Pirouette

Chapter Twenty Five // Strobe Lights

- Hayden's POV -

We arrived at a huge club in the middle of town, there was lots of people waiting in line to enter. Cody walked in front of them and we all followed but I felt slightly bad, the people stared at us angrily.

"Yo! I'm Cody Landers, I'm on the list and all my friends are also invited" Cody said to the bouncer while pointing at the huge crowd of first years behind him, I was standing alone awkwardly in the crowd. The bouncer let us in and we all cheered.

"Cody you're a legend!" Bethany shouted before hugging him and running on into the club, it was pitch black as soon as we entered.

There was a bar in the corner and a huge dance floor which lit up, there were strobe lights everywhere and then a DJ at the front blasting the music at the loudest volume possible. Everyone was so hyped, they all split up into their friendship groups and ran onto the dance floor.

Bethany and Ella ditched Kim and she was standing alone at the side of the dance floor while everybody else was dancing and having a good time, I approached her and smiled.

"Hey Kim, you look beautiful" I shouted over the music, she looked up at me and smiled slightly. She didn't look like she was having a good time.

"Whats up?" I asked, suddenly some guys started to crowd around her and ask for her name and number.

"You're sexy as hell!" One of them shouted while grabbing onto her, she pushed him off with a terrified look on her face.

"Get the fuck off my girlfriend!" I shouted angrily while shoving one of them away, he accidentally fell over from the impact and the rest of them gasped. 

"What do you think you're doing pushing Michael?! He will kick your ass!" Another one of them shouted, I looked back at Kim who was struggling to breathe and looked like she was crying.

"Fuck all of you!" I shouted before grabbing Kim's hand and pulling her to the nearest fire exit. Outside the door was an empty alley way, Kim was still struggling to breathe.

"Kim?! What's wrong with you?!" I asked with a shaky voice, she was scaring me.

"I-I can't do this!" She screamed in a breathy tone, she grabbed onto my arms and took deep breaths. I stayed silent to help her calm down and she unexpectedly hugged me and I hugged back. 

"What can't you do?" I asked quietly while rocking her from side to side, she sighed.

"Life. I d-don't want it any more" Kim whispered, I pulled away from her and looked at her seriously. Did she really just say that?

"I'm not letting that happen Kim, I'll look after you" I said while playing with a strand of her hair that was stuck to her face from all the tears. She looked down in shame but I wouldn't let her, I lifted her head up by the chin and kissed her lovingly.

"No more tears, okay?" I whispered after I had pulled away from her, she looked up at me in shock and nodded.

"Why d-did you tell those guys I was your g-girlfriend?" Kim asked with a slight smile.

"It was the only way they would fuck off" I laughed. I held her hand and we ran down the alley way and left the club.