Sam has recently broken up with his long term girlfriend Kelly. She was controlling, demanding and extremely critical and he still wanted to marry her till he found out she was cheating on him with some guy she met at CrossFit. A few weeks of wallowing in his new to him ancient to anyone else bachelor pad and his friends come over to drag him out of the house for a night of getting the fuck over that bitch. They do some pre-drinking and tidying of his apartment and he's feeling grateful if not especially celebratory.
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He's as clean as he's been in 3 weeks and he's not nearly buzzed enough to be at a dark, loud nightclub full of people he feels a million years older than at 32. As soon as they get to the bar his friends grab a table and he offers to get them a round of drinks as thanks for trying to bring him out of his misery. At the bar he has to wait and quickly becomes consumed with thoughts of Kelly and how he was drawn to her confidence and assertiveness, how he liked nothing better than to make her happy. He never felt like he was missing out when she aimed that smile at him, even if he had ended up giving up many of his favourite hobbies and activities to please her. The person behind him at the bar must get tired of waiting for him to order so he snaps himself out of it as he feels someone push up next to him.
"I'm going to get a-"
"Can I please have a"
He speaks at the same time as the woman who has occupied the space beside him (and he can't help but to notice she occupies it fully, she's fat and curvaceous) they smile at each other and he waves his hand gesturing for her to go first
"No, no you were here first! You just seemed like you hadn't made up your mind" she has to lean in closer to be heard over the music and her long dark hair brushes his arm. Her voice is warm. Makes his smile more genuine.
"Mines a bigger order, I'm here with friends. I don't mind at all."
She cocks her head at him and smiles softly before ordering two shots of expensive tequila and a beer. The bartender serves her quickly and Sam finally places his order and turns when she pushes one of the shots over to him.
"That's for you, you don't have to drink it! I'm going to drink this one though so you might as well join me" he notices a dimple in her cheek as she grins at him.
"Uhh sure- yeah, I'll take it. Thank you"
They knock back their shots and each quickly suck the accompanying lime. She doesn't even flinch, her dark eyes trained on his face and Sam can feel himself fighting a grimace even though the alcohol was high quality. He doesn't like tequila.
"I'm Melissa" she takes his shot glass from where he's holding it awkwardly and places it on the bar where the bartender is now placing the drinks for him and his friends.
"I'm Sa-" and suddenly he feels the heavy arms of Cody, his most lightweight and Kelly loathing friend, drape across his shoulders.
"He's Sam!" Slurs Cody loudly, already pretty wasted
"Hope he's not crying on your shoulder lady. That bitch isn't worth it! We're glad she's gone!!!"
And then he picks up two of the beers and makes off with them. Turning around briefly to make sure Sam follows. He picks up the remaining two drinks and turns to Melissa, he can feel his face going red.
"Please ignore him. Thanks again Melissa. Have a great night" and with that he takes off after Cody and ducks his head in acknowledgement at the wave of her chubby hand.
"Nice to meet you Sam."
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He's sweating more than he's comfortable with but he's still trying to have a good time dancing goofily with Cody, Dan and Steven. They jump and hoot and holler and generally try to hype Sam up.
"You deserve better man!"
"She was such a fucking buzz kill anyway"
"Good riddance bitch!"
And he knows they're trying to help, he does, but he wishes they wouldn't talk like that about Kelly. She loved him in her own way once. He was almost sure of it. She depended on him at the very least.
He goes to take a break from dancing as the boys collide with a group of equally drunk women. His shirt is sticking to his back and he's a little breathless but he watches his friends and thinks it's not all bad. He's missed them since him and Kelly got together as they hardly ever spent time with his friends. Kelly's friends were nice enough and their husbands were welcoming and - he's broken out of that train of thought by catching sight of Melissa.
From further away he can appreciate how her white bodycon dress clings to her wide hips and belly, her large breasts framed incredibly by the plunging neckline and her ridiculously fat ass hugged by the skin tight fabric. He takes a large swallow of his beer and continues to watch her. She's twirling a pretty, tall Asian woman around masterfully. The way they move together makes Eric gulp the rest of his beer. Melissa guides the other woman against her and playfully directs her body in a way that leaves no question as to who is leading the dance. He can't look away. Kelly was a fitness addict. All hard angles and muscular limbs. Melissa has no hard angles that he can see as she dances skillfully with the girl grinding against the front of her. After a while she leans in to speak to her dance partner and when she looks up she catches him staring. He reflexively looks away at being caught and tries not to feel too bad about it. He can't have been the only one watching them. When he looks back towards the floor Melissa is nearly to his table.
"Hello again" she smiles down at him where he's sitting slumped on the edge of the booth seat.
"Oh hey!" He tries to sound cool and confident but he's tipsy and heartbroken so his voice cracks a bit.
"Come dance with me" she doesn't say it like a question so he doesn't think about it, just smiles at the ground while he nods and takes her outstretched hand.
Melissa pulls him a little too hard and he almost loses his balance before she's steadying him. She's not much shorter than him and she's at least twice as wide so he doesn't move her an inch, just feels her squish up against him and loses his mind for a second.