Outcast

Chapter 2: Agonizing Disappointments

I entered the club and as always the loud music made me want to turn around and go home. But I definitely preferred these songs to the ranting I heard back in the limo.

"Hey, wait up!" I heard Gabriel's annoying voice shout over the loud music. Okay now, he asked for it, he had passed, treaded and thorn my limit in the limo.

"What?" I said more than asked, incredibly annoyed. I knew it was going to end with quite a lot of name calling but hey, when I'm pissed, I'm pissed.

"Let's get something to drink than we'll dance." he said as he grabbed my elbow to pull me into the enormous crowd. I cringed away from his touch. Okay if the only way to get rid of him was to be bitchy, then so be it.

"Look we are NOT going out. I don't know what Dakota told you but its' only a fantasy. I'm tired of listening about your hair. I don't even use that much products and I'm a girl. I mean, it's okay i you are, but you gay or something?" I babbled. I found out long ago that if you start babbling people would just get away from me out of boredom. Perhaps it would work with him.

Now he was the one to be taken aback. I'm not usually this straightforward but I hate it when somebody takes decisions for me. Dakota and Courtney were going to get hell for this. "Well," he said in an agitated voice, "I don't know! Get off my case!" 

He turned around looking flustered like I had hit a nerve. I immediately felt super guilty for what I had said and somewhat angry at my friends for putting me in this über awkward situation. 

I decided to have a drink and then go find Dakota and Courtney and yell the hell out of them. I ordered a Baileys and sat on the closest stool I could find. Yeah, security wasn't the tightest at these parties, but if you know the right people it's like a VIP pass.

The bartender gave me my drink and I sat there slowly sipping the tasty milky drink. I couldn't help myself from scanning the whole bar in search for Cam. He was so tall that he stood out from the rest of them. He was kissing Libby the moment I saw them. My heart sank down a little, not that I expected him to ask me out but it still hurt like crazy. I was friends with him once, two years ago. He was always telling us he liked the model sort of types. But obviously nobody would ever classify me as a model.

Well, no point in breaking my heart any longer so I looked away. Then I started recalling the times when Dakota and Courtney picked me up and Cam and his crew would come with them. Once my mum came out to give me the keys and I saw all the guys' mouths dropping. I remember that she was wearing one of her crotch-flailing outfits. Then some moron told me 'Your mum's hot. What happened to you?'. Old me would have made him lick my shoes, but new me, I just said some heavy sarcasm and I moved on. Period.

Sometimes I wondered why Dakota and Courtney bothered to hang out with me. Perhaps for the presents or for homework. I recall countless calls at the middle of the night where they asked me to finish some essay or project due tomorrow. I always helped them as that what friends are for.

I came back to the present when I spied Dakota and Courtney talking to Gabriel. What are we, in pre-grade or something? He went to tell Dakota about our little conflict. I was so disgusted with him that I actually threw up a little in my mouth.

I saw Dakota and Courtney rushing over. Great! They actually remembered I was here? Man, was I getting sarcastic tonight! Dakota grabbed my hands and almost spilled half my drink on my new dress.

"What. Did. You .Do. To. Him? I sweat bullets to get him to break up with Libby for you." I couldn't believe it. My icy glare was back on because apparently my poker face had cracked.

"How could you do this to this to me? How could you dare to interfere like that in my life? If you believe that I'm not capable of finding a boyfriend, that's fine by me, I can live with that. But it's a wholly other thing for you to get a boy to break up with his girlfriend for me. You might think you've done something to help me but I feel even worst now. I don't even know why you insisted that I should come. You ignore me anyway."They tried to mend the awkward situation.

"We weren't avoiding you; we were just giving you some private time with Gabriel. We're sorry if you took it that way about him. But we never avoided you." said Courtney

"Oh, so you don't remember the first time Trey when out with you and you asked me to tag along? Well, I certainly don't remember having fun as you went somewhere more private to snog the hell out of the guys. And you left me alone for three hours waiting for you." They were simply speechless.

I finally decided to make my big escape. "I'm sorry guys, no more excuses. I'm going home."

"Wait. You have to pay for the way back. We have to split the money equally." Dakota said. I pulled out a ten and a five and threw them at her, instead of breaking her nose. I didn't even wait for the change that she obviously would not give me.

"No more excuses." I said and left and they didn't even try to stop me. Some friends they were, huh. It was dark outside so I decided to take a taxi. From the Club Envy to my home it would cost me thirty Euros and I only head a twenty on me. I asked how far he could take me with twenty Euros and he said he had to drop me two villages away from my house. He dropped me off and I figured I was about three miles away from home. I tried to phone my mum, but I only got the annoying, caller's not available sound, which meant that she was already humping the guy.

I took off my damned high heels and started walking. It was going to be a long night.