“Maybe we should finish our drinks first?”
She turns and beams at me. “Great idea, Sof.”
She takes her drink and sucks down a third of it before stopping.
“Catch up slow pokes.”
I cast a worried look at Iz. She takes a small sip of hers then leans into me.
“I am going to try to stay semi sober tonight. You go ahead and drink your heart out though.”
I nod, but decide I will also attempt to stay sober tonight.
∞∞∞
Three drinks later and I am not even close to sober. I don’t know how Mia did it, but she convinced me to keep drinking with her. I saw Izzy leaving her drink on a random table earlier. If we had paid for them I would have been pissed, but since they are free, I guess I don’t care. I still want to know what was going on earlier, but that will have to wait until I can get Iz alone.
Right now, Izzy is half dancing, while Mia and I are grinding on each other in the middle of the dance floor. That wouldn’t be a bad thing except I keep having to pull the back of my dress down and the more I drink, the less I am noticing it riding up.
I glance over Mia’s shoulder and stop cold. I see a familiar face. Mia turns me, but I immediately look back. I don’t see him. It must have just been my drunken mind.
I keep dancing with Mia, but I feel much more sober now. After another song, I turn to Mia.
“I need to use the restroom.”
“Good idea. Let’s go.”
I motion to Izzy and she blazes a path for us to the bathroom. Of course, we have to wait twenty minutes, but once we get to the front of the line, Izzy pulls all three of us into the room together.
“Hey, have you heard of privacy?” Mia asks.
“Mia, we are at a club. We go to the bathroom together. We don’t even lose eyes on each other. It’s the rule.” Izzy says as she motions for one of us to use the toilet.
“I can’t pee with you listening!” Mia exclaimed.
I snort. “Mia, have you ever gone out with a group of girls before?”
She is silent a moment. “I haven’t had a group of girls to go out with before you guys.”
Izzy’s shitty attitude melts at that.
“Listen, you go pee. I will turn on the water and me and Sof will stand over here with our backs turned, Okay?”
“Okay, but Sof goes first.”
I roll my eyes, but humor her. After all three of us finish our business, we head out. I am almost to the end of the hall, when a man steps out in front of me. Mia runs into me as Izzy steps up beside her to see what the holdup is.
“Sofia. I thought that was you. What are you doing here in New York?”
My veins turn to ice. I thought I saw him, but wasn’t sure.
“Hey Richard. I am just visiting. What are you doing here?”
“Oh, I got transferred here a couple months ago. Where’s Ryan?”
He acts like he is looking around for him, but I know he knows. Richard is Ryan’s best friend. Ryan would have called and enlisted his help in finding me.
I clear my throat. “We broke up. Listen I have to go.”
