Chapter 191
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"You do that often?"
"Pick up random boys in clubs and bring them to my hotel room?" "Yes"
"No, I don't"
"Why don't I believe you?"
"Because I have that face. That face of a guy who's lonely so the only way he'll ever get laid is by picking up guys at clubs"
"You don't seem lonely to me"
**Day before**
"Arrow why do you work at that club?" my sister asks as she gets ready for school and I lay in her bed
"Because our mom is a drug addicted and I need the money if I'm every going to escape this place" "Then why don't you go to school like me?"
"Tory we're all not as smart as you are. You graduate in a week and you're all packed up for college, I'm 19 and I don't even know what I want to do. You're leaving and I'll still be here, I need a plan too,"
My sister and I are all we have, our mom's an addict who doesn't want to get better and our dad left after he realized who my mom was.
Why couldn't he have taken us with him? My sister Tory is 17 and she's going to college soon, I'm 19 and yeah I graduated high school but I never saw myself going to college. I want to leave California, I want to get as far away from this place as much as possible. I work at a gay night club every night to save up money. When we were young my sister and I came up with this plan that no matter what it takes we have to get away from our mom, even if it means separating. We don't want to separate but if it happens then we'll find a way back to each other. My sister is moving to New York in two weeks to go to Columbia and I told her once I've saved enough I'll come find her.
"Come on, I'll walk you to school" We leave our little broken down home with my mom passed out on the couch. She barely says two words to us in the past few months, she'd just leave like 40 bucks on the table and disappear for about 3 weeks then shows back up worst than before.
As my sister and I walk to school "Troy asks about you a lot" I smile "he says you never text him back" Troy is Tory's best-friend's big brother who I use to have a thing with. We were close and we had a good thing going but he was never relationship material so I ended it and now he texts and calls trying to convince me that he can change if I give him a chance
"Troy needs to grow up" we get to school and we stop "I won't be home when you get back" "I know, I won't see you until I get back from school tomorrow"
"Tor it's not my fault, I have to work that late I need the money"
"I know" she hugs me "just be safe ok?"
"I will" we let go "I love you"
"Love you too" she walks away and I do the same.
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It's 9:50 pm and the club open's in 10 minutes. I work as a bartender and I had to get a fake I.D because I'm only 19. Everyone thinks I'm just a very skinny 22 year old.
The club has 3 bars and I'm in change of one all by myself until 1 am where I get my 20 minute break then come back till 3 am. after setting up it's finally 10 and the doors open, a crowed of people are lined up outside waiting to come in. 'You got this Arrow' I say to myself as I put my best smile on for these people.
It's now almost midnight and the club is in full swing. People are jumping, the laser lights are bright and the air is filled with smoke from our smoke machines. I've been a bartender for a year now and I'm still not use to drunk people yelling at me for their drinks. My coworker Penny always says "just think of it this way no matter how rude or drunk they are they will always tip, they have to" and yeah she's right but I hate the yelling, it gives me such a headache and the music doesn't help.
Trying to keep focus I do my job and an hour later it turns 1 am, thank god a break. I close my bar and run outside, I need air. I should love it in there, coming here should be the best part of my day because no one can judge me here but I hate it, I hate this place and I wan't to leave but I can't. Sitting against the club wall on the floor outside I take my vape out of my pocket and take a hit, that feels better. As I continue to vape I hear this voice say "always wondered what those things were" I look up next to me to find this man. Not just any man but this man that you can tell by how he looks and dresses that he does not belong in a place like this. He's tall will very silk laid back black hair, deep blue eyes I could see even if it were 1 am. cheek bones and a jaw so defined. he's wearing an all black suit which looks designer and a watch I can only tell is a rolex.
"What?" I ask standing up, I completely forgot what he said because I was too busy noticing every perfect thing about him
"That in your hand" he points and smiles "what is it?" I'm so lost in his face I forget to answer "are you ok?"
I snap back "Great! I'm great" he looks down at my hand "oh this, it's a vape" "Like a cigarette?"
"Better than a cigarette" He smiles. He doesn't say anything "wanna try it?" I ask
"Could I?" I nod and hand it to him "how does it work?"
"all you do is put your mouth here, push that button and pull as you push on the button" he does it then turns me to surprised "WOW I like it" he laughs and I watch him fond over my vape "and what's that delicious essence, cherry?"
"Yep"
He takes another pull then hands it back to me "thank you" he smiles, why is his smile so gorgeous?
