public area of 'Lola's'.

I turned the corner of the bar and looked around for him. All I could really see was a group of guys drunk off their asses, some of them I recognized as friends of Josh, some not, swarmed around this one area of the bar.

They were screaming and chanting slurred things I couldn't understand, while pumping their fists in the air. I wove my way through the group and saw him immediately.

He was sitting on one of the bar stools. The bar space in front of him was crowded with a mixture of empty beer bottles, shot glasses, and plastic cups. In his left hand he was holding a half empty glass of whiskey, obviously holding it out of the way of his main focus: a slutty brunette, whom his left arm was wrapped around while they were having an overly dramatic make-out session.

I froze in shock as realization hit me like a ton of bricks. The present I'd been holding fell from my grasp, smashing to the ground with an alarming shattering sound. The guys who had been surrounding the action jumped back in shock. I just stared at the present: a ripped, torn mess of wrapping paper in the middle of a stained glass explosion. I lifted my head to face Josh. He just stared right back at me, a look of pure terror crossed his face, knowing that I had seen enough to realize what he'd done. The brunette looked from him, to me, to him again, as she started to realize what exactly she'd gotten herself into.

The tears I'd been holding back suddenly sprang from my eyes. A wave of emotions swept over me. My husband cheated on me, was all I could think right now. My husband just cheated on me. I buried my face in my handsin embarrassment. I felt a hand touch my shoulder, but yanked away, turning to leave as I ran through the crowds of people, the hanging beads, and out the front door, making the bells dangling from it clang loudly.

"Sare! Sarah, wait!"

I wove my way through the seemingly endless maze of cars until I found mine. I hurriedly shoved the key into the door's lock, but it wouldn't budge when I tried to turn it.

"Babe, I'm sorry! Come on!"

He was coming closer. I couldn't face talking to him. I jerked the key in farther and finally got it to turn right. I then jumped into the seat, slamming the door and jammed the 'lock" down behind me. He put his fist against the glass and his face inches from mine, with the glass acting as a barrier.

"Sarah! Can't we just talk about this?"

I started the car up, resting my foot on the gas pedal.

"Talk my ass!" I said with my middle finger pressed up against the glass.

I sped out of the parking lot seeing red. My sorrow had turned into rage, and I was fuming. I roughly wiped sticky, half-dried up tears from my cheeks. I swerved left and right with zero care of how reckless I was being. I checked my mileage: 65; the limit was 50. I didn't care though. I didn't care about the numerous honks of the surrounding cars. And I didn't bother with a seat-belt.

The light overhead suddenly flashed to red. I slammed hard on my brakes causing my body to lunge forward, slamming my head into the windshield and back onto the headrest of my seat.

"Shhhit!"

I said rubbing my forehead, feeling wetness. I pulled down the sun visor. I had a scratch, about 1 and a half inches long, smeared from when I rubbed it and dripping with the once in a while streak of blood. I wiped it with the sleeve of my sweater making it smear worse. The light overhead flashed green and I suddenly realized I had no idea where I was going to go. But that didn't stop me from speeding like a maniac down the road ahead. I just drove.

~^~ Author's Note ^~^

Hey guys! So. Pretty intense preface, right? I know. It should get you guys motivated to continue reading. Pleez vote and comment as you always should! Chapter 1 should be posted sometime next week and I'll post a note if it's not ready yet. Sneek Peak: Chapter 1 will be in John's P.O.V so you''l be able to see what he has to say about all this! Never hesitate to ask questions and comment on this story! Luv u guyz! TTYL!

~ _BeautifulDreamer_