Kane(14)

The booths were bigger and fancier. They were also matte black, but each  table in a booth glowed different colours. A section of the club that  had paint drums where people banged on them and paint splashed onto  everyone within close range, and thanks to special lighting in the club,  it glowed neon like the tables and platform. It looked awesome when  everyone was drunk, but when you left the club, you were covered in  different coloured paint splashes. It was clothing friendly though, so  no one cared.

"How many people do you plan on refusin' entry to the club tonight?" I asked as we parked and exited the car.

Skull got his suit jacket from the back of the car and folded it neatly over his arm as he locked the Mondeo up.

"A lot." He grinned. "It's Friday, which means fight night. Only regular  faces get in to see that, or new faces that the regulars vouch for. You  know the drill."

I actually didn't. I never had to worry about gaining entry to Darkness.  Back when Skull and I first started going out I'd never heard of the  club, which wasn't a surprise. It was exclusive and for good reason. I  only got in because I was Skull's girlfriend.

I knew Brandon had some sort of licence for the fighting that went on,  according to Skull, so a lot more people knew about its existence now.  But it was still hard for people to get in unless you had a hook-up like  I did.

"You win some, you lose some," I smirked. "Let's get our drink on."

Skull slid his hand into mine and gave it a tug. "Come on, pussy cat, let's get you hydrated. I want you nice and wet."

I laughed as I followed Skull through the doors of the nightclub and down the stairs where darkness consumed us.





"Aideen? I can barely hear you, are you okay?" Keela's voice blared through the receiver of my phone.

"I'm fine," I shouted and leaned my head against the wall of the toilet stall I was in.

"The reception is bad; can you hear me?" Keela asked and continued to shout.

I nodded my head even though she couldn't see me. "I'm in the toilets on  the first floor in Darkness, that's why the reception is shitty. If the  phone cuts off, you know why."

I heard Keela mumble something to someone before she returned her  attention to me. "If you're fine, then why're you callin' me? It's half  two in the mornin'!"

Was it that late?

Oops.

"Sorry, I thought it was earlier," I said and smiled. "I love you."

Keela laughed. "Are you drunk?"

I shook my head. "Nope. I mean, I was, but I'm soberin' up now. I'm  tired of dancin' so I think I'm gonna go home. Me feet hurt."

Keela laughed again. "Make sure Skull puts you in a taxi."

I blinked. "I will, but first. Guess what?"

"What?"

"I said guess."

Keela groaned. "Aliens have taken over Earth?"

"Close. Skull and I didn't have sex."

Keela choked on air.

"What?" she rasped. "Why not?"

I shrugged my shoulders. "We had a talk on the way to the club and it  turns out he wants to settle down. He thinks he is gettin' too old for  one-night stands. He wants to find his main chick."

"Wow."

Yep. Wow.

"I know-it sucks for me though. I wanted sex tonight. I'm so disappointed."

Keela snorted. "I'm sorry for your vagina's loss."

I dramatically sighed, "So am I. No one can turn her out like Skull can."

Keela burst into laughter making me smile.

"I'm goin' to go home. I'll text you when I get there, okay?"

"Okay, I'm going back to bed. I'll set me phone to vibrate and when I hear it vibrate from your text I'll know you're okay."

I used my left hand to grab some toilet roll and wipe myself. I stood  up, pulled up my underwear, and adjusted my dress. I turned and flushed  the toilet and laughed when Keela cursed.

"I fuckin' hate when you call me in the jacks!"

I snorted. "I know, sorry. Love you. Bye."

I hung up giggling while Keela went on about how disgusting I was. I  bent down and picked my clutch up off the floor, stood up straight, and  adjusted my dress once more then dropped my phone into my bag. I exited  the stall and went straight to the sinks where I washed my hands.

The bathroom was crowded, and I could hear multiple females talking and  laughing. I was so tired that everything felt like it was far off in the  distance instead of happening around me. I glanced left and right and  looked at all the baby faces of the women in the bathroom and groaned.

Maybe I was getting too old for this shite.

I sighed to myself, gripped my clutch and walked out of the bathroom.  Instead of looking up at where I was going, I looked down at the ground.  As a result, I walked head first into another person and the force of  the impact knocked me back onto my behind.

"What the fuck?" a female voice hollered. "Watch where you're fuckin' goin'!"

I groaned and rubbed my head. "Sorry."

I pushed myself up to my feet and used my left hand to rub my behind to  try to take the sting away. I yelped when I felt a sudden sharp pain  spread out across my head. It took me a second to realise that someone  had hold of my hair, and they were pulling at it.

Hell no.

I didn't reach up for the person's hair to pull back, no, I placed my  hands on their hands and dug my nails into their flesh. Seconds later,  the hands retreated from my head. I swung my head back, located the  bitch who attacked me ,and charged.

I dived on the girl, fists flying and legs kicking. It was a blur of  punches, slaps, and screeches. It felt like it lasted forever, but in  reality, I was lifted off the girl ten or so seconds into the fight.

"That's enough!" a familiar male's voice bellowed into my ear.

A very familiar male's voice.

Uh-oh.

"Sorry," I squeaked and looked up to Skull's blazing eyes.

"Aideen," he sighed, his tone irritated as he set me down on the ground.

I instantly pointed at the girl across from us. "She hit me first. I was only defendin' meself."

Skull looked at the girl who was looking at me like she was going to rip me to shreds the second she got the opportunity.

"Is that true?" Skull asked the she-devil.

"She knocked me to the ground, that's why I hit the fat bitch!"

Fat?

Oh, hell no.

I stepped forward. "Listen to me you STD-ridden little toothpick. Havin'  an arse and tits doesn't make me fat, it makes me desirable, just ask  your fella. He's been starin' at both since the moment I walked into  you, which, by the way, I apologised for."

The girl screamed and tried to come at me with outstretched hands, but  Skull stood in front of me and kept the she-devil at bay. I made the  situation worse by laughing at her.

"Damn it, Aideen," Skull grunted then barked orders at the other  bouncers before he turned, bent down and threw me over his shoulder and  walked away from the pubescent teenager who was having the mother of all  tantrums.

I didn't struggle against Skull's hold on me. I'd learned from previous  experiences that beating on his back and spewing threats didn't work on  him. I relaxed as much as I could and simply enjoyed the ride. That was  until he brought me somewhere I had never been in Darkness before. He  brought me straight through a set of double doors and into a collection  of long hallways with multiple rooms.

Where in the hell was I?

"What is this place?" I asked Skull when he placed me on the floor.

Skull closed the doors that led to the nightclub and instantly the noise  lessened. You could hear music, but it wasn't loud. Not loud enough to  make you think a club was on the other side of the door.

"This is an area for VIPs," Skull replied to me when he turned around.

I raised an eyebrow. "Bullshit, I've been a VIP for years."

He smirked. "I mean the paid VIPs. Associates of the boss, if you will."

Oh.

"Ah, dodgy businessmen? Got it."         

     



 

Skull grinned again. "Go on down to the end of the hallway, take a left  and then go into the first room on the right. Lock the door behind you  and I'll be down to get you when my shift ends."

I tilted my head and smirked. "I thought we weren't goin' to be havin' sex tonight."

"We aren't," Skull said, but he grinned as he said it.

I laughed as I turned around.

"Take the first left then go into the first room on your right," Skull called after me.

"Yeah, yeah, I heard you the first time." I yawned.

I heard him chuckle then a loud burst of music filled the hallway only  to be cut off seconds later. I glanced over my shoulder and saw I was  alone in the empty hallway. I was alone in an unfamiliar place.

Keela would kill me for walking around an unfamiliar place on my own.

"Shit, Keela," I mumbled.

With the thought of her, I remembered my promise to text her when I was  home so she could go to sleep. I took out my phone, thumbed a message  that I was safe and going to sleep and then slipped my phone back into  my clutch after I hit send.

I turned and continued to walk down the hallway, and just as I came up  to the left turn Skull told me to make, I heard a door slam and male  voices bellowing at one another from the end of the hallway on my right.  I jumped with fright and balled my hands into fists to keep them  steady.