Close As Strangers - AFI

Chapter 2

Since Sabina visited Ben's very regularly, she was surprised to see a group of boys she'd never seen before. Ben was locally very well known, and most of the guests were locals and regular visitors. 

The first boy that walked in had dark hair and was wearing all black. He was followed by a strange looking boy that had died his hair red. He was wearing an oversized jumper and black, ripped jeans. Next to the red haired boy was a very tall blonde boy with a lip ring, he was talking to a curly haired guy, who has laughing at some joke. Sabina had to admit that all these boys were very attractive, she caught herself staring and quickly looked away and focussed her attention towards her beer. She was annoyed that these obnoxious boys had disrupted her peace and she hoped they would at least leave her alone and sit somewhere far away from her. 

The opposite happened. The blonde guy headed straight into her direction and told the dark haired one to order 4 beers. 

'Hey there!' the blonde one greeted. Sabina briefly looked up at the boy with confusion in her eyes. 'You're Australian.' she stated, not even bothering to greet him. 

the boy laughed, 'Yes, we are. Do you know us?' Sabina looked puzzled, why would she know these guys, she'd never even left London, let alone been to Australia. 'No, why would I know you?' she asked.

The curly haired guy, which was now standing next to the blonde one smiled but looked surprised. 'You really don't know who we are? Alright, that's fine. No actually, that's great!' this confused Sabina even more but she chose to ignore it. Her beer was finished so she got up from the sofa and walked past the tall boy to go get herself another beer. This was going to be a long night. 

when Sabina turned around from the bar with her new beer, she noticed the four boys sitting on her sofa. 

'Hey!' she said angrily. 

'what?' the blonde boy laughed, clearly amused with himself.

'that's my sofa!' Sabina stated, while crossing her arms and looking at the boy sternly. 

'Your sofa huh? I didn't know you owned this place.' The red haired boy answered. 

Sabina rolled her eyes and huffed, while heading over to another sofa, not too far from where the boys were sitting. These obnoxious Australians were making her night even worse, but it was not like she had anywhere else to go, so she just tried to ignore their loud laughing and occasional looks into her direction. Why couldn't they just leave her be?

Suddenly the curly haired boy, who hadn't really said anything to her yet, walked into her direction. 

'What?' Sabina asked, annoyed that they wouldn't leave her alone.

'I was wondering if I could get you anything to drink.' The boy replied kindly, as he looked at her almost empty glass. 

Sabina looked up, the boy had beautiful hazel eyes with sparkled when looking into the light, he had a nice smile and Sabina couldn't help but think he was extremely good looking. 'um, please get me something strong. Like a shot. I need more alcohol if I want to survive this night.' 

The boy chuckled, 'how old are you? You seem a little young to be drinking that much.' 

Sabina lifted an eyebrow, 'I'm 18.' She lied. ' And I'm perfectly capable of deciding for myself what I can and cannot drink, thank you very much.' 

'I'll get you a cocktail. One that's not too strong. I bet you're more fun when you're sober.' The boy replied, making his way over to the bar. 

'Jesus Christ, I want to get drunk! Piss off with your stupid cocktail.' Sabina yelled, annoyed. Who did this boy think he is, trying to control her like that.