As soon as they arrived at the club Melissa knew that the night was going to be horrible. Megan quickly spotted AJ and dragged her over to him.
"Hey," Megan called to him as she tapped him on the shoulder.
"Oh hello. I saved us a table. It's right over here," he informed them as he led them to the table.
Melissa almost died right there when she saw that the really hot guy from that afternoon was sitting there with his girlfriend. The night was going to be a living hell filled with tons of depression.
"This is my friend Nick and his girlfriend Erin," AJ told them gesturing over to the couple.
Nick, Melissa thought. The name seemed to fit him.
"Oh hi guys I'm Megan and this is my sister Melissa."
"Pleased to meet u guys," Nick said.
Was it her imagination or was Nick looking right at her when he said that, Melissa wondered. No, it couldn't be.
"Would you ladies like a drink?" AJ asked.
"Sure," Megan answered enthusiastically.
"What about you?" He asked Melissa.
"Oh no thanks. I don't drink."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, I'm positive.
"Well, alrighty then," he said as he led her sister to the bar.
Melissa turned around to see Nick and Erin in deep conversation. They both looked so happy and in love with each other. She watched as the two leaned in for a sweet kiss and at that moment she realized that she needed to get out of there for a while.
She ran out to the beach with tears streaming down her face. Who would ever love her like that? Probably no one. Anyway it didn't matter. Soon enough she would probably be dead.
The operation is only two weeks away she thought. Actually less than that. It honestly scared the hell out of her. She couldn't die. She was only 18 and there was so many things she had yet to accomplish. Thinking of all this only made her more depressed. The only thing that she could do now was sit there and cry.
She looked up at the sky and made a wish on a star. What was her wish? It was to be able to fall in love before she died. To be able to experience it. Only thing she forgot was the old saying be careful what you wish for you might just get it.
Finally Melissa got tired of watching all the other couples dancing, kissing, and just generally being happy. She decided to leave and go to bed.
Before she left though she had to find Megan and tell her that she was leaving. She found Megan still sitting at the bar with AJ. It looked like Megan was whispering something in his ear and then she saw the two kiss, and it wasn't no small innocent one either.
Gee, I wonder how many drinks Megan has had, Melissa wondered. She decided she should better find out.
"Hey Mel!" Megan greeted. "Are you having fun cause I sure am!"
"Oh really that's cool."
"Yea me and AJ were just getting to know each other," she said exploding into giggles.
Yea, Melissa thought, You were getting to know how far his tongue could go down your throat. Out loud she said, "Oh well I'm kinda tired."
"OK fine go. You always were a party pooper but me on the other hand can go all night long. Right AJ?"
"Oh definitely. In fact I'd love to see that someday."
"Well, you just might."
"Umm Meg, how many drinks have you had tonight?" Melissa asked her.
"Hmm," Megan said and began counting on her fingers, "One, two, five, seven, eleventeen." Then she started giggling like it was the funniest thing in the world.
Melissa had never seen her sister so drunk in her life. She knew that she had to get Meg back to the room but the question was how?
"Meg, you're drunk. C'mon lets go back to the room and you can lay down."
I don't want to. I feel fine, great in fact, I've never felt better in my life."
"I really don't want you doing something you might regret tomorrow morning and would feel better if you came back with me."
"Why would I regret anything that I'd do?"
Melissa was getting desperate now. Meg was impossible when she got like this and Melissa totally had no idea what to do next. She felt helpless and was about to give up when she heard a voice behind her say, "What's going on here?"
Melissa turned around and saw it was Nick. She was very glad to see him and yes even Erin because she was going to need the all the help she could get.
"Meg is totally wasted. I need to get her back to the room but she refuses to go. She insists on being with AJ," she explained. "Will she be okay with him?"
"Honestly, when AJ gets like this he's impossible and he does have a history of getting drunk and going back to his hotel room with some girl and waking up the next morning not remembering a single thing," Nick told her.
"We have to get her back to the room then," Melissa decided. "I know her and she would so fall for that."
"OK here's what we need to do. We-"
Nick never finished his sentence because at that moment Meg started to look really woozy and fell off the chair passed out. Nick caught her just as she was about to hit the floor.
"OMG! Is she okay?" Melissa asked frantically as tears started to form in her eyes.
"She's going to be fine. She just passed out from all the alcohol. OK here's what we should do; I'm going to carry Meg back to her room and Melissa will come with me and Erin you stay here with AJ," Nick ordered.
"I don't want to! Why can't I stay with you?" Erin whined.
"You can't babe. Somebody has to stay with AJ."
"Well, why can't she stay with him?" Erin asked pointing at Melissa.
"Because she has to tell me what room they are in and Meg is in no condition to tell me."
"Oh," Erin said. Knowing that she was defeated, she shot Melissa a dirty glance.
Does she honestly think I'm a threat? Melissa wondered. The thought made her want to laugh. There was Erin who had the perfect body, perfect hair, perfect skin, she was just perfect in every way and sophisticated. Then there was her. People told her she was pretty but she never believed them. there was also the factor that she was sick. Did Erin honestly think that Nick only wanted her to come with him because he liked her? If that was the case then it was definitely true what they said about blondes being dumb!
"I'll be back in about 10-15 minutes OK babe?" Nick assured her.
"Yea I guess."
"Oh yea and Erin make sure AJ lays off the drinks."
"O sure. Well, bye."
As Erin watched the three of them leave she felt a pang of jealously. Why would she be jealous? Well, if Nick wants to order me around I'll show him she thought as she stepped onto the dance floor, spotted a hot guy and shot him a killer smile.
The guy reacted just as she hoped. He immediately walked over to her and said," So what's a pretty girl like you doing all alone?"
Erin shrugged, "I don't know but maybe you can keep me company so I don't get lonely." Then she gave him a flirty look. She could see that this guy was hooked. This was going to be to easy.