Double Trouble

Chapter Two

Jalissa and I step out the Uber in front of Sins, and after they checked our ID's, we head inside. Sins is a pretty popular club/bar scene around the school. Everyone goes here for a night out after they turn 21. It's not the only party scene here, but it is the most popular. Both locals and students find themselves here, so it's never a dull time. Jalissa heads to the bar to order us both drinks and I follow her at a slower pace, stopping to speak to a few people, laugh a little bit, enjoying myself and warming up to have a good time.

By time I finally reach the bar, Jalissa is engaged in conversation with her new crush, Ashley. If you haven't figured out yet, Jalissa really is gay; well bisexual, but she prefers women. Ashley has been in the picture a couple of weeks now. They've known each other since they shared a class last semester, but it wasn't until recently Ashley made a move. Jalissa breaking up with her ex, had a lot to do with that. I like Ashley, she's cool and clearly infatuated with Jalissa. I myself am not gay, but I can appreciate a cute girl. She's not Jalissa's usual type, she normally goes for studs, but Ashley is more of a stem. She's tall for a girl, dark skin with locs down her back wearing it half up half down. She's wearing a cute black crop top and skintight jeans with black Nike's.

I walk up, grab my drink, say hey to Ashley and let Jalissa know that I'm going over to the other side where I saw some friends of ours. She barely pays me any mind and I smirk as I walk away. I head over to a corner where a few of my other friends are hanging out, laughing and dancing.

Our friend Chris comes over to me and pulls me over further to the dance floor, instead of our little group. I go with him laughing, still pretty cross faded and start dancing with him. He slowly makes his way closer and closer to me and I keep friendly dodging and dancing around him. Chris has made it very clear to me over time that he is crushing on me and hard. I try not to hurt his feelings, but I'm not really interested. He's a sweet guy and all, but after my last relationship I wasn't really looking for anything and he wasted no time right after that relationship ended.

Chris is a good-looking guy about 6'1" caramel skin with shoulder length locs. He's a little too built for me, as if he lives his life in the gym. He was in our black student organization and that's how we met. He pulls me a little away from everyone as we are still dancing. He says, "are you excited about graduation?" I said, "of course I can't wait until all of this is over." He says, "I've heard you're staying in the area after school." I said, "yeah planning on staying with my current company and then hopefully heading back to school after a while." He nods, even though I know he doesn't really care about what I'm saying. He's playing the game.

He finally speaks and says, "so Christa before the school semester ends you should let me take you out." I smile awkwardly a little to faded to think of a good way to dodge him without flat out saying no. I really don't want to ruin this friend group right as we are all about to leave. I mean we've made it this, far haven't we? I say, "I mean we're all so busy, I'm not sure when I would even have the time honestly." He says, "I mean ever since you broke up with Jason two semesters ago, I've really wanted to just have a chance, but I wanted to kind of keep my distance so I wouldn't push you so soon after a break up." I roll my eyes so hard I imagine that they might actually fall out of my head. I say "I appreciate your consideration and you've been great, I just never really thought about dating anyone after Jason I've been kind of just chilling keeping to myself, you know school, work, sister, Jalissa, that's pretty much my whole life right there." He says, "I just need one date, just one come on you know you want to give me a chance." The drunk bitch in me was quickly coming to the surface, about to the tell him that I wouldn't go out with him if his was the last hard dick in the world. I've been trying to control it, but he was beginning to bug the fuck out of me.

Suddenly Lizzo's "Truth Hurts" comes on and the place goes wild. Jalissa comes completely out of nowhere and pulls me onto the dance floor and a few of our other female friends came running and we all laugh, dance and go crazy to the song. I am always grateful for Jalissa, she always comes to my rescue at the perfect moment. The look she made when she snatched me, told me it was indeed a rescue mission.