Darkness Falls - 4

I walk to the door and stop so I can just see Etienne. He looks up and his eyes widen in surprise. "You look beautiful Ely but why are you dressed up? Isn't it a school night?" He asks me.
Why did he care? I didn't want him to care I wanted him to leave! He was going to ruin my night. "Get out of here!" I yell at him.
He looks stunned for a moment and then looks me in the eyes. "Ely I wanted to apologize for how I acted. I know it sounded crazy but I was telling the truth. Please if you would let me explain-"
"Your not explaining anything to her! You and Lesley can have a perfectly good life together but my girl has a date that she is expecting any minute now so if you don't mind you can leave." Lexi says pointing out the door so he would get the hint.

"A date?" He asks stunned.
"Yeah a date! Surprised?" I ask.
"No, but I thought you didn't talk to guys."
"I didn't but now I do so if you don't mind leaving."
Just then somebody else walked into the room. Lance.
Lance takes one look at Etienne and then looks at me. "I thought I was taking you out tonight." He asks me.
I smile at him. "You are. I was just asking this idiot to leave."
Lance looks over Etienne again. "Need me to get him out of here for you?"
Something surprised me. Like he would actually enjoy beating the crap out of Etienne. "No, he'll leave now." I say and look at Etienne who had been staring at Lance the whole time since he had walked in.

"What are you doing here Lance?" Etienne asks. I look between the two of them. Did they know each other?
"I could ask you the same thing Etienne but it seems like you already know why I'm here. I'm here to take Elysant out on a date if you wouldn't mind leaving." Lance says with a wicked smile on his face.
Okay now I'm really confused. Lexi has backed up towards me by now and whispers in my ear, "I think they know each other."
"No kidding sherlock." I whisper back to her.
The two boys are still glaring at each other, neither of them seeming to blink or move at all. I walk between them. "Okay, I'm going on my date with Lance and YOU have to leave." I say to Etienne.

Etienne looks down at me with a sad look in his eyes. "Don't go with him Ely."
"How about she stays away from you Etienne?" Lance says stepping towards Etienne.
I grab his arm and pull him towards the door. "Lets get going okay? I don't want anything to happen." I say to Lance. He looks down at me and smiles. "Alright Ely. I won't do anything to him. Yet." He threatens and walks out the door putting his hand on my back to lead me out of the house towards his car.

When he shuts the car door of the passenger seat after I get in I glance up and see Etienne walking down the street away from Lexi's. Good. I really was hoping that he wouldn't cause trouble.
Lance closes his own door and turns the car on pulling out of the driveway. "So where are we going?" I ask him.
He smiles. "Dancing."
Obviously the look on my face is confused because it makes him laugh. "I thought you would like to go dancing. You seem to like too." He says pointing at my ballet looking sandals.

I laugh. I honestly did love to dance and go to clubs with Lexi and Karter but why would a guy take me dancing as a date? Wouldn't that be the last place a guy would take you?
He speeds up a little more heading on the highway and towards downtown Miami.
"You'll have fun. I promise you." He says. I nod and stare out the window still confused of why we were going clubbing.

Half hour later we're parking right in front of a hot new joint called The Sizzler and as he jumps out he hands a vallet his keys. Which he greedely takes and jumps into the car speeding away.
I look up at Lance. "I don't think they have vallet here." I tell him. He looks down and smiles at me. "I know." He says as he leads me into the club.

The volume of the music is enough to make me cover my ears. Although I loved to dance I hated how loud clubs were especially since my ears were so sensitive. I looked up at Lance noticing that his eyes were squinting like he was trying to concentrate.
"Are you alright!" I yell over the music.
He nods and points to a room on the other side of the dance floor. I nod. Lance grabs my hand and makes a way through the people pulling me along behind him so I wouldn't get lost. Which let face it I probably would.
When we reach the room a guy in a all black outfit(probably a bouncer) shuts the door so the music sounds like its far away.
"Wow, I can actually think straight." I say smiling. Lance smiles back at me and leads me to a chair.

"So I reserved this room just so we can get to know each other." He says placing his hand on top of mine.
I remove my hand from under his and look back noticing that the bouncer guy left and we were the only two in the room. I look Lance straight in the eyes. "I'm not interested in doing anything just talking." I tell him matter-of-factly. He laughs at me.
"Of course we aren't going to do anything. What kind of a guy do you think I am?" He asks as he stands up to grab a can of coke from the refrigerator. I take it and drink it.
"So how do you know Etienne?" I ask him. Lance sighs, "We know each other from way back. We um..used to go to school with each other. Always competing you know?" He asks. I nod my head pretending to know when I really didn't.
He smiles at me which makes me blush. "Um, so, tell me about yourself." I say.

"Well, what would you like to know?" He asks.
"I don't know. What are your hobbies? How would you describe yourself? Basic stuff." I tell him.
"Well, I don't really have hobbies. I mostly just sit around with a book in my lap and read. I like the outdoors so I take walks. And as for my personality I'm a nice guy." He says to me.
I can't help but laugh. "Of course your going to say your a nice guy but I want you to tell me more." I tell him.
"I don't know what you mean." He says.
I sigh, "I mean, the way you were when you and Etienne were in Lexi's living room. You seem to be a nice guy but you also seem like you have a bad or wild side. Your a mystery and I don't know if I like it or not." I tell him honestly.

He smiles at me kind of teasingly."Want to see if you like it or not?" He says leading towards me.
I jump out of my seat and blab, "I have to use the bathroom." I run out of the room before he can object and notice a restroom symbol on the other side of the room near the entrance. I make my way over to it.
I run inside and go to the sink. Okay so Lance was extremely sexy and mysterious but that was way too fast but the weird part was. I probably would have let him kiss me. I shake my head and slam my fist against the sink. I need to be grown up about this. Just let him kiss me whats so bad about one little innocent kiss? Its not like he was going to rape me or something.
I hear the door to the girls room open so I stand up straight and walk towards the door. I gasp when I see Etienne in front of me. "What are you doing here?" I demand.

He shakes his head, "Ely you don't know how Lance is. Although he may seem like hes all nice and innocent hes not. Hes going to hurt you like he has other girls."
"Get out of my way I have a date to get back too!" I yell at him.
I try to walk past him but he grabs my arm pushing me against the wall. He puts his face just inches from mine so I can smell his breath. It smelled of mint which made me dizzy in a giddy way. At first I wasn't going to do anything until I realized what kind of a position I was in and I try to push him away from he. Hes stronger then he seems.
"Get away from me!" I yell at him.
"Make me." He says. Before I can do anything his lips are on mine. At first I struggle against him but then my body relaxes. I'm actually enjoying the kiss. His mouth also tastes like mint which brings a shock through my body. A more of a dizzy giddy feeling again. I don't struggle against him anymore and I kiss him back putting my arms around his neck. He moans and pushes his body against mind. Then I feel a sharp pain on my lower lip. My eyes widen realizing what I am doing. How could I be so stupid?

I try to push him away from me this time succeeding. I touch my lip with my finger and realize its bleeding. He is crazy! I try to walk towards the door but my vision gets blurry and I'm afraid of walking anywhere.
"Ely, are you alright?" He asks me.
Before I can say anything my vision blackens as I fall towards the ground.