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She looked around the nightclub bored with the whole scene. It was the same ole same ole, the same people, the same corny come-ons, the same drinks and dance moves. She wasn't going to stay. As she made her way towards the end of the bar to head for the exit her shoulder ran into another woman.
"Oh, I'm so sorry" the woman exclaimed as they collided painfully.
"Are you okay?" she asked concerned seeing that the woman was obviously upset.
"Yeah, fine, I just have to find my friends and get out of here" she answered distractedly and then she really looked at the woman she had crashed into.
She was worth a second look. Not too tall, slender, but not too slender, with curves in all the right places, her blonde good looks were a stereo-type of blonde looks. Her pert little nose was over lush little lips that ached to be kissed, to be ravished. Her big brown eyes were so pale that they looked almost yellow. They were framed by dramatically brown and impeccably plucked eyebrows. The whole package though was enticing, exciting, and while not beautiful, very attractive.
"Well, it's packed in there" the blonde pointed over her shoulder with her thumb "you'd do better to sit at the bar and wait for your friends to show up" she advised.
The other woman nodded anxiously as she looked out over the crowd, there was no way she was going to spot her friends in the crush, and she had to admit the blonde was right. "Well, will you wait with me? I could buy you a drink, it's the least I could do for nearly knocking you down."
The blonde looked her over for a moment, speculatively, and agreed heading back to the bar. The moment though registered the brunette's long streaked hair, boyishly slim body, and girl-next door looks. She had freckles sprinkled across her nose and cheeks, her eyes were a grey blue, and her stubborn little chin invited someone to argue with her. Her straight white teeth gleamed in the club lights.
"What are you drinking?" she asked as she signaled the bartender.
"I'll take a Shirley Temple" the blonde said with a straight face.
"Are you serious?" the brunette asked with a grin and a raised eyebrow, no one drank Shirley Temples anymore.
"Very" the blonde answered with a look that challenged the brunette to say more.
The brunette turned back to place their order with the bartender and then turned and held out her hand "Hi, I'm Deirdre" she said with her already familiar grin.
"Alice" the blonde answered shaking the proffered hand.
"So, you were leaving?"
"Yeah, this place and million like them gets old after a while" she shrugged dismissively of the club.
"I can see that" the blonde said nodding as she looked around on the floor for her missing friends.
"You seemed upset?" Alice asked, opening up the conversation.
"Yeah, I just got some shit news, it's why I was looking for my friends" she confided and then wondered why she had; she immediately felt the anxiety again that had dissipated for a second in her distraction. Something about the blonde was easy going, easy to share with. The drinks arrived and Deirdre put a ten spot on the counter of the bar.
"Care to elaborate?" Alice took a sip of her red fruity drink.
Deirdre shrugged dismissively as she took a healthy slug of her Scotch and soda.
"Easy there" Alice said concerned.
"Well, it won't matter anyway, I'm up shit crick when I get home" the brunette shrugged but Alice could see something in her look.
"Why won't it matter? What's at home?"
Deirdre looked at the relative stranger and wondered if she should confide or not. She didn't know this woman at all, she was a faceless nobody and maybe she should tell someone, anyone, but fear kept her hesitant. "I got a call from my husband, he just got home and is pissed that I'm not there."
Alice didn't know why but she was disappointed and then she noted the tell-tale rings on the woman's left hand, impressive set of diamonds. 'Fool' she told herself. "Why is he pissed?"
Deirdre weighed in on telling this stranger her problems and then figured, what the hell, she didn't know her, she would probably judge her anyway, she shrugged "because I'm not there, I didn't ask permission to go out with my friends."
"Permission?" Alice qualified the word her ire rising at the thought of what that implied. An independent woman herself she bristled at the word.
Deirdre signaled for another and held up two fingers to indicate a double.
Alice looked concerned "drinking away the hubby?" she asked with a hint of sarcasm.
Deirdre looked back at the attractive blonde, the eyes were almost glowing in this light, that fascinating and eerie yellow, it had to be a trick of the light... "Well, it will hurt less" she slipped out and then cursed herself for a fool for letting this stranger know.
"He hurts you?" Alice asked to be sure, to clarify.
The Scotch was burning through her system, the one she had now combining with her earlier drinks loosening her tongue. She nodded shamefaced and looked down at her drink, her self-esteem was non-existent anyway, what did it matter what this stranger thought of her?
"Deirdre" Alice touched her shoulder, almost hesitantly. "Can't you go somewhere, get some help?"
Deirdre looked up at the compassion filled yellow eyes. She didn't see pity, she saw anger for her, she saw something else, almost an excitement but undefinable. "I've tried that" she said disgustedly "you don't realize how powerful he is. He bought off someone and threatened to kill me if I told anyone again."
Gently Alice said "you told me."
"Yeah, but who are you, a stranger, what can you do?" She believed it too.
'If only she knew' Alice almost answered, instead she said with a shrug "I can listen."
They shared a second drink together and other conversation and by then Deirdre was pretty much feeling no pain which had been her point.
"Hey, let's dance" Alice finally said waving away the bartender from giving Deirdre another double Scotch.
"I really don't feel like it" Deirdre slurred slightly.
"I'm sure you don't, but your friends aren't showing up and I want to dance, come on" the blonde implored and surprised Deirdre found herself on the dance floor.
They were playing some 80's tunes and the two of them had fun gyrating to the beat. One dance turned into two and Deirdre found herself relaxing a little, not thinking so much about what awaited her when she got home. As the music turned to a slow beat she found herself in Alice's arms moving a slow shuffle two step to the sounds of a romantic ballad. She looked down on the smaller blonde and realized the woman's eyes did indeed look yellow, but also hypnotic, concerned, and warm. Without realizing it she impulsively leaned in and gently kissed her new found friend.
Alice captured the offered lips and quickly mastered them. She swiftly took control of the situation, she was already holding the brunette close from the dance, and she moved slightly, gently, their hips rubbing suggestively together as they kissed.