Kaley's POV
"Two Strawberry Daiquiris for my two favourite girls!" Mark's voice whispered in my ear and suddenly there was a glass of frothy, pink liquid in front of me.
"Umm, is it non-alcoholic?" I asked, turning to look up at him.
"One of them has alcohol in it," he smiled, winking at me before slipping away into the small crowd that had started to grow in the room.
"But which one?" I called out after him, but he was already gone. With a sigh, I turned back to look at the glass in front of me.
"Chill, Kaley!" Leah laughed from beside me. "I'll try mine and if I taste alcohol, then yours will be fine and if I don't, then I'll switch glasses with you."
"Thanks," I smiled, breathing a sigh of relief.
She just nodded, kind of silently saying, "That's what friends are for," as she took a sip from the blue, bendy straw.
"Ok, yep, this one definitely has alcohol in it," she stated, taking another sip from her drink. "Yours is good then."
"Ok, thanks," I smiled, taking a small sip from my drink. I winced slightly as it hit my tongue.
That's funny, I thought, looking down at it. I don't remember it ever tasting like that...
"Hey, Leah," I started to say, looking up from my drink. "Can you... Oh." She was gone. I turned around in my seat and looked across the room. I finally spotted her over near Chris and Lea, giggling at something that one of them had said.
"Oh well," I sighed, turning back to my drink. "Maybe they just make it differently here."
I had had Daiquiris before, non-alcoholic versions, obviously, but I didn't remember them ever tasting like this. But before I could contemplate this thought further, Darren suddenly plopped down on the seat beside me.
"Hey," he smiled. "Having fun?"
"I guess," I shrugged. "I mean, I've never been to a bar before, so I don't really know what to think." I took another small sip from my drink.
"What about you?" I asked, turning his question back on him. "Are you having fun?"
"I'm about to," he smiled, standing up again and holding his hand out to me. "Come with me. I want you to have a front row seat."
"Front row seat to what?" I asked suspiciously, taking his hand while still carrying my drink in the other.
"To my performance," he laughed, quickly leading me over to a seat closer to the stage. "Sit here."
"What if I don't want to?" I asked, teasingly.
"Then I will be very sad and will sing sad, sappy songs about heartbreak all night long," he replied, pouting his lip slightly and giving me his sad, puppy dog eyes again.
"Oh, alright," I laughed, sitting down in the seat that he had brought me to. "Happy?"
"Uh huh!" he beamed, nodding his head. I just laughed and rolled my eyes at him as he turned away and got up on the stage.
"Could I get some of my lovely lady friends to come join me on the stage?" he asked, speaking into one of the mics. He looked at me and raised an eyebrow questioningly, but I just shook my head and let Lea, Heather Morris, and Amber Riley go up on the stage with him. They all huddled around the song selector machine and seconds later, a familiar tune started to blast through the speakers.
"If you see a faded sign at the side of the road," Darren started to sing. "That says fifteen miles to the-"
"Love shack!" Amber cued in. I smiled as I listened to them sing the song, taking little sips from my drink every couple of seconds. I was finally starting to get used to the funny taste it had.
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If You Only Knew
Fanfic"If you only knew how I felt about you, how crazy you drove me. If you only knew that I even existed..." It's been a year since Kaley moved to New York with her best friend, Leah, and suddenly she finds herself in the chance of a life time: getting...