One Night With Him

This may contain scenes that may be disturbing to some readers, reader's discretion is advised. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. Enjoy... Zoe's POV... “Just come out to the club with me tonight, I promise you won't regret it,” Anna, my best friend, particularly screamed at me through the phone “Anna, I don't think I would be able to. I'm picking up an extra shift today at the bakery," I replied while ignoring the constant groans that she was making over the phone. “But babe, it's been so long, you need to stop drowning yourself in work and live your life to the fullest,” she retorted back. “Listen, it has been over 2 years and Zack is not coming back. I f*****g told you that I didn't trust him because. We knew nothing about him and, for goodness sake, you never even met his family. So, you need to stop this self-pity game and move on. Try finding someone new again and the club is a great place to start. So you know what, I have made up my mind and you are coming out tonight with me. And that is final. So, go and get ready because I’m picking you up at 10!” Anna retorted and ended the call before I could get the chance to protest. I screamed internally, as Anna is being such a pain in my butt right now. But… maybe she is right. I needed to forget about Zack and the ‘perfect’ life we were supposed to have together. Plus, he was the one that ended things with me, and he chose no better time to break my heart than the eve of our wedding day, shattering my heart into a million pieces. “So, why was I still holding on... why do I still keep the memories we shared in the deepest part of my heart; why couldn't my heart just let him go," I mumbled to myself. '' Maybe because he is the only real love you had after you know who,'' My subconscious said to me. That is the more reason. I need to move on with my life and stop clinging to the thoughts of him ever coming back. I’m done with him. DONE. I quickly closed up my register and told Mrs June that I was leaving and I wouldn't be taking the night shift anymore. Mrs June has always been like a second mother to me. She gave me the job immediately after Zack and I broke up. Since moving out of the apartment that Zack and I shared, Mrs June's bakery has been my home away from home. “Bye Mrs J, I’ll be bright and early for work tomorrow," I said, smiling as I was about to leave. “Okay, bye sweetie and have fun," She replied and waved back to me. Getting back to my small but cosy apartment, I decided to eat something before getting ready. I quickly heated my leftover takeout noodles and ate them. As I finished eating, I quickly took a shower and got ready for my night out with Anna. Rampaging through my closet looking for something nice to wear, I don’t have many nice clothes. I was never into fashion, nor loved buying clothes. And after the breakup, I just occupied myself with work and hardly went shopping for clothes. ‘But thank god I have Anna,’ I chuckled softly to myself. She has always been a fashion goddess and has helped me out a bit in that department. As I looked through my closet I got a little frustrated with the lack of nice clothes that were in there, so I decided to settle for a black mini-dress. I put on light makeup and did my hair up into wavy curls. Soon enough, Anna was there. She has a spare key, so I didn't have to open the door for her. “Girl, where are you at?" Anna yelled from the living room. Hearing her, I quickly finished doing my hair and walked to my living room to join her. “I'm ready, let's go," I said. But all of a sudden, Anna burst out laughing. I looked at her with a puzzled expression. “Girl, I know it has been a while… but, babe, you look like an 80’s movie just threw up on you,” she said in between laughs. Looking at myself in a mirror, I thought I looked nice…” I tried to tell Anna but she cut me off. “Don't worry, babe! I kind of knew this was going to happen. So I brought some backup and I'm going to fix you right up into the beautiful model that you are," she said, smiling at me. A couple of hours later, Anna was done giving me a makeover. As I looked at myself in the mirror, I was stunned. I didn’t recognize myself in the mirror. ‘Is this me?’ I thought to myself. Anna outdid herself. She turned me into a beautiful goddess. I was now wearing a red dress that held me in all the right places with my hair amazingly and nicely straightened. My makeup was on fire, hypnotizing, but it had this elegance to it as well. “Now this is what I’m talking about,” Anna chirped. “Now, you will have all the guys’ attention at the club and they won’t keep their hands off of you. I nodded and smiled back at her agreeing, as I was currently loving my new look. “Thanks, Anna! You’re the best. But can we go now?” I said, rushing to the door with Anna trailing behind me. .............................................................................................................................................................................. As we got to the club, it was packed with people dancing and drinking. It'd been a long time since I had been to a club and I kind of felt out of place. “Let’s go get you a drink to loosen you up a bit,” Anna said while dragging me over to the bar. “SIX SHOTS OF TEQUILA EACH PLEASE!” Anna screamed over the loud music being played in the club to the bartender. The bartender nodded and went to make our drinks. “Six shots? isn't that too much?" I told her. “I'm just going to pretend I didn't hear you. You need it girl," Anna said, Soon, the bartender put the six shots in front of me. “BOTTOMS UP GIRLFRIEND! And this is to Zack’s sorry ass,” Anna said before downing her shots and nudging me to do mine. As I downed the third shot, I could already feel the alcohol gradually settling in me. As my gaze hovered around the club, I immediately started to lose myself in the alcohol as it allowed me to forget all about Zack for the first time. I continued to take down the last three shots and soon it began to pull me in with so much vigour to start having fun. I decided to go and dance as the music that came up was one of my favourites. “I love this song, let's go and dance," I screamed to Anna, pulling her to the dance floor with me. As I began to dance and move my hips to the beat of the music, I gradually began to forget all about my sorrows, Zack, and all the reasons why he left me. The alcohol did its job and the music consumed me whole. I felt I was on another level of high. I felt light like I was floating in the clouds with no ounce of sadness within me as I let myself get lost dancing to the music. Suddenly, I felt an arm being wrapped around my waist from behind, which somehow I didn’t mind. Maybe it was the alcohol still having its effect on me. So, instead of me pulling away, I held onto the arm as we moved to the beat of the music and danced the night away. “You look so beautiful," the male voice whispered into my ear. “And you smell like heaven too," he continued and swung me around to face him. Looking at him, he’s hot with icy grey eyes and dark brown hair with a perfectly chiselled face. ‘Damn, he's breathtaking’ I said to myself. His gaze never left mine, as he held me close to his chest, using his hands to explore every inch of my body, while we continued to dance. “God you are so beautiful," he said again, tracing his fingers down my face. His gaze went low to my lips and, soon, he traced my lips with his fingers. All of a sudden, he came crashing his lips down on mine, savouring me whole. The kiss felt like paradise, sending sparks of raw passion through my spine. It made me feel like we were the only ones in the room and I never wanted that feeling to end. He soon pulled away, staring at me with those icy, grey eyes that melted my very soul. Then and there I knew I was in trouble. I was hooked. Hooked on him and those eyes of his, which made me say something that I had never thought I would say in my whole life... “Do you want to spend the night with me?"