a burning love

chapter 1

The golden sun burns through the large window, filling the room with light that awoke you quite suddenly. You groan with an amount of frustration with your eyes still shut, knowing that it's probably well past noon considering you fell asleep around 4:00am last night. After laying there for a few minutes, you finally give in and turn over, grabbing the phone off the nightstand, and immediately seeing 16 missed calls and 28 messages.

From: bestie <3

As you look through the notifications, the phone suddenly starts to rings again, making you flinch. You hesitantly answer, unsure of what your best friend would say, seeing as you haven't answered. A voice begins screaming on the other side. "Y/N!!! What have you been doing? It's 4:00pm! Did you not see any of my other texts or calls?"
"Geronimo, you woke me up from my peaceful slumber. Can you stop yelling at me? What did I do?"

"WE ARE SUPPOSED TO LEAVE IN 3 HOURS!!!!!! GET YOUR ASS UP AND GET READY CAUSE WE'RE GOING TO THE FOUNDATION NIGHTCLUB!"

"Okay, okay, chill out. I forgot you wanted to go tonight. Can't you find someone else to bring along with you?"

"Girl, no. You're coming period. We're gonna find you a man tonight. It's time for you to put yourself out there and stop being so boring."

"But w-" The call suddenly hangs up on the other end, leaving you with silence and annoyance. You knew there was no getting out of this one. Geronimo has been begging you for the past couple days to go out with you to the hottest spot in the city, and you used too many excuses already.

Rolling out of bed, you walk slowly over the the bathroom and get in the shower. You contemplate what you should wear as the shower thoughts run through your head. Stepping out, you begin your makeup, nothing too flashy. You straighten your hair and slip on your favorite pink dress, paired with white ankle strap heels.

Before you head out, you glance in the mirror at your appearance, saying a quick affirmation then looking at the time, 6:30pm, and finally heading out the door and meeting Geronimo outside of your apartment doors.

"Let's go queen. Time to party!" You roll your eyes playfully and hurry out into the limo that was waiting for the two of you.

"You're so extra."

"And you love me for it!"

The car ride was full of you and Geronimo scream singing Promiscuous Girl and drinking the beverages found in the compartments of the limousine. Although you were having fun on the outside, internally you were super nervous. Would you really find a nice guy like Geronimo was talking about? All you ever wanted was to look into someone's eyes and spark a romance that would sweep you off your feet. You had no idea what you were getting yourself into.

Suddenly the car pulled up to the hottest spot in the city, the Foundation Nightclub. The two friends stepped out of the car and gazed in awe at the bright and vibrant neon lights that captured the attention of the crowd of people waiting in line to go inside, the faint sound of loud music playing in the building.

"Oh my god. This looks amazing!! But this line is ridic." Geronimo annoyingly stated.

"It really doesn't look that bad. Maybe we can buy a VIP pass or something to get in faster." you reassured him.

Suddenly everyone was startled by a loud bang coming from the sky, turning everyone's attention towards the sound, seeing fireworks exploding in the city. The annual food festival was coincidentally happening tonight, with the tradition of a firework show to celebrate the end of a wonderful event. "Oohs" and "ahhs" could be heard coming from the crowd, everyone moving closer to get a good view, with no one even looking towards the club. Even the bouncer was turned away.