You Got Me On My Knees, chapter 8
"Whoa!"
"What?"
"Layla?"
"Yeah what is it?"
"You look amazing!"
I smiled sweetly at David and gave him a small kiss on his cheek to thank him. "I mean it you look so gorgeous! Someone is going to have sex tonight... " he kidded.
"It has to be you then. I'm just going so that your girlfriend is happy and... what the fuck is going on over there?" I pointed at the pool where at least thirty people were all about to jump in the cool water.
"Oh shit! Hey! If you make a fucking mess you're the one who's cleaning!" David ran to them, leaving a very amused me waiting for Jane and two other girls, named Anne and Cynthia to finish getting ready.
"Ok so it's obvious who's stealing the show from us tonight... " said Jane once we were all inside her BMW and driving towards the party. "Yeah Layla you look hot." Agreed Cynthia. I smiled at both of them and said 'thanks' while trying to find a decent radio station. "Yeah you look nice." I heard the voice of Anne from the back seat.
Anne was much more beautiful than me. She was tall with legs that never finish, huge blue eyes and very red lips. But, what do you know, she was a B-I-C-H.
"Although next time you wear this dress, you might want to hold your hair up and put some glowing earrings on. This way it looks a bit poor."
"Thanks for the advice. I just preferred to keep it simple. I have no intension to impress." I told her, hoping that I would shut her up. And thankfully I did. But my triumph didn't last long as the familiar sound of "She" came on from the radio.
"Green Day! I love Green Day!" cried Anne. "Especially the bassist he is so hot! What's his name?"
"Mike." I whispered and felt my mood immediately getting down.
"Mike that's right. I heard that he got married last month and now he has a daughter."
Everybody else including me stayed silent so Anne found it right to carry on. "He has named his child Estelle from what I have heard." I looked up with wide eyes and turned to the back. "Are you sure about that?" I asked.
"That's what I heard. It might be rumours."
"No... " I said, talking more to myself. "It's not rumours."
"Are you ok El?" Jane asked.
"Yeah I'm good but... please... don't call me El right now."
"Ok... we're here!"
Jane pulled over and parked her car and all four of us got out to go to the party. I wished I could be in my room, watching predictable movies all night since I was reminded of Mike but there was no turning back so I put on a fake smile and walked next to Jane, Cynthia and Anne. Sooner or later I was half drunk and really dizzy.
"Well it seems that we are living the When-The-Universe-Wants-Two-People-Together theory... " I heard a voice behind me. I turned around and saw a familiar guy standing next to me.
"Paul?"
"Hey Layla how are you?"
This guy was really hot. Not like Mike of course but he was very handsome and I couldn't deny it. "I'm fine."
"You still owe me a dance if I remember correctly." He took my hand and pulled me to the dance floor where people were dancing to the song "Dancing Queen." It was a lame party. Thankfully they changed it to "These Boots Are Made for Walking" so I didn't make a complete idiot out of myself.
"Are you free tomorrow night?" Paul asked me.
"Aaaah... I don't know."
"Well you know now. You're having dinner with me."
It was a wonder how I controlled myself and didn't start crying. Mike's face just kept filling my head. I wanted to turn down his offer but I just couldn't speak. So I kept dancing. And I got myself a hot date. Yay for me.
I was so wasted when we returned that I barely saw my surroundings. All I kept thinking was Mike and his daughter and his wife and how he had named his daughter and everything. I couldn't help it I had to see him again.
"Hello?"
"Billie?"
"El? Holy fuck is that you?"
"Yes it's me. Is Mike with you?"
"Yes he is hold on... " As soon as I heard his voice a huge sob escaped from my throat.
"El are you ok?" he asked, staying calm as always.
"Mike I love you." I screamed and kept crying. "I love you and being away from you hurts."
"El baby try to calm down."
"I can't do that. A guy asked me out tonight and I couldn't even speak to reject him because all I was thinking about was you. And now he thinks I like him. I can't do this I want to come home. I want things to be the way they used to be. I don't want to get over you."
"Where are you El?"
"David's house. Two blocks to the left from our old neighbourhood."
"Okay baby I'm coming to get you."
"What?"
"Layla?"
"Yeah what is it?"
"You look amazing!"
I smiled sweetly at David and gave him a small kiss on his cheek to thank him. "I mean it you look so gorgeous! Someone is going to have sex tonight... " he kidded.
"It has to be you then. I'm just going so that your girlfriend is happy and... what the fuck is going on over there?" I pointed at the pool where at least thirty people were all about to jump in the cool water.
"Oh shit! Hey! If you make a fucking mess you're the one who's cleaning!" David ran to them, leaving a very amused me waiting for Jane and two other girls, named Anne and Cynthia to finish getting ready.
"Ok so it's obvious who's stealing the show from us tonight... " said Jane once we were all inside her BMW and driving towards the party. "Yeah Layla you look hot." Agreed Cynthia. I smiled at both of them and said 'thanks' while trying to find a decent radio station. "Yeah you look nice." I heard the voice of Anne from the back seat.
Anne was much more beautiful than me. She was tall with legs that never finish, huge blue eyes and very red lips. But, what do you know, she was a B-I-C-H.
"Although next time you wear this dress, you might want to hold your hair up and put some glowing earrings on. This way it looks a bit poor."
"Thanks for the advice. I just preferred to keep it simple. I have no intension to impress." I told her, hoping that I would shut her up. And thankfully I did. But my triumph didn't last long as the familiar sound of "She" came on from the radio.
"Green Day! I love Green Day!" cried Anne. "Especially the bassist he is so hot! What's his name?"
"Mike." I whispered and felt my mood immediately getting down.
"Mike that's right. I heard that he got married last month and now he has a daughter."
Everybody else including me stayed silent so Anne found it right to carry on. "He has named his child Estelle from what I have heard." I looked up with wide eyes and turned to the back. "Are you sure about that?" I asked.
"That's what I heard. It might be rumours."
"No... " I said, talking more to myself. "It's not rumours."
"Are you ok El?" Jane asked.
"Yeah I'm good but... please... don't call me El right now."
"Ok... we're here!"
Jane pulled over and parked her car and all four of us got out to go to the party. I wished I could be in my room, watching predictable movies all night since I was reminded of Mike but there was no turning back so I put on a fake smile and walked next to Jane, Cynthia and Anne. Sooner or later I was half drunk and really dizzy.
"Well it seems that we are living the When-The-Universe-Wants-Two-People-Together theory... " I heard a voice behind me. I turned around and saw a familiar guy standing next to me.
"Paul?"
"Hey Layla how are you?"
This guy was really hot. Not like Mike of course but he was very handsome and I couldn't deny it. "I'm fine."
"You still owe me a dance if I remember correctly." He took my hand and pulled me to the dance floor where people were dancing to the song "Dancing Queen." It was a lame party. Thankfully they changed it to "These Boots Are Made for Walking" so I didn't make a complete idiot out of myself.
"Are you free tomorrow night?" Paul asked me.
"Aaaah... I don't know."
"Well you know now. You're having dinner with me."
It was a wonder how I controlled myself and didn't start crying. Mike's face just kept filling my head. I wanted to turn down his offer but I just couldn't speak. So I kept dancing. And I got myself a hot date. Yay for me.
I was so wasted when we returned that I barely saw my surroundings. All I kept thinking was Mike and his daughter and his wife and how he had named his daughter and everything. I couldn't help it I had to see him again.
"Hello?"
"Billie?"
"El? Holy fuck is that you?"
"Yes it's me. Is Mike with you?"
"Yes he is hold on... " As soon as I heard his voice a huge sob escaped from my throat.
"El are you ok?" he asked, staying calm as always.
"Mike I love you." I screamed and kept crying. "I love you and being away from you hurts."
"El baby try to calm down."
"I can't do that. A guy asked me out tonight and I couldn't even speak to reject him because all I was thinking about was you. And now he thinks I like him. I can't do this I want to come home. I want things to be the way they used to be. I don't want to get over you."
"Where are you El?"
"David's house. Two blocks to the left from our old neighbourhood."
"Okay baby I'm coming to get you."
