About Last Night

Chapter 5

I turned my head slightly there he was with a beautiful girl. My heart dropped I felt this pain from the past coming back, I tried to shake it away but it was coming back strong, memories started to flood my brain and I began to feel hurt. I tried to breathe but couldn't. Finally, I stopped when I felt Taylor grab my hand. I needed to stop, this happened five years ago I needed to let this go. He spotted me, I looked down I lifted my head slowly he was surprised that I was here. He noticed I was panicking but kept his cool. He walked closer to our table as everyone got up giving him a hug congratulating him. As I got up I walked towards him, he looked into my eyes as I gave him a quick hug, I tried to let go but he pulled me back in. No one noticed except me, he let me go. I turned quickly and sat in my chair, I watched him hug everyone else. He then introduced his girlfriend to everyone. "Hey everyone thank you for coming, this is my girlfriend Scarlett," Everyone welcomed her and they both sat down ..... as I tried to ignore Paul I felt him staring at me and Liam and there were times when I would glance at Paul and Scarlett. It felt like a long dinner and I just needed some air. I got up slowly turning to Liam "I'm going to just make a quick phone call I'll be back," I said as I smiled and walked out

I stood outside the restaurant freezing, why would I wear this thin sweater I thought to myself. While looking at the stars I felt someone touch me from behind. I turned to see who it was and it was Paul. He looked so handsome, yes he looked more mature than he did five years ago but as I stared at him I noticed he was wearing a casual button shirt with his usual pair of vans. That's what I loved about him he was so simple and never liked to dress formally. As I was lost in thought I came back to the blue ocean eyes.

"You look beautiful," he said looking me up and down. Making me shiver a little I feel my cheeks becoming warm. "Thank you, you look nice as well" I replied. Paul had this effect on me, I know I hadn't seen him in a while but he still had a place in my heart "Can I join you?" he asked as he stood there right beside me. I nodded my head in agreement. We both stood there for a while with no-one talking just silence. We were both looking at the view but finally, he broke the silence "So you have a boyfriend" he asked. I was confused, was he really asking me this "No he's just a friend but you for sure have a girlfriend" I smiled trying not to make it obvious that I was actually forcing it

"I do" he responded looking down, I smiled trying so hard not to cry "Well I'm happy that your happy" I turned my face to look at him. He did the same and we both smiled. He noticed my eyes were watery and walked closer to me "Are you okay?" he asked 

I stepped back a little "Yeah, allergies" I responded he knew I was lying but decided to change the subject "It's been five years since I've seen you," I could feel him staring at me, I stayed looking forward toward the parking lot "I know it's been a while" I responded but noticed that this conversation was so awkward and I knew from the beginning that things would end up like this. I stared at the stars and bit my lip, I didn't like this feeling. "I'm going to head back inside its pretty cold out here," I turned my face slightly and all I saw was his facial expression, I noticed he was hurt  "Yeah I'll go with you," he said as he opened the door for me to walk inside. We both headed to our table, once he got to his seat he leaned over and kissed his girlfriend. As the dinner kept on going I didn't worry about Paul anymore instead I focused on my friends and brother.

After dinner, we headed to a club right on Mission Bay. As we entered the club I grabbed Liam and Rebecca's arm and took them to the dance floor. I needed to focus on having fun ... I began to dance with Liam, Taylor, and Rebecca. Moving my body to every beat of the song, while dancing I noticed Taylor dancing with my brother and I started moving closer to Liam.  When I took a break to get some drinks I saw Paul dancing near us I stared at him dancing with his girlfriend looking happy. I truly was happy for him but my heart was still a little broken. During that time I didn't notice I was taking shot after shot just looking at them and finally my head started spinning. I was really drunk, Paul finally noticed me and saw that I was walking weird, I walked towards Liam and began to give him a lap dance. Liam then started to become a little aggressive.