Sting Of A Torn Stranger

Chapter 16

Amanda's POV:

"I'm Cirkut, but you can call me Henry," the man replied. "I've heard a bit about you from Torrence,"

I was starstruck. I've always loved Cirkut's work, especially on 'Primadonna', 'How To Be A Heartbreaker', and 'Lies'. 

"No way," I said, excited. "I love your work!"

"Thank you," he replied. "Torrence swears that you have the best voice she's heard. Do you think you could sing something for me?"

"Um, sure," I said.

My nerves were high. This could make my whole career. I just can't fuck it up. I took a deep breath and squeezed Carmen's hand as the lyrics to happy birthday exited my lips. Soon enough, I drowned out the room and focused only on the words, making them sound as beautiful as possible. 

When I finished singing, Henry turned to look at Torrence, Carmen, and finally, me. My heart was beating a million miles per minute. His expression was filled with disbelief, probably because it was terrible. 

"Ava," he stuttered. "That- that was amazing,"

"Thank you," I replied.

"Hey, are you free tomorrow? I'd love to see you in the studio," he asked.

"Sure!" I replied, excited. "Let me know where it is and what time,"

"Can't wait to hear more from you," he said.

He grabbed Torrence's hand, and they walked away. I was in pure shock. Maybe my dreams weren't so outlandish. Carmen tugged at my arm, pulling me out of my thoughts. 

"Baby, I'm so proud of you," she leaned into me and kissed my lips.

"I'm in disbelief," I said. "I never would have thought this would happen,"

"You know what? I think this calls for some partying!" Carmen said, holding my hand and running to the other side of the room. "Come on! Follow me!"

I ran after her to where the party lights were. Smoke filled the room as people lit up joints. Loud dance music spilt out of the speakers as the colourful lights danced to it. Before I knew it, Carmen had a joint between her fingers and a glass of wine. I shot her a look of disapproval, but she didn't get the memo.

"You want one?" she asked, passing me an unlit joint. 

"You shouldn't be smoking that stuff, darling," I replied. 

"Come on," she said. "I'm at a fucking party. That's what you're supposed to do here,"

"I thought you were going to get clean," I said, hurt. 

"One time won't hurt," she said. "Here, take one. It'll be fun,"

I can't lie. The way her eyes were shimmering. The fullness of her lips. It's hard to deny her. I reluctantly took the joint, and she lit it for me. I swear, she was purposely trying to look as hot as she could while doing it. I raised it to my lips and took a nice inhale. Sooner than I knew it, all my troubles went away. 

"Damn," I said, slurring my speech. "This does feel nice,"

I loved the feeling of the high. Why have I been missing out on this? 

"Aren't you glad you tried it with me?" Carmen said, whispering into my ear.

⚠️TW: LIGHT SMUT⚠️

She seductively ran her fingers down my body and kissed me eagerly. It felt so pleasant. Our bodies were so close as we made out. 

"If we were in private, I would tear your clothes off right now," I said.

"We can arrange that," she smirked.

"But there are all these people around," I said.

"Who says we can't sneak out back or to a bathroom," she said.

"Oh, shut up. We both know we're too loud to fuck in public," I said.

She moved her hand to my thigh and rubbed over my underwear, making me pant.

"I can change your mind," she said. 

"I'll fuck you hard later," I said, kissing her.

⚠️TW OVER⚠️

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Torrence's POV:

As Henry went to talk to the other guests at the party, I went to find some of my other friends. I figured they would be over in the intense party section. I stumbled my way over there and grabbed two more glasses of wine. 

I looked around and eventually found Rose and Cecilia. We've been close since high school, even though I wasn't their type. I was the clean one in the friend group. Carmen, Rose, and Cecilia would always take me to parties with them or host sleepovers filled with weed. I knew they weren't excellent influences. However, they were the sweetest people I knew. 

"Heyyyy, Tor," Rose yelled. 

"Yoooo, Torrence is here," Cecilia said. 

I walked to them and started talking. I haven't seen them in a few days, so it was nice to catch up. I looked down at the table they were sitting at and noticed the white lines in front of them and the joint between their fingers. I wasn't surprised. The most shocking part was that Carmen wasn't here with them. 

"So, what's new with you?" I asked. 

"Oh, nothing much," Rose replied. "Same as normal,"

"Anything happen at the club?" I asked.

"Nope, just thirsty men giving me hundreds for seducing a pole," Cecilia said.

"Yeah, and they've been getting even more wasted," Rose said. 

"God, I love being a stripper," Cecilia said, rolling up a bill to snort with. "By the way, have you seen Carmen around here? We haven't talked in forever, and I'd love for all of us to smoke a joint together,"

I looked around and saw her going down on Ava. It was overwhelming. I was waiting for Carmen to rip Ava's pants off. 

"From the looks of it, I think she's about to fuck her girlfriend in the middle of the dancefloor," I said.

Carmen's hands were all over Ava's ass, and their lips were intensely intertwined. I could feel the sexual tensions from halfway across the room.

"She's always been a horny high," Rose said. "That's how I discovered girls fuck the best,"

"You don't need to remind me of the aftermath of every single party. I swear I know lesbian sex better than straight sex, and I'm not even gay," I said. "I'll wrangle them over here so you can meet Ava,"

"Are you going to break up their sex?" Rose asked.

"Yeah," I said, glaring at her. "It's not like it's the first time I've had to do this,"

"Oh fuck off," she said. "You broke up round two. They still have clothes on,"

"Round two is way worse, trust me," I said, walking away.

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A/N: Hey yall, how are you? Here is the insanely requested chapter. The amount of DMs I've gotten recently asking me to update is insane. Thank you for all the love. Also, I'm seeing Ava on June 12th! I'm super excited about that. I was going to see her in Detroit. However, the tickets sold out before I had a chance to get them. My family was planning a trip to Nashville already, and it happened to be the same time Ava was coming. So now I'm seeing her there! Anyways, I love y'all so much, remember to drink water and eat something.

Also, sorry if this sucks, I'm in the middle of Starbucks while blasting Lana Del Rey. I don't feel like rereading it.