Fearless

Chapter 5

"How much further is it Leanne? We've been walking for half an hour!" Hailey nagged.

"My phone says it's less than 2 minutes away, but I have barely any signal. Just stop complaining!" she said, holding her phone high in the air with one hand to try and get some signal.

As she said that, we turned the corner to be faced with a busy Italian street raving with locals, as well as tourists, drinking and mingling together.

The music was blasting out of the club so loudly that we could hear it all the way up the street, and there were colourful lights beaming from the doorway.

Tens of people were spilling out of the door with drinks and cigarettes in hand, making it easy for us to just sneak through the front entrance seeing as security wasn't strict in the slightest way.

When we finally shoved our way past all of the people, the inside of the club was just as busy, full of sweaty drunk people dancing until they weren't physically able anymore. It was pretty cool seeing as I'd never been to a club before.

"Come on guys, what do you want to drink?" Leanne asked as we reached the bar.

I can't lie, I was feeling incredibly out of place. I had the feeling that I was being watched constantly and it was extremely unsettling, although I knew it was just my paranoia.

"Bacardi and coke please." Hailey shouted over the pounding music.

"Sky? What would you like?" Leanne asked.

"Erm, just a water I guess?" I shrugged.

"Water? Are you kidding?" Hailey laughed. "We're here to have fun! Loosen up a little Sky."

"Okay, I don't really want a drink anyway. I think I just need to get some air outside." I said.

"Don't go too far Sky. We have to stick together in here." Leanne said.

"Yeah, yeah, I know. I'll be back in a minute, just stay here."

I shuffled my way back outside, past all of the people in my way, until I finally reached somewhere that I had a bit of personal space.

I thought tonight could be fun but I knew we shouldn't have come out. It was a bad idea from the start and I'm just not the kind of person who can relax and have fun in a situation like this.

I didn't enjoy the fact that I could barely breath inside that bar. I felt too hot and claustrophobic and honestly all I wanted to do was just go home and sort things out with Carter.

Ever since I was little, I'd always snuck into Carter's room at night whenever I'm feeling lonely, scared or have something on my mind. He always gives me the best advice and makes me laugh until my stomach hurts and honestly, that's all I needed right now.

But he's barely even talking to me at the minute and I hated it more than I cared to admit.

My brother's always been my best friend really, and all I wanted to do right now was call him, ask him to pick me up and take me home.

I took a deep breath and took my phone out of my purse. It was 1.40AM.

I thought deeply about whether to call Carter, it'd mean we'd probably get busted but I really didn't want to stay here any longer.

I looked at my phone and then back at the door.

I can't.

The girls would never forgive me and I can't let them get in trouble because of me. I can't ruin their night. Plus, I don't even think Carter would want to pick me up with the way he's being at the minute. It was better not to risk it.