I leaned my small five foot four inch frame towards my mirror in the bathroom of my apartment, which I shared with my two best friends. I carefully appliead a sufficient amount of make up and continued to play around with my pin straight dark brown hair. I studied every feature of my face down to the pore trying to make myself look as perfect as possible. I needed to if I wanted to get what I wanted tonight. And that was a hot guy to bring back with me.
My whole life I guess, no actually I know, I have always been considered a slut, or some type of tease. But what was even more suprising about this, was that I was totally comofortable in this role. I thrived off the attention that guys gave me, and the evil glares that I got from girls surrounding me. I didn't care, as long as I had my two best friends my life, as I saw it, was perfect.
I walked out of the bathroom and into my room across the hall. I glanced over at my friend Camilla, Cam for short, who was swooning on the phone with her boyfriend of forever. I rolled my eyes and continued to get ready to go out tonight. I was never one to go steady and have a boyfriend. I didn't see the point, when there were so many guys out there to get your hands on. Why be committed to just one? I ruffled my hand through my long hair and searched through my closet for something to wear. Standing there in merely a pair of black boy shorts and a white tank top, my eyes ran all over my closet trying to find something that would suit my needs for tonight. Finally I decided on a pair of dark wash bullhead jeans with a few rips in them here and there, a light grew halter top, and of course my favorite pair of all white vans that I wore pretty much every where. I walked over to the mirror against my wall and gave myself another look over up and down.
"Perfect," I whispered quietly to myself, "Cam, Tess let's go!"I swung open my door and walked into my other friend Tessa's room.
"Let's go Tess, many boys await us," I said leaning against her dresser.
"Yeah, I'm ready let's go. Cam's not coming tonight, I think Trey is coming to visit or something," She answered walking out of the door slinging her purse over her shoulder.
"Whatever, she doesn't know what she's missing!" I linked my arm with Tess's and we were out the door and down the walking down the street within seconds.
"Leigh, I'll bet you ten bucks that I get a better guy tonight," Tessa said turning towards me as we waited in line to get in.
"You're on. I hope you enjoy defeat."
She rolled her eyes and I let a small laugh escape from my lips. Just then my eyes were caught with a group of guys al piling out of a big black car. I ran my hand through my hair nervously and continued to inspect them all as best as I could through the crowd. I leaned up on my tip toes to try and see, but it really was no use. I bent back down, and watched what I thought was the last of the guys walk into the club. I realized that scoring one of them would definetely put me on top of Tessa for our little bet, and I smiled devilishly at my new found prey. We had reached the front of the line and I showed the bouncer my (fake) ID, without a question he nodded and I threw him a little smile as I walked in.
In the center of the doorway I stood to wait for Tessa. She took a step towards the door, but was cut off by a somewhat tall man briskfully walking past her side. Without even noticing he bumped into my shoulder as he quickly walked through the doorway. I was taken back a bit by the hit, and I turned back to see if I could get a good look at who that could've been. When I turned around my eyes met with his for more than just a second. My electric blue eyes intially shot him glares, but soon softened when I saw a rediciously goregeous pair of hazel green eyes looking back at me. I turned away quickly, almost instantly, when I noticed them and could feel my cheeks growing redder by the minute.
I never do that, what the hell was going on? Whatever, just forget about it and go find one of those guys from before, I thought. I grabbed Tessa's hand and we put our stuff down in a small room in the front and headed over to the bar. "You ready Tess?" I said loudly over the ear blasting music coming from all directions.
"Oh it's on Leigh. Hey, can we get 2 shots each of Barcardi lemon?" She said flashing the bartender a small smile."Surely," he answered tossing a small wink at her which caused us both to laugh.
He returned quickly with our shots and we wasted no time knocking both of them back. I was about to order a couple more for us when I felt a strong hand wrap around my arm.
"Excuse m'am, but I was told to escort you up to the VIP lounge, there's someone up there who wants to meet you!" The huge man said leaning down closely to my ear so he wouldn't have to repeat himself.
Hesitantly, I looked at Tessa hoping for a good response from her. But she just gave her hand a small shooing wave for me to go. She obviously wanted to talk to that bartender . I sighed and let the huge body guard lead me around the main dancing area and up a flight of stairs to a VIP lounge. I was escorted over to a small booth where a guy with medium length clean cut dark brown hair was sitting. I flipped my hair over my shoulder as the body guard let go of my arm and I kneeled down into the seat of the booth.
"Hi, I just wanted to say I'm sorry for bumping into you before. It was really rude of me. Oh, and my name's Sidney by the way," He said calmly reaching across the table to shake my hand.
A small smile began to curl up on the side of my lips as I bought my hand from underneath the table. "It's no problem really. And it's totally not rude, trust me I've experienced much worse. But let's not get into that, I'm Leigh."
The feeling of his hand against mine gave me a rediculous set of chills. My mind went to a blank sheet as I marveled at his hazel green eyes. He pulled his hand back and I was a bit suprised since I was still in somewhat of a daze.
"So how old are you Leigh?" He asked folding his arms in front of him on the table.
"I'm 20 right now, I'll be 21 on New Year's Day. What about you?"
"Just turned 21 in August. It's nothing special really, except for the fact that now I'm 100% legal."I let out a small laugh and tilted my head to the side still concentrating my gaze on his.
"So do you wanna go dance or something?" I asked trying to spice up the conversation.
"I don't really dance, but how about we go over there in the back room. I like talking to you, I wanna get to know you a little better," He replied turning one side of his lips into a smile.
This was it, I thought. This will definetly bring me 20,000 miles over Tessa, she should know better than to challange me at anything. He got up out of the booth and stuck out his hand to help me up. I could feel his hand loosening its grip underneath me, so I gave it a small squeeze to let him know I wanted it there. He laughed a little as we walked in silence to a back room with a couch and a table full of drinks. He sat down and I sat about a foot away from him, Indian style on the couch.
"So are you from Pittsburgh?" He asked taking a small sip of his drink, which I was pretty sure was Jack Daniels.
"Yup, born and raised. I go to RMU now for college, it's alright I guess. What about you, where are you from?"
"Originally from Canada, Nova Scotia actually. But I've been in Pittsburgh for almost 4 years now since I got drafted. I like it down here though, it's nice."
"Wait," I said turning my head in confusion, "Got drafted? What are you some kind of athlete superstar or something?"
He smiled back a bit reluctantly and stretched his arms back behind him. "Well...yeah. I play hockey for the Penguins."
"Oh my god! You're Sidney Crosby! No way! I can't believe I didn't even realize! I'm such a ditz sometimes, I'm so sorry. I can't believe I--"
"No, no it's alright," he interrupted, "It's actually better that way. You wouldn't believe how many girl just throw themselves on me because of who I am. It's flattering I guess, but that's not what I want."I raised an eyebrow and began to move in on the attack.
"Oh, I see. So what exactly do you want?" I said inching a little closer towards him.I could see the nervousness building up inside of him as he noticed the distance narrowing between us.
"I don't know...I just want a cool girl, who'll accept me for who I am but not think anything of it you know? I just want someone...normal."
"I have my normal moments," I said inching even closer to him. This time he responded pulling me onto his lap and I let out a small playful laugh.
This was it. It's now or never Leigh.
I bought my left leg over both of his and was comfortably straddling him. I smiled at his reddening cheeks and ran one of my hands through the side of his hair. He smiled up at me in response, which cause a couple hundred butterflies to erupt in my stomach. I leaned in closer to him and moved my lips slowly to the side of his ear. I was always such a tease, and I loved every second of it.
"I want to be that girl," I whispered seductively into his ear, and he reacted quickly turning my head slightly towards him and bringing his lips up to mine. I curled my lips into a smile against his as his soft lips gently carressed mine. He wrapped his hands around my back as he pushed his lips a little harder against mine sending shocks of electricity up my spine. His hands began to roam up and down my sides and I released a small giggle into his swollen pink lips. I began to nibble on his bottom lip pleading for entrance, but he pulled away with a reluctant look plastered all over his face.
"Sid, what's wrong? Did I do something--"
"No! Yes! I-I...I don't know!" He answered frantically, "I barely even know you Leigh, I never do stuff like this. EVER. But I really like you, don't get me wrong. I guess it's just a little sudden for me, that's all. I'm sorry."
"Aww, it's okay," I said leaning back into him, but he quickly pushed me back lightly.
"No Leigh, why don't we just slow down. I guess that's what I'm trying to say. I really like you a lot, and I feel like the back room of a club is not the place where I wanted to kiss you. I personally think you deserve a little better than that."
I rolled off his lap and sat slouched down next to him. I turned my head up to look at him, as he apologetically gazed down at me.
"Well I don't know about that. I'm not exactly--"
"Let me take you out tomorrow," He insisted grabbing onto my hand. "It'll be fun, and we can get to know each other better. You're a cool girl Leigh, I wanna get to know you."
"Yeah that sounds like fun. It's a date," I said hesitantly. DATE?! I NEVER go on dates! What am I saying?!
"Awesome, here's my number I'll call you tomorrow okay?"
"Yeah sounds great," I muttered half heartedly. He may of noticed, but thankfully Tessa had sent a text to distract me.I flipped it open running a hand through my hair and leaning forward on my knees nervously biting down on my bottom lip. I ran my eyes quickly over Tess's text which read:
let's go, NOW
I turned to Sidney who was patiently rolling his thumbs over each other waiting for me to finish. "I have to go Sid. It was really nice meeting you, I'll be waiting for your call tomorrow," I said lightly shaking my hand on top of his knee.
"Alright, do you want me to walk you back downstairs?" He asked leaning up off the couch. Always the nice guy, that's what he was. And I couldn't believe I agreed to go on a date with him. But there's just something about him that just--whatever. I need to get out of here.
"No that's alright, I'll be fine. Thanks anyway though. I'll see you tomorrow, bye Sidney." I got up off the couch and crashed my face into his chest for a quick hug. I smiled into his shirt as I took in his intoxicating scent. A few seconds later I pulled away, and gave him one last wave before walking back downstairs.
After a few moments of searching, I finally found Tessa standing by the door with my things. "So spill right now. I didn't see you all night since that huge body guard guy dragged you off. Where'd did you go? Did you hook up with someone?!" She asked frantically as we walked out of the door into the cool night air.
"Well that's a lot of questions for me to answer, but tomorrow I'm going out with Sidney Crosby."
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