Heights to Heights

6 : The Club

Friday night.
I'm ready.
Wait, no I'm not.
Can I do this?

I sit on my bed for a moment questioning things.

You can do this, Alexa.
I tell myself.
Ok, Alexa. I can do this.

I take a deep breath and stand up, straightening out my short red dress I stole from Naomi. Underneath it, I had a black bralette and some denim shorts for after the dancing.

Sonny said that Usnavi had arranged for the security guy to let Sonny in, they all know he's under aged.
But they don't know me, so I bring my fake ID i got made about a month ago.

A knock on the door snaps me out of my thoughts.

"Ohhhh Buenas Tardes!" I hear my sister say.
[goid afternoon]

"H-hello Señorita." Sonny says awkwardly. "S'Lexa here?" He asks.

"Yeah, she'll be right down." She says. "Come in, come in."

Sonny walks in as I walk in, and we make eye contact and stop for a second.
I smile and he smiles back.

"Hey sonny!" I say happily.

"Hi Lexa!" He smiles an adorable smile.

"We're gonna go, Nai. Don't expect me back till late." I shout.

"Don't die." Naomi says in response.
"You kids have fun!" She grins and slaps me on the butt.

"Naiiiii!" I whine. Sonny laughs a little.

"Ready to go?" He asks, nodding to the door.

"Oh yes. Bye!" I shout. Sonny and I walk out the door.
After it closes, he holds out his hand.
I happily take it. His hand is pretty big compared to mine, but hey, I'm not complaining. They fit together perfectly.

About ten minutes later, we arrive at the small club.

Sonny walks up first and goes in right away.

I crack my knuckles, ready to do some acting.
I walk up to the security guard and hand him my fake ID. He barely even glances at it and hands it back, nodding for me to go in.

I snatch it and head in, trying to look confident.

After a minute, I saw sonny smiling and waving st me.

I quickly walk over to him.
"Hey. Want anything to drink?" I ask.

"Um... sure? What do I get?" He asks, new at this kind of thing.
And I am pretty new too.

"I dunno. Start with a beer I guess?" I ask, laughing.

"Sure. I'll be here." He smiles gently.

I nod and walk up to the bar, ordering two beers.
I walk back over to him and we drink them, leaning against the wall and talking about nothing.

After about three, I feel just a little floaty, and I bet Sonny does too.

"Wanna dance, mamasita?" He smirks at me a little.

"Sí, papi." I wink.

He takes my hand and we walk on the floor.
We do basic steps, then as the night goes on, we both get better.

After about three hours, it was eleven o clock and we decided to take a shot then go to the fire escape.

We stumble along, tripping a little on the way. We climb until we're on the roof. I see a small grey backpack with a few things in it and a sheet and some blankets set up too.

Hand in hand, we walk to the sheet. I sit down, taking those stupid heels off.

"These were killing me." I laugh and toss them behind me.

"I bet." Sonny laughs and pulls out a few fireworks and a lighter. He sets them down by the sheet.
I yawn and take my dress off, leaving me in my denim shorts and high rise Lacey black bralette.

Sonny's eyes go wide for a second then he smiles a little.

He whistles at me, winking.
"Mamasita, you look amazing."

"Why thank you." I laugh a little and lie on my back. He soon joins me, taking my hand.

"Let's light some shit up." He whispers after a few minutes.

"Hell yeah." I grin and sit up.

He grabs two Roman candles and hands one to me.
"You know how to do these right?" He asks me.

"Yup." I pop the p and smile at him.

"Ok, just makin sure." He says, quickly lighting both of ours.

POP! POP!

Mine goes off then his does. I watch as the fire lights up the sky, then fizzles into nothing.

POP! POP!

It goes again.

POP! POP!

I grin and point it in another direction.

POP! POP!

Sonny aims his to where it should hit mine. I laugh at his playfulness.

After a few more pops and laughing, they run out and we toss them on the roof behind us.

We sit there for a second, listening to the sounds of the city.
Then I look at him and he looks at me.
He looks down at my lips and I smile. He blushes, realizing he got caught.

I laugh a little, the little bit of alcohol left giving me confidence.
"Are you gonna kiss me or just look at me?"

He looks a little taken aback at first, but he laughs and leans in.

His lips touch mine, and I feel butterflies swarming inside me.

I honestly could do this fore-

BRRING BRRING!

Sonny sighs, pulling away. He looks at the screen then answers it.
"Man, what?" He asks, frustrates.

I laugh a little.

"Navi, I'm fine. Just on the roof."
He pauses.
"No, those were not gunshots, cuz. I told you I brought the Roman candles."
He pauses again. I can vaguely hear Usnavi's voice.
"Uh-huh. I will. Yep. I will. Okay. Okay. Love you too, cuz. Bye. Yep. Bye bye."
Sonny rushes, ending the call and tossing his phone in his backpack.
He instantly kisses me again, taking me aback at first, but a couple seconds later, I melted in his arms.

His hands were on my face, mine on his waist. My hands started to roam, feeling his arms. He bites my lip and I laugh a little. I tug on his hair and he sighs, making me sigh too.

After about ten minutes, we separate, panting a little.

"I really liked that." I laugh quietly.

"M-me too." He grins at me lovingly.

"Let's do this again, huh?" I say, laying down on my back and looking up at the clouds. He lies down next to me, grabbing the blanket.

"Defiantly. You cold, mamasita?" He asks.

"A little." I smile. He throws the blanket over us.

I curl up next to him and he puts his arms around me peacefully.

I close my eyes.

I'll only rest them for a second, then I'll go home.

Juuuust a second.

One more second.

Okay a minute. One minute then I'll go home.