"I can't believe I let you talk me into this," Lexi mumbled again for what seemed like the hundredth time since they left the house.
"I look ridiculous. This is so bad."
Maggie laughed.
"Can you please stop complaining? I made you look hot! You'll see the second we get in here, every head is going to turn. If you'd just take off your stupid jacket!"
"I can't take it off I'm cold. Besides, I'm not interested in advertising to everyone that I look like a hoe."
By the time I got to Maggie's house, she'd already put out five different possibilities for me. I'd assumed they were for her. I really didn't venture outside of simple stuff. I mean I dressed girly, just not low cut tanks and short skirts. Finally Maggie, or "we", had decided on a black tank top that had layers cut low. I had to keep shifting it in order for me not to feel like I was flashing everyone, even though Maggie assured me I wasn't. Along with the black tank, I was in a ripped up white skirt that looked like I cut most of the material off. I kept tugged at the hem of it, hoping that magically it would gain a few inches on the bottom. Maggie of course assured me that the black heels she gave me didn't make my skirt seem shorter. I didn't believe her for obvious reasons. All of this led me to be walking in a cold dark alley as we made our way to the front of the line that supposedly we were going to cut. Don't get me wrong, all of Maggie's friends are gorgeous, but I still didn't think we'd get in. As we rounded the corner and could see the front door, Maggie stopped us, and the girls adjusted hair, added lip gloss, whatever they needed to update. Once Maggie finished she looked at me.
"Come on Lexi lose the jacket. Half the reason we dress like this is to get past the bouncer."
With a sigh I dropped my jacket and held onto it tightly, regretting this whole idea. We all walked the rest of the way to the bouncer who immediately looked up from the list he was checking for a guy in line. Looking up and down at the four of us for a second, he nodded and pulled the rope open to let us aside. With smiles and air kisses, the girls walked in front of me. I followed behind them as we headed in the door.
"Here we go" I mumble
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"Can I get two beers?" Ben shouted at the girl behind Rage's bar.
He'd been to a few clubs back in college, but it'd been a while and he'd never been one for nightclubs for the most part. The girl brought the drinks back quickly, since we already had a tab going. I was a round or two behind Mike and James already, but I'd promised the next round if James got shot down by this girl he'd been trying to dance with. Mike and James were both good friends of mine, but when it came to girls, they weren't the brightest. I came back over to the booth table we grabbed in the corner, and of course they were talking to each other and pointing out hot girls in the room.
"I'm telling you man the blonde over there has the best legs in this whole bar," James shouted at Mike, trying to be heard over the blaring speakers.
Mike shook his head.
"Who cares? A good ass is ten times more important. Like the one on that red head over there."
Sometimes I followed their pointless arguments, but I just wasn't interested right now. I took a drink from my half empty bottle. I'd been drinking more then I usually did, but I still couldn't get this afternoon off my mind. It was like I just kept replaying everything. And it didn't get better the more I saw it.
In the middle of an ass vs. legs debate between the two of them all of a sudden I heard them both stop talking, as Mike hit James in the arm and pointed at some girls behind me.
"Ok so can we just agree on this-that is the hottest girl here?"
James just nodded at first.
"Oh most definitely."
I looked up with a smile to see their expressions.
"You guys actually found a girl you agree on? This has to be some kind of joke?"
Mike shook his head and said, "Dude just look."
I laughed.
"Alright let's see who this unfortunate girl is. She better be perfect."
I take a drink and turn around trying to look through all the people. Then I saw some girls just walking away from the doors, looking a little to young to be in here. Glancing at the faces I stopped on one girl. She looked familiar... really familiar. A lot like Lexi.
I started coughing as my drink goes down the wrong pipe. Oh my god Lexi. Even as I'm choking I can't look away. I've never seen her like this before. I could tell she didn't do it often too as she tugged at the end of her skirt. I let my eyes drop and check her out. She looked.. amazing. Finally I caught my breath. I saw the girls go over into an empty booth on the other side of the room. I turned back around to put my beer down. Mike and James are looking at my expectantly.
"Well?" James finally asks with a smile.
"Uh yeah she's fine. Did you see those other girls she was with? They were pretty hot too."
They ignored my question with disbelief.
"Fine?" Mike asks. "Just fine? Dude that girl is a Grade A piece of ass. Did you not see her? What I wouldn't give to go home with that."
I stood up quickly and leaned across the table.
"Don't talk about her like that," I said furiously a few inches from Mike's face.
"Woah man calm down! She's just a girl."
Mike looked at me completely startled, since I'm really not a violent person.
I quickly realized what I'd done and settled down sitting back in my seat embarrassed.
"Well.. don't talk about girls like that then," I said trying to cover up the burst of anger.
I couldn't believe I'd just lost control like that. It just.. happened when he started talking about Lexi like some kind of slut. Great, I thought, all I need is more of a reason to think about her tonight. I didn't know what to do. If I talked to her, it'd be awkward, like seeing your teacher outside of school. But if I didn't, she'd stay here all night. And I can't stop every guy from thinking the same thing that Mike and James just were. Finally I decided I had to do it.
"I'll be right back. There's a girl I want to go talk to," I said, just giving an excuse.
The guys looked at me surprised but cheered me on as I walked off towards the other side of the club. I edged past some tight groups of people to the girls' booth. Once I got close enough, I took a deep breath and walked slowly over. Lexi's back was turned so she didn't see me come up.
"uh... Hey Lexi" I said loudly.
She must have heard me because she turned around quickly with a smile, then saw it was me. Immediately she seemed to flush in embarrassment. A few of the other girls offered me a smile. I recognized them from the halls, but thank god none from my classes. That could have been hard to explain.
"Hey.. Ben." She replied, avoiding any of the girls recognizing my name. She stood up and edged out of the booth.
"Hey guys I'm going to go talk to Ben for a minute I'll be right back."
I heard one of the girls shout ", Take your time!" as we walked off and a chorus of laughter.
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Lexi flushed evem more as she walked over to a less packed corner of the room with Ben trailing behind her. Once she turned around to face him, he started talking.
