Impulse [Raulson]

Wrap Party

The whole cast and some of the crew held a small wrap party at a nearby club. As usual I brought Amanda with me. By the time we got out of our car the front of the club was already packed with paps. The two big bouncer stood tall in front of the door holding the paparazzi back. Amanda took my hand and we rushed in as camera flashes all around us and fans were screaming from afar. They let both of us in and I immediately scanned the room trying to find a familiar face beside Amanda's, specifically Lily's to be quite honest, and found Connie, Ryan, and some of the crew sitting at the same table.

"You made it!" Connie exclaimed as she stood up and hugged me. Ryan also stood up and we shook hand. I congratulated both of them.

Right away I noticed Amanda was gone and found her on the other side of the room talking to Jessica. I let her. They all seemed happy, the hard work we did these past few months were definitely worthwhile. Most of them were also tipsy, I only had a few gin at that time.

As the rest of the gang laughed and danced, I thought about Lily the whole night, wondering why she was not at our table. I took my phone out and texted her.

Me
Where r u?

Lily
Bar...

She replied 2 minutes later. The place was huge, I tried looking at all of the bar wondering which bar did she meant. So I went upstairs and greeted the camera crews who had their own party on the second floor and found her. Alone at the bar sipping her drink and watching the bartender.

"Fun." I shouted.

She turned around and her once bored face lightened. She jumped at me and hugged me as if glad to see me. She smiled, her cheek red and her tired eyes indicated that she had been drinking a lot.

"Finally! I have someone I can dance with." She grabbed my hand and pulled me to the dance floor. I shook my head.

"No..." I said smiling while walking away and went back to the bar instead because she was clearly drunk out of her mind.

"Boring." She murmured as she sat next to me and ordered what I was having which was basically just gin and tonic. I stared at her with disbelief. Only a matter of time before we all have to carry her outside.

"Lucy told me everything." I shouted because the song was getting louder. Lily did not seemed happy, apparently I was not suppose to tell her. She couldn't believe Lucy told me and kept explaining how mad she was. How it was all private and it took her a while to opened up to her.

"She cares about you, she's just trying to help!" I explained trying to calmed her drunken mind down. She sighed and started to lean on me. I hesitantly put my hand around her and rubbed her back. She was definitely out. That was when Dylan saw us and came over to checked if everything was alright with us, by us he meant Lily.

"It's all good." I said and thanked him.

Lily pulled herself away from me and her red face was covered in tears.

"Hey you ok?" I asked. Dylan looked at me as I nodded to make sure everything was fine and she was just drunk. Lily wiped her tears, leaned towards me again, and shouted, "I don't have a ride!".

The night did not last long for me, Lily, and unfortunately Amanda who was still having a blast with Jessica when I told her we were leaving. But Lily could barely stood up anymore and she would order more drink if we were still there, so with Dylan also approving my decision to take her home, I decided we needed to leave.

"You sure you don't want to stay here instead?" Amanda asked while getting out of my car.

"And what, all three of us sleeping in your bed?" I said.

"Ok." She said and shrugged.

"Thanks. It's fine though, she's my problem now. You have a good sleep!" I said. By that time Amanda was already in front of her house unlocking her door. She waved and I drove away.