Miss Brightside (Negovanman)

Unexpectedly

Natasha is staring at Evelyn, completely gobsmacked. She doesn't even know what to say at this point. It's like some sort of bomb went off and it's name was Evelyn. Everything she had cropped up came out and she was not done yet.

"I know you two have this connection, that for lack of a better word can only be described as undeniable, but there is something more going on. Maybe you don't know it yet but Elise does, I can feel it with everything she does."

Hearing Evelyn saying that makes Natasha look away from her trying to process it. She looks over to Elise who is now kissing Kate. She closes her eyes and looks away with a strange feeling in the pit of her stomach and tries to focus back on Evelyn when she hears her continue.

"And even though you probably don't even know or understand it yourself, you feel it too, I know you do. So you have a choice to make, Natasha. I'm not going to be this little plaything you get to fool around with until that epiphany hits you, I'm worth more than that. So either it is going to be her, or me."

Natasha was so confused, her eyes wander everywhere, as if she was trying to connect the dots when, even over the music playing in the club, her ears pick up on something and turns her head slightly.

"I can't- I can't do this... Not like this."

She now looks to the direction where the words came from, knowing full well it was Elise and watches her walk away from the dance floor to the restroom.
She wants to follow her to make sure she's okay, to find out what happened, to comfort her if she needed it. But after hearing all that Evelyn said to her she is not sure anymore if that is really her true intention, if there really is more to this. She is just so confused and doesn't want to hurt Evelyn but all she wants to do is go to Elise.

Evelyn notices her struggle, she sighs deeply and shakes her head. "Just go..."

Natasha's head shoots up and looks at Evelyn with big and sorrowful eyes. She sits there motionless and still hasn't said a word, but it probably speaks volumes at this point.

"Go... I know you want to. But know that if you do, I won't be here when you get back." She looks down to her lap, trying to hide her tears.

Natasha takes a deep breath. "I.." She sighs. "I don't know what to do... I'm just- I'm confused. I really don't want to hurt you.. but you're asking me to choose between you and.. my best friend."

Evelyn scoffs a little and sarcastically smiles down while shaking her head when she hears the words 'best friend' come out of Natasha's mouth. "If you stay here with me out of pitty, while your insides are screaming right now, telling you to go to Elise, you are hurting me more. So just go, Natasha. It's okay."

Natasha let's the words sink in and grabs Evelyn's hand from her lap and tries to make eye contact but Evelyn wouldn't have it. She then takes her hand to her lips and places a gentle kiss on top of it and puts it back down on her lap before getting out of the booth. She takes one last look behind her but Evelyn still wouldn't look at her so she turns back and walks away.

Evelyn looks up slowly with tears in her eyes, watching Natasha walk away and quietly says: "Who am I to get in the way of true love..."

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After some hesitation and deep breaths there is a faint knock on the restroom door and Natasha peaks her head in. "Elise? You in here?" Not hearing a confirmation she enters the restroom and sees Elise standing in front of the mirror leaning on the sink with her head slightly down. "El.. Are you okay?"

Elise is startled hearing Natasha's voice and looks up from the sink to see her standing there in the reflection of the mirror. She was so wrapped up with the millions of thoughts running through her mind she didn't hear her come in and ends up saying the first full coherent sentence that came to her.
"When would you have told me about her?"
Through the mirror she is trying to look into her eyes but as soon as she asked the question Natasha averts them.
"Why was it so hard for you to tell me that you have been in a relationship-" she turns around from the sink to face her, "..for over two.. fucking.. months!"