4 Miles to Paradise

Chapter 21: And Now You Can Meet Lukas Grey, Finally...

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Chapter 21: And Now You Can Meet Lukas Grey, Finally...

Rose reaches Charlie's slowly, seeing as she was on foot. Winter is always the DD, so she got a cab earlier for Skye, but seeing, as she was not fully certain of going back, she did not get one this time. Instead, she stumbles through the streets, staying out of dark alleys, moving along past homeless men in rags, and keeping away from police cars, though she hasn't seen any yet tonight, thankfully.

This party isn't what she expected. Halloween has always been Charlie's best, but tonight's been shit.

Rose hears the live music half a mile from the hotel. The band is playing some upbeat melody she hasn't heard before. An unreleased original, she presumes. They have tons. The girls, and Rose, helped write some.

"Rose, you came back!" Minnette wraps her arms around Rose in a hug. "Look! I've made a new friend." She points to a girl dressed as Mickey Mouse in an outfit that matches Minnette's Minnie Mouse. "Isn't that cool?"

"You're drunk," Rose tells her with a laugh. 

Minnette smiles and sits back down on a couch with a red cup in hand. "It's a party, isn't it?"

"Sure, listen, Min, I gotta talk to you after, okay? Like private," Rose tells her frantically. In her drunken mind, she doesn't see Rose's urgency and waves her away.

"Sure, we talk later, now we party!"

"I do need to get drunk. Right now I've only had one drink."

Minnette giggles and sits back down on the couch.

Mickey Mouse sits down next to Minnette with a cup in her hand. Minnette grabs at it greedily, gulping down the liquid until a scowl falls upon her face.

"Water? You're no fun," she pouts.

"Emma?" Rose's brows knit together in thought. She's still here, and without Skye, and, she's befriended Minnette.

Minnie Mouse turns to face her, and Rose can see it is indeed Skye's ballerina roommate, Emma.

"Oh, wow. Hello Rose," Emma says. "Where has Skye gone? I lost her a few hours earlier."

"I took her home actually."

"Oh. That was nice of you," Emma motions for Rose to join them on the couch. "I have to ask, about you and Skye...are you like together or something? I mean, you two have hung out a lot recently, and you have slept over multiple times. I'm just curious is all."

"Gay?" Minnette laughs. "You think Rose is gay?" She can hardly finish her words form the breathlessness of her laughter. "She's not gay, I am!"

Consequent to seeing Rose's bewilderment, Emma blushes a deep red and begins fumbling over words, trying to apologize.

"Oh. Sorry," Emma's face flushes the color of pomegranate before she continues her speech, fumbling with her wording. "It's just that... Skye, she talks about you alot, and I know she's bisexual, since I've seen her with both genders before, but I don't know you very well," Emma rambles, and by now September, Winter, Finley, Hawkins, and East have come over to join them, and are lounging on chairs and the ground. Rose isn't sure where Giana is, but for Minnette's sake, Rose hopes she left.

"It's fine Emma, no need to explain yourself. Skye and I are just friends," Rose assures her to make sure she knows Rose is in no way offended. Rose would never be offended for being mistaken as a lesbian. Being gay isn't an insult, it's just a sexuality.