This Side Of Paradise

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This is Jacquie after her hair dying process... Sooo ;)

a/n: okay, so im trying to get on a proper track for an update schedule. I just have been so busy with... school. I am sorry for editing all those chapters, but I'm trying to just fix it for you guys and Im pretty sure I am done now. :) okay and since no one wants a long A/N, I'll get going with the story. Thanks for everything :D

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I make my way into the dark building, everytime someone passes by they are slick with sweat and smell of alcohol. The music throbs in my head, the bass pounding under my feet reaching my unsteady heart. I scan my eyes through the room and I see the second story with people leaning over observing the people dancing in the middle of the floor. I can't see anyone's faces with the low light and to call out of Aidan is useless. No one would be able to hear me through the music and shouts from other people.

I walk up to the bar where a girl dressed in tight clothes is serving beverages. I pull out a twenty and ask for a sprite. My throat was dry and my anxiety was blowing through the roof, I haven't been around this many people. Well, not that I can remember. I look around and see people talking, I wonder how they can hear each other over the loud music.

She hands me my drink and change. I sit and observe for what seems like forever, till a man slides next to. He's uncomfortably close and my breath stops from how closely he is looking at me.

"Hey." He purred right next to my ear, causing goose bumps to travel throughout my body.

I swallowed the lump in my throat, "H-hello." I looked at the glass and watched the ice cubes bounce up, down, and around in its small confinement.

"You're all alone." He said more of a statement than a question. He was observing me and I didn't like it one bit.

"No. I- I am trying to find my... friend Aidan."

Why did I say, 'friend'? My face was red from embarrassment and I felt sweat bead up on my forehead.

"Where is he?" The man said as he scooted closer.

I didn't reply but turned around and walked briskly out onto the dance floor, trying to get lost in the cluster of people. The sweat brushed against my skin like a dog's tongue and the music drummed in my bones and pierced my eardrums. My eyes felt dry and twitchy with all the lights flashing, I couldn't see properly and nothing seemed to register. Hands grabbed out at me, but their limbs twisted and bent in weird ways. The lights blurred and moved towards me. The sway of people felt like an ocean and everything twirled in a dysfunctional way. My heart was beating rapidly and my body moved uncoordinated.

They are filtering drugs through the vents and out onto the dance floor! The little left of my senses screamed at me. I shook my head and looked for an exit.

I collided with masses of flesh but didn't care as I pushed my way out of the surging tide of color and sweat. My heart still hammered rapidly in my chest, like a wild bird beating its wings against a cage. My world tilted and turned in all directions, I needed to sit down. I found what seemed to be an empty booth, but as I sat down a couple shot up from laying position and shooed me away.

Fear and anger coursed through my veins, along with a chilling high. I don't think I've ever been high before but then again. I don't know what I have or haven't done in my life so far. I relied on Aidan for this type of precious informatin.