Hanging By A Moment (Sequel to Funhouse)

Chapter 13

"Sarah seriously you need to chill out" I say as I watch Sarah pace the floor of the small office in 'Club Hard' as I lean back on Sarah's leather chair

"I cant Chill out, Cheryl . . ." she snaps back at me

"Everything's going to be fine babe, The staffs in place the bars fully stocked...Everything's sorted" I tell Sarah trying to calm her down

"Everyone's coming Cheryl, What if something goes wrong"

"It wont and if it does we'll sort it" I say

"This is to much pressure" Sarah says rubbing her temple

"Why did I invite my parents?" She huffs

"Because there your parents, there gonna be so proud of you Sarah"

"Yeah right" She sniggers

"They will be"

"You've obviously never met my parents, Cheryl. I've been one big disappointment to them so far" she scoffs

"I'm sure that's not true" I shake my head knowing that couldn't be true. I'm sure if my parents where still alive they'd be proud of me no matter what.

"John & Marie Harding wanted a respectable daughter" Sarah says putting on her best posh Voice

"Respectable?" I laugh

"Yes, Respectable. They wanted a daughter that studied hard at University and graduated with honours. . .they wanted me to became a lawyer or a barrister"

"A Barrister! . . Oh god I can just see you now in the full get up wig in place with a can of Cider in your hand" I shouldn't giggle but I couldn't help it that image alone had given me the best laugh I'd had in ages.

"Its not funny" Sarah scolded me "What they got was a party girl that got kicked out of Uni then tried to drink away her trust fund"

"You got Kicked out of Uni?" I asked shocked

"Erm . .Briefly yeah"

"Why?" I was curious

"Long Long Story, Its not something I wanna share right now" She said filling a shot glass with Vodka

"Ok, But about your Parents Sarah ..Your not like that now, You've got your own club and its going to be the biggest club in London soon... There'll be proud.. . Just wait and see" I'd never seen Sarah like this, she was always so confident and lairy few things seemed to bother her I guess her parents where one of those few things.

I watched her neck back the shot of vodka as soon as she placed the shot glass back on the table she was already re-filling it.

"Last one of those for tonight I think" I said taking the vodka bottle out of her hands and re-screwing the top.

"Spoil-sport" She pouts before lifting the glass to her lips

Knock Knock

"How's it going girls" Frazier says popping his head around the office door. Sarah lets out a loud groan.

"That well" He chuckles moving into the room and wrapping his arms around Sarah from behind

"She's Spiralling" I tell him

"Aww Babe" He says placing his head in the crook of Sarah's neck

"Maybe you can talk some sense in to her" I say

"Are you stressed out babe?"

"Hmm" Sarah mutters

"I know something we could do that always de-stresses you" Fraz says eager