After Him

chapter 2

"Thalia you have to come with me, have your brother drop us off." I plead. She sits on the end of my bed.

"Harley, babe, I'll go ok? But not with you wearing that." She points at my outfit. I look in the mirror at my jean shorts and t shirt.

"Okk what do I wear?" I ask.

"You know that short dark red dress I got you for new years? The one with the long sleeves? Yea wear that." She smiles.

"What about shoes?" I question.

"Heels maybe, or converse." She gets up and walks over to my closet, grabbing my pair of black heels and black high top converse.

I never wear heels, but tonight we are trying new things.

"Heels," I pause, "what time does it start?" I add.

"Like 8?" She shrugs.

I nod and grab the dress out of my closet, changing into it. I'm in my underwear and Thalia turns around.

"Girl." She stops me.

I look at her confused.

"Put something good on under that." She walk towards my dresser, pulling open the top drawer. She grabs my only set I have and throws it at me. "Black lace is perfect." She adds.

I roll my eyes and continue changing.

"Har my brother is here hurry up." She says. I slide my last heel on and grab my bag.

"Coming!" We walk outside and get in her brother's sports car. Her brother has always been attractive to me, but he's like 22. And he doesn't like blondes, which is fucking stupid.

He smiles at me from the review mirror. "Haven't seen you in awhile, like the new look." He nods. I smile.

New look? I have makeup on but that's it. I ignore it and go on my phone.

Before I know it we are at Emmetts. There's some people outside talking and drinking. Was this a good idea? Emmetts house is huge compared to others, so heaven knows how many people are in there.

Starting to rethink my decisions here. What if I run into my brother? Whatever. He can't control me anyways.

"Harley, don't be nervous, let loose." Thalia encourages, I smile and get out of the car.

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Me and Thalia head to the kitchen, music is blasting so loud the whole house shakes. We get a cup and fill it with whats on the counter. A new song comes on, I know its Thalias favorite. Her eyes light up. "Let's go dance."

I shake my head no.

She grabs my arm. "Too bad." She says, dragging me into the living room.

She starts dancing, her arms gliding up her body as her hips move. She's so confident with herself. She grabs my hands and makes me dance with her. My hair falls out of my ponytail and I let go of her hands to fix it.

"No no, your hair looks so pretty down." She hollers over the loud music.

"I need to put it up-" I reach my hands to my hair, someone grabs them from behind, I see Thalias face drop before I'm spun around, so I face them.

Damien stands there, holding my hands. He looks me up and down, I notice his chest rise. He mumbles something under his breath. I pull my hands away but his grip stays strong. I start panicking. His grip loosens a little.