I swept my hand through my hair, yawning as I flopped on my bed. It was my last night of vacation, and I was burnt out. I had spent the day on the beach with my friends Shawna and Nolie. I'd spent a lot of my time running around with Clarke, to the point that I'd even forgotten that they were here with me once or twice.
Shawna was one of my very best friends. She was shorter than me, about 5'6, with a large chest and an interesting body shape, brown skin and black hair, with hazel eyes. Nolie was our token white friend, 5'9 with black hair and blue eyes, the ends of her hair being dyed to match her eyes. We were an odd group of friends, but we knew everything about each other... well, almost everything. They didn't, and would never, know about my writing.
We were going to hang in a club tonight, do our usual barhopping thing. I'd gotten the name of a really good club from the girl who cleaned my room, and I was anxious to go. I had decided to wear all white, a tight white miniskirt, white halter, and white shoes. When I held it up against myself, the contrast to my newly tanned skin was hot as hell. I looked in the mirror. If I left my hair hanging loose and did minimum make up... yeah, that would work. I laid my clothes out on the bed, heading into the shower.
I spread my legs slowly, moving my hips on the guy in front of me. My arms were around his neck, his were around my waist, and we were moving on the beat. He wasn't the finest guy going, but he knew how to move.
The club was tight. The walls were painted black with random designs throw on the walls in white paint. The lighting for the most part was black light, with the two bars on either side of the room illuminated by a few built in halogen lights.
Shawna was dancing with someone a few steps away, while Nolie moved around from guy to guy, dancing in her own special way that Shawna and I had codenamed "white girl wyne". Nolie was now moving erratically on a guy, and then leaned over to yell at me.
"So where's this Clarke you said was coming?" She said. Shawna turned to look at us.
"Yeah Alize'. Where is he?" I rolled my eyes at them.
"You really think I care? He'll be here whenever he gets here." I said, and then held onto the guy a bit closer. Had I been back home in Bermuda, I would've definitely given him my number, but I wasn't interested in giving it out when I lived nowhere near Jamaica.
"You bitch, you started dancing without me." I turned my head.
"Took you long enough." I said to him, letting go of the guy, who stood still for a moment, opening his mouth in disbelief. I turned to face Clarke.
"I had things to do." He said. He pushed me with his hips, bumping into my own, standing with his hands in his pockets.
"Mmhmm. Look, I want you to meet Nolie and Shawna; they're the ones who came with me." I said, and then waved at the two girls. They waved back, and then moved over. I briefly introduced them, and then we dispersed among the dance floor once more. I ended up next to Clarke standing at the bar, ordering a drink. I leaned against it looking up at him.
"It's our last night here." I said, using my infallible talent of stating the obvious. He nodded.
"Yeah, it's our last night." He echoed, and then opened his mouth to say something, when a cry broke out across the club. In a far corner, some girl was screaming as a guy punched another guy in front of her. The victim slumped to the ground, blood streaming from his nose as the guy turned, his hand in position to backhand the girl. She covered her face with her hands, and to my horror I saw Shawna run over and grab the guy's hand.
"Fuck fuck fuck..." I said to myself, and then ran over behind Shawna. The guy lifted his other hand to strike her, and I swallowed hard before gripping his other hand. He flung himself forward, catching me in my jaw with his forehead. I broke my grip and fell back, clenching my fist and swinging wildly.
"Alize'! Shawna! You're not home." Nolie came over, gripping us by our collars. She pulled us back, and then flung us behind her. She ducked the guy's fists and then stepped back as a bouncer came from behind her and gripped the guy. Nolie dragged us outside, and I stood there, my chest heaving as I tried to calm down. Clarke came outside the club, leaning against the wall.
"You always get yourself in trouble, ay bitch." He said. I rolled my eyes at him.
"Look Clarke, I really don't"
"I think you better get back to your hotel." He said. I looked up at him.
"What?"
"You just got into a bar fight in Jamaica. Get your ass back to your hotel." I sighed, my adrenaline wearing off so that I could see the logic in his words.
"You're right." I said. I reached out to him, hugging him. He held me against his chest tightly. "I'll see you later Clarke."
"Next time." He said. I looked up at him, and he smiled down at me. "Later bitch."
"See ya perv."
I looked up from my textbook, turning to type something on my laptop. I had a paper due in a few days, and I had no idea what I was writing. I needed a break, but if I stopped, I wouldn't get back to it. I put up the busy status symbols on my MSN© and my Yahoo©, and set my AIM© to away. I had surprisingly received no IM's, but, as I looked down at my textbook again, I heard the gunshot sound of myself receiving an email on my Yahoo©. I looked at the screen out of habit. It was from Clarke. I clicked on it, thankful for the distraction.
Pssst
Guess what bitch. I'll be in Bermuda for a while. Business trip. Maybe I'll come visit you while I'm there.
It continued on from here, telling when he was coming and for how long. I pushed my finger through my hair. Last time I'd been face to face with him was a few weeks ago, in Jamaica. Now he'd be here. I pushed my fingers through my hair, biting my lip. He'd be here for less than a week, and leaving on the Tuesday. I crossed my arms, laying my cheek on them and yawning. That perv was stepping onto my territory.
"Alize', are you dressed?"
"Yes Momma!" I yelled down the stairs, fastening the buckle on my black church heels. I stood, smoothing out the folds of my navy blue skirt, and straightening the collar of the white button down shirt. I looked in the mirror, smoothing the material over my breasts. Clarke had been on the island for 2 days now, and he'd called me once since he'd arrived. I took my brush out, pulling it through my hair a few more times before resting it back on the dresser. I turned in front of the mirror, examining myself from all angles before nodding at my reflection, and then exiting the room.
My momma stood next to the door, pulling her car keys out of her purse and waving at me to hurry up. My little brother sat in the front seat, grinning at me evilly as he'd beaten me, and therefore, the front seat was his. My daddy was home doing some paperwork, which had pissed my momma off because he kept missing church. I climbed into the backseat, yawning. I hated going to church so early, but, if I sat up in the balcony, I could sleep for a while. Hardly anyone ever sat up there other than me, because you couldn't hear the pastor preaching properly, but it suited my early morning attitude just fine.