finding Lissa

chapter three

Ana shimmied her black jeggings down over her ankles and slipped them off. she pulled her tan sweater over her head and slipped on the sexy dress that Sean picked out. she fixed her hair and tossed it over her shoulders. she bent over and stuck her foot into one of the tall pumps that she brought with her to the bathroom. she had to sit on the side of the tub to keep from falling over; Ana was always breaking things. she was only 23 and had broken 36 bones. most of them were fingers and toes, let's just say she was very bad with car doors, but she had also broken her leg once and her arm 3 times along with both of her feet and her right wrist.

after she put on her heels she walked out and back into her bedroom. Sean stood up when she walked in.

"are you ready to go?" he said, wringing his hands together nervously.

"yeah. I'm ready. just let me grab my purse," she Said with a smile on her face and threw her clothes into a dirty clothes hamper in the corner of the room.

"nice shot" Sean said, winking at her.

"why thank you very much. you know I had to decline my WNBA offers because I just love being a lawyer sooooo much." Ana said sarcastically.

he smiled sincerely at her as the two walked through the living room. Ana snatched up her clutch off the coffee table.

"after you miss," Sean said while opening the door like a gentleman for Ana. "let's get out of here and go have a good time. I think it's just about time you meet Lissa."

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"names?" the bouncer asked, intimidatingly looking at his clipboard with a questionable look lingering on his stern rock like face.

"Ana Langston and Sean Prince"

Sean said protectively putting an arm around Ana. she smiled and leaned a little in toward Sean. their bodies tight against eachother. she felt his warmth and it warned her a little, because it was an abnormally cool night and Ana had forgotten a sweater at her apartment.

"go right ahead. and it says right here for you two to find ms. Lissa as soon as possible. she needs to see you" the bouncer replied.

Ana smiled to herself. she thought it was extremely weird that she didn't remember a single thing about the host of the party that caused her worst hangover since senior year when she told her parents she was going to "look" at colleges with her 2 best friends. she ended up passing out in a park and escorted home by the police. of course her parents bribed that off of her official record they managed to use their money to help her have any advantage they could which she guessed was alright. she had never been exposed to anything else so she was used to it.

"shall we?" Sean said offering his arm to her. she took it in hers and they walked up the steps into the club slowly so that Ana wouldn't fall in her 3 inch heels.

when they got into the club Sean automatically asked Ana if she wanted a drink. she obviously answered yes to a vodka in tonic and he quickly scurried off to please her.

Ana in the meantime searched the crowd for familiar faces. she saw lots of girls in tight dresses and men in blazers and handsome button ups. she was tapped on the shoulder and turned around expecting it to be Sean. she put her hand on the persons waist only to realize it was a woman. and not just any woman, a gorgeous strawberry blonde woman with a tight black dress on exposing her curves.

"I'm sorry. I thought you were someone else!" Ana laughed nervously, removing her hand from the lady's waist.

"haha don't worry about it Ana."

"you know my name? how?"

"ouch. you don't even know the hostess's name." the woman said gritting her teeth.

Ana suddenly realized that Lissa was standing before her.

"oh my gosh! 2+2. duh. I'm sorry. I was so drunk I completely forgot everything that happened. yes it's awful. I'm so sorry." ana said laughing.

Lissa smiles at her and patted her hand. "you're quite alright, babe" she said in her New York accent. "it happens to the best of us." she said with a flirtatious grin on her face. "shall we get a drink and chat?" she asked Ana.

"actually I think my friend Sean just-"

"I've got your drink Ana." Sean barged in just as she started reject Ana. "ah I see you have met the wonderful Lissa de Javier" Sean said. "we go way back." he said, placing a hand on Ana's lower back.

Lissa's eyes trailed his hand and she flared her nostrils a little but smiled genuinely at her. "Hey Sean. how are you?" Lissa said, giving him a one armed hug. "we went to college together at a small college just outside of his home town."

Ana smiled and nodded. "that's so cool"

"yeah it is. we go way back." Lissa said, looking up at him and smiling.

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"I'm going to go get us some more drinks" Sean says after everyone has finished their second round of drinks.

"three drinks?" Ana questions "how are you going to drive me home Sean?" she jokingly says. Lissa turned away and bit her lip. Ana realized that Lissa wanted another and suddenly felt obliged to please her.

"screw that. get us another." Ana said.

Lissa smiled and winked at Sean.

"you heard the woman. another round S!" Lissa said, laughing and with that Sean scurried off to get the girls more drinks.