Live and Let Die

ch5

When we returned home, collapsed in a pile of clothes and shoes on the couch and fell asleep, even without removing my shoes. But the next thing I knew, i was awoken by a happy Claire.

"Hey my pretty! Get ready, we're going out!"

"What? No way!" i pleaded.

"Then what was that dress, and those stilettos for?"

"Youboughtthose!"

"C'mon, just out for a drink! No boys, I promise!"

"No Boys?"fine...My eyes said to her as she nodded,yes!

I had been agreeing to a lot of things Claire wanted to do... Maybe I was guilty for making her buy stuff for me... or maybe because i was so hard on her when she burned the letter...

I scurried up to my room, secretly excited to try on my new stuff. I slipped into some unappealing undergarments, in case I became a little tempted... after all, knowing all of the places that Claire goes to, desperate guys will come up to us. I knew i would be drawn to at least one of them. I instantly regretted thinking that, because it reminded me of Matt. A lump grew in my chest and rose to my throat. I will always love you. no matter if I'm there or here. and if we were meant to be together, then even around all that danger, I will be home without a single scratch on my body.His voice echoed through my thoughts. I took a deep breath as i thoughtabout how right he was. Ifwe were meant to be, he will be in my arms in less than a month.

"Hey, Em! Hurry up, would ya? We gotta check the mailbox too!" This call from Claire made me snap out of my sad trance and I hurried as I double checked myself in the mirror.

"OMG. Em, you look so sexy!" Claire Ogled at me as i walked down the stairs.

"Calm your tee's. I'm not outshining you."

"No, seriously, Emma, You lookhot."

"Well-ah thank ya ma Dee-ah!" I attempted a playful voice, but failed.

Claire smiled awkwardly and replied, "So, Shall we Head out?" I nodded my head and we walked out the door.

When we arrived at the ground floor, our mailbox was empty, so we headed out the apartment.

Claire's car is a very sporty and expensive looking which gets us a TON of attention. our car ride was quite silent, I think we were preparing for a drunk night out.

when we got to our destination, i suddenly felt nervous. I hadn't been out for a drink with Claire since before I met Matt, and that ended quite badly.

"What's wrong Em? You look scared."

"Claire, no- it's just that last time..."

"Oh crap, Emma, that was 2 years ago!"

"A year and 5 months."

"And 5 months? did it scar you that badly? Oh my gosh, now i feel worse." I could tell that Claire didn't really care, but for the sake of the rest of our night, i decided to ignore her.

"No, no, Claire. I met Matt the next morning, that's how i remember how long ago it was. But realy, i should get back into these girls' nights."

"Whew. When is there ever going to be parking at this place?" I hadn't realized that we had pulled in to the parking lot.

I pointed to the overflow parking lot across the street "There's a ton of parking way back there..."

"C'mon, Em. If we're drunk, would it be advisable to walk all the way to the other end of the world? "

"Would it be advisable to drive?" Claire pretended she couldn't hear me.

"Here we are! that guy's leaving!" She had an eager look on her face. Just as that guy pulled out, a shiny black Carrera pulled in to the spot we were waiting for.

"Oh no he didnot."Claire's expression was now a deep "Don't mess with me" If looks could kill...

She stepped out of the car and walked over to the expensive car. She tapped on the window with fierce rage. "That was our freaking spot!" The window lowered and she stuck her head inside the car. They had an argument, which was inaudible to me. By the way that Claire walked back to the car, she had obviously lost.

"Gosh! When will guys learn to be considerate?"

After parking in a displeasing spot, we walked into the Bar.

"Things have really changed!" I commented, taking in my surroundings.

"Huh? Oh yeah... I guess. " mumbled Claire. "What do you want to drink?"

"Uh... I'll take a... Virgin lime cocktail."

"Uh, Em... We're supposed to be getting drunk, not hyper."

"Yeah, I know. But Who's gonna drive us home? "

"Em. Are you serious? Last time we didn't have any money, So we had to take the car. But now we can take a cab! "

After hesitating, I finally replied "Shots."

"That's more like it!" Claire walked through the crowd, to the bar. Every single guy stared at her back side as she walked past. Same thing, as she returned. "Let's go over there. " she suggested pointing at a table next to two very good looking men.

"Claire!! You said no boys!" 

"I said we wern't gonna hook up, i never said we can't watch from afar!" I smiled at her as we walked to the table. Once we sat down a waitress brought us a tray of 8 shots. 

"Woah Claire." 

"c'mon, girl we gotta start our night with a BANG. bottoms up!" claire downed two of her shots, then made a clenched face. "your turn!" 

"Uh, ok." mI tentitivley picked up one shot and threw it down my throat, making  a horrible face. "I miss that."

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--iq4dv54Dow/TgER-wMfqNI/AAAAAAAACq8/ViDbPxsOMVQ/s1600/B%2B010.jpg[emma's shoes]

http://www.bestfan.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/thing.25663704.l.jpgclaire's shoes

http://www.dragtimes.com/images/17799-2009-Mazda-RX-8.jpg claire car