Chapter 2
I heard my cellphone ringing when I was getting out of the shower. It was Thalia.
"Hello?" I answered it holding the phone with one hand and the towel around me with the other.
"Hey Win, I'm picking you up in 15 minutes."
"What? Where are we going?"
"The 'Snake on Fire' club, put on some nice clothes."
"I was just going to put my pyjamas."
"So don't."
"My mom will never let me go."
"So lie."
"We have school tomorrow."
"Stop being a chicken, I'll be there in 10 minutes."
Sometimes I hate Thalia, but I needed to go to make sure she wouldn't get arrested again or something like that.
I found my mom in her room reading Charles Bukowski.
"Hey mom, can I go to the cinema with Thalia?"
"At this time of night? But you have school tomorrow."
"Please mom, she really wants me to go."
My mom raised her eyebrows like she was thinking about it.
"All right but don't take too long."
I smiled. I didn't like lying to my mom, but sometimes she was too paranoid so I needed to.
"Thanks mom, I love you."
"I love you too." She said.
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I putted on one of my jeans and a nice blue shirt, combed my hair, putted a little make up on because Thalia would kill me if I didn't, grabbed my purse and took the elevator to wait for Thalia downstairs.
"Hey Win, looking good" Thalia said smiling when I entered her car.
"Yeah, whatever, why is it so important to go to a weird club on a monday night?"
"Cheer up, it's going to be a great night." She stopped by a traffic light and lit up a cigaret.
"Are you ever going to stop smoking?" I asked her.
"Why should I?"
"Because you could die, I'm pretty sure you know that."
"I'm not afraid."
"Of what?"
"Of dying."
I didn't say anything because I knew it was true.
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When we got to the inside of the club it took my eyes a while to adjust to the light inside. Everything seemed to glow in a strange neon colour, the walls, the ground, even the people. The electronic music was so loud I could feel the beat inside my chest. There were people everywhere, dancing, drinking, flirting, there were so many of them I started to feel suffocated.
"Thalia" I said "How long are you planning to be here?"
She was wearing a wine coloured loose, sleeveless shirt, black jeans shorts, a fishnet hose underneath it and her forearms were decorated with a hand full of all kinds of bracelets. Her face stood out from the people there because of her shiny green eyes surrounded by a lot of dark make up.
"About one hour or two, don't worry, it won't be long" She answered, her eyes scanning the crowd like she was looking for something.
"And what am I supposed to do? Dance?" I said mocking the ridiculous idea of me dancing.
"Yeah, feel the moment, meet people, enjoy yourself."
"I can enjoy myself at home reading a nice book."
"Just do whatever you want, I'll be right back."
"What? You're leaving me? THALIA COME BACK.WAIT." I screamed but she had already disappeared in the mass of bodies.
{I'm in hell} I thought.
But then I recognised a face between the many others. Cassidy was there. She was wearing jeans and a back coat, witch seemed rather simple for a place like that, but I didn't blame her, I would prefer to be wearing it. Her hair was up in a messy bun on the top of her head and she didn't seem to be wearing any make up at all.
Suddenly her eyes got wide, she looked scared, I saw tears rolling down her face. I knew it was happening again.
"CASSIE" I screamed but the music was to loud for her to hear me.
She ran to the bathroom in the back of the club and I followed her.
When I opened the door I saw her the same way she was earlier, crying and hugging her knees.
"Cass, let me help you."
She looked up to me, scared.
"Please leave me alone."
"I'm not leaving you alone this time, follow me so we can get out of here."
She seemed to weak to say anything else so she just nodded.
I helped her up and held her hand.
"We need to look for Thalia first, she's with me."
{Or was} I thought.
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I spent about half an hour trying to find Thalia through the sweaty dancing bodies with Cassie holding my hand and following me around. When I finally spotted the back of her black hair covering most of her shirt she was standing in a dark corner talking to a incredibly skinny guy, he gave her money and disappeared into the club.
"Thalia?" I called her, Cassie's palms were sweaty and hard to hold on to.
She looked surprised to see me.
"Oh hey, I was just getting back to you, I see you found Cassie."
"Yes, but what were you doing?" I asked "I saw that guy giving you money."
Her hand went involuntarily to her purse.
"He owed me for something I payed for him." She said staring at the dirty ground.
"You would never pay something for anyone. "I grabbed her purse before she could react.
"Winter" She said calmly though her eyes looked nervous. "Give me my purse back."
I opened it up to find a lot of tiny bags with all kinds of drugs in it.
"YOU'RE SELLING DRUGS?" I yelled." WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?"
"I need the money okay?" She didn't look embarrassed or anything, her face was an emotionless mask.
"You could lend it from me, I don't mind." Cassidy was now hugging my left arm like it was her reason to live.
"I don't like owing to anyone, you know that."
"That is not an excuse to sell drugs."
"Whatever, let's go, I don't have anything to do here anymore."
I didn't wait to see if Thalia was following me, I just walked my way to the parking lot.
Outside, the dark sky was cloudy, I couldn't see any stars. The air was hot, I could already fell my clothes sticking to my body.
Cassie had started crying again, that girl was a mess.
"Are you really going to be mad at me for this? I wasn't using any drugs, I was selling." Thalia finally said.
I turned around. She was sending me a cold look, like I was the one who did something wrong.
"Selling is worse, you're ruining people's life." I tried to put as much poison as I could in my words but I'm not very good at fighting.
"I'm not forcing them to do anything, I only sell to the ones who ask me for it." Thalia on the other hand, could make someone cry just by a mean look.
"There are other ways to make money, you chose the easier one, witch I think it's horrible. But it's your life so do whatever you want."
"I hate when you do this." She moved her hair, witch was sticking to her sweaty neck.
"What?" I asked.
"You pretend like it's my choice to stop but I know you won't talk to me until I do."
"So you know what to do right?"
The exact moment I said that last word Cassie screamed, pointing at Thalia.
"THEY ARE HERE." She screamed again and hid behind me. "I TOLD YOU THEY WERE FOLLOWING ME."
"Is she talking about the monsters?" Thalia looked more curious then confused. "She thinks I'm a monster?"
"Cassie, it's Thalia, she won't hurt you." I said, but Cassie didn't seem to be hearing me.
"THEY'RE GOING TO BLOODY HURT HER." She yelled in a sobbing voice.
Before I could answer her Thalia screamed too.
"GET OUT, GET O..." She didn't finish the sentence, her eyes went all white and she fainted, hitting her head on the ground.
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I heard my cellphone ringing when I was getting out of the shower. It was Thalia.
"Hello?" I answered it holding the phone with one hand and the towel around me with the other.
"Hey Win, I'm picking you up in 15 minutes."
"What? Where are we going?"
"The 'Snake on Fire' club, put on some nice clothes."
"I was just going to put my pyjamas."
"So don't."
"My mom will never let me go."
"So lie."
"We have school tomorrow."
"Stop being a chicken, I'll be there in 10 minutes."
Sometimes I hate Thalia, but I needed to go to make sure she wouldn't get arrested again or something like that.
I found my mom in her room reading Charles Bukowski.
"Hey mom, can I go to the cinema with Thalia?"
"At this time of night? But you have school tomorrow."
"Please mom, she really wants me to go."
My mom raised her eyebrows like she was thinking about it.
"All right but don't take too long."
I smiled. I didn't like lying to my mom, but sometimes she was too paranoid so I needed to.
"Thanks mom, I love you."
"I love you too." She said.
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I putted on one of my jeans and a nice blue shirt, combed my hair, putted a little make up on because Thalia would kill me if I didn't, grabbed my purse and took the elevator to wait for Thalia downstairs.
"Hey Win, looking good" Thalia said smiling when I entered her car.
"Yeah, whatever, why is it so important to go to a weird club on a monday night?"
"Cheer up, it's going to be a great night." She stopped by a traffic light and lit up a cigaret.
"Are you ever going to stop smoking?" I asked her.
"Why should I?"
"Because you could die, I'm pretty sure you know that."
"I'm not afraid."
"Of what?"
"Of dying."
I didn't say anything because I knew it was true.
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When we got to the inside of the club it took my eyes a while to adjust to the light inside. Everything seemed to glow in a strange neon colour, the walls, the ground, even the people. The electronic music was so loud I could feel the beat inside my chest. There were people everywhere, dancing, drinking, flirting, there were so many of them I started to feel suffocated.
"Thalia" I said "How long are you planning to be here?"
She was wearing a wine coloured loose, sleeveless shirt, black jeans shorts, a fishnet hose underneath it and her forearms were decorated with a hand full of all kinds of bracelets. Her face stood out from the people there because of her shiny green eyes surrounded by a lot of dark make up.
"About one hour or two, don't worry, it won't be long" She answered, her eyes scanning the crowd like she was looking for something.
"And what am I supposed to do? Dance?" I said mocking the ridiculous idea of me dancing.
"Yeah, feel the moment, meet people, enjoy yourself."
"I can enjoy myself at home reading a nice book."
"Just do whatever you want, I'll be right back."
"What? You're leaving me? THALIA COME BACK.WAIT." I screamed but she had already disappeared in the mass of bodies.
{I'm in hell} I thought.
But then I recognised a face between the many others. Cassidy was there. She was wearing jeans and a back coat, witch seemed rather simple for a place like that, but I didn't blame her, I would prefer to be wearing it. Her hair was up in a messy bun on the top of her head and she didn't seem to be wearing any make up at all.
Suddenly her eyes got wide, she looked scared, I saw tears rolling down her face. I knew it was happening again.
"CASSIE" I screamed but the music was to loud for her to hear me.
She ran to the bathroom in the back of the club and I followed her.
When I opened the door I saw her the same way she was earlier, crying and hugging her knees.
"Cass, let me help you."
She looked up to me, scared.
"Please leave me alone."
"I'm not leaving you alone this time, follow me so we can get out of here."
She seemed to weak to say anything else so she just nodded.
I helped her up and held her hand.
"We need to look for Thalia first, she's with me."
{Or was} I thought.
-----------------------------------------
I spent about half an hour trying to find Thalia through the sweaty dancing bodies with Cassie holding my hand and following me around. When I finally spotted the back of her black hair covering most of her shirt she was standing in a dark corner talking to a incredibly skinny guy, he gave her money and disappeared into the club.
"Thalia?" I called her, Cassie's palms were sweaty and hard to hold on to.
She looked surprised to see me.
"Oh hey, I was just getting back to you, I see you found Cassie."
"Yes, but what were you doing?" I asked "I saw that guy giving you money."
Her hand went involuntarily to her purse.
"He owed me for something I payed for him." She said staring at the dirty ground.
"You would never pay something for anyone. "I grabbed her purse before she could react.
"Winter" She said calmly though her eyes looked nervous. "Give me my purse back."
I opened it up to find a lot of tiny bags with all kinds of drugs in it.
"YOU'RE SELLING DRUGS?" I yelled." WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?"
"I need the money okay?" She didn't look embarrassed or anything, her face was an emotionless mask.
"You could lend it from me, I don't mind." Cassidy was now hugging my left arm like it was her reason to live.
"I don't like owing to anyone, you know that."
"That is not an excuse to sell drugs."
"Whatever, let's go, I don't have anything to do here anymore."
I didn't wait to see if Thalia was following me, I just walked my way to the parking lot.
Outside, the dark sky was cloudy, I couldn't see any stars. The air was hot, I could already fell my clothes sticking to my body.
Cassie had started crying again, that girl was a mess.
"Are you really going to be mad at me for this? I wasn't using any drugs, I was selling." Thalia finally said.
I turned around. She was sending me a cold look, like I was the one who did something wrong.
"Selling is worse, you're ruining people's life." I tried to put as much poison as I could in my words but I'm not very good at fighting.
"I'm not forcing them to do anything, I only sell to the ones who ask me for it." Thalia on the other hand, could make someone cry just by a mean look.
"There are other ways to make money, you chose the easier one, witch I think it's horrible. But it's your life so do whatever you want."
"I hate when you do this." She moved her hair, witch was sticking to her sweaty neck.
"What?" I asked.
"You pretend like it's my choice to stop but I know you won't talk to me until I do."
"So you know what to do right?"
The exact moment I said that last word Cassie screamed, pointing at Thalia.
"THEY ARE HERE." She screamed again and hid behind me. "I TOLD YOU THEY WERE FOLLOWING ME."
"Is she talking about the monsters?" Thalia looked more curious then confused. "She thinks I'm a monster?"
"Cassie, it's Thalia, she won't hurt you." I said, but Cassie didn't seem to be hearing me.
"THEY'RE GOING TO BLOODY HURT HER." She yelled in a sobbing voice.
Before I could answer her Thalia screamed too.
"GET OUT, GET O..." She didn't finish the sentence, her eyes went all white and she fainted, hitting her head on the ground.
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