Then Came Blue_ girlxgirl.

Chapter 1

"Riles you should totally come with," Shae implores for the third time, "you really need to get out of this room more."

Its Friday night and I'm seated on my bed watching Shae get ready for a night out,a routine I've watched almost every Friday so it has become like a ritual,this conversation being part of the ritual.

"Yada yada..." I say with a dismissive wave of my hand."I doubt there's anything new you have to say that will convince me this time."
"Seriously how often do you leave your bed? You don't go to class much_
"I do go to class!"I interrupt
"You never come out with us or go out with anyone," she goes on as if I didn't interrupt at all.
I never understand why people always want to talk me into going out with them. For the a hundredth time people, it's not my thing. If you enjoy going out to dark noisy places with men learing at you while sipping on bitter alcoholic drinks then go right ahead but don't try to drag me along.
"Babe I've said this before, it ain't my thing, I don't want to," I whine.
"Riles baby I need a chaperone and with your hard ass ways,you'll be just perfect," she adds as she applies whatever it is they call it,liner or something to her eyes. It makes her eyes stand out but I personally never mastered the art of applying stuff to my eyes.
"I'm not a hard ass, I just enjoy different things in life. "
"Yeah I know, novels, food, sleep...I've heard all that before,am just asking this for only tonight"
"Don't you have someone else you can ask?"
"Yeah but..." She trails off looking bashful, Shae is never bashful unless it has something to do with_ And then it dawns on me, Brain!
"Oh my God!! You're seeing him again aren't you?" I accuse. Shae has been having this on and off thing with Brian for quite some time, I don't know why they dont just end it already.
"Well yes...but...Its different this time, he promised," she says coming to sit down on the bed next to me. Its always different every time I think to myself.
"Yeah right," I say with an eye roll.
"Riley I know you don't understand these things considering you've never dated anyone for more than 2 weeks but pleeaase?"
She's right. I've not gone out with anyone for more than a month,and it never even amounted to much, not even a kiss, but it isn't because of the reasons she thinks.
See, I get why girls are all into the hard bodies, bulging muscles, macho personalities but me, give me a soft feminine body any time. No one knows this though. Its just my secret to keep. I dont think people would understand and I don't see any reason to rock the boat.
"Shae babe, why don't you ask someone else?"
"I'm asking you to go with me instead of the others for a reason, they wouldn't understand."
"And you think I do?" I ask
"Well, I don't know but at least you don't judge me," she says, leaning into the crook of my neck. Shae is a very tactile person and I find that so endearing about her. I love tactile people because they are bold enough to be themselves but no one needs to know that about 'hardass' Riley.
"Aagghhh!!!" I groan as I get off the bed," I hate clubs but Shae is my friend, and she asked. "I can't believe my movie night is going to waste in a club being a third wheel to you and Brian."
"Thank you...thank you... thank you....," she sing songs as she gets off the bed to resume applying her make-up,
"And you won't be a third wheel, some hot piece of man meat will pick you up."
"Yeah right!" I mumble under my breath, hot pieces of man meat don't usually pick me up and honestly its better that way. "What should I wear?"

Forty minutes later we walk into Venus. Apparently its the coolest kids hangout these days. I really don't know much about these places. Blue and green fluorescent lights illuminate the entire place, clustered bodies on the dance floor, loud music threatening to blow the roof off the place, people wrestling at the bar for drinks, there's hardly any free space to even lean.
The bar attender is kind of hot with a semi goth look going on.
"What can I get you ladies?" he asks with a mega kilowatt smile. I bet that smile gets him a lot of ass.
"I'll take a Smirnoff please," Shae says
"And I'll have a coke please."
"On it!" the bar attender says as he slithers away to fetch our drinks.
Shae is already looking around, I presume scanning the place for Brian. The hottish bar attender comes back with our drinks and moves away to attend to other people. There's free space at some lounging chairs so I tag Shae with me.
"Let's go sit down while you call prince charming."