BOXER // Ethan Dolan

T h r e e

•9:15 pm

We pull up right in front of this massive night club , a huge board held 'Tunnel Nightclub' written glowing in neon lights outside the grand building of the night club . It seemed to be a very popular one ,posh as well .

Cue of agitated people getting their IDs checked , some of the girls looked as if they might just jump out and pounce on the bouncers standing , oh my a scene to watch for sure . Conor just passes all of them and shows his ID , they let all three of us in while whispering something in Conor's ear that makes him laugh. Some of the people scream "what the hell " , " how can you let them " at us but we move ahead .

We get in and the place is booming with , supposedly it's a restrobar and then the nightclub , people seem to be having a good time , whereas my good time would have been going home , wearing a comfy pullover and shots just lying on the sofa watching a romantic -comedy, but here I am in a club spending my could-have-been-better Thursday night in a stupid club and around people who won't even remember today the next morning .

"Hey , hot stuff . " a guy comments looking at me , sly smile and a drink in hand .He had a million tattoos , while I am looking at his tattoos , a girl /half mermaid, an ice cream , skull , a see-saw , wth ,ignoring
the fact that he said something about me , oblivious, I dash into Ruby and Conor who have stopped moving and are standing still glaring daggers at the guy , oops , bruh if looks could kill , Ruby would have butchered this guy .

"It's fine , lets go " I am not a confrontation person unless he tries to pull off some act then I might punch him and run away ,yeah exactly that . Plus I don't want to take tension over cunts who spend their day& night in clubs messing around . It's their everyday job to check out girls , I am just one more . I try to push Ruby to keep going .

We get to the main doors , two bodyguards , broad chest and MASSIVE biceps open the door to the club area . The music is vibrating through my whole body ,making my heart beat faster , adrenaline pumping up ,it takes all my strength to not cover my ears because of the blasting music .
"C'mon" Conor says .
And that's when I see the 'ocean' of people ahead of us ,we will probably have to squeeze ourselves to death in order to get drinks or even dance , there are people making out in the corner , some smoking , drinking . I can see booths pretty far , privately reserved for some VIPs ? . Ruby holds Conor's tee as he decides to lead us through while I just follow , somehow squeezing myself through hot and sweaty bodies , suffocating , DJ playing top 40 . The drinks counter is dimly lit and the rest of the place is dark with disco lights .
We get to the drinks counter and order our beverages , it's about time Ruby is gonna ditch me and have fun with her new boyfriend, well I shouldn't blame her for my miserable life .
It's my second time coming to a club here ,otherwise I just fly back home to mum in Perth for a weekend , drink with her and go shopping, my mum is absolutely nuts when it comes to shopping and spending time with me ,she taught me how to drink so well , and when we meet , that's it , I smile as I think of my mum .

We used to bitch about people as in 30 mins everyday ,15 mins my 'rant' about bitches in my school and she would talk about bitches in the neighbourhood,well then I got my job here , a job actually in consideration with my degree and worked at the software company for about 4 years ,but when I took a break from the company for 1 year I
didn't want to go back to the company , I found happiness in living a mediocre life here ,and working in a hotel, a little stress free life .

Now that I am searching for a new apartment , I just won't find time to spend easy for next few weeks .

My mum , she is an author there , has a book club but she is bored there , 4 years without her around have been absolutely hectic for me , I just want her to come here for some time .
Plus she'll have her in laws to accompany her here if she feels lonesome .