More Than Neighbors - JM

Dirty Dancing|6

The two of us are going to visit clubs and drink till our livers scream. Aubree yanks me with her into a club. It's dark and lights in every color of the rainbow are flashing through the place. We probably don't have to show ID in here, Aubree always knows exactly where you can get alcohol when you're underaged. Eventhough we're both 20, but who gives a shit. She directly walks to the bar, maneuvers through the crowd like she does this every night and orders two drinks for us. The bartender is a huge guy with a manbun and dark brown eyes. Aubree is completely all over him as we stand at the bar and I laugh. Always so busy and anxious when she doesn't get enough attention from men. I scan the club, some people I recognize from my work or from Reggie's work. For some reason I'm sad Austin isn't here. I know for sure Aubree will leave me after all to have sex with a junkie in the bathroom. Speaking of the devil, I feel an arm creep up around my waist.
"Girls, out here all by yourself?" Austin grins and Aubree laughs. The music is blasting and Austin clamps his grips tight around me. Not in a nasty way, I'm glad I found him in the wave of unknown sweaty people.
"Do you wanna dance Rub?" Austin's lips brush past my earlobe and a shiver runs down my spine. I can smell the strong liquor in his breath. But I take his hand anyway, seeing his eyes all over my body. He pulls me on the dancefloor and I can't help it but feel free. In one sip my drink is empty and I place it back on the bar, receiving a wink from the hot bartender. I flirty wave back but get pulled into a chest. Austin's chest. I dance with him the whole night. His grunts and moans pleasuring me the entire evening. I now know why Aubree loves to party. It's forgetting about all your problems and fears, just living in the moment and letting loose.

I see Aubree from a distance dancing up against Mason, that friend of Reggie who saw Archie with Bella. A stab in my stomach. I groan at the thought of Archie, I almost forgot about him. I feel Austin harden behind me but suddenly I'm not in the mood to party anymore. I feel absolutely ashamed and disgusted dancing against my boss and I dont know how fast I need to slip away from him. He grabs my arm softly and presses his lips against mine. Just a quick peck. I'm not stopping him.
"Have a good night Rub" His voice is soft and warm and I can't help it but smile at him. Eventhough he's my boss, he's hot as fuck and I obviously saw girls drooling over him while we were dancing.
"You too" I grin and I feel his hand on my ass when I turn around, giving it a squeeze when I walk away. Only now I feel how drunk I am but the only thing I want right now is a bed. I can't find Aubree anywhere and I feel myself panicking. I never should've left her alone! I push myself through the dancing bodies to the toilets and see Aubree heavily making out with Mason. I catch her eyes and she gives me a thumb. I take that as a note she'll be fine and I leave the club. Back into the cold early New York night.

When I step into my lobby, it's warm and comfortable. I take off my heels, holding them in one hand as I step into the elevator. I press on the fifth floor and close my eyes to take a deep breath. My head is spinning and I feel a hangover for tomorrow morning. I glance down at my watch to see it's only 12pm. It's even early for me. I'm totally not in the mood for sleep and I'm going to call Reggie when I'm home, asking if he wants to come over to drink and smoke. I have my heels in one hand, my phone and keys in the other as I step out at the right floor.

My drunk brain can't get the key into my lock and my heels fall out of my hands. Reggie won't answer his phone.
I curse and let out a loud scream. Why does Aubree need to catch on to a hot guy and get laid tonight? I haven't had sex within almost a month!
"That honestly sucks for you" I suddenly hear next to me. I slowly move my head to side and see Jonah standing in his doorway. Only wearing shorts and I drool at the sight of his naked chest.
"Did I wake you up?" I groan, kneeling down to grab my heels. He snickers probably at the sight of me fully glamed with my heels in one hand and my freshly red painted nails and bare feet on the hallway carpet.
"Do you need help with something?" He offers me but I know I'm influenced by alcohol and I can't hold back.
"Some company would be nice" I blurt out and I regret it instantly. You're not a whore, don't show him a side of yours that doesn't exist. I see his cheek rose and I facepalm.
"I'm just back from partying, my body is still full of adrenaline and I probably can't sleep. Do you want to hang out at my place?" I offer him and I see him hesitating for a second.
"Okay, let me grab a shirt" He almost whispers and when he walks back into his apartment, I start talking to myself.
"If it depends on me, it'll be off again in no time" I giggle drunkenly and open my door. I'm not sure if he heard it, but he's blushing madly as he appears again at his door. He closes his and we both walk into mine.

"Why did you left so early?" He asks as we both sit on my couch. I find him extremely comfortable to be with and we've been talking since he did one step into my house. I laughed at him when he was hesitant for a while after coming in but after a few minutes, we both flopped down in my livingroom with bottle of cold water.
"Dirty dancing with my boss, I'm traumatized!" I giggle and Jonah scoffs. We catch eyes and I see him staring at me little too long. Maybe he thinks the same about me, since I'm staring back.
"Where're you from?" I ask him kindly, taking a sip of my water, scanning his body quickly.
"Minnesota" He smiles and my eyes lit up. I tell him about my brother and after showing him some pictures, Jonah recognizes my brother and his team. He tells me he even saw them playing live. I suddenly feel really small. Jonah who has seen my brother playing live, a few weeks later with his sister on a couch in New York.
"Do you have a boyfriend?" Jonah says out of knowhere says and I whiden my eyes at him.
"Well, not anymore!" I scoff and hate talking about Archie. I guess Jonah feels the tension because he quickly stands up.
"Let's have our own party here, right now" He smiles and puts out his hand for me to grab. I take it and now we're chest to chest. His breath hitches and so does mine and we're avoiding eye contact at all costs.
"I'll get the music, you get the booze, deal?" Jonah whispers and I bit my lip looking up at him. His blue eyes are staring down at me and I feel so overwhelmed by this man. HE MUST BE BLESSED BY JEZUS HIMSELF!

"Fuck Rub, you've got this!" I whisper yell to myself as I sit down on the toilet. Jonah is grabbing his music box from his apartment, what gives me some time to set up the shots and take a piss.
I finish and when I glance in the mirror I realize I'm currently communicating with a hot guy. What will Archie think about him. Reggie? Aubree? My mom and dad? Calm your tits Ru, you know him for a couple of hours, it's not like he'll come back and ask you to marry him! But I would definitely say yes, no hesitating.